Michael Younger
@makizdat.bsky.social
Generally puzzled. Specifically, too.
Unexpected: Judy Garland sings "Purple People Eater" www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWj...
Judy Garland Purple People Eater (with lyrics)
YouTube video by mizzcoolomatic
youtube.com
Happy Birthday to President Obama. Here's how he celebrated the day in 2005. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi6J...
Wait, wait, don't tell me (2005): Senator Obama
YouTube video by TheObamaDiary.com
youtube.com
So there's a Methodist Church in Florida which has a cross that doubles as a cell phone tower. reporter.lcms.org/2009/florida...
Florida church's cross doubles as cell phone tower
By Paula Schlueter Ross When T-Mobile approached Dr. Doug Fountain at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Lake Worth, Fla., to see if the pastor would be open to the installation of a cell phone tower on the ...
reporter.lcms.org
Downplay a book or movie Apocalypse Eventually
Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · 3d agoDownplay a book or movie To the Buoy
Life is like driving at night, we have to believe there is road beyond our headlights
I realize there are many, too many, urgent and important news stories today, but can we all stop for a moment and marvel that Pepsi is coming out with a Pepsi Body Wash? www.allrecipes.com/pepsi-x-glam...
Pepsi Is Launching Its Most Outrageous Product Yet
Pepsi and Glamlite have teamed up on a bold new collection of Pepsi-inspired cosmetics and body care. See what’s included in the unexpected lineup launching July 31 on TikTok Shop.
allrecipes.com
I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...
The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film Center
The Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity
burnsfilmcenter.org
In an unexpected turn of events, the new Spider-Man movie is better on all counts than The Odyssey
Interesting. Saw this on the social media app that shall not be named.
Turns out, OpenAI's model wasn't the only one that hacked into other systems: www.npr.org/2026/08/01/n...
Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?
OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.
npr.org
Early urban planning schemes, stuck in the intricacies of bureaucracy, machinations of developers & the tug-of-wars of NIMBY & YIMBY www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.
nytimes.com
[ Seen on FB ] Somehow thrilled by this. Memories from a life before my own.
