Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler – released today, Dec 12, 2025. Compilation album of 40 tracks, songs ranging from synthpop to shoegaze, free to stream or download on Bandcamp:
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler – released today, Dec 12, 2025. Compilation album of 40 tracks, songs ranging from synthpop to shoegaze, free to stream or download on Bandcamp:
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
Nothing says "December" like the eponymous debut from Fine Young Cannibals. Well, that's not exactly correct. But this week's Friday #80s Flashback does celebrate that their record turned 40 years old this week! #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
Friday 80s Flashback for December 12, 2025
[ a fine debut ] -- Fine Young Cannibals formed in 1984 and released their debut album a year later (forty years ago this week, on December...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nothing says "December" like the eponymous debut from Fine Young Cannibals. Well, that's not exactly correct. But this week's Friday #80s Flashback does celebrate that their record turned 40 years old this week! #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
A year ago, I came across Martin Kerr's "God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires", which was originally posted to YouTube a little over two years ago (in Nov 2023). Sadly, it has only become more relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A year ago, I came across Martin Kerr's "God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires", which was originally posted to YouTube a little over two years ago (in Nov 2023). Sadly, it has only become more relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
Reposted by Brainwise
Hi! Buy anything from my etsy shop now through the 15th and say you are from Bluesky and I’ll send you a FREE surprise handmade ceramic necklace. Probably something cool and sciencey like a neuron or a molecule! If you don’t like necklaces hang it on your tree or in your car. Surly.etsy.com
#sciart
#sciart
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi! Buy anything from my etsy shop now through the 15th and say you are from Bluesky and I’ll send you a FREE surprise handmade ceramic necklace. Probably something cool and sciencey like a neuron or a molecule! If you don’t like necklaces hang it on your tree or in your car. Surly.etsy.com
#sciart
#sciart
I woke to find that DJ Riko has dropped his latest #MerryMixmas! Go to this page to stream the 2025 version (at the top of the player) and view the list of songs:
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I woke to find that DJ Riko has dropped his latest #MerryMixmas! Go to this page to stream the 2025 version (at the top of the player) and view the list of songs:
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
A Carol for the Now Times: Carol of the Bitch www.instagram.com/p/DR99jmBkVqq/
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A Carol for the Now Times: Carol of the Bitch www.instagram.com/p/DR99jmBkVqq/
Juked!
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Juked!
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Since 2014, I have felt that the holidays begin in earnest only once DJ Riko drops his latest Merry Mixmas. He's been doing this since 2002, and all previous mixes are at djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Since 2014, I have felt that the holidays begin in earnest only once DJ Riko drops his latest Merry Mixmas. He's been doing this since 2002, and all previous mixes are at djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
Book bans aren't great. But you know what's worse? The fact that US teens are essentially choosing to give up reading all on their own.
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Book bans aren't great. But you know what's worse? The fact that US teens are essentially choosing to give up reading all on their own.
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
We had snow overnight, December 5 into December 6. Found this snow-covered leaf in the backyard. Photographed December 6, 2025. Posted December 7, 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We had snow overnight, December 5 into December 6. Found this snow-covered leaf in the backyard. Photographed December 6, 2025. Posted December 7, 2025.
After Krampusnacht and Saint Nicholas Day, Krampus just needs some coffee.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
After Krampusnacht and Saint Nicholas Day, Krampus just needs some coffee.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
It's the Great Krampus, Charlie Brown!
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's the Great Krampus, Charlie Brown!
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Friday #80s Flashback celebrates the 40th anniversary of WE CARE A LOT, the independent debut album from Faith No More. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback celebrates the 40th anniversary of WE CARE A LOT, the independent debut album from Faith No More. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
On December 5, 2019, Quartz was obsessed with Krampusnacht. (Am I obsessed with Krampus, or merely obsessed-adjacent?)
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
On December 5, 2019, Quartz was obsessed with Krampusnacht. (Am I obsessed with Krampus, or merely obsessed-adjacent?)
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
Reposted by Brainwise
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“A Hearty Christmas to you all! / May good digestion wait on appetite.”
#card #victorian #holiday #christmas #rooster #turtle #duck
#card #victorian #holiday #christmas #rooster #turtle #duck
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“A Hearty Christmas to you all! / May good digestion wait on appetite.”
#card #victorian #holiday #christmas #rooster #turtle #duck
#card #victorian #holiday #christmas #rooster #turtle #duck
Annual reminder that BATMAN RETURNS (1992) is not only a Christmas movie, it also "digs into seasonal depression."
AV Club (December 4, 2013):
www.avclub.com/batman-retur...
AV Club (December 4, 2013):
www.avclub.com/batman-retur...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Annual reminder that BATMAN RETURNS (1992) is not only a Christmas movie, it also "digs into seasonal depression."
AV Club (December 4, 2013):
www.avclub.com/batman-retur...
AV Club (December 4, 2013):
www.avclub.com/batman-retur...
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VO...
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1VO...
Day 2 with The Darkness of Blighted Hearts 2025 DnD Advent Calendar Story.
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/day-...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/day-...
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Day 2 with The Darkness of Blighted Hearts 2025 DnD Advent Calendar Story.
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/day-...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/day-...
It's beginning to look alot like GRITT-MAS!
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's beginning to look alot like GRITT-MAS!
Ah, the love between a Victorian child and an emu they received for Christmas. Or is that terror? Wow, those Victorians really knew how to use greeting cards to prepare kids for the horrors to come later in life. Or even that very afternoon.
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ah, the love between a Victorian child and an emu they received for Christmas. Or is that terror? Wow, those Victorians really knew how to use greeting cards to prepare kids for the horrors to come later in life. Or even that very afternoon.
Nothing says "winter fun!" quite like a skull-in-snow postcard circa the 1920s. Tete de mort!
Image description: Vintage black and white illustration of a couple sledding down a hill. The sledders and their sled's plume of snow make a ghastly skull.
Image description: Vintage black and white illustration of a couple sledding down a hill. The sledders and their sled's plume of snow make a ghastly skull.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Nothing says "winter fun!" quite like a skull-in-snow postcard circa the 1920s. Tete de mort!
Image description: Vintage black and white illustration of a couple sledding down a hill. The sledders and their sled's plume of snow make a ghastly skull.
Image description: Vintage black and white illustration of a couple sledding down a hill. The sledders and their sled's plume of snow make a ghastly skull.
December 1 means ... time to bring out the WREATH OF KHAN!
"Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us the holidays are a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space!"
#TheWreathOfKhan
"Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us the holidays are a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space!"
#TheWreathOfKhan
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
December 1 means ... time to bring out the WREATH OF KHAN!
"Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us the holidays are a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space!"
#TheWreathOfKhan
"Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us the holidays are a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space!"
#TheWreathOfKhan