Walt Mankowski
@wmankowski.bsky.social
Computer scientist in Columbia’s Radiology Department looking for better imaging biomarkers for breast and lung cancer. Longtime open source guy, new ham radio guy (KC3WHU). I’m @walt_man on that other site and @waltman@hachyderm.io on Mastodon.
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What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
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PLUG North meeting November 11 at 7:00 PM at SkySwitch - adam^ on "IPv6 for Build-Your-Own router and Homelab"
phillylinux.org
This talk is going to be a lot of fun!
phillylinux.org
This talk is going to be a lot of fun!
The Philadelphia area Linux User Group (PLUG)
phillylinux.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
PLUG North meeting November 11 at 7:00 PM at SkySwitch - adam^ on "IPv6 for Build-Your-Own router and Homelab"
phillylinux.org
This talk is going to be a lot of fun!
phillylinux.org
This talk is going to be a lot of fun!
I’ll be in downtown Brooklyn tonight. I’m looking forward to seeing all the new minarets going up!
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’ll be in downtown Brooklyn tonight. I’m looking forward to seeing all the new minarets going up!
Congratulations to my brother-in-law Brian, who won his election tonight and is now on the Upper Darby Township Council!
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Congratulations to my brother-in-law Brian, who won his election tonight and is now on the Upper Darby Township Council!
Thought for today:
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thought for today:
I think I've reached an age where I should ideally spend about half an hour doing stretches before attempting even a short protest march.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I think I've reached an age where I should ideally spend about half an hour doing stretches before attempting even a short protest march.
Saw elsewhere, original source unknown:
"Sure, Shohei Ohtani has hit some big home runs, but I don't think you can call him an elite batter when he's never even had a hit against a great pitcher like Shohei Ohtani."
"Sure, Shohei Ohtani has hit some big home runs, but I don't think you can call him an elite batter when he's never even had a hit against a great pitcher like Shohei Ohtani."
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Saw elsewhere, original source unknown:
"Sure, Shohei Ohtani has hit some big home runs, but I don't think you can call him an elite batter when he's never even had a hit against a great pitcher like Shohei Ohtani."
"Sure, Shohei Ohtani has hit some big home runs, but I don't think you can call him an elite batter when he's never even had a hit against a great pitcher like Shohei Ohtani."
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
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So ... Catholic *traditionalists* want a pope who doesn't involve himself in global politics?
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So ... Catholic *traditionalists* want a pope who doesn't involve himself in global politics?
I was wearing my #Phillies cap in the supermarket and was accosted by a man of a certain age.
"He shoulda thrown to first! Instead he threw to first and dey lost!"
"Yes, I…"
"I'm a lifetime Yankees fan. I hate da Dodgers!"
"I'm a lifetime Phillies fan. I hate the Dodgers AND the Yankees!"
"He shoulda thrown to first! Instead he threw to first and dey lost!"
"Yes, I…"
"I'm a lifetime Yankees fan. I hate da Dodgers!"
"I'm a lifetime Phillies fan. I hate the Dodgers AND the Yankees!"
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I was wearing my #Phillies cap in the supermarket and was accosted by a man of a certain age.
"He shoulda thrown to first! Instead he threw to first and dey lost!"
"Yes, I…"
"I'm a lifetime Yankees fan. I hate da Dodgers!"
"I'm a lifetime Phillies fan. I hate the Dodgers AND the Yankees!"
"He shoulda thrown to first! Instead he threw to first and dey lost!"
"Yes, I…"
"I'm a lifetime Yankees fan. I hate da Dodgers!"
"I'm a lifetime Phillies fan. I hate the Dodgers AND the Yankees!"
A woman just came into my local Starbucks wheeling a stroller shaped like a blue racecar. She did not, however, have a small child with her. I was puzzled by this until I realized the stroller had multiple cup holders. She got two drinks, loaded them on the stroller, and walked back home. Brilliant!
October 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A woman just came into my local Starbucks wheeling a stroller shaped like a blue racecar. She did not, however, have a small child with her. I was puzzled by this until I realized the stroller had multiple cup holders. She got two drinks, loaded them on the stroller, and walked back home. Brilliant!
Bun alert! 🐰 ‼️
September 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Bun alert! 🐰 ‼️
It’s a beautiful day for a bike ride. I’m doing ham radio support for the MS 150 in South Jersey
September 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It’s a beautiful day for a bike ride. I’m doing ham radio support for the MS 150 in South Jersey
I’m currently on a NJ Transit train to Penn Station. I seem to be the only person on the train wearing any sort of #eagles paraphernalia. I will report later on the situation on the subway. Go Birds. 🦅
September 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’m currently on a NJ Transit train to Penn Station. I seem to be the only person on the train wearing any sort of #eagles paraphernalia. I will report later on the situation on the subway. Go Birds. 🦅
I've never visited, but this is what I imagine it's like being in Australia: xkcd.com/3136/
Pull
xkcd.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I've never visited, but this is what I imagine it's like being in Australia: xkcd.com/3136/
I’ve never visited, but this is what I imagine it’s like being in Australia: xkcd.com/3136/
Pull
xkcd.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I’ve never visited, but this is what I imagine it’s like being in Australia: xkcd.com/3136/
I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!
August 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!
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It’s easier to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. than it is to get a COVID19 vaccine.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
August 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s easier to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. than it is to get a COVID19 vaccine.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
But food dyes and wearable fitness monitors are going to fix everything.
I was at the bar at a restaurant near me tonight. They turned the TV to the Mets game just as Soto hit a 2 run homer. “What a hit!” the couple sitting next to me exclaimed.
“I’m mean, it was no Schwarbomb," I said, turning so they could see my #Phillies hat. “It didn’t even reach the upper deck!”
“I’m mean, it was no Schwarbomb," I said, turning so they could see my #Phillies hat. “It didn’t even reach the upper deck!”
August 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I was at the bar at a restaurant near me tonight. They turned the TV to the Mets game just as Soto hit a 2 run homer. “What a hit!” the couple sitting next to me exclaimed.
“I’m mean, it was no Schwarbomb," I said, turning so they could see my #Phillies hat. “It didn’t even reach the upper deck!”
“I’m mean, it was no Schwarbomb," I said, turning so they could see my #Phillies hat. “It didn’t even reach the upper deck!”
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A tasting room in deep blue Soquel, CA might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the smooth sounds of solo Donald Fagan, you can hear whispers that DEI is the reason the reserve pinot is $45.
August 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A tasting room in deep blue Soquel, CA might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the smooth sounds of solo Donald Fagan, you can hear whispers that DEI is the reason the reserve pinot is $45.
Here's a short thread on some food-related anecdotes I was reminded of this morning. 1/?
August 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Here's a short thread on some food-related anecdotes I was reminded of this morning. 1/?
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"General sense of doom."
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
First Faculty Meeting of the Year Bingo
buff.ly
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"General sense of doom."