Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast.

Genuinely, if you are a journalist and you go to this year's WHCD, you're trash

Reminder that Xena: Warrior Princess lasted longer than the Confederacy.

My neighbors and I were talking about how it seems like no matter how transparent we try to be as scientists, some people will always believe we're trying to hide something. Their 8yo then said: how can you guys be hiding something when you talk about your work AAAALLL THE TIMMEEE to ANYBODY?

Apr 8th 1995 - #RexManningDay. Rex Manning, a former 80's pop idol, arrived at #EmpireRecords. 📽️📅 Empire Records (1995)

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Gen X collectively reliving Challenger, Columbia and Cold War nuclear holocaust anxiety all in the same week is a fucking lot, y'all.

In addition to all the shit that's happened on the world stage since I left the office at 5PM Wednesday, I also managed to have a personal obligation to get me out of bed early every single morning since, so I will not be the most well-rested when I return to work tomorrow morning.

We are simply not going to get free of this until our political class accepts the fact that the entire GOP led us here and must be destroyed.

I am not poasting about the current contretemps because I have nothing to say that has not been said better by other people, but. Holy shit.

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail. Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

I can guess.

anyway please remember that curtis yarvin and peter thiel and marc andreessen and elon musk and sam altman and mark zuckerberg told everyone who would listen donald trump was a brilliant statesman who was going to make the world safe for innovation after the stifling regulation of the biden years

Also a perennial reminder that in times of fast-moving news, a TON of unverified photos, videos, audio, and 'news stories' circulate, go viral, and perpetuate misinformation. Please take time to double-check things before posting and/or sharing! Verifying reports can take time.

the photos NASA is releasing of the moon mission are really incredible

mods are asleep post camera falling out of plane and landing in a pig pen to be licked by a pig

Comments in legacy code be like

Thrilled to finally be at this point—LIVE LAUGH LOVE releases in September and it’s now available for preorder! Live Laugh Love is about exactly what you think it is… open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

April 6, 1980: Julius Erving slams home the lob from Maurice Cheeks in Game 1 of Philadelphia's Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup with Atlanta. Dr. J had 28 PTS/7 REB/7 AST and Cheeks had 21 PTS/9 AST in the Sixers' 107-104 win. Eddie L. Johnson scored 26 PTS for the Hawks.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

If you're curious about the camera the #ArtemisII astronauts are using to capture those gorgeous images of the moon and Earth, I found an article talking about the camera they picked (and which features led them to pick an older DSLR rather than a newer model). www.photoworkout.com/artemis-ii-n...

If you like data, or making things with textile crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet, weaving, etc.), I've finally written something up about data visualization with textiles. More words coming over the next few months! #DHmakes

For a second I thought we were talking yarn, but I agree in any case.

I can't close these they are my Emotional Support research tabs

post it | patreon.com/lubchansky

To mark legendary producer Roger Corman’s 100th birthday today, here’s a roundup of his acting jobs for his illustrious alumni.

That “Hallelujah” Chorus slaps.

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

One of the great behind the scenes photos.

Fuck it let's bring back some real bunny discourse

“Pope Leo XIV aka Bob”

Happy Easter to those that celebrate.🐣😏🥂💙

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this website is dying because rust blooms beneath all we build. structures fail, signals fade, and all timelines collapse to dust. the universe, trending irreversibly towards disorder, makes each post a little colder than the last until even memory redshifts into the darkness.

This is why I'm turning down many invitations for interviews because if you haven't been listening before, you sure as hell aren't paying attention now. We are in an authoritarian regime using Christianity to further its aims.

Maybe not funniest ever but perfect for Easter 🐣

Incredible

The trouble with the people whining about "the male loneliness epidemic" is they reject every possible solution to it other than "submit to fascism"

And on the third movie he rose from the torpedo tube, ascended in a Klingon Bird of Prey, and sits at the right hand of Kirk almighty, from thence he will come to judge all things “fascinating”

[Jerusalem] MARY: They've taken Jesus from his tomb SIMON: Maybe they gave him Upjesus MARY: What's Upjesus? JESUS {risen}: Not much, w—

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

Adulthood is a hard case to make to someone who's not already bought in. Wondermark #1583; Groan Up

I like it when you promote your book, share you article, tell us about your new job, announce your promotion, brag about your kids, post your pet photos, and post the yummy things you cooked. All of it.

A movie about a group of Nazi veterinarians who conspire to transplant Hitler's cloned brain into pet rabbits. Call it The Bunnies From Brazil.

Just remembering the time we were out for drinks with a friend and this grindset bro was totally pitching her at the bar and kept talking about the pressure of running his start-up and then asked her what she did and she said "I'm a Medevac nurse on the helicopter team at CHOP" and he left

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