Bart King
@bartking.bsky.social
“Arguably one of Oregon’s top 73 Barts.” -Barts Weekly🧃 Choose Your Own Adventure, Disney-Hyperion, Oregon State University Press, McSweeney’s, etc. https://bartking.net/ 🦔 🐢 🐞
Pinned
"You working out today?"
"Definitely."
"Definitely."
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"You working out today?"
"Definitely."
"Definitely."
Yes, it’s quite a racket. www.popsci.com/environment/...
Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players
‘They take the pecking that we see all birds doing and take it to the extreme.’
www.popsci.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes, it’s quite a racket. www.popsci.com/environment/...
Oregon and Florida are coastal states on opposite coasts. Yet part of eastern Oregon and the Florida panhandle have a one-hour time difference? 😮
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Oregon and Florida are coastal states on opposite coasts. Yet part of eastern Oregon and the Florida panhandle have a one-hour time difference? 😮
Hmm, I feel like this sign is trying a little *too* hard to tell me there are no waterfalls to be found here…
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hmm, I feel like this sign is trying a little *too* hard to tell me there are no waterfalls to be found here…
THEM: What's your band-width for this cool project?
ME:
ME:
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
THEM: What's your band-width for this cool project?
ME:
ME:
Durbin: “Critics need to understand how the Senate works.”
America: “Senators need to understand how cajones work.”
America: “Senators need to understand how cajones work.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Durbin: “Critics need to understand how the Senate works.”
America: “Senators need to understand how cajones work.”
America: “Senators need to understand how cajones work.”
Furious to be an outlier.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Furious to be an outlier.
Reposted by Bart King
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Pretty sure “Plur1bus” is a metaphor for AI. (It’s also excellent.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Pretty sure “Plur1bus” is a metaphor for AI. (It’s also excellent.)
When you understand the assignment very well: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When you understand the assignment very well: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Armed with a coffee cup and assisted by the short, overweight, and bespectacled spy George Smiley, I attempt entrance by using tactically self-deprecating remarks.
I am promptly impaled.
I am promptly impaled.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Armed with a coffee cup and assisted by the short, overweight, and bespectacled spy George Smiley, I attempt entrance by using tactically self-deprecating remarks.
I am promptly impaled.
I am promptly impaled.
“After Adolphe Sax, of Belgium invented the saxophone in 1842, there were three attempts on his life by rival instrument makers who feared a loss of popularity for their horns.”
“Gosh, they certainly had bad alto-tudes. I mean, that’s the work of tenor-ists!”
“…”
“Too bas-soon?”
“Gosh, they certainly had bad alto-tudes. I mean, that’s the work of tenor-ists!”
“…”
“Too bas-soon?”
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“After Adolphe Sax, of Belgium invented the saxophone in 1842, there were three attempts on his life by rival instrument makers who feared a loss of popularity for their horns.”
“Gosh, they certainly had bad alto-tudes. I mean, that’s the work of tenor-ists!”
“…”
“Too bas-soon?”
“Gosh, they certainly had bad alto-tudes. I mean, that’s the work of tenor-ists!”
“…”
“Too bas-soon?”
“Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed.” @owlsintowels.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls so they can be weighed and fed.” @owlsintowels.org
MUSEUM GUIDE (dramatically): Behold the emotional gravity of Goya's painting, "Colossus." This titan is barely contained by the canvas. We feel the tension radiating from his body as he clenches his huge fist. Below him, chaos reigns as people flee, scattering like startled birds—
ME: why no undies
ME: why no undies
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
MUSEUM GUIDE (dramatically): Behold the emotional gravity of Goya's painting, "Colossus." This titan is barely contained by the canvas. We feel the tension radiating from his body as he clenches his huge fist. Below him, chaos reigns as people flee, scattering like startled birds—
ME: why no undies
ME: why no undies
• acersecomic: one whose hair was never cut
• artolatry: the worship of bread
• groak: to watch people silently while they’re eating, hoping they will ask you to join them
• ucalegon: a neighbor whose house is on fire
• zumbooruk: a cannon fired from the back of a camel
archive.org/details/isbn...
• artolatry: the worship of bread
• groak: to watch people silently while they’re eating, hoping they will ask you to join them
• ucalegon: a neighbor whose house is on fire
• zumbooruk: a cannon fired from the back of a camel
archive.org/details/isbn...
Mrs. Byrne's dictionary of unusual, obscure, and preposterous words : Heifetz, Josefa : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A Birch Lane Press book.
archive.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
• acersecomic: one whose hair was never cut
• artolatry: the worship of bread
• groak: to watch people silently while they’re eating, hoping they will ask you to join them
• ucalegon: a neighbor whose house is on fire
• zumbooruk: a cannon fired from the back of a camel
archive.org/details/isbn...
• artolatry: the worship of bread
• groak: to watch people silently while they’re eating, hoping they will ask you to join them
• ucalegon: a neighbor whose house is on fire
• zumbooruk: a cannon fired from the back of a camel
archive.org/details/isbn...
Reposted by Bart King
I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!
Tomorrow night (11/8), I’ll join Oregon Book Award-winner Lisa Gerlits and author Joshua Blackwood for a hangout, nosh, and panel discussion in Silverton, Oregon. Details at the link! www.atlasbookshopsilverton.com/events/silve...
Silverton Authors Night — Atlas Bookshop
Join some of Silverton’s local authors as we discuss the craft of writing! Author panel discussion, Q&A, and signing featuring local authors Lisa Gerlits, Joshua Blackwood, and Bart King! RSV...
www.atlasbookshopsilverton.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tomorrow night (11/8), I’ll join Oregon Book Award-winner Lisa Gerlits and author Joshua Blackwood for a hangout, nosh, and panel discussion in Silverton, Oregon. Details at the link! www.atlasbookshopsilverton.com/events/silve...
Shoutout to the Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, posing here on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in 1896.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Shoutout to the Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps, posing here on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in 1896.
Amazing. Just last night, I told my wife I felt isolated. And she said, “Honey, it’s lonely when you are close to the edge of imagination— when you have a deep belief in your own power to create new realities. This is *exactly* where real change begins.”
Congratulations to First Lady Melania Trump for winning Fox Nation's “Patriot of the Year” award
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Amazing. Just last night, I told my wife I felt isolated. And she said, “Honey, it’s lonely when you are close to the edge of imagination— when you have a deep belief in your own power to create new realities. This is *exactly* where real change begins.”
Separated at Birth: Emotional vampire Colin Robinson and Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett?
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Separated at Birth: Emotional vampire Colin Robinson and Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett?
10 out of 10, sheer genius, no notes.
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
10 out of 10, sheer genius, no notes.
*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here—and why I brought gingerbread tortilla chips to this party.
*freeze frame*
Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here—and why I brought gingerbread tortilla chips to this party.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here—and why I brought gingerbread tortilla chips to this party.
*freeze frame*
Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here—and why I brought gingerbread tortilla chips to this party.
My autumnal friend! (This fall recliner and I go way back.)
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My autumnal friend! (This fall recliner and I go way back.)
I didn't comprehend the outsized role that Oregon plays in hosting data centers. 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/us-news/what...
What Happened When Small-Town America Became Data Center, U.S.A.
Business is surging for contractors and bars. Out-of-town workers are flooding hotels and RV parks. Cash is flooding into government coffers. But the newfound prosperity comes with costs.
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn't comprehend the outsized role that Oregon plays in hosting data centers. 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/us-news/what...