Sam Schilling
@samschil.bsky.social
trails, meadows, bikes, forests, sewing, coffee, old things, little treats
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the stock weather app on your phone is fucking garbage. it takes raw model output and just splashes it out there even though it may be wildly inaccurate. please utilize your local national weather service office instead, where actual humans read and interpret these models for more accurate forecasts
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
the stock weather app on your phone is fucking garbage. it takes raw model output and just splashes it out there even though it may be wildly inaccurate. please utilize your local national weather service office instead, where actual humans read and interpret these models for more accurate forecasts
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the new chip bags you can’t open by pulling apart the top are like that because tearing the corner makes them harder to reseal, thus making chips go stale faster
I like this. Go on, let's get a few more: what's your low stakes conspiracy theory?
My low key conspiracy theory is that HD is basically what normal TV used to be, and normal TV has been deliberately downgraded.
June 25, 2026 at 4:34 AM
the new chip bags you can’t open by pulling apart the top are like that because tearing the corner makes them harder to reseal, thus making chips go stale faster
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Drivers: "We shouldn't be enforcing traffic laws! We should be doing other things to reduce driver violence!"
"You mean like slow streets?"
"No."
"You mean like bike lanes?"
"No."
"You mean like transit and walkable neighborhoods?"
"No."
"You mean like charging for parking?"
"Hell no."
"You mean like slow streets?"
"No."
"You mean like bike lanes?"
"No."
"You mean like transit and walkable neighborhoods?"
"No."
"You mean like charging for parking?"
"Hell no."
May 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Drivers: "We shouldn't be enforcing traffic laws! We should be doing other things to reduce driver violence!"
"You mean like slow streets?"
"No."
"You mean like bike lanes?"
"No."
"You mean like transit and walkable neighborhoods?"
"No."
"You mean like charging for parking?"
"Hell no."
"You mean like slow streets?"
"No."
"You mean like bike lanes?"
"No."
"You mean like transit and walkable neighborhoods?"
"No."
"You mean like charging for parking?"
"Hell no."
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Major Taylor
🎨 Brian Morgan
🎨 Brian Morgan
May 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Major Taylor
🎨 Brian Morgan
🎨 Brian Morgan
I need 100 million dollars so I can buy a bunch of houses to demolish and rewild a greenbelt (Indianapolis, Indiana).
May 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I need 100 million dollars so I can buy a bunch of houses to demolish and rewild a greenbelt (Indianapolis, Indiana).
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Turns out that starting a new city from scratch is expensive. People love “small government” but don’t realize that small cities are expensive to run
Ogden Valley wrestling with funding shortfall, specter of 519% tax hike
Officials in Ogden Valley, the new Weber County city, are wresting with a funding shortfall of $2.2 million more and the specter of a 519% property tax hike.
www.ksl.com
May 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Turns out that starting a new city from scratch is expensive. People love “small government” but don’t realize that small cities are expensive to run
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come on kids, get off screens and go outside!
get off the road it's for cars
don't ride your bike on the sidewalk you'll hurt someone
take your headphones off it's dangerous
stop being so loud you're disturbing people
don't just loiter around
go to the park but calm down there's little ones
get off the road it's for cars
don't ride your bike on the sidewalk you'll hurt someone
take your headphones off it's dangerous
stop being so loud you're disturbing people
don't just loiter around
go to the park but calm down there's little ones
May 7, 2026 at 1:31 PM
come on kids, get off screens and go outside!
get off the road it's for cars
don't ride your bike on the sidewalk you'll hurt someone
take your headphones off it's dangerous
stop being so loud you're disturbing people
don't just loiter around
go to the park but calm down there's little ones
get off the road it's for cars
don't ride your bike on the sidewalk you'll hurt someone
take your headphones off it's dangerous
stop being so loud you're disturbing people
don't just loiter around
go to the park but calm down there's little ones
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My latest article -
Black Communities and Data Centers: Are They Too Uppity to Appreciate Diesel Particulate Matter
I explore why 2027 Indianapolis Mayoral Candidate Vop Osili voted AGAINST a moratorium on data centers in January
Black Communities and Data Centers: Are They Too Uppity to Appreciate Diesel Particulate Matter
I explore why 2027 Indianapolis Mayoral Candidate Vop Osili voted AGAINST a moratorium on data centers in January
May 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
My latest article -
Black Communities and Data Centers: Are They Too Uppity to Appreciate Diesel Particulate Matter
I explore why 2027 Indianapolis Mayoral Candidate Vop Osili voted AGAINST a moratorium on data centers in January
Black Communities and Data Centers: Are They Too Uppity to Appreciate Diesel Particulate Matter
I explore why 2027 Indianapolis Mayoral Candidate Vop Osili voted AGAINST a moratorium on data centers in January
Guy who drinks Arnold Palmers but uses coffee instead of iced tea
May 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Guy who drinks Arnold Palmers but uses coffee instead of iced tea
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Please tell me Indy City Council is meeting tonight to be public servants
not public masters....
not public masters....
May 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Please tell me Indy City Council is meeting tonight to be public servants
not public masters....
not public masters....
think I'm going to start saying cripes more often
May 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
think I'm going to start saying cripes more often
I just watched a group of elementary school girls create a mosh pit from first principles when Who Let The Dogs Out came on at a school dance
May 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I just watched a group of elementary school girls create a mosh pit from first principles when Who Let The Dogs Out came on at a school dance
If you don't think chickens would eat a cat, then you've got a lot to learn buddy
April 23, 2026 at 7:40 PM
If you don't think chickens would eat a cat, then you've got a lot to learn buddy
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I just wish my councilor had looked at the 30th street bridge as INFRASTRUCTURE 🌉
Like he does data centers 😜
Like he does data centers 😜
April 23, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I just wish my councilor had looked at the 30th street bridge as INFRASTRUCTURE 🌉
Like he does data centers 😜
Like he does data centers 😜
Atlantic Camas szn is HERE (Indianapolis)
April 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Atlantic Camas szn is HERE (Indianapolis)
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grants now penalize applications that include bike lanes, lane reduction, traffic calming, and speed cameras.
April 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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Saturday Keliyah is run over at 12th and Rural. Monday this concrete bench and light were destroyed at 10th and Tecumseh. Friday these two drivers smashed each other's cars at Jefferson & Nowland by Pogue's run. It's chaos out here
April 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Saturday Keliyah is run over at 12th and Rural. Monday this concrete bench and light were destroyed at 10th and Tecumseh. Friday these two drivers smashed each other's cars at Jefferson & Nowland by Pogue's run. It's chaos out here
Every single DOT or department of public works: "Please zipper merge it's the most efficient form of travel in construction zones."
Every single driver on the road: "if you try to zipper merge I will fucking kill you. We will be a single file line for 5 miles, I don't care. I will crash into you"
Every single driver on the road: "if you try to zipper merge I will fucking kill you. We will be a single file line for 5 miles, I don't care. I will crash into you"
April 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Every single DOT or department of public works: "Please zipper merge it's the most efficient form of travel in construction zones."
Every single driver on the road: "if you try to zipper merge I will fucking kill you. We will be a single file line for 5 miles, I don't care. I will crash into you"
Every single driver on the road: "if you try to zipper merge I will fucking kill you. We will be a single file line for 5 miles, I don't care. I will crash into you"
The trout lilies are popping in Indy, which means Atlantic Camas season is right around the corner!
March 30, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The trout lilies are popping in Indy, which means Atlantic Camas season is right around the corner!
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Trump started the war in Iran because he is part of the deep state plot to force every american out of their cars and onto a bicycle. They want to control you
March 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Trump started the war in Iran because he is part of the deep state plot to force every american out of their cars and onto a bicycle. They want to control you
11 days of the US-Israel War With Iran could have fully funded the US National Parks Service for 4 years
March 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
11 days of the US-Israel War With Iran could have fully funded the US National Parks Service for 4 years
The first day of spring was 90f (Springfield, MO)
March 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM
The first day of spring was 90f (Springfield, MO)
hot take: I don't think the White House should be a meme account
March 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
hot take: I don't think the White House should be a meme account
Boomers love to say, "I'm so glad I grew up in the 50's when kids could play outside safely on their own"
Like it wasn't them that actively made the world worse for kids today.
Like it wasn't them that actively made the world worse for kids today.
March 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Boomers love to say, "I'm so glad I grew up in the 50's when kids could play outside safely on their own"
Like it wasn't them that actively made the world worse for kids today.
Like it wasn't them that actively made the world worse for kids today.