Michael Frasca
@frasca.bsky.social
Retired doc, but still teaching. Taping live music. Movies. Reading SF/fantasy. Playing gowf. Fishing with wife. 3 grown kids. He/him.
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
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My wife and I are heading up to Chicago for the Capricon 46 SF and Fantasy convention at the O'Hare Marriott.
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
#Capricon46 Panel: The Movie Was Better
Some selections from panel members:
The Muppet Christmas Carol - (A Christmas Carol)
Blade Runner - Director's Cut - (DADES)
The Thing 1982 - (Who Goes There)
My choice: Doctor Strangelove - (Red Alert)
@capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Some selections from panel members:
The Muppet Christmas Carol - (A Christmas Carol)
Blade Runner - Director's Cut - (DADES)
The Thing 1982 - (Who Goes There)
My choice: Doctor Strangelove - (Red Alert)
@capriconsfcon.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
#Capricon46 Panel: The Movie Was Better
Some selections from panel members:
The Muppet Christmas Carol - (A Christmas Carol)
Blade Runner - Director's Cut - (DADES)
The Thing 1982 - (Who Goes There)
My choice: Doctor Strangelove - (Red Alert)
@capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Some selections from panel members:
The Muppet Christmas Carol - (A Christmas Carol)
Blade Runner - Director's Cut - (DADES)
The Thing 1982 - (Who Goes There)
My choice: Doctor Strangelove - (Red Alert)
@capriconsfcon.bsky.social
#Capricon46
At most SF/F cons there are folks lobbying for their city to win a bid to host a future WorldCon. After this year's WorldCon in Los Angeles, it moves to Montreal in 2027. After that almost all the bids for the next several years are not in the US.
I wonder why?
At most SF/F cons there are folks lobbying for their city to win a bid to host a future WorldCon. After this year's WorldCon in Los Angeles, it moves to Montreal in 2027. After that almost all the bids for the next several years are not in the US.
I wonder why?
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
#Capricon46
At most SF/F cons there are folks lobbying for their city to win a bid to host a future WorldCon. After this year's WorldCon in Los Angeles, it moves to Montreal in 2027. After that almost all the bids for the next several years are not in the US.
I wonder why?
At most SF/F cons there are folks lobbying for their city to win a bid to host a future WorldCon. After this year's WorldCon in Los Angeles, it moves to Montreal in 2027. After that almost all the bids for the next several years are not in the US.
I wonder why?
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"The Washington Post deserves a better owner than this."
Former global opinion editor @karenattiah.bsky.social slams billionaire Jeff Bezos for gutting the storied newspaper.
Former global opinion editor @karenattiah.bsky.social slams billionaire Jeff Bezos for gutting the storied newspaper.
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"The Washington Post deserves a better owner than this."
Former global opinion editor @karenattiah.bsky.social slams billionaire Jeff Bezos for gutting the storied newspaper.
Former global opinion editor @karenattiah.bsky.social slams billionaire Jeff Bezos for gutting the storied newspaper.
Q 3. Yacht vs. newspaper. Compare and contrast.
#WaPo
#WaPo
Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Q 3. Yacht vs. newspaper. Compare and contrast.
#WaPo
#WaPo
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‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post @talkingpointsmemo.com @joshtpm.bsky.social #WaPo #DieInTheDarkness
‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post
I think I can say with little fear of contradiction that I...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post @talkingpointsmemo.com @joshtpm.bsky.social #WaPo #DieInTheDarkness
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Throwback Thursday
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Sixteen years ago on February 5th, 2010, I was hanging out with Jennifer and Melissa at Cloak bar in New York City. tinyurl.com/458u43ph #NYC #365Bars
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Sixteen years ago on February 5th, 2010, I was hanging out with Jennifer and Melissa at Cloak bar in New York City. tinyurl.com/458u43ph #NYC #365Bars
365 Bars - A Virtual Bar Crawl - Saturday, February 6th, 2010—Bar 27
Day 27—Friday, February 5th, 2010
Cloak NYC
Last Friday while visiting the Doghou...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Throwback Thursday
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Sixteen years ago on February 5th, 2010, I was hanging out with Jennifer and Melissa at Cloak bar in New York City. tinyurl.com/458u43ph #NYC #365Bars
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Sixteen years ago on February 5th, 2010, I was hanging out with Jennifer and Melissa at Cloak bar in New York City. tinyurl.com/458u43ph #NYC #365Bars
While the Trump administration is trying to subvert free and fair elections in the US, my Congressman, Darin LaHood (R IL 16th), is working hard to ensure free and fair elections...in Lebanon. I'm sure Congressman LaHood will vote "aye" on the SAVE Act.
LaHood has forgotten the face of his father.
LaHood has forgotten the face of his father.
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
While the Trump administration is trying to subvert free and fair elections in the US, my Congressman, Darin LaHood (R IL 16th), is working hard to ensure free and fair elections...in Lebanon. I'm sure Congressman LaHood will vote "aye" on the SAVE Act.
LaHood has forgotten the face of his father.
LaHood has forgotten the face of his father.
Narcissistic injury.
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Narcissistic injury.
Do you check any of the boxes?
Then a Vague, Yet Menacing Government Agency will be there shortly to take you away for imprisonment, re-education, deportation, and/or Mental Refreshment™.
Today's Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Then a Vague, Yet Menacing Government Agency will be there shortly to take you away for imprisonment, re-education, deportation, and/or Mental Refreshment™.
Today's Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents a handy quiz to see if YOU are a dangerous criminal
Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! JOIN US FOR 2026 IN THE INNER HIVE , and be the first .....
www.dailykos.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Do you check any of the boxes?
Then a Vague, Yet Menacing Government Agency will be there shortly to take you away for imprisonment, re-education, deportation, and/or Mental Refreshment™.
Today's Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Then a Vague, Yet Menacing Government Agency will be there shortly to take you away for imprisonment, re-education, deportation, and/or Mental Refreshment™.
Today's Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. @rubenbolling.bsky.social
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Day 5 of #Februarty prompt is #forgotten.
From my files... Father and daughter grave sites not far from my property, a teddy bear and an old bottle of Coke left long ago in the woods near my home.
All seemingly forgotten...
From my files... Father and daughter grave sites not far from my property, a teddy bear and an old bottle of Coke left long ago in the woods near my home.
All seemingly forgotten...
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Day 5 of #Februarty prompt is #forgotten.
From my files... Father and daughter grave sites not far from my property, a teddy bear and an old bottle of Coke left long ago in the woods near my home.
All seemingly forgotten...
From my files... Father and daughter grave sites not far from my property, a teddy bear and an old bottle of Coke left long ago in the woods near my home.
All seemingly forgotten...
Our #DrivinAroundMusic for the trip up to Chicago and #Capricon46 is the #GratefulDead just released Dave's Picks Volume 57: January 31 - February 1, 1978 at Chicago's Uptown Theatre.
The '78 Midwest winter tour represented a transition to the semi-scripted setlist syntax of the 80's and '90's.
The '78 Midwest winter tour represented a transition to the semi-scripted setlist syntax of the 80's and '90's.
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Our #DrivinAroundMusic for the trip up to Chicago and #Capricon46 is the #GratefulDead just released Dave's Picks Volume 57: January 31 - February 1, 1978 at Chicago's Uptown Theatre.
The '78 Midwest winter tour represented a transition to the semi-scripted setlist syntax of the 80's and '90's.
The '78 Midwest winter tour represented a transition to the semi-scripted setlist syntax of the 80's and '90's.
My wife and I are heading up to Chicago for the Capricon 46 SF and Fantasy convention at the O'Hare Marriott.
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
My wife and I are heading up to Chicago for the Capricon 46 SF and Fantasy convention at the O'Hare Marriott.
