dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026wtf. and spot on. certainly our justice system will have some say in this (cruel/unusual), if that part actually worked. 010
Reposted by dropstonesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 342086873
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I dunno NYT, I think it was immediately clear what he meant. 010
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026probably shouldn't put the box in the dishwasher though 100
Reposted by dropstonesSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21592001688
Reposted by dropstonesAnnie D. @delsannio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's almost like we shouldn't be conducting state-sanctioned executions 043
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This murder took place soon after I got to grad school at UTK not far from where I lived. Remember it well - it was haunting and grisly and frankly scary as hell. And yet still that crime does not approach the barbarism and evil of the State-sanctioned death penalty. 000
Reposted by dropstonesPaul Kelleher @paulkelleher.net · 30/09/2026Wow! Here’s audio of Judith Jarvis Thomson introducing the Trolley Problem. Bonus: “The” Trolley Problem probably isn’t what you thought it was. youtu.be/V-CAEhBBTp0?...youtu.beThe Trolley Problem - Judith Jarvis Thomson (1978)YouTube video by Philosophy Overdose 53215
Reposted by dropstonesCBsaurus @cbsaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Come after the King, best not miss. ~ Omar Little Today in U.S. Senate Hearing shenanigans 012
Reposted by dropstonesKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 28/09/2026Beshear creates a Kentucky Governor’s Office of Music kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/28/b...kentuckylantern.comBeshear creates a Kentucky Governor’s Office of Music • Kentucky LanternGov. Andy Beshear created the Governor’s Office of Music last week by executive order, saying the new office will work to connect and support artists through the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. 01910
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Happy 50th to one of my favorite albums. And arguably one of the greatest of all time.en.wikipedia.orgSongs in the Key of Life - Wikipedia 020
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026may trump never come root for the team you like. lol. 010
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I really love our little paper but they have an uncanny knack for non sequitur photo layout choices. 121
Reposted by dropstonesBluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tomorrow the Lexington Herald-Leader will lose a lot of great journalists, including most of the people who have been covering Kentucky politics and state government for us. Here's a too-quick summary of our losses, and yours. ^JC 11521
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 24/09/202630 years ago he said he was against mayo and now he's FOR mayo? what does xtiandc.bsky.social REALLY stand for?* *paid for by the committee to out mayo harersxtiandc.bsky.socialxtiandc.bsky.social 110
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026static.klipy.comMatty Matheson: The Greatest Sandwich In The WorldAlt: Matty Matheson: The Greatest Sandwich In The World 010
Reposted by dropstonesGovernor Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two Kentucky icons are turning 100! Celebrate Natural Bridge State Resort Park and Ale-8-One with the Natural Bridge 100-Year Adventure Photo Challenge. Complete six categories for a chance to win various prize packs. Learn more: tinyurl.com/89mb2dsw 13410
Reposted by dropstonesDrew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not saying it was aliens, but ...arstechnica.comNonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattackGroup plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks. 4112
Reposted by dropstonesPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026TFW your entire country's path into the future gets fucking bodied by a 10-year-old named Riley Grunch 422685484
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think these personal connection stories hit the hardest. 001
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Well crap this is awful.lpm.orgMcClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffsMcClatchy laid off 13 journalists at the Lexington Herald-Leader, a majority of its reporters, as a part of its deep, nationwide layoffs. 000
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I dunno, I'd wait for the patch to work out the bugs. 010
Reposted by dropstonesKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 04/09/2026Truth is stranger than fiction when it comes to former Gov. Matt Bevin. Former Gov. Bevin arrested in Bourbon County on outstanding warrant kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/04/b...kentuckylantern.comFormer Gov. Bevin arrested in Bourbon County on outstanding warrant • Kentucky LanternFormer Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested in Bourbon County Thursday an outstanding warrant for contempt of court, police said. 12411
Reposted by dropstonesKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 01/09/2026Kentucky has lost a giant Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/31/k...kentuckylantern.comKentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92 • Kentucky LanternA lover of forests, the farmer, author and former English professor died on Thursday, according to his family and the New York Times. He was 92. 14451162
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 30/08/2026oh i know you weren't and yeah likely - probably more indicative of how fucking petty along with authoritarian this admin is 000
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 30/08/2026would be nice if they had waited for anything actually official... or at least until Monday 100
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Just got new-again-angry that Google Maps and Bing Maps changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico on their services. At least ESRI basemaps seem to keep the correct name. 110
Reposted by dropstonesKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What if we just started renaming things "AmeriKKKa" spelled the Ice Cube way. I'm Gen X and I think we could be talked into this. 591388131
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026true true - but it can wait until the one we all want and need. 110
Reposted by dropstonesElizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Instead of doing something about climate change, Americans are just going to bet on it:wsj.comExclusive | Kalshi and the Weather Co. Join Forces on Climate TradesThe trading platform is now getting input from experts that operate a leading weather app to verify popular climate-prediction markets. 1114742
Reposted by dropstoneslighthouse prince @historiancole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026tim curry keeping up the bit twenty years after the fact by writing in his memoir that he and miss piggy had an affair during the filming of muppet treasure island is just so good and funny 1564841317
Reposted by dropstonesGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394967139
Reposted by dropstonesLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️ 194335057162
Reposted by dropstonesTessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026As for me and my vote, Suzy H. and Walden F. both really capture how I feel by Election Day. 544328
Reposted by dropstonestuneMine @tunemine.com · 20/08/2026🎵LCD Soundsystem, "Home" (2010) Still perfect.buff.lyLCD Soundsystem, "Home" (2010)LCD Soundsystem - Home Still perfect. 011
dropstones @dropstones.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Oh good idea on a rewatch! Will do that once I finish Breaking Bad and BCS again. Whenever it's foggy I love to quote Churchill from it, "It's FOG!" (I think that's one of my favorite parts of the series). 000
Reposted by dropstonesKent Lind @camasonian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We have data on this. The blue is all the non-ag human use: 18866172
Reposted by dropstonesRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is one of the most beautiful gems in the nation. This is insane. 03922
