Steve Casburn
@scasburn.bsky.social
Librarian. Data analyst. Music lover. Native of Benicia, California. Now in Portland, Oregon. Stops in Ohio and Texas along the way.
May Bluesky change the world rather than the world change Bluesky.
May Bluesky change the world rather than the world change Bluesky.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
The star of the show is delicious.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The star of the show is delicious.
Bots can be funny.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Bots can be funny.
I would argue that “weep if you will (but don’t gnash!)” would be a more appropriate sign for a dental waiting room.
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I would argue that “weep if you will (but don’t gnash!)” would be a more appropriate sign for a dental waiting room.
An early Merry Christmas from war-torn Portland, Oregon. [[Photo taken on the 100 block of Southeast 3rd Avenue (October 25, 2025).]]
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An early Merry Christmas from war-torn Portland, Oregon. [[Photo taken on the 100 block of Southeast 3rd Avenue (October 25, 2025).]]
Aaaaaaah...now I see what's going on...
Give them video footage of my face that they can use for whatever they want, or be shut out of my Facebook account forever.
Fuck you, Zuckerberg. I'll take the permanent lockout.
Give them video footage of my face that they can use for whatever they want, or be shut out of my Facebook account forever.
Fuck you, Zuckerberg. I'll take the permanent lockout.
![A Facebook popup demanding that I submit a video selfie in which I "move [my] head during the recording to help [Facebook] capture [my] face at different angles" or else I will be locked out of my Facebook account forever.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbvbuvy3jxt7jkr5qmsdpyfp/bafkreid4naj254if6rbvihb3ofbbupsbvd32wfbkt7emgoodj46j6nwvs4@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Aaaaaaah...now I see what's going on...
Give them video footage of my face that they can use for whatever they want, or be shut out of my Facebook account forever.
Fuck you, Zuckerberg. I'll take the permanent lockout.
Give them video footage of my face that they can use for whatever they want, or be shut out of my Facebook account forever.
Fuck you, Zuckerberg. I'll take the permanent lockout.
The account I have used on Facebook for almost 17 years has been flagged.
![A Facebook pop-up demanding that I "confirm [I'm] human" so that it will not permanently disable an account I have used for 17 years.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbvbuvy3jxt7jkr5qmsdpyfp/bafkreifchtnzae2heo73ah6yfmmxgv6uxj5ixlh2f54xx2ys4pgnwrp5bu@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The account I have used on Facebook for almost 17 years has been flagged.
I had not eaten at this pizzeria since before the pandemic. It is quite different now. And, yes, the crust has improved, and is very much more to my taste!
October 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I had not eaten at this pizzeria since before the pandemic. It is quite different now. And, yes, the crust has improved, and is very much more to my taste!
One and one-half wandering Jews / Free to wander wherever they choose / Are gathered together in the / Sangre de Cristo / Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo…
September 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One and one-half wandering Jews / Free to wander wherever they choose / Are gathered together in the / Sangre de Cristo / Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo…
I enjoy a good email title juxtaposition...
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I enjoy a good email title juxtaposition...
Have I found the video equivalent of watching paint dry?
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Have I found the video equivalent of watching paint dry?
READ LENGTHY
(Books with more than 1000 pages are good for you.)
(Books with more than 1000 pages are good for you.)
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
READ LENGTHY
(Books with more than 1000 pages are good for you.)
(Books with more than 1000 pages are good for you.)
I like the Bluesky posts of @parismarx.com so much that I bought the new paperback edition of his book.
August 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I like the Bluesky posts of @parismarx.com so much that I bought the new paperback edition of his book.
"Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view / When I run dry, I stop a while and think of you..."
Your memory is a blessing, Eric Scott Gregory.
Your memory is a blessing, Eric Scott Gregory.
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view / When I run dry, I stop a while and think of you..."
Your memory is a blessing, Eric Scott Gregory.
Your memory is a blessing, Eric Scott Gregory.
You might say I live the life.
August 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
You might say I live the life.
A truly clever American president would invite Putin to discuss Ukraine on an episode of "Hot Ones". Drop out after the third round? No Donetsk for you!
![Excerpt from an article about crisp/chip flavors around the world that states that "even the tiniest level of heat [spice]" is too much for the Russian palate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbvbuvy3jxt7jkr5qmsdpyfp/bafkreigwd435ivcssi2uvjjf32yuppsb7kph2binmx2kbvhfi3xc4txfmm@jpeg)
August 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A truly clever American president would invite Putin to discuss Ukraine on an episode of "Hot Ones". Drop out after the third round? No Donetsk for you!
My favorite Onion headline related to an historian (though the humor is really in how it sets up the article text, which is top shelf)...
August 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My favorite Onion headline related to an historian (though the humor is really in how it sets up the article text, which is top shelf)...
John Irving's The World According to Garp.
August 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
John Irving's The World According to Garp.
The juxtaposition of profile statement and content of first reply is funny, of course, but if we choose to stop and humbly think about it…self-knowledge is hard, and don’t all of us long to be better people than the wretches we too often are?
![The profile says “I will have a civil discussion with anyone. Having us hate obe another is their goal.” The first post says “Please don’t reproduce. Your kind is destroys [sic] countries.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbvbuvy3jxt7jkr5qmsdpyfp/bafkreickcyryxyq3dpokqwt4gwl3yzbexsrjtrgqgig7kqkqplcbr3tr3m@jpeg)
August 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The juxtaposition of profile statement and content of first reply is funny, of course, but if we choose to stop and humbly think about it…self-knowledge is hard, and don’t all of us long to be better people than the wretches we too often are?
Wikipedia has your back, in its endearingly goofy way.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wikipedia has your back, in its endearingly goofy way.
June 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Was getting photographed in this sort of pose a mandatory rite of passage for British boy bands of the mid-1990s?
June 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Was getting photographed in this sort of pose a mandatory rite of passage for British boy bands of the mid-1990s?
Enough is enough is enough / I want Matt out / I want Matt out / My feed NOW...
May 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Enough is enough is enough / I want Matt out / I want Matt out / My feed NOW...
My timeline rarely offers funny juxtapositions, but here we are...
May 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My timeline rarely offers funny juxtapositions, but here we are...