John Loch
@johnloch.bsky.social
Runner
KU Alum
Video Tech at The Midwest Trust Center, JCCC
Family Unit: Wife - Toddler - Dog
KU Alum
Video Tech at The Midwest Trust Center, JCCC
Family Unit: Wife - Toddler - Dog
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather.
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather.
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The fan reaction here is pretty great
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The fan reaction here is pretty great
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
Whales must rise to the surface to poop because down deep the pressure plugs their holes. 🐳
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Whales must rise to the surface to poop because down deep the pressure plugs their holes. 🐳
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everyone you know is secretly foo fighting a battle that’s getting the best the best the best the best of them.
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 AM
everyone you know is secretly foo fighting a battle that’s getting the best the best the best the best of them.
Debrisa would be a beautiful name for a baby girl.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Debrisa would be a beautiful name for a baby girl.
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The Wages of Fear (1953) - 0:15:43
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Runtime 153 minutes
🚬 x 29, or one cigarette every 5.28 minutes
https://howmanycigarettes.com/the-wages-of-fear/
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Runtime 153 minutes
🚬 x 29, or one cigarette every 5.28 minutes
https://howmanycigarettes.com/the-wages-of-fear/
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The Wages of Fear (1953) - 0:15:43
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Runtime 153 minutes
🚬 x 29, or one cigarette every 5.28 minutes
https://howmanycigarettes.com/the-wages-of-fear/
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Runtime 153 minutes
🚬 x 29, or one cigarette every 5.28 minutes
https://howmanycigarettes.com/the-wages-of-fear/
“40% decline since 2008.” 🦃
Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding • Kansas Reflector
The consistent, dramatic decline in Kansas’ wild turkey population prompted the state in 2023 to forbid hunting them in the fall.
kansasreflector.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
“40% decline since 2008.” 🦃
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If you take a photo of yourself wearing any kind of reflective sunglasses, I will zoom in to see what you saw.
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
If you take a photo of yourself wearing any kind of reflective sunglasses, I will zoom in to see what you saw.
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The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae.
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae.
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The Apartment is a Christmas movie and a New Year's Eve movie and a perfect movie, period
December 25, 2024 at 3:38 AM
The Apartment is a Christmas movie and a New Year's Eve movie and a perfect movie, period
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Dec 31st - Fran and Bud finish their game of gin rummy.
📽️📅 The Apartment (1960)
📽️📅 The Apartment (1960)
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Dec 31st - Fran and Bud finish their game of gin rummy.
📽️📅 The Apartment (1960)
📽️📅 The Apartment (1960)
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One more pelican before I put my phone down down for the night.
Taken this morning. 🪶
Taken this morning. 🪶
December 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
One more pelican before I put my phone down down for the night.
Taken this morning. 🪶
Taken this morning. 🪶
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I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
2yo: [releases gas]
Me: Oh! Are you farting?
2yo: I’m pooping air.
Me: Oh! Are you farting?
2yo: I’m pooping air.
December 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
2yo: [releases gas]
Me: Oh! Are you farting?
2yo: I’m pooping air.
Me: Oh! Are you farting?
2yo: I’m pooping air.
Good Time (2017)
📽️ 7/10
This was interesting and certainly held my attention but was rather empty overall. A real “no heroes” type of movie. Guessing the Safdies worked out any kinks before Uncut Gems with this one.
📽️ 7/10
This was interesting and certainly held my attention but was rather empty overall. A real “no heroes” type of movie. Guessing the Safdies worked out any kinks before Uncut Gems with this one.
Good Time (2017) ⭐ 7.3 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
1h 42m | R
www.imdb.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Good Time (2017)
📽️ 7/10
This was interesting and certainly held my attention but was rather empty overall. A real “no heroes” type of movie. Guessing the Safdies worked out any kinks before Uncut Gems with this one.
📽️ 7/10
This was interesting and certainly held my attention but was rather empty overall. A real “no heroes” type of movie. Guessing the Safdies worked out any kinks before Uncut Gems with this one.
It’s not that I don’t want to see the Avatar movies in theaters it’s that I don’t want to see the Avatar movies in theaters for more than three hours.
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s not that I don’t want to see the Avatar movies in theaters it’s that I don’t want to see the Avatar movies in theaters for more than three hours.
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Henry David Thoreau is like “damn my vacation is so important to humanity”
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Henry David Thoreau is like “damn my vacation is so important to humanity”
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Opinion from David Norlin: Too many Kansans blink like bullfrogs in a hailstorm amid country’s current crises #ksleg
Too many Kansans blink like bullfrogs in a hailstorm amid country's current crises • Kansas Reflector
When faced with a sinking ship, Republican response is predictable. Circle the wagons and attack the "other."
kansasreflector.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Opinion from David Norlin: Too many Kansans blink like bullfrogs in a hailstorm amid country’s current crises #ksleg
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Silence
Credit: mine
Credit: mine
December 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Silence
Credit: mine
Credit: mine
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The Spring River, which flows from the Missouri Ozarks into Kansas and down toward Oklahoma’s Grand Lake, is seeing encouraging signs that several species that once called it home are coming back.
A long-polluted Ozark river appears to finally be bouncing back from disaster
The fish and rare mussels hiding in the Spring River that flows through Kansas and Missouri are signs that environmental cleanups are helping river wildlife recover from a century of mining pollution.
www.kcur.org
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Spring River, which flows from the Missouri Ozarks into Kansas and down toward Oklahoma’s Grand Lake, is seeing encouraging signs that several species that once called it home are coming back.
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Thought I saw Tilly Norwood at Kroger but it wasn't her.
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thought I saw Tilly Norwood at Kroger but it wasn't her.
This bird looks like a panorama photo gone wrong.
One of Barry's descendants surveying the area at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
#birds #herons #nature
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
#birds #herons #nature
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This bird looks like a panorama photo gone wrong.
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Someone pointed out to me long ago that the MLB logo looks like a bird with its beak open getting ready to bat. I will see it this way forever and ever
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Someone pointed out to me long ago that the MLB logo looks like a bird with its beak open getting ready to bat. I will see it this way forever and ever
“29. I’m calling the Coast Guard”
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“29. I’m calling the Coast Guard”