Pairko
@pairko.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Florida native. Mississippi denizen. #Esperanto bonulo! Retired #MedicalPhysicist. Opinions are #CreativeCommons & shared with many thoughtful people. RTs must be passed on like a chain-letter, lest misfortune befall you.
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Some other deadlines besides December 31:
December 15: The last day to pick a marketplace plan to have coverage starting January 1
January 15: The last day to pick a plan before being locked out of marketplace coverage (save for a "qualifying life event") until 2027
punchbowl.news/archive/1212...
December 15: The last day to pick a marketplace plan to have coverage starting January 1
January 15: The last day to pick a plan before being locked out of marketplace coverage (save for a "qualifying life event") until 2027
punchbowl.news/archive/1212...
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some other deadlines besides December 31:
December 15: The last day to pick a marketplace plan to have coverage starting January 1
January 15: The last day to pick a plan before being locked out of marketplace coverage (save for a "qualifying life event") until 2027
punchbowl.news/archive/1212...
December 15: The last day to pick a marketplace plan to have coverage starting January 1
January 15: The last day to pick a plan before being locked out of marketplace coverage (save for a "qualifying life event") until 2027
punchbowl.news/archive/1212...
Surprised no one has ever written a will by ouija board, from the beyond.
Happy birthday Mark Twain, born #onthisday in 1835. The best known of his books is Huckleberry Finn, not so well known is Jap Herron which, according to a woman named Emily Grant Hutchings, he dictated from beyond the grave via a ouija board... publicdomainreview.org/collection/j... #OTD
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Surprised no one has ever written a will by ouija board, from the beyond.
Sambo and Snitch, Illustrations
kingrpaul.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Dudley & Gilderoy by Algernon Blackwood
A Novel.
kingrpaul.github.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
"Alien: Earth" by Noah Hawley
Any revival of a reboot of a spinoff of a sequel …
kingrpaul.github.io
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing
The Blackmailers by Algernon Blackwood
A supernatural crime story.
kingrpaul.github.io
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An obscure travel story from a UK tabloid. Not likely intended for US readers. There are few stories I've seen in which the author uses language likely to jar present-day readers. It is not gratuitous. But this is one of them. Heads up. To say more would be a spoiler. #ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood
The Reformation of St. Jules by Algernon Blackwood
A travel story.
kingrpaul.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
An obscure travel story from a UK tabloid. Not likely intended for US readers. There are few stories I've seen in which the author uses language likely to jar present-day readers. It is not gratuitous. But this is one of them. Heads up. To say more would be a spoiler. #ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood
Chemical by Algernon Blackwood
A ghost story.
kingrpaul.github.io
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“In this age of enlightenment, the soothsayer and astrologer flourish. As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.”
—Farmer (1967)
—Farmer (1967)
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“In this age of enlightenment, the soothsayer and astrologer flourish. As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.”
—Farmer (1967)
—Farmer (1967)
Dictionaries should be printed on parchment, using Hewlett Packard ink—which is made from unicorn blood, thus the most expensive ink imaginable—so it would become impractical for society to redefine words quite so frequently.
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dictionaries should be printed on parchment, using Hewlett Packard ink—which is made from unicorn blood, thus the most expensive ink imaginable—so it would become impractical for society to redefine words quite so frequently.
A supernatural story by Algernon Blackwood. Accompanies "La Mauvaise Riche." Once upon a time, in a far-off land, the penalty for malpractice was arcane.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #Witch #GhostStory #Halloween #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #Witch #GhostStory #Halloween #CCO
The Lock of Grey Hair by Algernon Blackwood
A supernatural story.
kingrpaul.github.io
September 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A supernatural story by Algernon Blackwood. Accompanies "La Mauvaise Riche." Once upon a time, in a far-off land, the penalty for malpractice was arcane.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #Witch #GhostStory #Halloween #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #Witch #GhostStory #Halloween #CCO
Children's story by Algernon Blackwood in which — pun — while London sleeps, young Rose tours the seedy underworld.
#ShortStory #childrens #AlgernonBlackwood #CreativeCommons #CCO
#ShortStory #childrens #AlgernonBlackwood #CreativeCommons #CCO
By Underground by Algernon Blackwood
A children's story.
kingrpaul.github.io
September 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Children's story by Algernon Blackwood in which — pun — while London sleeps, young Rose tours the seedy underworld.
#ShortStory #childrens #AlgernonBlackwood #CreativeCommons #CCO
#ShortStory #childrens #AlgernonBlackwood #CreativeCommons #CCO
A supernatural story by Algernon Blackwood.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
La Mauvaise Riche by Algernon Blackwood
A supernatural story.
kingrpaul.github.io
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A supernatural story by Algernon Blackwood.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
Complete honesty
is the privilege of:
the very young,
the very old,
the very rich,
the very poor,
& the raving mad.
And combinations thereof.
The rest of us,
to the extent
we feel we must,
filter.
is the privilege of:
the very young,
the very old,
the very rich,
the very poor,
& the raving mad.
And combinations thereof.
The rest of us,
to the extent
we feel we must,
filter.
September 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Complete honesty
is the privilege of:
the very young,
the very old,
the very rich,
the very poor,
& the raving mad.
And combinations thereof.
The rest of us,
to the extent
we feel we must,
filter.
is the privilege of:
the very young,
the very old,
the very rich,
the very poor,
& the raving mad.
And combinations thereof.
The rest of us,
to the extent
we feel we must,
filter.
A ghost story by Algernon Blackwood.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
Dr. Feldman by Algernon Blackwood
A ghost story.
kingrpaul.github.io
September 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A ghost story by Algernon Blackwood.
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
#ShortStory #AlgernonBlackwood #WeirdFiction #CreativeCommons #Horror #CCO
Memoro
La ĝino ne rememoras. (The genie does not remember.)
kingrpaul.github.io
September 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM