Chris Steller
@chrissteller.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS. ALSO: SAINT PAUL. This is the ideal BlueSky bio. You should copy it. ALT: Circle is hot dog man putting ketchup on himself. Banner is me as Jimmy Carter. /j /hj /s
I like to sing Creep in a soprano range which means when it gets to “she’s running out the door” I go insanely high which I forget is… not traditional
Can someone explain to me like I'm five years old how the mayor of Minneapolis can veto a city council rejection of his police chief appointee? I don't think it works that way on the federal level, but I didn't pay close attention the last time this happened.
Anecdotes aren’t data but I’ve heard the same thing from my friends at Microsoft. Between all the layoffs and buyout offers, the number of experienced old timers who know how things work has dwindled on their classic products like Windows & Office.
On this day, November 13, 1963, The Trashmen released their hit single, “Surfin’Bird.” The song appears to have been mentioned once in local newspapers during that month. (Tribune, November 27, 1963)
In November 1984, the UK charts were topped for the first time by a song written by Prince. After all, he'd had a big year, with his first No. 1 songs in the USA: When Doves Cry and Let's Go Crazy. But in the UK, it wasn't a Purple Rain track that hit No. 1—it was Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You" remix
For Americans, “fly-tipping” is what Arlo Guthrie got arrested for in “Alice’s Restaurant”
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5h agoHad no idea they could seize your car if they catch you fly-tipping. She was fined £480 and had to pay costs of nearly £2.5k, plus £192 to 'fund victim services'. They also won't return her car. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've been watching / reading / listening to coverage of Microsoft's huge global outage, and NOT ONE report even mentions that they're in the process of firing 60k workers. www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-in...
Microsoft's massive employee buyout spooked everyone. Here's what's really going on inside the company.
Microsoft offered buyouts to 60,000 employees but expects few to leave. Insiders explain the strategy and why workers are worried.
businessinsider.com
Movies in which all the music is by acts that also toured together: - Brimstone & Treacle (Police and Go-Go’s)* - Purple Rain (Prince, Time, Vanity 6) - ??? * a slightly bad example because the movie also lists music by Sting, who probably did not play a solo song while on tour with the Go-Go’s
Rsquared@rsquared.bsky.social · 5h ago
"luke i am your father" classic scene we all remember word for word
Hard to believe people have survived almost 24 hours without Copilot.
The last bit here in the lesson on correctly pronouncing “Jekyll” is a cue to Americans to ask “What’s ‘treacle’”?
Orkney Library & Archive@orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 6h agoStevenson named the character of Dr Jekyll after his childhood friend Walter Jekyll (brother of garden designer Gertrude Jekyll). The name Jekyll is of Cornish origin and was not pronounced 'Jeckle,' like you are probably saying it, but 'JEEKUL' (rhymes with treacle).
Today is #RLSDay which is a celebration of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (it's his birthday). It's also a good time to remind you that when you're reading about his novel the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde the voice in your head is probably saying it wrong 🧵
This Is Just To Say I have eaten the code that made Microsoft work and which you were probably relying on for work Forgive me it was delicious so corrupt and so old
Wait so the top dog in AI had … real life human friends?
- Quantum of Solace is the best title. I love overwrought titles, like original series Star Trek episodes. - Best song+titles design combo is Chris Cornell/Casino Royale. Worst is Sam Smith/Spectre. - Criminal waste of Monica Bellucci. I couldn’t BELIEVE she wasn’t the secret baddie. Outrageous.
On this day in 1971, #Slade were at Number One in the UK singles chart with Coz I Luv You. youtu.be/rDEVVSzGZdE?...
MICROSOFT SAYS SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS FOR SERVER STABILITY
Not sure what it says about the present moment that we can't email but posting continues uninterrupted.
I've made the scholarly discovery of a lifetime! The first edition of Boswell's Life, 1:55, quotes Johnson's Latin diploma. The text says he owns "the orignal." People have assumed it's a typo for "original," but I know better: BOSWELL TELLS US IN SO MANY WORDS THAT HE OWNS A MOOSE.
I hope I speak for anyone that has ever lived near Lake Champlain by saying that this representation of Champ the lake monster looks nothing like what thousands of alcoholics have described
I'm about to get kicked out of this grocery store. Wish me luck.
Michigan fans saw JJ do this at least twice that I can remember in 2023 alone, where he whips it by the earhole of the linebacker who just turned around to run deep
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 14h agoIsaiah Likely scores on a 66-yard play
JJ McCarthy shining in a Harbaugh system. Almost like Minnesota didn't play to his strengths, and had to run to fossil Kirk Cousins to save their season because Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz are both playing poorly. Giants season being saved with JJ, meanwhile. I knew my boy had it in him.
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 14h agoIsaiah Likely scores on a 66-yard play
Matt Nagy has JJ McCarthy slinging it lmao
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 14h agoIsaiah Likely scores on a 66-yard play
