Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Interfaith minister, general nerd, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes, & @bookendedbycats. (he/him)
Southeast PA (USA)
Joined January 2009
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This is a helpful tutorial in how to paint a teddy bear. Might be the best one for training A.I. 😉
instagram.com/reel/DeICIJOyD…
(Image is a screenshot of the reel preview as it appears on another platform.)
ALT Screenshot of the reel preview as it appears on another platform. The artist is taking a drink from a water bottle, and this text appears over their image: "Paint with me!! (A helpful tootorial to help train A.I.)"
David Durman, who is a Humanist and is employed by the University of Kentucky employee, was able to get a workplace accommodation to avoid using AI due to his “sincerely held beliefs as a Humanist.” americanhumanist.org/news/hu…
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NIOBE was introduced in the Afro-fantasy graphic novel THE UNTAMED by @strangercomics, launched on Kickstarter, and soon to be adapted into a film by Viola Davis. 💥
Now, get the complete hardcover edition of the prequel NIOBE & DURA, plus Stranger Comics' first manga, NIOBE: A World Divided #1, the foundation for the NIOBE animated short film. 🔗 bit.ly/4ifBNCV
Ah! Leah! We've lost Donnie Iris! I listened to him all through the 1980s, and I regret I never got to see him perform live.
RIP King Cool.
Here's a sampling of songs by the Pittsburgh legend who had one of the best screams in rock and roll:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Aaron Rodgers threw the first touchdown pass ever thrown in France. Having also thrown the first ever touchdown pass in Ireland in 2025, Rodgers is the only player ever to have thrown the first touchdown pass in multiple different countries, per @NextGenStats #Steelers #NFL
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Blessings of Winterfylleth (Winterfylleþ)
By Damh the Bard (October 20, 2026)
paganmusic.co.uk/blessings-o…
"...This time of year has so much magic, depth and emotion. Whether the Veil thins or not is a personal belief, but my mind turns to memory..."
ALT Full moon through tree branches (from Damh's website)
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The Friday #80s Flashback celebrates GET CLOSE by the Pretenders and BLAH BLAH BLAH by Iggy Pop, both of which were released 40 years ago in October. #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com…
One of these refs has to have an over/under bet on the outcome of this #DALvsGB game. #penalties
El Sayed turned the tables on an obvious plant. The guy asking the question is Thomas Teepell – "a Republican strategist who worked for congressman and then Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal [and] later ... helped Hawley become a US Senator." thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-tee…
You still got me. I need you and the other small accounts to help me follow games that don't air over on my side of PA.