Reposted by Thomas KulaRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 2hThe spooky season has arrived, and that means Creepy Biology is upon us. It's time to talk origins. It's time to talk gore. It's time to talk about BLOOD. Specifically, YOUR blood 🩸 [a thread] 38533
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 4hI don't believe in the afterlife but I hope he's rotting in Hell. 000
Reposted by Thomas KulaSable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 5hthey hated her because she told the truth 1540680
Reposted by Thomas KulaRob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 15hThere’s many hilariously awful things about Google wasting half a page of search results on their asinine LLM thing, but perhaps the best one is that it takes every page of the SCP Foundation wiki completely seriously and reports it as stone cold fact. 082
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 6h1996, my college friends and I had an email list (hello DUHC!) and I distinctly remember the day we all got excited, after much effort, when we managed to send over 100 messages in a single day. Ah, the folly of youth. 000
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 6hWhen the Democrats sweep Congress in the midterms I'm calling both of my Senators and my Rep and asking them point-blank: What is your plan to absolutely and utterly destroy the Republican Party? The Republican Party shouldn't be able to win so much as a hall monitor election for the next 100 years 200
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 20hNot only does this seem to be a very well thought out design, this is one of the best technical documents I’ve had the pleasure of reading in a long time. 020
Reposted by Thomas KulaGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5037501128
Reposted by Thomas KulaPissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 378228234412
Reposted by Thomas KulaDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 29117433746
Reposted by Thomas Kulaceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 148107262310
Reposted by Thomas KulaElizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026 172127452989
Reposted by Thomas Kulakottke.org @kottke.org · 02/10/2026A large collection of amazing photos of old control rooms from nuclear plants, dams, power stations, etc. So many little details in all of these photos to pore over. [kottke.org]kottke.orgSo Many Amazing Control RoomsFrom the Control Rooms group on Flickr. 🤩 So many little details in all of these photos to pore over. See also Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green, The User Experience Design of Lego Interface Panels, Inside 117545
Reposted by Thomas KulaTobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My neighbor told me the Middle East keeps eating his carrier groups so I asked how many carrier groups he has he said he just goes to PACOM and gets a new carrier group afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding carrier groups to the Middle East and then Pete Hegseth started crying. 529648
Reposted by Thomas KulaEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142331025
Reposted by Thomas Kula🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 12/11/2025[Ed Harris in Apollo 13 voice] alright. What do we have on this spacecraft that isnt gender. 17755111
Reposted by Thomas Kulachaff @earthlikeplanet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Whole Foods knows about the Four Waters that are combined in a specific order to create normal water but they won't tell you them 9423105
Reposted by Thomas KulaDogDadBod @dogsdadbod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026static.klipy.comTom Holland's Iconic Umbrella Dance PerformanceALT: Tom Holland's Iconic Umbrella Dance Performance 1174
Reposted by Thomas KulaZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 26/09/2026very grateful the strain of virtual religion that got to me at a formative age as a mentally ill internet child was discordianism and not rationalism. 2033824
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 26/09/2026First pan con tomate of the season, with tomatoes and baguette from the Ypsilanti Farmers Market. 010
Reposted by Thomas KulaMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i bring an iced coffee to the interview. only it’s not for me, it’s for the interviewer. and it’s laced with a sedative. when she comes to, she’s wearing my clothes and i’m in her office. her car keys don’t work. i’m with her husband. her kids don’t recognize her. coming soon from A24. 161218182
Reposted by Thomas KulaMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing. 131426451
Reposted by Thomas KulaACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Air to Ground Message: GREEN EGGS AND HAM IM 4 FRESCAS AND 10 BISCOFFS DEEP Area: Gaithersburg, MD, USA Type: Bombardier CRJ900 A: #a09de78e6c1 F: #fcbae2eae08 410744
Reposted by Thomas KulaMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please. 414062
Reposted by Thomas KulaGale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oh boy. Okay. I am going to respond earnestly and genuinely, because I totally understand why this would seem like a contrary concept! Many librarians, educators, and guardians want to encourage their kids to read more, but don't see how graphic novels might help. Let's talk about it! 827296
