Mark Tough
@marktough.bsky.social
Doin' stuff at the nexus of tech, community development, and education. Geezer Xer. Iowa farm boy, 33-year Baltimore City rowhomie. Indie music, Patterson Park, pinball, disc golf, hiking, cat appreciating, econ/soc. Shitlib vibes, Warren-ish policies.
And ESPECIALLY, perhaps, the adjective "sovereign" being used in that venue.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And ESPECIALLY, perhaps, the adjective "sovereign" being used in that venue.
Yeah, I’m not here to beat up on local reporters, but her own words in the skeet were more categorical than the hed — not great.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yeah, I’m not here to beat up on local reporters, but her own words in the skeet were more categorical than the hed — not great.
Respectfully, "run entirely" means run entirely. Grading and advising are a very small subset of that. If Obsidian is going to handle all aspects of university governance, than it is leagues beyond any other LLM or AI in known existence. It is newsworthy. But the bubble doesn't need further inflatin
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Respectfully, "run entirely" means run entirely. Grading and advising are a very small subset of that. If Obsidian is going to handle all aspects of university governance, than it is leagues beyond any other LLM or AI in known existence. It is newsworthy. But the bubble doesn't need further inflatin
It's just ... Maddening.
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It's just ... Maddening.
Conversely, we can just start calling the Nates the Stooges.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Conversely, we can just start calling the Nates the Stooges.
I guess I'd like to think that as a rule, folks sleeping with somebody would also like to be sleeping with that somebody, but hey, it's a big world out there.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I guess I'd like to think that as a rule, folks sleeping with somebody would also like to be sleeping with that somebody, but hey, it's a big world out there.
Childhood home of my oldest god-daughter!
The Driftless Zone: It's Not Just Wisconsin.
The Driftless Zone: It's Not Just Wisconsin.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Childhood home of my oldest god-daughter!
The Driftless Zone: It's Not Just Wisconsin.
The Driftless Zone: It's Not Just Wisconsin.
Apt simile! Though in truth all pickleball is bullshit.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Apt simile! Though in truth all pickleball is bullshit.
Interlopers keep getting their hands on the rock!
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Interlopers keep getting their hands on the rock!
Parked on Cold Spring?
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Parked on Cold Spring?
Yes, but last I checked they are VERY sporadic, so by all means check on particulars!
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Yes, but last I checked they are VERY sporadic, so by all means check on particulars!
... form a band. I was a city boy at heart from there on out, even if it took me almost twenty years to fully settle in to urban living ('cause in fairness, college towns turned out to be kinda ok too).
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
... form a band. I was a city boy at heart from there on out, even if it took me almost twenty years to fully settle in to urban living ('cause in fairness, college towns turned out to be kinda ok too).
Side note: growing up on the east-central Iowa farm, Chicago was the first big city (sorry, Des Moines) I ever visited, at age 6 in 1971. Holy shit, you can walk to cool places! A milion different people! Museums, zoos! Boats! It was my equivalent of seeing the Clash or Ramones and wanting to ...
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Side note: growing up on the east-central Iowa farm, Chicago was the first big city (sorry, Des Moines) I ever visited, at age 6 in 1971. Holy shit, you can walk to cool places! A milion different people! Museums, zoos! Boats! It was my equivalent of seeing the Clash or Ramones and wanting to ...
I believe they just lost their third star, so perhaps the superserious folk will have moved on. I mean, I doubt it, but maybe.
My far more modest goal for my next visit to Chicago is simply going when the Stern pinball factory tours are running.
My far more modest goal for my next visit to Chicago is simply going when the Stern pinball factory tours are running.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I believe they just lost their third star, so perhaps the superserious folk will have moved on. I mean, I doubt it, but maybe.
My far more modest goal for my next visit to Chicago is simply going when the Stern pinball factory tours are running.
My far more modest goal for my next visit to Chicago is simply going when the Stern pinball factory tours are running.
My sadly passed friendly acquaintance Mark Harp used to talk about the time his band was playing upstairs there at Hour Haus in the early 90s when somebody on the street shot up the windows, apparently just to scare the art kidz. That building's been through it for sure.
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My sadly passed friendly acquaintance Mark Harp used to talk about the time his band was playing upstairs there at Hour Haus in the early 90s when somebody on the street shot up the windows, apparently just to scare the art kidz. That building's been through it for sure.