@clintmidwestwood.bsky.social
Nature, animals, Star Trek, science, Chicago, weather, urbanism and NASCAR. I contain multitudes. Data geek by trade, nerd by choice.
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Always a good choice to avoid ORD
One of my favorite TNG eps of the entire series.
JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!
Found this on my garage door. Tranferred it to my flower garden, but anyone know what it is? #caterpillar #insect #invertabrates
#NASCAR officials are calling this game right? No way MLB lets this go forward.
No way they should try to play this game. Period.
So, apparently God hates #NASCAR even when NASCAR isn't actually running.
Can't unsee that now
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If I leave off the cities I have only driven through and not spent at least a few hours, 43. Otherwise, 50.
Gotta admit, I like a home run swing off WAY more than the stupid ghost runners to decide a tie game. #allstargame
I had to mute. It was awful.
Who on the planet likes this??
I would have told the booth to shut up in a very tv unfriendly way
#Allstargame Love the return to the real team uniforms. HATE HATE HATE HATE the stupid mic'ing of the players during the game. I want to see them play not yammer to the idiots in the booth.
Mine too. Have been since I was a kid. Almost don't care about the game itself.
If Verstappen leaves Red Bull I predict Red Bull gets Piastri with the promise of making him their undisputed #1 driver.
You may have spoke too soon. Pouring rain 20 miles west of the track tight now.
Would REALLY prefer race control to just throw the red flag rather than waste all these caution laps. Either let them race in the rain or park the damn cars. #f1 #Silverstone
Crazy wreck at #IMSA race at #WatkinsGlen. No idea how any of these guys manage to keep these cars on track in the rain.
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Today was my first protest. 51 years old. Felt good.
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
Truly did not expect the #Coke600 to be the best race of the day. But here we are. #NASCAR
Fantastic finish to the #Coke600. #NASCAR
Yeah, I REALLY want to know more on that story!
#Coke600 a sellout. #Indy500 a sellout. First for both in several yrs. Would love to know why. The prospect of the double? Increased exposure due to various #Neflix series? Great for motorsports in any case. Hope it carries to other tracks.
Was literally just saying this to my husband. No frills, good info, and very few gimmick camera angles. It's like a radio broadcast on TV. And that's a compliment. Also fun to have JR back.
It's like hearing My Old KY Home before the Derby for a Kentuckian. I went to Indy last year and saw grown men with tears in their eyes. Such a cool tradition.
Will Larson get to do the double or will rain screw him again? #Indy500 #Coke600
Love this article. I was in Miami, in Brickell the weekend after F1 and saw a Ferrari, a Lamborghini and a Rolls within 30 minutes. It's an unreal place. Not where I'd want to live but the people watching for a weekend was epic.
Thank you! I implore the dems to keep this kind of thing up. Bury them in red tape.
So very cool! And pretty.
Good advice. Our robins make me smile every day.
Seconded! I just came back from Huntsville with a Trash Pandas t-shirt and hat.
Dust storm
Wow
Dust bowl days. Really tired of reliving the 1930s.
The content I need.
Made the feds remove he/him from their emails and now the stock market is were/was.
I love randomly stumbling onto one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Q Who is a banger even after darn near 40 years. #startrek
CW coverage on Xfinity highlights how BAD Fox has gotten.
How the hell was that a held ball? The Alabama player's head is not the ball. #marchmadness
Damn. Red flag at Martinsville. Don't see that often. #NASCAR
Do not try to go 3 wide at Martinsville kids! #nascar
My home state vs my adopted home state. But I will always bleed blue. Go Big Blue! #marchmadness #kentucky
I'd rather have this team than Cal's last 5 teams though.
The bird feeder now has a camera! I think this is a house finch pair that came to visit. #birds
I hated it as a kid as well (GenXer here). I did not understand it AT ALL.
Hearing them means spring is almost here!
1. Major League. The Natural. Uh, Hoosiers ! 2. Illinois
I will never be able to wrap my mind around Heaven Hill being considered good. It was rotgut barely above moonshine and the only thing I could afford 30 years ago.
