Greg Merklin
@gmerklin.bsky.social
Scientist, artist, musician, athlete, all-around malcontent.
And if you don’t know where you are, you probably shouldn’t be there.
December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And if you don’t know where you are, you probably shouldn’t be there.
Returning? Exit visas are what’s coming next.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Returning? Exit visas are what’s coming next.
Well done! You’ve come a long way from Ft Riley!
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well done! You’ve come a long way from Ft Riley!
Carr is 17 years younger than me.
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Carr is 17 years younger than me.
Outside: staid middle England.
Inside: New Orleans brothel.
Wow.
Inside: New Orleans brothel.
Wow.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Outside: staid middle England.
Inside: New Orleans brothel.
Wow.
Inside: New Orleans brothel.
Wow.
Times New Roman is a boring newspaper typeface.
When Franklin printed up broadsides of the Declaration of Independence for public distribution, he used Caslon.
When Franklin printed up broadsides of the Declaration of Independence for public distribution, he used Caslon.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Times New Roman is a boring newspaper typeface.
When Franklin printed up broadsides of the Declaration of Independence for public distribution, he used Caslon.
When Franklin printed up broadsides of the Declaration of Independence for public distribution, he used Caslon.
I will also point out that I have no past or present connection to Harvard; neither am I an academic at another college or school. I was just a guy trying to satisfy my own curiosity.
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I will also point out that I have no past or present connection to Harvard; neither am I an academic at another college or school. I was just a guy trying to satisfy my own curiosity.
“A gay, gallant ship” indeed!
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“A gay, gallant ship” indeed!
I was looking for an excerpt from an obscure parody of A.E. Housman’s “A Shropshire Lad”.
Harvard University Library has a copy in Special Collections; they were happy to send me a scan of the whole thing at no charge.
Harvard University Library has a copy in Special Collections; they were happy to send me a scan of the whole thing at no charge.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I was looking for an excerpt from an obscure parody of A.E. Housman’s “A Shropshire Lad”.
Harvard University Library has a copy in Special Collections; they were happy to send me a scan of the whole thing at no charge.
Harvard University Library has a copy in Special Collections; they were happy to send me a scan of the whole thing at no charge.
Cloud Atlas, because it’s so much fun watching Hanks play a villain.
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Cloud Atlas, because it’s so much fun watching Hanks play a villain.
I’m still chemically developing film…
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m still chemically developing film…
Senator: “I’m not familiar with that.”
Interviewer: “Senator, you’re on national TV. Are you admitting that, on a topic with which you should be familiar, your head is so far up your backside that you can see your own duodenum?”
Interviewer: “Senator, you’re on national TV. Are you admitting that, on a topic with which you should be familiar, your head is so far up your backside that you can see your own duodenum?”
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Senator: “I’m not familiar with that.”
Interviewer: “Senator, you’re on national TV. Are you admitting that, on a topic with which you should be familiar, your head is so far up your backside that you can see your own duodenum?”
Interviewer: “Senator, you’re on national TV. Are you admitting that, on a topic with which you should be familiar, your head is so far up your backside that you can see your own duodenum?”
Just watched that last week!
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just watched that last week!
Do they know that Turkey has been a NATO member for 73 years?
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do they know that Turkey has been a NATO member for 73 years?
I also saw it at the Ziegfeld; there were audible gasps when the *logo* went up on the screen. So few people had ever seen a real big-screen movie…
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I also saw it at the Ziegfeld; there were audible gasps when the *logo* went up on the screen. So few people had ever seen a real big-screen movie…
I was in Vienna for a week this fall—much fun!
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I was in Vienna for a week this fall—much fun!
Or Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Hegseth, Vance, Andreeson…there’s a long, long, long list!
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Or Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Hegseth, Vance, Andreeson…there’s a long, long, long list!
Why should a court have to order her removal from a position that she never (legally) held?
Can anyone explain this?
Can anyone explain this?
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Why should a court have to order her removal from a position that she never (legally) held?
Can anyone explain this?
Can anyone explain this?
In principle I agree; however (and I’m being very geeky here) it takes less delta-v, and therefore less propellant, to shoot him into the outer darkness of interstellar space.
Why spend a dime more than is necessary?
Why spend a dime more than is necessary?
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In principle I agree; however (and I’m being very geeky here) it takes less delta-v, and therefore less propellant, to shoot him into the outer darkness of interstellar space.
Why spend a dime more than is necessary?
Why spend a dime more than is necessary?
Yes. (See pic to your left.)
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yes. (See pic to your left.)