Reposted by Fred BOURSIERJenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My favorite Appalachian fact is that, unlike the Himalayas, there are no shells on top of the Appalachians because they predate shells. 05313
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 19/06/2026it really sucks how we’re finally seeing a US regime put people under 60 in leadership positions, and all those people are invariably both stunningly stupid and wildly evil 1339079
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAlan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026@boursier.bsky.social I haven’t dared touch the hands of your Cyberpunk Cuckoo Clock ever since I got the hands just perfectly right. So, when the clocks changed I just pop out the batteries, wait 23 hours, and and then pop them back in. NEVER SET THE HANDS AGAIN, NEVER TOUCH 1145
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Any chance to repost this classic Busta Rhymes moment 60102412316
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERPitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The 'With These Hands' trail features plaster casts which reproduce artefacts from the Mohenjo-daro ruins, one of the great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization (3000-2500 BC). Sold as cultural souvenirs, these casts connect modern makers with disappearing histories.This seal was donated in 1955. 201122162
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERThomas Fuchs @thomasfuchs.at · 14/01/2026“If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design” (Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...) 727564
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it. 2570212248
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/01/2026I NEED Louisiana photo sky to GET ON THIS 825356
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERRebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Amazing results in New York remind me how disappointing it is that congestion pricing efforts have stalled in San Francisco. With congestion pricing, Muni service could be robustly funded, transit ridership would climb, and traffic through much of the Bay Area would significantly decrease. 213137
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The office chairs in the street count is reaching dotcom levels. 2182
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERColin Peters @colinpeters.bsky.social · 21/10/2025That’s going well, now, is it? 188
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 20/10/2025So pleasing. 🪶 643748
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I think AR has the possibility to absorb people totally because it’s basically one step closer to having a phone in your face 24/7, a natural state for most people right now. 000
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 04/10/2025Tulips? Who mentioned tulips? 0358
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 29/09/2025[tv commercial opens] [a woman comes into a kitchen and puts down her grocery bags] “as a busy mom, I’m always looking for faster, cheaper ways to launder hundreds of millions of dollars” 461249255
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERThomas Fuchs @thomasfuchs.at · 19/09/2025I don't care about Liquid Glass, but I love this development article about how to recreate it on the web (tl;dr you can't do it cross-browser rn, but the building blocks are there). kube.io/blog/liquid-...kube.ioLiquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG — kube.ioExplore how to recreate Apple's stunning Liquid Glass effect using CSS, SVG Displacement Maps, and refraction calculations. 051
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Remember the time Putin canceled a puppet show that mocked him and then the creator had to flee the country 3327124
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 11/09/2025One of the best things I ever got from colorware was a pencil that glows bright orange under a black light. I’ve lost it in my apartment and found it by shining a black light like I was searching for scorpions in the desert. 230
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERThomas Fuchs @thomasfuchs.at · 05/09/2025I think I need to drive this home more: programming didn't used to be like this—even for complex, networked apps with a large amount of features and complex user interfaces. And apps didn't have thousands of dependencies like many even simple ones do now. 511726
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Saw these two pieces as a kid and they’re still my favorite things at the museum. 000
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERBurrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 29/08/2025PEOPLE’S GAS & ELECTRIC 0159
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERPaul Kelleher @paulkelleher.net · 15/11/2023There are many days where if it weren't for this grade school technology from the early 2000s, I would get zero words written instead of (for example) today's 2,368. 4201
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERmartin_fff @martinfff.bsky.social · 27/08/2025your gym teacher and your english teacher are getting married 141
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAlan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025@boursier.bsky.social Tony included also the paper label from one of the balls of yarn, shade 2185, dye lot 46977B. Tony knows that people who would buy a hat like this he happy to know about the dye lot number. Anyway, as someone who owns this hat as well, I knew you could relate to why I needed to 111
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I still kind of want to make this. My test tiles weren’t nearly this cute. 040
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/08/2025holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second 455124014589
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Oh let me read some perfectly plain books about stained glass before bed. I’m sure they won’t have ominous German poetry in them. 140
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 04/08/2025FLW making an art of escaping every single modern architect, but especially Gropius. 010
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 17/07/2025look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything 185112582231
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Sf is often so beautiful, and I am glad to live here. 010
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Vinay Prasad overrode the recommendations of a panel of scientists who said that 2025-2026 COVID19 vaccines should be recommended for everyone over the age of 12 years. COVID19 remains a serious public health threat. He will get people killed. He doesn’t care. His ego wins, always.abcnews.go.comFDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staffA top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines 18585256
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/07/2025WHO WANTS SOME GOOD LEGISLATIVE NEWS!!! 😭 😭 323653
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine... 16373993665
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Love paying import duties on something I designed myself because there is no consumer level 3d printing in silver in America. 220
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Look, I'm just saying that in 1920 people thought Zeppelins were inevitable. 65012
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I was in Chicago for the wet bulb event of 95’. No one warned us how dangerous it would be. Now the planet is MUCH warmer and warming faster so please be weather aware. Hydrate and don’t take long walks unless you have guaranteed, immediate access to air conditioning. 65718
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I really loved making this thing. Built it mostly „by hand“ in VR, and printed this foot tall monster in my kitchen. 252
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERAlan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025“Cyberpunk Cuckoo Clock,” 2024. Here’s a cool one-of-a-kind clock, & a very kind gift from @boursier.bsky.social who designed & made this clock with the Alessi 9093 kettle bird *in sterling silver.* Make sure sound is on! Many more pics here: (Best on a laptop) alan999.homestead.com/cuckooclock.... 3115
Reposted by Fred BOURSIERChris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025How has the Pentagon not figured out a way to pay Raytheon $5 billion to develop high-quality frozen pizzas they can stockpile in the basement 031
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Across from the mechanics monument, and I think about how this is where the first gaming devices were made. Somehow fitting. 010
Fred BOURSIER @boursier.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Why can’t pharmacies have signs like this for their penicillin? 010