bessoid
@bessoid.bsky.social
Looking into all the things I didn’t have time for before I retired.
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Had a betamax deck because it was better than VHS.
Had a betamax deck because it was better than VHS.
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Racking up huge phone bills dialing BBSes.
Racking up huge phone bills dialing BBSes.
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being shocked when NBC was VHF at my aunt's house but UHF at ours
being shocked when NBC was VHF at my aunt's house but UHF at ours
July 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Had a betamax deck because it was better than VHS.
Had a betamax deck because it was better than VHS.
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Martha AND the Vandellas?
In this economy?
In this economy?
KC AND the Sunshine Band?
In this economy?
In this economy?
Benny AND the Jets?
In this economy?
In this economy?
May 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Martha AND the Vandellas?
In this economy?
In this economy?
Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform
May 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
April 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
“King Kong vs Panzanella”
Add food to a movie
“Silence of the Yams”
“Silence of the Yams”
Add food to a movie
"When Harry Met Salad"
"When Harry Met Salad"
April 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“King Kong vs Panzanella”
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
March 30, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones.
March 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones.
Precatory
It’s been a while, so quote this skeet with your favourite $20 dollar word.
I’m going to start in hopes you all y’all escalate:
- inchoate
- perfunctory
- epiphenomenal
Now you all y’all go:
I’m going to start in hopes you all y’all escalate:
- inchoate
- perfunctory
- epiphenomenal
Now you all y’all go:
March 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Precatory
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
From “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder, because I love bedtime reading that makes me grind my teeth all night.
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
From “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder, because I love bedtime reading that makes me grind my teeth all night.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“I always end up with skinned knuckles and a few choice words.”
From “Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4 and 8-Shaft Looms”
“I always end up with skinned knuckles and a few choice words.”
From “Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4 and 8-Shaft Looms”
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
“Vernon put his hand lightly on his shoulder, the forgiving touch.”
From “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan - loved his latest (“What We Can Know”), so decided to reread his Booker Prize winner.
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
Here’s another one.
Here’s another one.
Tomorrow, I’m traveling to Minnesota to join fellow House Democrats for a field hearing to hear directly from those on the ground who are impacted by the chaos and violence created by Trump’s mass deportation machine.
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
Here’s another one.
Here’s another one.
Hot take - Bruce Springsteen is Jackson Browne produced by Phil Spector.
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hot take - Bruce Springsteen is Jackson Browne produced by Phil Spector.
So, for anybody out there who’s read Thomas Pynchon’s latest, “Shadow Ticket.” I feel a lot of the motorcycle oriented bit of the last bit of the book resonated with his feelings about the death of his close friend, Richard Fariña, to whom he dedicated Gravity’s Rainbow.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So, for anybody out there who’s read Thomas Pynchon’s latest, “Shadow Ticket.” I feel a lot of the motorcycle oriented bit of the last bit of the book resonated with his feelings about the death of his close friend, Richard Fariña, to whom he dedicated Gravity’s Rainbow.
Finished Death by Lightning - equal parts great and devastating. Logical follow up? Listened to Sondheim’s Assassins. Verdict - same.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Finished Death by Lightning - equal parts great and devastating. Logical follow up? Listened to Sondheim’s Assassins. Verdict - same.
Looks like @alexwinter.com as the grandmother from Hell in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.
Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like @alexwinter.com as the grandmother from Hell in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.
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Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
September 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Portrait of Grandmother Doña Josefa Zejalvo https://www.wikiart.org/en/remedios-varo/portrait-of-grandmother-do-a-josefa-zejalvo-1926
Slightly diminish a book
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
September 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Slightly diminish a book
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
The Middle Aged Man and the Sea
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
September 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
Wasn’t Elian Gonzalez during Clinton’s presidency (with Janet Reno head of DOJ), thus before DHS was created?
I think he was reunited with his father *in the U.S.* at one point, but he didn’t leave the country until the asylum/legal process was exhausted
And I have no idea if the Secretary of Homeland Security relied on 279(b)(1)(H) at any point during all of that
And I have no idea if the Secretary of Homeland Security relied on 279(b)(1)(H) at any point during all of that
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wasn’t Elian Gonzalez during Clinton’s presidency (with Janet Reno head of DOJ), thus before DHS was created?
I just want to relive the night in 1974 when I got high with a bunch of my friends and played poker and listened to the Mahavishnu Orchestra for the first time.
August 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I just want to relive the night in 1974 when I got high with a bunch of my friends and played poker and listened to the Mahavishnu Orchestra for the first time.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. “All composed things are like a dream, a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning. That is how to meditate on them, that is how to observe them.”
August 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. “All composed things are like a dream, a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning. That is how to meditate on them, that is how to observe them.”
Fountains of Wayne- pretty, pretty, pretty good.
August 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Fountains of Wayne- pretty, pretty, pretty good.