Aaron
@aarond42.bsky.social
Programmer / writer / magician in NY
Pan's in the corner now, looking how I feel.
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Pan's in the corner now, looking how I feel.
Honestly, Pantalaimon, I get it.
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Honestly, Pantalaimon, I get it.
Pan has decided that silicone mats are for dogs and not dog bowls, and thus he's evicted both of his bowls from the mat and is nursing them like beers while he lies on it.
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pan has decided that silicone mats are for dogs and not dog bowls, and thus he's evicted both of his bowls from the mat and is nursing them like beers while he lies on it.
Pantalaimon in his backpack, waiting for the bus
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Pantalaimon in his backpack, waiting for the bus
Its talons remind me of the Rockodile I printed back in 2019.
May 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Its talons remind me of the Rockodile I printed back in 2019.
Happy Towel Day from Pantalaimon!
May 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy Towel Day from Pantalaimon!
Relevant poem: "Deafness, An Insurgency, Begins" by Ilya Kaminsky. I first read it a few days ago and can't get it out of my head.
www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...
www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...
April 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Relevant poem: "Deafness, An Insurgency, Begins" by Ilya Kaminsky. I first read it a few days ago and can't get it out of my head.
www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...
www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...
What I don't see here from @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social: A commitment to vote "no" on the SAVE Act
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What I don't see here from @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social: A commitment to vote "no" on the SAVE Act
If the government won't fund the American Women's History museum, I'm more than happy to chip in.
April 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If the government won't fund the American Women's History museum, I'm more than happy to chip in.
This Cory Booker speech has been riveting to watch, and it's up to 54K people watching it on YouTube. Here's the Langston Hughes poem he just passionately excerpted.
April 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This Cory Booker speech has been riveting to watch, and it's up to 54K people watching it on YouTube. Here's the Langston Hughes poem he just passionately excerpted.
I'm rereading "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde, and this stanza hits hard:
March 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm rereading "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde, and this stanza hits hard:
I've called every Schumer and Gillibrand office most weekdays for weeks now to leave comments, since they're my senators. Never once gotten anyone on the line—only ever voicemail. I hope someone listens to the voicemails.
March 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've called every Schumer and Gillibrand office most weekdays for weeks now to leave comments, since they're my senators. Never once gotten anyone on the line—only ever voicemail. I hope someone listens to the voicemails.
@kenwhite.bsky.social is "Please pause these proceedings until DOGE finishes burning the federal government to ashes and sufficient predictability returns" a common argument in filings against the government?
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March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social is "Please pause these proceedings until DOGE finishes burning the federal government to ashes and sufficient predictability returns" a common argument in filings against the government?
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
Pantalaimon agreed, reluctantly, to sit and wait for me to throw it instead of grabbing it from my hand.
March 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pantalaimon agreed, reluctantly, to sit and wait for me to throw it instead of grabbing it from my hand.
Reposted by Aaron
Governor Hochul's office's answering machine:
"Due to unusually heavy call volume, we are experiencing delays up to 90 minutes. Please call back at a later time to speak with a representative. Thank you for your patience. *Click*."
Keep it up, everyone!
"Due to unusually heavy call volume, we are experiencing delays up to 90 minutes. Please call back at a later time to speak with a representative. Thank you for your patience. *Click*."
Keep it up, everyone!
February 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Governor Hochul's office's answering machine:
"Due to unusually heavy call volume, we are experiencing delays up to 90 minutes. Please call back at a later time to speak with a representative. Thank you for your patience. *Click*."
Keep it up, everyone!
"Due to unusually heavy call volume, we are experiencing delays up to 90 minutes. Please call back at a later time to speak with a representative. Thank you for your patience. *Click*."
Keep it up, everyone!
nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
I see this administration is tackling all the important issues, like *checks notes* lgbt+ rocket scientists feeling welcome in their workplace.
I see this administration is tackling all the important issues, like *checks notes* lgbt+ rocket scientists feeling welcome in their workplace.
You Must Hide Your Pride At NASA
Sources at NASA Headquarters report that pride symbols are no longer allowed
nasawatch.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
I see this administration is tackling all the important issues, like *checks notes* lgbt+ rocket scientists feeling welcome in their workplace.
I see this administration is tackling all the important issues, like *checks notes* lgbt+ rocket scientists feeling welcome in their workplace.
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social once again helping me understand the current moment, giving me hope without losing perspective of how hard this will be, listing actions I can take, and generally helping keep me sane.
Genuinely, thank you.
Genuinely, thank you.
All right babes I have 20 minutes so let's do some "I help you read the research on how to keep a democracy."
First of all: let's talk about factors positively and negatively associated with democratic resilience.
we're pulling from this free full-text paper: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
First of all: let's talk about factors positively and negatively associated with democratic resilience.
we're pulling from this free full-text paper: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
How democracies prevail: democratic resilience as a two-stage process
This article introduces a novel conceptualization of democratic resilience - a two-stage process where democracies avoid democratic declines altogether or avert democratic breakdown given that such au...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social once again helping me understand the current moment, giving me hope without losing perspective of how hard this will be, listing actions I can take, and generally helping keep me sane.
Genuinely, thank you.
Genuinely, thank you.
In all this doom, a little joy: I'm proud of my dog, who's at a sitter's while I vacation and apparently being a very good boy.
February 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In all this doom, a little joy: I'm proud of my dog, who's at a sitter's while I vacation and apparently being a very good boy.
@bcdreyer.social I frequently see people use "titular" to mean "from the title," as in "titular character." This feels very wrong to me: why not just say "title character" or "eponymous character"? Plus they're not a character in title only. Is my pet peeve justified?
February 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@bcdreyer.social I frequently see people use "titular" to mean "from the title," as in "titular character." This feels very wrong to me: why not just say "title character" or "eponymous character"? Plus they're not a character in title only. Is my pet peeve justified?
@frankturner.bsky.social's 1933 is an excellent song, from his excellent album Be More Kind.
No reason.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmn...
No reason.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmn...
Frank Turner - 1933 (Visualiser)
YouTube video by FrankTurnerVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
@frankturner.bsky.social's 1933 is an excellent song, from his excellent album Be More Kind.
No reason.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmn...
No reason.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmn...