Bill Kimler
@billkimler.bsky.social
Mathematics & physics background, now a software product manager. Donated a kidney Jan 2022. Ran 1000 miles in a year once. Ran for office too in South Carolina!
This has to be unlawful detainment, right?
At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something
You might have to beg the security guard to let you out.
www.sfgate.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This has to be unlawful detainment, right?
Of all the "WHY" questions I've asked in my life:
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
While tuberculosis can attack anywhere, it’s extremely rare on the penis.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Of all the "WHY" questions I've asked in my life:
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
This administration is such an embarrassment.
Split Screen: ‘MySafeSpace’ and the Collapse of whitehouse.gov
Visual language is never neutral. It shapes our subconscious understanding of power, legitimacy, and identity.
contrarian.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This administration is such an embarrassment.
Nobody filed. Voters got to write-in candidates and then the write-ins went into a runoff.
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
SC town where no election candidates ran finally has a winner
The town had an unusual runoff election between two write-in candidates Tuesday after no candidates filed to run in the first round.
www.thestate.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Nobody filed. Voters got to write-in candidates and then the write-ins went into a runoff.
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
I've really been enjoying clearing these webs out with my face every morning as I walk along the darkened porch to my car.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I've really been enjoying clearing these webs out with my face every morning as I walk along the darkened porch to my car.
It isn't that the base is "anti-Christmas".
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It isn't that the base is "anti-Christmas".
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Oh look, the Department of Homeland Security feels it can just make up its own Constitutional Amendments now.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Oh look, the Department of Homeland Security feels it can just make up its own Constitutional Amendments now.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
As a living male kidney donor, I am glad I did not fall into the 1 in 12 category of those who had to pay this "strange price". 😬
The Strange Price Some Men Pay After Donating a Kidney? Swollen Balls
Research finds that many living male kidney donors will need surgery to treat their swollen scrotums.
gizmodo.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As a living male kidney donor, I am glad I did not fall into the 1 in 12 category of those who had to pay this "strange price". 😬
Just be alert before you see a video and take it at face value as truth.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just be alert before you see a video and take it at face value as truth.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
I struggled for quite a few minutes to come up with an entertaining quip to accompany this article. But no matter what I came up with, this article's headline surpassed it.
#leeches #noses #gross
#leeches #noses #gross
Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.
Leeches have a long medical history. Here’s what happens if one gets in your nose.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My daughter (now 29) started off wanting to be a gangsta rapper.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My daughter (now 29) started off wanting to be a gangsta rapper.
1️⃣ "Law enforcement rounded up every person at the racetrack... They were zip-tied and questioned about their immigration status... Children were taken from their parents"
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
Child separation, zip ties and rubber bullets: Inside the Idaho racetrack raid
“There’s going to be a lot of kids who were severely traumatized by being tied up,” one attorney said.
www.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
1️⃣ "Law enforcement rounded up every person at the racetrack... They were zip-tied and questioned about their immigration status... Children were taken from their parents"
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
1️⃣ I predict that in the decades to come, the phrase "space debris" will enter into our common cultural lingo and we'll all know of someone who was severely impacted, if not killed, by something man-made falling from the sky.
Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth
Yet another huge chunk of space debris survived re-entry intact, landing in the middle of a road in Australia.
futurism.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
1️⃣ I predict that in the decades to come, the phrase "space debris" will enter into our common cultural lingo and we'll all know of someone who was severely impacted, if not killed, by something man-made falling from the sky.
"Market competition" is not the solution to EVERYTHING - especially not with health insurance.
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
Opinion: Open enrollment is health care’s most expensive lie
It gives Americans the exhausting misimpression that if they just compared plans more carefully, read the fine print more thoroughly or made smarter choices, they’d be protected when they get sick.
www.adn.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Market competition" is not the solution to EVERYTHING - especially not with health insurance.
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
Surprised to find that my picture graced the front page of the local paper today. I wish they hadn't chosen my Mussolini pose, but it is what it is! #GreenwoodSC
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Surprised to find that my picture graced the front page of the local paper today. I wish they hadn't chosen my Mussolini pose, but it is what it is! #GreenwoodSC
Wow - this is a nightmare scenario. If she didn't happen to have a car already loaded with cameras and tracking technology, she would be either in jail or be spending a ton of money on a legal defense!
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence"
Flock cameras led Columbine Valley police to a woman whom they accused of stealing a package, who then had to prove her own innocence by compiling her own evidence. After she did, the police chief sai...
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Wow - this is a nightmare scenario. If she didn't happen to have a car already loaded with cameras and tracking technology, she would be either in jail or be spending a ton of money on a legal defense!
This is next-level IDGAF from the USPS.
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is next-level IDGAF from the USPS.
This is the future of a networked infrastructure. It's one where "BigBallz69" can stop you from getting to work on Monday morning just because he can.
Man Launches "World's First Waymo DDoS" by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street
Over the weekend, a prankster went viral after calling some 50 self-driving cars to "the longest dead end street in San Francisco."
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is the future of a networked infrastructure. It's one where "BigBallz69" can stop you from getting to work on Monday morning just because he can.
Got medical bills you're struggling to pay?
Living week-to-week and struggling to pay the rent?
At least you can take comfort in knowing that your tax $$$ went to not one, but TWO, luxury planes for ICE leader Kristi Noem. God Bless America.
Living week-to-week and struggling to pay the rent?
At least you can take comfort in knowing that your tax $$$ went to not one, but TWO, luxury planes for ICE leader Kristi Noem. God Bless America.
Kristi Noem gets luxury $172M jets she had asked for prompting questions over where the funding is coming from - Yahoo News Canada
It remains unclear where the funding for the jets came from
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Got medical bills you're struggling to pay?
Living week-to-week and struggling to pay the rent?
At least you can take comfort in knowing that your tax $$$ went to not one, but TWO, luxury planes for ICE leader Kristi Noem. God Bless America.
Living week-to-week and struggling to pay the rent?
At least you can take comfort in knowing that your tax $$$ went to not one, but TWO, luxury planes for ICE leader Kristi Noem. God Bless America.
Reposted by Bill Kimler
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
Life is too precious and short to live like that. How can you enjoy the benefits of success if you sacrifice your entire waking life to achieve it?
www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Life is too precious and short to live like that. How can you enjoy the benefits of success if you sacrifice your entire waking life to achieve it?
www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
Office Depot is the ONLY store in town that I go into just for pure enjoyment. I sure hope they don't take my singular shopping pleasure away from me!
Amazon rival closing 100+ more stores, downsizing after 40 years
Experts blame a pending acquisition and changing consumer habits for the company's ongoing cost-cutting initiatives.
finance.yahoo.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Office Depot is the ONLY store in town that I go into just for pure enjoyment. I sure hope they don't take my singular shopping pleasure away from me!
"global e-waste is growing five times quicker than it’s formally recycled."
American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, report says
The Basel Action Network said at least 10 U.S. companies were exporting used electronics to countries that aren't always prepared to safely handle the toxic metals they contain.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"global e-waste is growing five times quicker than it’s formally recycled."
Just gonna bookmark this for potential use later... Don't mind me.
You’ve just stolen a priceless artifact – what happens next?
With a recovery rate below 10%, most stolen works are never found. But that doesn’t mean they’re easy to monetize.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Just gonna bookmark this for potential use later... Don't mind me.