Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist led a class on rocketry this afternoon. Wrapped up with a model rocket launch. Kids were impressed that it soared so high, and disappointed that we couldn't recover it (chute malfunction plus the wind took it over into the fenced tennis courts).
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist led a class on rocketry this afternoon. Wrapped up with a model rocket launch. Kids were impressed that it soared so high, and disappointed that we couldn't recover it (chute malfunction plus the wind took it over into the fenced tennis courts).
Decades ago, Tanya Shaffer's father fled fascism in Europe to come to the U.S. Now, she has dual citizenship, and Europe might be her refuge from creeping autocracy in the U.S. Read her story in "Dual Citizen" (Feb 03, 2026):
tanyashaffer.substack.com/p/dual-citizen
tanyashaffer.substack.com/p/dual-citizen
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Decades ago, Tanya Shaffer's father fled fascism in Europe to come to the U.S. Now, she has dual citizenship, and Europe might be her refuge from creeping autocracy in the U.S. Read her story in "Dual Citizen" (Feb 03, 2026):
tanyashaffer.substack.com/p/dual-citizen
tanyashaffer.substack.com/p/dual-citizen
Due to the recent winds and the low temps maintaining a smooth layer of ice and snow in the yard, a whole bunch of sweetgum seed pods slid and rolled to the shoveled walkway and got stuck there.
You can roll your ankle if you step on one of those pods, so I collected them this afternoon.
You can roll your ankle if you step on one of those pods, so I collected them this afternoon.
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Due to the recent winds and the low temps maintaining a smooth layer of ice and snow in the yard, a whole bunch of sweetgum seed pods slid and rolled to the shoveled walkway and got stuck there.
You can roll your ankle if you step on one of those pods, so I collected them this afternoon.
You can roll your ankle if you step on one of those pods, so I collected them this afternoon.
Absolute Martian Manhunter #8 shot out some star-spangled metaphor: "This is not a gun. It's the *idea* of a gun! *America's* idea! All contradictions *cohere* in the gun." #comics
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Absolute Martian Manhunter #8 shot out some star-spangled metaphor: "This is not a gun. It's the *idea* of a gun! *America's* idea! All contradictions *cohere* in the gun." #comics
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic for Feb 9, 2026: How the Epstein Class profits from economic collapse. (Hint: It only helps them if society has no social safety net; think about that).
pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/s...
pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/s...
February 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic for Feb 9, 2026: How the Epstein Class profits from economic collapse. (Hint: It only helps them if society has no social safety net; think about that).
pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/s...
pluralistic.net/2026/02/09/s...
Fun Fact: Bad Bunny had more yards in 13 minutes than the Patriots did in all of Super Bowl LX.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Fun Fact: Bad Bunny had more yards in 13 minutes than the Patriots did in all of Super Bowl LX.
And now, a moment of silence for the people who have to unload the Patriots confetti and pack up their Super Bowl t-shirts.
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
And now, a moment of silence for the people who have to unload the Patriots confetti and pack up their Super Bowl t-shirts.
Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
Well, that halftime show was absolute 🔥 . Loved it!
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Well, that halftime show was absolute 🔥 . Loved it!
Winter Olympian Pees A Message In The Snow For Trump Administration www.huffpost.com/entry/gus-ke...
Winter Olympian Pees A Message In The Snow For Trump Administration
"Yes, I'm a child," the freestyle skier explained.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Winter Olympian Pees A Message In The Snow For Trump Administration www.huffpost.com/entry/gus-ke...
In the new Starbucks ad, I was caught on the background music. I recognized it as "South American Getaway", which I knew as the B-side to The New Christy Minstrels single version of "You Need Someone To Love" from 1970. I've had the 45rpm for ... forever it seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6v...
![Label of the B-side for The New Christy Minstrels – You Need Someone To Love (7" Promo Single). [found online, not my photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pp5xh7mydvmt2iccw4fzy6zn/bafkreibrbyaodklvk64rsg675jrwoi5rvl75hdjhfanbhlbzg54myipf7u@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In the new Starbucks ad, I was caught on the background music. I recognized it as "South American Getaway", which I knew as the B-side to The New Christy Minstrels single version of "You Need Someone To Love" from 1970. I've had the 45rpm for ... forever it seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6v...
International Clash Day / Know Your Rights!
www.kexp.org/internationa...
www.kexp.org/internationa...
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
International Clash Day / Know Your Rights!
www.kexp.org/internationa...
www.kexp.org/internationa...
The Friday #80s Flashback for February 6, 2026, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson's CONTROL. Released 40 years ago this week, CONTROL launched five different singles into the Billboard Hot 100's top five. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/02/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/02/frid...
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback for February 6, 2026, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson's CONTROL. Released 40 years ago this week, CONTROL launched five different singles into the Billboard Hot 100's top five. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/02/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/02/frid...
"...So, to summarize... Square root of eye of newt, over function of the cosine where EEE equals magic times the speed of all likelihood squared..."
[comic panel from Joe the Barbarian #4 (2010)]
[comic panel from Joe the Barbarian #4 (2010)]
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
"...So, to summarize... Square root of eye of newt, over function of the cosine where EEE equals magic times the speed of all likelihood squared..."
[comic panel from Joe the Barbarian #4 (2010)]
[comic panel from Joe the Barbarian #4 (2010)]
Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist was spinning, popping, and booming with a special event performance at a STEAM fair in Lansdale, PA, elementary school.
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist was spinning, popping, and booming with a special event performance at a STEAM fair in Lansdale, PA, elementary school.
comic panel from Fight Comics #15 (1941) – Freighter in background; dogsled and shed in foreground. Text above image reads "That night a strange freighter slips into an isolated Greenland inlet."
February 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
comic panel from Fight Comics #15 (1941) – Freighter in background; dogsled and shed in foreground. Text above image reads "That night a strange freighter slips into an isolated Greenland inlet."
"Henceforth the the second day of the second month was set aside to commemorate the Presentation of the Groundhog at the Temple. This day initiates a season of contemplation during which the people seek to thaw winter's hold on their hearts."
#GroundhogDay #Groundhog #Presentation #Temple #Candlemas
#GroundhogDay #Groundhog #Presentation #Temple #Candlemas
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"Henceforth the the second day of the second month was set aside to commemorate the Presentation of the Groundhog at the Temple. This day initiates a season of contemplation during which the people seek to thaw winter's hold on their hearts."
#GroundhogDay #Groundhog #Presentation #Temple #Candlemas
#GroundhogDay #Groundhog #Presentation #Temple #Candlemas
Reposted by Brainwise
Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
IWMF Statement: The International Women’s Media Foundation condemns the arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon
www.iwmf.org/2026/01/iwmf...
www.iwmf.org/2026/01/iwmf...
January 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
IWMF Statement: The International Women’s Media Foundation condemns the arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon
www.iwmf.org/2026/01/iwmf...
www.iwmf.org/2026/01/iwmf...
At least four journalists have been arrested at the direction of the Trump regime!
"...federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
"...federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest
Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement posted on social media.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
At least four journalists have been arrested at the direction of the Trump regime!
"...federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
"...federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
The Friday #80s Flashback not-so-generically celebrates the 40th anniversary of Public Image Ltd.'s fifth studio release: ALBUM (also known as COMPACT DISC, CASSETTE, or MP3 depending on the purchased format). #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback not-so-generically celebrates the 40th anniversary of Public Image Ltd.'s fifth studio release: ALBUM (also known as COMPACT DISC, CASSETTE, or MP3 depending on the purchased format). #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
Reposted by Brainwise
The Wild Hunt reports on the latest initiative from the people behind #Project2025, and none of it bodes well for people concerned with pluralism, inclusion, and religious or even personal freedom.
wildhunt.org/2026/01/proj...
#Pagan #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianNationalism #HeritageFoundation
wildhunt.org/2026/01/proj...
#Pagan #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianNationalism #HeritageFoundation
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The Wild Hunt reports on the latest initiative from the people behind #Project2025, and none of it bodes well for people concerned with pluralism, inclusion, and religious or even personal freedom.
wildhunt.org/2026/01/proj...
#Pagan #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianNationalism #HeritageFoundation
wildhunt.org/2026/01/proj...
#Pagan #ReligiousFreedom #ChristianNationalism #HeritageFoundation
History books should include screenshots of Americans calling themselves patriots while voting the country into collapse.
(via www.godaintpetty.com)
(via www.godaintpetty.com)
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
History books should include screenshots of Americans calling themselves patriots while voting the country into collapse.
(via www.godaintpetty.com)
(via www.godaintpetty.com)