David Byron
@dcbyron.bsky.social
Cloud engineer in gov/mil cybersecurity.
Thinking and writing about art history, interpretation, magic, poetry, satire…
Thinking and writing about art history, interpretation, magic, poetry, satire…
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
"I said a hic, hoc, a tibi,
a tibi soli, laudate domini,
don't stop the homily,
regamus, O omnipotens Dee..."
a tibi soli, laudate domini,
don't stop the homily,
regamus, O omnipotens Dee..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"I said a hic, hoc, a tibi,
a tibi soli, laudate domini,
don't stop the homily,
regamus, O omnipotens Dee..."
a tibi soli, laudate domini,
don't stop the homily,
regamus, O omnipotens Dee..."
Fortune cookie disclosure
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fortune cookie disclosure
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BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
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Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, American journalists' median salary in 2024 was $60,280. Work hours are irregular, with night and weekend assignments common, and some roles entail occupational hazards. The profession is decline, with employment decreasing each year. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, American journalists' median salary in 2024 was $60,280. Work hours are irregular, with night and weekend assignments common, and some roles entail occupational hazards. The profession is decline, with employment decreasing each year. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...
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Why were there so many sculptures (36 marbles and 16 bronzes) in the Antikythera wreck (70-50 BCE)? A great new, open access article by Brian Martens for ABSA argues they were for a gymnasion. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... A really interesting take 125 years after this monumental discovery.
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why were there so many sculptures (36 marbles and 16 bronzes) in the Antikythera wreck (70-50 BCE)? A great new, open access article by Brian Martens for ABSA argues they were for a gymnasion. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... A really interesting take 125 years after this monumental discovery.
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This is as sharply written as everyone in my feed recommending it keeps saying it is
i can't express how fast and hard i clicked on this and how little i was surprised to see @adamserwer.bsky.social's byline atop this banger
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is as sharply written as everyone in my feed recommending it keeps saying it is
I may have happened upon a smuggling ring at the local Chinese food joint
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I may have happened upon a smuggling ring at the local Chinese food joint
It’s the economy* as perceived by voters not in the top quintile, stupid†.
*economy != stock market
†Carville’s rhetoric, not mine
*economy != stock market
†Carville’s rhetoric, not mine
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s the economy* as perceived by voters not in the top quintile, stupid†.
*economy != stock market
†Carville’s rhetoric, not mine
*economy != stock market
†Carville’s rhetoric, not mine
The collapse of “Do you know who I am?” isn’t always a humiliation, but it can be and sometimes it should be.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The collapse of “Do you know who I am?” isn’t always a humiliation, but it can be and sometimes it should be.
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
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Great example. I’ve often heard people say they believe medieval people discouraged or punished female literacy, whereas Mary is usually shown reading during the Annunciation, so every medieval person constantly saw images of the #1 female role model reading. The anti-learning Middle Ages is a myth.
St Anne teaching the Virgin to read, carved stone, France, Troyes, ca. 1500-1530
(V&A Museum, London)
(V&A Museum, London)
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great example. I’ve often heard people say they believe medieval people discouraged or punished female literacy, whereas Mary is usually shown reading during the Annunciation, so every medieval person constantly saw images of the #1 female role model reading. The anti-learning Middle Ages is a myth.
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Born this day in 1592, in Utrecht, Gerrit van Honthorst. Known in Italy as Gherardo delle Notti for his A+ nighttime scenes, as here in 1620.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Born this day in 1592, in Utrecht, Gerrit van Honthorst. Known in Italy as Gherardo delle Notti for his A+ nighttime scenes, as here in 1620.
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The REAL road runner
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The REAL road runner
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The range increments of a full subway sandwich are only 10/20 so you have disadvantage on your throw more than a few paces away. You can double the range with a half-sandwich wrapped tightly and druis have a fifth-level subclass feature that removes disadvantage if the sandwich has sprouts
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The range increments of a full subway sandwich are only 10/20 so you have disadvantage on your throw more than a few paces away. You can double the range with a half-sandwich wrapped tightly and druis have a fifth-level subclass feature that removes disadvantage if the sandwich has sprouts
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You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.
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Miller a foe of degenerate art
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Miller a foe of degenerate art
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“A man who has been to another world does not come back unchanged.” -C. S. Lewis
October 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“A man who has been to another world does not come back unchanged.” -C. S. Lewis
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“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.” Proverbs 17:15
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.” Proverbs 17:15