@kearnsn.bsky.social
I teach math and astronomy. Unless I'm walking around the woods somewhere...
So I totally destroyed my knee in March and haven't been able to run since. I despise going to the gym but I really need something to make my body happy. Does anyone have a recommendation for cheaper exercise equipment that is knee friendly? Bonus if it can help my wife with strength stuff.
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
So I totally destroyed my knee in March and haven't been able to run since. I despise going to the gym but I really need something to make my body happy. Does anyone have a recommendation for cheaper exercise equipment that is knee friendly? Bonus if it can help my wife with strength stuff.
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As someone married to an ornithologist these are all confirmed
"Scientists determined birds are distant relatives of dinosaurs after uncovering the fossils of several tyrannosaurs shitting on windshields of Honda Civics."
Everything We Currently Know About Birds
Birds. Most people just know them as those loud things that are always flapping around the sky like jackasses, but there’s actually much more to th...
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 AM
As someone married to an ornithologist these are all confirmed
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Fuck it I don’t care anymore
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Fuck it I don’t care anymore
This is a good reminder! I think the best things that happened this semester were
Students preparing a proposal for the school board to build an observatory for a donated telescope.
Continuing the BTC journey
Worst
Fighting for students to be placed in classes where they can succeed.
Students preparing a proposal for the school board to build an observatory for a donated telescope.
Continuing the BTC journey
Worst
Fighting for students to be placed in classes where they can succeed.
2025 learning + 2026 reminder for teachers/educators:
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is a good reminder! I think the best things that happened this semester were
Students preparing a proposal for the school board to build an observatory for a donated telescope.
Continuing the BTC journey
Worst
Fighting for students to be placed in classes where they can succeed.
Students preparing a proposal for the school board to build an observatory for a donated telescope.
Continuing the BTC journey
Worst
Fighting for students to be placed in classes where they can succeed.
Ahh parenting jr high kids. Today I will keep an internal tally of eye rolls. I bet I can get to 20.
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ahh parenting jr high kids. Today I will keep an internal tally of eye rolls. I bet I can get to 20.
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Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Teaching the 11yo to use a table saw. I am not Weird Al but hopefully that is a good choice
a woman in white overalls is standing next to a bloody table
Alt: a woman in white overalls is standing next to a bloody table
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Teaching the 11yo to use a table saw. I am not Weird Al but hopefully that is a good choice
Call me Tiny Tim, who did not die. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
December 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call me Tiny Tim, who did not die. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world
We finish the day's Christmas Bird Count with a list of 76 species a lot for the Midwest in the winter including 5 owl species. Finished up by having a delicious meal and a fire while listening to modest mouse
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We finish the day's Christmas Bird Count with a list of 76 species a lot for the Midwest in the winter including 5 owl species. Finished up by having a delicious meal and a fire while listening to modest mouse
All 3 resident owls are calling from our yard this morning. A good start for our Christmas Bird Count
December 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
All 3 resident owls are calling from our yard this morning. A good start for our Christmas Bird Count
My daughter is 13 and listening to Nirvana. The cycle continues anew.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My daughter is 13 and listening to Nirvana. The cycle continues anew.
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I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Is there a way to get this mind-numbing Co-Pilot shit off Microsoft Word?
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Another e-learning day! Not ideal but better than missing a day? Maybe?
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Another e-learning day! Not ideal but better than missing a day? Maybe?
I'm a bit concerned
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'm a bit concerned
We had a western tananger show up at our house in Indiana today! Crazy lost bird, hopefully it finds enough food to get though the cold snap. (And hopefully it stays for the Christmas Bird Count next weekend)
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We had a western tananger show up at our house in Indiana today! Crazy lost bird, hopefully it finds enough food to get though the cold snap. (And hopefully it stays for the Christmas Bird Count next weekend)
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
I'm going to bring this up every year as it still makes me giggle.
It's in my head already
@chrisdonaghey.bsky.social
@chrisdonaghey.bsky.social
SIMPLY HAVING A
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm going to bring this up every year as it still makes me giggle.
Sometimes I see something that makes me feel like I am going to turn to dust I am so old. I bought this album on one of my first dates after getting sushi with my wife. We rocked out on the hour drive back to the town we lived in from the big city of Morgantown West Virginia.
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Sometimes I see something that makes me feel like I am going to turn to dust I am so old. I bought this album on one of my first dates after getting sushi with my wife. We rocked out on the hour drive back to the town we lived in from the big city of Morgantown West Virginia.
Front row center at Soul Coughing last night. An amazing show. Better than I could have imagined! Screenwriter's blues still kicks ass
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Front row center at Soul Coughing last night. An amazing show. Better than I could have imagined! Screenwriter's blues still kicks ass
Unapologetically putting Kimchi on fried eggs
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Unapologetically putting Kimchi on fried eggs
Look what I got today. It really does
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Look what I got today. It really does
I just called my state senator to tell them not to redistrict in Indiana. It was way more complicated than I needed to be.
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I just called my state senator to tell them not to redistrict in Indiana. It was way more complicated than I needed to be.