Scott Cory
@jscottcory.bsky.social
Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, makes mistakes.
Husband, father, cat and dog dad. Grumpy, old, gay, and many other things: proud of all of 'em.
@jscottcory in the Meta ecosystem.
scory.blogspot.com
Husband, father, cat and dog dad. Grumpy, old, gay, and many other things: proud of all of 'em.
@jscottcory in the Meta ecosystem.
scory.blogspot.com
Berlin Philharmonic, October 2015, Sir Simon Rattle conducting Beethoven's Eight and Sixth Symphonies. A few more lines and a lot more concerns 10 years later, but this is us, married, after 15 years together. Take that, Kim Davis. #gaymarriage
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Berlin Philharmonic, October 2015, Sir Simon Rattle conducting Beethoven's Eight and Sixth Symphonies. A few more lines and a lot more concerns 10 years later, but this is us, married, after 15 years together. Take that, Kim Davis. #gaymarriage
Art Against Authoritarians, DC edition, October 2025
October 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Art Against Authoritarians, DC edition, October 2025
Leg day is my favorite day. I got an attenuated swimmer's body in the physique lottery and have to fight to keep muscle mass and volume.
Not bad for 64.
Not bad for 64.
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Leg day is my favorite day. I got an attenuated swimmer's body in the physique lottery and have to fight to keep muscle mass and volume.
Not bad for 64.
Not bad for 64.
My inner Sicilian grandparents are conflicted - drying figs is great, but in an oven?
It's DC. Sun drying would be an open invitation to squirrel larceny.
It's DC. Sun drying would be an open invitation to squirrel larceny.
August 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My inner Sicilian grandparents are conflicted - drying figs is great, but in an oven?
It's DC. Sun drying would be an open invitation to squirrel larceny.
It's DC. Sun drying would be an open invitation to squirrel larceny.
That moment when DHS and ICE arrive in your neighborhood and you find out the Fire Department probably aren't your friends. In the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC.
August 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That moment when DHS and ICE arrive in your neighborhood and you find out the Fire Department probably aren't your friends. In the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC.
I knew there was a reason I felt really warm water plants in the back garden.
August 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I knew there was a reason I felt really warm water plants in the back garden.
July 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We were lucky it wasn't much worse.
July 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We were lucky it wasn't much worse.
@joshtpm.bsky.social -- someone hyperbole adverse -- has taken to using the terms "feral" and "degenerate" when referring to the MAGA regime and the DOGE minions in particular.
I think the terms apply equally to people behaving like this.
I think the terms apply equally to people behaving like this.
July 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social -- someone hyperbole adverse -- has taken to using the terms "feral" and "degenerate" when referring to the MAGA regime and the DOGE minions in particular.
I think the terms apply equally to people behaving like this.
I think the terms apply equally to people behaving like this.
Grateful for air conditioning. This is serious, dangerous heat. Please take care, folks.
June 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Grateful for air conditioning. This is serious, dangerous heat. Please take care, folks.
Gardening first. Then the booze, a game, and food.
I'm going for the "On the Beach" Australian version of "Keep Calm and Carry On."
I'm going for the "On the Beach" Australian version of "Keep Calm and Carry On."
June 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Gardening first. Then the booze, a game, and food.
I'm going for the "On the Beach" Australian version of "Keep Calm and Carry On."
I'm going for the "On the Beach" Australian version of "Keep Calm and Carry On."
Here's hoping all our work and hopes and love come to fruition soon.
June 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Here's hoping all our work and hopes and love come to fruition soon.
Sadly, political appointees and senior managers and executives don't get that. This was from a draft my team wrote in 2017 to get our agency to work across silos.
We never got a response.
We never got a response.
June 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sadly, political appointees and senior managers and executives don't get that. This was from a draft my team wrote in 2017 to get our agency to work across silos.
We never got a response.
We never got a response.
The very high pollen count and UV index, plus the humidity make today a summer preview day in DC. I should remember to garden from 7 am until 11 am (or 0700 - 1100, in logical notation.)
May 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The very high pollen count and UV index, plus the humidity make today a summer preview day in DC. I should remember to garden from 7 am until 11 am (or 0700 - 1100, in logical notation.)
The world's largest dandelion, pulled from our garden.
May 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The world's largest dandelion, pulled from our garden.
Read this, and read @donmoyn.bsky.social 's cited article.
Federal budgets have become clear statements of policy, and carry actual expressions of the morality of any administration.
Thanks @emptywheel.bsky.social for saying the quiet part out loud.
Federal budgets have become clear statements of policy, and carry actual expressions of the morality of any administration.
Thanks @emptywheel.bsky.social for saying the quiet part out loud.
May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Read this, and read @donmoyn.bsky.social 's cited article.
Federal budgets have become clear statements of policy, and carry actual expressions of the morality of any administration.
Thanks @emptywheel.bsky.social for saying the quiet part out loud.
Federal budgets have become clear statements of policy, and carry actual expressions of the morality of any administration.
Thanks @emptywheel.bsky.social for saying the quiet part out loud.
It's been three weeks since Bootsy and Tick Tock died. Folks in both the digital and real worlds have been lovely and supportive; but not having these two larger than life family members managing our business, getting underfoot, and filling the physical and psychic space of our lives is hard.
April 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's been three weeks since Bootsy and Tick Tock died. Folks in both the digital and real worlds have been lovely and supportive; but not having these two larger than life family members managing our business, getting underfoot, and filling the physical and psychic space of our lives is hard.
I understand this; it's also become clear the First Amendment, however noble its intentions, has led to abuses that have led us to where we are today. The reply was intended to point to the need for a way to manage odious and harmful speech regardless of the media.
Germany did it. Why can't we?
Germany did it. Why can't we?
April 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I understand this; it's also become clear the First Amendment, however noble its intentions, has led to abuses that have led us to where we are today. The reply was intended to point to the need for a way to manage odious and harmful speech regardless of the media.
Germany did it. Why can't we?
Germany did it. Why can't we?
Sometimes algorithms do their jobs well. Apple Music's wake up playlist for me on a gloomy April morning. FWIW, there's 20 years of data tracking my listening to music from iTunes, so the algorithm would have to be shit to screw up.
April 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sometimes algorithms do their jobs well. Apple Music's wake up playlist for me on a gloomy April morning. FWIW, there's 20 years of data tracking my listening to music from iTunes, so the algorithm would have to be shit to screw up.
We said good bye today to Prince Tick Tock bin Trouble, the Khan of Kearney Street. Tick Tock had been in failing health for some time, which is why folks in our neighborhood hadn't seen him patrolling and quietly directing everything he could.
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We said good bye today to Prince Tick Tock bin Trouble, the Khan of Kearney Street. Tick Tock had been in failing health for some time, which is why folks in our neighborhood hadn't seen him patrolling and quietly directing everything he could.