taking a deep breath

This clip of Zohran speaking to Aunti Sameena moved Zohran to tears. It genuinely moved me to tears. It’s a must watch. ❤️ youtu.be/en9v_dA-JUw?...

A Map of the Last Remaining Flying Saucer Homes / www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-m...

2025 was many things, but most of all let's remember it as the year I finally found Crosscountry BC: cdrom.ca/games/cancon...

People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year

“… for every object in existence there should exist a corresponding piece of paper—no matter how small, if even just a scrap.“ Stanley Crawford, ‘Some Instructions’

“Perfectly crafted in the Air Bar AB5000 disposable vape, it features 5% nicotine for a smooth and satisfying draw across 5000 puffs. It’s like taking a breath of fresh air, providing a subtle and refreshing option for those who prefer the simplicity of vaping without any flavors.” found in car

«Thrifting is something Rama does often, so renting second-life fashion felt like the most authentic way to approach a moment of this magnitude. »

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

Add Value, Add Time bio trash

Once again, I don't care what regular people do re: social media. I do think it's bonkers that businesses and governments are still on Twitter.

the clomp of slippers a ticking clock heat blasting I open a window and sit for a moment to look at a tree and hear birds chirping

Territorial Waters & Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) Of The World More about them: brilliantmaps.com/territori...

It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams

Emmet Otter’s Jug-band Christmas

non-denominational MIDI

Subaru Impreza Gravel Express

In the wristwatch department of Tokyu Hands, Shinjuku - photographer unknown. In his Author’s Note to Pattern Recognition, @greatdismal.bsky.social thanks Doug Coupland for buying him a coffee at the Hyatt, thereby cementing Cayce Pollard’s hotel stay *there* (rather than at the Imperial).

EUGENE VICTOR DEBS 1855-1926 While there is a lower class I am in it. While there is a criminal element I am of it. While there is a soul in prison I am not free.

12/18 was a hard day, and I was late taking kids to afterschool, but… I saw @karenho.bsky.social on the corner of the park and was starstruck

genre: Worldwide

Upgrading the #LEGO Enterprise-D deflector dish using a few spare parts lying around spacedock... #StarTrek

extensible with MIDI input

Happy birthday, @cluebucket.bsky.social❣️

“There are something like 50 or 60,000 independent water systems in this country.”

submitted a McDonald’s receipt I found in New Jersey for points I can submit another one on January 30th

sung to the tune of Hulk Hogan’s “Real American”: 🎵 I am a regular American. Fight for the rights of every person.

joining @theuniverse.bsky.social at the nub-end open.substack.com/pub/clairele...

offered Mika a shower coffee

youtu.be/onvdHISKzAU?... watched this from my email 🙂

Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...

walking to go online

Saturday afternoon I saw a figure stumbling along in the ditch. I stopped and offered a ride. The 83-year-old man didn’t hesitate. He accepted immediately. Hunched over, carrying his folder, he lurched towards my car and nearly fell into the seat, exhausted. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-old-ma...

slam on the brakes

Yeah so if this is going to impact you, you should be looking at after Xmas sales now to replace. I know someone is going to be like 'just install a different OS' and people who can do that, know how to do that, can work with that...have done that already I'm sure.

a forgotten but formative memory: watching the 1995 PBS documentary series about Rock n’ Roll when the punk episode came on then walking to 2D art class in 9th or 10th grade and turning a corner and ending up walking behind Rondi in that side hall beside the art rooms

I found a typo on the Lego webpage for the new Enterprise-D set.

heat death of the universe

Recently, Mike Okuda also revealed that in early season 1 of #StarTrekTNG, he purchased a device that let him apply metallic effects to xeroxed copies. You can see this in action on the childrens' Crystalline Entity paintings in "Datalore", for example. The same was used for the Dytallix logo. 7/8

None of the sketches matched the logo seen in #StarTrekTNG "Conspiracy" but I was grateful for getting a look at the design process! But then, two days later, after digging through his garage, Rick came through and found a copy of the original logo, the one actually seen in the episode! 🤩 5/8

trained spotter, amateur radio measuring the snow

“first-class fathead”

feel immobilized by at least 4 forms of stress: 1. family’s mess being annoying (stuff not cared for that’s also not mine) 2. kids randomly challenging me unpredictably at every turn, often stacked 3. partner surrounding me in criticism 4. the state of the country and world, scofflaws

“Pig-Latin kid-cant”

Kinda interesting: so I have talked to several kids under 12 from different parts of the US, and none of them were familiar with Pig-Latin. Which is a bit of a bummer since there's evidence it goes back to the 16th century or earlier. In general, there's almost no "kid-cant" familiarity.