BrentEaton
@brenteaton.bsky.social
Dog dad, bicycle guy, engineer
Got my new print from @briannaduggan.bsky.social into a frame, and it's really adding to the holiday cheer.
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Got my new print from @briannaduggan.bsky.social into a frame, and it's really adding to the holiday cheer.
A bit of marine layer haze over Silicon Valley on my traditional Thanksgiving morning ride.
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A bit of marine layer haze over Silicon Valley on my traditional Thanksgiving morning ride.
Ideal local trail ride on the day before thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Ideal local trail ride on the day before thanksgiving
More good stuff from @markhasty.bsky.social. The blogging combination of Big Ten football and remembering some cars is a real sweet spot.
My family was definitely a K car family all through the 80's.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/lets...
My family was definitely a K car family all through the 80's.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/lets...
Let's Remember A Car: Plymouth Reliant
Not my car, I wasn't cool enough for a 2-door Lee Iacocca became the CEO of Chrysler in 1979, after a long and successful career at the Ford...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
More good stuff from @markhasty.bsky.social. The blogging combination of Big Ten football and remembering some cars is a real sweet spot.
My family was definitely a K car family all through the 80's.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/lets...
My family was definitely a K car family all through the 80's.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/lets...
I love it... this by @markhasty.bsky.social is my favorite college football writing on Iowa in the 2025 season so far: broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Drop, Week 2: Wear a Ciera
Come with me now to the halcyon days of September 1981, when the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera debuted as one of four new mid-sized cars on the G...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I love it... this by @markhasty.bsky.social is my favorite college football writing on Iowa in the 2025 season so far: broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
This is the best podcast, the only one I have set to auto-load to the top of my queue
If you don't listen to North American Friends @nafmcpodcast.bsky.social :
Now is the time. You may think podcast gross. That's fair. But why not challenge the expectation?
Engage w content that supports diplomatic relations w Canada & America.
Help us expand the goodwill bc you like nice things.
Now is the time. You may think podcast gross. That's fair. But why not challenge the expectation?
Engage w content that supports diplomatic relations w Canada & America.
Help us expand the goodwill bc you like nice things.
September 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is the best podcast, the only one I have set to auto-load to the top of my queue
Damn, I hate an honest evaluation of the Hawkeyes chances in the CyHawk game.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Sweep, Week 2: The Hate U Give
It's CyHawk week in these parts, which means Iowa and Iowa State fans are pretending to hate each other despite not actually caring about th...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Damn, I hate an honest evaluation of the Hawkeyes chances in the CyHawk game.
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
It embarasses me to think how much time and fandom I've spent on the Kirk Ferentz era of Iowa football. But I can't seem to help myself. Glad the previews are starting to roll out, like this one from @markhasty.bsky.social
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
2025 Preview: Iowa
In the twenty-sixth year of Kirk Ferentz, the Iowa Hawkeyes finished the regular season 8-4, then lost in the Music City Bowl. The offense c...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It embarasses me to think how much time and fandom I've spent on the Kirk Ferentz era of Iowa football. But I can't seem to help myself. Glad the previews are starting to roll out, like this one from @markhasty.bsky.social
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
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We are a mongrel nation, and so long as we remain so purely impure, we will continue to eat the world's lunch
July 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We are a mongrel nation, and so long as we remain so purely impure, we will continue to eat the world's lunch
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It’s tough because I largely agree with people saying we should have a better balance on here between politics and other things but then the President declares war or a bunch of people get kidnapped and it feels a little silly to finish typing out “what’s your favorite Futurama episode”
June 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s tough because I largely agree with people saying we should have a better balance on here between politics and other things but then the President declares war or a bunch of people get kidnapped and it feels a little silly to finish typing out “what’s your favorite Futurama episode”
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The reality of our government is that it's a sprawling and occasionally inefficient system because you can't deliver services to 330 million people without having to deal with edge cases, and to someone who doesn't know the edge cases, that looks like waste or fraud
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
May 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The reality of our government is that it's a sprawling and occasionally inefficient system because you can't deliver services to 330 million people without having to deal with edge cases, and to someone who doesn't know the edge cases, that looks like waste or fraud
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
The Monday, May 12, Yo La Tengo show at the Chapel in SF
May 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The Monday, May 12, Yo La Tengo show at the Chapel in SF
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Being the global leader in science has been the foundation of American economic strength for decades.
The intentional dismantling of this is economic suicide.
The intentional dismantling of this is economic suicide.
May 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Being the global leader in science has been the foundation of American economic strength for decades.
The intentional dismantling of this is economic suicide.
The intentional dismantling of this is economic suicide.
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Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?
Just watched a hawk get one of the doves that hangs out in our manzanita bush.
May 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just watched a hawk get one of the doves that hangs out in our manzanita bush.
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part of recognizing that all peopel are human is recognizing that all people have the capacity to be shitty humans.
April 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
part of recognizing that all peopel are human is recognizing that all people have the capacity to be shitty humans.
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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
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Bike licensing does not make streets safer. In fact -- because bike licensing laws are just a route to more police harassment for the people most at risk -- bike licensing makes streets less safe.
December 11, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Bike licensing does not make streets safer. In fact -- because bike licensing laws are just a route to more police harassment for the people most at risk -- bike licensing makes streets less safe.
Took me too long to get them in frames, but I'm quite happy with the original drawings I got this year from @marcusjmerritt.com (left) and @davidbrace2.bsky.social (right). Wouldn't have known of either of them without being on BlueSky.
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Took me too long to get them in frames, but I'm quite happy with the original drawings I got this year from @marcusjmerritt.com (left) and @davidbrace2.bsky.social (right). Wouldn't have known of either of them without being on BlueSky.
Amazing set of playlists from @fluxblog.bsky.social. My whole youth is represented here. fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-4...
Fluxblog 493: a history of alternative music in 40 playlists
My ongoing project of exploring this history, covering 1965-2014
fluxblog.substack.com
October 14, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Amazing set of playlists from @fluxblog.bsky.social. My whole youth is represented here. fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-4...
Does Tom Brady keep calling it the "Red Area"? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
October 6, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Does Tom Brady keep calling it the "Red Area"? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...
October 3, 2024 at 2:11 PM
And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...
Great piece by @davekarpf.bsky.social about the overinflated self-worth of the founder class. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder
"Founder Mode" is such garbage.
open.substack.com
September 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Great piece by @davekarpf.bsky.social about the overinflated self-worth of the founder class. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...