Reposted by RowanErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 7hSomeone has to volunteer as tribute to dress like this and go on CNBC to explain software and the internet and social engineering to the people. 36613
Reposted by RowanNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 4hStudents made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing! 17461144
Reposted by Rowanmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 09/10/2026at least problem gamblers used to have the quiet dignity of slinking off to circus circus before getting their legs broken. now they do this 3030816
Reposted by RowanRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026pelvic thrust risk of going insane 524755
Reposted by RowanHTTP 1.1/418 Eldritch Teapot of R'lyeh @rmd1023.bsky.social · 10/10/2026OH HELLO. 021
Reposted by Rowanヤシン @inuinukawaiine.bsky.social · 23hスキマ時間にちょこちょこやってるパズルゲームのキャラが大変かわいいという話 #babaisyou 31202342
Reposted by RowanCecil NYCC will be wandering @misscecil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I haven’t seen it yet (because I’m at NYCC) but a few friends of mine have tipped me off that my novel BOY PROOF makes an appearance in the new series CARRIE by @mikeflanaganfilm.com I’m so chuffed! Can’t wait to watch! And of course I hope some of you will read it! 4443
Reposted by RowanAdam L @adam-lg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Halal cart and pizza: my Mediterranean diet 0218
Reposted by RowanWitch Cabell, PhD @cabell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Also some ppl are apparently claiming these data show kids “going cis/straight” which, while not SURPRISING, still makes my little sociologist stomach ache. These are not longitudinal data! They are cohort snapshots! They tell you NOTHING about individual trajectories of gender or sexual identity!!! 184
Reposted by RowanWitch Cabell, PhD @cabell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Still need to read up on the actual research behind that WP headline, but just for starters from @juliaserano.bsky.social: The underlying data come from YRBS, a CDC survey administered to adolescents in the same schools that have largely gone all in on targeting queer & trans kids for the fascists 2122
Reposted by RowanMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 09/10/2026MY CUSTOM GTA GANG MEMBER: We gotta hit the high school auditorium Saturday. This local craft fair with all the painted pumpkins is popping. ME: No it has always been my dream to stay at home and safely masturbate. 🟡 Quest updated: A Weekend Without Hospitalization 481094
Reposted by RowanJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"In the United States for a 2026 commercial operation date, 4-hour battery storage can be 65% to 75% cheaper than new open-cycle gas turbine gas peakers, a @woodmac.com spokesperson said Oct. 8, 2026." www.utilitydive.com/news/4-hour-... via Robert Walton 🔌💡utilitydive.com4-hour storage cheaper than gas peakers across global markets: WoodMacIn North America, data centers are boosting the long-term investment case for energy storage and renewables as gas turbine backlogs and rising fuel volatility drive up peaking costs, according to a Th... 06921
Reposted by RowanDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining. 361206264
Reposted by RowanNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026YOU NEED MORE POTATOES THIS WEATHER — Claude Atkinson (for the British Potato Marketing Board), 1930s 23816361
Reposted by RowanDoctor Memory @blank.org · 09/10/2026(Also it's where Taqueria Sinaloense — easily the best tacos in NYC — is. I, uh, imagine they've had better weeks so maybe show them some love if you're nearby. www.taqueriasinaloenseny.com) 0132
Reposted by RowanDoctor Memory @blank.org · 09/10/2026Being intimately familiar with the stretch of street in question, I'm willing to put down a marker here: he had no idea they were ICE, he honked his horn at what looked like a construction worker standing in the middle of the road, and they lit him up. 43916
Reposted by Rowanpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"La Femme-Escargot" circa 1900 161062204
Reposted by RowanEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 09/10/2026The more I cut up this house the dumber the stuff I find 131304
Reposted by RowanJoel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Every piece of software personalized to my preferences sounds pretty good," I say, as MS Paint hunts trillionaires for sport. 1743
Reposted by RowanMargarita @margarita.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"I will not be making a statement about my politics," says celebrity making a statement about their politics 1888
Reposted by RowanDr Laura Driessen @astrolaura.com · 08/10/2026Most distant fast radio burst ever discovered just dropped! This FRB gives us clues about what FRBs are and tells us about the cold, dark stuff between us and other galaxies science.nasa.gov/missions/web... 📡🧪science.nasa.govWebb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin - NASA ScienceFirst discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains 1235
Reposted by RowanBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I was going to say it’s like naming something “The Swiss Jurassic Park” but then I realized I would want to see all that happening but everything and everyone is Swiss 151776
Reposted by RowanBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So after Robinson Crusoe was written it inspired an entire genre of people stranded from society called “Robinsonades” and the guy who wrote Swiss Family Robinson couldn’t even be bothered to come up with a different name for his. It’s like calling your vampire novel Doug Twilight 1953766
Reposted by RowanKara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026She was denied tenure at Princeton. She got it at McGill but they closed her department. She came to the University of Michigan, though it wasn’t her final stop. Still, we can take pride in a Literature Nobelist having been in Ann Arbor for six years! record.umich.edu/articles/for...record.umich.eduFormer U-M professor Anne Carson awarded Nobel Prize in Literature | The University Record 28217
