Peter
@meispeter.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter. Trans people are who they say. Cis/He. Geek. Polyamorous. Humanist. Imperfect. Baseball (SABR). Star Trek. Music. Animation. Muppets. Fountain pens. "Non-traditional" (read: "old") student. Relentlessly forgetful.
AKA sliver7.
AKA sliver7.
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Peter
@meispeter.bsky.social
· Jul 4
If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna fully fund SO MANY aid requests on here.
As it is, I'm unemployed and going back to school full time for a career that is absolutely not gonna make me wealthy, so all of you whose content i enjoy… I'm sorry I can't do more.
As it is, I'm unemployed and going back to school full time for a career that is absolutely not gonna make me wealthy, so all of you whose content i enjoy… I'm sorry I can't do more.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I'm curious how much Universal Pictures paid Google to include ads for 'Wicked: For Good' to this month's Pixel Drop.
They aren't aesthetically terrible, but it's still in poor taste to pass off advertising as a "feature" being added to a phone I've already paid for.
blog.google/products/pix...
They aren't aesthetically terrible, but it's still in poor taste to pass off advertising as a "feature" being added to a phone I've already paid for.
blog.google/products/pix...
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm curious how much Universal Pictures paid Google to include ads for 'Wicked: For Good' to this month's Pixel Drop.
They aren't aesthetically terrible, but it's still in poor taste to pass off advertising as a "feature" being added to a phone I've already paid for.
blog.google/products/pix...
They aren't aesthetically terrible, but it's still in poor taste to pass off advertising as a "feature" being added to a phone I've already paid for.
blog.google/products/pix...
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The fact that this isn't the biggest story today is terrifying.
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year, according to a report.
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the threshold experts agree would constitute catastrophic warming, the authors said.
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the threshold experts agree would constitute catastrophic warming, the authors said.
Despite surging renewables, fossil fuel emissions will hit record this year
Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The fact that this isn't the biggest story today is terrifying.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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A bunch of us: "In the face of unprecedented attacks on civil liberties, constitutional norms, due process, and the safety and welfare of the American people, we need the Democrats to fucking grow a spine already."
Democrats:
Democrats:
a lion from the wizard of oz is crying and says i haven 't any courage .
ALT: a lion from the wizard of oz is crying and says i haven 't any courage .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A bunch of us: "In the face of unprecedented attacks on civil liberties, constitutional norms, due process, and the safety and welfare of the American people, we need the Democrats to fucking grow a spine already."
Democrats:
Democrats:
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Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
So there's another new vinyl format, a 4" disc called "Tiny Vinyl", which for now is exclusive (at least in the US) to Target stores. As opposed to the 3" records introduced by Crosley (?), these don't require specialized hardware to play.
They're cute, they're interesting, but…
They're cute, they're interesting, but…
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So there's another new vinyl format, a 4" disc called "Tiny Vinyl", which for now is exclusive (at least in the US) to Target stores. As opposed to the 3" records introduced by Crosley (?), these don't require specialized hardware to play.
They're cute, they're interesting, but…
They're cute, they're interesting, but…
It's the most impressive restoration/rebuild of a classic computer I can ever remember having seen, courtesy of @polymatt.bsky.social.
When I saw @lgr-yt.bsky.social's original video for this machine, it felt heartbreaking. Maybe it's "just" a computer, but there aren't many of these models left.
When I saw @lgr-yt.bsky.social's original video for this machine, it felt heartbreaking. Maybe it's "just" a computer, but there aren't many of these models left.
Restoration or Resurrection? Re-creating a rare 80s laptop from the ground up
YouTube video by polymatt
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's the most impressive restoration/rebuild of a classic computer I can ever remember having seen, courtesy of @polymatt.bsky.social.
When I saw @lgr-yt.bsky.social's original video for this machine, it felt heartbreaking. Maybe it's "just" a computer, but there aren't many of these models left.
When I saw @lgr-yt.bsky.social's original video for this machine, it felt heartbreaking. Maybe it's "just" a computer, but there aren't many of these models left.
You know what's still a really fun experience?
Drive-in movie theaters.
Drive-in movie theaters.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
You know what's still a really fun experience?
Drive-in movie theaters.
Drive-in movie theaters.
The perfect donut shop doesn't ex…
Nevermind.
These donuts are just right.
(with @spoiledprincess.bsky.social)
Nevermind.
These donuts are just right.
(with @spoiledprincess.bsky.social)
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The perfect donut shop doesn't ex…
Nevermind.
These donuts are just right.
(with @spoiledprincess.bsky.social)
Nevermind.
These donuts are just right.
(with @spoiledprincess.bsky.social)
One reason I love listening to X-Ray Spex is because I believe punk rock and saxophones belong together.
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One reason I love listening to X-Ray Spex is because I believe punk rock and saxophones belong together.
Since we're baseball's off-season and I've already seen this issue come up in articles and comments regarding roster movement, I'd like to make an important announcement:
"RESIGN" and "RE-SIGN" are totally different things. Please do not use one when you mean the other.
Thank you.
"RESIGN" and "RE-SIGN" are totally different things. Please do not use one when you mean the other.
Thank you.
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Since we're baseball's off-season and I've already seen this issue come up in articles and comments regarding roster movement, I'd like to make an important announcement:
"RESIGN" and "RE-SIGN" are totally different things. Please do not use one when you mean the other.
Thank you.
"RESIGN" and "RE-SIGN" are totally different things. Please do not use one when you mean the other.