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Looking forward to filking, panels, the con suite, costumes, and, of course, the hucksters room.
See you there!
#capricon46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social
Backyard #Astrophotography
M38 is an open cluster of stars in Auriga that is 3500 light years from Earth. NGC1907 is the small open cluster to the right of M38. It is 4500 light years away.
M38 is an open cluster of stars in Auriga that is 3500 light years from Earth. NGC1907 is the small open cluster to the right of M38. It is 4500 light years away.
February 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
M38 is an open cluster of stars in Auriga that is 3500 light years from Earth. NGC1907 is the small open cluster to the right of M38. It is 4500 light years away.
M38 is an open cluster of stars in Auriga that is 3500 light years from Earth. NGC1907 is the small open cluster to the right of M38. It is 4500 light years away.
Reposted by Michael Frasca
Reposted by Michael Frasca
sunrise sidewalk alignment, 3 missing eagle wing feathers, hawk in evening
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
sunrise sidewalk alignment, 3 missing eagle wing feathers, hawk in evening
Everything Trump touches, he destroys.
Gift article.
Gift article.
Former Farming Leaders Warn U.S. Agriculture Could Face ‘Widespread Collapse’
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Everything Trump touches, he destroys.
Gift article.
Gift article.
Backyard #Astrophotography
(1/2) ❓A 'questionable' sunspot group has erupted in the past two days with several massive Class X flares. It also belched out one coronal mass ejection (CME) which just skimmed the Earth yesterday. Will it belch out more?.
(1/2) ❓A 'questionable' sunspot group has erupted in the past two days with several massive Class X flares. It also belched out one coronal mass ejection (CME) which just skimmed the Earth yesterday. Will it belch out more?.
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
(1/2) ❓A 'questionable' sunspot group has erupted in the past two days with several massive Class X flares. It also belched out one coronal mass ejection (CME) which just skimmed the Earth yesterday. Will it belch out more?.
(1/2) ❓A 'questionable' sunspot group has erupted in the past two days with several massive Class X flares. It also belched out one coronal mass ejection (CME) which just skimmed the Earth yesterday. Will it belch out more?.
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The Washington Post is getting rid of its Books section. We’re losing the institutions—journalism, middle-class artistic and intellectual culture—that once made life bearable. Those things were a threat to the super-rich who increasingly govern us. Democracy dies in illiteracy.
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The Washington Post is getting rid of its Books section. We’re losing the institutions—journalism, middle-class artistic and intellectual culture—that once made life bearable. Those things were a threat to the super-rich who increasingly govern us. Democracy dies in illiteracy.
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Once in a while, even a blind squirrel finds a passageway to an underworld dimension.
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Once in a while, even a blind squirrel finds a passageway to an underworld dimension.
Everything Trump touches, he destroys. @talkingpointsmemo.com
The Trump DOJ Has Utterly Collapsed and It Ain’t Pretty
INSIDE: Patrick J. Schiltz ... Stephen Miller ... Mark Kelly
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Everything Trump touches, he destroys. @talkingpointsmemo.com
I just finishing uploading the nine Phish shows I was lucky enough to get taper tickets for from 1996 to 2000. This includes the epic 1998-07-29 (Riverport) Bathtub Gin. Here is the link to that show. #Phish
Phish 1998-07-29 - Riverport Amphitheatre : Phish : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
FIRST SET01. Bathtub Gin02. Dog Log03. Foam04. Fikus05. Farmhouse06. Vultures07. Glide08. Birds of a FeatherSECOND SET (69:39)09. Buried Alive >10. Call Me...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I just finishing uploading the nine Phish shows I was lucky enough to get taper tickets for from 1996 to 2000. This includes the epic 1998-07-29 (Riverport) Bathtub Gin. Here is the link to that show. #Phish
> what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
Songs that She Sang in the Shower
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
> what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie
Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie