Black Myron
@blackmyron.bsky.social
Avid reader, writer, tabletop and video gamer. Physics degree. Likes to think way too much about the stuff I enjoy.
The more techbros talk, the clearer it is that none of them understand basic science.
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The more techbros talk, the clearer it is that none of them understand basic science.
As someone who worked as a graduate TA, we were warned to look out for students looking for an excuse to complain to admin for an agenda, usually to get an "A" without actually completing the class. Before even knowing the background, it was clear to me that was what was going on here.
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As someone who worked as a graduate TA, we were warned to look out for students looking for an excuse to complain to admin for an agenda, usually to get an "A" without actually completing the class. Before even knowing the background, it was clear to me that was what was going on here.
Ah, the modern-day Project Plowshare
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ah, the modern-day Project Plowshare
It blew my mind as a kid, because while he never expanded on it, there was always the implication that the "Red Book of Westmarch" was a real document that Tolkien was simply translating, which was more explicit in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It blew my mind as a kid, because while he never expanded on it, there was always the implication that the "Red Book of Westmarch" was a real document that Tolkien was simply translating, which was more explicit in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil"
I was thrown trying to sort out dates in the Witcher series until I realized the 12 months all had exactly 30 days, as did the cycle of the moon, and I had been fooled by the English translation just assigning the regular calendar names to the months
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was thrown trying to sort out dates in the Witcher series until I realized the 12 months all had exactly 30 days, as did the cycle of the moon, and I had been fooled by the English translation just assigning the regular calendar names to the months
Ha! That was me, introduced to D&D at 6 years old in 1978, by my 2nd grade gifted teacher.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ha! That was me, introduced to D&D at 6 years old in 1978, by my 2nd grade gifted teacher.
I think you've forgotten the iconic star of their most beloved series, Stanley the Bugman
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I think you've forgotten the iconic star of their most beloved series, Stanley the Bugman
Also, one of the greatest anti-music video music videos of all time (apart from Neil Young's "This Note's For You")
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Also, one of the greatest anti-music video music videos of all time (apart from Neil Young's "This Note's For You")
I adopted my first cat in grad school, a super-friendly black cat in the neighborhood. I called my girlfriend and asked how we were going to get him inside; I opened the door to see if I could find him and he ran inside, laid down in a beanbag chair and immediately fell asleep
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I adopted my first cat in grad school, a super-friendly black cat in the neighborhood. I called my girlfriend and asked how we were going to get him inside; I opened the door to see if I could find him and he ran inside, laid down in a beanbag chair and immediately fell asleep
Considering Lincoln was the first US president to make it a Federal holiday to celebrate winning battles against the Confederacy, we should start bringing back old Union songs from the Civil War
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Considering Lincoln was the first US president to make it a Federal holiday to celebrate winning battles against the Confederacy, we should start bringing back old Union songs from the Civil War
This is why I maintain my own private Star Wars database stored locally on my computer to avoid this type of nightmarish scenario
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is why I maintain my own private Star Wars database stored locally on my computer to avoid this type of nightmarish scenario
I don't think I even know what a MC95E is...
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don't think I even know what a MC95E is...
Well... there WAS one other (sort of) future for Twilight: 2000... namely, WEG's Paranoia crossover "Twilightcycle:2000" has the identical historical events as a precursor to Alpha Complex (with the proto-Computer in a research facility in TW2K San Francisco)
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well... there WAS one other (sort of) future for Twilight: 2000... namely, WEG's Paranoia crossover "Twilightcycle:2000" has the identical historical events as a precursor to Alpha Complex (with the proto-Computer in a research facility in TW2K San Francisco)
Is... is that even legal?
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Is... is that even legal?
That is incredible and absolutely the type of attention to detail that makes me want to play a game
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
That is incredible and absolutely the type of attention to detail that makes me want to play a game
You know a movie is great when even the movie poster is riffing on it
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You know a movie is great when even the movie poster is riffing on it
There's an uncanny resemblance to the legion of humanoid robot showcases where they suddenly tumble to the ground
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There's an uncanny resemblance to the legion of humanoid robot showcases where they suddenly tumble to the ground
I'm only off myself for five days but I don't have to be back in the physical office for 10, so there's that!
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm only off myself for five days but I don't have to be back in the physical office for 10, so there's that!
Yeah, I know the whole story but reading it again just got me
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yeah, I know the whole story but reading it again just got me
I had a cat for 16 years and it was hard to think about getting another, but we saw the featured cat at the local shelter that was the nicest boy, 5 years old, but no one would adopt because he had a big blister on one paw and three years later our little rascal Peanut Butter is the best!
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I had a cat for 16 years and it was hard to think about getting another, but we saw the featured cat at the local shelter that was the nicest boy, 5 years old, but no one would adopt because he had a big blister on one paw and three years later our little rascal Peanut Butter is the best!
Back when Universal Studios Orlando had the Twister ride their gift shop was mostly Wizard of Oz stuff, to an absurd degree
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Back when Universal Studios Orlando had the Twister ride their gift shop was mostly Wizard of Oz stuff, to an absurd degree
Uranus was named incorrectly because it's Greek and the rest of the planets have Roman names. Properly it should be called Caelus, but admittedly that's not as funny
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Uranus was named incorrectly because it's Greek and the rest of the planets have Roman names. Properly it should be called Caelus, but admittedly that's not as funny