Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
Assuming I've kept accurate logs in Letterboxd, I've watched 34 movies (no rewatches) in 2025. And I actually watched two of those 34 in a movie theater!
That's a higher watch total than I had for either 2024 (8) or 2023 (16).
That's a higher watch total than I had for either 2024 (8) or 2023 (16).
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Assuming I've kept accurate logs in Letterboxd, I've watched 34 movies (no rewatches) in 2025. And I actually watched two of those 34 in a movie theater!
That's a higher watch total than I had for either 2024 (8) or 2023 (16).
That's a higher watch total than I had for either 2024 (8) or 2023 (16).
Science Corporation, is working on technology to "improve on current perfusion systems that continuously circulate blood through vital organs when they can no longer function on their own." www.wired.com/story/a-brai...
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Science Corporation, is working on technology to "improve on current perfusion systems that continuously circulate blood through vital organs when they can no longer function on their own." www.wired.com/story/a-brai...
Almost forgot I got this Battle Santa pin from Hymgho Premium Dice over the summer. Looks great on my jacket!
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Almost forgot I got this Battle Santa pin from Hymgho Premium Dice over the summer. Looks great on my jacket!
Eight years ago, my friend Cam told me that a jingle bell rhythm track makes any song a Christmas song. So, I made a quick holiday remix of Ozzy's "Crazy Train" to test that theory. Here is my re-post for the 2025 holiday season!
Box: app.box.com/s/amxbs1xqyi...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Eight years ago, my friend Cam told me that a jingle bell rhythm track makes any song a Christmas song. So, I made a quick holiday remix of Ozzy's "Crazy Train" to test that theory. Here is my re-post for the 2025 holiday season!
Box: app.box.com/s/amxbs1xqyi...
Box: app.box.com/s/amxbs1xqyi...
After the third spirit, Scrooge descended into Hell.
–Scrooge (1970)
–Scrooge (1970)
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
After the third spirit, Scrooge descended into Hell.
–Scrooge (1970)
–Scrooge (1970)
In his discussion of lining theory*, Robert Matthews has coined a Murphy's Law of lines. “If your line can be beaten by a neighboring one, it will be.”
*The law Matthews devised is about lines to the cashier. I highlighted this quote in the book back in December 2013.
*The law Matthews devised is about lines to the cashier. I highlighted this quote in the book back in December 2013.
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In his discussion of lining theory*, Robert Matthews has coined a Murphy's Law of lines. “If your line can be beaten by a neighboring one, it will be.”
*The law Matthews devised is about lines to the cashier. I highlighted this quote in the book back in December 2013.
*The law Matthews devised is about lines to the cashier. I highlighted this quote in the book back in December 2013.
After his year-long slumber, KRINGUS HAS RETURNED!
All hail the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
All hail the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After his year-long slumber, KRINGUS HAS RETURNED!
All hail the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
All hail the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
Doug Bonez, our pedal tractor riding skeleton: "Kin ya get some of this snow off me back?"
December 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Doug Bonez, our pedal tractor riding skeleton: "Kin ya get some of this snow off me back?"
Our backyard in full winter wonderland mode. Photo taken around 9:15am on December 14.
December 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our backyard in full winter wonderland mode. Photo taken around 9:15am on December 14.
The "tree" of broccoli we saw at Henning's Market yesterday inspired me to spoof two carols...
First:
Oh, broccoli tree
Oh, broccoli tree
Your leaves are so leafy green.
First:
Oh, broccoli tree
Oh, broccoli tree
Your leaves are so leafy green.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The "tree" of broccoli we saw at Henning's Market yesterday inspired me to spoof two carols...
First:
Oh, broccoli tree
Oh, broccoli tree
Your leaves are so leafy green.
First:
Oh, broccoli tree
Oh, broccoli tree
Your leaves are so leafy green.
Colorful Clouds and Christmas Lights; Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem, PA | Taken just before 5pm on December 6, 2025, as the sun was setting.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Colorful Clouds and Christmas Lights; Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem, PA | Taken just before 5pm on December 6, 2025, as the sun was setting.
Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler – released today, Dec 12, 2025. Compilation album of 40 tracks, songs ranging from synthpop to shoegaze, free to stream or download on Bandcamp:
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler – released today, Dec 12, 2025. Compilation album of 40 tracks, songs ranging from synthpop to shoegaze, free to stream or download on Bandcamp:
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
artoffactrecords.bandcamp.com/album/artoff...
Nothing says "December" like the eponymous debut from Fine Young Cannibals. Well, that's not exactly correct. But this week's Friday #80s Flashback does celebrate that their record turned 40 years old this week! #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
Friday 80s Flashback for December 12, 2025
[ a fine debut ] -- Fine Young Cannibals formed in 1984 and released their debut album a year later (forty years ago this week, on December...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nothing says "December" like the eponymous debut from Fine Young Cannibals. Well, that's not exactly correct. But this week's Friday #80s Flashback does celebrate that their record turned 40 years old this week! #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/12/frid...
A year ago, I came across Martin Kerr's "God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires", which was originally posted to YouTube a little over two years ago (in Nov 2023). Sadly, it has only become more relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A year ago, I came across Martin Kerr's "God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires", which was originally posted to YouTube a little over two years ago (in Nov 2023). Sadly, it has only become more relevant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FM...
Reposted by Brainwise
Hi! Buy anything from my etsy shop now through the 15th and say you are from Bluesky and I’ll send you a FREE surprise handmade ceramic necklace. Probably something cool and sciencey like a neuron or a molecule! If you don’t like necklaces hang it on your tree or in your car. Surly.etsy.com
#sciart
#sciart
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi! Buy anything from my etsy shop now through the 15th and say you are from Bluesky and I’ll send you a FREE surprise handmade ceramic necklace. Probably something cool and sciencey like a neuron or a molecule! If you don’t like necklaces hang it on your tree or in your car. Surly.etsy.com
#sciart
#sciart
I woke to find that DJ Riko has dropped his latest #MerryMixmas! Go to this page to stream the 2025 version (at the top of the player) and view the list of songs:
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I woke to find that DJ Riko has dropped his latest #MerryMixmas! Go to this page to stream the 2025 version (at the top of the player) and view the list of songs:
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
A Carol for the Now Times: Carol of the Bitch www.instagram.com/p/DR99jmBkVqq/
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A Carol for the Now Times: Carol of the Bitch www.instagram.com/p/DR99jmBkVqq/
Juked!
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Juked!
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Image: Selection panel on the late 1940s AMI Model B Jukebox that was in Astro Vinyl Art's booth at Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Since 2014, I have felt that the holidays begin in earnest only once DJ Riko drops his latest Merry Mixmas. He's been doing this since 2002, and all previous mixes are at djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Since 2014, I have felt that the holidays begin in earnest only once DJ Riko drops his latest Merry Mixmas. He's been doing this since 2002, and all previous mixes are at djriko.com/merry-mixmas...
Book bans aren't great. But you know what's worse? The fact that US teens are essentially choosing to give up reading all on their own.
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Book bans aren't great. But you know what's worse? The fact that US teens are essentially choosing to give up reading all on their own.
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
Image: Chart showing the difference in the percentage between US teens who read almost every day (declining) vs those that read hardly ever (increasing).
We had snow overnight, December 5 into December 6. Found this snow-covered leaf in the backyard. Photographed December 6, 2025. Posted December 7, 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We had snow overnight, December 5 into December 6. Found this snow-covered leaf in the backyard. Photographed December 6, 2025. Posted December 7, 2025.
After Krampusnacht and Saint Nicholas Day, Krampus just needs some coffee.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
After Krampusnacht and Saint Nicholas Day, Krampus just needs some coffee.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
Illustration by joriouxdraws.
It's the Great Krampus, Charlie Brown!
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's the Great Krampus, Charlie Brown!
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
