Bill Shein

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Here’s my guy giving off some hope vibes on this #caturday

YouTube video by Dexter Gordon - Topic Tanya (Remastered 2015)

When I first got into jazz, about 35 years ago — pause for moment of existential angst and disbelief at the terrifyingly rapid passage of time — every night I’d get into bed, turn out the lights, and listen to all 18 minutes of “Tanya.”

A great name for a dog would be Handstand.

Because then people would say, "Oh, can he do a handstand?"

And you can say, "What? No. Of course not. He's a dog." And look at them like they're nuts.

Just a wonderful time.

street scene person with armful of papersnext to someone in a lion suit

'Sidewalk Activity on Bleecker St. in Greenwich Village',
Robert Sefcik, 1970.

C'mon, why should we worry about integrating AI into autonomous weapons systems? Seems like a totally overblown concern, because AI is -- wait, what?

⚙️ 🤖 Guillermo Galetti, known as Ladron de chatarra, is an Argentine artist who transforms scrap metal into unique mechanical sculptures.

@ladrondechatarra [IG]

#art #sculpture #metal #automata

The Unlikeliest Museum: Ralph Nader's American Museum of Tort Law Against all odds, Ralph Nader’s American Museum of Tort Law educates visitors about the law and their rights.

An immersive profile of @tortlawmuseum.bsky.social

AUDIO: A conversation with Ralph Nader Now ninety years old, Ralph Nader discusses his American Museum of Tort Law, the power of organized citizens to make a difference, and lessons he learned growing up in a small, working-class town a st...

Today Ralph @nader.org turns 92. I interviewed him in 2024 about his American Museum of Tort Law @tortlawmuseum.bsky.social (yes, actually a thing, and a pretty cool one).

It was an interesting and inspiring conversation. Agree or disagree, he's still going strong. Also below is the museum story.

YouTube video by Lee Brumitt You Can Be A Millionaire

Woo hoo! 600 followers (including bots)! I'm just fighting off the brand deals. Welcome, one and all, to bits o' journalism, cats and dogs, nature and birds, astronomy and stamps, and endless get-rich-quick tips. (In the words of @stevemartinreally.bsky.social, "First, get a million dollars.")

This was way too meta two weeks go and is probably still too meta, and besides, I put the hyphen in the wrong place and that’s been keeping me up at night, waiting for the inevitable wave of mockery and harassment to begin. Okay, it’s JEAN-LUC, I know that.

@patrickworld.bsky.social

Was sorry to learn of Jeff Galloway’s passing. Run-walk-run has kept me a (mostly) injury-free runner, and this old book is still on my shelf. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/w...

This has never before happened in U.S. history, and certainly not 23 years ago next month.

No one can pull off those sweaters like Clinton. It’s probably what got him elected. Excited to see which one he wears during today’s deposition!

A large buzzard launched into flight from a rock face its legs dangling. The colours of the bird echoes the colours of the rock.

Upland buzzard, Tibetan Plateau.
#WideOpenWings
#BirdOfTheday

Taking a break

Most police agencies strictly limit when they’ll engage in a car chase, for obvious community-safety reasons.

I don’t know what they’re guilty of, but clearly they’re guilty of something.

I’ve been following this pretty closely the last year, particularly in ducks (as a former duck-keeper).

This is bad.

Action needed.

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

Nothing against that goalie, but, um, really?

Hegseth threatens to force AI firm to share tech, escalating Anthropic standoff The Pentagon is demanding access to Anthropic’s AI technology, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act if the company doesn’t comply.

CUT T0: Millions of “Skynet is taking over and will kill us all!” jokes on social media.

CUT TO: Skynet actually taking over.

Veronica doing improv comedy.

This image shows Ptolemy's Cluster, a very bright open star cluster easily visible with the naked eye near the tail of Scorpius. It lies at a distance of 980 light years and has some 80 member stars within its diameter of about 25 light years. The age of these young bright stars is approximately 200 million years. The cluster was known as a hazy patch in the sky already in antiquity and was first described by the ancient astronomer Ptolemy in 130 AD. This image was taken with a bright 78% illuminated Moon nearby. Image details: Date: 31st May 2012 Exposure: LRGB: 48:24:24:24m, total 2hrs @ -28C Telescope: 10" Serrurier Truss Newtonian f/5 Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider Filters: Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand

Ptolemy's Cluster - Messier 7 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/cNMYiy

I just Venmo’d all my fact-checker friends some money for all-night coffee.

Eerily quiet during all this tariff talk…

This is not getting nearly enough attention. A lot of aluminum vaporized in the atmosphere is … not good.

Ganymede is a natural satellite of Jupiter and is the largest and most massive moon in the Solar System en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymed...

I concede I’m fighting a losing battle to convince journalists to stop referring to the ballroom monstrosity as “privately funded.”

At minimum, note that contributions are routed through a nonprofit, making hundreds of millions tax-deductible.

Hence, the public *is* paying—in lost tax revenue.