David Veldt
@davidveldt.bsky.social
I like to write and ride bicycles (separately).
www.interactually.com
www.interactually.com
Always a treat to share cute pics of the kids with my parents whose every interaction via text makes them seem extremely annoyed
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Always a treat to share cute pics of the kids with my parents whose every interaction via text makes them seem extremely annoyed
October 2016: Isle of Skye, Scotland. Day 2 of driving on the left side of the road. I forgot to look right and cut off a gentleman that had just taken a deep drag from a cigarette. He slammed on the brakes and smoke came out of his nose and mouth. Maybe his ears, too. He called me a twat.
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
October 2016: Isle of Skye, Scotland. Day 2 of driving on the left side of the road. I forgot to look right and cut off a gentleman that had just taken a deep drag from a cigarette. He slammed on the brakes and smoke came out of his nose and mouth. Maybe his ears, too. He called me a twat.
I'm going to start sharing some Google Street Views along with a fond memory from that spot
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I'm going to start sharing some Google Street Views along with a fond memory from that spot
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The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.
FALLON: “And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
ALTMAN: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
ALTMAN: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.
Back on my bullshit (buying a domain name after hearing a new funny word)
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Back on my bullshit (buying a domain name after hearing a new funny word)
East of Eden. Everyone cites the timshel/"thou mayest" part - which is great - but for me it was everything around "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."
Not to mention the most beautiful writing I've ever read.
Not to mention the most beautiful writing I've ever read.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
East of Eden. Everyone cites the timshel/"thou mayest" part - which is great - but for me it was everything around "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."
Not to mention the most beautiful writing I've ever read.
Not to mention the most beautiful writing I've ever read.
A dude with frosted tips spoiled the World Series for the Blue Jays. Unacceptable. Some are saying disgusting, even.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A dude with frosted tips spoiled the World Series for the Blue Jays. Unacceptable. Some are saying disgusting, even.
Rereading this today after many years with, unfortunately, new meaning and understanding.
David Sedaris reflects on his sister’s death and what it meant for his family to go from six members to five.
David Sedaris’s “Now We Are Five”
A person expects his parents to die. But a sibling?
www.newyorker.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rereading this today after many years with, unfortunately, new meaning and understanding.
My brother died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday. I want to scream about it into a void, and no one knows me here so here it is. He was a wonderful man and had a wife and three young daughters and nothing makes any sense in this world. It's terrifying and devastating and just... beyond words.
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My brother died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday. I want to scream about it into a void, and no one knows me here so here it is. He was a wonderful man and had a wife and three young daughters and nothing makes any sense in this world. It's terrifying and devastating and just... beyond words.
Detroit Tigers just won in 10 innings with a walked-in run, the first of the entire game. On paper, an incredibly lame game, yet the crowd went wild and I threw up my arms like it was a grand slam.
a group of baseball players hugging each other on the field
ALT: a group of baseball players hugging each other on the field
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Detroit Tigers just won in 10 innings with a walked-in run, the first of the entire game. On paper, an incredibly lame game, yet the crowd went wild and I threw up my arms like it was a grand slam.
Realtors really need to take it easy on the photo effects. Listings are starting to look like Thomas Kinkade paintings.
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Realtors really need to take it easy on the photo effects. Listings are starting to look like Thomas Kinkade paintings.
[covering my head in anticipation of being pelted with cabbages] alright baseball games are actually going *too* fast now
Tigers beat Twins, 6-3, in a game that featured 6 home runs and still lasted just 1:58.
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
[covering my head in anticipation of being pelted with cabbages] alright baseball games are actually going *too* fast now
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This is what social media should have always been
July 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is what social media should have always been
People ask why I sign up for 100+ mile gravel bike races and I tell them it's for the challenge and feeling of accomplishment after. But really, it's because I get to eat what can only be described as a "shit ton" of carbs in the two days before the race, and a massive cheeseburger when I'm done.
June 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
People ask why I sign up for 100+ mile gravel bike races and I tell them it's for the challenge and feeling of accomplishment after. But really, it's because I get to eat what can only be described as a "shit ton" of carbs in the two days before the race, and a massive cheeseburger when I'm done.
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Extremely attacked by this headline www.vox.com/culture/4150...
The midlife crisis is coming for millennials lol
How millennials are freaking out about being halfway to death, when everyone’s broke and already in therapy.
www.vox.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Extremely attacked by this headline www.vox.com/culture/4150...
I've always felt the same about this old Cincinnati Reds logo. Just look at this guy havin' fun playin' ball.
May 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've always felt the same about this old Cincinnati Reds logo. Just look at this guy havin' fun playin' ball.
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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
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Fine. More semicolons for the rest of us.
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
May 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fine. More semicolons for the rest of us.
Extremely curious and hopeful for what this could mean for people with cystic fibrosis
Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
May 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Extremely curious and hopeful for what this could mean for people with cystic fibrosis
Not that anyone asked, but this 100% reflects my own feelings on the subject
Chris Rose does not want Pete Rose elected into the Hall of Fame
May 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Not that anyone asked, but this 100% reflects my own feelings on the subject
A new connection on LinkedIn promised not to spam me. You'll never guess what he did for the next week. Shocking behavior, I say.
May 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A new connection on LinkedIn promised not to spam me. You'll never guess what he did for the next week. Shocking behavior, I say.
I've gradually done much of this over the past couple years, in addition to robust lists of muted words and blocked accounts on socials, and it's all been absolutely necessary. Some great tips in here to take it even further.
www.shesabeast.co/the-diy-dumb...
www.shesabeast.co/the-diy-dumb...
The DIY Dumbphone Method
In Jan 2024, I gave my smartphone a lobotomy. Here's the how and the results.
www.shesabeast.co
May 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I've gradually done much of this over the past couple years, in addition to robust lists of muted words and blocked accounts on socials, and it's all been absolutely necessary. Some great tips in here to take it even further.
www.shesabeast.co/the-diy-dumb...
www.shesabeast.co/the-diy-dumb...
There's a website that sells t-shirts featuring baseball teams that existed 100+ years ago and their ads have found me. I am powerless. I own 4 so far.
doc brown from back to the future is standing in front of a sign that says back to the future
ALT: doc brown from back to the future is standing in front of a sign that says back to the future
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There's a website that sells t-shirts featuring baseball teams that existed 100+ years ago and their ads have found me. I am powerless. I own 4 so far.
Love getting updates from daycare about my brilliant child 🧠💕
March 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Love getting updates from daycare about my brilliant child 🧠💕
I've loved this winter in Michigan. Finally consistently cold and snow-covered and I've gotten in plenty of snowboarding and fat biking. But we just had our first big warm-up and melt and spring training baseball is on and my brain just flipped.
Bring on baseball and dry mountain bike trails.
Bring on baseball and dry mountain bike trails.
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I've loved this winter in Michigan. Finally consistently cold and snow-covered and I've gotten in plenty of snowboarding and fat biking. But we just had our first big warm-up and melt and spring training baseball is on and my brain just flipped.
Bring on baseball and dry mountain bike trails.
Bring on baseball and dry mountain bike trails.