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Hockey announcer doing a bit with a kid in between periods: “What’s a dragon’s favorite day of the week? FRY-day!”

Profoundly drunk fan sitting behind me: BOO 😡😡😡

@seano I didn’t feel a thing!!

Looking down on the ice while the entirety of the Colorado Avalanche and the Buffalo Sabres shoot pucks around for pre-game warmup.

The logo for the Buffalo Sabres. It’s a charging Buffalo, and two crossed Sabres.

Hello from Ball Arena. I logged in to Mastodon just to ask if there are pro sports teams whose logo is as literal a rebus for their full name as the Buffalo Sabres, whose logo is [buffalo] [sabres].

Five Boroughs subway token, with the pentagon shaped hole in the center and text saying "Good For One Fare".

#TokenTuesday: The Five Boroughs Token debuted in 1995 and was the last token to be used in the #NYCsubway.

A fare increase to $1.50 ushered in the new token which featured a pentagonal hole at the center to symbolize the five boroughs of #NYC.

Frontwoman Charlotte Blythe is an extremely physical stage performer—which doesn't come across at all in that video, where she's mostly posing as tarot cards or singing in close-up. Seeing her perform in an itty-bitty venue was just... I wasn't ready for it and I was probably making very stupid […]

I'm so idiotically happy from this show I'm drooling.

A late bloomer for appreciating live rock shows, I have gone to very few shows solo. For a while now I've wanted to go to a small-venue show when visiting a place far from home, in part to do something anti-touristy, to balance out all the […]

An interaction I just enjoyed:

I enter the elevator in the lower lobby. Two pilots in full finery are on it, clearly having ridden down from the lobby by accident. "Welcome on board," says the one holding the door for me. "Ugh. I am tired," he explains, in a heavy accent.

We ride up to my […]

a carved wooden hand, palm facing up, cupping nothing. it is on a shelf with other bric-a-brac.

the same mysterious hand. you can see the loop and peg better. it appears to be hand made (no pun intended)

i found this somewhat perplexing item at a thrift store today. it is a stylized carved wooden hand, with some kind of handle and loop/peg suspended above, seems like it was made for some purpose that eludes me. anyway it's in my house now so feel free to […]

[Original post on merveilles.town]

One of my favorite parables of engaging hygienically with social media is the story of the guy who walks into a bar holding a steaming dog turd in his hands, shouting “Look what I almost stepped in!”

It's vaguely odd that either Apple's lawyers didn't find the word "podcast" enough of a trademark threat to try shutting down all non-Apple use it, or they did but gave up before much fuss was made.

Gonna see Nox Novacula, with whom I am not previously acquainted, play in #Denver tomorrow night—largely on the strength of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_k0rTujBvg

I feel like I'm the wrong age to be impressed by faux-VHS visual effects—I was there, man, I saw the real thing—but […]

A daytime photograph taken at the highest tier of the Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver. The stage is far below, and one of the two colossal and titular red rocks looms nearby, on the left. Smaller (but still quite large) red ridges and boulders all around us. We can see all the way over the plains to the horizon, with Lakewood in the middle distance and the skyscrapers of downtown Denver far away.

After a couple of days of wandering, I found the entrance to Red Rock. It's so high up I can see the whole of Joppa in the distance, and the towers of some ancient and terrifying ruin on the far horizon. No matter for now, though—time to get to the bottom of what's […]

[Original post on masto.nyc]

This is a good summary for me too, yeah.

Generative AI as a coding collaborator has completely blown the lid off BumpySkies development. I have picked the project back up in large part because of what AI makes possible. I'm genuinely excited to continue using it in this context.

