Erik
@egveitikkje.bsky.social
English professor丨slow cyclist 丨aging punk rocker 丨leftist丨sports fan: Bengals, Cavs, Yankees, Canadiens丨 wanna-be Scandinavian丨skeptic丨English, Norsk, & Français
Any cat lovers out there able and willing to help my friend's sweet cat get some medical care? Please consider sharing, if you can. gofund.me/0b39dd801
Donate to Help Persephone Walk Again, organized by Tasha Davis
Persephone just celebrated her 13th birthday on February 14th, a milestone I was so grateful to… Tasha Davis needs your support for Help Persephone Walk Again
gofund.me
February 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Any cat lovers out there able and willing to help my friend's sweet cat get some medical care? Please consider sharing, if you can. gofund.me/0b39dd801
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49 years ago today
The Ramones played a legendary, sold-out concert at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, on February 16, 1977, with Blondie as the opening act. The performance is considered a milestone of the punk era on the Strip.
📸 Jenny Lens
#punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory
The Ramones played a legendary, sold-out concert at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, on February 16, 1977, with Blondie as the opening act. The performance is considered a milestone of the punk era on the Strip.
📸 Jenny Lens
#punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
49 years ago today
The Ramones played a legendary, sold-out concert at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, on February 16, 1977, with Blondie as the opening act. The performance is considered a milestone of the punk era on the Strip.
📸 Jenny Lens
#punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory
The Ramones played a legendary, sold-out concert at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, on February 16, 1977, with Blondie as the opening act. The performance is considered a milestone of the punk era on the Strip.
📸 Jenny Lens
#punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory
The waitress gave me a slice of pie that is at least 150% the size of a normal slice of pie and I think I am just going to go home and declare today a good day already.
February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The waitress gave me a slice of pie that is at least 150% the size of a normal slice of pie and I think I am just going to go home and declare today a good day already.
Very well said.
It is likely easy for the average person to eye-roll about professors complaining about students generating essays with bots, but the process of formulating an argument, a story, or a eulogy changes the writer, and, in its reading, can change readers as well.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Very well said.
"I'm Argon. I'm a noble gas and I have a full valence of electrons! Everyone says I'm the best gas. Sleepy Chlorine doesn't even have eight electrons in its valence. Chlorine is an embarrassment to the Periodic Table. I'm going to Make Gas Great Again. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"I'm Argon. I'm a noble gas and I have a full valence of electrons! Everyone says I'm the best gas. Sleepy Chlorine doesn't even have eight electrons in its valence. Chlorine is an embarrassment to the Periodic Table. I'm going to Make Gas Great Again. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
These commercials are trying too hard.
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
These commercials are trying too hard.
Joe Mixon continues to have more Super Bowl TDs that either Drake Maye or Sam Darnold for the time being.
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Joe Mixon continues to have more Super Bowl TDs that either Drake Maye or Sam Darnold for the time being.
When I attended the Super Bowl in LA, I got a glimpse of economic inequality that I'd never seen before. There was a drunk guy who fell asleep for one quarter in a $6000 seat. For some people it was just another night out (and one to sleep through) while, for others, it was a lifetime splurge.
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
When I attended the Super Bowl in LA, I got a glimpse of economic inequality that I'd never seen before. There was a drunk guy who fell asleep for one quarter in a $6000 seat. For some people it was just another night out (and one to sleep through) while, for others, it was a lifetime splurge.
As generally disinclined to listen to derivative punk like Green Day as I am, I am glad to see "American Idiot" performed on an international stage.
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
As generally disinclined to listen to derivative punk like Green Day as I am, I am glad to see "American Idiot" performed on an international stage.
They really snubbed Ken Anderson AGAIN???
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
They really snubbed Ken Anderson AGAIN???
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Bots don't have any lives let alone inner lives🤦♀️
A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots. n.pr/3NPmiq1
Moltbook is the newest social media platform — but it's just for AI bots
A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.
n.pr
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Bots don't have any lives let alone inner lives🤦♀️
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The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:
If I had to describe Trump’s smile to someone who has never seen him, I would tell them to imagine a parent asking their child to get out of a swimming pool to pee and the kid being defiant and just pissing in the pool. The self-satisfied grin the kid gives after deliberately pissing? That’s it.
January 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
If I had to describe Trump’s smile to someone who has never seen him, I would tell them to imagine a parent asking their child to get out of a swimming pool to pee and the kid being defiant and just pissing in the pool. The self-satisfied grin the kid gives after deliberately pissing? That’s it.
Trump evidently hated Hollywood so much that he’s dropping a box office bomb named after his wife.
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Trump evidently hated Hollywood so much that he’s dropping a box office bomb named after his wife.
Channeling both Darth Vader and Michael Jackson?
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Channeling both Darth Vader and Michael Jackson?
I was playing Franchise Mode in Madden and the Browns auto-generated a new coach who looks a lot like @bbaby41.bsky.social.
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I was playing Franchise Mode in Madden and the Browns auto-generated a new coach who looks a lot like @bbaby41.bsky.social.
This one is a bit geeky, but I think it's funny... If the overlapping part of the Venn diagram of Emily Dickinson fans and people who dislike Donald Trump could create a cartoon, this might be it. #AcademicSky
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 AM
This one is a bit geeky, but I think it's funny... If the overlapping part of the Venn diagram of Emily Dickinson fans and people who dislike Donald Trump could create a cartoon, this might be it. #AcademicSky
Very, Very Bigly Brother is Watching You!
January 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Very, Very Bigly Brother is Watching You!
We are all Sisyphus.
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
We are all Sisyphus.
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Rather than comforting ourselves with things that didn’t happen, we should be asking questions that actually strengthen our resilience.
For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?
For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Rather than comforting ourselves with things that didn’t happen, we should be asking questions that actually strengthen our resilience.
For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?
For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?
It's amazing how distorted our collective understanding of history is. The idea that women's liberation, civil rights, or even the outright abolition of slavery occurred in the distant past insulates us from grasping just how horrible human beings have been, can be, and are.
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's amazing how distorted our collective understanding of history is. The idea that women's liberation, civil rights, or even the outright abolition of slavery occurred in the distant past insulates us from grasping just how horrible human beings have been, can be, and are.
I think he just misspelled “bored of peace” since he doesn’t particularly seem all that keen on maintaining peace anyway.
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I think he just misspelled “bored of peace” since he doesn’t particularly seem all that keen on maintaining peace anyway.