Tom Burkholder

I really like my Bolex.

Gizmo. Furry gremlin from the movie Gremlins

Who's your favorite Jedi? wrong answers only.

True, more ice will not make it colder. Now add extra sugar and you can get it below 32°F.

What on earth did South Carolina do? Was there hurricane damage at the beginning of that time frame? Did they harden their power transmission infrastructure?

Son, why don't you Google that shit?

CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States

On the bad news side, CVS is not scheduling anything in 16 states. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

CVS is scheduling vaccinations now. You just have to check off yes or no to the risk factors.

CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States The country’s largest pharmacy chain said it needed a C.D.C. panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.

CVS is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, including Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the FDA.

CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.

CVS now scheduling COVID vaccinations.

That's some great natural light. Good eye.

Microsoft keeps pushing CoPilot that's optional. LibreOffice isn't pushing AI but there's apparently a plugin.

I was super pleased that East Granby repaved the Farmington Canal Trail. Where it has been a jarring pot-holed mess it was now smooth and a pleasure to ride on.

High Anxiety and Vertigo.

Ask around about how they had to retrofit 'The Egg' c 2009 to keep it from falling down the hill.
Congratulations on the new gig.

Very little makes Dallas appealing, except the Crow Museum.

Me too. Graduated over 30 years ago.

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Number Six played by the actress Tricia Helfer Blonde woman in red dress

Number Six: Are you alive?
Military Liaison: Yes.
Number Six: Prove it.

Great resource. Thanks for sharing.

Hey, if Kissinger could get the Nobel while bombing Cambodia, it's unfortunately not out of the realm of possibility.

Vitamins are good, except for Vitamin K, right?

June 14 is Flag Day Universal No symbol over the word Kings US Flag colored in.

View of crowd in front of Middletown City Hall.

Middletown, CT No Kings Rally. Damp weather but great turnout.

Usenet newsgroups FTW. The moderated ones could be almost as picky as any algorithm. Rules about top-posting (or not top-posting) to threads were confusing to newcomers and really just ways to gatekeep.

Great. Has everyone lost their goddamn minds?

Umm. Could we not add lead waste to gen chem labs? There are some perfectly good copper equilibria that qualitatively demo Le Chatelier's principle.

Rockfish Gap HoJos?

Is the poison in the room with us now?

That "news" outlet is funded by the Yankee Institute, CT's very own right wing think tank. They love these stories.

Also, I'm thrilled you're coming to our campus to talk. @ctwits.bsky.social has been telling everyone about it.

That really sucks. I'm sorry you had to deal with that bullshit.