H. P. Read

I'm playing in the Burlington Civic Symphony concert tonight. #Vermont

www.bcsovt.org/info/?page=c...

Pile of tuning slides (nine of them) pulled from my horn on a large yellow cloth, with tubes and bottles of slide grease and valve oil.

My horn (aka the "french" horn) put back together, freshly oiled and greased.

Pre-concert ritual: oiling valves and greasing slides.

Pale dude with a graying beard showing off his arms and legs in a skimpy green dinosaur costume. He is smiling and his arms are raised in a mock attack.

Please don't let this ridiculous dinosaur go extinct - help me find a #KidneyDonor

nkr.org/KRN489

Mainly just the Star Trek Khan audio drama lately. I intended to do a full franchise rewatch a while back, but I just kind of stalled halfway through TOS. Not sure when I'll get back to it.

This thread, of a well-informed sci-fi watcher taking on Star Trek TOS fo the fist time, is gold. Gold!

Fesshole screenshot: I may have nearly knocked out my gynecologist by shooting a speculum at his head. It wasn't my fault. He made me laugh, my muscles contracted, and suddenly my twat was a cannon.

It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...

All of my aunts and uncles are gone. My mother is the only one left of that generation, on both sides of the family.

The one in the upper left is a representation of the Ursa Major constellation, with the Big Dipper at the upper left of it partly around the side.

Two rows of carved pumpkins, lit up in different colors. There are several different traditional jack-o-lanterns, a cat, a peace sign, and representation of the Ursa Major constellation.

We had our annual pumpkin carving party tonight at my friend's house. This year we used color changing tea lights, which were a big hit. Mine is the third from the left in the bottom row, the one with round eyes and a giant mouth with three upper teeth.

My parents were of that same generation, married in 1955. My dad died in February of this year, so they didn't quite make it to their 70th anniversary. I'm not a hugger, but I'm sending you virtual hugs. I know how hard this is.

I don't have pictures of pets or baked goods to share, but I'm sending positive vibes.

A scen3 from Star Trek TOS Journey to Babel. Amanda, Sarek, Kirkl and the fake Andorian enjoy refreshments at a fancy reception. A table holds a variety of drinks and food, including platters of blue, green, red, and orange food cubes.

If it doesn't include colorful food cubes, what are we even doing

Paging the Pie Goddess @iconyc.bsky.social

I just got home from my #NoKings protest in small town Vermont. Roughly 150 - 200 people in attendance, along the main drag through town. There was a steady stream of cars honking and waving in support as they drove by.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Bill. This is the first that I'm seeing your post.

Sorry to hear this. You're always a bright light in my feed.

"One damn minute, Admiral"
(I couldn't find a GIF, but you know the one I mean)

YouTube Music. I've been using it since the Google Play Music or whatever it was called was discontinued. It has improved a lot since then and I'm happy with it. I pay one subscription price for YouTube Premium + YouTube Music, so I never see ads on YouTube as long as I'm logged into my account.

My biggest rant is podcasts that don't equalize audio levels. I usually listen in the car and if I have to crank up the volume to hear one person over the engine noise only to be deafened by someone else, that's a big nope.

This morning's capture of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)
The comet will make its closest pass to Earth on October 21, 2025, at a distance of about 55 million miles (89 million kilometres).
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Never heard of apple butter on cottage cheese but in my family we used to have cottage cheese with diced pears.

YouTube video by ninebillionsomething The "Spock" Supercut

This is amazing. #StarTrek #Spock

youtu.be/NL58heLTq38?...

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

A wind turbine on a cloudy day, with a line of people climbing stairs to go up inside of it.

Off to teach, putting the video in my "watch later" queue. I took a tour of a wind farm near where I live in about 2018. We got to up inside one of the turbines. Super cool.

These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.

#DidThisToday

The Grapes of Wrath of Khan

New Hampshire and Vermont could be next to introduce "balcony solar" Cheap, plug-in systems that reduce people's bills without red tape are piquing bipartisan interest.

You just need NYS to approve this @iconyc.bsky.social

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Same. Where would you even put them? At least I've got a big yard.

I'm not lacking in Faith of the Heart, but damn, the intro with Archer's Theme is great.

YouTube video by Lucky Tran Violet Affleck's Fiery UN Speech On COVID and Clean Air

Here's a Youtube link of Violet Affleck's full speech about COVID and clean air at the United Nations: