Tim Beauchamp
@tbeauchamp.bsky.social
Science, Brewing, Winemaking, Math, Electronics, Wood/Metal working, Beekeeping, Video, Photography, Astronomy, Software, Husband, Dad.
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Tim Beauchamp
@tbeauchamp.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Today's Plan:
- Heat metal to temperature of the sun
- Interact with a colony of eusocial flying insects of genus Apis
- Transfer 5 gal of liquid that has had carbohydrates metabolized to C2H5OH
- and then eventually metabolize said C2H5OH with family
There may be some country music involved too.
- Heat metal to temperature of the sun
- Interact with a colony of eusocial flying insects of genus Apis
- Transfer 5 gal of liquid that has had carbohydrates metabolized to C2H5OH
- and then eventually metabolize said C2H5OH with family
There may be some country music involved too.
Reposted by Tim Beauchamp
I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Free speech everybody.
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Free speech everybody.
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Can confirm. Prepped for a colonoscopy yesterday while watching people do amazing things at the Olympics. Procedure this morning, then I got to eat this. Schedule your colonoscopy! Then eat a wagyu croissant smash burger or whatever makes you happy!
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Can confirm. Prepped for a colonoscopy yesterday while watching people do amazing things at the Olympics. Procedure this morning, then I got to eat this. Schedule your colonoscopy! Then eat a wagyu croissant smash burger or whatever makes you happy!
That time of year.
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
That time of year.
Not that I would ever be invited, but I would happily keep company with everyone who was disinvited, it sounds like a great group, and likely on the right side of history.
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Not that I would ever be invited, but I would happily keep company with everyone who was disinvited, it sounds like a great group, and likely on the right side of history.
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Even a decade into this farce the brazenness with which he boasts about stealing resources from a neighbor by force is shocking. Even the old colonial powers at least *pretended* to have some higher aim than pure plunder.
Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Even a decade into this farce the brazenness with which he boasts about stealing resources from a neighbor by force is shocking. Even the old colonial powers at least *pretended* to have some higher aim than pure plunder.
So, if Trump were to extort Usain Bolt to give him his Olympic medals, would that make Trump the fastest man alive in the 200-meter dash?
sometimes things are simply so stupid that i can't get my head around the idea that they are happening.
This is sad on so many levels — about something that was intended to celebrate the best in people.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
So, if Trump were to extort Usain Bolt to give him his Olympic medals, would that make Trump the fastest man alive in the 200-meter dash?
H.O.V.E.R. (noun, verb, developer slang)
Definition:
Hesitation Over Voluntary Execution Request.
The specific, familiar moment in AI-assisted coding when a developer’s cursor pauses over a “Run” button while they mentally replay every past incident that started with “it should be fine.”
/1
Definition:
Hesitation Over Voluntary Execution Request.
The specific, familiar moment in AI-assisted coding when a developer’s cursor pauses over a “Run” button while they mentally replay every past incident that started with “it should be fine.”
/1
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
H.O.V.E.R. (noun, verb, developer slang)
Definition:
Hesitation Over Voluntary Execution Request.
The specific, familiar moment in AI-assisted coding when a developer’s cursor pauses over a “Run” button while they mentally replay every past incident that started with “it should be fine.”
/1
Definition:
Hesitation Over Voluntary Execution Request.
The specific, familiar moment in AI-assisted coding when a developer’s cursor pauses over a “Run” button while they mentally replay every past incident that started with “it should be fine.”
/1
Just a guess that we are 3 years from an actual "national security" event.
The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Just a guess that we are 3 years from an actual "national security" event.
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RFK Jr. is going to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
RFK Jr. is going to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
And they will walk up a ramp into the ark before the rains start.
Donald Trump just announced the creation of the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” with “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And they will walk up a ramp into the ark before the rains start.
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i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i was reading this at the bus stop and having complicated feelings about it, and the bus came and i got on and sat down and i noticed the guy next to me was watching tiktok (you know, like everyone on the bus), and i glanced over, and it was a jamelle bouie video
so ok universe you win this time
so ok universe you win this time
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
I used to defend Twitter: if your feed was crap, you followed crappy people. Then it became X, where crap was the product.
