John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Damn girl, you've already absorbed my mind and soul even though you haven't even taken off your gloves yet! 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pro-tip: If the drive-in vaccination line is shorter than the walk-in line, Kaiser will let you go through it on a bicycle. 021
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This TRO clearly states the defendant Moreno is seeking the order against Miller. It might be confusing because Moreno is listed as the defendant (because Miller filed the original case), but she is the one seeking the order: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...politico.com 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just gotta say, "Peter Hook" is a great name for a bassist. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Seems to be an encampment fire behind fire behind the Westborough Pacific Super in South San Francisco. Police scanner says they heard explosions. 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I liked Krakoa, I had fun with the Morrison and Whedon runs, but Gail’s Uncanny is the first time I’ve LOVED the X-men since around Claremont’s issue 210. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I liked Krakoa, I had fun with the Morrison and Whedon runs, but your Uncanny is the first time I’ve LOVED the X-men since around Claremont’s issue 210. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My son was in a County Special Day Class from Grades 1-6, when his home district brought him back. They have some dedicated teachers, aides, etc. at SMCOE, but they also bleed staff. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It is difficult to hire people to do the opening items on your list if they can’t afford to live here. 100
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A great step forward for local workforce housing which can be emulated elsewhere: San Mateo County Office of Education buys existing apartment building, and as residents naturally move, educators will be replacing them at reduced rents. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/a...smdailyjournal.com 120
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Damn, the Temu app sucks. I just want to buy a cheap [item redacted to avoid ads]. They make you play non-skippable stupid games (“spin a wheel to get a free prize,” etc.) just to get on the app. I don’t have time for this. Off to eBay or Amazon. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 15/09/2026John Mulaney showing off his book from my hometown Glendale Library at the #Emmys! 081
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today, in separate concerts, I saw two very different bands that have each been touring the world for nearly 50 years: Kool and the Gang (at SSF’s concert in the park) and Public Image Limited (at the Fillmore). Even money that I may be the first to see them both on the same day. 020
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 06/09/2026(The last sentence is a joke, but I proudly did trash the glove. 🙂) 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Guys, I finally did it! I threw away the single glove that’s been sitting in my garage for three years in the forlorn hope that I find its partner. EDIT: Three days later — I found the other glove. 110
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 06/09/2026That Louis Riel book is good, but a bit out there. Blogged about it a while back: johncbaker.blogspot.com/2009/01/fict...johncbaker.blogspot.com"Fictional History" (In other words, "History") -- Part Two: Louis RielA few years back, Claire and I were in a Montréal museum and she noticed me excitedly shooting photos of a hat in a display case. "It's Loui... 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Ah shucks, according to Thor issue 284 (picking up a thread from Jack Kirby’s Eternals run), the Celestials are going to judge us this year. Don’t think we’re gonna make it, folks. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Hey, @nytimes.com: I'm a subscriber with a desktop, laptop, tablet, work computer, and smart phone. Multiple devices are typical today, so stop accusing me of sharing my account and making me go through 2FA each time I read a story. I'm not buying your damn family plan. 021
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Bought this series back in the day, and remember liking it. But three decades later, I remember absolutely NOTHING about it, including the premise, her name, or whether she showed up anywhere else. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I wasn't into WCA (Milgrom art was an acquired taste), and I bought this off the spinner rack at Thrifty's simply because I was getting all the anniversary covers. But this was more-or-less the start of the Lost in Space-Time arc, and I ended up loving it! 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I think there's a bunch of people in the Trump administration who've never seen Come From Away. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Ugh. For the first time in many years, I forgot to tag off of #Caltrain tonight and was charged for a trip to Gilroy. 100
Reposted by John C. BakerSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Leadoff home run on first pitch and walk-off home run in same game: 8/17/26 Pete Crow-Armstrong 5/7/57 Vic Power 27113
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RIP Frank Beard of ZZ Top, who ironically was the only member without a beard. 011
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Charles Hoelter is running for Congress against @kevinmullin.house.gov. Nothing says "fighting for the common man" like posting a variable width picture of yourself in a tuxedo and nothing says "attention to detail" like not capitalizing your own name. 110
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I love Star Trek, including new shows (especially SNW), and loved the convenience of streaming any episode, anytime on Paramount+. But, with my annual subscription ending about the time this season of Strange New Worlds does, I am cancelling because of the evisceration of editorial independence. 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It’s 8-0 in the 9th, but I have faith the #SFGiants can come back because the Tigers have Kenley Jansen in their bullpen. 020
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I just bought this and had to pay considerably more. 020
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is how Amazon delivers in downtown Hamburg. I like it (the vehicle, not Amazon or Bezo's politics)! 031
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 07/08/2026How do they know the people who sold it to you aren't going to do good with that money? 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#MLB trade deadline hot take: intra-division trades should be outlawed, with a 60-game waiting period for trades involving a third team out of the division. Looking at you Giants /Padres and Red Sox/Orioles. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I have never forgotten this "well, duh" headline that the Chronicle put on a murder story back in the day. 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The screen on my United flight says we’re about to leave Medford, Oregon. We’re in Germany. I’m assuming/hoping it’s not connected to the navigation computer. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 23/07/2026St. Nikolai’s Church in Hamburg. Destroyed by Allied bombing in WWII and maintained as a memorial. Warmongers usually reap what they sow. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Germany bucket list item achieved: woman next to me on Hamburg bus just exclaimed “scheiss!” into her phone. 020
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Hamburg! As a former working journalist, I like that this building is just outside our hotel window. Hoping to see some early Beatles history while I’m here — and to have a hamburger. 010
Reposted by John C. BakerNext door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Speaking of property taxes, I feel compelled to show you this Silicon Valley house that has a market value of $4,313,755, and an annual property tax bill of $2,551 - an effective rate of 0.06% 96611
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Trump’s threats to Greenland have pissed off the Danes enough that it’s breaking through the kitty love. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Always happy to see libraries with large graphic novel sections, like the one I am in now in Lund, Sweden. 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It’s undoubtedly so they sell it at a premium to ignorant folks. 000
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Rate LA win from being decades behind the times. 010
John C. Baker @johnbaker10.bsky.social · 20/07/2026They showed the trailer before The Odyssey in the Danish theater I was in the other night. The ever-polite Danes were grumbling. 110