scott reston
@scottreston.com
Web dev, gadget geek, music lover, cyclist, camper, tinkerer, home automation enthusiast. Chief pilot at Raleigh Riders
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Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
July 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
Because we Always Read the Plaque, we learned about this neat steam shovel - the only existing Bucyrus 50-B steam shovel that helped dig the Panama Canal. It's currently located in Nederland, CO @99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Because we Always Read the Plaque, we learned about this neat steam shovel - the only existing Bucyrus 50-B steam shovel that helped dig the Panama Canal. It's currently located in Nederland, CO @99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social
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"They're breaking the law."
"What law?"
"You know, vibes and shit."
"What law?"
"You know, vibes and shit."
KENNEDY: Harvard is in many respects violating federal law
SCARBOROUGH: What federal law is Harvard violating?
KENNEDY: Harvard practices ideological capture
SCARBOROUGH: What federal law is Harvard violating?
KENNEDY: Harvard practices ideological capture
June 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"They're breaking the law."
"What law?"
"You know, vibes and shit."
"What law?"
"You know, vibes and shit."
Did you know that we (in the US) have unnecessarily large and expensive fire engines? With a bit of willpower, we could have smaller engines that responded faster and improved safety for bikes, pedestrians and drivers all while improving fire response & saving money.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dH...
June 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Did you know that we (in the US) have unnecessarily large and expensive fire engines? With a bit of willpower, we could have smaller engines that responded faster and improved safety for bikes, pedestrians and drivers all while improving fire response & saving money.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dH...
So lovely to see Mac McCaughan join @gangoffour.bsky.social at the @catscradlenc.bsky.social last night. Jim Wilbur was at the show, too! Gang of Four is as pertinent and vibrant as they've ever been.
April 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So lovely to see Mac McCaughan join @gangoffour.bsky.social at the @catscradlenc.bsky.social last night. Jim Wilbur was at the show, too! Gang of Four is as pertinent and vibrant as they've ever been.
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
This just in: North Carolina's largest military base to be renamed after capitol janitor Jeffrey Hitler.
February 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This just in: North Carolina's largest military base to be renamed after capitol janitor Jeffrey Hitler.
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** It's happening!! **
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble
ericmigi.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
** It's happening!! **
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
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Dan posted this morning a handful of videos from Reese's No Dados release party. 😢
Reese McHenry Band - Detroit
YouTube video by Dan Schram
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Dan posted this morning a handful of videos from Reese's No Dados release party. 😢
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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Meiselas: You’re going to be at the inauguration?
Biden: Of course I am. The only president ever to avoid an inauguration is the guy about to be inaugurated.
Biden: Of course I am. The only president ever to avoid an inauguration is the guy about to be inaugurated.
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Meiselas: You’re going to be at the inauguration?
Biden: Of course I am. The only president ever to avoid an inauguration is the guy about to be inaugurated.
Biden: Of course I am. The only president ever to avoid an inauguration is the guy about to be inaugurated.
Dan posted this morning a handful of videos from Reese's No Dados release party. 😢
Reese McHenry Band - Detroit
YouTube video by Dan Schram
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Dan posted this morning a handful of videos from Reese's No Dados release party. 😢
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The Grammy-nominated artist returns to the Tiny Desk with a five-piece band and a built-out, Americana sound.
Waxahatchee: Tiny Desk Concert
The Grammy-nominated artist returns to the Tiny Desk with a five-piece band and a built-out, Americana sound.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The Grammy-nominated artist returns to the Tiny Desk with a five-piece band and a built-out, Americana sound.
Decivilization wasn't mentioned after school shootings. Nor after the Dec 6 attack on the Capitol. Nor the genocide in Gaza. Only when some rich white dude gets shot.
Meanwhile the Atlantic published a whole thing about "decivilization" today: “The line between a normal, functioning society and catastrophic decivilization can be crossed with a single act of mayhem.” (they mean, of course, the CEO, not the genocide)
96% of children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of trauma. 92% of the children in the survey were “not accepting of reality”, 79% suffer from nightmares and 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression.
December 12, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Decivilization wasn't mentioned after school shootings. Nor after the Dec 6 attack on the Capitol. Nor the genocide in Gaza. Only when some rich white dude gets shot.
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That a murder in the street is shocking is self evident. But desperate people do desperate things. This state of affairs is sad and dire but it wasn’t the people who deserve to be cared for by the country that skims their paycheck instead of milked by big business who brought it to this pass. 3/3
December 12, 2024 at 7:03 AM
That a murder in the street is shocking is self evident. But desperate people do desperate things. This state of affairs is sad and dire but it wasn’t the people who deserve to be cared for by the country that skims their paycheck instead of milked by big business who brought it to this pass. 3/3
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Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women
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December 9, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women
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states rights unless its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case its states rights unless the state is wrong in which case its federal rights unless the feds are democrats in which case its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM
states rights unless its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case its states rights unless the state is wrong in which case its federal rights unless the feds are democrats in which case its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case
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People will literally write a whole thread about the importance of equity in a modern society and conclude that in order to be a more caring people we have to follow them on social media
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
People will literally write a whole thread about the importance of equity in a modern society and conclude that in order to be a more caring people we have to follow them on social media
When telling my sleepy wife about this great thread at bedtime last night, I went down a rabbit hole about (the unrelated) Warren Robinett, creator of the first acknowledged Easter Egg in software (Atari Adventure).
Let's talk about peeing in space.
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias (Published 2019)
The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
When telling my sleepy wife about this great thread at bedtime last night, I went down a rabbit hole about (the unrelated) Warren Robinett, creator of the first acknowledged Easter Egg in software (Atari Adventure).
From John Wesley Harding to Ren & Stimpy, Andy Paley was a quiet influence on my inner monologue. RIP
November 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM
From John Wesley Harding to Ren & Stimpy, Andy Paley was a quiet influence on my inner monologue. RIP
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Let's talk about peeing in space.
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias (Published 2019)
The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Let's talk about peeing in space.
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
A'ight - here's the news I needed this morning.
17-foot-tall okra plant has eastern NC woman shooting for world record
An eastern North Carolina woman has grown an okra plant that's now over 17 feet tall.
An eastern North Carolina woman has grown an okra plant that's now over 17 feet tall.
17-foot-tall okra plant has eastern NC woman shooting for world record
An eastern North Carolina woman has grown an okra plant that's now over 17 feet tall.
www.wral.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 PM
A'ight - here's the news I needed this morning.