Adam D. Zolkover
@zolkover.me
Instructional designer at the University of Pennsylvania. Soulless minion of orthodoxy. #StarTrek #SFF #Horror #woodworking #HigherEd #OnlineLearning
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Fun project that was more costly in time and blood than I bargained for. I really went all in on the inlays and I think it paid off. #woodworking
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Fun project that was more costly in time and blood than I bargained for. I really went all in on the inlays and I think it paid off. #woodworking
They Bloom at Night by Trang Tranh Tran is excellent and original. Coastal horror without being Shadow Over Innsmouth. Microbial creep without being Mexican Gothic. Like its protagonist, it finds its own skin.
@hollylynchez.bsky.social you might like this one.
@hollylynchez.bsky.social you might like this one.
October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
They Bloom at Night by Trang Tranh Tran is excellent and original. Coastal horror without being Shadow Over Innsmouth. Microbial creep without being Mexican Gothic. Like its protagonist, it finds its own skin.
@hollylynchez.bsky.social you might like this one.
@hollylynchez.bsky.social you might like this one.
No! We don't need a detailed mythology for every old thing. Pennywise is scary when he's a mystery. Add in the Great Turtle, and the Crimson King, and whatever other BS, and he's just boring.
Learn from the X-Files, people. The truth is only interesting and fun when it's an object of speculation.
Learn from the X-Files, people. The truth is only interesting and fun when it's an object of speculation.
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No! We don't need a detailed mythology for every old thing. Pennywise is scary when he's a mystery. Add in the Great Turtle, and the Crimson King, and whatever other BS, and he's just boring.
Learn from the X-Files, people. The truth is only interesting and fun when it's an object of speculation.
Learn from the X-Files, people. The truth is only interesting and fun when it's an object of speculation.
Obviously I am a sucker for anything with the Nine Inch Nails logo on it, even if it's plainly a marketing ploy.
To be fair, the new songs on the soundtrack are *very* good.
(I very much doubt I'll see the movie.)
To be fair, the new songs on the soundtrack are *very* good.
(I very much doubt I'll see the movie.)
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obviously I am a sucker for anything with the Nine Inch Nails logo on it, even if it's plainly a marketing ploy.
To be fair, the new songs on the soundtrack are *very* good.
(I very much doubt I'll see the movie.)
To be fair, the new songs on the soundtrack are *very* good.
(I very much doubt I'll see the movie.)
I adore my weirdo scrub plane. It seemed like a silly thing to build when I made it. But today I had to flatten a panel. And -- wow, life-changing!
#woodworking
#woodworking
August 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I adore my weirdo scrub plane. It seemed like a silly thing to build when I made it. But today I had to flatten a panel. And -- wow, life-changing!
#woodworking
#woodworking
Alright #woodworking bluesky: question. I made this plane from osage and maple. The bed and sole are flat. The wedge is a perfect fit. But I can't make the wedge and iron stay seated.
I've tried tweaking the wedge geometry and making a new one out of a softer material and neither worked.
Help?
I've tried tweaking the wedge geometry and making a new one out of a softer material and neither worked.
Help?
August 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Alright #woodworking bluesky: question. I made this plane from osage and maple. The bed and sole are flat. The wedge is a perfect fit. But I can't make the wedge and iron stay seated.
I've tried tweaking the wedge geometry and making a new one out of a softer material and neither worked.
Help?
I've tried tweaking the wedge geometry and making a new one out of a softer material and neither worked.
Help?
If it wasn't for my policy of never posting on Reddit, I'd have responded there.
When I first started listening to Fear Inoculum, it was without the track list in front of me. So my favorite songs on the album were "the wanton slumber one" and "the one that's the last half of Beowulf."
#metalsky
When I first started listening to Fear Inoculum, it was without the track list in front of me. So my favorite songs on the album were "the wanton slumber one" and "the one that's the last half of Beowulf."
#metalsky
July 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If it wasn't for my policy of never posting on Reddit, I'd have responded there.
