Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm on my 4th pass through the cycle and I catch something new each time. 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dracula Daily is a cool way to read the epistolary novel, Dracula, since it collates each day's events to be read on the day it happens. There's a substack, email list, and a book. "Dracula season" goes from May 3 through November 7. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dracul...simonandschuster.comDracula DailyThe wildly popular email newsletter that has been described as an “internet sensation” (The New York Times) and “the coolest book club on the inter... 120
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeoplePackagist @packagist.com · 29/09/2026Packagist turns 15, with more than 200 billion package installs 🎉 How Composer and Packagist started, 15 years of milestones, recent growth, and our plans for supply chain security and funding. blog.packagist.com/15-years-of... #php #phpc #composerphp 075
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleÁlvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 29/09/2026The W3C released a new HTML element out of nowhere. It was the element of <surprise>. 27317
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122103282677
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Now that’s a lotta trees!” 927191
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I took a picture of poison ivy so that you don't have to get up close to see how furry it is (zoom in). Is it felt? You better hope not! (Sorry, I had to throw in a dad joke) I also have a newfound appreciation for the Aculops rhois mites that blister the plant with galls. 000
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026static.klipy.comAkira KanedaAlt: Sleek, red motorcycle from the groundbreaking anime movie, Akira, doing the iconic slide away from the viewer before it comes to a stop. 130
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026Many U S Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas 17877108
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What are these tiny buttons on your pair of jeans for? 👖🔘 - by @fineasjackson "They look like decoration, but they're why jeans exist. Behind those weird buttons on your jeans..." #jeans #history #fashion 1012526
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I was adding some MIME-type guards to a file-upload form. That made me think of a château hiring mimes, armed with long baguettes, to guard the gates. While one is at attention & the other is peeling an invisible banana, the mimes hear an ominous rustle in the darkness. "Halt," they don't shout. 000
Reposted by Eric of the Poe Peoplesarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow 21488341167
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/09/2026"It’s a simple exchange introduced by German academics that dates back to the early nineteenth century. We’ll cover the complete cost of IVF to help you build your family—yes, really—and then, on your child’s first birthday, we might take your baby." buff.ly/stGSoSTbuff.lyRumpelstiltskin Isn’t Your Typical Fertility Startup“Our founders took years of experience in casino design and timeshare sales and swaddled them together into a first-of-its-kind solution that asks: Do poor p... 18120
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Duchamp says, "I have the craziest idea..." 000
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO 241789535
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There's an easter egg with the physical books that makes #3 more special. Spoiler: www.reddit.com/r/DungeonCra...reddit.comFrom the DungeonCrawlerCarl community on Reddit: The UV Light Easter Egg UpdatedExplore this post and more from the DungeonCrawlerCarl community 100
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. -- H. L. Mencken 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why I otter...static.klipy.comThree StoogesAlt: Moe from the Three Stooges looking directly at the camera and saying, "Why I oughta..." Then he raises his hand horizontal to the ground and forms his fingers in a V shape as he threatens to poke the viewer in the eyes. 000
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleMichael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My #Smithsonian experience 7335154
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I had not heard of this thought experiment before. Thank you for the introduction en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...en.wikipedia.orgChinese room - Wikipedia 031
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The king's adviser is actually a nice guy: 6957191591
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleJRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt. 6861132009
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026History rhymes www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45483/...poetryfoundation.orgBarbara FrietchieRound about them orchards sweep, Apple- and peach-tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde, On that… 000
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My pawns all have guns, my knights have fighter jets, my bishops have God on their side, my rooks have aircraft carriers, my queen has an amazing husband, and my king has nuclear codes and a Sharpie. 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Their donuts are vegan and you ate one? Monster! I've known some folks who became vegans and they don't come to my BBQ anymore -- now I know why.static.klipy.comSoylent GreenAlt: A clip from the movie, Soylent Green, where the protagonist is crying out, "it's made of people!" while being carried away by authorities. 000
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116803320
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory SeasonThis Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o... 17267762683
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The N-word, the P-word, and the K-word all conspire to "fertilize the soil" and to "maximize crop yield." The NPK triad have even taken over entire aisles at neighborhood hardware stores and little garden shops. Such flagrant macronutrient audacity! 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Today, I accidentally typed, "DevOops" and thought, "yeah, I've made quite a few of those, too." #Programming #DevOps 030
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026In the 80s, we were convinced that we would lose a friend to quicksand, a group of skinny-dipping teens to piranhas at the lake, and a small town to killer bees -- all shorthand for climate change. 010
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions. 326149904070
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026While watching this season's Ted Lasso, I think, "I wonder what Diamond Dames will be saying about this part." This week's DD episode should be 100x based on this week's TL episode. I cannot wait. 000
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Or during a performance review: "your beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green" 000
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleInspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 26/08/2026She was the best of all us 🖤 1791240
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For those mourning the passing of Dolly Parton and for those not yet enamored with her, Dolly Parton's America is a lovely biography and tribute to one of the most amazing people to have walked this earth at the same time we did. I need to give it a re-listen www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...wnycstudios.orgDolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | PodcastsThe story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars. 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I took my kid to see the 25th anniversary showing of The Fast and the Furious at the theater. I expected rowdy fans. I wanted MST3K, Rocky Horror Picture Show. I wanted jeers when Brian's hair suddenly gets big when he's accused of being a cop and cheers when Dom says the line. Instead: crickets. 000
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I once picked up his autobiography, Ice by Ice, from a sale bin and regaled my IT students with passages on slow days. 010
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Me. Dick Van Dyke's love interest in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (written by Ian Fleming) is "Miss Truly Scrumptious" 000
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Hacker: I've installed Doom, written in Java, in this cup 0242
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 568197973682
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Reading? At a coffee shop? Near a college campus? 020
Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026He greatly expanded the National Parks system and many of us, even outside of the US, grew up with toys named for him. 010
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleJubilado0505 @jubilado251.bsky.social · 18/08/2026He was the only president who received both the Medal of Honor (for Spanish/American War) and, as you point out, the Nobel Peace prize. Everyone who knew him remarked about his tremendous energy. A man in perpetual motion. 2101
Reposted by Eric of the Poe PeopleSheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“You sure do read a lot” “Why are you reading in a bar” “Whatcha reading” “It’s so funny when women pretend to read in public to look smart” “I bet you don’t understand one third of that book” Things men who were strangers to me have said to me while I was reading. Why are men? Allowed to speak 4785332587