Chris Johnson's Avatar

Chris Johnson

@ectowombat.bsky.social

Unitarian Universalist, humanist, lefty. Interests include linguistics and other cognitive sciences. Probably mostly reskeets. he/him/his

265 Followers  |  1,172 Following  |  507 Posts  |  Joined: 10.08.2023  |  1.9725

Latest posts by ectowombat.bsky.social on Bluesky

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_t...

04.11.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What a headline…

04.11.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Harris breaks silence on parade magazine’s headline: β€œWTF are you talking about?”

04.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

03.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10683    πŸ” 2603    πŸ’¬ 439    πŸ“Œ 308
An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.

03.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3944    πŸ” 794    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 30

"I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me."

03.11.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 423    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫑

03.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1831    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 4

It's wild because actually she's calling him Jewish, antisemitically

03.11.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It's the "old people" part that is perfect.

03.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet from Ella Devi: canvassing for @ZohranKMamdani in the east village today and the actor who plays dr. strugis in young sheldon is in my canvassing group!!

Photo of Ella with another canvasser and Wallace Shawn

Tweet from Ella Devi: canvassing for @ZohranKMamdani in the east village today and the actor who plays dr. strugis in young sheldon is in my canvassing group!! Photo of Ella with another canvasser and Wallace Shawn

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

02.11.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 23431    πŸ” 2640    πŸ’¬ 1320    πŸ“Œ 840

Having grown up there during the Gingrich-era, I never thought we'd look to Cobb County as the ideal point for our suburbs.

02.11.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ominous in pretty much any other context.

02.11.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This week I learned that PokΓ©mon GO apparently recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

It's fascinating to see how geolocation games handle things like border disputes and unrecognized states.

02.11.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry People Magazine. I was unfamiliar with your game

02.11.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I get the challenges of deeply threaded conversations (I grew up with Usenet), but the flatter structure can be confusing.

02.11.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think if I got used to it years ago and was along for the ride as they added features and norms for use developed, it would be great for me. Unfortunately, I didn’t do that.

02.11.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Zohran Mamdani is so extroverted that I get exhausted just watching clips of what he’s been up to

02.11.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
COTA to waive fares on Election Day Nov. 4, to ensure all voters reach a polling location In an effort to help get voters to their election locations, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will waive all transit fares for all customers on Nov 4.

COLUMBUS, Ohio β€” In an effort to help get voters to their election locations, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will waive all transit fares for all customers on Election Day.
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/p...

02.11.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Rod Dreher post. Meme. John and Paul together, labeled 'the right'. Yoko labeled 'Groypers'.

Rod Dreher post. Meme. John and Paul together, labeled 'the right'. Yoko labeled 'Groypers'.

But to find that extra WAY in which to be wrong takes Rod Dreher.

02.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really don’t get why I don’t get Discord. Something switches off in my brain.

02.11.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Look, I don't care how much you all love sports, you can't be posting like that as long as Donald has the nukes without at least mentioning you're talking about baseball.

02.11.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 552    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
Video thumbnail

"Fresh Lobster" (1928) is about exactly what I'd hoped it would be about.

31.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 268    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

They will not recognize me at the gates of heaven

01.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of β€œ233 Celsius” by Ray Bradbury

Cover of β€œ233 Celsius” by Ray Bradbury

The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎒

01.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1876    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 50

There was a very funny three year period where every Wikipedia photo of a living actor was from a comic con panel.

01.11.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
me with a blue funnel like hat, with a stick out the top holding a red ball on a string. I have on a red capelet and am carrying a letter with calligraphy and a seal in my crooked beak. I've got a badge with a symbol on it

me with a blue funnel like hat, with a stick out the top holding a red ball on a string. I have on a red capelet and am carrying a letter with calligraphy and a seal in my crooked beak. I've got a badge with a symbol on it

the guy from the original painting that's got on my outfit except it's wearing tan turnshoes

the guy from the original painting that's got on my outfit except it's wearing tan turnshoes

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

01.11.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10801    πŸ” 1913    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 109

gave out old Bluesky invite codes to trick or treaters this year. they set my lawn on fire and called me a bitch

01.11.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3529    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 11
A selfie of me in a crappy vampire outfit from Spirit wearing a piece of paper with a diagram of a mereology structure as used in semantics papers on count vs mass nouns

A selfie of me in a crappy vampire outfit from Spirit wearing a piece of paper with a diagram of a mereology structure as used in semantics papers on count vs mass nouns

Happy Halloween from Count Noun! πŸ§›

31.10.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.

31.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3691    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 47
Post image

A. SLAP. IN. THE. FACE. #redistricting #ohio #newmaps

31.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ectowombat is following 20 prominent accounts