Thank you.
In the future, I have no doubt that legal historians will judge the Roberts court — this particular incarnation of it — as the most spineless Supreme Court ever.
#SCOTUS
#SCOTUS
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In the future, I have no doubt that legal historians will judge the Roberts court — this particular incarnation of it — as the most spineless Supreme Court ever.
#SCOTUS
#SCOTUS
Dear State of Florida:
Wanna prevent taxpayer money from funding Islamic schools? Stop funding Christian schools. Easy.
Public funds should serve public means, not sectarian ones. Let the churches fund their own schools.
Don't get mad when OTHER religious groups use the programs YOU set up.
Wanna prevent taxpayer money from funding Islamic schools? Stop funding Christian schools. Easy.
Public funds should serve public means, not sectarian ones. Let the churches fund their own schools.
Don't get mad when OTHER religious groups use the programs YOU set up.
Florida Republicans are furious that Muslims are using a voucher program meant to boost Christianity
The same lawmakers who voted to send taxpayer funds to private Christian schools are panicking now that Muslim schools are participating in the program
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Dear State of Florida:
Wanna prevent taxpayer money from funding Islamic schools? Stop funding Christian schools. Easy.
Public funds should serve public means, not sectarian ones. Let the churches fund their own schools.
Don't get mad when OTHER religious groups use the programs YOU set up.
Wanna prevent taxpayer money from funding Islamic schools? Stop funding Christian schools. Easy.
Public funds should serve public means, not sectarian ones. Let the churches fund their own schools.
Don't get mad when OTHER religious groups use the programs YOU set up.
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Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Reminder: Treat your trick-or-treaters well.
OR ELSE!
OR ELSE!
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reminder: Treat your trick-or-treaters well.
OR ELSE!
OR ELSE!
Update: I've been doing observations at a local middle school for one of my classes. Students there are also wearing them.
Is this how some of my high school teachers felt when I wore my The Doors shirt? (The only radio stations in town I liked were NPR and classic rock, so I heard them a lot.)
Is this how some of my high school teachers felt when I wore my The Doors shirt? (The only radio stations in town I liked were NPR and classic rock, so I heard them a lot.)
Continued Observations at [Enormous Public State] University:
I've seen at least a dozen other students wearing Nirvana shirts just today.
Considering most of them were likely born around/after 2000, I wonder how much this is influence by parents, marketing, finding the band organically-ish, etc.
I've seen at least a dozen other students wearing Nirvana shirts just today.
Considering most of them were likely born around/after 2000, I wonder how much this is influence by parents, marketing, finding the band organically-ish, etc.
a close up of a woman holding a microphone
Alt: A close up of a performer with a microphone. She's wearing a black jacket and underneath is a black shirt with the classic yellow Nirvana wordmark and smiley face.
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Update: I've been doing observations at a local middle school for one of my classes. Students there are also wearing them.
Is this how some of my high school teachers felt when I wore my The Doors shirt? (The only radio stations in town I liked were NPR and classic rock, so I heard them a lot.)
Is this how some of my high school teachers felt when I wore my The Doors shirt? (The only radio stations in town I liked were NPR and classic rock, so I heard them a lot.)
This evening's viewing is an undisputed masterpiece of seasonal genre films:
John Carpenter's 'Halloween' (1978)
#FilmSky #Halloween #Horror
John Carpenter's 'Halloween' (1978)
#FilmSky #Halloween #Horror
Halloween (1978)
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
boxd.it
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This evening's viewing is an undisputed masterpiece of seasonal genre films:
John Carpenter's 'Halloween' (1978)
#FilmSky #Halloween #Horror
John Carpenter's 'Halloween' (1978)
#FilmSky #Halloween #Horror
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Released 44 years ago
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off", the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)
#punk #punks #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off", the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)
#punk #punks #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Released 44 years ago
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off", the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)
#punk #punks #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off", the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)
#punk #punks #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory
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Can’t buy snacks
Can’t buy soda
Can’t buy steak
Can’t buy seafood
Can’t get canned goods
Can’t get deserts
Why do you need organic/gluten free, you can’ afford that!
I am sick of it. You don’t know what people should/need to eat
Can’t buy soda
Can’t buy steak
Can’t buy seafood
Can’t get canned goods
Can’t get deserts
Why do you need organic/gluten free, you can’ afford that!
I am sick of it. You don’t know what people should/need to eat
"They're buying seafood with food stamps" Sorry you have never read a sale paper or been in an Aldi. Or bought a meat pack from the discount butcher shop. Not to mention gifts, special occasions, or repayment from favors owed. People in low income communities work. Hence the word income
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can’t buy snacks
Can’t buy soda
Can’t buy steak
Can’t buy seafood
Can’t get canned goods
Can’t get deserts
Why do you need organic/gluten free, you can’ afford that!
I am sick of it. You don’t know what people should/need to eat
Can’t buy soda
Can’t buy steak
Can’t buy seafood
Can’t get canned goods
Can’t get deserts
Why do you need organic/gluten free, you can’ afford that!
I am sick of it. You don’t know what people should/need to eat
A clip from 'Porky's Preview' (1941), dir. by Tex Avery
"…because I'm an artist!"
#LooneyTunes #animation
"…because I'm an artist!"
#LooneyTunes #animation
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A clip from 'Porky's Preview' (1941), dir. by Tex Avery
"…because I'm an artist!"
#LooneyTunes #animation
"…because I'm an artist!"
#LooneyTunes #animation