Finished Whalefall by Daniel Krauss in a few days. Easy read, choppy but in a good way, suspenseful. Genuinely didn’t know how it would end. On to God’s Junk Drawer by @peterclines.com next! #BookSky

Loved this rendition! youtu.be/9yHZdLswArc

Well, this was really just tremendous fun, old chap. Rather a shame the second season has died on the vine, wouldn’t you say?

Even much of the media lies, or obfuscates with the milquetoast tone of reportage from another era. Which media is trustworthy?

Cost Savings xkcd.com/3197/

Ooh, a PBS Masterpiece of Around the World in 80 Days starring David Tennant? From 2021? How did I miss this?

Vote your principles in the Primary, but show up and vote strategically in the General. Don’t stay home or vote third party!

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 11th 2026 (Hard), in less than 22 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Hmm. I can work with this. Swampy is just the initial problem state, not the final state.

Top three #NYE displays for me: 1, Dubai 2, Sydney 3, London

The intentional head-hopping and roving POV gives Into The Drowning Deep a documentary feel that took some getting used to, but it works. #BookSky

I’m in this picture and I like it

“We didn’t mutate some flatworm into a murderous new form.” - Dr. Toth, “Into the Drowning Deep” Nice. I see what you did there, @seananmcguire.bsky.social

Every four years

To all the astronomers out there, today I wish you a Mercury’s Mars!

The day immediately after having been down with sickness always feels wonderful to be well again.

Seconded. Platonic female friendships aren’t weird. They’re awesome.

Welp, I guess I don’t need the flu shot now 🤧

I watched a Nature documentary about pigeons. Was there something else on tonight?

I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there

I did this and it seems I pester @mishellbaker.bsky.social the most, but I’m a very light poster overall (perfect Touch Grass score!)

I wish this for a friend I’ll never get to meet.

Watched Jurassic World Rebirth tonight. It’s a decent story that delivers what you expect from a dinosaur movie. Good popcorn fare. Nods to the original in a couple of places, which is the sort of thing I like in a 30-year old franchise.

Recombobulation

I saw the big chart of Dramatica nested quads and thought “that’s just crying out for a zoomable treemap!” so I made one to help me navigate it. Procrastinating from #writing by being a data nerd. 🤓

Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆

Oh no, I’ve become an Old because I can’t tell if “the coldest” means good or bad!

“Bah wheep granagh wheep nini bong?”

Wordle 1612 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Cassian Andor vs the Empire. How does it end?

I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal. If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.

Unexpected! Just the barest suggestion of a haze to the naked eye, but bright in the camera.

@durbin.senate.gov Any promise of a vote is an illusion, Senator. Do not be cowed by these unrepentant bullies. The people need you to stand your ground. Caving will only make things worse.

The existence of a trillionaire is a failure of society. To remain a billionaire is immoral.

Recently decided to go back to updating three of my dinosaur arts from summer to winter. (Feat. The Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus and Torosaurus, made between August to January.) 💖/🔄s are welcomed! #ArtistOnBlueSky #AS05 #Dinosaurs #Paleoart #SciArt #DigitalArt

Today in #EverythingIsEleanorRigby 🎶Goose in the background, Stretching your wings by the lake in the cold, Goose in the background!

“If Republicans continue to do nothing, will Democrats cave and allow them to do whatever they want?” Terrible question, excellent rebuttal.

Today I parked in a spot that still had 55 minutes left on the meter, so I put money in the meter for the car in front, which only had 4. Pay it forward. You’ll like it.

Kat, online, is playing a cat online. Donated!

Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE. blockclubchi.co/42KQ57O

I do like a good block list

Every time I see Zohran Mamdani I think he’s secretly Daredevil.

Tonight’s music: The Resistance (Muse) and Hail To The Thief (Radiohead). No reason. Why do you ask?

I don’t know why Passengers (2016) didn’t succeed when it was released. It’s not a bad movie at all. I enjoyed it.

I finished “Before I Go To Sleep” in just a couple of days. Compelling. Excellently paced revelations. I wonder if the movie is as good? #BookSky

Ok, this is a clever headline.

Saving America from Trump and preserving our democracy explicitly requires that people who voted for Trump change their mind. Which in turn requires that those who didn’t vote for Trump show grace and empathy to those whose change of heart came from being hurt by the guy they voted for…

I think it was the 80s textual RPG “The Tebbitt” that used the phrase “nonplussed at his plus-fours”; it baffled me for years!