Don Hood
@dbhidi.bsky.social
Big fan of nature and pop culture. Won't bite.
Bluesky Entity: 1,462,049
Bluesky Entity: 1,462,049
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On New Year's Day 1965 Soupy Sales #BOTD was suspended for a week after exhorting his young viewers to empty their fathers' wallets and mothers' purses and send him "all those little green pieces of paper with pictures of Washington, Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson on them."
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
On New Year's Day 1965 Soupy Sales #BOTD was suspended for a week after exhorting his young viewers to empty their fathers' wallets and mothers' purses and send him "all those little green pieces of paper with pictures of Washington, Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson on them."
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The Sphinx and the Pyramids of #Giza, photographed by Maxime du Camp in 1849. The chest area of the Sphinx had only recently been uncovered, previously the statue was covered with sand up to the shoulders.
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The Sphinx and the Pyramids of #Giza, photographed by Maxime du Camp in 1849. The chest area of the Sphinx had only recently been uncovered, previously the statue was covered with sand up to the shoulders.
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Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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I am perversely nostalgic for a vanished era when news of this sort would keep me up all night with anxiety and anger because it didn't happen all the time
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I am perversely nostalgic for a vanished era when news of this sort would keep me up all night with anxiety and anger because it didn't happen all the time
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‘Cancel’ comes from a Latin word meaning “to make like a lattice.”
When people needed to annul or void a document, they sometimes would mark it with crosshatches
XXXXX
which resembled a lattice.
So the document became ‘canceled.’
...we hope this post doesn’t get us that.
When people needed to annul or void a document, they sometimes would mark it with crosshatches
XXXXX
which resembled a lattice.
So the document became ‘canceled.’
...we hope this post doesn’t get us that.
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
‘Cancel’ comes from a Latin word meaning “to make like a lattice.”
When people needed to annul or void a document, they sometimes would mark it with crosshatches
XXXXX
which resembled a lattice.
So the document became ‘canceled.’
...we hope this post doesn’t get us that.
When people needed to annul or void a document, they sometimes would mark it with crosshatches
XXXXX
which resembled a lattice.
So the document became ‘canceled.’
...we hope this post doesn’t get us that.
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Your daily reminder not to destroy vintage things. Century Pub and Eatery, Kenosha, Wi.
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Your daily reminder not to destroy vintage things. Century Pub and Eatery, Kenosha, Wi.
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Butter-Cups Cereal (1965-circa 1967): Puffed, light, crispy, flower-shaped corn cereal pieces from General Mills. A commercial featured children picking and eating real-life buttercups (which are poisonous), which led to parental complaints of copycat behavior and ultimately its discontinuation
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Butter-Cups Cereal (1965-circa 1967): Puffed, light, crispy, flower-shaped corn cereal pieces from General Mills. A commercial featured children picking and eating real-life buttercups (which are poisonous), which led to parental complaints of copycat behavior and ultimately its discontinuation
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Gary Larson's groundbreaking, utterly inimitable “The Far Side" first appeared 45 years ago, on January 1, 1980. Everyone has a favorite—what’s yours?
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Gary Larson's groundbreaking, utterly inimitable “The Far Side" first appeared 45 years ago, on January 1, 1980. Everyone has a favorite—what’s yours?
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New year's resolutions:
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
December 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New year's resolutions:
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
qHD: 960 × 540
HD: 1280 x 720
UHD 4K: 3849 x 2160
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I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Dusk ~ The The ~ 1992
Dusk ~ The The ~ 1992
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Dusk ~ The The ~ 1992
Dusk ~ The The ~ 1992
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Male Buffleheads are adorable little ducks that look to be black and white until the sunlight hits them just right. Then the beautiful greens and purples of their iridescent feathers are shown.
December 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Male Buffleheads are adorable little ducks that look to be black and white until the sunlight hits them just right. Then the beautiful greens and purples of their iridescent feathers are shown.
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I miss movie tie-in reprints of the source books.
My 1969 edition for the movie launch. I have never seen it in print since, which is a real shame. It's a gut punch of a novella.
It sold for 95 cents new, this used copy purchased maybe decade later set me back a buck. #filmsky 📽️
My 1969 edition for the movie launch. I have never seen it in print since, which is a real shame. It's a gut punch of a novella.
It sold for 95 cents new, this used copy purchased maybe decade later set me back a buck. #filmsky 📽️
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I miss movie tie-in reprints of the source books.
My 1969 edition for the movie launch. I have never seen it in print since, which is a real shame. It's a gut punch of a novella.
It sold for 95 cents new, this used copy purchased maybe decade later set me back a buck. #filmsky 📽️
My 1969 edition for the movie launch. I have never seen it in print since, which is a real shame. It's a gut punch of a novella.
It sold for 95 cents new, this used copy purchased maybe decade later set me back a buck. #filmsky 📽️
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The Friday Flop:
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Friday Flop:
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Sunday was a big night for CBS. The CBS News-produced special about Rob Reiner drew 6.2M same-day viewers.
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
CBS News: Rob Reiner - Scenes from a Life
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sunday was a big night for CBS. The CBS News-produced special about Rob Reiner drew 6.2M same-day viewers.
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
The full special is streaming for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG6...
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1969.
CBS pulled the final Smothers Brothers episode featuring David Steinberg, but it aired without controversy on CTV in Canada.
Tommy Smothers flew to Toronto and invited the media to watch it on CTV in his Yorkville hotel room.
Read all about it in my new book, to be released in Nov 2026.
CBS pulled the final Smothers Brothers episode featuring David Steinberg, but it aired without controversy on CTV in Canada.
Tommy Smothers flew to Toronto and invited the media to watch it on CTV in his Yorkville hotel room.
Read all about it in my new book, to be released in Nov 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
1969.
CBS pulled the final Smothers Brothers episode featuring David Steinberg, but it aired without controversy on CTV in Canada.
Tommy Smothers flew to Toronto and invited the media to watch it on CTV in his Yorkville hotel room.
Read all about it in my new book, to be released in Nov 2026.
CBS pulled the final Smothers Brothers episode featuring David Steinberg, but it aired without controversy on CTV in Canada.
Tommy Smothers flew to Toronto and invited the media to watch it on CTV in his Yorkville hotel room.
Read all about it in my new book, to be released in Nov 2026.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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