🎶 "Pasadena in the rain Eating donuts and reading Twain How much longer can my brain Set itself on fire?" 🎵

There is a rooster next door and EVERY time it crows my brain expects the bass riff from Tom Waits's 'I'll Be Gone' to come in and then I'm disappointed it doesn't. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

Ready for #Eurovision 2026 Grand Final.

My god, Eurovision Song Contest brings me joy.

Mesmerizing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2chQ...

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Blondie's 'Heart of Glass' is the greatest rollerskating song ever. I will not be taking questions at this time. That is all.

[Poll] 'Somewhere in Time' vs 'Ladyhawke' for most romantic movie. Whichever you choose, you are correct.

This is why my application to architecture school was turned down.

I have just minted my first PhD as a committee member.

Shower Thought for the Day: When you're chewing peanuts, you're actually making peanut butter.

Our latest faculty search candidate at the Johnny Carson Center for EMA!

<On TV, the hatch opens on Artemis 2> @chialynn.bsky.social: "Wow, can you imagine what it must be like to feel fresh air and moisture on your skin after being cooped up like that?" <I blink intensely at @chialynn.bsky.social > @chialynn.bsky.social : "OH, WAIT! YOU CAN!!"

🎵 "Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?" 🎶

So Highlander is just being a vampire without all the nasty annoying murdery gross parts about being a vampire and, occasionally, you have to kill another vampire? Sign me up!

Hey! I helped build a thing with a lot of other smart & passionate people. IT LAUNCHED TODAY!! www.oceandiscoveryleague.org/global-deep-... Click the "Launch Interactive Map" to see my work. Special thanks to @katycroffbell.bsky.social & @sepoulton.bsky.social for bringing me aboard this project!

The World's Biggest Analog made it into National Geographic! So proud to have been part of this mission! www.nationalgeographic.com/science/grap... (Nat Geo will ask for your email address. Sorry.)

Yeah, you just read "The Labyrinth™ 40th Anniversary Collection" and crumbled into dust along with me. What the hell...

Geospatial data is why Daddy drinks.

Go ahead. Go ahead and try to find a purchasable copy of the supposed audiobook recording of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco as read by Tim Curry. You won't find it. You didn't find it, did you? Did it ever really exist? I sense a conspiracy.

"When we pick who goes, who ascends...Who do we pick? Who are the names? Who will be allowed to live?" If you missed us for opening night or Friday night, don't worry! There are six chances left to catch The Rocket Men! 📍The Carson Theater at the Lied Center - 301 N. 12th Street, Lincoln NE

With Projection Design, (unofficial) Astronautical Consultancy, and 3D printed rocket props by YOURS TRULY!! Get your tickets now! www.liedcenter.org/event/angels...

SOMETIMES MY BRAIN WON'T LET ME STOP THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING UNTIL I LOOK IT UP. What if we took **all the extra carbon humans have added to the atmosphere** and squeezed it into **one giant diamond**?

I was today years old when I was informed that the "Uhluhtc" they are attempting to raise in the Den sequence of 1981's 'Heavy Metal' is, in fact, Cthulhu spelled backwards. There is no excuse for this oversight on my part. My apologies.

This is sold out, but I'm moderating a Holland Talk with Dr. Robert Ballard at the Kiewit Luminarium next Friday, February 20th! (Scroll down to see my ugly mug.) kiewitluminarium.org/holland-talks/

I'm glad this homage to Charlie Stross that I've been hauling around FOR YEARS is finally topical. #accelerando #iykyk

Huh. I won a teaching award.

My god, we're all a bunch of weirdly put together monkeys.

1-31-07 NEVER FORGET

Two Thursdays ago, when i was teaching Alice Wong's "Disabled Oracle Society," i taught this new crop of student about the myth of Cassandra, and how Apollo's curse wasn't just that no one listened to her, but that the more she tried to make people listen, the more hostile they got. So.

Happy Burns Night to all who celebrate!

Happy hashtag#OceanExplorationDay! The @oceandiscleague.bsky.social estimates that we have only explored 0.001% of the deep ocean. For the world's largest habitat on Earth, we must continue exploring to ensure the protection of this biosphere.

Happy Ocean Exploration Day! January 23 marks the anniversary of Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh's first descent to the deepest known point on Earth. Today, we celebrate all global efforts to explore the ocean and those who dedicate their lives to this work. Share how you explore! #oceanexplorationday

I have just come across the term "vibefounding" and I am now very disturbed. Alert! Alert, @oddletters.bsky.social and @wolvendamien.bsky.social !

"And I Would Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren't For You Meddling Kids!" #3DPrinting

We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Accessing the Deep deep ocean training & mentoring program for early-career professionals, focusing on Africa and the Western Indian Ocean! Apply by March 4, 2026: gqr.sh/HcTT. #oceanexploration #AccessingTheDeep @challenger150.bsky.social

🎶 "There's a picture opposite me Of my primitive ancestry Which stood on rocky shores And kept the beaches shipwreck-free"🎵

Super stoked to be once again nominating the best visual effects of the year! We are are the wizards who make the magic. #VESNominationEvent

🎶 "Then I got Mary pregnant And, man, that was all she wrote And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat We went down to the courthouse And the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress" 🎵

I've always wanted a US Navy Mark V diving helmet. So I made one! 256 hours of 3D printing, but spread across 4 printers, and then endless hours of sanding, bondo, sanding, filler primer, sanding, painting, more sanding, and it's almost done! #DigitalFabrication #3DPrinting

First google search of 2026.

So, class of '88, who else is crying after the Stranger Things finale? I have always been truly sorry I couldn't be there with you that day for commencement, but the Summer road tour beckoned and bards and mages often don't get to pick our own destinies. I love you all.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

Why, yes, it is Christmas Day and, yes, I am grilling. Because I CAN. #TriTip

Wishing you the most delicious of mornings!

Wishing you the most delicious of mornings!

“You will be visited by three spirits”

Why, yes, we did choose our Christmas wines based on their nautically themed labels, why do you ask?

In case you'd like to build the WiFi-enabled Automagical Menorah for yourself or someone else next year! www.instructables.com/WiFi-Enabled...

Ok, my Chicago peeps. I can't be the only one whose father used to bellow "Jesus Criminy Dutch!" when he got upset. And yet no one seems to know what I'm talking about...