Kevin
@kevin9y9.bsky.social
Science for fun and profit (but very little profit). Fannish. Pittsburgh, for the last little while. He/him. 🏳️🌈
My problem with AI is that 🎵 there's no way to control it, it's totally automatic. It's a stream of absurdities. We're utterly at [its] whim, and all of [our] defenses are down, down, down, down. 🎵
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
My problem with AI is that 🎵 there's no way to control it, it's totally automatic. It's a stream of absurdities. We're utterly at [its] whim, and all of [our] defenses are down, down, down, down. 🎵
I'm sick and goddamned tired of all the FROST on this mothafuckin WINDSHIELD
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I'm sick and goddamned tired of all the FROST on this mothafuckin WINDSHIELD
Tonight’s temperature will be “no” with a wind chill of “let’s not and say we did.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Tonight’s temperature will be “no” with a wind chill of “let’s not and say we did.”
What time is the big game? I got twenty bucks on the Steelers to get a hat trick before the end of the second inning.
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
What time is the big game? I got twenty bucks on the Steelers to get a hat trick before the end of the second inning.
Do you want to whoosh down the icetube feet-first, head-first, in a teeny car, or lying on top of a very (very) (VERY) good friend?
humans be crazy, brah
humans be crazy, brah
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Do you want to whoosh down the icetube feet-first, head-first, in a teeny car, or lying on top of a very (very) (VERY) good friend?
humans be crazy, brah
humans be crazy, brah
I feel like I'm already a half a day behind on olympics viewing of things-I-might-be-interested-in but tomorrow's schedule looks light-ish so I might get caught up. Also I did all my errands today and do not care about the Owl Most Superb so that's fine, I will have time.
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I feel like I'm already a half a day behind on olympics viewing of things-I-might-be-interested-in but tomorrow's schedule looks light-ish so I might get caught up. Also I did all my errands today and do not care about the Owl Most Superb so that's fine, I will have time.
I am having too many feelings about all this curling [I have watched entirely too much curling but now I am committed to seeing it through to the end, sunk cost fallacy]
February 8, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I am having too many feelings about all this curling [I have watched entirely too much curling but now I am committed to seeing it through to the end, sunk cost fallacy]
Look, the freestyle skiing slopestyle announcers need to manage our expectations better. Not *every* skier has to be the best skier ever, who does the most incredible tricks they've ever seen, and who is loved by all the other competitors, like, right before they eat snow.
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Look, the freestyle skiing slopestyle announcers need to manage our expectations better. Not *every* skier has to be the best skier ever, who does the most incredible tricks they've ever seen, and who is loved by all the other competitors, like, right before they eat snow.
Reposted by Kevin
"Oh, yes, the course starts with a 63 degree slope that takes you from 0 to 60 in about 7 seconds."
"This skier does not have an ACL due to a previous injury."
😳
"This skier does not have an ACL due to a previous injury."
😳
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"Oh, yes, the course starts with a 63 degree slope that takes you from 0 to 60 in about 7 seconds."
"This skier does not have an ACL due to a previous injury."
😳
"This skier does not have an ACL due to a previous injury."
😳
My parents (81, 80) understand the concept of DVR but I was trying to explain the concept of on demand streaming to them vis a vis Olympic events that are on Peacock. "You can't record things on streaming, though" they kept saying. You don't have to! That's the entire point!
February 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
My parents (81, 80) understand the concept of DVR but I was trying to explain the concept of on demand streaming to them vis a vis Olympic events that are on Peacock. "You can't record things on streaming, though" they kept saying. You don't have to! That's the entire point!
Reposted by Kevin
Me: Why can't I find this particular curling match on streaming???
NBC online schedule: "Starting 8:35am"
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NBC online schedule: "Starting 8:35am"
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February 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Me: Why can't I find this particular curling match on streaming???