When I first started listening to Fear Inoculum, it was without the track list in front of me. So my favorite songs on the album were "the wanton slumber one" and "the one that's the last half of Beowulf."
#metalsky
When I first started listening to Fear Inoculum, it was without the track list in front of me. So my favorite songs on the album were "the wanton slumber one" and "the one that's the last half of Beowulf."
#metalsky
Coffin smoother, made from cherry and maple.
I'm still tuning it. But this has got to be one of my favorite things I've made.
#woodworking
I'm still tuning it. But this has got to be one of my favorite things I've made.
#woodworking
July 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Coffin smoother, made from cherry and maple.
I'm still tuning it. But this has got to be one of my favorite things I've made.
#woodworking
I'm still tuning it. But this has got to be one of my favorite things I've made.
#woodworking
Lust Hag is a wild ride and a great listen. Black Metal with high-energy percussion, good politics, and kind of a punk attitude. A nice change after a couple of somber and serious weeks exploring the Cascadian vibe. #metalsky
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lust Hag is a wild ride and a great listen. Black Metal with high-energy percussion, good politics, and kind of a punk attitude. A nice change after a couple of somber and serious weeks exploring the Cascadian vibe. #metalsky
#woodworking mini project number 2 for the day: marking gauge out of cherry, maple, and brass.
Drilling the beam to accept the sharpened nail was chaos, but I guess I got there in the end.
Drilling the beam to accept the sharpened nail was chaos, but I guess I got there in the end.
June 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#woodworking mini project number 2 for the day: marking gauge out of cherry, maple, and brass.
Drilling the beam to accept the sharpened nail was chaos, but I guess I got there in the end.
Drilling the beam to accept the sharpened nail was chaos, but I guess I got there in the end.
Made myself a new joiner's mallet from scraps from my last project.
Maple head, cherry stripe, and mahogany handle. Also, probably the cleanest through tenon I've done.
#woodworking
Maple head, cherry stripe, and mahogany handle. Also, probably the cleanest through tenon I've done.
#woodworking
June 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Made myself a new joiner's mallet from scraps from my last project.
Maple head, cherry stripe, and mahogany handle. Also, probably the cleanest through tenon I've done.
#woodworking
Maple head, cherry stripe, and mahogany handle. Also, probably the cleanest through tenon I've done.
#woodworking
Moirae is a very compelling album. Its atmospherics complement the howling, tortured vocals of black metal.
(Excuse my ignorance for never having heard the term blackgaze before. Its existence as a genre helps some things make sense.)
#metalsky
(Excuse my ignorance for never having heard the term blackgaze before. Its existence as a genre helps some things make sense.)
#metalsky
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Moirae is a very compelling album. Its atmospherics complement the howling, tortured vocals of black metal.
(Excuse my ignorance for never having heard the term blackgaze before. Its existence as a genre helps some things make sense.)
#metalsky
(Excuse my ignorance for never having heard the term blackgaze before. Its existence as a genre helps some things make sense.)
#metalsky
Otra might be my favorite new album of 2025, so far. Which is saying something, given how much I like the new Steven Wilson.
I'm new to In the Woods... and I can't wait to listen through their back catalog.
#metalsky
I'm new to In the Woods... and I can't wait to listen through their back catalog.
#metalsky
April 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Otra might be my favorite new album of 2025, so far. Which is saying something, given how much I like the new Steven Wilson.
I'm new to In the Woods... and I can't wait to listen through their back catalog.
#metalsky
I'm new to In the Woods... and I can't wait to listen through their back catalog.
#metalsky
I know I'm, like, 30 years late to this party, but Edge of Sanity's Purgatory Afterglow is an outstanding album. Can't wait for the reissue of Crimson in June. #Metalsky
April 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I know I'm, like, 30 years late to this party, but Edge of Sanity's Purgatory Afterglow is an outstanding album. Can't wait for the reissue of Crimson in June. #Metalsky
I've been really into making knife handles lately. I really like how both the knife and the box came out.
Both are African rosewood and maple.
