Nick Piesco
@nickpiesco.com
Current professional computer nerd, former professional weather nerd. Licence plate collector, watch dabbler, design and type geek, raconteur, bon vivant. ‘He’/‘Him’.
Ah, the bridge where they built a bridge under the bridge to catch the stuff that was crumbling off the bottom of the bridge... like 20 years ago?
Tory Wegerski@producertory.bsky.social · 3w agoFinally: bridge go boom. The Commercial St. Bridge in Pittsburgh is no more. Here's the implosion from three angles this morning:
Ooooh, it's getting quite strong. And hey, what's about this whistling roaring sound going past what I'm suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that... wind!
@sweatycyborg.bsky.social, you’ve been at the new job for how long now? Nice work.
Stone Cold Jane Austen@abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 4w agoHell yeah. You had me at “drug-infested,” baby
![8-panel Comic. (1) Tornado Warning [tornado in the distance of a house] A tornado has been detected; take shelter (2) Tornado Watch [Person with bun talking to another person pointing at diagrams on screen] Conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form (3) Tornado precaution [person] Tornadoes happen sometimes, so be ready (4) Tornado Inkling [Person with hand on face] No tornadoes yet, but we have a feeling (5) Tornado Suspicion [Person looking up at clouds] Weird clouds have been observed (6) Tornado Premonition [Person looking at birds flying in tornado shape and two birds sitting on scythe-like structure with skull beneath] Tornado portents and omens have been observed (7) Tornado Recollection [Person with thought bubble containing tornado] Tornadoes have occurred in the past (8) Tornado Contemplation [Person sitting and saying, “Wow.”] Tornadoes are very big and powerful](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifxb7ror6yzflj5i3bqcsb74onpagh5acfbdqiosplmyiqil6sdgi)
@aresluna.org Just read the Unsung post about ‘The Password Game’ and increasingly bizarre CAPTCHAs. You might appreciate this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrL...
“I’m Not a Robot” (2025 Academy Award Winner) | The New Yorker Screening Room
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This article made me want to pick up Esperanto again.
Harper’s Magazine@harpers.bsky.social · 2mo ago“Was it all so ridiculous? I wondered to myself. We had each come to the choir with some understanding of musical notation, which is, after all, another designed language.” Katie Thornton reports from the 110th annual World Esperanto Congress.
The number of hours I spent in that mall when I was younger....
Boing Boing@boingboing.net · 2mo agoMonroeville Mall — where Romero filmed Dawn of the Dead in 1978 — is hosting its final zombie tour.
Is this the one on the side of I-35 up by [I think] Ross?
old roadside pics@roadside.xor.blue · 2mo agojunk store, waco, texas, 1982
‘This one goes out to my one true love:... the ladies.’ —TMBG
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 2mo agoTheir new girlfriend is women
One of the advantages of living in the old white people neighbourhood is all the fun reading that comes through the mail slot.
We missed Penn Hills representation on the bridge of the Enterprise by _that_ much.
Portalrealm@portalrealm.bsky.social · 4mo agoShortlist of actors for TNG
This is the man who called @rubes.bsky.social an idiot in front of like 60,000 people at Gator Growl ’97.
The Go Off Kings@gooffkings.bsky.social · 4mo agoTonight's stream is brought to you by Lakota Coyote Urine - the only Coyote Urine approved by Howie Mandel! twitch.tv/gooffkings
Happy Gary Retrograde everyone! The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
You know you can live for so long and there will always be a new set of shower knobs you don’t know how to operate. Like no matter how educated, how experienced there is a shower handle set up you haven’t faced yet
Craving a Gaines-Burger now for some reason.
Colin Durant@colindurant.bsky.social · 6mo agothis "boy kibble" thing is clearly coding any enjoyment of the aesthetic of food as feminine and more importantly, another step toward a culture where people view the joy of cooking as incompatible with daily life: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
