Jon O
@bricksncolumns.bsky.social
Conservation planner, Mizzou fan, spreadsheets, maps & GIS geek. This is my personal account.
Normalize not shaming any teams for skipping bowls. Bowls are dumb fun exhibitions that should primarily be a reward for the players. If the players don't want to go that's up to them. ESPN will lose some ad revenue, too bad.
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Normalize not shaming any teams for skipping bowls. Bowls are dumb fun exhibitions that should primarily be a reward for the players. If the players don't want to go that's up to them. ESPN will lose some ad revenue, too bad.
I wonder if the future of bowls will be more skew toward G5 teams that have no realistic hope of playoffs but still want to cap off their season with a celebratory game. The mid-tier P4 bowls may fall off more?
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I wonder if the future of bowls will be more skew toward G5 teams that have no realistic hope of playoffs but still want to cap off their season with a celebratory game. The mid-tier P4 bowls may fall off more?
I understand there are some economic arguments for dynamic pricing (increases supply of goods in high demand etc.), but it has to come with price transparency at all times. Otherwise it's just a way to gouge customers.
Everyone loves economics memes.
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I understand there are some economic arguments for dynamic pricing (increases supply of goods in high demand etc.), but it has to come with price transparency at all times. Otherwise it's just a way to gouge customers.
I literally though this was an Onion headline
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that sans serif fonts aren’t suited for world-class diplomacy and ordered the department to drop Calibri in favor of Times New Roman, reversing a Biden-era policy intended to help employees who are visually impaired.
Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden administration’s shift to a sans serif font, to assist people with vision issues, a “wasteful” diversity move.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I literally though this was an Onion headline
Coaches' agents right now
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Coaches' agents right now
Holy crap my daughter just got offered a $16,000 scholarship to USF. Really incredible to see her hard work over the last four years paying off.
a woman in a blue sweater and glasses is sitting in a chair and talking to herself .
ALT: a woman in a blue sweater and glasses is sitting in a chair and talking to herself .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Holy crap my daughter just got offered a $16,000 scholarship to USF. Really incredible to see her hard work over the last four years paying off.
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Can't wait to see what kind of punishment Central Michigan gets for this Michigan football scandal
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Can't wait to see what kind of punishment Central Michigan gets for this Michigan football scandal
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No AI
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
No AI
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My brilliant plan to improve the CFP committee: after they do all the discussion, debate, etc. have each member rank the teams separately and compile them AP poll style. That ensures they can't rig things to keep a team in or out and gives them more credibility.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My brilliant plan to improve the CFP committee: after they do all the discussion, debate, etc. have each member rank the teams separately and compile them AP poll style. That ensures they can't rig things to keep a team in or out and gives them more credibility.
"Task Manager Not Responding"
a woman is smiling and saying this is the bad place .
ALT: a woman is smiling and saying this is the bad place .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Task Manager Not Responding"
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Can someone please post a good recipe for Wintry Mix I'd like to make it for the holiday office party
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can someone please post a good recipe for Wintry Mix I'd like to make it for the holiday office party
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Bluesky, here's an important matter to settle. Also: a request for more coo-kies (please)
We baked absolute units 🐮🐄
@themerl.bsky.social But are they coo-kies or mooh-kies?
The cows grew a bit, but they are totally #vegan.
@themerl.bsky.social But are they coo-kies or mooh-kies?
The cows grew a bit, but they are totally #vegan.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Bluesky, here's an important matter to settle. Also: a request for more coo-kies (please)
My brilliant plan to improve the CFP committee: after they do all the discussion, debate, etc. have each member rank the teams separately and compile them AP poll style. That ensures they can't rig things to keep a team in or out and gives them more credibility.
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My brilliant plan to improve the CFP committee: after they do all the discussion, debate, etc. have each member rank the teams separately and compile them AP poll style. That ensures they can't rig things to keep a team in or out and gives them more credibility.
How was your test drive @briesmith.xyz
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
How was your test drive @briesmith.xyz
My One Big Idea for this week is to tie progressive tax brackets to median income. As median income rises, so do tax bracket thresholds. That gives rich people at least a little incentive to see median income rise.
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My One Big Idea for this week is to tie progressive tax brackets to median income. As median income rises, so do tax bracket thresholds. That gives rich people at least a little incentive to see median income rise.
Time to recommission the ol' mine!
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Time to recommission the ol' mine!
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
The right has been diving deeper and deeper into angry divisive politics for 2+ decades, but the moment the electorate turns, the VERY DAY voters show that they prefer positivity and unity, Repubs will spin on a dime. It won't be authentic but it will be fast.
Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social sent this video to his 10,000 volunteers:
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The right has been diving deeper and deeper into angry divisive politics for 2+ decades, but the moment the electorate turns, the VERY DAY voters show that they prefer positivity and unity, Repubs will spin on a dime. It won't be authentic but it will be fast.
*after 15th time seeing the Fallon video posted*
aaaand muting Altman
aaaand muting Altman
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
*after 15th time seeing the Fallon video posted*
aaaand muting Altman
aaaand muting Altman
Can someone please post a good recipe for Wintry Mix I'd like to make it for the holiday office party
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can someone please post a good recipe for Wintry Mix I'd like to make it for the holiday office party
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“A Charlie Brown Christmas”—among the most beloved holiday specials of all time—premiered 60 years ago, on December 9, 1965. The first Peanuts TV special, it not only won an Emmy Award; it won a place in the pantheon of pop-culture classics.
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“A Charlie Brown Christmas”—among the most beloved holiday specials of all time—premiered 60 years ago, on December 9, 1965. The first Peanuts TV special, it not only won an Emmy Award; it won a place in the pantheon of pop-culture classics.
This is genuinely awesome, but isn't it a little sad that we have to celebrate just finding candidates for every race in the World's Greatest Democracy
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is genuinely awesome, but isn't it a little sad that we have to celebrate just finding candidates for every race in the World's Greatest Democracy
First in line for lab work! It's cold this morning so the weak Floridians didn't want to wait at the door. My Midwestern blood proved superior.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
First in line for lab work! It's cold this morning so the weak Floridians didn't want to wait at the door. My Midwestern blood proved superior.
Lots of shopping still to do, but I know what I'm getting @mementomorty.bsky.social for Christmas
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Lots of shopping still to do, but I know what I'm getting @mementomorty.bsky.social for Christmas