Matthew Stockhausen
@jmstockhausen.bsky.social
Still trying to help my daughters, now from a distance
55, in Columbus, Ohio.
55, in Columbus, Ohio.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Red Tailed Hawk
Possum
Chipmunk
Ummm . . .
. . . Bald Eagle. Possibly. It was a long way off.
Hm. Does Detroit count as "the wild"?
Rat
Red Tailed Hawk
Possum
Chipmunk
Ummm . . .
. . . Bald Eagle. Possibly. It was a long way off.
Hm. Does Detroit count as "the wild"?
Rat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Javelina
Red Tailed Hawk
Spinner Dolphin
Manta Ray
Gray Whale
Javelina
Red Tailed Hawk
Spinner Dolphin
Manta Ray
Gray Whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
kangaroo
wallaby
wombat
kookabura
huntsman spider
kangaroo
wallaby
wombat
kookabura
huntsman spider
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Red Tailed Hawk
Possum
Chipmunk
Ummm . . .
. . . Bald Eagle. Possibly. It was a long way off.
Hm. Does Detroit count as "the wild"?
Rat
Red Tailed Hawk
Possum
Chipmunk
Ummm . . .
. . . Bald Eagle. Possibly. It was a long way off.
Hm. Does Detroit count as "the wild"?
Rat
Spent Thanksgiving driving the kids from Pittsburgh to Columbus, through a persistent light snow in the hills (picked them up at the Pittsburgh train station last night).
Ideal, really.
Ideal, really.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Spent Thanksgiving driving the kids from Pittsburgh to Columbus, through a persistent light snow in the hills (picked them up at the Pittsburgh train station last night).
Ideal, really.
Ideal, really.
Very, very old ones. In particular the original Wizardry and Gato (an ultra-simple submarine game).
Wouldn't really need to update game play, either, although if you could add the sound of a disk drive whirring whenever anything happens in Wizardry, that would be great.
Wouldn't really need to update game play, either, although if you could add the sound of a disk drive whirring whenever anything happens in Wizardry, that would be great.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very, very old ones. In particular the original Wizardry and Gato (an ultra-simple submarine game).
Wouldn't really need to update game play, either, although if you could add the sound of a disk drive whirring whenever anything happens in Wizardry, that would be great.
Wouldn't really need to update game play, either, although if you could add the sound of a disk drive whirring whenever anything happens in Wizardry, that would be great.
When i was 16 i went to England with my parents. The highlight was seeing the musical Chess in the West End. I loved the music, listened to it all my life; shared it with my kids, who loved it too.
Tonight they went together to see the revival of Chess on Broadway. So glad they got this experience!
Tonight they went together to see the revival of Chess on Broadway. So glad they got this experience!
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
When i was 16 i went to England with my parents. The highlight was seeing the musical Chess in the West End. I loved the music, listened to it all my life; shared it with my kids, who loved it too.
Tonight they went together to see the revival of Chess on Broadway. So glad they got this experience!
Tonight they went together to see the revival of Chess on Broadway. So glad they got this experience!
Ow. OwOwOwOw. Ow.
To be clear: OUCH.
To be clear: OUCH.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Ow. OwOwOwOw. Ow.
To be clear: OUCH.
To be clear: OUCH.
Positives: cut off my shaggy hair & enjoyed a soothing shower by candlelight.
Negatives: i am "tweaked my back putting on my socks" years old.
(I cut my hair down to stubble; my wife is making the adjustment, but she's not quite there yet)
Negatives: i am "tweaked my back putting on my socks" years old.
(I cut my hair down to stubble; my wife is making the adjustment, but she's not quite there yet)
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Positives: cut off my shaggy hair & enjoyed a soothing shower by candlelight.
Negatives: i am "tweaked my back putting on my socks" years old.
(I cut my hair down to stubble; my wife is making the adjustment, but she's not quite there yet)
Negatives: i am "tweaked my back putting on my socks" years old.
(I cut my hair down to stubble; my wife is making the adjustment, but she's not quite there yet)
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Donations for families in need in Durham urgently requested:
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
Funds urgently needed for food to neighbors on Saturday
Email from Durham Public School Strong This holiday week ensure our neighbors have food on the table. Dear neighbors, Our community has shown an incredible mobilization of love, care and protection
myemail.constantcontact.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Donations for families in need in Durham urgently requested:
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
As i watch the annual onslaught of turkey-related posts get underway, i am warmed by the thought that there is no traditional Thanksgiving meal in store for me this year.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As i watch the annual onslaught of turkey-related posts get underway, i am warmed by the thought that there is no traditional Thanksgiving meal in store for me this year.
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MY WIFE: "Sweet dreams!"
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MY WIFE: "Sweet dreams!"
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
I came hither through fire and flood, only to find that those had been my good old days
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I came hither through fire and flood, only to find that those had been my good old days
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A lot of people, and in particular the media, have entirely lost their grip on the idea that there is a way things *should* work, that there are supposed to be rules. Coverage of Trump & MAGA is always this tacit might-makes-right garbage
This piece normalizes the “temperamental president” and his threats to engage in extralegal punishment against New York City.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani’s meeting with Trump comes with a power disadvantage
The president has threatened to yank federal aid and send the National Guard to patrol the Big Apple.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A lot of people, and in particular the media, have entirely lost their grip on the idea that there is a way things *should* work, that there are supposed to be rules. Coverage of Trump & MAGA is always this tacit might-makes-right garbage
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Corstopitum/Coria began as a Roman military base in a strategic position. A bridge carried the north-south Dere Street. This road met the east-west Stanegate Road at Coria. It became a hybrid place, a town with some military installations, in the later 2nd C.
#RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
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#RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Corstopitum/Coria began as a Roman military base in a strategic position. A bridge carried the north-south Dere Street. This road met the east-west Stanegate Road at Coria. It became a hybrid place, a town with some military installations, in the later 2nd C.
#RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
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#RomanFortThursday #Archaeology
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Well, that's awful.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Well, that's awful.
A good point! At the same time, we have to go further and reject MAHA framing entirely. The debate mustn't be about who is & who is not deserving of healthcare; that road leads to some real bad places
Yeah, if you grow up in a food desert, or near a polluting company, or work for a company that doesn't let you take appropriate breaks, or get hit by someone else's car, shame on you for not taking care of your health.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A good point! At the same time, we have to go further and reject MAHA framing entirely. The debate mustn't be about who is & who is not deserving of healthcare; that road leads to some real bad places
I have never before gone to the dentist thinking i had a problem, & it turns out i . . . don't?
Just a bruised root, under a badly-made (and now reshaped) crown, that should, hopefully, improve on it's own.
My kind of result!
Just a bruised root, under a badly-made (and now reshaped) crown, that should, hopefully, improve on it's own.
My kind of result!
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I have never before gone to the dentist thinking i had a problem, & it turns out i . . . don't?
Just a bruised root, under a badly-made (and now reshaped) crown, that should, hopefully, improve on it's own.
My kind of result!
Just a bruised root, under a badly-made (and now reshaped) crown, that should, hopefully, improve on it's own.
My kind of result!
I'd like to do that "What perfect album came out the year you turned 16" thing, but . . . there aren't any. For me that was Fall '86, and the best '86 album, to me, is maybe Billy Joel's The Bridge? Maybe?
I actually spent (only) my HS years listening to oldies, so i don't know '85-'87 music.
I actually spent (only) my HS years listening to oldies, so i don't know '85-'87 music.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'd like to do that "What perfect album came out the year you turned 16" thing, but . . . there aren't any. For me that was Fall '86, and the best '86 album, to me, is maybe Billy Joel's The Bridge? Maybe?
I actually spent (only) my HS years listening to oldies, so i don't know '85-'87 music.
I actually spent (only) my HS years listening to oldies, so i don't know '85-'87 music.
The internet can be amazing. I needed to bliss out a little before bed—so i out on a Yootoob video of a nightime ride on Tokyo's Yurikamome train line. Incredibly soothing
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The internet can be amazing. I needed to bliss out a little before bed—so i out on a Yootoob video of a nightime ride on Tokyo's Yurikamome train line. Incredibly soothing
MY WIFE: "Sweet dreams!"
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MY WIFE: "Sweet dreams!"
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
ME: [falls asleep, is transported directly to hell]
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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 11:33 AM
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
Worth remembering that Leo has a more than passing familiarity with liberation theology
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Worth remembering that Leo has a more than passing familiarity with liberation theology
CW: Thread contains the term "Holy Dipstick."
i fully agree with this theory and in my actual field, british architectural history, The Problem is that Salisbury Cathedral is built on top of a lake and no i am not exaggerating
between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CW: Thread contains the term "Holy Dipstick."
Really entertained to find that in the past couple years Duran Duran (sort of) have released both a Halloween album & an album of vaguely dark covers, incl some of their '80s hits. And i like both of them. (i was not a big DD fan as a kid; i liked some songs, mostly b/c a girl i liked WAS a big fan)
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Really entertained to find that in the past couple years Duran Duran (sort of) have released both a Halloween album & an album of vaguely dark covers, incl some of their '80s hits. And i like both of them. (i was not a big DD fan as a kid; i liked some songs, mostly b/c a girl i liked WAS a big fan)
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Come to our holiday party!
We'll cover the first round of snacks thanks to donations from our members. That said, if the holiday season has you feeling generous, our most vulnerable neighbors are suffering due to the Trump GOP's SNAP cuts. A donation to the MOFB helps: mofc.org/get-involved...
We'll cover the first round of snacks thanks to donations from our members. That said, if the holiday season has you feeling generous, our most vulnerable neighbors are suffering due to the Trump GOP's SNAP cuts. A donation to the MOFB helps: mofc.org/get-involved...
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Come to our holiday party!
We'll cover the first round of snacks thanks to donations from our members. That said, if the holiday season has you feeling generous, our most vulnerable neighbors are suffering due to the Trump GOP's SNAP cuts. A donation to the MOFB helps: mofc.org/get-involved...
We'll cover the first round of snacks thanks to donations from our members. That said, if the holiday season has you feeling generous, our most vulnerable neighbors are suffering due to the Trump GOP's SNAP cuts. A donation to the MOFB helps: mofc.org/get-involved...
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Ohio to expand legal work hours for minors despite federal conflict
Newly passed changes to Ohio's revised code is set to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year.
Republicans again trying to help corporations. Push kids into low wage jobs that adults can’t live on.
Newly passed changes to Ohio's revised code is set to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year.
Republicans again trying to help corporations. Push kids into low wage jobs that adults can’t live on.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ohio to expand legal work hours for minors despite federal conflict
Newly passed changes to Ohio's revised code is set to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year.
Republicans again trying to help corporations. Push kids into low wage jobs that adults can’t live on.
Newly passed changes to Ohio's revised code is set to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year.
Republicans again trying to help corporations. Push kids into low wage jobs that adults can’t live on.