Heath
@heathwastaken.bsky.social
An atheist in a town called Christiansburg. Oh, the irony.
Search engine food: #NCSSM '85, #Guilford '89, #queer, #neurodivergent, #MathTeacher, #CPWA, #music nerd, #OpenSource nerd
Search engine food: #NCSSM '85, #Guilford '89, #queer, #neurodivergent, #MathTeacher, #CPWA, #music nerd, #OpenSource nerd
I'm not trans myself, but I've noticed that the people who insist that you must be whatever gender was identified at birth are the same people who called me girls' names all through middle school.
June 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I'm not trans myself, but I've noticed that the people who insist that you must be whatever gender was identified at birth are the same people who called me girls' names all through middle school.
Trump: “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
If a child must settle for two dolls instead of 30, that's a 1500% price increase, not a "couple bucks more."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
If a child must settle for two dolls instead of 30, that's a 1500% price increase, not a "couple bucks more."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
'Two dolls instead of 30': Trump acknowledges prices will force consumers to cut back
Donald Trump, who has argued that China will bear the brunt of his tariffs, acknowledged the duties may mean fewer, more expensive products.
www.usatoday.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump: “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
If a child must settle for two dolls instead of 30, that's a 1500% price increase, not a "couple bucks more."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
If a child must settle for two dolls instead of 30, that's a 1500% price increase, not a "couple bucks more."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Free advice for Republicans: Just don't talk about race. Every time you do, and I mean Every. Single. Time., it goes badly.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/b...
Backlash erupts after Indiana Lt. Gov. calls 3/5 Compromise ‘a great move’
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths Compromise was a step toward ending slavery in response discussion surrounding …
www.chicagotribune.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Free advice for Republicans: Just don't talk about race. Every time you do, and I mean Every. Single. Time., it goes badly.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/b...
Just reminding people of Susan Collins's paltry excuse for acquitting Trump on his first impeachment:
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There are very very very few people for which I would consider this hashtag appropriate:
#CupidStunt
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There are very very very few people for which I would consider this hashtag appropriate:
#CupidStunt
thehill.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just reminding people of Susan Collins's paltry excuse for acquitting Trump on his first impeachment:
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There are very very very few people for which I would consider this hashtag appropriate:
#CupidStunt
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There are very very very few people for which I would consider this hashtag appropriate:
#CupidStunt
Love Pesto. Love Cheez-its. Do not love Pesto Cheez-its. How did they get these so wrong?
February 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Love Pesto. Love Cheez-its. Do not love Pesto Cheez-its. How did they get these so wrong?
Anyone want to start a GoFundMe for Greenland to buy the US?
February 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Anyone want to start a GoFundMe for Greenland to buy the US?
Very disappointed in my recent stay at Wingate by Wyndham in Christiansburg, VA.
I checked into room 230 around 8pm. A few minute later, I heard a woman yelling from the next room over (232). Her husband uses a wheelchair and had fallen onto the floor. [more...]
I checked into room 230 around 8pm. A few minute later, I heard a woman yelling from the next room over (232). Her husband uses a wheelchair and had fallen onto the floor. [more...]
February 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Very disappointed in my recent stay at Wingate by Wyndham in Christiansburg, VA.
I checked into room 230 around 8pm. A few minute later, I heard a woman yelling from the next room over (232). Her husband uses a wheelchair and had fallen onto the floor. [more...]
I checked into room 230 around 8pm. A few minute later, I heard a woman yelling from the next room over (232). Her husband uses a wheelchair and had fallen onto the floor. [more...]
Gee, thaaaaaaaanks.
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Gee, thaaaaaaaanks.
We lost Mom two years ago today. I miss her, but I'm happy with how well I and (especially) Brett have adjusted to life without her.
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We lost Mom two years ago today. I miss her, but I'm happy with how well I and (especially) Brett have adjusted to life without her.
(1) Something about a barn door...
(2) DOJ agrees to "temporarily" obey the law? Small victories...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
(2) DOJ agrees to "temporarily" obey the law? Small victories...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
(1) Something about a barn door...
(2) DOJ agrees to "temporarily" obey the law? Small victories...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
(2) DOJ agrees to "temporarily" obey the law? Small victories...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
With special meaning these days:
"Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
--Neil Gaiman in _Coraline_, paraphrasing (and condensing) a longer passage by G.K. Chesterton in _Tremendous Trifles_.
"Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
--Neil Gaiman in _Coraline_, paraphrasing (and condensing) a longer passage by G.K. Chesterton in _Tremendous Trifles_.
February 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
With special meaning these days:
"Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
--Neil Gaiman in _Coraline_, paraphrasing (and condensing) a longer passage by G.K. Chesterton in _Tremendous Trifles_.
"Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
--Neil Gaiman in _Coraline_, paraphrasing (and condensing) a longer passage by G.K. Chesterton in _Tremendous Trifles_.
Kudos to my boss who snuck a little #resistance into an email today.
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Kudos to my boss who snuck a little #resistance into an email today.
New Netflix rates: $7.99/mo with ads, $17.99/mo without ads. As I parse that, it's $8 for the content, but $10 to get rid of the nagware. So the annoyances are valued higher than the content now?
What could be more American?
Anyway, I canceled.
What could be more American?
Anyway, I canceled.
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New Netflix rates: $7.99/mo with ads, $17.99/mo without ads. As I parse that, it's $8 for the content, but $10 to get rid of the nagware. So the annoyances are valued higher than the content now?
What could be more American?
Anyway, I canceled.
What could be more American?
Anyway, I canceled.
Susan Collins wouldn't know intelligence if it bit her on either of her faces.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Tulsi Gabbard picks up key GOP vote on Intel Committee
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Monday that she will support Tulsi Gabbard to become director of national intelligence (DNI), giving her a key boost in her confirmation push. Collins was…
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February 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Susan Collins wouldn't know intelligence if it bit her on either of her faces.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Just started listening to this today: 48 hits, all remixed into surround sound. Verdict: maaan, this sounds nice, but the earliest songs don't really benefit from the surround-sound treatment -- how many speakers do you really need for a voice and piano?
www.discogs.com/release/3270...
www.discogs.com/release/3270...
Elton John - Diamonds
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2025 Blu-ray release of "Diamonds" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just started listening to this today: 48 hits, all remixed into surround sound. Verdict: maaan, this sounds nice, but the earliest songs don't really benefit from the surround-sound treatment -- how many speakers do you really need for a voice and piano?
www.discogs.com/release/3270...
www.discogs.com/release/3270...
New word for the day: pathocracy.
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New word for the day: pathocracy.
First day of class, student emails me a doctor's note dated November 2023. Does he think I won't notice?
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
First day of class, student emails me a doctor's note dated November 2023. Does he think I won't notice?
Donald Trump said criminals and rapists were taking jobs away from Americans and today he proved it.
January 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Donald Trump said criminals and rapists were taking jobs away from Americans and today he proved it.
Guess I need to turn my nerd creds. Was creating a website for a class that starts later this week and spent waaaaaay too long diagnosing a silly self-inflicted error.
Getting old sucks.
Getting old sucks.
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Guess I need to turn my nerd creds. Was creating a website for a class that starts later this week and spent waaaaaay too long diagnosing a silly self-inflicted error.
Getting old sucks.
Getting old sucks.
Fortuitous, auspicious, propitious. All can be used to wish good things for 2025, but they have different etymologies: Fortuitous suggests good tidings come from luck, or fortune; auspicious suggests they come from divination. Propitious sets neither of these conditions. Have a propitious 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Fortuitous, auspicious, propitious. All can be used to wish good things for 2025, but they have different etymologies: Fortuitous suggests good tidings come from luck, or fortune; auspicious suggests they come from divination. Propitious sets neither of these conditions. Have a propitious 2025!
Cracker Barrel, _really_?
December 9, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Cracker Barrel, _really_?
Installed a deadbolt at my mom's house today on a door that didn't previously have one. So. Much. Sawdust.
November 27, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Installed a deadbolt at my mom's house today on a door that didn't previously have one. So. Much. Sawdust.
~The prevailing theory about Trump’s second term is that the horse now knows its way around the hospital. I have my doubts. What practical knowledge Trump gained in the first term is outweighed by the accelerating cognitive decline he displayed over the past year.~
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
Donald Trump Is a Weakling. That’s the Problem.
Yes, he’s authoritarian. But the specific danger he poses is the chaos caused by his lack of discipline, not a triumph of the will.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:50 PM
~The prevailing theory about Trump’s second term is that the horse now knows its way around the hospital. I have my doubts. What practical knowledge Trump gained in the first term is outweighed by the accelerating cognitive decline he displayed over the past year.~
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
newrepublic.com/article/1887...