David Mayo 🦜
@dcmayo.bsky.social
I'm a programmer, a Kentuckian, a veteran, and a progressive. I helped send a spaceship to the moon.
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David Mayo 🦜
@dcmayo.bsky.social
· Dec 11
I... have gotten a space job! I am going to be the Research Engineer Mission Operations Systems for a spacecraft... ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON!
Pic unrelated.
Pic unrelated.
This is interesting/revealing, because Gus Fring wasn't the second star. Jesse Pinkman was. But basically every discussion of this show on the internet is about Heisenberg versus Fring. Nobody ever talks about Jesse, the secret protagonist of the show.
“Breaking Bad” is the best TV show of the 21st century, according to our industry poll. We reunited the creator Vince Gilligan and the stars Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito to discuss its making and why it resonates nearly 20 years after its debut. nyti.ms/4xH21nt
Video: How ‘Breaking Bad’ Became the Best Show of the 21st Century
“Breaking Bad” was voted the greatest show of the 21st century by our panel. We interviewed the creator Vince Gilligan and the actors Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito about the making of the show and why it still resonates nearly 20 years after its debut.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is interesting/revealing, because Gus Fring wasn't the second star. Jesse Pinkman was. But basically every discussion of this show on the internet is about Heisenberg versus Fring. Nobody ever talks about Jesse, the secret protagonist of the show.
"Rectify" is as good a TV show as has ever been made, and the failing New York Times didn't even mention it, possibly due to Woke.
September 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"Rectify" is as good a TV show as has ever been made, and the failing New York Times didn't even mention it, possibly due to Woke.
To be fair, I also don't know Jensen Huang's address.
September 25, 2026 at 5:54 AM
To be fair, I also don't know Jensen Huang's address.
The slang term "unc" may be ultimately derived from pioneering alt-country band "Uncle Tupelo," according to recent research.
September 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The slang term "unc" may be ultimately derived from pioneering alt-country band "Uncle Tupelo," according to recent research.
Incredible bit to attribute this quote from Roger Ebert Dot Com to "Roger Ebert."
September 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Incredible bit to attribute this quote from Roger Ebert Dot Com to "Roger Ebert."
Bret Stephens was making this face as he wrote the second paragraph. I am as certain of this as I have ever been of anything in my entire life.
September 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Bret Stephens was making this face as he wrote the second paragraph. I am as certain of this as I have ever been of anything in my entire life.
A lot of 90s nostalgia is way overblown, except "Jagged Little Pill" really is all killer, no filler.
September 22, 2026 at 12:54 AM
A lot of 90s nostalgia is way overblown, except "Jagged Little Pill" really is all killer, no filler.
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County fair is today.
AI-generated signs: ~100
Funnel cake vendors: 0
AI-generated signs: ~100
Funnel cake vendors: 0
September 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
County fair is today.
AI-generated signs: ~100
Funnel cake vendors: 0
AI-generated signs: ~100
Funnel cake vendors: 0
A.I. actress Tilly Norwood to open for Ed Sheeran.
September 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
A.I. actress Tilly Norwood to open for Ed Sheeran.
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the wet bandits trying to rob a house
September 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
the wet bandits trying to rob a house
Horse shit.
KY Court of Appeals frees former Gov. Matt Bevin from jail sentence while it considers appeal
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kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/16/k...
KY Court of Appeals frees former Gov. Matt Bevin from jail sentence • Kentucky Lantern
Former Gov. Matt Bevin will be immediately released from a 60-day jail sentence while the Kentucky Court of Appeals decides whether his incarceration was the proper punishment for his contempt of cour...
kentuckylantern.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Horse shit.
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The Very Large Array … in Minecraft! ⛏️🧱 Built by one of our fans.
📸 Credit: Jaso Geoffrey Danielson, @wonker67079 on Instagram
📸 Credit: Jaso Geoffrey Danielson, @wonker67079 on Instagram
September 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The Very Large Array … in Minecraft! ⛏️🧱 Built by one of our fans.
📸 Credit: Jaso Geoffrey Danielson, @wonker67079 on Instagram
📸 Credit: Jaso Geoffrey Danielson, @wonker67079 on Instagram
White queen can go to fourteen different squares, every one of which is attacked. Proud of myself for finding this one. (e6 is attacked via a tactic. Still counts.)
September 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
White queen can go to fourteen different squares, every one of which is attacked. Proud of myself for finding this one. (e6 is attacked via a tactic. Still counts.)
Bono in 1993:
September 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Bono in 1993:
"To put it plain I just don't like you/Not a thing about the way you is/And if there ever come a time I got rabies/you're high on my bitin' list" is a terrific lyric that, frankly, could only have been written by a Kentuckian.
September 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"To put it plain I just don't like you/Not a thing about the way you is/And if there ever come a time I got rabies/you're high on my bitin' list" is a terrific lyric that, frankly, could only have been written by a Kentuckian.
Damn, girl, are you Faith Hill's 2002 studio album "Cry?" Because people do **not** like you.
September 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Damn, girl, are you Faith Hill's 2002 studio album "Cry?" Because people do **not** like you.
I can understand and respect saying "I will never support a candidate who considers trans rights negotiable." I can also understand and respect "I will support that same candidate because his opponent is a thousand times worse."
September 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I can understand and respect saying "I will never support a candidate who considers trans rights negotiable." I can also understand and respect "I will support that same candidate because his opponent is a thousand times worse."
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![[A YouTube thumbnail split diagonally. On the left, Kari Byron wears a yellow tracksuit. On the right, Grant Imahara (RIP) smiles next to a machine topped with a translucent fist.]
"Mythbusters"
"Grant Builds A Fist Machine For The Bride"
"20:04"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreicaq3hu5xaaqlxddiqpvzittmyyfyefqibcw5afct5o6jely5xxla)
New one from ChatGPT. It showed normal chain of thought summaries for a few minutes, then replaced those with this.
September 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
New one from ChatGPT. It showed normal chain of thought summaries for a few minutes, then replaced those with this.
If you make a joke in the group chat, and someone gives a laugh react to a follow-up post riffing on your joke but not to your original joke, I think you should be allowed to first degree murder their ass.
September 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you make a joke in the group chat, and someone gives a laugh react to a follow-up post riffing on your joke but not to your original joke, I think you should be allowed to first degree murder their ass.
The President of the United Federation of Planets to James T. Kirk at the end of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home":
a very little thought will now enable you to account for those repeated whaling disasters
September 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The President of the United Federation of Planets to James T. Kirk at the end of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home":
I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.
September 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.
I already received the biggest dividend of all. I was born in the U.S. of A., baby
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I already received the biggest dividend of all. I was born in the U.S. of A., baby
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born in the USA.
September 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born in the USA.