Reposted by RowanLarissa @purlgurly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The theme for my choir's season is "Anthem" and we worked on and talked about the meaning of "Ahead By A Century" and "Simple" (kd lang) and it was a balm to my soul 🇨🇦 052
Reposted by Rowanxkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Title text: "I need to push some updates to the remote sensing instruments, which are there to measure the surface and definitely not do anything else." Alt text: explainxkcd.com/3308#Transcript 02887
Reposted by RowanJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It’s striking that, while Andor has its share of action setpieces, you never really hear fans talk about them when they’re gushing about the show. If you ask someone their favorite scene, 9/10 times it’s a monologue or a two-character conversation. 10445
Reposted by RowanErica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Guys, this post got me a Bsky blue check. I couldn't be happier that this is how it happened. 191080117
Reposted by RowanKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 08/10/2026Listening to a financial chat where someone says, "We're actually only in the first generation or two of women being able to have complete control of their own finances." And that was like an oh wow moment. Like you know it but you don't KNOW it, you know?static.klipy.comDavid Rose's Shocked 'My God'ALT: David Rose's Shocked 'My God' 511022
Reposted by RowanHTTP 1.1/418 Eldritch Teapot of R'lyeh @rmd1023.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh hell. #hugops to their folks. I remember like 20 years ago some Boston hospital (Deaconess, maybe) was down for days and had to fly folks out from cisco to solve what I think turned out to be a topology problem and some kind of crazy L2 spanning tree (or lack thereof) madness. 122
Rowan @mzrowan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I liked the Whole Foods cinnamon mints, and Act non-alcohol cinnamon mouthwash 020
Reposted by RowanDoctor Memory @blank.org · 08/10/2026Oh no. Oh no no no no. RUN. SAVE YOURSELVES. www.cpoonolly.com/set-game/cpoonolly.comSet Card Game 583
Reposted by Rowanshing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026got my first pair of readers and realized that the "sexy look over the top of the glasses" is just a vision adjustment issue. 61362
Reposted by RowanEllen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm at #SciWri26) @ellenkuwana.bsky.social · 08/10/2026LOVE this story! 012
Reposted by RowanShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026(or salt) broke me in a way I didn't think was possible 5492988
Reposted by RowanShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026imagine explaining to yourself in 2015 that Canada will be replacing the UK in the EU 620412
Reposted by RowanShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The UK is the international relations version of an athlete who was good 20 years ago but just got divorced and is experiencing midlife crisis so he's decided to come back andis doing interviews demanding the side start him again meanwhile everyone who's under 40 doesn't even know he ever played 826123
Reposted by RowanNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 05/02/2024"...the occasional moaning and sighing is the worst part, but if the ominous error dialogs and expressions of terror at being shut down don't put you off, you'd do worse than this very well priced bundle. In some markets, Apple are paying customers to take Brundlemacs" - MacWorld, September 1997. 1716132
Reposted by RowanPaolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Worth reading in its entirety. This is why authors need to not just read a contract but think hard about the implications of the language. I myself admit I haven't looked hard at this particular clause in my contracts in quite some time. 12410
Reposted by RowanJon Evans @rezendi.com · 08/10/2026"If you want some sense of what things feel like now in math, imagine a hunter-gatherer who’s spent his entire life learning to survive deep in an unforgiving rainforest, then a giant resort hotel springs up right next to him with a helipad and heated pools" scottaaronson.blog?p=10169scottaaronson.blogThe MathocalypseLast night my 9-year-old son was taunting my wife, complexity theorist Dana Moshkovitz, as follows: “mommy, I heard you got cooked! I heard that a robot solved the math problem you worked on … 102
Reposted by Rowanbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143164713
Reposted by RowanCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Racer Kittie Knox was the first African-American to become a member of the League of American Wheelmen. Knox raced despite sometimes being denied access to races, restaurants, and hotels, and was known for her baggy trousers as well as her cycling ability. #BicycleBirthday October 7 (1874-1900) 510624
Reposted by Rowanogre-g 👹 @libidinalspaces.bsky.social · 07/10/2026she's got that joie de leave 442796468
Reposted by RowanDCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Clean air in schools reduces infections for the WHOLE POPULATION. Why WOULDN’T we clean the air? The healthcare/missed work costs far exceed the infrastructure costs, don’t let them get away with “it costs too much”. Demand clean air in schools and workplaces! 17049
Reposted by RowanSarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That time I put almost all the chipmunk species in the western USA on one map. Did you know there’s 1 species of chipmunk in Asia, 1 in eastern USA & >20 in western USA? (I’m not the crazy one here. The chipmunks are the crazy ones.) 1221666
Reposted by RowanWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute. 421999384
![4-panel comic. (1) [Two people, one with a ponytail, sitting and typing at terminals opposite each other. A sign on the wall reads “Juice Mission Control,” with JUICE in huge letters.] PERSON 1: Jupiter Icy Moons Exploder checkin is complete. All systems nominal. (2) PERSON 2 with ponytail. [People turn to look at each other.] PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: Jupiter Icy Moons *Explorer*. (3) [Person 1 turns back to his terminal.] (4) PERON 1: Control, everything is fine, but I need to schedule an urgent spacecraft update. [Person 2 facepalms] PERSON 2: Oh no.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihvb6ef4girxg5xticymwvtuopbv5gpcbdc6ptxn2p3qauk7ldfja)
