Eric
@ericasco.bsky.social
Professional technology wrangler. Recreational smartass. Interested in things.
Always bring a plan when you're breaking bad news, or risk disaster and recriminations.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Always bring a plan when you're breaking bad news, or risk disaster and recriminations.
I presented the news with a plan to roast slices of turkey that I could carve off of the bird. It mostly worked and kept us on time, but with me on fairly constant roasting duty through the first half of dinner.
It ended up being a funny story, but a lot of panic in the moment. (3/3)
It ended up being a funny story, but a lot of panic in the moment. (3/3)
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I presented the news with a plan to roast slices of turkey that I could carve off of the bird. It mostly worked and kept us on time, but with me on fairly constant roasting duty through the first half of dinner.
It ended up being a funny story, but a lot of panic in the moment. (3/3)
It ended up being a funny story, but a lot of panic in the moment. (3/3)
Now, my ex-wife was very proud of her organization and planning for this event, and very invested in having things go well. When I got the status of the turkey at the store, I was... concerned... about breaking the news.
I broke the news, and it wasn't so bad... (2/x)
I broke the news, and it wasn't so bad... (2/x)
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Now, my ex-wife was very proud of her organization and planning for this event, and very invested in having things go well. When I got the status of the turkey at the store, I was... concerned... about breaking the news.
I broke the news, and it wasn't so bad... (2/x)
I broke the news, and it wasn't so bad... (2/x)
My now-ex-wife and I were hosting Thanksgiving in our home for both our families for the first time. She ordered what she thought was a fully-cooked turkey from Wegmans. I was sent to pick it up about an hour before our appointed dinnertime.
I get to Wegmans, and the turkey is... thawing... (1/x)
I get to Wegmans, and the turkey is... thawing... (1/x)
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My now-ex-wife and I were hosting Thanksgiving in our home for both our families for the first time. She ordered what she thought was a fully-cooked turkey from Wegmans. I was sent to pick it up about an hour before our appointed dinnertime.
I get to Wegmans, and the turkey is... thawing... (1/x)
I get to Wegmans, and the turkey is... thawing... (1/x)
As long as it wasn’t on the “Eye-Closing Reads” list, nice.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As long as it wasn’t on the “Eye-Closing Reads” list, nice.
I feel seen/attacked.
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I feel seen/attacked.
I don't know that KARR was really trying to destroy humanity. It was just really just trying to survive in a world trying to kill it off.
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don't know that KARR was really trying to destroy humanity. It was just really just trying to survive in a world trying to kill it off.
As a Gen X nerd, I can’t offer a meaningful response to this. But, yes, there’s a reason all of our most insightful speculative fiction has a take on AI that involves it destroying humanity in some way.
Except Knight Rider.
Except Knight Rider.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As a Gen X nerd, I can’t offer a meaningful response to this. But, yes, there’s a reason all of our most insightful speculative fiction has a take on AI that involves it destroying humanity in some way.
Except Knight Rider.
Except Knight Rider.
"St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store"
I owe my soul to the company store"
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store"
I owe my soul to the company store"
And in VA, even deep red districts moved left. My ancestral homeland went +38 for Sears, but that was still a 7 point or so shift left.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And in VA, even deep red districts moved left. My ancestral homeland went +38 for Sears, but that was still a 7 point or so shift left.
Based on early returns I thought a pickup of 10 seats. This is incredible.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Based on early returns I thought a pickup of 10 seats. This is incredible.
Didn’t this guy complain about a small interview edit being election interference and he’s out here threatening NYC and insulting voters?
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn’t this guy complain about a small interview edit being election interference and he’s out here threatening NYC and insulting voters?
"Three can host a podcast if two are dead"... or something...
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Three can host a podcast if two are dead"... or something...
A touchdown seems a more efficient way to get six, but it's hard to argue with points.
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A touchdown seems a more efficient way to get six, but it's hard to argue with points.
Are we sure he and his son aren’t on a news accountability app instead of a porn accountability app? It sure seems like he’s really doing a stellar job of avoiding watching any current events coverage.
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Are we sure he and his son aren’t on a news accountability app instead of a porn accountability app? It sure seems like he’s really doing a stellar job of avoiding watching any current events coverage.
Are US service members murdering people on Hegseth's orders? What gives him any authority to order these actions?
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Are US service members murdering people on Hegseth's orders? What gives him any authority to order these actions?
So it wasn’t so much the “story” as it was quibbles with the colloquial use of a familial honorific, correct? Vastly different things.
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So it wasn’t so much the “story” as it was quibbles with the colloquial use of a familial honorific, correct? Vastly different things.
It seems less like "forcing the issue" and more like "unchecked destruction of a building owned by the American people".
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It seems less like "forcing the issue" and more like "unchecked destruction of a building owned by the American people".