So true. When we moved into our house we removed some random paving stones and weeds along the side of our garage, literally tossed out a handful of native seeds and boom, we have native flowers full of butterflies, bees and goldfinches.
Totally agree. I think it threw the announcer for a loop too...he didn't seem to know what to say.
I don't think he was disparaging the 500. He seemed to be specifically talking about the Brickyard. Which...he ain't lying.
Saw the first sandhill crane flock of year flying north over the house this morning. Spring is getting ready to spring!
By genre, then author, then new books I buy in any available space.
Get well soon! I've been down for a week with something that isn't Covid. The germs are out to get us.
This is so much worse than anything I'd imagined happened. My dad has Alzheimer's. I cannot imagine the horror of him going a week alone in their house if my mom died. Honestly, this story breaks my heart.
I LOVE this!!
The house is amazing but those carpets are tragic.
Boosting this. Look for the helpers.
How about the Army of the Dead from LOTR on a bunch of corsairs up the Potomac?
I saw skunk cabbage for the first time last year. Such a weird little plant. Saw the first hints of buds on our trees yesterday. Spring is coming!
We had all of that 20 years ago when Google actually functioned as a search engine. I would not have the computer job I have now if not for Google' search. Now Google can't even tell me the correct name for the large body of water south of the United States.
I think my best is a small jade cup I picked up for 50 cents. Who knows if it's actually valuable but it is quite pretty and looks to be well made. I keep entering for tickets so maybe one day I can find out. 😊
I saw that one! My thrift store purchases have not been nearly as good as some of these people's.
You're right, Byron came out of the wreck in front. Would've won no matter when the caution was thrown. Annoying, but true.
I think Stenhoise threw a late block but Joey should've backed off . Looked like he was either trying to make a hole that didn't exist or he was trying to dump Stenhouse.
Joey, you weren't going to fit through that gap. Totally Logano's fault. #NASCAR
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Thank you debris caution. Stops this fuel saving stupidity. #NASCAR
No DVP clock. How many cars come out 30 laps down? #nascar
I will call it the Willis Tower before I call it the Gulf of America
What's an alternative that's not Apple Maps?
Picard: There are four lights. Google: ok, there are five lights
The real hierarchy of needs
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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
![Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmmdl5nok26w3zhmg2d3fvt/bafkreigihtf5o2suhsnecpwijziyhsmxflvzzogbjre2okvstqagg6bw6y@jpeg "Click to view full size")
This is good. Finally. Save these numbers for the Chicago offices of our Senators, you’re gonna need them: Durbin: (312) 353-4952 Duckworth: (312) 886-3506
I picked the right time to reread Lord of the Rings. #booksky
My condolences Janet.
Republicans figured out how to obstruct damn near everything even when they had minorities. Current Rep majorities are razor thin and they have factions who hate each other. The absolute minimum Dems need to do is vote NO unanimously on every damn thing they try to do.
Seems this is a good night to indulge. But I sympathize on the possible hangover.
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
Maybe if you unlocked your shelves and actually let people buy stuff from you, just spitballing here
That would make him and the people who voted for him very happy.
Ding ding ding.
So, we all just need to hang on until 2032 and then maybe things get better.
Hi David. I've registered. When will we get details like departure times,meeting spots, etc?
This is truer than people know.
Co-sign on the very high sexism among GenX. Some of the most misogynistic people I know are GenXers who should know better. We're (GenX here) also the royalty of nihilistic nothing matters snark and attitude. It's a point of pride for an entire generation, no matter who they voted for.
Stayed in Echo Park in 2019 a couple of nights. Loved the neighborhood. Def worth a visit. And yes, part of the draw was FAF.
120. Florida Turnpike. Chrysler LeBaron.
Temps hit 40 here today. I passed 5 different car washes with at least 30 minute lines. 😄
I wish you all a very "don't watch the inauguration tomorrow, that orange cretin is gonna steal enough of your mindshare without you watching him on purpose" to you all 💛✌🏽
I swear, I read this as "Hobbits, for instance," and I was in total agreement.
Ya know, I don't wish ill towards Cal, but I can't deny that this story made me laugh a bit. Really hope the Cats win against them in Feb.