𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 Blackology Goes Chapter 11 In the mid 2000's, I posted a lot about Blackboard, aka Blackborg, aka Blackbeard, BlackCT, BlackAngel, etc. Now owned by Anthology, they're trying to survive Chapter 11. desire2blog.blogspot.com/2025/10/educ...

Happy Oktoberfest to all who celebrate, but especially to me! Skil!

This is a special day. I plan to celebrate all day long. Also, release the Epstein Files! #DrinkBeerDay www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...

Song of the day youtube.com/shorts/nCln7...

The Broligarchs Will Eat You They're laughing at us, not with us. barrydahl.com/2025/09/20/t... #ElonMusk #Zuckerberg #Bezos #TechBros #Broligarchs

Happy Birthday Mama Cass www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ0P...

Constitution Day!! Is it the last one in the USA? #NationalConstitutionDay #ConstitutionDay #USConstitution www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

My adopted summer city of Superior, Wisconsin surprised me today. I was beaming with #PRIDE when I drove down the main drag. As a response to the insanity happening in Florida outside the former Pulse Nightclub, I witnessed this group painting a #rainbow #crosswalk at the corner of 12th and Tower.

Padres replace 2 pitchers, Kolek & Bergert, w/ Miller & Sears. With King coming off the IL and Cortes coming soon. They add 1B O'Hearn, OF Laureano, C Fermin, and INF Wagner. Probably send down or DFA Trenton Brooks, Tyler Wade, Bryce Johnson, and someone? That's a significant roster upgrade.

This morning I was fishing on Lake Superior. Water temperature is too warm, so the fish aren't interested. Yes, I got shut out. But apparently some people are catching fish. This is one of the garbage bins by the fish cleaning station. Major ick!

Gitche Gumee is not giving up its treasures this morning. At least not so far. Doesn't really matter. Don't hurry, be sappy

Retirement feels pretty good today. Duluth Coffee Pale Ale FTW.

Neither Target nor FedEx are on Bluesky. I posted about their horrible customer service on LinkedIn. I don't do X, Bookface, Insta, or any of the other TechBro platforms, so it's doubtful that they'll ever hear my rant. www.linkedin.com/posts/barryd...

I'm keeping a few pieces, but I'm bringing a whole bunch of this D2L swag to #D2LFusion to give away to old friends and some new ones, too. Some pieces are vintage (like me) and others are newer. A few different logo designs in the mix. Retiring at the end of Fusion is bittersweet (like me).

Walked through TSA in Duluth this morning with my shoes on. Next, the Noem Gnome should stop the farce that is the 3-1-1 policy On the left you have a 12 oz. bottle of Fructis shampoo. On the right are seven 3 oz. bottles of Fructis shampoo. 12 oz. not allowed, but 21 oz. is okay. Idiots. #TSA

When will Trump go after the NFL's Rooney Rule as being DEI and woke? There's gotta be an EO about that awaiting his signature.

Just drove from Florida to Lake Superior. Here's the last 45 minutes: 83 degrees in Gordon 78 in Solon Springs 75 in Bennett 70 in Lake Nebagamon 56 at the Highways 53 & 2 split 53 and fog at Loon's Foot Landing in Superior Jiggity Jig

Driving around Champaign, Illinois is so stupid. On Prospect Avenue you wait at a red light so that you can drive one block to the next red light. Then you turn on to another street and it's same same, no different. I could not, would not live here 🚦🚦🚦

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says "if you throw a brick..." at an officer, I, the judge, jury and executioner "will shoot you graveyard dead." He will kill you, because if he left it up to the justice system, you would be less severely punished, and we can't have that. Florida, of course.

No Kings in Daytona Beach, the crowd roars the Pledge of Allegiance #NoKings

Good turnout at #NoKings Daytona Beach, FL

If you're looking for a musical idiot, look no further, because I've never found Pet Sounds (as a whole) to be that special. I definitely liked Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, but not because of Pet Sounds. Idiot, sure, but I like what I like.

The guest book at my son's wedding. BTW, I'm an officiant now. Have vows, will travel.

Wordle 1,436 Sunday, May 25 My Wordle hint of the day .. Look this word up in the dictionary and you'll find a photo of Trump surrounded by his family and closest associates.

