First listen — first Crooked Fingers in 15 years. music.apple.com/us/album/swe...

Just going to leave this here while I drag myself to the shower. savestandardtime.com

One reason one might wear a hat in an inappropriate situation is to keep one’s rash-encrusted scalp from sloughing off in public. You know…just off the top of my head.

I don’t think there’s any show that matches Bones for the number of times I said, “can they show that on television?!”

If you’ve ever wondered why US atheists overwhelmingly vote Democratic, here you go.

Wait, Lanterns has Garret Dillahunt and Paul Ben-Victor? Now I’m sold.

People who believe in an imminent Rapture/Armageddon don't have anything invested in what happens to you here on Earth. You are irrelevant to them and will be treated accordingly.

Dumbest fucking timeline. www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/mrff...

So this is actually happening. I don’t see how they pull this off without half the fans despising them for the ending they choose. apple.news/Al-zqccdJRJa...

Checking cat inventory, in order by age: Roo, 13: ✅ Bibi, 13: ✅ Leonardo Casanova, 10: ✅ Millie, 7: ✅

damn they really made Operation Epstein Fury so fucking easy

I used to think this was the Dunning-Kruger presidency but I guess it’s really the sucker-born-every-minute presidency.

Trump Delivers State Of The Union Death Rattle

Happy Twin Peaks Day

@radiofreetom.bsky.social remembers GHW Bush as “the ultimate moderate.” I remember him as the guy who said I, as an atheist, shouldn’t be considered a citizen, after which I never voted for another Republican. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

“The Dead Don’t Die” seems to work better each time I watch it. youtu.be/bs5ZOcU6Bnw?...

I realized today that somehow over the years, my brain had mashed up “Ninotchka,” which is considered one of the great classics, with “Condorman,” which is not.

The tariffs will just be re-imposed with a new justification, and the court battles will start over from scratch. Along with new court battles over whether the money has to be refunded if the tariffs *would* have been legal under the new justification. 1/

Am I catmaxxing?

Early Gen X guy living in beautiful Port Townsend, WA. I have four cats with seven eyes and three tails between them. I’m a Drupal developer for state government. I co-authored a 1994 book about the Internet. I like music by people my age. Atheist, vegetarian, pro-UBI, anti-borders.

I’ve boiled my daily dating app activity to swiping left ten times rapidly while muttering to myself, “More than 10 miles away, not attracted, too far, too attractive, too far, too active, religious, too far, too young, likes dogs.” This allows me to pretend I’m trying.

Paul Giamatti turned in an absolutely legendary performance on this week’s #StarfleetAcademy. His closing scene was utterly stunning.

If my downright insane hours played weren’t indicative enough, the final proof that I’m 100% immersed in No Man’s Sky is that I now get absurdly excited and curious when @nomansbsky.bsky.social makes one of his single-emoji posts. And it’s my birthday next week!

Tawny Newsome delivered a truckload of grade-A Trek this week, both on-screen and as a writer.

The face of an angel With the heart of something less nice music.apple.com/us/album/luc...

Somehow in the 45 years since I was the nerd talking his way into the junior high closet that contained the school’s only Apple ][ I must have turned into a Luddite, because the features described as must-haves sound like a living nightmare. I want to operate my devices, not converse with them.

I make extremely minimal use of Facebook — no friends, just local event groups and a handful of interest groups. Lately my Facebook hobby is blocking anyone who announces to the No Man’s Sky group that they’ve built a church. It’s the little things.

I’ve been through a lot of “that album is *how* old?!” anniversaries, but OK Computer turning 30 next year is going to be hard to accept.

“[N]one of the participants – many of them senior former military and government officials – considered the scenario unrealistic, especially after the supreme court’s decision in Trump v United States, which granted the president criminal immunity for official acts.” apple.news/AQeAxeDGdS1W...

Something I absolutely love about black cats is the way they are usually just two-dimensional voids, utterly featureless apart from improbably large glowing orbs for eyes.

Gina Yashere joyfully, hilariously captures the most entertaining version of what you’d get if you crossed a Jem’hadar with a Klingon. Pure fun whenever she’s on screen.

It’s funny because it’s true!

Almond Basket had better be a regular on Starfleet Academy.

ICE Weasels. That’s the term — from the old Life Is Hell book, Love Is Hell — that’s been nagging at the back of my brain trying to come forward.

…because they are family members? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I am very grateful right now for the existence of #NoMansSky, which allows me, outside of work hours, to live in the universe I dreamed of when I was eight years old, fifty years ago. It is a better universe than the shitshow that has burned the insulation off every nerve in my body.

our party is going to "don't use those words, please" ourself into extinction.

If all of (gestures at everything) *this* is what it takes to secure borders, then borders are more trouble than they’re worth.

It’s always a pleasant surprise when the Onion steps out of satire for a moment and delivers a genuine feel-good story.

Right now, Carol’s final line of dialogue in the final episode of Pluribus S1 feels super cathartic and aspirational.

"People in Venezuela are celebrating, though!" I don't care. People in the US celebrated Trump being elected. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.

Just finished @greatdismal.bsky.social’s Neuromancer; about 37 years since I last read it. Given the nature of the work and passage of time, I was curious how it held up, & wanted to get it fresh in my mind before the series. For me — old enough to remember dead channels — it still works very well.

Nothing could better sum up where we are as a culture

I believe the only thing preventing me from replacing my MacBook entirely with my iPad Pro is management of my music library. The inability to import CDs and edit track info is such a dumb thing to be stuck on. Might be a standalone physical ripper and third-party app are the solution.

This is an unexpected treat. Early birthday present to myself. tickets.venuepilot.com/e/jesse-syke...

The New York Observer once commented on Thomas Jefferson: "Mr. Jefferson, it is well known, was never suspected of being very friendly to orthodox religion, but these volumes prove not only that he was a disbeliever, but a scoffer of the very lowest class." As a scoffer, put me on that list.

Kudos to Jefferson County PUD for getting the power back on in the wee hours last night. I really like living in a place with community-owned not-for-profit utilities. @governorferguson.bsky.social

And this is why I’ve been gradually returning to physical media. Happily found one (1) copy of the album on Amazon.