John M. Gamble

@jmgamble

Lives in Chicago. Programs obscure algorithms. My primary posting site is and will remain at Mastodon. The account is bridged here: @jgamble.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

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John M. Gamble@jmgamble· 27d

Yeah, its drifting westward. Yesterday Toronto was worst.

List of cities with the worst air qualty, taken from a screenshot of the IQAir website. The top four cities are

1. Detroit 566
2. Minneapolis 289
3. Chicago 259
4. Toronto 241

Over 300 is considered dangerous, 201 to 300 is considered unhealthy.

The screenshot was taken 12:14 PM July 16th, 2026

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Jul 8

Another one, via the Backrooms With Cathy ("Ackrooms") thread.

Another "Sickos" cartoon, based on the original cartoon from The Onion. This one has the cartoon character Cathy, wearing a disgusted face, looking through a window, palms against the window panes. Her shirt has the word "ACKOS" on it.

The speech bubble above her head says "ACK... HA HA HA... ACK!"

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Jun 22

If it was actually bad don't tell me.

Picture of seven actors. Four of them, standing in the rear, are men, three of whom are dressed in 19th century formal Western clothing , the fourth is dressed in work clothes. In front, sitting are a woman in a formal dress, a boy in formal clothing minus the jacket, and a woman in a shirt and pants holding a rifle.

(It's the cast picture of Best of the West)

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Jun 11

I often check numbers that I encounter. No, I'm not obsessive. #Mathematcs

Screenshot of a Numbers A Plenty page for the number 8647. It announces in the header that 8647 is a prime number.

Following that, its first three properties listed are:

° 8647 has 2 divisors, whose sum is 8648. Its totient is 8646

° The previous prime 8641. The next prime is 9663. The reversal of 8647 is 7468.

° 8647 is digitally balanced in base 2, because in such base it contains all the possible digits an equal number of times.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· May 19

I hope I'm not duplicating someone else's post.

In the style of The Onion's Sicko cartoon, a goose is staring through a six-paned window. The goose is holding a knife in its beak. The speech balloon above it reads "HONK... HA HA HA... HONK!"

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· May 9

I imagine this section is going to see more edits in the coming weeks.

Section of Martin Nowak's Wikipedia article titled "Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein"

Nowak maintained a close personal and financial relationship with the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[33] The preface of his 2011 textbook, Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life, ends with "I thank Jeffrey Epstein for many ideas and for letting me participate in his passionate pursuit of knowledge in all its forms."

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Apr 30

And this exercise in psychopathy logic after being called out on it:

Reply by "eggnog slut" (deus01.bsky.social) to the criticism they received over their unfunny jokes about alleged woman-on-man sexual assault.

It reads "if it wasn't funny there wouldn't be so many people joking about it"

7:04 AM • Apr 30, 2026

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Apr 18

Cc @refrag.bsky.social Since yours is one of two accounts I follow on that instance, and your description says it's a backup account:

Fosstodon
1h ago • @fosstodon

Hi all, we've made the decision to defederate with mastodon.cloud, due to the unfortunate neglect of the server. Mastodon.cloud was already limited by Fosstodon. We will complete the defederation in 72 hours. Please reach out to accounts you still follow on mastodon.cloud and encourage them to move, while you can still contact them as the defederation will break your follow.

12:17 PM • Apr 18 2026 • Ivory for iOS

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Apr 6

"Results: probably autistic. Wittgenstein would have gotten the same result."

Partial screenshot of the "score" of the Millerman School German or Autistic test. The result says "Autistic" in large letters. Below in italics it reads "Not necessarily German about it."

The horizontal bar codes below that have German at 31% and Autistic at 60%.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Mar 25

I laughed.

Screenshot of a CNN app report with the headline:

"Democrat Emily Gregory will flip deep-red Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago, CNN projects".

It is by Molly English and Randi Kaye. It is time stamped as being "updated 7:08 PM CDT, Tue Mar 24, 2026.

Below that is a picture of a smiling woman backdropped by what I presume is the Florida coastline.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Mar 22

Found one.

Reply to original poster from unmesa.bsky.social, that reads:

"Yeah so every chiropractor is a monster, and all benefits of chiropractic treatments are self-deluded. Thank you for your bias, sir."

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Mar 16

It's been a good day to be indoors.

A screenshot of the hourly temperatures on Weather Underground app.

The graph from 2 PM to 5 PM show temperatures that go from 60° to 62°. Just before the 6 PM mark, the line drops to 38° and slopes down to 35°. There is a number above the line that suggests it will drop to 24°.

All temperatures are in Fahrenheit.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Feb 26

Oh, him. I encountered him via Bad Medical Takes at the Other Site, and the only question I had was "Why does a non-celebrity have 'real' in his handle?) I kept a screenshot though, it was that nuts.

Screenshot of a tweet from Stew Peters (@realstewpeters on Twitter) on January 14th, 2023 12:58 PM. It reads:

I'm not going to debate this anymore.

It's a Bioweapon.

Read the patents.

Anyone who says otherwise, or is unwilling to say it is lying and complicit, and should stand trial for accessory to murder.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Feb 1

Of course, when you block them no one else can see who you're talking about. Here's a screenshot to help everyone.

Screenshot of the account claiming to be the Chicago Bail Fund. At the time the screenshot was taken it had 7 followers and 138 posts.

