Patrick
@ptcurley.bsky.social
Gay. Geographer. Getting by in Detroit.
Crazy Michigan football stuff going on right now. My goodness.
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Crazy Michigan football stuff going on right now. My goodness.
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News is coming to me via friends on Facebook, and via Fancyclopedia, that John Varley, who wrote Millennium, Steel Beach, and the Gaea trilogy (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has died. He was an excellent writer in the Campbell/Heinlein tradition, and I dug him a lot in my teens and early 20s. RIP.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
News is coming to me via friends on Facebook, and via Fancyclopedia, that John Varley, who wrote Millennium, Steel Beach, and the Gaea trilogy (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has died. He was an excellent writer in the Campbell/Heinlein tradition, and I dug him a lot in my teens and early 20s. RIP.
I’m reposting this because people are again baking and Wicked is again in the theaters.
With Wicked in theaters and people doing a lot of baking, I have some Wizard of Oz trivia and a recipe for you.
Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West did some commercials for Maxwell House in the 70s where she played a shopkeeper named Cora and talked about coffee.
Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West did some commercials for Maxwell House in the 70s where she played a shopkeeper named Cora and talked about coffee.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I’m reposting this because people are again baking and Wicked is again in the theaters.
I need to follow more accounts because there’s not enough Jen Shah free from prison content in my feed.
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I need to follow more accounts because there’s not enough Jen Shah free from prison content in my feed.
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lmao at Woke Elon having my back
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
lmao at Woke Elon having my back
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lofi beats to lie under three blankets and feel insane to
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
lofi beats to lie under three blankets and feel insane to
You’ll be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You’ll be visited by three spirits.
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If you need a gift for your loved ones, please consider supporting my friend’s LGBTQ+ bookstore!
www.rainbowreadsbookseller.com
www.rainbowreadsbookseller.com
Home | Rainbow Reads
www.rainbowreadsbookseller.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you need a gift for your loved ones, please consider supporting my friend’s LGBTQ+ bookstore!
www.rainbowreadsbookseller.com
www.rainbowreadsbookseller.com
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
It’s been sad watching the History Channelfication of National Geographic.
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s been sad watching the History Channelfication of National Geographic.
Someone needs to give Quentin Tarantino the Jay Leno “fell down a embankment“ treatment.
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Someone needs to give Quentin Tarantino the Jay Leno “fell down a embankment“ treatment.
It’s going to be so funny when Netflix cancels Harry Potter after two seasons.
BREAKING: Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, home to Harry Potter and Superman franchises, for $72 billion.
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It’s going to be so funny when Netflix cancels Harry Potter after two seasons.
They’ve got to have a video of him choking out a rentboy or something.
Critics buried Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in ridicule Tuesday night after he uncorked a bizarre rant, taking issue with Pope Leo XIV and urging the new pope to "be on the right side of history.
Lindsey Graham ridiculed after bizarre call for Pope to be on 'right side of history'
Critics buried Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in ridicule Tuesday night after he uncorked a bizarre rant, taking issue with Pope Leo XIV and urging the new pope to "be on the right side of history."Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost, became the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church in May followi...
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
They’ve got to have a video of him choking out a rentboy or something.
You have to make a reservation to get a picture with Santa now?
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You have to make a reservation to get a picture with Santa now?
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I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...
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Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Revive an old holiday tradition. Burn a CD of Christmas music.
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Revive an old holiday tradition. Burn a CD of Christmas music.
Detroit Thanksgiving parade big heads
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Detroit Thanksgiving parade big heads
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not the point, but I did a doubletake on this graphic - "That blob is labeled 'White House' but they left off part of ... oh right"
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
not the point, but I did a doubletake on this graphic - "That blob is labeled 'White House' but they left off part of ... oh right"
I wasn’t expecting to hear Detroit developer Dan Gilbert recite poetry at the Thanksgiving Day parade this morning but the world is filled with wonders.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I wasn’t expecting to hear Detroit developer Dan Gilbert recite poetry at the Thanksgiving Day parade this morning but the world is filled with wonders.
Literally adding insult to injury this Thanksgiving comes the USA Today, "Actually, Ben Franklin thought turkeys were mid."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...
The story of Ben Franklin and the turkey. Was the Thanksgiving bird almost a U.S. symbol?
As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, one Thanksgiving-related myth still ruffles feathers.
www.usatoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Literally adding insult to injury this Thanksgiving comes the USA Today, "Actually, Ben Franklin thought turkeys were mid."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...
My brain, bored with the other game in my collection,
“Don’t you want to climb that mountain one more time?”
“Don’t you want to climb that mountain one more time?”
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My brain, bored with the other game in my collection,
“Don’t you want to climb that mountain one more time?”
“Don’t you want to climb that mountain one more time?”
It is hot chocolate o’clock.
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It is hot chocolate o’clock.
This means you can introduce bards to your Cyberpunk campaign. 🎻
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This means you can introduce bards to your Cyberpunk campaign. 🎻
I’ve been told to bring kitty treats to the next meeting.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I’ve been told to bring kitty treats to the next meeting.