Michael Frasca
@frasca.bsky.social
Retired doc, but still teaching. Taping live music. Movies. Reading SF/fantasy. Playing gowf. Fishing with wife. 3 grown kids. He/him.
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction just published their first issue in over a year. Sheree Renée Thomas continues at the helm, so we are in for some good stories.
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorites.
@shereereneethomas.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SF #FandSF
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Unreasonable people can disagree.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Unreasonable people can disagree.
For dinner tonight, I made a dish, haluski, that my Slovak Grandma made for my Hungarian Grandpa.
Is haluski Hungarian or Slovak?🤷♂️
The dish is made with sauteed bacon, cabbage, and onion with cooked egg noodles. You can add some butter to richen it up. I also tossed in some sliced kielbasa.
Is haluski Hungarian or Slovak?🤷♂️
The dish is made with sauteed bacon, cabbage, and onion with cooked egg noodles. You can add some butter to richen it up. I also tossed in some sliced kielbasa.
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For dinner tonight, I made a dish, haluski, that my Slovak Grandma made for my Hungarian Grandpa.
Is haluski Hungarian or Slovak?🤷♂️
The dish is made with sauteed bacon, cabbage, and onion with cooked egg noodles. You can add some butter to richen it up. I also tossed in some sliced kielbasa.
Is haluski Hungarian or Slovak?🤷♂️
The dish is made with sauteed bacon, cabbage, and onion with cooked egg noodles. You can add some butter to richen it up. I also tossed in some sliced kielbasa.
Backyard #Astrophotography.
The next week is going to be cloudy, so here is a photo I took during the last dark of the Moon.
Located in Perseus, the California Nebula (NGC 1499) is GINORMOUS, spanning the width of five Moons. It is also very dim.
This was a 140 min exposure taken over 4 nights.
The next week is going to be cloudy, so here is a photo I took during the last dark of the Moon.
Located in Perseus, the California Nebula (NGC 1499) is GINORMOUS, spanning the width of five Moons. It is also very dim.
This was a 140 min exposure taken over 4 nights.
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography.
The next week is going to be cloudy, so here is a photo I took during the last dark of the Moon.
Located in Perseus, the California Nebula (NGC 1499) is GINORMOUS, spanning the width of five Moons. It is also very dim.
This was a 140 min exposure taken over 4 nights.
The next week is going to be cloudy, so here is a photo I took during the last dark of the Moon.
Located in Perseus, the California Nebula (NGC 1499) is GINORMOUS, spanning the width of five Moons. It is also very dim.
This was a 140 min exposure taken over 4 nights.
Tonight's #pizzaandamovie:
Pizza: Butch's Original supreme pizza
Movie: Maps to the Stars (d. D. Cronenberg 2014) - a disturbing ghost story of a sorts starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson. Hollywood ghosts can be quite subtle and brutal.
Pizza: Butch's Original supreme pizza
Movie: Maps to the Stars (d. D. Cronenberg 2014) - a disturbing ghost story of a sorts starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson. Hollywood ghosts can be quite subtle and brutal.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Tonight's #pizzaandamovie:
Pizza: Butch's Original supreme pizza
Movie: Maps to the Stars (d. D. Cronenberg 2014) - a disturbing ghost story of a sorts starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson. Hollywood ghosts can be quite subtle and brutal.
Pizza: Butch's Original supreme pizza
Movie: Maps to the Stars (d. D. Cronenberg 2014) - a disturbing ghost story of a sorts starring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson. Hollywood ghosts can be quite subtle and brutal.
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Well, murder it is, then.
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Well, murder it is, then.
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Available now free on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGH...
Election
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Available now free on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGH...
Last night's #Criterion Crawl film was "Election" (d. A. Payne 1999 Spine #904).
The film serves as a Rorschach test of a sorts: do you see Tracy Flick as a hero, villain, or victim?
The film serves as a Rorschach test of a sorts: do you see Tracy Flick as a hero, villain, or victim?
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Last night's #Criterion Crawl film was "Election" (d. A. Payne 1999 Spine #904).
The film serves as a Rorschach test of a sorts: do you see Tracy Flick as a hero, villain, or victim?
The film serves as a Rorschach test of a sorts: do you see Tracy Flick as a hero, villain, or victim?
Backyard #Astrophotography
I have posted this once before, but M 33 in Triangulum is one of my favorite galaxies. It doesn’t have a central bulge like the Milky Way and M 31, and hence no supermassive black hole.
I have posted this once before, but M 33 in Triangulum is one of my favorite galaxies. It doesn’t have a central bulge like the Milky Way and M 31, and hence no supermassive black hole.
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Backyard #Astrophotography
I have posted this once before, but M 33 in Triangulum is one of my favorite galaxies. It doesn’t have a central bulge like the Milky Way and M 31, and hence no supermassive black hole.
I have posted this once before, but M 33 in Triangulum is one of my favorite galaxies. It doesn’t have a central bulge like the Milky Way and M 31, and hence no supermassive black hole.
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This coming Tuesday is the 60th anniversary of the first airing of the legendary holiday TV special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” So of course I’ve got links to online articles and a video about this historic TV show. tinyurl.com/4a3fpwzh #MBIP #Peoria #CharlieBrown
Sunday Links: A Charlie Brown Christmas - Plus: The MBIP Coming Attractions! — Meanwhile, Back In Peoria...
On December 9, 1965, CBS aired the holiday special, “ A Charlie Brown Christmas .” This Tuesday is the 60th anniversary of that special. When the executives first saw the final cut, they weren’...
tinyurl.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This coming Tuesday is the 60th anniversary of the first airing of the legendary holiday TV special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” So of course I’ve got links to online articles and a video about this historic TV show. tinyurl.com/4a3fpwzh #MBIP #Peoria #CharlieBrown
This week's Field Notes: Spirits of the Rutting Moon by Christopher Brown. @christopherbrown.bsky.social
Spirits of the Rutting Moon
No. 188
fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week's Field Notes: Spirits of the Rutting Moon by Christopher Brown. @christopherbrown.bsky.social
This is the musical hook that got me on the bus.
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is the musical hook that got me on the bus.
Early A.I.
In 1917, two young cousins from Cottingley, West Yorkshire, began photographing their encounters with local fairies. Although the pictures seemed to be obvious hoaxes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fiercely advocated for their authenticity.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Early A.I.
A festival for @weirdxmas.bsky.social!
Never been to Baltimore's Krampus festival before but that was awesome.
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A festival for @weirdxmas.bsky.social!
American Lysenkoism.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
American Lysenkoism.
Our #DrivinAroundMusic is the first of three shows that Armchair Boogie played in #Peoria this year on April 4, 2025 at Kenny's Westside.
Check out second set openers All the Same > Neon Moon.
Check out second set openers All the Same > Neon Moon.
Armchair Boogie Live at Kenny's Westside Pub on 2025-04-04 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
FIRST SET 01. All My Friends 02. Lowdown Time 03. Getting By High and Strange 04. Be Kind to Me 05. This Old Town 06. Way Down in Mississippi by the Gulf...
archive.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our #DrivinAroundMusic is the first of three shows that Armchair Boogie played in #Peoria this year on April 4, 2025 at Kenny's Westside.
Check out second set openers All the Same > Neon Moon.
Check out second set openers All the Same > Neon Moon.
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Christmas peacock.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Christmas peacock.
This is bad. Very bad.
The Constitution, over 100 years of precedent, and all the lower courts agree on this: Trump's EO eliminating birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.
There was no reason for SCOTUS to take this case except to rule that the 14th Amendment doesn't say what it says.
The Constitution, over 100 years of precedent, and all the lower courts agree on this: Trump's EO eliminating birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.
There was no reason for SCOTUS to take this case except to rule that the 14th Amendment doesn't say what it says.
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is bad. Very bad.
The Constitution, over 100 years of precedent, and all the lower courts agree on this: Trump's EO eliminating birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.
There was no reason for SCOTUS to take this case except to rule that the 14th Amendment doesn't say what it says.
The Constitution, over 100 years of precedent, and all the lower courts agree on this: Trump's EO eliminating birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.
There was no reason for SCOTUS to take this case except to rule that the 14th Amendment doesn't say what it says.
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If you can escape the cycle of desire, there's a crisp twenty in it for you.
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you can escape the cycle of desire, there's a crisp twenty in it for you.
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Jeff Vandermeer probably imagined this bird before.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Jeff Vandermeer probably imagined this bird before.
The CDC just voted to end recommending Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Newborns and children are extremely susceptible to chronic Hepatitis B infection leading to liver failure and cancer, have virtually disappeared in this country since the at-birth policy was instituted. #EpicFail
Gift article:
Gift article:
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The CDC just voted to end recommending Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Newborns and children are extremely susceptible to chronic Hepatitis B infection leading to liver failure and cancer, have virtually disappeared in this country since the at-birth policy was instituted. #EpicFail
Gift article:
Gift article:
The pipe bomber believed 2020 election conspiracy theories?
Presidential pardon coming in 3...2...1...
Presidential pardon coming in 3...2...1...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The pipe bomber believed 2020 election conspiracy theories?
Presidential pardon coming in 3...2...1...
Presidential pardon coming in 3...2...1...
#LiveMusic tonight-- my fourth show in 10 days-- #Spafford at Kenny's Westside.
Doors at 7 pm.
See you there!
@spaffordmusic.bsky.social
Doors at 7 pm.
See you there!
@spaffordmusic.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#LiveMusic tonight-- my fourth show in 10 days-- #Spafford at Kenny's Westside.
Doors at 7 pm.
See you there!
@spaffordmusic.bsky.social
Doors at 7 pm.
See you there!
@spaffordmusic.bsky.social
> If you see this, post a Horror movie:
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
> If you see this, post a Horror movie: