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Physics Professor, Transformers enthusiast, comics reader and reviewer, etc. He/him.
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Automatic follow-back helps trolls and bots build a false legitimacy, so don't expect it from me.
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Automatic follow-back helps trolls and bots build a false legitimacy, so don't expect it from me.
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@dvandom.bsky.social
· Jan 19
People who know me from elsewhere who are part of a new migration wave, please don't be offended if I don't follow back. My feed is about as active as I can manage following right now.
"Every generation but mine is clueless, because they never learned the skills that were normal to learn when I was young."
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Every generation but mine is clueless, because they never learned the skills that were normal to learn when I was young."
www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/... - Yes, there are now official Transformers toys that turn into licensed football helmets.
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/... - Yes, there are now official Transformers toys that turn into licensed football helmets.
Fröliche Krampusnacht!
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fröliche Krampusnacht!
It's only a war crime if there's a declared war going on, otherwise it's just sparkling atrocity.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It's only a war crime if there's a declared war going on, otherwise it's just sparkling atrocity.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Fact-checking is DISINFORMATION. Fact-checking is UNAMERICAN.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Fact-checking is DISINFORMATION. Fact-checking is UNAMERICAN.
Reblog if you, too, are very trying and rude.
Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reblog if you, too, are very trying and rude.
Original Grinch: Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store?
2025 Grinch: Christmas doesn't come from just any store, it specifically comes from Walmart!
2025 Grinch: Christmas doesn't come from just any store, it specifically comes from Walmart!
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Original Grinch: Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store?
2025 Grinch: Christmas doesn't come from just any store, it specifically comes from Walmart!
2025 Grinch: Christmas doesn't come from just any store, it specifically comes from Walmart!
I don't do music streaming, I still just buy music...mostly buying CDs and ripping them to MP3, although I have a lot of MP3-only stuff from TMBG. If there's a way to get iTunes to tell me my most-listened-to songs of just the last year (as opposed to "since 2009"), I can't find it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I don't do music streaming, I still just buy music...mostly buying CDs and ripping them to MP3, although I have a lot of MP3-only stuff from TMBG. If there's a way to get iTunes to tell me my most-listened-to songs of just the last year (as opposed to "since 2009"), I can't find it.
spinningrat.online A rattisserie, if you will.
spinningrat.online
horizontally spinning rat
spinningrat.online
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
spinningrat.online A rattisserie, if you will.
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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I named my fists Rene and Magritte, because this is not a pipe in them. Honest.
I named my fists Hercule and Poirot because they’re about to be covered in someone’s little grey cells.
…also because I prefer to sit in an armchair and let my burly sidekick actually do the physical work.
…also because I prefer to sit in an armchair and let my burly sidekick actually do the physical work.
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I named my fists Rene and Magritte, because this is not a pipe in them. Honest.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
www.thefifth.world/2025/11/dave... Reviews for the month. Mix of manga and Western comics.
Dave's Capsules for November 2025
A group blog devoted to all aspects of geek culture. Reviews, news, commentary on comics, movies, television, games, and books.
www.thefifth.world
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
www.thefifth.world/2025/11/dave... Reviews for the month. Mix of manga and Western comics.
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Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
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The forbidden pasta.
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The forbidden pasta.
Most of my students were born after the reasoning behind "Cyber Monday" ceased to be relevant.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Most of my students were born after the reasoning behind "Cyber Monday" ceased to be relevant.
In the 00s, I ate a lot of a particular microwave dinner, which was pretty good other than being squishy. I had long wondered if using the conventional oven instructions would result in a different outcome, but didn't have the patience. Today I tried cooking 50 minutes at 350F. Still squishy.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In the 00s, I ate a lot of a particular microwave dinner, which was pretty good other than being squishy. I had long wondered if using the conventional oven instructions would result in a different outcome, but didn't have the patience. Today I tried cooking 50 minutes at 350F. Still squishy.
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
Wake up, new Chalcolithic city just dropped. (And yes, it has a Wikipedia page already, if a bit sparse by necessity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiyarka)
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan
A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an industrial zone for producing copper and bronze
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wake up, new Chalcolithic city just dropped. (And yes, it has a Wikipedia page already, if a bit sparse by necessity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiyarka)
Had this as a kid, had no idea how to solve it, never heard about it again until now. :) (Not living in England probably had something to do with not seeing any coverage of the search and the scandal.)
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had this as a kid, had no idea how to solve it, never heard about it again until now. :) (Not living in England probably had something to do with not seeing any coverage of the search and the scandal.)
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