heyheyitssteve
@heyheyitssteve.bsky.social
Approx. 80% sarcasm by volume. Nerd for all seasons. Other things, probably. [he/him/his]
Fifty years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior.
If you don’t know the story, or only know the high-level details thanks to Gordon Lightfoot, this documentary is two hours of your life very well spent.
youtu.be/_2f0tZBSByI
Rest in peace to the 29 men of the Mighty Fitz.
If you don’t know the story, or only know the high-level details thanks to Gordon Lightfoot, this documentary is two hours of your life very well spent.
youtu.be/_2f0tZBSByI
Rest in peace to the 29 men of the Mighty Fitz.
EDMUND FITZGERALD: The Full Story (50th Anniversary)
YouTube video by Part-Time Explorer
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November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Fifty years ago today, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior.
If you don’t know the story, or only know the high-level details thanks to Gordon Lightfoot, this documentary is two hours of your life very well spent.
youtu.be/_2f0tZBSByI
Rest in peace to the 29 men of the Mighty Fitz.
If you don’t know the story, or only know the high-level details thanks to Gordon Lightfoot, this documentary is two hours of your life very well spent.
youtu.be/_2f0tZBSByI
Rest in peace to the 29 men of the Mighty Fitz.
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz at Picturehouse Central tonight!
Going for the subtle, understated Gundam nerd look, no sense overdoing it.
The subtle, understated Gundam nerd look:
Going for the subtle, understated Gundam nerd look, no sense overdoing it.
The subtle, understated Gundam nerd look:
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz at Picturehouse Central tonight!
Going for the subtle, understated Gundam nerd look, no sense overdoing it.
The subtle, understated Gundam nerd look:
Going for the subtle, understated Gundam nerd look, no sense overdoing it.
The subtle, understated Gundam nerd look:
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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James also has laid out his traditional pre-run challenge in a thread:
It’s time for James Challenges @desertbus.org Chat. But I’m gonna be honest with y’all and lay it all out. Obviously this year has been rough on everyone, myself included. It’s been a struggle to find the energy for this years run. I know I’ll muster the juice needed for the show, but I’m tired.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
James also has laid out his traditional pre-run challenge in a thread:
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We're exactly one week away from the start of #DB2025, so it's time to open up the donation page for some pre-gaming! It's also a great time to sign up, or update your donor account.
Donate to Desert Bus 2025
Donate directly to Child's Play Charity, supporting children's hospitals and domestic violence shelters across the globe. Every donation helps keep the bus on the road just a bit longer.
desertbus.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We're exactly one week away from the start of #DB2025, so it's time to open up the donation page for some pre-gaming! It's also a great time to sign up, or update your donor account.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
I’ve been mumbling my way through this line for twenty years. Twenty. Never bothered to look up the lyrics. Until today!
It feels like closing a very minor chapter in my youth, somehow.
This, and other mundane thoughts, brought to you by @heyheyitssteve.bsky.social!
It feels like closing a very minor chapter in my youth, somehow.
This, and other mundane thoughts, brought to you by @heyheyitssteve.bsky.social!
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’ve been mumbling my way through this line for twenty years. Twenty. Never bothered to look up the lyrics. Until today!
It feels like closing a very minor chapter in my youth, somehow.
This, and other mundane thoughts, brought to you by @heyheyitssteve.bsky.social!
It feels like closing a very minor chapter in my youth, somehow.
This, and other mundane thoughts, brought to you by @heyheyitssteve.bsky.social!
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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 6:23 PM
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
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
![A man in an apron, aptly named Apronni, addresses his coworker:
APRONNI: JULIORA! A little bird told me it was your birthday next Wednesday!
Juliora comes in to reply.
JULIORA: A little bird? Like, a BIRD bird? TALKED to you?
APRONNI: Yeah. Came to my window last night around eight.
Now we see a little pigeon perched on the sill of an open window. Apparently Apronni lives in a barn, or something like a barn? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: Pssst. Hey buddy. [Apronni enters.] She’s been looking at ski boots on Zappos. Do what you will with this information.
Back in the office now, flashback over.
JULIORA: Because I’VE seen a little bird too! It let me know when a Zumba class opened up in my area!
ENTREBERT (entering with his hands held a pigeon’s width apart): A little bird? About yea big? Knows a lot about when jeans go on sale? Yeah, I’ve seen ‘I’m!
APRONNI: I guess it must be the same little bird visiting everyone!
Cut back to the bird, still on the windowsill. Part of the flashback from earlier? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: I’m very tired](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kihgsldesfdvdp7fi65m3m45/bafkreibsyythulynv4ub447jbqlnjqofsiykphmyxm7bf66duxcgjxopba@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
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“The Crystal Palace fireworks themselves again for the season! An elaborate set-piece of prehistoric beasts of “The Lost World””
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“The Crystal Palace fireworks themselves again for the season! An elaborate set-piece of prehistoric beasts of “The Lost World””
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
Maintaining my tradition of having every shirt since DB5! …admittedly the 5 to 2017 ones being from the restock last(?) year. Details aren’t important.
What *is* important is Desert Bus! An excellent week-long event for an excellent cause. Go to desertbus.org on Friday 14/11 to watch and donate!
What *is* important is Desert Bus! An excellent week-long event for an excellent cause. Go to desertbus.org on Friday 14/11 to watch and donate!
The radical scientists at @fangamer.com have concocted another totally awesome shirt for #DB2025! Beam over to shirt.desertbus.org to order this year's version, or a previous edition (in select sizes)!
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Maintaining my tradition of having every shirt since DB5! …admittedly the 5 to 2017 ones being from the restock last(?) year. Details aren’t important.
What *is* important is Desert Bus! An excellent week-long event for an excellent cause. Go to desertbus.org on Friday 14/11 to watch and donate!
What *is* important is Desert Bus! An excellent week-long event for an excellent cause. Go to desertbus.org on Friday 14/11 to watch and donate!
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The radical scientists at @fangamer.com have concocted another totally awesome shirt for #DB2025! Beam over to shirt.desertbus.org to order this year's version, or a previous edition (in select sizes)!
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The radical scientists at @fangamer.com have concocted another totally awesome shirt for #DB2025! Beam over to shirt.desertbus.org to order this year's version, or a previous edition (in select sizes)!
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
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I'm beginning to think you can't trust random videos on the internet
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I'm beginning to think you can't trust random videos on the internet
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Posit: the early millennial Keep Calm tea towels era and all the bunting and baking and nice cup of tea etc, which was understandably mocked and picked over for problematic elements at the time, is in fact the correct way to handle the 21st century
"Keep Calm and Carry On" seems a long time ago now.
"BrItAiN iS nOt ThE cOuNtRy It WaS" - apparently not. After 7/7, people went right back on the tube and buses. During the troubles, IRA bombs on the mainland didn't stop people living their lives. During the blitz, people endured.
"BrItAiN iS nOt ThE cOuNtRy It WaS" - apparently not. After 7/7, people went right back on the tube and buses. During the troubles, IRA bombs on the mainland didn't stop people living their lives. During the blitz, people endured.
The screeching handbrake turn from Everyone Left Of Norman Tebbit Is A Fragile Snowflake to Don’t Go Outside, It’s Full Of Blacks And Crime has to be seen to be fully believed
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Posit: the early millennial Keep Calm tea towels era and all the bunting and baking and nice cup of tea etc, which was understandably mocked and picked over for problematic elements at the time, is in fact the correct way to handle the 21st century
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Videos seen thousands of times on Facebook claim the government is banning people from using their central heating after 9pm from 1 November.
But this is completely false. There is no such policy.
But this is completely false. There is no such policy.
No, the government isn’t banning central heating after 9pm – Full Fact
Videos being shared on Facebook falsely claim the government is introducing a 9pm cut-off for using your central heating, with people who breach it at risk of fines.
fullfact.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Videos seen thousands of times on Facebook claim the government is banning people from using their central heating after 9pm from 1 November.
But this is completely false. There is no such policy.
But this is completely false. There is no such policy.
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The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
After far too long reading it as a ‘chill before bed’ book, finally finished Project Hail Mary.
Good grief, was that an enjoyable read. Highly recommend it.
Looking forward to the movie adaptation next year! Very curious to see how it translates to the big screen.
Good grief, was that an enjoyable read. Highly recommend it.
Looking forward to the movie adaptation next year! Very curious to see how it translates to the big screen.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
After far too long reading it as a ‘chill before bed’ book, finally finished Project Hail Mary.
Good grief, was that an enjoyable read. Highly recommend it.
Looking forward to the movie adaptation next year! Very curious to see how it translates to the big screen.
Good grief, was that an enjoyable read. Highly recommend it.
Looking forward to the movie adaptation next year! Very curious to see how it translates to the big screen.
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It’s Emma Thompson season and I’m very here for it.
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It’s Emma Thompson season and I’m very here for it.
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Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.