Greg Burton
@gregburton.bsky.social
Warriors Basketball, Eclectic
need more use cases to overcome the main barrier to purchase:
"I already have a tiny brain I don't use - why do I need more?"
"I already have a tiny brain I don't use - why do I need more?"
Little bottles of miniature brains.
Watch, hucksters will try to sell little bottles of miniature "brains". "I take brains as pills to increase my mental powers".
This is probably going to be useful research, actually.
Watch, hucksters will try to sell little bottles of miniature "brains". "I take brains as pills to increase my mental powers".
This is probably going to be useful research, actually.
Well, this is interesting . . . www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
need more use cases to overcome the main barrier to purchase:
"I already have a tiny brain I don't use - why do I need more?"
"I already have a tiny brain I don't use - why do I need more?"
Fair warning
If you're doing the "Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences." thread, you may also be convincing people to NOT read your novel. As a reader, so far I've had 1 "Sounds pretty good" and 2 "no way in Hell" reactions.
If you're doing the "Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences." thread, you may also be convincing people to NOT read your novel. As a reader, so far I've had 1 "Sounds pretty good" and 2 "no way in Hell" reactions.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fair warning
If you're doing the "Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences." thread, you may also be convincing people to NOT read your novel. As a reader, so far I've had 1 "Sounds pretty good" and 2 "no way in Hell" reactions.
If you're doing the "Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences." thread, you may also be convincing people to NOT read your novel. As a reader, so far I've had 1 "Sounds pretty good" and 2 "no way in Hell" reactions.
60 centers/power forwards have joined the NBA in the last 3 years. Of those, this year Quinten Post ranks
WS - T 6
WS/48 - 17
VORP - 6
BPM - 13
REB% - 25
BLK% - 24
PTs/Game - 18
MP/Game - 19
DRtg - T 12
ORtg - 23
USG% - 33
In other words right now he's easily in the top 3rd of those 60 players.
WS - T 6
WS/48 - 17
VORP - 6
BPM - 13
REB% - 25
BLK% - 24
PTs/Game - 18
MP/Game - 19
DRtg - T 12
ORtg - 23
USG% - 33
In other words right now he's easily in the top 3rd of those 60 players.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
60 centers/power forwards have joined the NBA in the last 3 years. Of those, this year Quinten Post ranks
WS - T 6
WS/48 - 17
VORP - 6
BPM - 13
REB% - 25
BLK% - 24
PTs/Game - 18
MP/Game - 19
DRtg - T 12
ORtg - 23
USG% - 33
In other words right now he's easily in the top 3rd of those 60 players.
WS - T 6
WS/48 - 17
VORP - 6
BPM - 13
REB% - 25
BLK% - 24
PTs/Game - 18
MP/Game - 19
DRtg - T 12
ORtg - 23
USG% - 33
In other words right now he's easily in the top 3rd of those 60 players.
Looking at GSW lineups so far. It's still a little early to start drawing conclusions (give it 3 more games) but if the purpose is "win now" then QP and Will need more minutes - GP2, Buddy, and Al need less.
#DubNation
#DubNation
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looking at GSW lineups so far. It's still a little early to start drawing conclusions (give it 3 more games) but if the purpose is "win now" then QP and Will need more minutes - GP2, Buddy, and Al need less.
#DubNation
#DubNation
Yes, I know that ants produce formic acid and that one genus of ants is "formica". That's still no excuse for naming your giant ant-like monsters Formicans.
I was floored by that - someone should have countered that name immediately.
I was floored by that - someone should have countered that name immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Yes, I know that ants produce formic acid and that one genus of ants is "formica". That's still no excuse for naming your giant ant-like monsters Formicans.
I was floored by that - someone should have countered that name immediately.
I was floored by that - someone should have countered that name immediately.
Reposted by Greg Burton
“I’m only on that platform because everyone else is” is the new “I only read it for the articles”
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I’m only on that platform because everyone else is” is the new “I only read it for the articles”
Can You Dance To It?
YouTube video by Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
was doing a namecheck using search and found a copy of my first published fanzine for sale. It's been literally 50+ years since I've seen it. Not going to spend $30 for it, though.
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
was doing a namecheck using search and found a copy of my first published fanzine for sale. It's been literally 50+ years since I've seen it. Not going to spend $30 for it, though.
I rarely make fun of names, but "Bovino" just sounds like some off-brand Lactaid(tm)
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I rarely make fun of names, but "Bovino" just sounds like some off-brand Lactaid(tm)
"In the beginning I wrote with an ink composed of parts of me own blood but however this would not make an acceptable carbon so I acquired an electric typewriter."
-- Firesign Theater, "Waiting for the Electrician (or someone like him)", 1968
-- Firesign Theater, "Waiting for the Electrician (or someone like him)", 1968
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"In the beginning I wrote with an ink composed of parts of me own blood but however this would not make an acceptable carbon so I acquired an electric typewriter."