#woodworking
Both are African rosewood and maple.
#woodworking
March 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I've been really into making knife handles lately. I really like how both the knife and the box came out.
Both are African rosewood and maple.
#woodworking
Both are African rosewood and maple.
#woodworking
If you haven't read Record of a Spaceborn Few, read it. If you have, read it again. It doesn't matter that it's the third in a 4-book series, all of which are excellent.
This is a singularly beautiful novel and having gotten to the final page, I just want to flip it over and start again. #booksky
This is a singularly beautiful novel and having gotten to the final page, I just want to flip it over and start again. #booksky
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you haven't read Record of a Spaceborn Few, read it. If you have, read it again. It doesn't matter that it's the third in a 4-book series, all of which are excellent.
This is a singularly beautiful novel and having gotten to the final page, I just want to flip it over and start again. #booksky
This is a singularly beautiful novel and having gotten to the final page, I just want to flip it over and start again. #booksky
Got excited about knife handles and one thing led to another. Sloyd style knives in 2 sizes: regular, done in African rosewood. And chunky style, done in cherry. The larger one is very ergonomic in my hand.
The knife blanks are made by Morakniv.
#woodworking
The knife blanks are made by Morakniv.
#woodworking
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Got excited about knife handles and one thing led to another. Sloyd style knives in 2 sizes: regular, done in African rosewood. And chunky style, done in cherry. The larger one is very ergonomic in my hand.
The knife blanks are made by Morakniv.
#woodworking
The knife blanks are made by Morakniv.
#woodworking
In which a naive and well meaning nurse trainee has the worst first day of work ever.
Overall, a good take on a tried and true formula. 📽️
Overall, a good take on a tried and true formula. 📽️
January 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In which a naive and well meaning nurse trainee has the worst first day of work ever.
Overall, a good take on a tried and true formula. 📽️
Overall, a good take on a tried and true formula. 📽️
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) is far from my favorite John Carpenter movie, but it might be my favorite movie in which Sam Neill is a harbinger of the apocalypse.
January 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) is far from my favorite John Carpenter movie, but it might be my favorite movie in which Sam Neill is a harbinger of the apocalypse.
This is the adorable face of a monster who crashed everything off my desk in the night and stole the ball out of my trackball. FFS cat.
January 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is the adorable face of a monster who crashed everything off my desk in the night and stole the ball out of my trackball. FFS cat.
Finally got around to watching Hereditary (2018). Here's the thing: it's a great story, brilliantly written and acted. But also, it really falls down in the editing. We see things out of place. And though there's some setup, the ending feels out of left field. I want a director's cut! 📽️
January 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Finally got around to watching Hereditary (2018). Here's the thing: it's a great story, brilliantly written and acted. But also, it really falls down in the editing. We see things out of place. And though there's some setup, the ending feels out of left field. I want a director's cut! 📽️
Sea Fever (2019) was a very pleasant surprise. Yes, it's Alien on a boat. But also, it's got great characters and a lot of heart. And it's a bit prescient in how hard it hits the importance of following quarantine procedures. (Ripley would be proud.)
January 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sea Fever (2019) was a very pleasant surprise. Yes, it's Alien on a boat. But also, it's got great characters and a lot of heart. And it's a bit prescient in how hard it hits the importance of following quarantine procedures. (Ripley would be proud.)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) is a delightful movie and it's a shame that the only version streaming is so low quality that it looks like someone torrented it in 2003.
Still worth it for Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard's performances. 📽️
Still worth it for Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard's performances. 📽️
January 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) is a delightful movie and it's a shame that the only version streaming is so low quality that it looks like someone torrented it in 2003.
Still worth it for Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard's performances. 📽️
Still worth it for Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard's performances. 📽️
Tonight's movie: Lord of Misrule (2023). I've gotta say: this is the weirdest Midsomer Murders episode ever. 📽️
January 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Tonight's movie: Lord of Misrule (2023). I've gotta say: this is the weirdest Midsomer Murders episode ever. 📽️