S. T. Ismail
stismail.bsky.social
S. T. Ismail
@stismail.bsky.social
Former Nutmegger. Chemistry major and science nerd. Educator. Classical music lover. Patriots/Celtics/UConn fan.

"Judge less. Read more." —Kate Good
"His father was ... the former director of operations for Oklahoma State University's football team. ... In addition, the special judge who granted Butler youthful offender status, Susan Worthington, also has longstanding ties to OSU, where she earned two bachelor's degrees."
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
So, rough, pre-printed toilet paper?
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
On a tangential note, I feel like there's support for the Pats adopting something *like* the rivalry uniform as their new base (mainly a different color scheme).
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Fair, but, ewww. . . .
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Fun fact: NHL great Bobby Hull once told a ref something like: "At the start of the second period, bring out two pucks, one puck for [Bruins great Bobby] Orr and one puck for me and the rest of us."
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Lucky's monologue made more sense, though.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Watching a great game devolve into Hack-a-Solo was . . . Unwonderful.
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Their shirts did say F*ck YOUR Feelings for a reason. . . .
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Something,Something,Something Darkside - Turn the ship around
YouTube video by keystoneinheart
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December 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
How is it "wasteful"? Does the government pay a per character royalty to Microsoft for it?
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
To be fair, many/most of those products are *intended* to help people with physical limitations, but the only way to get the costs down to scale is to market them as "convenience" products.
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Worth noting that Texas runs a good 5% to 8% below nationwide turnout rates. As I've heard more than one person say, Texas isn't so much a red state as a voter suppression state.
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Paging @sickoscommittee.org . . . and Troy Brown. 😁
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I don't think they were that close. It really came down to:
1. Take the guarantee of Maye.
2. Go YOLO, "fix" the team, and then hope they could find their QB *without* a top 5 pick.

I think MIN would've needed to offer something like 4 firsts + Darrisaw to get it done.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And UConn fans, because:
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I didn't make it. Just Googled it.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Still not as bad as the Manning-by-default MVPs.
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The idjit uses a different formula. Instead of [final - original]/original, the formula everyone uses, he does [final - original]/*final*.
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM