Tim Ballisty
@irisheagle.bsky.social
Weather, space, Earth science, home automation, MLB, Philly sports, Asheville (Western NC), Pearl Jam, stay-at-home parenting, practical tech for your daily life, keeping the belly fat off
I just realized the mayor in the first Naked Gun movie is the mother of Tony in the Sopranos. 🤯
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I just realized the mayor in the first Naked Gun movie is the mother of Tony in the Sopranos. 🤯
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Cold rain for most this AM. Yancy, Mitchell & High Country Co's continue Winter WX advisory. A brief mix of cold snow / rain may be noted at times in areas along and N of I-40 zone outside the mountains. No big ticket accumulations. Rain ends later today. #wncwx #avlwx #boonewx #cltwx #hkywx
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
47 and a half old Tim now gladly waits for SNL on Sunday morning YouTube.
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
47 and a half old Tim now gladly waits for SNL on Sunday morning YouTube.
When you look at the sale price of WB to Netflix you almost have to laugh. I feel like it's Dr. Evil just making up numbers.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When you look at the sale price of WB to Netflix you almost have to laugh. I feel like it's Dr. Evil just making up numbers.
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weird that I haven't seen this in my TL yet:
January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole
January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole
BREAKING: January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole
Brian Cole was taken into custody by the FBI Thursday morning, sources told the New York Post.
www.mediaite.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
weird that I haven't seen this in my TL yet:
January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole
January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Identified as Virginia’s Brian Cole
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint
Exclusive: Petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 September
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Watching the Giants figure out which way is the Atlantic or the Hudson or Manhattan or Long Island is frustrating to watch and really speaks to the public's lack of understanding maps and location/geography. #HardKnocks
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Watching the Giants figure out which way is the Atlantic or the Hudson or Manhattan or Long Island is frustrating to watch and really speaks to the public's lack of understanding maps and location/geography. #HardKnocks
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
@phillies-therapy.com @mattgelb.bsky.social I feel like Phillies are faced with "running it back" and signing JT & Schwarber vs. a fresh start with new leadership in the clubhouse and some new faces with new signings and/or trades. I feel like Bryce could easily fill the void of leadership.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@phillies-therapy.com @mattgelb.bsky.social I feel like Phillies are faced with "running it back" and signing JT & Schwarber vs. a fresh start with new leadership in the clubhouse and some new faces with new signings and/or trades. I feel like Bryce could easily fill the void of leadership.
I've gotten several compliments on this. 😂 #zippermerge
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I've gotten several compliments on this. 😂 #zippermerge
I didn't realize this occurred last week. Catastrophic flooding. It seems like a tropical cyclone organized nearly right over Sri Lanka and stalled.
Over 800 people are still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand wapo.st/4rvLzVo
Over 800 people are still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand wapo.st/4rvLzVo
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I didn't realize this occurred last week. Catastrophic flooding. It seems like a tropical cyclone organized nearly right over Sri Lanka and stalled.
Over 800 people are still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand wapo.st/4rvLzVo
Over 800 people are still missing after flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand wapo.st/4rvLzVo
I was told by Steven Spielberg the Cotopaxi ended up in the Gobi Desert. 🙃
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I was told by Steven Spielberg the Cotopaxi ended up in the Gobi Desert. 🙃
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
Asheville from the Grove Park Inn
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Asheville from the Grove Park Inn
AI is not all bad. I had this idea for my mother-in-law's older Thanksgiving recipes.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
AI is not all bad. I had this idea for my mother-in-law's older Thanksgiving recipes.
'Tis the season for showing this evergreen Thanksgiving Eve video/still.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Tis the season for showing this evergreen Thanksgiving Eve video/still.
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"In recent days, we’ve gotten an important reminder that, because it’s lucrative for the platforms to polarize us, they have also made it lucrative for users who polarize us."
This week's latest MAGA scandal is a good reminder: Caveat lector. Let the reader beware. The chances are that if you’re reading something that makes you mad on social media, it’s there because someone is being paid to make you mad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
Turns out "America First" is hugely profitable overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"In recent days, we’ve gotten an important reminder that, because it’s lucrative for the platforms to polarize us, they have also made it lucrative for users who polarize us."
The Homer Simpson donut building is set to become the new Salvage Station. Really excited about this. #asheville www.facebook.com/share/p/1ARV...
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The Homer Simpson donut building is set to become the new Salvage Station. Really excited about this. #asheville www.facebook.com/share/p/1ARV...
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
@mattgelb.bsky.social @phillies-therapy.com Here's a list of players that I'm willing to part ways with this offseason. I'm truly ready for a roster reboot. What's the return? I have no idea. Just ready for a refresh.
Realmuto
Schwarber
Bohm
Stott
Castellanos
Marsh
Rojas
Kerkering
Strahm
Realmuto
Schwarber
Bohm
Stott
Castellanos
Marsh
Rojas
Kerkering
Strahm
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@mattgelb.bsky.social @phillies-therapy.com Here's a list of players that I'm willing to part ways with this offseason. I'm truly ready for a roster reboot. What's the return? I have no idea. Just ready for a refresh.
Realmuto
Schwarber
Bohm
Stott
Castellanos
Marsh
Rojas
Kerkering
Strahm
Realmuto
Schwarber
Bohm
Stott
Castellanos
Marsh
Rojas
Kerkering
Strahm
Looks like some post-Helene surveying of the French Broad and Swannanoa is going on today.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looks like some post-Helene surveying of the French Broad and Swannanoa is going on today.
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Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
I saw Predator Badlands last night. Straight-up fun action movie. Unlike Michael Bay Transformer movies, you can actually *see* the quick-moving fight/battle sequences. Lots of cool gadgets for the Predator that makes me yearn for a Batman (movie) that accesses his utility belt more frequently.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I saw Predator Badlands last night. Straight-up fun action movie. Unlike Michael Bay Transformer movies, you can actually *see* the quick-moving fight/battle sequences. Lots of cool gadgets for the Predator that makes me yearn for a Batman (movie) that accesses his utility belt more frequently.