Doug Simpkinson

USPS in general has been terrible for the last year or so. I sent my taxes with tracking/return receipt and they went dark for a week with no tracking updates.

The pale blue dot is amazing. Well, everything is amazing but that one in particular for me.

I don’t remember the chapter in your book called “The Big Stupid” yet here we are.

Kinetic sculpture of an owl made of rebar and sheet metal. The head is mounted on a bike wheel hub so spins freely.

Wall card describing the owl sculpture - it is named Otis and the sculptor is Chris Cole from Bend, OR

Cannot answer your question but can share an owl sculpture I saw today in Anacortes, WA.

How close to fine was it?

@swordsjew.bsky.social found one

I think there are a lot of people who think gendered sports is about some kind of segregation or modesty and that women are prohibited from men’s sports. I used to bike race and women were in the “men’s” races all the time and always did better than me, but it always surprised some spectators.

Galactquus

Me with an extremely bald head

I will break my “owls only” rule to thank you for standing up for the only part of my life that is not privileged. I promise next time I’ll be back to owlply guy.

I have a Goat Systems Engineer, we call it GoatSE.

a man in a suit and tie is screaming in a courtroom and says i want the truth . Alt: From A Few Good Men: a man in a suit and tie is screaming in a courtroom and says i want the truth .

DID YOU ORDER THE TAINT SNORTING?!?!

[actually a middle aged man and pilot]

I’ve finally made it if bots are pretending to be me. Ladies, sorry to disappoint you but I’m married.

That shirt was as a Guillo-tee.

Graph with "sick of graphs" on the x-axis, "who cares" on the y-axis, and a curve with the maximum point labeled "shut up". From https://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/sick-of-graphs-tee-s.html

@coolfacejane.bsky.social - thank you for your attention to this matter.

The blanket falling off looks weird, like it came apart or otherwise didn't adhere to physics. I think "what's behind a thing" is still a big challenge.

Your several hundred thousand dollar real estate transaction is now halted until you can print, sign, and scan something. Last time I did a thing with a million docusign signatures there was still one goddamn form that needed to be "real" or something.

Searching for this led me to a nanoraptor archive and I think I just lost the next several days of my life.

huntertur.net/nanoraptor-a...

How much wang could a wang chung chung if a wang chung could chung wang?

was the bicycle a recumbent

YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic The Caves Of Altamira

youtu.be/m_5MtGCWImE?...

Two beautiful spiral galaxies on a background of a zillion tiny galaxies

I had actual work to do today but....

Crustacean Processing Unit

Ultrasonic Frog Farts was my college post-punk band.

BRB reevaluating some personal relationships

AI = Ambulatory Ideation

breaking my don’t @ electeds online to remind @schumer.senate.gov

TRANS KIDS ARE AMERICANS

WHO JUST LOST HEALTHCARE ACCESS

& 275,000 TRANS PEOPLE’S HEALTHCARE ACCESS IS ON THE LINE IN THE BUDGET

WE ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES, WE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING HARMED RIGHT NOW

YOU DICK

Oopsie - alt text: Jeb bush in front of an electoral map showing unanimous victory for "Jeb!"