John Heaton (not the 18th-century painter)
@jheaton416.bsky.social
Madison, Wisconsin. Hospitality industry professional, physically disabled, PC(USA) deacon, singer, lover of armadillos. He/him/his. Not the John Heaton who painted this: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/909427
When I got into the IT industry in the mid-90s, $400 would get you 8 megabytes of RAM so getting 32 gigabytes for the same price doesn't seem particularly out of control.
RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster
Catch of the day.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When I got into the IT industry in the mid-90s, $400 would get you 8 megabytes of RAM so getting 32 gigabytes for the same price doesn't seem particularly out of control.
No self-respecting officious bureaucrat would ever refer to Pennsylvania as a "state." Pennsylvania is a commonwealth.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
No self-respecting officious bureaucrat would ever refer to Pennsylvania as a "state." Pennsylvania is a commonwealth.
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It’s fucked up that billionaires have all that money and just buy websites and newspapers that are mean to them instead of ending homelessness or even making the top three most important bands from
Athens GA (Neutral Milk Hotel, REM, The B-52s) reunite and cover each other’s music
Athens GA (Neutral Milk Hotel, REM, The B-52s) reunite and cover each other’s music
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s fucked up that billionaires have all that money and just buy websites and newspapers that are mean to them instead of ending homelessness or even making the top three most important bands from
Athens GA (Neutral Milk Hotel, REM, The B-52s) reunite and cover each other’s music
Athens GA (Neutral Milk Hotel, REM, The B-52s) reunite and cover each other’s music
This has happened to me a couple of times, ostensibly because the buses were too crowded.
[SERIOUS FACE] Come on, surely accessible public transport can’t be that difficult
More than 100 wheelchair users refused on board First York buses in nine months
More than 100 wheelchair users were refused entry onto buses run by First York over a nine-month period, new data has revealed.
www.yorkpress.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This has happened to me a couple of times, ostensibly because the buses were too crowded.
This is wild. Imagine having to relocate nine million people.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is wild. Imagine having to relocate nine million people.
Tina Smith seems to be enjoying her decision not to seek reelection.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tina Smith seems to be enjoying her decision not to seek reelection.
For a year recently being touted as a perfect music year, there sure are a lot of crummy songs on this chart.
Via Charlie's 80s Attic Radio Station
Via Charlie's 80s Attic Radio Station
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For a year recently being touted as a perfect music year, there sure are a lot of crummy songs on this chart.
Via Charlie's 80s Attic Radio Station
Via Charlie's 80s Attic Radio Station
Proud to say that, aside from the nine core movies, the Star Wars Holiday Special is the only Star Wars spin-off I've ever consumed. No other movies, no TV series, no books, no comics, just the three trilogies and this.
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Proud to say that, aside from the nine core movies, the Star Wars Holiday Special is the only Star Wars spin-off I've ever consumed. No other movies, no TV series, no books, no comics, just the three trilogies and this.
And on the anniversary of the day Nixon said he wasn't a crook
Feels like we're at the stage where Nixon caved to the pressure and released transcripts of the Oval Office recordings, which turned out to have been heavily edited and misleading.
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
Attention, historians of Watergate! I'm getting flashbacks from the months of back and forth, reversals and blunders over release of White House records. What stage are we at with the Epstein Files? Drip, drip, drip, as we used to say. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
And on the anniversary of the day Nixon said he wasn't a crook
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Two-plus hours of Mozart's greatest hits performed by a world-class orchestra, what's better than that?
Two-plus hours of Mozart's greatest hits performed by a world-class orchestra, what's better than that?
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Two-plus hours of Mozart's greatest hits performed by a world-class orchestra, what's better than that?
Two-plus hours of Mozart's greatest hits performed by a world-class orchestra, what's better than that?
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Good news, I'm not named in the Epstein emails!
Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate. Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.…
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Good news, I'm not named in the Epstein emails!
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Today is the anniversary of Scrooge McDuck. He first appeared in Four Color #178, which went on sale on November 14, 1947.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today is the anniversary of Scrooge McDuck. He first appeared in Four Color #178, which went on sale on November 14, 1947.
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Hmm…There’s a time travel Vatican heist movie somewhere in here…🤔
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hmm…There’s a time travel Vatican heist movie somewhere in here…🤔
Took me a minute but a solid joke
a “Space Force”, if you will
we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Took me a minute but a solid joke
Let me state for the record that I graduated from the Cornell that *didn't* capitulate, the one in Iowa that had the name first.
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Let me state for the record that I graduated from the Cornell that *didn't* capitulate, the one in Iowa that had the name first.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
@emilystjams.bsky.social You should submit Woodworking as a candidate for UW-Madison's Go Big Read program! I'd do it myself but it's still in my to read so I can't knowledgeably speak to the selection criteria. gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@emilystjams.bsky.social You should submit Woodworking as a candidate for UW-Madison's Go Big Read program! I'd do it myself but it's still in my to read so I can't knowledgeably speak to the selection criteria. gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
You 'd never know this was not originally written for trambone and theremin
Gnossienne n°1 (Satie) - Decostruttori Postmodernisti
Satie's introspection meets Deconstructivist irony. Here is the most ethereal, contrite and disturbing version of Gnossienne you can imagine...
L'introspezione di Satie incontra l'ironia…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You 'd never know this was not originally written for trambone and theremin
Mappy anniversary, Sesame Street! This is a good song but leaves unanswered the question of whether the first lowercase n also is of extraterrestrial origin
Sesame Street: The Lonely "N" Song
If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at http://www.sesamestreet.org
A song of two lonely lower-case letter…
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mappy anniversary, Sesame Street! This is a good song but leaves unanswered the question of whether the first lowercase n also is of extraterrestrial origin
Back in the day, saying something like this would've gotten you branded a heretic and excommunicated, if not put to death.
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We're saving God”
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Back in the day, saying something like this would've gotten you branded a heretic and excommunicated, if not put to death.
I guess I should have trusted that Washington fan I talked to earlier today when he assured me the Huskies were more than capable of losing to Wisconsin.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I guess I should have trusted that Washington fan I talked to earlier today when he assured me the Huskies were more than capable of losing to Wisconsin.
Ah, there it is. We always have grocery store gift cards on hand at my church for people who need food, and through our Compassion Fund we've paid rent, car payments, utility bills, tax debt, you name it ... but no one gets cash. The choice is a gift card or a direct payment to the vendor.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ah, there it is. We always have grocery store gift cards on hand at my church for people who need food, and through our Compassion Fund we've paid rent, car payments, utility bills, tax debt, you name it ... but no one gets cash. The choice is a gift card or a direct payment to the vendor.
I love a good "This is just to say" joke. Pagliacci jokes, too
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I love a good "This is just to say" joke. Pagliacci jokes, too
The first movie I saw in a theater! But I rewatched it recently and didn't find it very delightful. I thought Phil Harris's voice performance was lazy, as was Pat Buttram's. And the story just kind of stops instead of coming to a conclusion. But I did like that "On Wisconsin" is part of the score.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, the delightful, animated version of Robin Hood premiered on this date in 1973. The voice acting sets this film apart from others of this era. Phil Harris (Little John), Andy Devine (Friar Tuck), Terry-Thomas (Sir Hiss) & Roger Miller (Alan-a-Dale) are all terrific.
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The first movie I saw in a theater! But I rewatched it recently and didn't find it very delightful. I thought Phil Harris's voice performance was lazy, as was Pat Buttram's. And the story just kind of stops instead of coming to a conclusion. But I did like that "On Wisconsin" is part of the score.