Jon O
@bricksncolumns.bsky.social
Conservation planner, Mizzou fan, runner, spreadsheets, maps & GIS geek. Gen-X who feels it more and more every day.
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." -Lincoln April 6, 1859
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." -Lincoln April 6, 1859
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Me, a journalist, reading Bluesky: You people just want us to add “and that’s good” or “and that’s bad” to the end of every headline. Not how it works! Think for yourself!
Me, when I watch curling: Ok I really wish they would say after every throw whether and that was good or and that was bad
Me, when I watch curling: Ok I really wish they would say after every throw whether and that was good or and that was bad
February 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Me, a journalist, reading Bluesky: You people just want us to add “and that’s good” or “and that’s bad” to the end of every headline. Not how it works! Think for yourself!
Me, when I watch curling: Ok I really wish they would say after every throw whether and that was good or and that was bad
Me, when I watch curling: Ok I really wish they would say after every throw whether and that was good or and that was bad
Latest increase in the asymmetry between large corps and the public. The former increasingly have scale, technology, and market dominance to skew the market in their favor. These are not free markets.
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Latest increase in the asymmetry between large corps and the public. The former increasingly have scale, technology, and market dominance to skew the market in their favor. These are not free markets.
I'm used to our office taking a holiday when everyone else is working but today seems to be the opposite, the streets are dead. Not complaning!
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I'm used to our office taking a holiday when everyone else is working but today seems to be the opposite, the streets are dead. Not complaning!
90s grunge pop album cover
February 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
90s grunge pop album cover
Gave the oldest a Heeland Coo valentine, took the youngest to try archery and blacksmithing, and ran four miles (too slow but felt good). Oh and I'm making deep dish pizza. Pretty good day.
February 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Gave the oldest a Heeland Coo valentine, took the youngest to try archery and blacksmithing, and ran four miles (too slow but felt good). Oh and I'm making deep dish pizza. Pretty good day.
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Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures
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We have a local historic site with a Spanish mission and fort with and Apalachee Indian village. About once a month they offer archery for kids, really fun.
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
We have a local historic site with a Spanish mission and fort with and Apalachee Indian village. About once a month they offer archery for kids, really fun.
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It just happens that back in 2014 I made a bunch of Winter Olympic Lolcats. Let's have a look!
February 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
It just happens that back in 2014 I made a bunch of Winter Olympic Lolcats. Let's have a look!
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This is shortline railroading: a train of four cars, probably bound for 3 different industries. It's the "last mile" connection from a transcontinental rail network to small town businesses and a remnant of a time where railroads carried just about everything to just about everywhere.
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is shortline railroading: a train of four cars, probably bound for 3 different industries. It's the "last mile" connection from a transcontinental rail network to small town businesses and a remnant of a time where railroads carried just about everything to just about everywhere.
We have a local historic site with a Spanish mission and fort with and Apalachee Indian village. About once a month they offer archery for kids, really fun.
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
We have a local historic site with a Spanish mission and fort with and Apalachee Indian village. About once a month they offer archery for kids, really fun.
Ha no one I'm aware of. It was the cultural anus of the nation.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ha no one I'm aware of. It was the cultural anus of the nation.
One way or another, Trump is going to screw with the 26 elections.
Likely: sending troops to swing districts to intimidate voters & suppress turnout.
Also likely: declaring fraud & challenging counts in swing districts.
Unlikely but possible: declaring a state of emergency & suspending elections.
Likely: sending troops to swing districts to intimidate voters & suppress turnout.
Also likely: declaring fraud & challenging counts in swing districts.
Unlikely but possible: declaring a state of emergency & suspending elections.
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
One way or another, Trump is going to screw with the 26 elections.
Likely: sending troops to swing districts to intimidate voters & suppress turnout.
Also likely: declaring fraud & challenging counts in swing districts.
Unlikely but possible: declaring a state of emergency & suspending elections.
Likely: sending troops to swing districts to intimidate voters & suppress turnout.
Also likely: declaring fraud & challenging counts in swing districts.
Unlikely but possible: declaring a state of emergency & suspending elections.
Locking up women will definitely solve the fertility rate!
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Locking up women will definitely solve the fertility rate!
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i just drove past a yard full of longhair dachshunds munching on the grass and they looked like a herd of small cows
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
i just drove past a yard full of longhair dachshunds munching on the grass and they looked like a herd of small cows
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Geritol's been a punchline for as long as I can remember, but apparently there's Bluesky sponsorship potential.
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Geritol's been a punchline for as long as I can remember, but apparently there's Bluesky sponsorship potential.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Scientists long believed felid striping evolved as camouflage in tall grass environments, but new research has come to light
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Scientists long believed felid striping evolved as camouflage in tall grass environments, but new research has come to light
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YouTube TV is rolling out a sports channel package that is ~$20 less per month but seems to include everything, from the ESPNs to TNT to CBSSN.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
YouTube TV launching lower-cost sports-only package of channels
"Sports Plus" will be priced about $20 less than YouTube TV's existing 100-channel service.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
YouTube TV is rolling out a sports channel package that is ~$20 less per month but seems to include everything, from the ESPNs to TNT to CBSSN.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
Thinking of the trope of having an average person do each Olympic event for comparison. They should have Vance ski the women's downhill course.
February 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Thinking of the trope of having an average person do each Olympic event for comparison. They should have Vance ski the women's downhill course.
Had to block someone today for being an unprovoked asshole and then doubling down. Maybe they were having a bad day, but it's not my problem anymore. Blocking is great.
a man with his arms crossed has the word problem solved on his face
ALT: a man with his arms crossed has the word problem solved on his face
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Had to block someone today for being an unprovoked asshole and then doubling down. Maybe they were having a bad day, but it's not my problem anymore. Blocking is great.
tesla really complements the faux-castle decor
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
tesla really complements the faux-castle decor
Highest honor I can only aspire to
Swiss ski racer Franjo von Allmen just won gold in the Olympic downhill.
He already had achieved a different kind of immortality: There is a sausage named for him at his local butcher.
(H/t @nickzaccardi.bsky.social)
He already had achieved a different kind of immortality: There is a sausage named for him at his local butcher.
(H/t @nickzaccardi.bsky.social)
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Highest honor I can only aspire to