And my […]

UAL1183 turbulence forecast: LGA to DEN Turbulence forecast for UAL1183, departing 11:05 AM EST, Nov 8

Boarded #LGA ✈️ #DEN https://bumpyskies.com/?airline=UAL&flight=1183

“Ak Zipee Akk" is amazing onomatopoeia for fiddling with an ancient radio and being unsatisfied with it because you're a fancy gangster on the lam hiding out with a kindly immigrant family by the train tracks in case you need a reminder of Chester Gould's eternal genius @ComicBookProgressive […]

I'm not entirely sure what this resume dropbox that Mamdani's transition team set up is for. Are they bulking up the transition team specifically, or trying to put more muscle into the overall active-but-lethargic city hiring process? Either way, I put mine in, and if you're also between roles […]

Got an email overnight from United Airlines (as did, I assume, a million other people). I appreciate the swift and clear language about how they’re planning to navigate the immediate days ahead. This included offering refunds for all flights, regardless of whether or not they’re impacted by the […]

The yellow and blue MetroCard express bus plastered with images of the iconic method of payment.

The yellow and blue MetroCard express bus plastered with images of the iconic method of payment.

The yellow and blue MetroCard express bus plastered with images of the iconic method of payment.

Do you remember the #MetroCard Bus? It debuted in 1996 and traveled around the five boroughs making regularly scheduled stops at senior citizen centers, shopping and community centers, and along major bus routes.

@stux Whoa!

Beta.NYC :verified: (@BetaNYC@urbanists.social) Attached: 1 image NYC’s public-interest tech scene is growing—come join us! Catch a screening of Tech for Us at City Tech, then stay for a conversation on real pathways into mission-driven tech. 📆 Wednesday, November 5 at 5 pm 📍 The Theater at City Tech, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn 🎟️ https://www.beta.nyc/event/tech-for-us/

I'm planning to attend this documentary screening and followup discussion about civic tech this afternoon in downtown Brooklyn. @BetaNYC https://urbanists.social/@BetaNYC/115486242974951058

Dear Linux nerds: What macOS client application do you use for accessing your remote Linux server? I'm using NoMachine, and it works I guess but boy howdy is it a cranky bear.

I wanna pause here and note that the voters of an American state, one whose citizenry absolutely has a generational fondness for firearms, approved a gun-restriction law last night. It helps families legally disarm loved ones they're worried about. The law was drafted in response to a terrible […]

Hi #Denver! I'm gonna be visiting from this coming Saturday to the next one. I am looking forward to seeing all the weird airport stuff, and then I dunno what I'm doing next. What's good?

JBU452 turbulence forecast: MCO to BOS Turbulence forecast for JBU452, departing 6:07 PM EST, Nov 3

BumpySkies now features social media preview images for flight forecast links, like tonight's Jet Blue from Orlando to Boston: https://bumpyskies.com/?flight=452&airline=JBU

(Yeah, that's actually kind of a rough flight tonight!)

Odin the Newfie gazing into an Amsterdam canal with a mighty blep

Odin went on an adventure in Amsterdam city center today with some friends. He was very well behaved and a lot of people enjoyed meeting him. The only problem was grumpy old men annoyed that I brought a large dog on a fairly crowded tram (more crowded than I […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live NYC Mayoral Debate Cold Open - SNL

#Zoltar #RobZombie for #mayor of #NYC!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@votesaveamerica.crooked.com

Starting up amidst a shutdown In this issue of BumpySkies News: a survey about BumpySkies, some updates about the website, and some personal thoughts about flying today. Actually, let's...

Just sent out a new issue of BumpySkies News, containing a survey about BumpySkies (my free air-turbulence forecaster), some updates about the website, and some personal thoughts about flying today. https://buttondown.com/bumpyskies/archive/starting-up-amidst-a-shutdown/

I just created a BumpySkies survey, ahead of a newsletter I'm planning to publish this weekend.

If you use the turbulence forecaster at BumpySkies.com, I’d be grateful for a couple of minutes of your time to answer a few questions about how it can work better for you […]

Lynda Barry: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/opinion/immigration-halloween-monsters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x08.-OQ2.-QzhKDzn01Ww&smid=url-share

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