The account name to block is at-sign followed by 'chicagobailfund' dot bsky dot social.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 20

The Icicle Thief. In my opinion, Pleasantville took its inspiration from it.

Poster for the movie The Icicle Thief. It is divided into thirds with background colors green, white, and red (the colors of the Italian flag) with two of the main characters, separated by a list of the starring actors. At the bottom is a scene from the famous film The Bicycle Thief, which this movie lightly parodies with a film within the film.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 20

Allegro Non Tropo.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 19

"You may be wondering how I got to this position." #uspol

Image of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as he is walking towards a stairway, while being asked questions.

A bill concerning the Epstein files, that he wanted amended, just passed the Senate without amendments.

His lips are sucked in as he listens to a reporter's question. He obviously doesn't want to be in this position, doesn't know why no one amended the bill in the Senate before passing it, and can't answer any question with any confidence.

He is having a bad night.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 15

It is not widely known that David Gerard, Eugine Nier, Émile Torres, and Ziz once sat for a portrait.

Album cover for The Rolling Stones record Their Satanic Majesties Request.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 10

I move to call this "smile" the Fox Rictus. Anyone second this motion?

Picture of Michael Knowles, speaking at CPAC in 2023, from a March 2023 Rolling Stone article. He has a strange, extended smile that wouldn't have been out of place on Jack Nicholson's Joker character.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Oct 4

I was going to reply with every twelfth Miles Davis album, but Kind of Blue is number 27 in Wikipedia's list, and skipping that one is just wrong.

Album cover of the Miles Davis record Kind of Blue. The image is a photograph of Davis, facing slightly downward, blowing into the mouthpiece of his trumpet. It's a close-up shot, so only the mouthpiece, neck, and a valve of the trumpet are visible.

The lighting is low. Davis is wearing a blue-gray suit and vest, and a black tie with red and orange circles in a diamond pattern.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Aug 24

This guy gets blocked a lot, I guess. Also his posting history is full of frankly correct complaints about the Democrats's leadership, but say any negative about Newsom? How dare you, you're being divisive.

Latest (as of 12:20pm August 24th 2025) post from The ClownTownCrier (ihippie at bsky dot social) that reads

"I do believe that if you post on Bluesky, or any social media for that matter, you should NOT have ANY control over who can respond to that post. You want the ability to say whatever about whatever, but no one can either agree or disagree whit [sic] you. If your ego is that fragile, maybe just shut up!"

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Aug 7

Hm. I thought that was a little late for "N-rays" to still be referenced, but Wikipedia says no. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-ray

The term "N-ray" was added to dictionaries upon its announcement and was described as a real phenomenon until at least the 1940s. For instance, the 1946 Webster's Dictionary defined it as "An emanation or radiation from certain hot bodies which increases the luminosity without increasing the temperature: as yet, not fully determined."

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Jul 29

I wonder if his source is Wikipedia. It's nearly 4am here, so I'm not tracking down when this got edited in.

Wikipedia text that begins " If Pac-Man is caught by a ghost, he loses a life; the game ends when all lives are lost. Each of the four ghosts has it's own unique artificial intelligence (A.I.), or "personality": Blinky gives direct chase to Pac-Man; Pinky and Inky try to position themselves in front of Pac-Nan, usually by cornering him; and Clyde switches between chasing Pac-Man and fleeing from him."

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Jul 18

A little detail about myself: I really like Winslow Homer.

An image of Winslow Homer's painting The Gulf Stream. A small boat with no sail is tossed by high waves and bad weather. The sole occupant is trying keep the boat level.

The Met's website reads "In Homer’s epic saga set along the Gulf Stream, a Black man faces his possible demise on the deck of a distressed boat while threatened by sharks and a waterspout. This painting is the culminating expression of various deeply personal and universal themes that Homer explored across his career, particularly the conflict between humans and the natural environment."

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Dec 24

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

Color panel from the Peanuts comic.

From left to right are the characters Charlie Brown, Linus Van Pelt, and Lucy Van Pelt. All are staring at something with some amazement. Linus is saying something with his arms raised, clearly exasperated.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Dec 3

Huzzah!

Picture of the April 1972 issue of Analog Magazine. The cover is the illustration for Harry Harrison's "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!"

Dominating the illustration is a large tube being lowered by cables to the ocean floor. Based on perspective, a huge iron framework machine with "arms" waits to receive it and maneuver it into position. The tube, large enough to allow two train tracks side by side, is at an angle and possibly in a precarious position. Two bright red, finned mini subs are nearby.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 28

I think they're "researchers" in the same manner as the Tobacco Institute "scientists".

Screenshot of an oblivious account.

From "deepfates" (whose account starts with @deepfates.com) a post that reads:

"I heard people wanted a million Bluesky posts? So I made an open-source script that allows anyone to scrape the Bluesky firehose and collect everything people post."

There's another paragraph that shows they're deliberately failing to read the room, and praising the fake AI "researchers".

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 26

I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I replied.

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 26

I followed back what I thought was an artist's account. And maybe it is and I'm just overly suspicious. But they DM'd me (an unusual thing to begin with) with this message

John M. Gamble@jmgamble· Nov 5

Got it done. Also voted for the school board candidate that the Republicans seem to be reeeeally upset with. Here's the Michigan sticker which is much more pretty than what we've got in Illinois.