NBC online schedule: "Starting 8:35am"
🤦♂️
NBC online schedule: "Starting 8:35am"
🤦♂️
The French rhythm dance figure skating team's performance to Madonna's "Vogue" just turned me gay. Well, gayer.
February 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The French rhythm dance figure skating team's performance to Madonna's "Vogue" just turned me gay. Well, gayer.
I can definitely certify that I am not part of a Malign Foreign Talent Recruiting Program, nor even a Benign Foreign Talent Recruiting Program.
This likely has to do with my lack of talent.
(srsly, would sell a kidney to have a financial conflict of interest; buy me, please, anyone. bueller?)
This likely has to do with my lack of talent.
(srsly, would sell a kidney to have a financial conflict of interest; buy me, please, anyone. bueller?)
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I can definitely certify that I am not part of a Malign Foreign Talent Recruiting Program, nor even a Benign Foreign Talent Recruiting Program.
This likely has to do with my lack of talent.
(srsly, would sell a kidney to have a financial conflict of interest; buy me, please, anyone. bueller?)
This likely has to do with my lack of talent.
(srsly, would sell a kidney to have a financial conflict of interest; buy me, please, anyone. bueller?)
Are there any accounts you follow that act like a timeline cleanse? Like the dog rating one, for example, or (back in the day) cute overload? My mental health needs a cleanse. Or a The Purge, but I'll settle for a cleanse.
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Are there any accounts you follow that act like a timeline cleanse? Like the dog rating one, for example, or (back in the day) cute overload? My mental health needs a cleanse. Or a The Purge, but I'll settle for a cleanse.
Trying and failing to avoid spoilers for Olympic events (it has barely even started!) but the peacock interface is a hot mess, like, even going into the per-event menus there seems no rhyme or reason to how things are arranged.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Trying and failing to avoid spoilers for Olympic events (it has barely even started!) but the peacock interface is a hot mess, like, even going into the per-event menus there seems no rhyme or reason to how things are arranged.
Giving side-eye to the characters in this romance novel who are trading "I love you"s after knowing each other for, like, two weeks.
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Giving side-eye to the characters in this romance novel who are trading "I love you"s after knowing each other for, like, two weeks.
it is so cold that I had to put on my jacket and scarf before going to the basement to get my laundry
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 AM
it is so cold that I had to put on my jacket and scarf before going to the basement to get my laundry
Yay it is Friday
(tomorrow)
(tomorrow)
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Yay it is Friday
(tomorrow)
(tomorrow)
I have time to watch the USA/NOR mixed doubles curling match before I go to work, surely.
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I have time to watch the USA/NOR mixed doubles curling match before I go to work, surely.
OMG the forecast is for it to be above freezing next Tuesday!!!
(why so far awaaaaay??)
(why so far awaaaaay??)
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
OMG the forecast is for it to be above freezing next Tuesday!!!
(why so far awaaaaay??)
(why so far awaaaaay??)
if your flag has red or yellow in it then you should have the corresponding color of curling stone, how do you expect me to know who is winning if the colors are backwards
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
if your flag has red or yellow in it then you should have the corresponding color of curling stone, how do you expect me to know who is winning if the colors are backwards
guess the exchange rate between "reporters" and "penis shaped rockets" was unfavorable, but what can you do, that's capitalism, baby
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
guess the exchange rate between "reporters" and "penis shaped rockets" was unfavorable, but what can you do, that's capitalism, baby
No one wants to move to parts of the country with cheap labs because then they will be surrounded by fucking idiots.
(5 years in Indiana, I've done my time)
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
(5 years in Indiana, I've done my time)
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Democrats just handed RFK Jr. billions more than he asked for. It was a big risk.
Lawmakers rejected huge health cuts President Donald Trump requested. Kennedy’s diverting the funds to pet projects and red states.
www.politico.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
No one wants to move to parts of the country with cheap labs because then they will be surrounded by fucking idiots.
(5 years in Indiana, I've done my time)
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
(5 years in Indiana, I've done my time)
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...