cpgorski
@cpgorski.bsky.social
⚠ Invalid Handle. Fifth-level Bluesky elder. Obligate tacovore. Amanita. I am not actually the number 7. Am I the pleasant weirdo, or is Gonzo?
My dog runs this account, mostly. Send her a milkbone as soon as this place supports DMs.
My dog runs this account, mostly. Send her a milkbone as soon as this place supports DMs.
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cpgorski
@cpgorski.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Tell your friends you love them.
Make it weird if you have to
Make it weird if you have to
Has anybody checked, is @neorsd.org closed for inclement weather?
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Has anybody checked, is @neorsd.org closed for inclement weather?
I might have found the upper limit of how many shakes of Tabasco scorpion pepper sauce I want on a bowl of beans and rice
It sure was good, it's just that it's still hot after I ate a bowl of yogurt...
Good, though
It sure was good, it's just that it's still hot after I ate a bowl of yogurt...
Good, though
January 24, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I might have found the upper limit of how many shakes of Tabasco scorpion pepper sauce I want on a bowl of beans and rice
It sure was good, it's just that it's still hot after I ate a bowl of yogurt...
Good, though
It sure was good, it's just that it's still hot after I ate a bowl of yogurt...
Good, though
January 24, 2026 at 2:11 AM
...At least it's Friday.
![Thank goodness it's
[Joe] FRIDAY](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myv4plcnfedeh2z56qacydfk/bafkreihnb4lxrdwsbrvnw2keyfv5empm3w7utfd2ydw4ndgp6wpjedoedi@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
...At least it's Friday.
Mine's A Wrinkle in Time, hands down.
Pretty clear second place to Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH.
But there were so many good books on that list...
What is "your" Newbery book? The one you read when you were little (or not so little), and took into your soul?
Pretty clear second place to Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH.
But there were so many good books on that list...
What is "your" Newbery book? The one you read when you were little (or not so little), and took into your soul?
What is "your" Newbery book? The one you read when you were little (or not so little), and took into your soul?
Mine's The Perilous Gard.
Mine's The Perilous Gard.
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Mine's A Wrinkle in Time, hands down.
Pretty clear second place to Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH.
But there were so many good books on that list...
What is "your" Newbery book? The one you read when you were little (or not so little), and took into your soul?
Pretty clear second place to Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH.
But there were so many good books on that list...
What is "your" Newbery book? The one you read when you were little (or not so little), and took into your soul?
You know the Board of Peace is serious when they got Lukashenko, Orban, and the Qatari royals...
I don’t know why but I can’t stop laughing at this list of governments serving on the “Board of Peace.” My god
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 AM
You know the Board of Peace is serious when they got Lukashenko, Orban, and the Qatari royals...
Just a reminder: aside from a smattering of 2"-high Cooksonia plants in the late Silurian, this was what was growing around Prototaxites.
Y'know. Since it came up
Y'know. Since it came up
Hey, friends in Iceland and Finland!
I will be in Iceland from 11-13 April, and Helsinki from 14-18 April.
I'd love to meet up!
Please enjoy this photo I took of some moss in the park down the street.
I will be in Iceland from 11-13 April, and Helsinki from 14-18 April.
I'd love to meet up!
Please enjoy this photo I took of some moss in the park down the street.
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Just a reminder: aside from a smattering of 2"-high Cooksonia plants in the late Silurian, this was what was growing around Prototaxites.
Y'know. Since it came up
Y'know. Since it came up
Reposted by cpgorski
WAIT
We should start telling people that the prototaxites are the original form of brassica oleracea!
We should start telling people that the prototaxites are the original form of brassica oleracea!
January 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM
WAIT
We should start telling people that the prototaxites are the original form of brassica oleracea!
We should start telling people that the prototaxites are the original form of brassica oleracea!
I love how this guy is reuniting people with their families, with all the miles an hours he has to spend to do that good deed...
... and also treating BBQ as a thing he can bless them with on the way.
Even if it is KC BBQ. ( ;
... and also treating BBQ as a thing he can bless them with on the way.
Even if it is KC BBQ. ( ;
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
January 22, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I love how this guy is reuniting people with their families, with all the miles an hours he has to spend to do that good deed...
... and also treating BBQ as a thing he can bless them with on the way.
Even if it is KC BBQ. ( ;
... and also treating BBQ as a thing he can bless them with on the way.
Even if it is KC BBQ. ( ;
Y'all.
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Y'all.
Advantage of Mrs. @cpgorski.bsky.social 's basket making, in the eyes of a puppydog:
Unlimited sticks
Unlimited sticks
January 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Advantage of Mrs. @cpgorski.bsky.social 's basket making, in the eyes of a puppydog:
Unlimited sticks
Unlimited sticks
PROTOTAXITES MENTIONED 🎉
It's not a fungus either...
"Big" if true... well... big either way ( :
It's not a fungus either...
"Big" if true... well... big either way ( :
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
PROTOTAXITES MENTIONED 🎉
It's not a fungus either...
"Big" if true... well... big either way ( :
It's not a fungus either...
"Big" if true... well... big either way ( :
I opened this app at the end of my workday, saw this, and I'm gonna close the app now...
This has, quite possibly, been the dumbest two weeks of politics I have ever seen. Just full on rake stepping idiocy from everyone involved
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I opened this app at the end of my workday, saw this, and I'm gonna close the app now...
