Eric Cloninger
@ericcloninger.bsky.social
Human. Mostly water. Rational redneck. Breaker and Builder of Things. Occasionally amusing.
Read a #BBC article this evening referring to Andrew Mountbatten as the "former prince".
That had to feel good.
Like "#disgraced #former #president" will. Sooner the better.
And I ain't talking about Nixon, Jackson, or Cheney.
That had to feel good.
Like "#disgraced #former #president" will. Sooner the better.
And I ain't talking about Nixon, Jackson, or Cheney.
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Read a #BBC article this evening referring to Andrew Mountbatten as the "former prince".
That had to feel good.
Like "#disgraced #former #president" will. Sooner the better.
And I ain't talking about Nixon, Jackson, or Cheney.
That had to feel good.
Like "#disgraced #former #president" will. Sooner the better.
And I ain't talking about Nixon, Jackson, or Cheney.
Who wants brisket or smoked pork belly? It'll be ready about noon tomorrow. Bring beer. Maybe some cole slaw, collards, or kimchi.
#Christmas #food #brisket
#Christmas #food #brisket
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Who wants brisket or smoked pork belly? It'll be ready about noon tomorrow. Bring beer. Maybe some cole slaw, collards, or kimchi.
#Christmas #food #brisket
#Christmas #food #brisket
Every morning, my wife and the cat disagree about something. I'm not sure why she just doesn't give in to the better argument, but there's just no reasoning with my wife sometimes.
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Every morning, my wife and the cat disagree about something. I'm not sure why she just doesn't give in to the better argument, but there's just no reasoning with my wife sometimes.
I'm planning a party. I'm not sure when it's going to occur, but I'll send out an invite. I have some nice Cabernets and a bottle of Porto from 1916 that I plan to uncork. I'm not sure that I'll have enough warning to put a brisket on, but we'll find something to nosh on.
49% of y'all are invited.
49% of y'all are invited.
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm planning a party. I'm not sure when it's going to occur, but I'll send out an invite. I have some nice Cabernets and a bottle of Porto from 1916 that I plan to uncork. I'm not sure that I'll have enough warning to put a brisket on, but we'll find something to nosh on.
49% of y'all are invited.
49% of y'all are invited.
Bluesky on Web is asking my birthday. Not sure why, but it's none of their damned business. I'm a dog on the Internet and dog years are different from humans.
If this becomes enforced policy, I guess I'll go back to posting on my own social network.
If this becomes enforced policy, I guess I'll go back to posting on my own social network.
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Bluesky on Web is asking my birthday. Not sure why, but it's none of their damned business. I'm a dog on the Internet and dog years are different from humans.
If this becomes enforced policy, I guess I'll go back to posting on my own social network.
If this becomes enforced policy, I guess I'll go back to posting on my own social network.
I wonder if Dave Grohl sits up at night and thinks about the time that Prince covered one of his songs.
At halftime of the Superbowl. In a freaking rainstorm.
At halftime of the Superbowl. In a freaking rainstorm.
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I wonder if Dave Grohl sits up at night and thinks about the time that Prince covered one of his songs.
At halftime of the Superbowl. In a freaking rainstorm.
At halftime of the Superbowl. In a freaking rainstorm.
Looking up a technical question and a #stackoverflow post was the top result. Plastered over the answer was a popup suggesting I use their "AI Assist".
"How to disable AI Assist in StackOverflow"
15 seconds later...
"I don't know what you mean by AI Assist"
😐😶😶🌫️🤡
"How to disable AI Assist in StackOverflow"
15 seconds later...
"I don't know what you mean by AI Assist"
😐😶😶🌫️🤡
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking up a technical question and a #stackoverflow post was the top result. Plastered over the answer was a popup suggesting I use their "AI Assist".
"How to disable AI Assist in StackOverflow"
15 seconds later...
"I don't know what you mean by AI Assist"
😐😶😶🌫️🤡
"How to disable AI Assist in StackOverflow"
15 seconds later...
"I don't know what you mean by AI Assist"
😐😶😶🌫️🤡
Why do the Carolina Panthers exist other than to be the NFL's Washington Generals? Clay Bennett should buy the team and bring them to OKC.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Why do the Carolina Panthers exist other than to be the NFL's Washington Generals? Clay Bennett should buy the team and bring them to OKC.
Reposted by Eric Cloninger
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Do you know what's better than #TNF on #AmazonPrime? U.S. Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens on Plex, courtesy of my seedbox. 🏴☠️
How can I stream a TV show from the EU with better frame rates than the NFL on AWS' network?
It's not incompetence, it's malfeasance.