-- Firesign Theater, "Waiting for the Electrician (or someone like him)", 1968
-- Firesign Theater, "Waiting for the Electrician (or someone like him)", 1968
Every once in a while I remember that two guys I went to school with growing up in Washington State in the '60s separately became gold prospectors and got into a gunfight with each other over claim-jumping in Arizona.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Every once in a while I remember that two guys I went to school with growing up in Washington State in the '60s separately became gold prospectors and got into a gunfight with each other over claim-jumping in Arizona.
A "mollusc-based tax avoidance scheme" sounds rather Ankh-Morporkian to me.
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A "mollusc-based tax avoidance scheme" sounds rather Ankh-Morporkian to me.
Reposted by Greg Burton
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
For some reason I just thought about David Cargo. As a former governor of New Mexico, he moved to Oregon, lost an election and then moved back.
In his long career as a political loser he lost elections to Bill Richardson, Martin Chavez, Joe Montoya, Pete Domenici, and Jim Baca.
In his long career as a political loser he lost elections to Bill Richardson, Martin Chavez, Joe Montoya, Pete Domenici, and Jim Baca.
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For some reason I just thought about David Cargo. As a former governor of New Mexico, he moved to Oregon, lost an election and then moved back.
In his long career as a political loser he lost elections to Bill Richardson, Martin Chavez, Joe Montoya, Pete Domenici, and Jim Baca.
In his long career as a political loser he lost elections to Bill Richardson, Martin Chavez, Joe Montoya, Pete Domenici, and Jim Baca.
"Had he had a cult in the past? Yes, but now he had an Order, so it wasn't the same thing."
- Zogarth, "The Primal Hunter 15"
- Zogarth, "The Primal Hunter 15"
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Had he had a cult in the past? Yes, but now he had an Order, so it wasn't the same thing."
- Zogarth, "The Primal Hunter 15"
- Zogarth, "The Primal Hunter 15"
Reposted by Greg Burton
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
weresupials.
They differ from male kangaroos in formal clothes, who would be classed as menswearsupials.
They differ from male kangaroos in formal clothes, who would be classed as menswearsupials.
Just randomly happened again. And it's not like I'm *reminded* of the idea. It emerges again and again from first principles.
"Kangaroos are so cool."
"But what if they also had super long arms and loped like a werewolf."
"Kangaroo werewolf. Fuck yeah"
"Kangaroos are so cool."
"But what if they also had super long arms and loped like a werewolf."
"Kangaroo werewolf. Fuck yeah"
An idea I keep coming back to:
Kangaroo werewolf
That's the entirety of the idea
Kangaroo werewolf
That's the entirety of the idea
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
weresupials.
They differ from male kangaroos in formal clothes, who would be classed as menswearsupials.
They differ from male kangaroos in formal clothes, who would be classed as menswearsupials.
Ok, I can understand what someone who writes "math insists on reality" means, but c'mon....
imaginary numbers are a thing
imaginary numbers are a thing
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ok, I can understand what someone who writes "math insists on reality" means, but c'mon....
imaginary numbers are a thing
imaginary numbers are a thing
It may be a traditional name combined with a phase, but you should probably avoid referring to a "waxing beaver moon" if you possibly can.
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It may be a traditional name combined with a phase, but you should probably avoid referring to a "waxing beaver moon" if you possibly can.
A Zelazny / "Farnham"-era Heinlein mashup:
Nine Princes in Aspic
Nine Princes in Aspic
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A Zelazny / "Farnham"-era Heinlein mashup:
Nine Princes in Aspic
Nine Princes in Aspic
It only makes sense that "Gothick" architectural details were popularized by a man whose first name was "Batty"
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It only makes sense that "Gothick" architectural details were popularized by a man whose first name was "Batty"
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reposted by Greg Burton
Your chilly sneer
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
i never saw two trunkless legs
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
i never hope to see 'em
but i can tell you, anyhow,
i'd rather see than be 'em
Now Ozymandias was from the Himalayas, where a cold wind howls and blows.
Why he left his home in the peaks to roam 'round the sands, God only knows.
His statue fell down, the desert's boundless and completely bare;
Though it's still scrawled on his pedestal that "ye Mighty should despair!"
Why he left his home in the peaks to roam 'round the sands, God only knows.
His statue fell down, the desert's boundless and completely bare;
Though it's still scrawled on his pedestal that "ye Mighty should despair!"
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Your chilly sneer
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
Of cold command
Your trunkless legs
Upon the sand
Once awed the Persian, Turk,
And Damascene
A pedastal
Beside your smirk
Proclaims “Look up,
You lazy jerk!
Behold the mighty work
Of great
Jolene.”
Mayday
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Bitterfinger
Bitterfinger
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&Ms
S&Ms
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Mayday