rob mahurin
@robtasm.bsky.social
I am large. I contain multitudes.
They are! Also eggplants and watermelons. It has to with whether all of the fruit grows from a single ovary on a single flower. The encyclopedia link above is pretty good.
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
They are! Also eggplants and watermelons. It has to with whether all of the fruit grows from a single ovary on a single flower. The encyclopedia link above is pretty good.
One hundred percent.
January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
One hundred percent.
By the time the Covenant shooting happened, I was so jaded to the humdrum background of mass murder in American elementary schools that it took me a few days to realize that I had been there.
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
By the time the Covenant shooting happened, I was so jaded to the humdrum background of mass murder in American elementary schools that it took me a few days to realize that I had been there.
Just to be clear: I wasn't present for either of these shootings. I remember exactly where I was when the Knoxville shooting happened (the Golden Roast cafe, where I wrote a bunch of my dissertation). I have a friend who grew up in that church but she wasn't there either.
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Just to be clear: I wasn't present for either of these shootings. I remember exactly where I was when the Knoxville shooting happened (the Golden Roast cafe, where I wrote a bunch of my dissertation). I have a friend who grew up in that church but she wasn't there either.
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Last year I had a job as a paid singer in a church choir. A parishioner sat in the balcony near the choir with a handgun tucked in the back of his waistband. I walked out.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Last year I had a job as a paid singer in a church choir. A parishioner sat in the balcony near the choir with a handgun tucked in the back of his waistband. I walked out.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
Unlike an apple, a pepper is technically a berry.
Berry (botany) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Unlike an apple, a pepper is technically a berry.
I didn't expect to start crying while I wrote that down, but I did.
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I didn't expect to start crying while I wrote that down, but I did.
To honor the dead with names: the two I know about are the Knoxville Unitarian shooting in 2008 (the children's theatre group was doing "Annie") and the Covenant Presbyterian shooting in 2023 (targeting the students in the attached elementary school).
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
To honor the dead with names: the two I know about are the Knoxville Unitarian shooting in 2008 (the children's theatre group was doing "Annie") and the Covenant Presbyterian shooting in 2023 (targeting the students in the attached elementary school).
Last year I had a job as a paid singer in a church choir. A parishioner sat in the balcony near the choir with a handgun tucked in the back of his waistband. I walked out.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Last year I had a job as a paid singer in a church choir. A parishioner sat in the balcony near the choir with a handgun tucked in the back of his waistband. I walked out.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
As a singer I've visited probably 200–300 churches in my life. At least two have later been the sites of mass murders. Insane.
Note that '/* */' goes back to C, and '//' was introduced in C++.
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Note that '/* */' goes back to C, and '//' was introduced in C++.
That's not the HTML comment delimiter.
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
That's not the HTML comment delimiter.
[narrator] Hey, that's the name of the show!
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
[narrator] Hey, that's the name of the show!
re "as a prosecutor": wasn't the whole problem that she was never lawfully appointed as a prosecutor?
in which case referring to her as a prosecutor, even in the past tense, is somewhere between an error and a propaganda message?
in which case referring to her as a prosecutor, even in the past tense, is somewhere between an error and a propaganda message?
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 AM
re "as a prosecutor": wasn't the whole problem that she was never lawfully appointed as a prosecutor?
in which case referring to her as a prosecutor, even in the past tense, is somewhere between an error and a propaganda message?
in which case referring to her as a prosecutor, even in the past tense, is somewhere between an error and a propaganda message?
"Snow depth after this last storm has reached 5.5 feet, with drifts to 8 feet, Polyakova says."
Somewhat different from the illustration.
Somewhat different from the illustration.
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"Snow depth after this last storm has reached 5.5 feet, with drifts to 8 feet, Polyakova says."
Somewhat different from the illustration.
Somewhat different from the illustration.
You click "edit." The markup language is not mysterious. An account is optional. For uploading pictures, there's a button.
Best of luck! (And cool cantenna!)
Best of luck! (And cool cantenna!)
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM
You click "edit." The markup language is not mysterious. An account is optional. For uploading pictures, there's a button.
Best of luck! (And cool cantenna!)
Best of luck! (And cool cantenna!)
What's stopping you?
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
What's stopping you?
Different people mean different things by "metal" or "metallic." Is the shell electrically conductive? Is it ductile rather than brittle? Not all iron compounds are metallic.
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Different people mean different things by "metal" or "metallic." Is the shell electrically conductive? Is it ductile rather than brittle? Not all iron compounds are metallic.
It's fun to experiment with accents where this pun does and doesn't work.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It's fun to experiment with accents where this pun does and doesn't work.
The "pipe" symbols `|` send the output of one command to the input of another.
`cat` just prints the file, in this case sending it to the next command.
`tail` prints out the last few lines in the file (here twenty)
`wc` counts the words.
So, the output is the number of words in the last 20 lines
`cat` just prints the file, in this case sending it to the next command.
`tail` prints out the last few lines in the file (here twenty)
`wc` counts the words.
So, the output is the number of words in the last 20 lines
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The "pipe" symbols `|` send the output of one command to the input of another.
`cat` just prints the file, in this case sending it to the next command.
`tail` prints out the last few lines in the file (here twenty)
`wc` counts the words.
So, the output is the number of words in the last 20 lines
`cat` just prints the file, in this case sending it to the next command.
`tail` prints out the last few lines in the file (here twenty)
`wc` counts the words.
So, the output is the number of words in the last 20 lines
[neil degrasse tyson impression] well actually the SIDEREAL day is 23 hours and 56 minutes. it takes the earth an extra four minutes to make the same angle to the sun because the earth has moved 1/365th of the way around its orbit, so the SOLAR day is 24 hours
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 AM
[neil degrasse tyson impression] well actually the SIDEREAL day is 23 hours and 56 minutes. it takes the earth an extra four minutes to make the same angle to the sun because the earth has moved 1/365th of the way around its orbit, so the SOLAR day is 24 hours
I forgot about above-ground pools and I was REALLY IMPRESSED
January 18, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I forgot about above-ground pools and I was REALLY IMPRESSED