I don't keep track of Messiahs in my database, if I did, it would most likely be about 67 every season.

Thomas Hogglestock@hogglestock.bsky.social · 4h ago

Five seasons of Gustav Holst as programmed by professional orchestras in North America: 67 The Planets 1 Walt Whitman Overture 1 Winter Idyll

Who else feels unfulfilled becase this isn't an option any more?

WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org · 2h ago

Who else could watch this for hours? Defragmenting Drive C in Windows 95

What if this crash released some sort of 1940s alien population from under the surface of the moon ala John Wyndham?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten

Five seasons of Gustav Holst as programmed by professional orchestras in North America: 67 The Planets 1 Walt Whitman Overture 1 Winter Idyll

Second night in a row a book made me gasp. Well not so much a gasp with this one, but my jaw did drop in disbelief.

When you have about 900 unread books on the shelf, it can be hard to figure out what to read next. So this evening I grabbed three random Viragos to see if any of them grab me in the first page or two. (Also, the weather is gorgeous.)

Everyone remembers where they were when they first assumed Mitch McConnell has died.

@anomicaphasia.bsky.social · yesterday

Hey, remember when Mitch died?

Saint-Saens wrote something called "Hail, California". Huh.

CRB Classical 99.5@crbclassical.bsky.social · yesterday

After 250 years, it’s safe to say that America has found its footing when it comes to classical music. Take a tour of all 50, nifty states through 50, nifty classical pieces:

This a fun list for sure. Only disappointed that with all the music making in Minnesota, the only Minnesota-inspired music they could find was Sousa's Foshay Tower March.

CRB Classical 99.5@crbclassical.bsky.social · yesterday

After 250 years, it’s safe to say that America has found its footing when it comes to classical music. Take a tour of all 50, nifty states through 50, nifty classical pieces:

Finished this on my lunch break. I wish I could say something about it that wasn't a spoiler. Except maybe a warning for anyone triggered by narcisscism.

Thomas Hogglestock@hogglestock.bsky.social · 2d ago

Crompton is not messing around in this one. I can’t remember the last time I gasped when reading a book.

“Bright mornings and dark evenings keep internal clocks in sync, so the body can perform the right functions at the right times. Shifting an hour from morning to evening disrupts this circadian system.”

Crompton is not messing around in this one. I can’t remember the last time I gasped when reading a book.

Crompton is not messing around in this one. I can’t remember the last time I gasped when reading a book.

I look like a cop who likes classical music.

I’ve tried twice. Ten minutes is as far as I could make it in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

The Polish crested chicken

I've only been noticing UK politics out of the corner of my eye but feel I need to weigh in: Keir Starmer was easier on the eye.

Three of three meals I had in Carmel by the Sea were terrible. I thought the combo of CA and $$ would have meant better food. Not so.

IYKYK for Australian D.E. Stevenson fans.

I don’t feel like I’ve gotten to the wise part, but Alice by Elizabeth Eliot is pretty delightful. Had me chuckling out loud.

Now that’s American Flag Blue.

I defy any of you to fly to SJC without hearing Dionne Warwick in your head.

Watched a clip of The Crown where they refer to dental records being used to help identify Romanov remains. Is it really likely that the Romanov’s dental records survived? How good were dental records prior to 1918?

I want to add an E

I'm not mad at this for the weekend.

Order now—supplies won’t last long

What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore Martin Eden by Jack London The Professor's House by Willa Cather Train Dreams by Denis Johnson Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

Sylvie@slywit.bsky.social · 2w ago

What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? The Black Swan by Rafael Sabatini McTeague by Frank Norris Laura by Vera Caspary Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Alienist by Caleb Carr Ask the Dust by John Fante

In the comments on a piece about the Boston Symphony Orchestra on FB, one of the orchestra's librarians stated that the BSO has a good record in recent years programming works by composers of color and women composers. The numbers tell a different story.

A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.