Normal Desmond
@normaldesmond.bsky.social
I'm still big, it's Twitter that got small
Excel workbooks not big enough, do some real work
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Excel workbooks not big enough, do some real work
The Moon and Antartica ends with "what people are made of," damnit
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Moon and Antartica ends with "what people are made of," damnit
The bot I built to buy short-dated out-of-the-money call options on companies mentioned in Money Stuff is going to get me investigated by the SEC, thanks a lot
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The bot I built to buy short-dated out-of-the-money call options on companies mentioned in Money Stuff is going to get me investigated by the SEC, thanks a lot
I need to know if it this article? It would be very BlueSky if the BlueSky moderators suspended her because they didn't get a joke www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Essay | It’s Finally Time to Give Johnny Cash His Due
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took years for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I need to know if it this article? It would be very BlueSky if the BlueSky moderators suspended her because they didn't get a joke www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
This would be good and get at what Bond's really about (Britain's post-war status anxieties as the junior partner to the US) but it would fuck up the product placement revenue on which the movie franchise runs
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This would be good and get at what Bond's really about (Britain's post-war status anxieties as the junior partner to the US) but it would fuck up the product placement revenue on which the movie franchise runs
Doesn't seem sustainable, to say the least, to have 1 in 10 male students playing baseball or basketball, but what do I know? I always hear about administrative bloat at American universities and I've got an idea for where they could start
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Doesn't seem sustainable, to say the least, to have 1 in 10 male students playing baseball or basketball, but what do I know? I always hear about administrative bloat at American universities and I've got an idea for where they could start
At the risk of betraying some big-school bias here: a school with 850 undergrads has a significant amount of athletic transfers?
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At the risk of betraying some big-school bias here: a school with 850 undergrads has a significant amount of athletic transfers?
Is this the one that @dieworkwear.bsky.social just pointed out the other day? It looks like it's got the same darts placed strategically in the pattern instead of seams for the fitting. Really nice detail
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this the one that @dieworkwear.bsky.social just pointed out the other day? It looks like it's got the same darts placed strategically in the pattern instead of seams for the fitting. Really nice detail
Die Hard also up there
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Die Hard also up there
Vote splitting is when someone else takes my candidate's rightfully earned votes
October 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Vote splitting is when someone else takes my candidate's rightfully earned votes
The child sexual abuse is always gonna be the big hit, but if you ever want to switch it up, he also hates being reminded that he gave heroin to the guy from the Strokes
October 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The child sexual abuse is always gonna be the big hit, but if you ever want to switch it up, he also hates being reminded that he gave heroin to the guy from the Strokes
A little downtown from MoMA but maybe you can make it: defector.com/the-city-liv...
The City Lives In The Earth Room | Defector
Every few months, when the spirit moves us or just when we find ourselves in the neighborhood, we like to go visit the dirt. Sometimes this doesn’t work—if the person that sits behind the desk is taki...
defector.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A little downtown from MoMA but maybe you can make it: defector.com/the-city-liv...
Are you going/have you been to the Earth Room?
September 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Are you going/have you been to the Earth Room?
"Traitor" screenwriter Steve Martin plays the banjo??
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Traitor" screenwriter Steve Martin plays the banjo??
I did this for Dune 2 because I thought that theater would have the best sound but it was not worth it
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I did this for Dune 2 because I thought that theater would have the best sound but it was not worth it
I did this with "Atlas" by Battles for a while in college but eventually my friends' taste caught up to my own
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I did this with "Atlas" by Battles for a while in college but eventually my friends' taste caught up to my own
Wonder what percentage of AI users' first queries are some variant of "how the hell do i turn this thing off?"
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Wonder what percentage of AI users' first queries are some variant of "how the hell do i turn this thing off?"
I feel like there's a healthy chunk of retirees on ocean cruises, but yeah, fair
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I feel like there's a healthy chunk of retirees on ocean cruises, but yeah, fair
These appeal to retirees, entirely dependent on investment income. I'm trying to think of a vacation company that's geared toward labor income for a spread or L/S strategy that's neutral to vacations generically. Like, if Disney's parks division was separately traded
August 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
These appeal to retirees, entirely dependent on investment income. I'm trying to think of a vacation company that's geared toward labor income for a spread or L/S strategy that's neutral to vacations generically. Like, if Disney's parks division was separately traded
Got it in 2: me -> John Glenn -> von Braun -> Hitler
August 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Got it in 2: me -> John Glenn -> von Braun -> Hitler
Nice - hope you stayed cool. We did not!
August 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Nice - hope you stayed cool. We did not!
Charles, not only was I in Phoenix/Tuscon for the same weekend, but I think we stayed at the same hotel. Were we at the same wedding?
August 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Charles, not only was I in Phoenix/Tuscon for the same weekend, but I think we stayed at the same hotel. Were we at the same wedding?