Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026youtube.comThe Simpsons Anti-Tiger RockYouTube video by megamasterdrive 000
Reposted by Eli BalinBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381172819
Reposted by Eli BalinChapps @chapps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The original Mr. Peanut! 🥜 At first glance, this Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle looks like a figure wearing a hooded cloak. Amazing details and color. THEN you look at the back … he’s a peanut! Peanuts are native to South America and have been used in their cuisine for millennia. 🏺 1/ 📸 me 110427
Reposted by Eli BalinElizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them 14843286
Reposted by Eli BalinMondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Greek god Zeus is now working as the mascot for Macy pachinko parlors in Japan. 1036666
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Spending my precious evening time getting peeved at co-workers in spreadsheet comments because they a) didn't bother with column headers and b) used data that aren't useful for the current task, which I would've known in advance had there been headers identifying it. 020
Reposted by Eli BalinTyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 29/08/2026what a time to be alive (derogatory) 501573403
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There is a thing which I am supposed to have working tomorrow (which I did not know until Monday), and the thing underlying it is glitching in a way which makes no sense. 000
Reposted by Eli BalinChris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC... 513027960
Reposted by Eli BalinWobbly "Cheap Date" Python @wobblypython.northsky.social · 27/10/2025I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users) 15450751810
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Now watching. I'm starting to get the idea that this is not the most accurate of biopics. 110
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ǵ̸̢̛͂̕L̴͕̞̐̀̏͋Ȯ̵̝͙̏̽R̶̠̉Y̵̢̳͛̀̔̕ͅ ̸̭̿́T̴͙͎̫̘͂̕O̴̭̍͊ͅ ̵͙̟̇͘͝͝T̶̗͕̳̒̏̅H̷͕̳̕Ḛ̷͔̀͒̒͠ ̷̢̃H̵͚͚͕͗͠Ì̶͚͇̤͈̀̂̋V̸̢̙̹͑̈́͛Ḛ̷̠͖͌̅̈ 120
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There were several Terran missions in single-player Starcraft where I spent more time gathering resources and building than actual fighting (modulo fixed defenses holding off zergling rushes). Being able to move buildings was such a boon to capturing new resource sites. 010
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026One of Zork's signature weapons had better be a brass lantern. 100
Reposted by Eli BalinFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/08/2026yeah boss, I made the spreadsheet people real fucking sexy, just like you asked 2236448
Reposted by Eli BalinNeil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The people using the em dash as a sign of AI use are fools. It's at the level of throwing someone into a river and if they float they must be a witch. 3568
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Less unusual than it sounds if you know that one of the largest deepwater ports in the western US is in Idaho. 020
Reposted by Eli BalinThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Napoleon was born #onthisday in 1769. After the collapse of his empire in 1815, “le petit caporal” was imprisoned on St Helena, and while there started learning English. One resident of the island called his English “the oddest in the world” — publicdomainreview.org/collection/n... #otd 26214
Reposted by Eli BalinMondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Harbour-kun, a friendly ship, is the mascot for Yokohama Harbour chestnut sponge cakes, which are shaped like ships. 536267
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026THE STORM IS SAFE THE STORM IS GOOD BASK IN THE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE MANY 110
Reposted by Eli BalinAndrew Reeves @andrewsshi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I find it fascinating that in the 1990s, the US managed to re-create early twentieth-century Vienna café culture only to have it gradually decay over the first quarter of the twenty-first century such that now most coffee shops are closed by six PM. 711450180
Reposted by Eli BalinDinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 27/07/2026tell enough stories about a someone and you will inevitably hit the Turned Into A Horse episode qwantz.com/index.php?co... 721144
Reposted by Eli BalinLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Look You may have put a lot of snail mucus on your face. You may have put some REALLY GOOD snail mucus on your face. But if you haven't tried the global number one snail mucin, have you *really* put snail mucus on your face? 63011
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In 2002, the US Congress passed a law authorizing an invasion of The Hague if any American servicemembers or politicians went to the Shrek Rave. 030
Reposted by Eli BalinDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Dang they really got a category for everything 203285775476
Reposted by Eli BalinDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS 59792331805
Reposted by Eli BalinAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Funniest part of the screening was when Odysseus was eating flowers, Calypso said “stop eating those lotuses” and the guy next to me said “OHHHH” like it was an Easter egg in a Marvel movie. 118531
Eli Balin @elibalin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026TimeGuessr #1139 — 49,351/50,000 1️⃣ 🏆9,877 · 📅 0y · 🌍 3.6mi 2️⃣ 🏆9,940 · 📅 1y · 🌍 510m 3️⃣ 🏆9,934 · 📅 1y · 🌍 777m 4️⃣ 🏆9,800 · 📅 2y · 🌍 33m 5️⃣ 🏆9,800 · 📅 2y · 🌍 9m timeguessr.comtimeguessr.comTimeGuessrTimeGuessr - the game that tests both your geography and history knowledge. Guess where and when historic photos were taken. 000
