Howard Tayler
@howardtayler.bsky.social
Vaxxed & 8x-Boosted, He/Him, Husband to Sandra Tayler, Father of Four, #mecfs/#LongCovid, howardtayler.com, schlockmercenary.com, writingexcuses.com. Occasional automated posts, but mostly this feed is artisanal me.
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Oh my GOD
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh my GOD
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Oh hey! Threadless is having a $12 sale on all t-shirts! I'd love it if you picked one up for yourself or someone else!
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indigok.threadless.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh hey! Threadless is having a $12 sale on all t-shirts! I'd love it if you picked one up for yourself or someone else!
indigok.threadless.com
indigok.threadless.com
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ANYWAY
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ANYWAY
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
Buy from small businesses
Buy from independent creators
Buy passion projects
Buy commissions
Buy art
In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what
Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!
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Holiday Market today from 2-9pm! I have lots of prints, cards, buttons, and stickers, and I'm also offering original ink commissions!
It's at the Farmhouse Collective in Riverside, CA
It's at the Farmhouse Collective in Riverside, CA
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Holiday Market today from 2-9pm! I have lots of prints, cards, buttons, and stickers, and I'm also offering original ink commissions!
It's at the Farmhouse Collective in Riverside, CA
It's at the Farmhouse Collective in Riverside, CA
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I'm expecting my shipment of books on Tuesday and will start shipping immediately, so if you order now the book should arrive for Christmas. (Inside the US)
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm expecting my shipment of books on Tuesday and will start shipping immediately, so if you order now the book should arrive for Christmas. (Inside the US)
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Structuring Life to Support Creativity ebooks are available now! Paperbacks and audiobook are available for pre-order
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November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Structuring Life to Support Creativity ebooks are available now! Paperbacks and audiobook are available for pre-order
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Whaddup, I recently started night shift work and uhhh, can confirm, it works
Idk which one of you said to put an ice pack on your forehead for 5 min before you go to sleep, but by divine providence I recently purchased a sleep mask with a little bean bag in it, so I put it in the freezer and then used it and uhhh. I slept for 8 hours, uninterrupted, AND laying on my back
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Whaddup, I recently started night shift work and uhhh, can confirm, it works
Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Three evenings ago I read an article about using ice packs on the forehead to help beat insomnia. The original study was from 2011 IIRC. Apparently if you drop the temperature of your frontal lobe by a degree or so you trigger a cascade of sleepy time metabolic events.
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Ever start constructing a long thread on the apparent interchangability of prepositions in Germanic languages then realize it's 5am and what are you doing?
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Ever start constructing a long thread on the apparent interchangability of prepositions in Germanic languages then realize it's 5am and what are you doing?
WaPo is slipping. They misspelled "Hagueseth."
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
WaPo is slipping. They misspelled "Hagueseth."
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Alligator
- Bald eagle
- Horned toad (many years ago- haven't seen one around here in thirty years, sadly)
- Feral hog
- Monk parakeet (they run wild in Houston)
- Alligator
- Bald eagle
- Horned toad (many years ago- haven't seen one around here in thirty years, sadly)
- Feral hog
- Monk parakeet (they run wild in Houston)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Peregrine Falcon (My Toronto backyard)
- Prairie Dog (Denver) (They did the Standy-Uppy thing!!)
- California Quail (Los Angeles)
- Ruffled Grouse (Algonquin Park)
- Alligator (Orlando)
- Peregrine Falcon (My Toronto backyard)
- Prairie Dog (Denver) (They did the Standy-Uppy thing!!)
- California Quail (Los Angeles)
- Ruffled Grouse (Algonquin Park)
- Alligator (Orlando)
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
I know why they didn't do it, but that headline would absolutely CRUSH if they'd deployed an adverbial f-bomb immediately prior to the word "obvious."
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I know why they didn't do it, but that headline would absolutely CRUSH if they'd deployed an adverbial f-bomb immediately prior to the word "obvious."
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It did not come off as ironic at the time.
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
True Stuff from Old Books | David Malki | Talks at Google
YouTube video by Talks at Google
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November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It did not come off as ironic at the time.
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
I used to do a whole series of Wondermark-ish presentations at conventions and such! Here's an example www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-E...
One of the best uses for a big sous vide bath during family feast events is as a food warmer. Set it to 130⁰F (or 140°F if you're worried about yeast contaminants and want to kill, rather than incubate) and float the various water-tight containers in it until serving time.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
One of the best uses for a big sous vide bath during family feast events is as a food warmer. Set it to 130⁰F (or 140°F if you're worried about yeast contaminants and want to kill, rather than incubate) and float the various water-tight containers in it until serving time.
Hard same.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hard same.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
Any pitch or presentation that includes AI in the sound, imagery, or text is immediately super-sus, and my heart, mind, and wallet are closed and sealed tight against it.
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
The CO₂ chart in the quote below comes from this page: www.co2meter.com/blogs/news/c...
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The CO₂ chart in the quote below comes from this page: www.co2meter.com/blogs/news/c...
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
If you browse to the text below the chart you'll find some interesting reading, including good points you can make to your employer.
Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
@choochoobear.bsky.social My brother found a Popeye for you. We both hope you love to be disturbed by it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@choochoobear.bsky.social My brother found a Popeye for you. We both hope you love to be disturbed by it.
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
If you see this, post your black & white artwork. Yes, b/w photography counts.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you see this, post your black & white artwork. Yes, b/w photography counts.
It's a little late in the cooking cycle for me to be giving you a 6-FED-friendly stuffing¹ recipe, but here we go.
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's a little late in the cooking cycle for me to be giving you a 6-FED-friendly stuffing¹ recipe, but here we go.
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show
¹ not actually for stuffing the bird, not unless/until everything is already cooked and you're doing it for show