The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. This one ends well, right? Guys? Talk to me!

My shorter 2026 energy predictions.

I know I'm the target market for Steve Miller and Beastie Boys samples, and sure, even some select Billy Joel lines, but the new Nas/Premier album is tight.

Just off the dome, here are a few things that have saved the lives of my family over the past 106 years: - Immigration to the US fleeing religious persecution - Vaccines - Cancer research - Public university health insurance - Public hospitals - Hurricane forecasting Who is against these things?

When this story broke last night, my feed was full of climate scientists explaining how important this organization is to understanding how our planet works. Seems important!

Evergreen post tbqh

Space Solar: Has potential, but a bit silly. Space Data Centers: Idiotic! Nuclear Power on the Moon: We should probably invent a propulsion system that doesn’t require this, if we want to use the moon as an interplanetary launch pad. Data Centers on the Moon: Drugs are bad, kids.

“Surely the leopard suns will never eat my face!” — Earth, probably.

Did I screenshot this and send it to my daughter in college who was just talking with me about Aquinas while studying for her freshman philosophy final and also for related reasons the topic of mummified remains on display in Italian churches came up? Maybe. For those with faith, no evidence is nec

No real surprises here!

Want to feel hopeful about climate action? Look to local politics. 75% of the commitments that the US made at the Paris climate agreement can be reached entirely without federal support. I dug into this for @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Me in my early 30s: "Why do all my colleagues in their late 40s use headshots from 5-10 years ago? They look so different now!" Me in my late 40s: [exclusively uses headshots from 5-10 years ago]

Allowing myself a little bit of hope for state-level progress on renewables in Virginia coming in the new year with a new governor, as a treat: cardinalnews.org/2025/12/05/b...

*Resets the “Days since my dog barked at a dog-themed outdoor Christmas decoration” sign to zero.*

Never get tired of watching Messi win.

Unrelated to anything, the One Song podcast with @samsanders.bsky.social about Dreams was fun, so now I’m listening to Rumours in the hallway outside the futsal gym where my kid is playing.

Watching the World Cup draw live

This came to me in a dream

The moon was so big and full this morning it reminded me of the time I called the cops on the moon.

Gotta appreciate the classics. youtu.be/wqbEsS5kFb8?...

This is good news for Virginia! Hoping to see these numbers keep moving in the right direction in 2026, especially with a new administration and majority in the legislature.

I named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein because *jazz hands*

Having been through a couple of MRIs a long time ago, if you can't remember what part of your body they were scanning, it was your brain.

Accidentally watched all of Top Gun on purpose, so now having a Bob’s Burgers or seven as a palate cleanser.

Not me marking out for Busta Rhymes AND the literal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Just gonna drive down 95 real quick

I have seen all the Star Wars, but I have never seen: - Space Jam - Dumb and Dumber - Anchorman

Here's the average carbon intensity for the US over the past 12 months. There aren't too many clear correlations, but these stand out: 1. Missouri, what the heck is up with you? 2. Renewables in CA and TX aren't causing price increases. 3. TVA seems unbothered. (See alt text for more context)

Everton having a normal one, I see.

Reacting to your post about the Outer Banks? That's commenting for beach. Discussing the best stone fruit available in July? That's commenting for peach. Posting about how the bloodletting of George Washington contributed to his death? Commenting for leech.

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, Charlie Brown

Strong week for people with the letter Z in their name, tbqh

DONALD TRUMP FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING ME: Actually, Emperor Tomato Ketchup is superior to Dots and Loops, which is really more of a John McEntire collaboration, and he is a genius, but it’s not really the same Stereolab after that, is it? It’s not the same.

It's a sign of growth and maturity if I don't immediately subskeet about a thing I find ridiculous and unscientific, right? Oh, is this the subskeet? Hmm.

Apparently an extra cup or two of green tea and a King Tubby playlist is all it takes for a super productive afternoon? Surely there will be no consequences to this approach.

If it’s not from the Parma region of Italy, it’s just sparkling cheese.

Nervously — no, hopefully — watches clock.

Read the whole thread for a view from the front lines of how GenAI chatbots have democratized and accelerated the development of (and access to) conspiracy theories. Birds of a feather no longer necessary.

*waits patiently for the Good Wednesday News to drop*

“In short, a latent bug in a service underpinning our bot mitigation capability started to crash after a routine configuration change we made." -- Cloudflare root cause, and honestly, a) who among us, and b) Their teams are going to get a lot of questions about deployment processes and systems QA.

Gonna need that “Is it DNS?” flowchart today.

I regret to inform you I have read the latest missive regarding the topic I muted, and *hooboy*

I can’t remember if I’ve posted anything about this before or just drafted in my head 99 times, but shoutout to fellow families of severe traumatic brain injury victims who have to walk around getting triggered by [checks notes] the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a sitting Senator.

TIL: There’s a perfectly serviceable “mute words” feature on Bluesky. IT BEGINS.

Winning against a WC qualified CONMEBOL team with a bunch of supposed starters out and guys like Roldan in the lineup is better than losing to them, I’ll give Poch that!

Are all Wednesdays going to be OK now?

Treated myself to a Limón Pepino Gatorade after not fainting when I went to the *good* bloodwork spot for some labs, and let me tell you, this flavor hits much harder in the dead of summer after a long day of watching children play soccer, but I stand by my decisions.