#OnThisDay in 1931, Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley died from pneumonia contracted after walking home in a snowstorm. In 1885, the self-educated farmer from Vermont, using a homemade camera, became the first person to photograph a snow crystal: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd

and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived neal.fun/size-of-life/ @carlbergstrom.com

I'm getting the low-level goosebumps for this one, like the Dune trailer. Am I late to the Josh O'Connor parade? As compelling as Eddie Redmayne... youtu.be/UFe6NRgoXCM?...

Wow, The Monkees bringing a tear to my eye. Partly the song but mostly Davy knowing the names of just about every single member of the production team. youtu.be/k-tgzMNSuvw?...

I have to find this guy Cameron from Geese, grab him by the shoulders, and ask "do you know how great a singer you are?" I don't think he knows. youtu.be/y3udPM2ehAo?...

well this is nice. “monitors the Bluesky firehose in real-time, tracking all link posts... We score each link post using a proprietary weighted algorithm that ensures the most popular, and freshly trending content is always picked up.” news.stonking.com/news

Feeling like I need to know and protect all my little microbiome buddies. @boghuma.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

like Jungle? you're gonna love this youtu.be/m-AJ0a9GKf4?...

hey everybody, no readers? just write for AI theamericanscholar.org/baby-shoggot... @lukeoneil47.bsky.social thought you had to see this, might want to be sitting down

Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸 @feedingamerica.org give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate

Twitter (etc) makes everyone think society is way more extreme than it is because the 2% who are actually passionate about [issue] tweet 40 times a day while the 98% who don't care tweet zero times. Democracy by retweet is just the tyranny of whoever has the most free time.

This was a fantastic read. Nice surprise that it had guest-star @carlbergstrom.com who I guess still has not see the lyrebird :-) lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...

no one can defeat me chihuahuaspin.com

Rave flyers. such a cool subculture. i mean c'mon: www.flickr.com/photos/villa...

Get a cool shirt **and** destroy Russia's oil infrastructure? Oh yes. www.bonfire.com/wild-hornets... www.reuters.com/graphics/UKR...

missing from my life until 2 minutes ago: birds & bass @karinarykman.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@birds.n.bas...

Robert Redford, agg. Let's celebrate your coolness. faroutmagazine.co.uk/elaborate-pr...

wow. Jason Molina & Pixies had a child: youtu.be/pA_nOn6McMo?... @lukeoneil47.bsky.social

the arrogance of ignorance 😍

I don't want to spoil this, or even let you know where he takes this... But boy does this hit. Like a phillips-head into my brain... @lukeoneil47.bsky.social www.todayintabs.com/p/what-would...

there are still some real ones out there crushing it @lukeoneil47.bsky.social youtu.be/z-U4gb1rQao?...

I'm crying here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_1... @ethanhein.bsky.social

@ditzkoff.bsky.social Dave, I thought of you. tvsimulator.com/says/

@chrisstein.bsky.social Wow, The First Annual Sleaze Convention. www.3ammagazine.com/3am/comical-...

Cracking up over the most hysterical bass battle that YouTube has ever seen (actual battle at 4:05) youtu.be/HP8WoRZ1Yds?... @karinarykman.bsky.social

@anomiegeog.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @michaelstipe.bsky.social "...because by celebrating the work of others instead of just shining the spotlight back on himself, Shannon has found a way to serve as an avatar for us all." bittersoutherner.com/2025/issue10...

@ethanhein.bsky.social I stumbled across your article on "Good Luck, Babe!". I'm not a pop music guy, but I recognize greatness. It's not just the performance or the production, for some songs (very few) the emotional spark that inspired them comes right through the radio. shorturl.at/auX3P

@karinarykman.bsky.social did you see Beato interviewing Tony Levin? what a fantastic human being. he tears up at the memory of making "50 Ways" with Gadd. youtu.be/fRScUtBc6yU?...

oh this made me laugh: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... @lukeoneil47.bsky.social - my other favorite writer

NYC Punk! For connoisseurs only www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopc... @adaspota.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social

@ethanhein.bsky.social "She said that if music had a smell, that would be its timbre." hazlitt.net/feature/ever...

@lukeoneil47.bsky.social : maybe you wanna see this www.metafilter.com/203328/Jack-...

It's gonna be a good week, folks. youtu.be/aUXSVnGsYyY?...

oooh... www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1... @chronictown83.bsky.social