🦃🍁 Tim Pie-rce 🥧🥔
@unchi.org
what's a man like me supposed to do
with all this extra savoir-faire?
with all this extra savoir-faire?
This meeting I'm in is really boring anyway.
![Well you’re going to see, you know, I was able to bring in my first term, I signed up the World Cup, so you’re gonna have the World Cup, and you’re gonna have the Olympics. I never did the Olympic thing, so wer’re gonna have both the Olympics, I signed both of them up. I never thought I’d go to see them as President, but then we had an election that, ah, there was a little hanky panky going on, as you say, and now all of a sudden, I’m the president during those two. And then of course we have the two hundred and fiftieth year, which, you know, the anniversary thing which is big. I do have to say, look, I like them all, I love sports, but, I do have to say and I’ll probably get myself in a little trouble for this: I hate the kickoff.
[voice] Aw, come on, Mr. President!
I think it’s so terrible, I think it’s so demeaning, and I think it hurts the game, it hurts the pageantry. I told that to Roger Goodell, and I don’t think it’s any safer. I mean you still have guys crashing into each other and it’s so, you know, it’s the opposite of what the game – the ball is in the air and nobody’s moving. it’s supposed to be, when the ball is in the air, when the ball is played
[voice] It’s a live ball, Mr. President!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vhnfl7xl452tli2pzoqsxiu4/bafkreif5sgo6txscdcg4o6oynasdmmhdpztulr3zo35chpnbsrm3yinvl4@jpeg)
![And you walk in, and the pageantry of the game is so badly hurt, and I don’t think NFL, you know, they’ll do what they wanna do, but I don’t think they’ll change. I hope college football doesn’t change, because you know, the power of the kickoff was so beautiful and now, you know, I don’t want to say what it reminds me of because I’ll get myself into big trouble, but it is not football. And I have no idea what you guys, you guys may disagree with me, I don’t think it’s gonna help—
[voice] No, Mr. President, this is how we feel. I feel as if they were just going to get rid of the kickoff and special teams as a whole. As a former punter and kickoff guy, anything to save the play I’m on board with, cause they were on their way to kind of move it out. So this version of the kickoff kind of became kind of the last hope, basically, for the kickoff. But what you said about the original kickoff, I think every football person is like, yeah, let’s go back to that, especially with onside kick capabilities, and surprise onside kick capabilities—
Oh, it’s so good, it’s so good, and now it’s so bad. It’s so bad. It’s terrible. It’s so unromantic and it’s just demeaning to football, I don’t think they have a right to do that to the game.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vhnfl7xl452tli2pzoqsxiu4/bafkreidyiseomq4ctx4b4pogbc4zqwao4uonls4e4xctgnb5gfonkoz2l4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This meeting I'm in is really boring anyway.
me trying desperately to figure out how all these are the same person
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
me trying desperately to figure out how all these are the same person
folks, I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you about my anaesthesia experience, I was asleep the whole time
![Screenshot of a text message dated "Today 5:06 PM"
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
folks, I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you about my anaesthesia experience, I was asleep the whole time
All right, we’re gonna do this
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
All right, we’re gonna do this
![Screenshot of a Mastodon post by Rob Ricci (@ricci@discuss.systems):
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
[photo of a large tape reel with a handwritten label reading "UNIX Original from Bell Labs v4 (see manual for format)"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vhnfl7xl452tli2pzoqsxiu4/bafkreic2z5hu4lehqmrzzxy6bqctxlvfvxykehgbqehjjs6da5er24odfm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Elm Park, Worcester, Massachusetts
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Elm Park, Worcester, Massachusetts
Full marks for this guy's use of "fulsome" here, absolutely perfect, 12/10, no notes whatsoever
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Full marks for this guy's use of "fulsome" here, absolutely perfect, 12/10, no notes whatsoever
absolute magical thinking phrenology nonsense. utter brain worm pabulum. How the hell did someone actually think this was a valid research study. What the absolute codswallop.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
absolute magical thinking phrenology nonsense. utter brain worm pabulum. How the hell did someone actually think this was a valid research study. What the absolute codswallop.
They ain't called it yet but ...
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They ain't called it yet but ...
looking forward to seeing Dersh on Fox and Friends like
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
looking forward to seeing Dersh on Fox and Friends like
I could smell the mustard and the onions
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I could smell the mustard and the onions
distributing a succulent submarine sandwich?
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
distributing a succulent submarine sandwich?
bluesky gonna be like this all day
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
bluesky gonna be like this all day
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead 🪶
checked in on how it's going in Facebook land
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
checked in on how it's going in Facebook land
This is an actual meme shared by an actual human being I know in person -- a resident of California -- and, white folks, we are simply not prepared for how viciously racist the outcome of the NYC mayor's election is going to be.
