El Spotto
@spotto.bsky.social
You may recognize me from such places as #NOLAtwitter.
You may address me as Sir El Spotto, as befits my status as a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Sealand (OMS), or you can just call me El Spotto. It ain’t that big a deal.
You may address me as Sir El Spotto, as befits my status as a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Sealand (OMS), or you can just call me El Spotto. It ain’t that big a deal.
Well, 870 feet elevation is nowhere near 3500 feet elevation.
In addition to I’m not near any of these counties. So no winter storm for me!
In addition to I’m not near any of these counties. So no winter storm for me!
🚨 Winter Storm Warning issued November 10 at 9:26PM EST until November 11 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC 🚨
Additional Details Here.(1/2)
Additional Details Here.(1/2)
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Well, 870 feet elevation is nowhere near 3500 feet elevation.
In addition to I’m not near any of these counties. So no winter storm for me!
In addition to I’m not near any of these counties. So no winter storm for me!
This was such an odd episode. The whole shootout at the OK corral in some ways feels like a precursor to the 1973 Westworld.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This was such an odd episode. The whole shootout at the OK corral in some ways feels like a precursor to the 1973 Westworld.
Well…that’s true. Our security and well being is, in fact, dependent on having a smart president. Just look at the last 8 months for proof a not-smart one isn’t good.
Ingraham: Doesn't that show us that we’re too dependent on China?
Trump: We’re not dependent on China, we’re dependent on having a smart president
Trump: We’re not dependent on China, we’re dependent on having a smart president
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Well…that’s true. Our security and well being is, in fact, dependent on having a smart president. Just look at the last 8 months for proof a not-smart one isn’t good.
He is clearly trying to recite the same talking points that were given to him and all the other Republicans spouting them. This isn’t his plan, he is a tool. Both senses.
Trump on SNAP: It really puts the country in jeopardy. People who are able bodied who can do their job—they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up because it’s easier—that’s not the purpose of it
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
He is clearly trying to recite the same talking points that were given to him and all the other Republicans spouting them. This isn’t his plan, he is a tool. Both senses.
This may be the first time I’ve seen Escher and Realism next to each other.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This may be the first time I’ve seen Escher and Realism next to each other.
Have you seen the little model or whatever? With that monumental entry hard up against the secured grounds?
It’s not a ballroom. It’s an audience hall. A throne room, if you will.
It’s not a ballroom. It’s an audience hall. A throne room, if you will.
Trump: The east wing… looked like hell. I didn’t want to sacrifice a great ballroom for an ok ballroom by leaving it..
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Have you seen the little model or whatever? With that monumental entry hard up against the secured grounds?
It’s not a ballroom. It’s an audience hall. A throne room, if you will.
It’s not a ballroom. It’s an audience hall. A throne room, if you will.
I love when cooking pros just can’t see a microwave as helpful. Short timeframe, was handed sweet potatoes to use as an ingredient. Struggled to get the sweet potatoes cooked.
You’re boiling to puree them. Just wrap and nuke til soft. 5 minutes for one, add 2 for each additional.
You’re boiling to puree them. Just wrap and nuke til soft. 5 minutes for one, add 2 for each additional.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I love when cooking pros just can’t see a microwave as helpful. Short timeframe, was handed sweet potatoes to use as an ingredient. Struggled to get the sweet potatoes cooked.
You’re boiling to puree them. Just wrap and nuke til soft. 5 minutes for one, add 2 for each additional.
You’re boiling to puree them. Just wrap and nuke til soft. 5 minutes for one, add 2 for each additional.
Must I choose between “butthead” and “get your head out of your ass”?
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Must I choose between “butthead” and “get your head out of your ass”?
@esepajaronegro.bsky.social truly I have seen this relaxed status on legal hemp products do wonders for siblings in arms who are dealing with ptsd. I am angry they may no longer have access to affordable, effective, somewhat regulated products that help them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@esepajaronegro.bsky.social truly I have seen this relaxed status on legal hemp products do wonders for siblings in arms who are dealing with ptsd. I am angry they may no longer have access to affordable, effective, somewhat regulated products that help them.
So…in minutes the Congress will be voting to slam shut the loophole in the 2018 farm act. After the spectacular showing from senate dems yesterday, I am here to offer my support to all my friends who use these products and are about to lose access.
So many vets rely on legal hemp for ptsd.
So many vets rely on legal hemp for ptsd.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So…in minutes the Congress will be voting to slam shut the loophole in the 2018 farm act. After the spectacular showing from senate dems yesterday, I am here to offer my support to all my friends who use these products and are about to lose access.
So many vets rely on legal hemp for ptsd.
So many vets rely on legal hemp for ptsd.
I can’t help the Town of Pines has a suspiciously large number of non-pines. Is this some sort of Back To The Future Twin/Lone Pine(s) Mall causality loop going on here?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I can’t help the Town of Pines has a suspiciously large number of non-pines. Is this some sort of Back To The Future Twin/Lone Pine(s) Mall causality loop going on here?
Attention: I got to test the new winter puffer coat I bought in September this morning. Wind chill below freezing, I was toasty on my walk. Wind did not get through it.
Now, if you please, I should like to hang it up until after Christmas and get back to milder temps.
Now, if you please, I should like to hang it up until after Christmas and get back to milder temps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Attention: I got to test the new winter puffer coat I bought in September this morning. Wind chill below freezing, I was toasty on my walk. Wind did not get through it.
Now, if you please, I should like to hang it up until after Christmas and get back to milder temps.
Now, if you please, I should like to hang it up until after Christmas and get back to milder temps.
Ooh, I want that house. Small detail: look at the cool brickwork on the chimney.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ooh, I want that house. Small detail: look at the cool brickwork on the chimney.
Every year this site goes hard on the “behind the screen” sensors for iPhone. Every year they are wrong. I think the first time they tried it was for the iPhone X because it was such a change in design language. That was 2017. Still hasn’t happened.
The front-facing camera will be invisible in a 2027 iPhone, says leaker
The front-facing camera will be invisible in a 2027 iPhone, says leaker
It seems a near certainty that Face ID will be embedded into the display of the iPhone 18 Pro, and a new report says that the front-facing camera will likewise be hidden beneath the screen in a 2027 iPhone.
That would suggest that a 20th anniversary iPhone could be the first with an all-screen display, free from any form of cutout …
more…
9to5mac.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Every year this site goes hard on the “behind the screen” sensors for iPhone. Every year they are wrong. I think the first time they tried it was for the iPhone X because it was such a change in design language. That was 2017. Still hasn’t happened.
What really like about religious painters in this era is that the biblical scenes are almost always either in European cities with church steeples or among Roman ruins even when the scene is Roman or pre-Roman.
And people are wearing clearly renaissance outfits. Freakin time travelers.
And people are wearing clearly renaissance outfits. Freakin time travelers.
The Punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, 1481 #botticelli #earlyrenaissance
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What really like about religious painters in this era is that the biblical scenes are almost always either in European cities with church steeples or among Roman ruins even when the scene is Roman or pre-Roman.
And people are wearing clearly renaissance outfits. Freakin time travelers.
And people are wearing clearly renaissance outfits. Freakin time travelers.
NatGeo thinks what we really want to watch is a show about airport lost and found. Because travel is fine right now.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
NatGeo thinks what we really want to watch is a show about airport lost and found. Because travel is fine right now.
@imx1.bsky.social see, just had to scroll back to my trusted news commentary source.
After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@imx1.bsky.social see, just had to scroll back to my trusted news commentary source.
Ok. So before we plunge into the arctic circle tomorrow, it’s 74°/23°, the windows are open, the breeze is blowing, and I can hear the leaves rustling up and down the street.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ok. So before we plunge into the arctic circle tomorrow, it’s 74°/23°, the windows are open, the breeze is blowing, and I can hear the leaves rustling up and down the street.
Here’s the thing about Centerville. It’s nowhere near the center of SC.
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here’s the thing about Centerville. It’s nowhere near the center of SC.
People who want dissent among the proles. People who want to use that dissent to crack down by imposing martial law and suspending the entire constitution. Are you stupid, Schiff?
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People who want dissent among the proles. People who want to use that dissent to crack down by imposing martial law and suspending the entire constitution. Are you stupid, Schiff?
If only both parties and not just the one that was rejected at the polls understood momentum and pressing an advantage. Soon we the people will stop voting in either party. At least one can hope.
Schiff: "Ultimately, what's gonna protect the American people is what we saw on Tuesday -- the voters coming out and rejecting Republicans, rejecting increased healthcare costs, rejecting a president who is more focused on his personal enrichment than he is on trying to help people who are hungry."
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If only both parties and not just the one that was rejected at the polls understood momentum and pressing an advantage. Soon we the people will stop voting in either party. At least one can hope.
Friends, I read that as a clumsy galaxy and I am ready to load up the family truckster and head the 6.62 billion light years to live with my people.
A clumpy galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the AEGIS survey.
It is at redshift 0.72 (lookback time 6.62 billion years) with coordinates (215.41339, 53.18059).
129 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
It is at redshift 0.72 (lookback time 6.62 billion years) with coordinates (215.41339, 53.18059).
129 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Friends, I read that as a clumsy galaxy and I am ready to load up the family truckster and head the 6.62 billion light years to live with my people.
According to this marker, even post civil war there were parts of New York that were still new Amsterdam.
Why’d they change it? I can’t say.
Why’d they change it? I can’t say.
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
According to this marker, even post civil war there were parts of New York that were still new Amsterdam.
Why’d they change it? I can’t say.
Why’d they change it? I can’t say.
She left a note on the door said “Sonny move out to the country”. Working to hard can give you a heart attackackackackaxkaxk
Otto Dix, Madame Leonie, 1923 #artmuseum #museumarchive
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
She left a note on the door said “Sonny move out to the country”. Working to hard can give you a heart attackackackackaxkaxk
Happy birthday to a man whose words helped me understand the universe and my incredibly small part to play in it. To question everything politicians and leaders say.
In 5 billion years both of us will again become star stuff for the next round of creation.
In 5 billion years both of us will again become star stuff for the next round of creation.
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Happy birthday to a man whose words helped me understand the universe and my incredibly small part to play in it. To question everything politicians and leaders say.
In 5 billion years both of us will again become star stuff for the next round of creation.
In 5 billion years both of us will again become star stuff for the next round of creation.