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
Provided that the Air Force is strong enough, or, in other words, possesses an adequate number of bombing units capable of destroying sufficiently large areas, the attack will not be directed against a single target ...
Provided that the Air Force is strong enough, or, in other words, possesses an adequate number of bombing units capable of destroying sufficiently large areas, the attack will not be directed against a single target ...
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
The simple form comprises a series of telegraphed gestures, a precise motion of the palps conveying a limited amount of information.
The simple form comprises a series of telegraphed gestures, a precise motion of the palps conveying a limited amount of information.
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Feel bad about yourself?”
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, A City On Mars
“Feel bad about yourself?”
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, A City On Mars
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
Provided that the Air Force is strong enough, or, in other words, possesses an adequate number of bombing units capable of destroying sufficiently large areas, the attack will not be directed against a single target ...
Provided that the Air Force is strong enough, or, in other words, possesses an adequate number of bombing units capable of destroying sufficiently large areas, the attack will not be directed against a single target ...
Seen online elsewhere:
"I really like whatever is wrong with you"
"I really like whatever is wrong with you"
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Seen online elsewhere:
"I really like whatever is wrong with you"
"I really like whatever is wrong with you"
Apropos of nothing, this seems like a reasonably cromulent strategy for maintaining your focus on work in 2026
i've modified the Pomodoro method so I work for 5 minutes and then scream into an abyss for 25 minutes, i'm not getting anything done but at least my coworkers refuse to talk to me
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Apropos of nothing, this seems like a reasonably cromulent strategy for maintaining your focus on work in 2026
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please pause your doomscrolling for this breaking news re: dogs and fries 👇
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
please pause your doomscrolling for this breaking news re: dogs and fries 👇
On the left, iphone app forecasting 14–17" of snow in Raleigh in 4½ days.
On the right, the local meteorologists aren't falling for it.
*Even if we did* get 14" of snow, "significant snow and ice likely" is a better description of this w/e now than straight model #s
Give your local mets some love
On the right, the local meteorologists aren't falling for it.
*Even if we did* get 14" of snow, "significant snow and ice likely" is a better description of this w/e now than straight model #s
Give your local mets some love
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
On the left, iphone app forecasting 14–17" of snow in Raleigh in 4½ days.
On the right, the local meteorologists aren't falling for it.
*Even if we did* get 14" of snow, "significant snow and ice likely" is a better description of this w/e now than straight model #s
Give your local mets some love
On the right, the local meteorologists aren't falling for it.
*Even if we did* get 14" of snow, "significant snow and ice likely" is a better description of this w/e now than straight model #s
Give your local mets some love
Reposted by cpgorski
Wait wait wait… the final boss at Nintendo of America was named Bowser?
🤯
🤯
Former Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is joining Hasbro
Former Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is joining Hasbro
Bowser retired from Nintendo at the end of 2025.
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Wait wait wait… the final boss at Nintendo of America was named Bowser?
🤯
🤯
I feel like I missed out, since my parents didn't buy *checks notes* 12 homes
BESSENT: “Maybe your parents bought 5, 10, 12 homes, we don’t want to push the mom and pops out.”
The Trump regime is Cartoonishly out of touch.
(H/T @thebulwark.com )
The Trump regime is Cartoonishly out of touch.
(H/T @thebulwark.com )
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I feel like I missed out, since my parents didn't buy *checks notes* 12 homes
Liveskeeting the BestBus kidnapping was in wikipedia only very briefly... apparently Musicology Duck skeets don't meet WP:RS standards for a source #WorstBus
So, having never heard of Best Bus before, I went to look them up and, well, you (indirectly) made it into their Wikipedia article (though I suspect this will be edited soon, not least because of the phrase “live skeeted”):
![Screenshot of a Wikipedia article on a phone. The visible portion reads as follows:
en.wikipedia.org
the company was renamed to BestBus and added seven new stops. In July 2014,
BestBus began service from Manassas, Vienna, and Springfield in Virginia to New York City.[11]
On the evening of January 19, 2026, a bus headed to Union Station in Washington, DC was allegedly driven off the scheduled route and towards the wrong destination by a relief bus driver, while increasingly concerned passengers argued with the agitated bus driver, contacted the bus company for help, live skeeted the events, and eventually called the police to no avail before the driver finally stopped and allowed passengers to disembark in Vienna, Virginia.
References](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pxzfje426nzi6ptywdwnvfm7/bafkreib4i65qj7qkf4tfniscf5hib3asexuzeqxiyv6uxihfzlqbo6335a@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Liveskeeting the BestBus kidnapping was in wikipedia only very briefly... apparently Musicology Duck skeets don't meet WP:RS standards for a source #WorstBus
Reposted by cpgorski
In a way all Americans are Musicology Duck, trapped on a bus going somewhere unknown with an erratic and irrational driver. In this essay I will...
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
In a way all Americans are Musicology Duck, trapped on a bus going somewhere unknown with an erratic and irrational driver. In this essay I will...
What are the words I'm looking for, here? Something that sounded nice and lawyerly, like "mundus sine Cæsaribus"...
Are you shitting me, bsky suspended @gregdoucette.bsky.social?? Not really beating the fascist allegations here are they.
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 AM
What are the words I'm looking for, here? Something that sounded nice and lawyerly, like "mundus sine Cæsaribus"...
Reposted by cpgorski
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends