Bill Kimler
@billkimler.bsky.social
Mathematics & physics background, now a software product manager. Donated a kidney Jan 2022. Ran 1000 miles in a year once. Ran for office too in South Carolina!
Never knew this man's name before, but his inventions were a part of my childhood as well as that of millions other.
Thank you, good sir. Thank you.
Thank you, good sir. Thank you.
Burt Meyer, prolific toymaker who invented Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and Lite-Brite, dies at 99
Burt Meyer's creations arrived in the postwar boom, when plastic molding and mass production transformed how American kids played.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Never knew this man's name before, but his inventions were a part of my childhood as well as that of millions other.
Thank you, good sir. Thank you.
Thank you, good sir. Thank you.
One of my favorite actresses in a remake of my favorite film directed by one of my favorite directors? Count me in!
Scarlett Johansson to Star in Mike Flanagan's EXORCIST Movie
Scarlett Johansson has taken the lead role in Mike Flanagan's upcoming "radical new take" on the Exorcist franchise.
nerdist.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of my favorite actresses in a remake of my favorite film directed by one of my favorite directors? Count me in!
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Incredible story! I wonder what would be the modern-day equivalent.
100 years ago, an all-Black team beat the KKK on a baseball diamond
Today, though, the legacy of an anti-KKK law has led to the end of a Black college scholarship.
contrarian.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Incredible story! I wonder what would be the modern-day equivalent.
"New research reveals that tattoo pigments don’t just stay in the skin, they migrate into lymph nodes, trigger months of inflammation, and reshape how the body responds to different vaccines."
#tattoos
#tattoos
Tattoo ink alters immune cells and weakens some vaccine responses
New research shows tattoo pigments migrate to lymph nodes, causing inflammation and altering immune responses to vaccines, with potential health risks.
www.news-medical.net
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"New research reveals that tattoo pigments don’t just stay in the skin, they migrate into lymph nodes, trigger months of inflammation, and reshape how the body responds to different vaccines."
#tattoos
#tattoos
Showed up to church early at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, SC and was treated to a wonderful musical performance from Benjamin Watkins, D.M. It was an unexpected, but absolutely needed, blessing to receive this morning.
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Showed up to church early at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, SC and was treated to a wonderful musical performance from Benjamin Watkins, D.M. It was an unexpected, but absolutely needed, blessing to receive this morning.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Nasal irrigation - isn't that just "nose picking"?
Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
Nasal irrigation has been used to treat the common cold for thousands of years, and modern science shows that it works.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Nasal irrigation - isn't that just "nose picking"?
I am in a mixed marriage and our Christmas reflects that.
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I am in a mixed marriage and our Christmas reflects that.
This has to be unlawful detainment, right?
At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something
You might have to beg the security guard to let you out.
www.sfgate.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This has to be unlawful detainment, right?
Of all the "WHY" questions I've asked in my life:
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
While tuberculosis can attack anywhere, it’s extremely rare on the penis.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Of all the "WHY" questions I've asked in my life:
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
- Why am I here?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why did the Eagles blow a 21 point lead over the Cowboys?
THIS was never one of my "WHY" questions!
This administration is such an embarrassment.
Split Screen: ‘MySafeSpace’ and the Collapse of whitehouse.gov
Visual language is never neutral. It shapes our subconscious understanding of power, legitimacy, and identity.
contrarian.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This administration is such an embarrassment.
Nobody filed. Voters got to write-in candidates and then the write-ins went into a runoff.
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
SC town where no election candidates ran finally has a winner
The town had an unusual runoff election between two write-in candidates Tuesday after no candidates filed to run in the first round.
www.thestate.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Nobody filed. Voters got to write-in candidates and then the write-ins went into a runoff.
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
But what if those who were written in didn't want to run? What if an election truly had zero candidates?
I've really been enjoying clearing these webs out with my face every morning as I walk along the darkened porch to my car.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I've really been enjoying clearing these webs out with my face every morning as I walk along the darkened porch to my car.
