Edgardo Block
@edgardoblock.bsky.social
Personal account for personal comments, which are solely my responsibility and no one else’s.
Argentina-born American, transport infrastructure professional. Started the very empty @evalpavement.bsky.social.
Argentina-born American, transport infrastructure professional. Started the very empty @evalpavement.bsky.social.
BREAKING: RottenTomatoes is switching to Fahrenheit
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM
BREAKING: RottenTomatoes is switching to Fahrenheit
I took my contribution down because it wasn’t polished like I would like, but I think I made a mistake. Apologies. So it’s back.
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I took my contribution down because it wasn’t polished like I would like, but I think I made a mistake. Apologies. So it’s back.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Besides the civil engineering reqs:
-Drama
-Linear Algebra (with math majors. I almost died: there was less to solve but more to understand)
-Philosophy and Ethics (emphasis on veganism)
-Piano*
-Finite element analysis
Besides the civil engineering reqs:
-Drama
-Linear Algebra (with math majors. I almost died: there was less to solve but more to understand)
-Philosophy and Ethics (emphasis on veganism)
-Piano*
-Finite element analysis
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
- Soviet History
- Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
- Human Rights on Film
- Latin American Politics & Culture
- Visual Astronomy (ie, stargazing class)
- Soviet History
- Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
- Human Rights on Film
- Latin American Politics & Culture
- Visual Astronomy (ie, stargazing class)
Cold War Culture
History of Tudor England
Russian language
Astronomy
Sex and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition
History of Tudor England
Russian language
Astronomy
Sex and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Besides the civil engineering reqs:
-Drama
-Linear Algebra (with math majors. I almost died: there was less to solve but more to understand)
-Philosophy and Ethics (emphasis on veganism)
-Piano*
-Finite element analysis
Besides the civil engineering reqs:
-Drama
-Linear Algebra (with math majors. I almost died: there was less to solve but more to understand)
-Philosophy and Ethics (emphasis on veganism)
-Piano*
-Finite element analysis
Share a song that you otherwise wouldn’t (but you secretly at least appreciate)
youtube.com/watch?v=MNeV...
youtube.com/watch?v=MNeV...
Thompson Twins - Lies (Official Video) (4K Remaster)
YouTube video by Thompson Twins
youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Share a song that you otherwise wouldn’t (but you secretly at least appreciate)
youtube.com/watch?v=MNeV...
youtube.com/watch?v=MNeV...
had me at Scott Joplin, yup
Noteworthy people from Texarkana:
Willie Davis, player with Green Bay Packers in the NFL and Super Bowl champion.
Parnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion.
Scott Joplin, composer and pianist of ragtime music.
Jeff Keith, lead singer of rock band Tesla.
Willie Davis, player with Green Bay Packers in the NFL and Super Bowl champion.
Parnelli Jones, 1963 Indianapolis 500 champion.
Scott Joplin, composer and pianist of ragtime music.
Jeff Keith, lead singer of rock band Tesla.
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
had me at Scott Joplin, yup
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EXCLUSIVE: Militant Anti-Car Radicals Captured At One Of Their Training Camps.
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Militant Anti-Car Radicals Captured At One Of Their Training Camps.
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
Dr Bergstrom has added images and 🤩they are amazing, as are the cars
1. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to visit the Alfa Romeo museum in Milan. What a gorgeous museum of design.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Dr Bergstrom has added images and 🤩they are amazing, as are the cars
Pizza menu options:
Sunny side up
Over easy
Over medium
Over hard
Sunny side up
Over easy
Over medium
Over hard
ahh, maryland-style pizza. america's most rightly unremarked upon regional pizza. famous for its motto "just like that one so-so chain used to make it"
January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Pizza menu options:
Sunny side up
Over easy
Over medium
Over hard
Sunny side up
Over easy
Over medium
Over hard
🏅me
despite your dulce de leche crime you have been Jerrified!
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
🏅me
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1. The spread of #measles in the US shows no sign of abating. As of 1/29 there have been 588 confirmed cases so far in 2026, #CDC reports. The tally for January is higher than the total year tallies for all but 4 years since 1992.
The cases were reported from 17 jurisdictions. Only 3 were imports.
The cases were reported from 17 jurisdictions. Only 3 were imports.
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
wow!
I'm very excited to be Planet Money's guest when they come to Pittsburgh! Stop by if you're in our (and Mr. Roger's) neighborhood.
