Howard Tayler
@howardtayler.bsky.social
Vaxxed & 8x-Boosted, He/Him, Husband to Sandra Tayler, Father of Four, #mecfs/#LongCovid, howardtayler.com, schlockmercenary.com, writingexcuses.com. Occasional automated posts, but mostly this feed is artisanal me.
I know why they didn't do it, but that headline would absolutely CRUSH if they'd deployed an adverbial f-bomb immediately prior to the word "obvious."
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I know why they didn't do it, but that headline would absolutely CRUSH if they'd deployed an adverbial f-bomb immediately prior to the word "obvious."
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It did not come off as ironic at the time.
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
True Stuff from Old Books | David Malki | Talks at Google
YouTube video by Talks at Google
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It did not come off as ironic at the time.
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
One of the best uses for a big sous vide bath during family feast events is as a food warmer. Set it to 130⁰F (or 140°F if you're worried about yeast contaminants and want to kill, rather than incubate) and float the various water-tight containers in it until serving time.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
One of the best uses for a big sous vide bath during family feast events is as a food warmer. Set it to 130⁰F (or 140°F if you're worried about yeast contaminants and want to kill, rather than incubate) and float the various water-tight containers in it until serving time.
Hard same.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hard same.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
The CO₂ chart in the quote below comes from this page: www.co2meter.com/blogs/news/c...
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The CO₂ chart in the quote below comes from this page: www.co2meter.com/blogs/news/c...
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
@choochoobear.bsky.social My brother found a Popeye for you. We both hope you love to be disturbed by it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@choochoobear.bsky.social My brother found a Popeye for you. We both hope you love to be disturbed by it.
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
If you see this, post your black & white artwork. Yes, b/w photography counts.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you see this, post your black & white artwork. Yes, b/w photography counts.
It's a little late in the cooking cycle for me to be giving you a 6-FED-friendly stuffing¹ recipe, but here we go.
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's a little late in the cooking cycle for me to be giving you a 6-FED-friendly stuffing¹ recipe, but here we go.
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
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What’s your score on the apple test?
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What’s your score on the apple test?
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I've had the honor of not only playtesting Bolted, but also watching the absolute care to detail @davidmalki.com has put into this project via WIP. It's INCREDIBLE. So much fun to play – @makinaro.com & I laughed A LOT! I just backed it and you should too! 🥳🙌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
Bolted! A Frankenstein-Style Game of Creative Necromancy
A 2–4 player, puzzly card game about "making friends"—out of body parts! From the creator of the comic strip Wondermark.
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've had the honor of not only playtesting Bolted, but also watching the absolute care to detail @davidmalki.com has put into this project via WIP. It's INCREDIBLE. So much fun to play – @makinaro.com & I laughed A LOT! I just backed it and you should too! 🥳🙌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
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The internet is closed thank you this is the final post.
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The internet is closed thank you this is the final post.
A big aside on this thread: Long long ago I asked myself what I would be willing to give up in order to have a family. I acknowledged to myself, God, and anyone who happened to be listening in, that as much as I loved music, I'd give that up for family.
Turns out that's what I had to do.
Turns out that's what I had to do.
Something I puzzled over as a music student, but fully figured out as an audio engineer: why do tone clusters sound dissonant and noisy, while tall chords made of the the same notes, spread out across a couple of octaves, sound crunchy and good?
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A big aside on this thread: Long long ago I asked myself what I would be willing to give up in order to have a family. I acknowledged to myself, God, and anyone who happened to be listening in, that as much as I loved music, I'd give that up for family.
Turns out that's what I had to do.
Turns out that's what I had to do.
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well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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All of this reminded me of THIS incredibly cool youtube video that gets into the acoustic physics of some of the stuff you mentioned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl...
The Physics Of Dissonance
YouTube video by minutephysics
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
All of this reminded me of THIS incredibly cool youtube video that gets into the acoustic physics of some of the stuff you mentioned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl...
Something I puzzled over as a music student, but fully figured out as an audio engineer: why do tone clusters sound dissonant and noisy, while tall chords made of the the same notes, spread out across a couple of octaves, sound crunchy and good?
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Something I puzzled over as a music student, but fully figured out as an audio engineer: why do tone clusters sound dissonant and noisy, while tall chords made of the the same notes, spread out across a couple of octaves, sound crunchy and good?
I just watched this video from Charles Cornell about Mancini's PINK PANTHER theme. I recommend it.
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
The Pink Panther Theme Was WAY More Intricate Than You Remember
YouTube video by Charles Cornell
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I just watched this video from Charles Cornell about Mancini's PINK PANTHER theme. I recommend it.
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
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![Steve Hogarty (@misterbrilliant) on twitter: "[gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreiggabvm73uur4tzdeeskjmre7l6zdobuur4dhlfpi2dc3bczfctwq@jpeg)
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I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
I will not even notice when the green bean casserole fails to appear at the table.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I will not even notice when the green bean casserole fails to appear at the table.