How can I stream a TV show from the EU with better frame rates than the NFL on AWS' network?
It's not incompetence, it's malfeasance.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Do you know what's better than #TNF on #AmazonPrime? U.S. Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens on Plex, courtesy of my seedbox. 🏴☠️
How can I stream a TV show from the EU with better frame rates than the NFL on AWS' network?
It's not incompetence, it's malfeasance.
How can I stream a TV show from the EU with better frame rates than the NFL on AWS' network?
It's not incompetence, it's malfeasance.
Here rests, in honored glory, an American Soldier. Known but to God.
Better men answered the call than those who sent them off to foreign lands to die. #memorialday
Better men answered the call than those who sent them off to foreign lands to die. #memorialday
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Eric Cloninger
Bagels and Brits
A small Saturday Morning gathering of British car enthusiasts.
my72mgb.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tonight's rabbit hole. Random live music performance on YT where the main act brings on a guest.
Guest starts playing guitar.
Wait, what hollow body guitar has a strat neck? What is with those pickups? Who is this guy?
Down we go, Alice. What a weird tea party it is.
Hint: #phish
Guest starts playing guitar.
Wait, what hollow body guitar has a strat neck? What is with those pickups? Who is this guy?
Down we go, Alice. What a weird tea party it is.
Hint: #phish
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Tonight's rabbit hole. Random live music performance on YT where the main act brings on a guest.
Guest starts playing guitar.
Wait, what hollow body guitar has a strat neck? What is with those pickups? Who is this guy?
Down we go, Alice. What a weird tea party it is.
Hint: #phish
Guest starts playing guitar.
Wait, what hollow body guitar has a strat neck? What is with those pickups? Who is this guy?
Down we go, Alice. What a weird tea party it is.
Hint: #phish
What keeps you up at night? Tonight, it's "What made Prince, Prince"? The dude was much more than the sum of his albums. What made that weird brilliance? What made SRV? Or von Karajan. Or... what made any of us?
Luck. And chemistry.
There, it's settled.
Thank the gods for luck, and chemistry.
Luck. And chemistry.
There, it's settled.
Thank the gods for luck, and chemistry.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
What keeps you up at night? Tonight, it's "What made Prince, Prince"? The dude was much more than the sum of his albums. What made that weird brilliance? What made SRV? Or von Karajan. Or... what made any of us?
Luck. And chemistry.
There, it's settled.
Thank the gods for luck, and chemistry.
Luck. And chemistry.
There, it's settled.
Thank the gods for luck, and chemistry.
I'm excited to discover @raffic.bsky.social on bsky. As a parent in the 90s/00s, I was grateful to have "Eeples and Beeneenees" on the ride to Memaw's house. Now that I'm a Pops, I want another generation dancing in unrestrained joy to Willoughby Wallaby Woo.
Merci, beaucoup.
Merci, beaucoup.
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I'm excited to discover @raffic.bsky.social on bsky. As a parent in the 90s/00s, I was grateful to have "Eeples and Beeneenees" on the ride to Memaw's house. Now that I'm a Pops, I want another generation dancing in unrestrained joy to Willoughby Wallaby Woo.
Merci, beaucoup.
Merci, beaucoup.
Ok, we got a #worldseries #game7 tomorrow night. Happy to have the final game in the #truenorth where Reichsführer Cheeto Fingers can't just show up on stage and despoil the trophy.
Whoever wins, wins. They have earned it.
Whoever wins, wins. They have earned it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Ok, we got a #worldseries #game7 tomorrow night. Happy to have the final game in the #truenorth where Reichsführer Cheeto Fingers can't just show up on stage and despoil the trophy.
Whoever wins, wins. They have earned it.
Whoever wins, wins. They have earned it.
Good job #bluejays with that opening ceremony, for all the reasons spoken and unspoken in the performers that were chosen. Appreciate our friends in the #truenorth for their support and resistance.
Still, I'm rooting for the National League team. But, let's play 7.
Still, I'm rooting for the National League team. But, let's play 7.
October 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Good job #bluejays with that opening ceremony, for all the reasons spoken and unspoken in the performers that were chosen. Appreciate our friends in the #truenorth for their support and resistance.
Still, I'm rooting for the National League team. But, let's play 7.
Still, I'm rooting for the National League team. But, let's play 7.
Trying to figure out if bsky is another node on the dead Internet, driven by LLMs and low men from @stephenking.bsky.social Gunslinger 'verse.
The only voices that seem to be real & not generated by Agencies & Markov chains are me & @flavorflav.bsky.social. Coz you can't simulate our kinda weird.
The only voices that seem to be real & not generated by Agencies & Markov chains are me & @flavorflav.bsky.social. Coz you can't simulate our kinda weird.
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trying to figure out if bsky is another node on the dead Internet, driven by LLMs and low men from @stephenking.bsky.social Gunslinger 'verse.
The only voices that seem to be real & not generated by Agencies & Markov chains are me & @flavorflav.bsky.social. Coz you can't simulate our kinda weird.
The only voices that seem to be real & not generated by Agencies & Markov chains are me & @flavorflav.bsky.social. Coz you can't simulate our kinda weird.
Been a #Rush fan forever. Have a ton of OG vinyl. Saw them in ... 1994? Would love to see them with their new drummer and just enjoy a tiny bit of magic just one moment more.
But, Ticketmaster.
Nope.
Not doing that.
Ever.
But, Ticketmaster.
Nope.
Not doing that.
Ever.
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Been a #Rush fan forever. Have a ton of OG vinyl. Saw them in ... 1994? Would love to see them with their new drummer and just enjoy a tiny bit of magic just one moment more.
But, Ticketmaster.
Nope.
Not doing that.
Ever.
But, Ticketmaster.
Nope.
Not doing that.
Ever.
At the #BadPlace, I had a troll account named @OkcMariners posting shit talk during Hot Stove season. Got banned for being a pest, but there was no malice involved. Just poking at Seattle fans.
If they blow a 2-0 LCS lead, I may have to resurrect the account on bsky as the Ghost of Edgar Martinez.
If they blow a 2-0 LCS lead, I may have to resurrect the account on bsky as the Ghost of Edgar Martinez.
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
At the #BadPlace, I had a troll account named @OkcMariners posting shit talk during Hot Stove season. Got banned for being a pest, but there was no malice involved. Just poking at Seattle fans.
If they blow a 2-0 LCS lead, I may have to resurrect the account on bsky as the Ghost of Edgar Martinez.
If they blow a 2-0 LCS lead, I may have to resurrect the account on bsky as the Ghost of Edgar Martinez.
With all the shit that's happened this year, I would be perfectly happy for the #bluejays to win the #worldseries. Deny Pedo Don the chance to befoul the trophy with his stubby, lecherous fingers.
But I can't.
Were they a National League team, though... We'll see.
But I can't.
Were they a National League team, though... We'll see.
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
With all the shit that's happened this year, I would be perfectly happy for the #bluejays to win the #worldseries. Deny Pedo Don the chance to befoul the trophy with his stubby, lecherous fingers.
But I can't.
Were they a National League team, though... We'll see.
But I can't.
Were they a National League team, though... We'll see.
Google's decision to force uninstall #android apps from other stores is a signal it's time to get away from their ecosystem.
It's been a few years since I used custom ROMs. Time to start back up.
Playing with #grapheneOS as an experiment. We'll see how it works with my banking and medical apps.
It's been a few years since I used custom ROMs. Time to start back up.
Playing with #grapheneOS as an experiment. We'll see how it works with my banking and medical apps.
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Google's decision to force uninstall #android apps from other stores is a signal it's time to get away from their ecosystem.
It's been a few years since I used custom ROMs. Time to start back up.
Playing with #grapheneOS as an experiment. We'll see how it works with my banking and medical apps.
It's been a few years since I used custom ROMs. Time to start back up.
Playing with #grapheneOS as an experiment. We'll see how it works with my banking and medical apps.
The more I watch Thursday Night Football, the more I think I'd rather have a colonoscopy.
Instead of mediocre football on an inferior streaming service, I'm watching excellent guitar videos with Andy Timmons and Keith from Five Watt World.
Instead of mediocre football on an inferior streaming service, I'm watching excellent guitar videos with Andy Timmons and Keith from Five Watt World.
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The more I watch Thursday Night Football, the more I think I'd rather have a colonoscopy.
Instead of mediocre football on an inferior streaming service, I'm watching excellent guitar videos with Andy Timmons and Keith from Five Watt World.
Instead of mediocre football on an inferior streaming service, I'm watching excellent guitar videos with Andy Timmons and Keith from Five Watt World.
Reposted by Eric Cloninger
All revved up with somewhere to go. Hope to see lots of other LBCs at Brits in the Ozarks.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
All revved up with somewhere to go. Hope to see lots of other LBCs at Brits in the Ozarks.
Is anyone else experiencing Death by #2FA? I'm a fan of adding layers of verifiable security to user accounts, but some of them are done so badly. All these happened in the last 2 hours.
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Is anyone else experiencing Death by #2FA? I'm a fan of adding layers of verifiable security to user accounts, but some of them are done so badly. All these happened in the last 2 hours.