We're going on the road for a book tour in April!
Author Alex Mayyasi will be joined by Planet Money hosts and special guests. Attendees can get swag, like a tour-exclusive tote bag (while supplies last/restrictions apply).
Ticket and tour info: planetmoneybook.com
Author Alex Mayyasi will be joined by Planet Money hosts and special guests. Attendees can get swag, like a tour-exclusive tote bag (while supplies last/restrictions apply).
Ticket and tour info: planetmoneybook.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
wow!
Some people want to be superheroes, some want to slack off, why some people would want to live out the life of the bad guys, in *Porky’s,* is beyond me
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Some people want to be superheroes, some want to slack off, why some people would want to live out the life of the bad guys, in *Porky’s,* is beyond me
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[MARCA/Delpy] A dead football player scores his last goal from the coffin. The day after his death, his family, friends, and teammates carried Alexander Zaracho's coffin to the Club 30 de Agosto field in Capiatá to bid him farewell in true football style with his “last goal.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
[MARCA/Delpy] A dead football player scores his last goal from the coffin. The day after his death, his family, friends, and teammates carried Alexander Zaracho's coffin to the Club 30 de Agosto field in Capiatá to bid him farewell in true football style with his “last goal.”
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To be (where Chekhov is) or not to be
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
To be (where Chekhov is) or not to be
Mine is not a roof post, but the connection is the house. Real shutters. and awnings. Reflect the heat from OUTSIDE, use them for storms, protect from the cold.
reading about Chinese EVs, I’ve tried to think what the US could do similarly for industrial policy.
I landed on steel roofs. 15 years of a strong roof policy could push us to a better equilibrium forever.
it’s unexciting, but you need something with very high demand (roofs).
I landed on steel roofs. 15 years of a strong roof policy could push us to a better equilibrium forever.
it’s unexciting, but you need something with very high demand (roofs).
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Mine is not a roof post, but the connection is the house. Real shutters. and awnings. Reflect the heat from OUTSIDE, use them for storms, protect from the cold.
Great coach, seems like great person; that coach-grinder of a place could shred him. Hopefully not, because I kind of like how his teams play
Real Madrid potentially in for Emery at the end of the season according to Ramon Alvarez
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Great coach, seems like great person; that coach-grinder of a place could shred him. Hopefully not, because I kind of like how his teams play
Yes, this can ONLY be explained by a Nordic connection, where the O is crossed diagonally (“Hurl-eh”), otherwise it’s intentional.
These fraught times call for a show with what is either an intentionally or unintentionally hilarious title, and which I will be talking about for the rest of the year
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Yes, this can ONLY be explained by a Nordic connection, where the O is crossed diagonally (“Hurl-eh”), otherwise it’s intentional.
Community, which actually was OK but not if you had binged the last season before reboot.
And it still needs a movie.
(As does Mozart in the Jungle, but I digress)
And it still needs a movie.
(As does Mozart in the Jungle, but I digress)
Name a TV show that overstayed it's welcome
January 29, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Community, which actually was OK but not if you had binged the last season before reboot.
And it still needs a movie.
(As does Mozart in the Jungle, but I digress)
And it still needs a movie.
(As does Mozart in the Jungle, but I digress)
Connections
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
There it is
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
There it is
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Connections
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
There it is
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
There it is
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I am told that when I was barely talking I would make my way to the power outlets stretching out two fingers in my hand toward the outlets, while repeating “la luz mata; mata la luz” (electricity kills)
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I am told that when I was barely talking I would make my way to the power outlets stretching out two fingers in my hand toward the outlets, while repeating “la luz mata; mata la luz” (electricity kills)
Long live the Brut Nature process of making cava
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Long live the Brut Nature process of making cava
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good morning, wolves. good morning, crows.
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
good morning, wolves. good morning, crows.
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Blaen y Glyn Falls in the Caerfanell Valley, Brecon Beacons,(Bannau Brycheiniog).
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Blaen y Glyn Falls in the Caerfanell Valley, Brecon Beacons,(Bannau Brycheiniog).
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #EastCoastKin
I am told that when I was barely talking I would make my way to the power outlets stretching out two fingers in my hand toward the outlets, while repeating “la luz mata; mata la luz” (electricity kills)
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I am told that when I was barely talking I would make my way to the power outlets stretching out two fingers in my hand toward the outlets, while repeating “la luz mata; mata la luz” (electricity kills)