Now the complaint is that Bluesky’s “too bland”? Same story. It’s who you follow. Give it time; blandness might just be the beta phase before chaos.
Still, it's the journey.
Now the complaint is that Bluesky’s “too bland”? Same story. It’s who you follow. Give it time; blandness might just be the beta phase before chaos.
Still, it's the journey.
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I used to defend Twitter: if your feed was crap, you followed crappy people. Then it became X, where crap was the product.
Now the complaint is that Bluesky’s “too bland”? Same story. It’s who you follow. Give it time; blandness might just be the beta phase before chaos.
Still, it's the journey.
Now the complaint is that Bluesky’s “too bland”? Same story. It’s who you follow. Give it time; blandness might just be the beta phase before chaos.
Still, it's the journey.
Voyager is the little engine that could.
Soon to be sending signals from 1 light-day away. Inarguably one humanities greatest achievements to date.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Soon to be sending signals from 1 light-day away. Inarguably one humanities greatest achievements to date.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth
The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.
www.popsci.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Voyager is the little engine that could.
Soon to be sending signals from 1 light-day away. Inarguably one humanities greatest achievements to date.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Soon to be sending signals from 1 light-day away. Inarguably one humanities greatest achievements to date.
www.popsci.com/science/voya...
You ever watch a Republican press event and think, Bad Lip Reading has really outdone themselves this season?
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You ever watch a Republican press event and think, Bad Lip Reading has really outdone themselves this season?
May I suggest Comic Sans font?
www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
May I suggest Comic Sans font?
www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...
I wonder how many new ICE and HLS goobers in masks were all up in arms about people wearing mask just 5 short years ago.
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I wonder how many new ICE and HLS goobers in masks were all up in arms about people wearing mask just 5 short years ago.
My holiday reading list is shaping up and looking good with the latest book from historian and friend, Maureen Ogle. @maureenogle.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My holiday reading list is shaping up and looking good with the latest book from historian and friend, Maureen Ogle. @maureenogle.bsky.social
So, did that increase or decrease it's value.
What if he had fed it to a civet cat?
What if he had fed it to a civet cat?
A man walked into a jewelry store in New Zealand last week, picked up an extravagant Fabergé egg locket and then swallowed it, the police said. When officers arrived, he was arrested and charged with theft. After the man underwent a medical assessment, the only thing the police had to do was wait.
Man Who Swallowed Stolen Fabergé Egg Passes It Naturally, Police Say
The man ingested the egg locket at a jewelry store in New Zealand last week, according to the authorities.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So, did that increase or decrease it's value.
What if he had fed it to a civet cat?
What if he had fed it to a civet cat?
Oh, this one hurts. www.americancraftbeer.com/beer-buzzkil...
I remember sitting in the Anchor hop room, just breathing in the fresh cascade hops.
Such a loss if Anchor leaves the city that made it.
I remember sitting in the Anchor hop room, just breathing in the fresh cascade hops.
Such a loss if Anchor leaves the city that made it.
Beer Buzzkills: Anchor Brewing Leaves San Francisco
{Anchor Brewing on Potrero Hill in San Francisco: Courtesy Anchor Brewing)
After 128 years of calling San Francisco home, Anchor Brewing—the brewery that helped launch America’s craft beer revolutio...
www.americancraftbeer.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Oh, this one hurts. www.americancraftbeer.com/beer-buzzkil...
I remember sitting in the Anchor hop room, just breathing in the fresh cascade hops.
Such a loss if Anchor leaves the city that made it.
I remember sitting in the Anchor hop room, just breathing in the fresh cascade hops.
Such a loss if Anchor leaves the city that made it.
Bright side: Net, they one cut one day.
Dark Side: The people getting free access are the ones who celebrate Trumps birthday, which probably are not big national park patrons nor advocates.
Dark Side: The people getting free access are the ones who celebrate Trumps birthday, which probably are not big national park patrons nor advocates.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Bright side: Net, they one cut one day.
Dark Side: The people getting free access are the ones who celebrate Trumps birthday, which probably are not big national park patrons nor advocates.
Dark Side: The people getting free access are the ones who celebrate Trumps birthday, which probably are not big national park patrons nor advocates.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.