It isn't that the base is "anti-Christmas".
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It isn't that the base is "anti-Christmas".
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
No. They just have a written policy that “All holiday decorations should be reflective in their respective months and not any sooner than 30 days before the given holiday.”
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
Oh look, the Department of Homeland Security feels it can just make up its own Constitutional Amendments now.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Oh look, the Department of Homeland Security feels it can just make up its own Constitutional Amendments now.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
I guess if going masked head-to-toe to prevent identification is good for ICE agents, it's good for the rest of the population too.
As a living male kidney donor, I am glad I did not fall into the 1 in 12 category of those who had to pay this "strange price". 😬
The Strange Price Some Men Pay After Donating a Kidney? Swollen Balls
Research finds that many living male kidney donors will need surgery to treat their swollen scrotums.
gizmodo.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As a living male kidney donor, I am glad I did not fall into the 1 in 12 category of those who had to pay this "strange price". 😬
Just be alert before you see a video and take it at face value as truth.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just be alert before you see a video and take it at face value as truth.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
It's a difficult time we live in now and it can be very hard to distinguish AI-created videos from the real thing.
I struggled for quite a few minutes to come up with an entertaining quip to accompany this article. But no matter what I came up with, this article's headline surpassed it.
#leeches #noses #gross
#leeches #noses #gross
Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.
Leeches have a long medical history. Here’s what happens if one gets in your nose.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My daughter (now 29) started off wanting to be a gangsta rapper.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My daughter (now 29) started off wanting to be a gangsta rapper.
1️⃣ "Law enforcement rounded up every person at the racetrack... They were zip-tied and questioned about their immigration status... Children were taken from their parents"
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
Child separation, zip ties and rubber bullets: Inside the Idaho racetrack raid
“There’s going to be a lot of kids who were severely traumatized by being tied up,” one attorney said.
www.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
1️⃣ "Law enforcement rounded up every person at the racetrack... They were zip-tied and questioned about their immigration status... Children were taken from their parents"
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
#ILoveAmerica #ThisIsntAmerica
1️⃣ I predict that in the decades to come, the phrase "space debris" will enter into our common cultural lingo and we'll all know of someone who was severely impacted, if not killed, by something man-made falling from the sky.
Space Junk Now Almost Constantly Crashing Down to Earth
Yet another huge chunk of space debris survived re-entry intact, landing in the middle of a road in Australia.
futurism.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
1️⃣ I predict that in the decades to come, the phrase "space debris" will enter into our common cultural lingo and we'll all know of someone who was severely impacted, if not killed, by something man-made falling from the sky.
"Market competition" is not the solution to EVERYTHING - especially not with health insurance.
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
Opinion: Open enrollment is health care’s most expensive lie
It gives Americans the exhausting misimpression that if they just compared plans more carefully, read the fine print more thoroughly or made smarter choices, they’d be protected when they get sick.
www.adn.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Market competition" is not the solution to EVERYTHING - especially not with health insurance.
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
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"The promise was competition. Give Americans annual choices between plans, the thinking went, and market forces would drive quality up and costs down. But here’s what actually happened:"
Surprised to find that my picture graced the front page of the local paper today. I wish they hadn't chosen my Mussolini pose, but it is what it is! #GreenwoodSC
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Surprised to find that my picture graced the front page of the local paper today. I wish they hadn't chosen my Mussolini pose, but it is what it is! #GreenwoodSC
Wow - this is a nightmare scenario. If she didn't happen to have a car already loaded with cameras and tracking technology, she would be either in jail or be spending a ton of money on a legal defense!
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence"
Flock cameras led Columbine Valley police to a woman whom they accused of stealing a package, who then had to prove her own innocence by compiling her own evidence. After she did, the police chief sai...
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Wow - this is a nightmare scenario. If she didn't happen to have a car already loaded with cameras and tracking technology, she would be either in jail or be spending a ton of money on a legal defense!