Michael Toney
@rustbeltmike.bsky.social
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Chicago, cycling, cfb, things of that nature
Chicago, cycling, cfb, things of that nature
Amanda is correct as usual. I'd like to shout out "Backyard Brawl" and "100 miles of hate" (mtsu-wku) as personal faves as well
Going to go ahead and stake a claim right now since the game is this weekend: “Brawl of the Wild” is the best rivalry name in college football
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Amanda is correct as usual. I'd like to shout out "Backyard Brawl" and "100 miles of hate" (mtsu-wku) as personal faves as well
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
A better world is possible
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A better world is possible
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You guys..Minneapolis is BACK!
I just biked through an open and lit up Cedar Lake Trail… missed this so much
🚲🚲🚲
I just biked through an open and lit up Cedar Lake Trail… missed this so much
🚲🚲🚲
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You guys..Minneapolis is BACK!
I just biked through an open and lit up Cedar Lake Trail… missed this so much
🚲🚲🚲
I just biked through an open and lit up Cedar Lake Trail… missed this so much
🚲🚲🚲
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reminder: i am currently in crushing debt due to not being paid/employed for a year and a half (and losing all of my belongings in a flood my insurance refused to cover)
i am going to have to file bankruptcy AND empty my 401K to stay afloat if i don’t find work soon. anything at all helps
i am going to have to file bankruptcy AND empty my 401K to stay afloat if i don’t find work soon. anything at all helps
Vidal Dax
i am a succubus what feeds off the sadness of men
bento.me
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
reminder: i am currently in crushing debt due to not being paid/employed for a year and a half (and losing all of my belongings in a flood my insurance refused to cover)
i am going to have to file bankruptcy AND empty my 401K to stay afloat if i don’t find work soon. anything at all helps
i am going to have to file bankruptcy AND empty my 401K to stay afloat if i don’t find work soon. anything at all helps
Tony and Mike still the absolute kings of telling a team they stink
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Tony and Mike still the absolute kings of telling a team they stink
Works at an AI startup? That's a deal breaker
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Works at an AI startup? That's a deal breaker
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
I think the less-valuable schools are mostly into it for the GOR extension. I have no idea what Ohio state is thinking with this bullshit (but we know Ted Carter is a bullshitter who loves grifters)
okay probably won't be allowed to keep this headline but now that my morning reading is done I better put my head down and try to finally finish this
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I think the less-valuable schools are mostly into it for the GOR extension. I have no idea what Ohio state is thinking with this bullshit (but we know Ted Carter is a bullshitter who loves grifters)
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Papalbee’s
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Papalbee’s
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Incredible lineup of bowl games at the former Papa John's stadium
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Incredible lineup of bowl games at the former Papa John's stadium
@professorbutts.com any ideas here?
Do you know a guy who could take over Louisville after Brohm goes to Penn State?
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
@professorbutts.com any ideas here?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
The box score is so funny. Their kicker (West) was their leading passer
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The box score is so funny. Their kicker (West) was their leading passer
I have been saying for years that we need to pay electeds and their staff way more
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I have been saying for years that we need to pay electeds and their staff way more
Huh, I take it the NYT once again ran a terrible oped
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Huh, I take it the NYT once again ran a terrible oped
For me it's Timothy Olyphant: the villain from Live Free or Die Hard
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
For me it's Timothy Olyphant: the villain from Live Free or Die Hard
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My sources are expecting Auburn to have a deal in place shortly with Cincinnati’s Scott Satterfield, who may have been distracted by contract negotiations in last night’s loss
SOURCES: Auburn has fired head coach Hugh Freeze, @theathletic.com has learned.
Comes one day after a 10-3 loss to Kentucky to fall to 1-5 in SEC play. DJ Durkin will be the interim head coach.
Comes one day after a 10-3 loss to Kentucky to fall to 1-5 in SEC play. DJ Durkin will be the interim head coach.
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My sources are expecting Auburn to have a deal in place shortly with Cincinnati’s Scott Satterfield, who may have been distracted by contract negotiations in last night’s loss
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No, but I built my first smoker out of a file cabinet
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
No, but I built my first smoker out of a file cabinet
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
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replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
August 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
They're doing this in Chicago too
Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control. n.pr/43NUYNH
Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer
Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control.
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They're doing this in Chicago too
Lol, my score app has Syracuse' top performing passer as a guy who didn't attempt a pass
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lol, my score app has Syracuse' top performing passer as a guy who didn't attempt a pass
Hell yeah let's goooooo!
Also contains parking reform! This is a preliminary map of Chicagoland based on the People Over Parking Act provision.
It would also apply downstate though!
It would also apply downstate though!
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hell yeah let's goooooo!