Just another Saturday morning in New Smyrna Beach. 2 hours of tennis, smoked fish dip, couple of beers. Makes Florida tolerable. #FloridaMan

𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 (𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲) 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 If given the means & prompted to "take action" or "act boldly" in fake scenarios where its user has engaged in illegal or morally dubious behaviour, it found that "it will frequently take very bold action" www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm up by Lake Superior for one more week. Here's the next edition of Northland Backwoods Art #Wisconsin #LakeSuperior

This is art. Northland Backwoods Art, but art nonetheless. Near Lake Superior.

Record high temp in Duluth, Minnesota today. Record-breaking heat, low humidity and gusty winds have produced dangerous fire conditions across most of Minnesota. The closest fire to DLH is 35 miles away, destroying cabins and threatening pets and wildlife. #CamphouseFire #RedFlagWarning

I just drove 25 hours to be drinking a beer in a bar in Superior, Wisconsin. How was your week?

Why aren't these stupid sh!ts on skates? Maybe then it would be worth watching. Maybe #NHL #Leafs #Panthers

32 years of Democrats in the White House. 8 yrs of Bill C 8 yrs of Al Gore 8 yrs of Obama 8 yrs of Hillary 0 yrs of Trump A POTUS thought experiment. barrydahl.com/2025/05/02/h...

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧? In this thought experiment about 32 consecutive years of Democrats in the White House, it seems pretty much woke as hell. Seems? or is? barrydahl.com/2025/05/02/h...

Next up, the Board of Elon University starts shopping for a new name. At least I would. "now committed to purging Musk from Musk Construction ‒ even though it will cost him between $15,000 and $20,000 to get a new company trademark and permits." www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

𝗦𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 in baseball reflects total bases per at-bat. In other words, it's an 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 (bases per at-bat). Calculate 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 by dividing a total # of hits by their total # 0f at-bats, expressed as a 3-digit decimal. In other words...it's a 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 of at-bats where you got a hit

Tariffs levied! Not levied! Student Visas canceled! Not canceled! You're Fired!! Not fired! The Art of the Flip-Flop

The pope meets the VPOTUS. "That jagaloon is the Vice President of the United States? Well now I've seen it all." R.I.P.

Idiot Mike Waltz won his FL district (my district, BTW) by 33 pts in 2024. Special election happening now to fill his seat. MAGAidiot Randy Fine was the best/brightest that @floridagop.bsky.social could come up with to send to Washington. Remember Fine flipping off the judge less than a year ago?

Freakonomics: Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System freakonomics.com/podcast/ten-... Great interview by Stephen Dubner with his guest Jessica Riedl of the Manhattan Institute. Best parts (to me) are not the Tax Myths, but about DOGE, the National Debt, and the out-of-control bipartisan spending in DC

After a few years off, Spring Break has apparently returned to Daytona Beach.

We have met the enemy (well, those who just joined the ranks of the enemy): Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters

Estimated nearly 600,000 bikers at Daytona Bike Week, which wraps up tomorrow. Here's my favorite this year. I've seen it parked in the bike corral at the Hawaiian Inn.

SpaceX suffered a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." Old men like me totally understand this phenomenon. But we don't rain space debris over an entire state.

Florida Man can't remember who he voted for. Brain dead, apparently.

Apostrophe Catastrophe. Exhibit 10,585. Pretty easy today. This one jumped right out at me at breakfast this morning alongside the Halifax River. Sometimes I understand why someone might be tempted to put an apostrophe where it doesn't belong...but this is not one of those times #Floriduh #Florida

Apostrophe Catastrophe. Exhibit 10,584. I drive by this Elementary School several times a week. I'd be worried if I had kids going there. #EduSky

You support Elon Musk if... you post on X (Twitter) you use Starlink (subsidiary of SpaceX) you drive a Tesla you write a prompt in xAI (Grok) you own The Boring Company's Not-a-Flamethrower If you support Elon Musk in any way, FUCK YOU

Al has been around a lot longer than I thought. Al definitely has a left-leaning bias. Al has shown a particular talent for writing political comedy. Al co-wrote the film "When a Man Loves a Woman" Al "very strongly" identifies "as a Jew—as a pretty secular Jew." #AlorAI

Is it cold where you are? Here's an amazing musician to warm up your day - Charlie Parr Have you had joy in your days? Even though you've had your share of pain What does hoarding all that joy gain? Spread it around, do www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPO...

What a facepalm moment. The guardrails and checks & balances that I've heard about my whole life were just smoke and mirrors. and George Washington didn't chop down a cherry tree and strawberries aren't berries and flushable wipes aren't flushable Trust no one. Trust nothing. Trust me.