Don Sheldon
@donsheldon.bsky.social
My family revitalizes abandoned homes, maintains them, and rents them fairly. I'm very proud of our work.
We also play games of all descriptions, especially on a table.
I like math and science most, but am interested in everything.
He/Him/His
We also play games of all descriptions, especially on a table.
I like math and science most, but am interested in everything.
He/Him/His
Cat-proofing a winter home for the porch plants with an old shelf and the screens from the porch, since we're not using them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Cat-proofing a winter home for the porch plants with an old shelf and the screens from the porch, since we're not using them.
This is the true, not at all sarcastic galaxy brain.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is the true, not at all sarcastic galaxy brain.
So "the ghetto" is appalachia, the southeast coast, and the pacific northwest?
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
So "the ghetto" is appalachia, the southeast coast, and the pacific northwest?
Because that's what we call the thing that frickin happens for roughly 19 million people. The effect. Ripples. What are you stuck on? Also, your 1% statistic is flat out wrong to start with.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Because that's what we call the thing that frickin happens for roughly 19 million people. The effect. Ripples. What are you stuck on? Also, your 1% statistic is flat out wrong to start with.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
Among the quotes from respected scientists and beloved philosophers there is also one (the best) comedian.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Among the quotes from respected scientists and beloved philosophers there is also one (the best) comedian.
For comparison, a mathematically determinative method that divides the state's population with the shortest possible lines. Look at how normal those district shapes are!
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For comparison, a mathematically determinative method that divides the state's population with the shortest possible lines. Look at how normal those district shapes are!
A gift, if you have need of it.
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A gift, if you have need of it.
A different but related graph.
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A different but related graph.
Violence and intimidation... to control the behavior of a civilian population... where have I read about that...?
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Violence and intimidation... to control the behavior of a civilian population... where have I read about that...?
Protip: don't use a cheap awl to mark steel pipes.
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Protip: don't use a cheap awl to mark steel pipes.
Good news if you're having cannibals over for Thanksgiving.
October 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Good news if you're having cannibals over for Thanksgiving.
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IT ALWAYS BEGINS AS A JOKE. LISTEN ME BOTH OF YOU.
ONE SEES A FATHER OR A MOTHER OF WHOM THEY DO NOT APPROVE--
AND THEIR BRATS WON'T SHUT UP. AND THE PARENTS ARE SO EXHAUSTED THAT THEY JUST LET THEIR CHILDREN SCREAM. ALL STICKY AND CREAM, ALL STICKYG AND CRYING G AND HITTING AND WILD.
AND YOU SAY TO YOUR FRIENDS. YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PASS A TEST TO BREED." DO YOU UNDERSTAND? "YOU LD HAVE TO GET LICENSED TO HAVE KIDS.
IT STARTS AS A A JOKE.
THEN PERHA THERE RE IS IS TRAGEDY TRAGEDY, THERE A POSTPARTUM MOTHER WHO SHOULD'VE GOTTEN HELP, BUT HER INSURANCE DID NOT COVER THE THERAPY.
THE TEST COMES OUT. AND YES. THERE'RE SOME PROBLEMS, BUT NOTHING THAT CANNOT BE IRONED OUT. YES?
BUT NOW ANYONE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD, IS BARRED FROM BECOMING A PARENT. AND YOU THINK, "WELL THAT IS SENSIBLE YES?
BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYONE LIKE THAT. SO WHO IS TO TELL YOU THEY ARE NOT LIKE THEY ARE PORTRAYED IN STORIES?
DANGEROUS, CRIMINAL--THESE WORDS EXPAND
AND YOU THINK, GOOD YOU THINK THOSE CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE NOW.
THE FIRST TESTS ARE DRAFTED.
FATHER ERRED BECAUSE HE WAS RAISED BELIEVING MEN ARE PATHET IF THEY ARE CAREGIVERS
SUDDENLY IT IS ANYONE WITH DIABETES ES, ANYONE WITH CANCER. BECAUSE THEY COULD DIE AND LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN ORPHANED SO HOW DARE THEY EVER TRY TO HAVE CHILDREN?
IT IS DEAF COUPLES, DISABLED COUPLES, INTERRACIAL COUPLES, GAY COUPLES.. BECAUSE DON'T THEY KNOW HOW HARD THEY'RE MAKING IT FOR THE CHILDREN?
THEN IT IS WHOEVER THEY WANT.
THEN ONE DAY--IT IS YOU.
SOME GENE SOME HISTORY, SOME PAST BEHAVIOR--AND SUDDENLY, YOU TOO ARE SICK, DANGEROUS CRIMINAL
--HUMAN HATE CAN ADAPT TO ANYTHING.
YOU THINK SAFE
[Cut here rather than truncate the end]
BUT IF SOMEONE HATES COME UP WITH THE REASON AFTER THE FACT
ONLY THEN DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU PUT IN POWER. ONLY THEN DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU STRIPPED AWAY
THERE IS TERRIBLE POWER IN A JOKE, IN A STORY, IN TAKING THE TRUTH AND MAKING IT UGLY.
UNDERSTAND CHILDREN?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mx2hu54nwubxe2pcntjmdk6r/bafkreihyk3urrhru3srmdsfyce65y3nmalr743blhw47s7vd2ffsdgmake@jpeg)
Wait, is that legal?
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wait, is that legal?
Civilization. The number of nights I stayed up way too late playing that... It was just enthralling. I never kept up with the sequels somehow, which seems weird.
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Civilization. The number of nights I stayed up way too late playing that... It was just enthralling. I never kept up with the sequels somehow, which seems weird.
Can I recommend a venue?
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Can I recommend a venue?
Left: the many libraries of the city of Pittsburgh. Right: just a few miles to the east where a four mile diameter emptiness exists. Guys, I wanna build a library in Wilmerding. How do you do that?
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Left: the many libraries of the city of Pittsburgh. Right: just a few miles to the east where a four mile diameter emptiness exists. Guys, I wanna build a library in Wilmerding. How do you do that?
I was looking for this picture for two hours yesterday. Now I'll be able to find it easier. The moment is gone but I'm sure it will come up again.
September 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I was looking for this picture for two hours yesterday. Now I'll be able to find it easier. The moment is gone but I'm sure it will come up again.
Pittsburgh (or willing to travel) folks, my niece has a cat she can't care for. She may have to relearn litterbox use because she's been living on a farm. That's not a shadow, that chimerism, so cool.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pittsburgh (or willing to travel) folks, my niece has a cat she can't care for. She may have to relearn litterbox use because she's been living on a farm. That's not a shadow, that chimerism, so cool.
How many times do you walk out the wrong side of this kind of exit? I do it all the time. Luckily, there's a 14 inch sidewalk% And now, they're BANNING THE BUS from driving here. Because THAT'S the problem% Folks have to get through this AND THEN a whole parking lot similarly designed to kill you.
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
How many times do you walk out the wrong side of this kind of exit? I do it all the time. Luckily, there's a 14 inch sidewalk% And now, they're BANNING THE BUS from driving here. Because THAT'S the problem% Folks have to get through this AND THEN a whole parking lot similarly designed to kill you.
They say Thomas Jefferson had one of these, but it probably wasn't the first so...🤷
September 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They say Thomas Jefferson had one of these, but it probably wasn't the first so...🤷
Getting around Pittsburgh suburbs. This is if I wanted to go home from work right now. Public transit out here sucks so bad. It's literally faster to walk!
September 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Getting around Pittsburgh suburbs. This is if I wanted to go home from work right now. Public transit out here sucks so bad. It's literally faster to walk!