Mark Eichin
@eichin.bsky.social
(ULP is "Unfair Labor Practices". Don't cross the picket line.)
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(ULP is "Unfair Labor Practices". Don't cross the picket line.)
New England looks like it will be partly cloudy tonight but given how last night looked it's worth popping your head out anyway (and give it a chance with your phone even if you don't see anything naked-eye.)
If all the aurora photos are giving you unbearable FOMO, it may please you to know that there’s a possibility for more lights tonight (Wed. 12 Nov), possibly right after sunset in North America. We’ll see how this next CME (coronal mass ejection) impact plays out!
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New England looks like it will be partly cloudy tonight but given how last night looked it's worth popping your head out anyway (and give it a chance with your phone even if you don't see anything naked-eye.)
13 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rF35po [Concord,Wood Street,Massachusetts,fountain,Assabet River NWR,Sudbury,autumn,colors,aurora borealis,silhouette,squirrel,birdbath,Splash,sign,tufted titmouse,Red Squirrel,Puffer Pond,Chelmsford,bus stop,berries,closeup,bluejay,leaves,Bunker,gazebo,hawk,dock,sky]
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
13 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rF35po [Concord,Wood Street,Massachusetts,fountain,Assabet River NWR,Sudbury,autumn,colors,aurora borealis,silhouette,squirrel,birdbath,Splash,sign,tufted titmouse,Red Squirrel,Puffer Pond,Chelmsford,bus stop,berries,closeup,bluejay,leaves,Bunker,gazebo,hawk,dock,sky]
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crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
(this thread inspired me to actually go out and look up. saw some pink to the west, naked-eye, but needed the camera to get the shots to the north)
You can SORT OF see the aurora from Beacon Hill right now.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
(this thread inspired me to actually go out and look up. saw some pink to the west, naked-eye, but needed the camera to get the shots to the north)
Through the magic of whatever it is that samsung phone cameras do for stable long handheld shots... these were about 3 second exposures, from the Boston suburbs
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Through the magic of whatever it is that samsung phone cameras do for stable long handheld shots... these were about 3 second exposures, from the Boston suburbs
Innovations in coffee: there's an (experimental?) drive-up coffee truck in southern NH that uses a phone app and "geofencing" to have your coffee ready when you arrive www.pingthru.com/faqs . They do seem to get how creepy that seems: "We also do not use facial recognition or scrape license plates."
FAQs | p!ng
Fact: humans are curious beings. Also fact: find answers to your questions here.
www.pingthru.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Innovations in coffee: there's an (experimental?) drive-up coffee truck in southern NH that uses a phone app and "geofencing" to have your coffee ready when you arrive www.pingthru.com/faqs . They do seem to get how creepy that seems: "We also do not use facial recognition or scrape license plates."
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Whole bunch of weird shit just got a physiological pathway...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
Humans have remote touch 'seventh sense' like sandpipers, research shows
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sen...
techxplore.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Whole bunch of weird shit just got a physiological pathway...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
techxplore.com/news/2025-11...
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Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Instead of even mentioning that one of Rosalind Franklin's colleagues died today, just repost this ↓
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Instead of even mentioning that one of Rosalind Franklin's colleagues died today, just repost this ↓
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Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
Worth a look (the additional filtering was unannounced *and* bsky probably actively hid some of the better Dick Cheney comments from you...)
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Worth a look (the additional filtering was unannounced *and* bsky probably actively hid some of the better Dick Cheney comments from you...)
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If anyone is interested in the actual process behind how @johnhawkinson.bsky.social and other volunteers produce the "early results" for Cambridge City Council election #1s, I did a writeup of the process by which dozens of folks helped people get results last night.
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
From the CambridgeMA community on Reddit: how we got "early results" last night
Explore this post and more from the CambridgeMA community
www.reddit.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If anyone is interested in the actual process behind how @johnhawkinson.bsky.social and other volunteers produce the "early results" for Cambridge City Council election #1s, I did a writeup of the process by which dozens of folks helped people get results last night.
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeM...
Did not expect catching up on politics to make me hungry :) (the best goat I've had around here has been from Punjab and Holi, but next time I'm in Chicago I need to find Duck Duck Goat...)
don't threaten me with a good time viz a viz goat meat stands
This guy
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did not expect catching up on politics to make me hungry :) (the best goat I've had around here has been from Punjab and Holi, but next time I'm in Chicago I need to find Duck Duck Goat...)
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In grade 5 we had a guest speaker about safety and staying away from construction sites
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In grade 5 we had a guest speaker about safety and staying away from construction sites
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
He 'warned' us "I'll tell you a secret, bulldozers are really easy to start"
A whole room full of bored 11 year olds suddenly perked up, all thinking "Oh, realllllly?"
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Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Qc... it's primarily just the contagious excitement - but basically, this is "using an Engine Rich Exhaust rocket as an airbrush" and it's a hundred-year-old industrial process, refined a lot (the most modern version involves robots.) Very fun.
Metallization
YouTube video by Alec Steele
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Qc... it's primarily just the contagious excitement - but basically, this is "using an Engine Rich Exhaust rocket as an airbrush" and it's a hundred-year-old industrial process, refined a lot (the most modern version involves robots.) Very fun.
Ooh, the article completely fails to mention the stylus that's *in the lead picture*. Apparently it's USI, not EMR, fiber tips, and "inertial" tilt sensitivity. USB-C charging (downside: it needs charging at all)
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ooh, the article completely fails to mention the stylus that's *in the lead picture*. Apparently it's USI, not EMR, fiber tips, and "inertial" tilt sensitivity. USB-C charging (downside: it needs charging at all)
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
Huh, I wonder if this is a trackpad I'd actually use, as a airly hard-wired trackpoint user (since it's integrated into the typing area, so even though it's a trackpad, it's *in the right place*...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNT-...
Clevetura CLVX S Review: This Changes Everything?
YouTube video by Cameron Dougherty Tech
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Huh, I wonder if this is a trackpad I'd actually use, as a airly hard-wired trackpoint user (since it's integrated into the typing area, so even though it's a trackpad, it's *in the right place*...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNT-...
eeeee! (an earlier thread mentioned inflatable axolotls but hadn't caught them on camera)
Kalamazoo, Michigan hit ~10K protestors today at #NoKings, which is 3.8% of greater Kalamazoo's population. So apparently at least here the revolution is underway!
October 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
eeeee! (an earlier thread mentioned inflatable axolotls but hadn't caught them on camera)
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
16 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rAaSXD [Concord,Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge,Massachusetts,Wood Street,wood duck,canada goose,waffles,bowl,great blue heron,infrared,thermal,flock,ice cream machine,whipped cream,strawberries,cuisinart,In flight,overflow,cooking,landing,sparrow,mallard...]
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
16 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2rAaSXD [Concord,Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge,Massachusetts,Wood Street,wood duck,canada goose,waffles,bowl,great blue heron,infrared,thermal,flock,ice cream machine,whipped cream,strawberries,cuisinart,In flight,overflow,cooking,landing,sparrow,mallard...]