Andy Grimm
@a13m.bsky.social
Dad, runner, Scrabble & card game enthusiast, UU, Rotarian, alcohol-free since 2020. Proud supporter of my local Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity, and other such causes.
VP of Engineering (Platform/Ops) @ Pendo
VP of Engineering (Platform/Ops) @ Pendo
QotD: "Wealth is like manure: spread it, and it makes everything grow; pile it up, and it stinks." - Djaffar Shalchi
August 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
QotD: "Wealth is like manure: spread it, and it makes everything grow; pile it up, and it stinks." - Djaffar Shalchi
I really enjoyed the Netflix Conan O'Brien special. The comedy was good, but his acceptance speech near the end was excellent.
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I really enjoyed the Netflix Conan O'Brien special. The comedy was good, but his acceptance speech near the end was excellent.
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betty white in music videos: thread
May 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
betty white in music videos: thread
In case you're looking around for your next boycott...
Most of the time, startup airline Avelo provides low-fare service from places like Connecticut, California and Florida. Starting next month, Avelo is slated to begin flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which the company says is critical to its financial future.
Why This Startup Airline Is Turning to Deportation Flights
Avelo is slated to begin flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, though critics are panning a move the company said is critical to its financial future.
buff.ly
April 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In case you're looking around for your next boycott...
I feel old and out of touch today. I took my son to see Minecraft, not realizing that there was a "trend" of people ruining the movie with constant screaming, throwing popcorn buckets, riding on each other's shoulders, etc. I gave up when I got showered with soda about 75 minutes in. 😞
April 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I feel old and out of touch today. I took my son to see Minecraft, not realizing that there was a "trend" of people ruining the movie with constant screaming, throwing popcorn buckets, riding on each other's shoulders, etc. I gave up when I got showered with soda about 75 minutes in. 😞
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Effective immediately: Heard Island will be canceling our contract with Spacex for ALL future space travel. Dr. Amelia Sealhart and CPT Charles Icebergh will be leading our charge to adapt all flightless birds to flight capability. This will supplement our already extensive Albatross Space Force
April 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Effective immediately: Heard Island will be canceling our contract with Spacex for ALL future space travel. Dr. Amelia Sealhart and CPT Charles Icebergh will be leading our charge to adapt all flightless birds to flight capability. This will supplement our already extensive Albatross Space Force
The country needs more of this. www.boston.com/culture/musi...
'They belong here': In defiance of Trump, Guster shares Kennedy Center stage with canceled children's musical
Guster shared the Kennedy Center stage with the cast of kid's musical "Finn" after its national tour was canceled by Donald Trump's board.
www.boston.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The country needs more of this. www.boston.com/culture/musi...
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Outstanding 40K foot view on where we are, from @benjaminwittes.bsky.social. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: An Attempted Regime Change
The plate tectonics of the current legal and political fights.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Outstanding 40K foot view on where we are, from @benjaminwittes.bsky.social. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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One of the world’s most chilling ruins is the Ploutonion at Hierapolis, otherwise known as “the Gate to Hell”.
Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
March 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
One of the world’s most chilling ruins is the Ploutonion at Hierapolis, otherwise known as “the Gate to Hell”.
Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
Despite the title, this article is not about marriage; it's about women more generally deciding that in the current culture war, they can do without men and be better off. It reminds me of Lysistrata, except that our modern war is over women's own rights. Gift link: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | American Women Are Giving Up on Marriage
Major demographic shifts have put men and women on divergent paths. That’s left more women resigned to being single.
www.wsj.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Despite the title, this article is not about marriage; it's about women more generally deciding that in the current culture war, they can do without men and be better off. It reminds me of Lysistrata, except that our modern war is over women's own rights. Gift link: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
I volunteered at Food Bank CENC yesterday, and boy does that place always have weird projects to be done. Saturday's mission was to sort through and bundle 12,000 Capri Sun pouches, discarding leaky ones, cleaning the sticky mess off of the good ones, and making sure they all had straws attached.
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I volunteered at Food Bank CENC yesterday, and boy does that place always have weird projects to be done. Saturday's mission was to sort through and bundle 12,000 Capri Sun pouches, discarding leaky ones, cleaning the sticky mess off of the good ones, and making sure they all had straws attached.
This hotel is still embracing the 20th century.
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This hotel is still embracing the 20th century.
During a time when so much is wrong in this country in the world, it feels good to be at a conference with people finding ways to do some good both locally and globally. #rotary
March 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
During a time when so much is wrong in this country in the world, it feels good to be at a conference with people finding ways to do some good both locally and globally. #rotary
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
I noticed today on my car radio that the 80s/90s station I had flipped to is now labeled "Oldies."
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I noticed today on my car radio that the 80s/90s station I had flipped to is now labeled "Oldies."
Yesterday, my son was talking about learning to find the axis of symmetry for a quadratic function, and that he didn't understand why it was -b/2a. This resulted in me showing him the general formula for finding slopes of polynomials, i.e., intro calculus.
January 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday, my son was talking about learning to find the axis of symmetry for a quadratic function, and that he didn't understand why it was -b/2a. This resulted in me showing him the general formula for finding slopes of polynomials, i.e., intro calculus.
I expected it to be bad, but I didn't expect things to get this screwed up this fast. Pure insanity.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
National Institutes of Health cancel scientific meetings after Trump directives
An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I expected it to be bad, but I didn't expect things to get this screwed up this fast. Pure insanity.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
I don't know who I followed today to trigger it, but after months of very few bots trying to follow me here, I've had to block at least twenty today. (I say had to, but it also seems that bluesky shut some of them down before I blocked, so maybe if I ignore them they will mostly go away)
January 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I don't know who I followed today to trigger it, but after months of very few bots trying to follow me here, I've had to block at least twenty today. (I say had to, but it also seems that bluesky shut some of them down before I blocked, so maybe if I ignore them they will mostly go away)
Proud dad moment: I saw the score distribution for this year's AMC 10 competition and realized that my son scored in the top half ... as a sixth grader. But even better than that, he's become very engaged in the Art of Problem Solving site since taking the test. It's so cool to see.
January 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Proud dad moment: I saw the score distribution for this year's AMC 10 competition and realized that my son scored in the top half ... as a sixth grader. But even better than that, he's become very engaged in the Art of Problem Solving site since taking the test. It's so cool to see.
Today I was going down a musical rabbit hole and learned that Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (from the Bangles) teamed up for *three albums* of awesome covers between 2006 and 2013, and I love this so much. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_t...
Under the Covers, Vol. 1 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Today I was going down a musical rabbit hole and learned that Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (from the Bangles) teamed up for *three albums* of awesome covers between 2006 and 2013, and I love this so much. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_t...
I want to visit the kitchen of someone who bought this. I have so many questions.
you have to watch this - just perfect for a last-minute christmas gift
Bologna Folder Presentation on QVC
YouTube video by QVC Originals
youtu.be
December 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I want to visit the kitchen of someone who bought this. I have so many questions.
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The triple zeroes are on the board at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, and the Ohio Bobcats are triumphant in the Cure Bowl over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks!
Your final score is 30-27, securing Ohio's first-ever 11-win season.
Your final score is 30-27, securing Ohio's first-ever 11-win season.
December 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
The triple zeroes are on the board at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, and the Ohio Bobcats are triumphant in the Cure Bowl over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks!
Your final score is 30-27, securing Ohio's first-ever 11-win season.
Your final score is 30-27, securing Ohio's first-ever 11-win season.
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my favorite part of every Christmas special is when Santa and all the reindeer lift off from a roof and immediately head for the distant horizon instead of the house next door
December 7, 2024 at 8:17 PM
my favorite part of every Christmas special is when Santa and all the reindeer lift off from a roof and immediately head for the distant horizon instead of the house next door
I did not have "Russia targets western countries with incendiary sex toys" on my bingo card for 2024.
November 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I did not have "Russia targets western countries with incendiary sex toys" on my bingo card for 2024.