Jonathan he/him/his
@trellisjumper.bsky.social
I work in library automation and like to think about words. I sometimes make things out of plastic, wood, or yarn.
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Wait. Hold up. We’re talking about rationing *pencils* now? Those things that are made out of an ounce of wood and sell for $3/dozen at Walmart? How bad is he expecting things to get?
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wait. Hold up. We’re talking about rationing *pencils* now? Those things that are made out of an ounce of wood and sell for $3/dozen at Walmart? How bad is he expecting things to get?
I read lots of takes about generative AI, but I never read anyone saying that it is kinda boring.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I read lots of takes about generative AI, but I never read anyone saying that it is kinda boring.
Don’t mind me. Just bookmarking some videos for November 2026. youtu.be/PYBjWndmG4o?...
Ah! Kansas
YouTube video by ChrisM70
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December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Don’t mind me. Just bookmarking some videos for November 2026. youtu.be/PYBjWndmG4o?...
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An entry from On the Necessity of Gardening.
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
An entry from On the Necessity of Gardening.
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For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...
Evermore & Evermore: Carols from St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco
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November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...
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“I know I’m protecting my kids, but it feels like I’m failing them too.”
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year | The Tyee
Connection online has rotted on the vine. With few alternatives, I’ve found myself more isolated than before.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“I know I’m protecting my kids, but it feels like I’m failing them too.”
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social on landlines, the internet and connection. ☎️
My unorthodox contribution to the Thanksgiving food discourse is that sour cream is an S-tier dessert topping and is better than whipped cream on pumpkin pie.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My unorthodox contribution to the Thanksgiving food discourse is that sour cream is an S-tier dessert topping and is better than whipped cream on pumpkin pie.
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We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
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Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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So I know the Edmund Fitzgerald has become a bit of a meme in recent years, people love the song (correctly) and it's a huge deal in the Great Lakes.
But as someone who grew up in northern Michigan in the 80s, I thought you all might find it interesting to hear about how it affected us.
But as someone who grew up in northern Michigan in the 80s, I thought you all might find it interesting to hear about how it affected us.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
So I know the Edmund Fitzgerald has become a bit of a meme in recent years, people love the song (correctly) and it's a huge deal in the Great Lakes.
But as someone who grew up in northern Michigan in the 80s, I thought you all might find it interesting to hear about how it affected us.
But as someone who grew up in northern Michigan in the 80s, I thought you all might find it interesting to hear about how it affected us.
Voter number 2 at my polling place this morning! Got to get this bond issue for the local schools passed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Voter number 2 at my polling place this morning! Got to get this bond issue for the local schools passed.
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At least once a week, I think about the fact that Harry Emerson Fosdick preached a sermon against fundamentalism over 100 years ago and it was one of the most widely-read pieces of religious writing in America that year.
That would never happen today.
That would never happen today.
September 25, 2023 at 1:04 AM
At least once a week, I think about the fact that Harry Emerson Fosdick preached a sermon against fundamentalism over 100 years ago and it was one of the most widely-read pieces of religious writing in America that year.
That would never happen today.
That would never happen today.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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It is Friday and the store is open until 3:30pm. Today we have a Boeing turbine engine.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It is Friday and the store is open until 3:30pm. Today we have a Boeing turbine engine.
msusurplusstore.com/products/boe...
msusurplusstore.com/products/boe...
An entry from On the Necessity of Gardening.
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
An entry from On the Necessity of Gardening.
I think it’s weird how people who have large platforms in the public sphere write and speak about universities as though their primary function is to host large public speaking events for ‘provocative’ thinkers.
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think it’s weird how people who have large platforms in the public sphere write and speak about universities as though their primary function is to host large public speaking events for ‘provocative’ thinkers.
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I feel like this job (horror scholarship!) would be a great fit for a load of people I know or that follow me on here!
Pass it on!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM520/r...
Pass it on!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM520/r...
Research Associate at University of Glasgow
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August 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I feel like this job (horror scholarship!) would be a great fit for a load of people I know or that follow me on here!
Pass it on!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM520/r...
Pass it on!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM520/r...
You know what I miss? OmniWeb. That is still my favorite browser of all time.
July 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You know what I miss? OmniWeb. That is still my favorite browser of all time.
There is a rainbow localized to my lawn right now, and I’m sorry to report that there is no pot of gold at its end.
June 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
There is a rainbow localized to my lawn right now, and I’m sorry to report that there is no pot of gold at its end.
And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
No thing beside remains. Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
No thing beside remains. Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
Time, that is intolerant
Of the brave and innocent
Worships language, and forgives
All of those who by it live.
Pardons cowardice, deceit
Lays its honors at their feet.
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
Of the brave and innocent
Worships language, and forgives
All of those who by it live.
Pardons cowardice, deceit
Lays its honors at their feet.
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
June 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
Seeing this reported in other countries’ news media highlights just how absurd this seems.
Droits de douane : Donald Trump annonce vouloir imposer 100 % de taxes les films produits hors des Etats-Unis
Droits de douane : Donald Trump annonce vouloir imposer 100 % de taxes les films produits hors des Etats-Unis
Le président américain affirme que « l’industrie cinématographique américaine est en train de mourir très rapidement », fustigeant les « incitations » offertes par « d’autres pays » pour « attirer nos cinéastes et nos studios ».
www.lemonde.fr
May 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seeing this reported in other countries’ news media highlights just how absurd this seems.
I don’t know what I think about the way the philosopher being interviewed here is using AI, but I love his use of this quote from Nam June Paik.
www.wired.com/story/an-acc...
www.wired.com/story/an-acc...
April 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I don’t know what I think about the way the philosopher being interviewed here is using AI, but I love his use of this quote from Nam June Paik.
www.wired.com/story/an-acc...
www.wired.com/story/an-acc...
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"it was a person who thought up that game, and a person who played that game. people think. machines don't think, no sir. and people love- machines don't love. people are much more important than machines. much more! fish are even more important than machines! anything that lives!" - mr rogers
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"it was a person who thought up that game, and a person who played that game. people think. machines don't think, no sir. and people love- machines don't love. people are much more important than machines. much more! fish are even more important than machines! anything that lives!" - mr rogers
I’ve finally put my finger on what I don’t like about classroom management systems like Blackboard. At least the way I use it, it turns class into social media. 1/
April 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’ve finally put my finger on what I don’t like about classroom management systems like Blackboard. At least the way I use it, it turns class into social media. 1/