I guess I should check to see if I still have that Gas Buddy account someone got me to sign up for once.

Not just in Worcester!

WRRB has long analyzed data on elections and voting in Worcester. This dashboard continues this trend by analyzing Worcester's municipal election results from November 2025. Interact the Data: www.wrrb.org/reports/2026... #WorcPoli

NYTimes: Trump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait

Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) Is the food world doing this on purpose?

Watching a cooking reality show while heating up some canned soup for lunch. My inner dialogue: "Risky choice waiting for the break to check on your soup" "Yes chef" "Now it's a little burnt on the bottom What are you going to do with that?" "Scrape it with a silicone spatula and eat it" "Excellent"

The nice thing about crumbling infrastructure is that it's a window into local history. Here is a rail, revealed by road degradation, in downtown Worcester Mass. Is it an old trolley rail? Should we just let these roads rot until we can run trolleys downtown again?

timeline cleanse, tardigrade edition

If a law-enforcement agency does not adhere to the law, then it ceases to be a law-enforcement agency, right?

some of the key findings: biking in Cambridge has increased by 250% between 2004 and 2024, with a 283% increase in the number of kids biking between 2014 and 2024. But the bike network has only increased 128% in size. for all the Worcester bike lane Opponents: build it and they will come

Same in Worcester

Posting paintings here seems like "hey, read the room" these days, but nonetheless, here's my latest:

A troubling story of abuse of power against a Worcester City Councilor @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social who was trying to hold the WPD to account for a devastating DOJ report and found herself arrested as ICE tore apart a family without cause. By @billshaner.bsky.social theshoestring.org/2026/02/03/n...

I've never read Infinite Jest, but I think I've now read so much about Infinite Jest that I should have just read it.

I will listen to this classics scholar rather than idiot faux philosopher "western civ" enthusiasts.

Try to go see the “I Declare” exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts during Feb, Black History Month. Is is quite moving. Here are some samples. We have very talented artists in our community. ❤️

I was just scrolling IG and saw a video of two masked guys smashing the window of a jewelry store in London to rob it and my first thought when I saw the video was that it was DHS in Minnesota.

Ranking, not at the top but still ranking, on my list of things making me mad, is that all those people who were told to buy gold on Fox and on conspiracy sites 15 years ago because "Obama was going to cause super-inflation" have seen their stupid investment go through the roof.

Hey Worcester, I'm hoping to return from a 24 hour snow removal Odyssey in Millbury. How are the roads looking? (Sorry to treat Bluesky like my own personal Nextdoor)

To Worcester land owners: I am a (technically) overweight almost 50 year old diabetic and I just shoveled my neighbor's sidewalk at no cost in about 6 minutes, after shoveling a suburban relative's two driveways. Shovel your sidewalk or hire someone to do it!

The Fitchburg Art Museum is doing free admission this year! FitchburgArtMuseum.org

Poetic that former WBJ reporter Grant Welker, widely disparaged by Polar Park supporters for his accurate reporting on the Polar Park deal, now gets to report on a City actually making money on a stadium deal. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

If there is one thing that the last ten years have taught me it's that when someone's job sounds like a LinkedIn Mad-Lib, then they will get wealthy, indicted, and pardoned (again)

When I sold luxury goods in New York, 20 years ago, Brad Garrett did a bunch of Christmas shopping by pointing at things while on the phone. I didn't consider it rude, just really efficient silent communication (I got the commission.) I think he was my only customer ever who was taller than me.

The Town of Clinton is seeking proposals to redevelop the former site of a towing company in its Downtown, part of a larger ongoing revitalization effort in the area. wbjournal.com/article/clin...

Should they do a Nina Hagen biopic starring Margot Robbie?

Oh Jack Skellington, all you wanted was to push your boundaries, think outside or the box, and get on your grind.

Gumby looking you up on his computer

Welp. I guess tomorrow begins anew the season where I constantly complain about sidewalks not being shoveled. I'm so much fun in winter.

I don't think I have the emotional maturity to keep rooting for the Patriots as my #2 team after watching them beat up so badly on my #1 team, the Giants.

One thing we lost with search and AI on phones is calling or texting a question to a friend who knows stuff to kick off a conversation. Instead of sending your geology enthusiast friend a pic of a rock you saw on vacation then chatting about vacation, you just use Google lens.

CNBC is tossing softballs at the Butterball rep. They asked "How big is the average Butterball turkey?" And the rep evaded! What is she hiding!

Hey Worcester, are there any clothing donation places that are specifically looking for professional - type clothes? Rather than just dumping them in a generic donation bin? I'm giving up on my pre-Covid suits.

My talented name twin @timothydoyle.bsky.social (Texas Tim Doyle to my friends) is being harassed by the FBI for his artwork and for joking about funding "Antifa" online.

I think if I didn't have to work, one thing I would do is become an expert at English accents.

Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For me the biggest surprise was Multiple Maniacs.

Happy Veterans Day to all the vets who have to go to work while other people are at home celebrating you.

So Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo are just going to join the Trump admin, right?

I got an invitation to a fundraiser tonight, but didn't realize it was totally a bot:

New painting! Tenth Ave at W 24th St Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 20"

Let's go Mets!

Only posting because I have an easy slam dunk Halloween name.

I wasn't planning on being interested in the World Series this year, but then I remembered Mookie Betts' radiant smile when he met The Dictator last year.

Ah October, when the weather gets chilly and I finish off my boxes of tea left over from last year.

Now is the time to catch the good trees at Elm Park. Pretty soon the only trees with leaves will be lame-o trees.

Oslo, 1994