Reposted by Thomas KulaThe Burgon Society @burgonsociety.bsky.social · 25/09/2026From Oxford Brookes University comes the new hood of the month. The Ph.D. hood is in the Cambridge shape [f1], of the same maroon cloth as that of the gown. A distinguishing addition is an inch-wide cream-coloured edging throughout. Read more at burgon.org.uk/hood-of-month 032
Reposted by Thomas KulaRegistrar, The People's Republic of Ames @registrar.tproa.net · 25/09/2026Promulgated, a proclamation naming St. Dolly Parton as the Patron Saint of Literacy, this Pungenday, the 49th day of Bureaucracy in the Year of Our Lady of Discord 3192, at Mathom House by the Huron, The People's Republic of Ames. 042
Reposted by Thomas Kularax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026you guys broke watergate 22889381222
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 25/09/2026I love it when people pre-disqualify themselves from ever becoming my boss. Saves me time and effort. 000
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 25/09/2026The EMU alert system has been going "bingk bongk" for about five minutes, with a brief period of some guy just saying "test test" over and over. Just stopped as I was going to make this post. 010
Reposted by Thomas KulaKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is my duty on this new music Friday to alert you to Tinashe's new album Popstar which features this fucking insane Nine Inch Nails/Madonna-sounding barnburner called NOBODY WANNA DANCE ANYMORE youtu.be/ICGSngMW_18youtu.beTinashe - Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore [Official Audio]YouTube video by Tinashe 3637
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 25/09/2026I own a propane torch, a technology that if not wielded properly can set a house on fire. If I put my propane torch in a position where it sets my neighbor's house ablaze, I'm the one going to jail. 010
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 24/09/2026I swear we’re going to be reading this very thing in 2029. 000
Reposted by Thomas KulaYpsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 23/09/2026Free flu and COVID vaccines at YDL-Whittaker start tomorrow! Walk-ins welcome. 📅 Thurs, Sept 24 | 4–8:30pm 📅 Tues, Sept 29 | 10am–1pm 📅 Sat, Oct 3 | 10am–2pm On Sept 24 and Oct 3, onWHARD will also be here with free anemia screenings, period kits, and health resources. 02012
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 22/09/2026I was making lunch today and the phrase "bacon-salad sandwich" went through my head and I think I've got my plans for the weekend. 010
Reposted by Thomas KulaKathryn Salamander: Witches' Road or bust 🎃 @transsalamander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"How DARE you threaten US with MORE FASCISM? Don't you understand that WE might suffer because you refused to cooperate?!" Yup. You started it. Cry more. Just give us back the rights we already had. This isn't hard. Trans rights or else. 413325
Reposted by Thomas KulaCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026hmmm Sam Altman reminds me of a certain other dystopian business exec obsessed with the illegal procurement of Hugging Face 640689
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 21/09/2026One of my favorite lines — and I dearly wish I could remember where I read this — is "New Yorkers from all over the world come to live in New York City." 010
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 21/09/2026I just got an intense craving for potato soup. It's soupmaxxing season. 010
Reposted by Thomas KulaChef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 20/09/2026Touching grass is not enough I need a deep underground lair where I can mine for gemstones and awaken the graboids. 4627
Reposted by Thomas KulaProblem Machine @problemmachine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Quoting myself from a day ago - "The problem is thinking that the product of a programmer is code. It isn't, really, the code is just the final stage. The actual valuable thing the programmer produces is the underlying mental model. Without that, the code is just tech debt" 524373
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 18/09/2026I'm reminded of a conference I went to when I lived in NYC, one of those no-agenda ones. I went to a session where folks wanted to talk security. I left when people started seriously considering a bad actor breaking into a room and freezing your RAM and stealing data. Just total sci-fi scenarios. 110
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 18/09/2026Fun fact, I used to work a couple blocks from where 90% of the bananas grown in Iowa are grown (a greenhouse on top of the Agronomy Building at Iowa State University). 020
Reposted by Thomas Kulayaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 18/09/2026man he cant equip that shit hes a cleric not a wizard. this DM sucks 442940627
Reposted by Thomas Kulamiss fern (scary) 🏳️⚧️🎃 @miss-fern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i love star trek: the original series because i want to believe that in the future, spaceships will have clicky light up buttons and tactile switches 1016416
Thomas Kula @kula.tproa.net · 18/09/2026Ok, this is driving me bonkers: at some point in the last year I listened to an album on repeat in the car, it was indie or Midwest emo, and had a song about a girl sitting on a curb watching traffic lights change, should she call her parents, something like that. I cannot remember the name of it. 1710