Nicholas
@1911nicholas.bsky.social
Chicago winter in one picture.
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Chicago winter in one picture.
They’re not all adverbs but case in point. I am not mentioning the ugly and unmotivated split infinitive.
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
They’re not all adverbs but case in point. I am not mentioning the ugly and unmotivated split infinitive.
Better use of AI than "spellcheck": adverb-preempt. (Okay, branding needs work). Every time you type an adverb, it would ask "Does this really add anything"? If you try to say yes, it would say, "Yyyyeah, but does it, though?" (I'm sure you all noticed that "really" does not add anything).
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Better use of AI than "spellcheck": adverb-preempt. (Okay, branding needs work). Every time you type an adverb, it would ask "Does this really add anything"? If you try to say yes, it would say, "Yyyyeah, but does it, though?" (I'm sure you all noticed that "really" does not add anything).
There is currently one child residing in the house. He has been home from school for three hours.
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is currently one child residing in the house. He has been home from school for three hours.
Been in Tucson ten minutes, liking it so far.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Been in Tucson ten minutes, liking it so far.
Can I can go back to pre-AI spellcheck? The old one was useful. It caught typos and you could add any words it didn't recognize. The new one does things like trying to "correct" stationery to stationary.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Can I can go back to pre-AI spellcheck? The old one was useful. It caught typos and you could add any words it didn't recognize. The new one does things like trying to "correct" stationery to stationary.
When did all the newspapers decide that the time change is Bad for Your Health? I feel like every American paper does this twice a year now. As though you don't lose an hour or gain one by driving a few miles across a time zone.
November 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
When did all the newspapers decide that the time change is Bad for Your Health? I feel like every American paper does this twice a year now. As though you don't lose an hour or gain one by driving a few miles across a time zone.
In fifty feet, begin to make yourself progressively smaller. Try to disappear before hitting the traffic barrels.
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In fifty feet, begin to make yourself progressively smaller. Try to disappear before hitting the traffic barrels.
2 nights, 2 retail dreams, boring but insistently similar. 1) Some underpants arrive in the mail, and I am mildly disappointed that the color is not what I ordered. 2) The woman behind the deli counter keeps telling me there is no coho, but I can see that there is coho in the case.
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
2 nights, 2 retail dreams, boring but insistently similar. 1) Some underpants arrive in the mail, and I am mildly disappointed that the color is not what I ordered. 2) The woman behind the deli counter keeps telling me there is no coho, but I can see that there is coho in the case.
So I haven't been able to find a subtitled English version, only weird-ass dubbings. Maybe it comes through. Lula's address has been covered, but the degree to which he ripped Trump a new one, showing that the emperor has no clothes, has been underplayed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9g...
WATCH: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks at 2025 United Nations General Assembly
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
So I haven't been able to find a subtitled English version, only weird-ass dubbings. Maybe it comes through. Lula's address has been covered, but the degree to which he ripped Trump a new one, showing that the emperor has no clothes, has been underplayed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9g...
Anna's parents gave me a Far Side collection for my birthday. Picked it up, opened to a random page, looked at a random cartoon... and it cracked me up.
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Anna's parents gave me a Far Side collection for my birthday. Picked it up, opened to a random page, looked at a random cartoon... and it cracked me up.
So this guy ends up occupying his usual position comfortably in the bosom of this week's conventional wisdom, but in the first half, the spectacle of these hucksters retreating in unison is really something.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Opinion | A.I. May Just Be Kind of Ordinary
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
So this guy ends up occupying his usual position comfortably in the bosom of this week's conventional wisdom, but in the first half, the spectacle of these hucksters retreating in unison is really something.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Bad advice from gym equipment.
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Bad advice from gym equipment.
Apparently it’s plum season.
August 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Apparently it’s plum season.
Next to our table at a restaurant in Tepotzlán.
July 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Next to our table at a restaurant in Tepotzlán.
Haul from first attempt at urban night fishing.
July 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Haul from first attempt at urban night fishing.
I think you found all of them, old boy.
July 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I think you found all of them, old boy.
Solly and Izak caught these on the farm!
June 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Solly and Izak caught these on the farm!
hashtag there's one born every minute. Fact check, Havaianas are actually about $3, in Brazil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
What to Make of These $690 Flip-Flops
A debate about the Row’s latest rubber sandals.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
hashtag there's one born every minute. Fact check, Havaianas are actually about $3, in Brazil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...