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is an actual meme shared by an actual human being I know in person -- a resident of California -- and, white folks, we are simply not prepared for how viciously racist the outcome of the NYC mayor's election is going to be.
I found his apology on Facebook in comments buried on a post about it, and, yikes. "totally lost in his own weird misunderstandings" is right. www.facebook.com/groups/71541...
![Facebook comment by Galen S. Shelly:
From From hitch to tail this, was one float in the parade to which a lineal and cohesive message communicated by each detail hoping to convey an eternal perspective about life. It's miraculous nature, a nod to the way time marches on and carries us through all the phases, and how despite our best efforts; all of us who pass this way face the same fate, when it is our time. None of us get "out alive"!!
I was saddened to see the conversation drifting with such certainty so far off the point I had intended to make.
I was heartened however to see that a few reserved judgement until more knowledge could be gathered.
Still others believing a negative connotation had arisen from a float entered and badged as St Joseph's Church and School was "Just too preposterous to imagine" ~ and they would be correct. I thank them for a choice to not believe ill intent at first glance!
The following to bring clarity is the artist's statement of the intent behind the scenery that somehow seems not to have occurred to the casual viewer as it passed by, and certainly has not come to the surface of this discussion as yet, so I will attempt to place in your thoughts with words my actual intent. Words do matter, and sometimes the same words can be used for both good and bad. Words misplaced or misunderstood and words within symbols can harm deeply and for that I offer my humblest apologize to St. Joseph's Church, as well as the School program and to Metcalf Family Cleaning who's only role has been to pull the float.
At the hitch, if you recall, behind the antiqued orchard basket corral that retained the bounty of harvest was a cornucopia. Among that abundance of food and fruits ~ Much I which I enjoy growing on my own farm, 7 of them were decal-ed with the 7 Fruits of the Spirit! Those being Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness and Faithfulness. ... [alt text truncated for length]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vhnfl7xl452tli2pzoqsxiu4/bafkreigy3o3naa55vk7mxoswmyzbcmjlzp2733x5o2y44grlo6rjsm2bgy@jpeg)
![Continued text from a Facebook comment by Galen Shelly:
Next, The GREATEST gift EACH of us possesses would be the miracle of life given to us by God. The fruit was closely followed by a swing set. My initial vision on this was to have a football or basketball player and a cheerleader in school uniform, each happily swinging with the gentle motion of the float making it's way through the route waving to all sides! For safety reasons I was encouraged to not have riders of this age in that position so instead of scary broken doll figurines I leaned once again on Amazon for a "Spookie Casper the Ghost" to fill in! Sadly the recognizable felt dot eyes did not survive the last minute somewhat speedy trip to the starting line up. I also don't think I did the best job getting the arms of the casper outfit tied in a realistic way to the swing set chains and as the wind pulled and stretched them they looked even less like the swinging Caspers I had envisioned of them! In the least, The point is that swing sets are enjoyed by the youngest in our early formative years and it's one of our first skills learned and is the earliest of memories made...being walked to a park and pushed on a swing. Good times, sweet innocent childhood.
Next in my vision we discover the sweet tooth in our early teens and who at that age doesn't love a milkshake a banana split, hamburger or fries and onion rings. I wanted to "nail" this as well so I created onto the diner tables actual movie set realist food, much of it made especially for this Sham Rock n Roll float by the folks who service the movie production companies and for Hershey Food Chocolate Company. Who would have guessed chocolate truffles melt under studio lights! I wanted by this section of the float to show an attention to detail and a capture of the theme that would be a tough act to follow! I had 3 full table settings + but it felt crowded...There were even Menus for the Shamrock Diner!
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I found his apology on Facebook in comments buried on a post about it, and, yikes. "totally lost in his own weird misunderstandings" is right. www.facebook.com/groups/71541...
FWIW she deleted the video and posted this.
(This is not to argue anyone out of blocking her, just to provide updated context)
(This is not to argue anyone out of blocking her, just to provide updated context)
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
FWIW she deleted the video and posted this.
(This is not to argue anyone out of blocking her, just to provide updated context)
(This is not to argue anyone out of blocking her, just to provide updated context)
Wait, is this for real? If it is, it seems like the first real misstep I've seen his campaign take.
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wait, is this for real? If it is, it seems like the first real misstep I've seen his campaign take.
I made fish and chips for my family and read two chapters out of a book that we are all enjoying very much, and this is kind of like my ideal evening, and yet
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I made fish and chips for my family and read two chapters out of a book that we are all enjoying very much, and this is kind of like my ideal evening, and yet
Overall I have enjoyed my non-baseball-watching evening but I confess that I feel like I have missed something
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Overall I have enjoyed my non-baseball-watching evening but I confess that I feel like I have missed something
