everything's an unidentified flying object when you completely lack the ability to identify flying objects

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σίδηρος "For iron itself incites men [to violence]" (Odyssey 19.13). One of the great examples of how sharp Greek, especially Homer's, can be in its brevity. The verb, ἐφέλκειν, is literally 'to draw, drag, take in tow,' so the iron itself is dragging men to violence.

robot dogs are cops but I think robot horses could be very cool

been thinking about the stage of life that occurs post marriage & kids that gets little to no Narrative Space: Community Improvement. where’s the hallmark movie sequel where that big city doctor and her new farmer wife Fix Up The Rural Hospital

collect S-K-A-T-E

If by age 40, you haven’t adopted a decaying public institution with no funding that’s actually working to make peoples lives better,and are making all of the institutional problems your personal problems, are you really even an engaged citizen

one of my favorite moments of TNG is when Picard is immediately unable to contain his horse autism

It’s more likely than you think.

If Pokémon Pokopia was a Light Novel

pokopia is sending me with this

pokopia best Pokemon game of the past 5 years easily

bar trivia but only asks about the Epstein files

Man, Leverage was something else.

it’s really important that the robot that lets me do surgery also does wireless induction charging and lets me bluetooth so everyone in the OR has to listen to Britney Spears Circus

Quilt as flag 21 inches by 24 inches made of recycled fabric

Did i buy this yarn just because of the name? knitting a tie for my very anti-AI spouse at their request

Every time a different democracy effectively and clearly punishes an elected authoritarian for attempted insurrection

2026 basically

Today I woke up increasingly fucking angry about this. I'm sure 10+ billion hours of children scrolling an endless dopamine hit of slop games is 100% fine for their development, right? I don't look at this as market opportunity. I look at this with genuine fear for the next generation.

For the low price of feeding personal data like weight, body measurements, blood pressure, A1C counts, and all of your movement — and everything you eat — your employer can save $1000 by not paying for medications prescribed by your doctor.

Year of the Fire Horse

people get better at things the more they do it. yes, even you

I didn't know if @marthawells.com knew about this Easter egg that Alexander Skarsgård snuck into the #murderbot TV series!

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

WRITING IS THINKING

I’m reading Thud! for maybe the twentieth time. But this time I’m a parent and crying at different parts. One of the best Discworld

The point of learning science is learning to ask meaningful questions. And “how do we know that?” is a pretty damn meaningful question

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

We have a finished body and I’m blasting through the first sleeve! Lace-weight with large diameter DPNs is not as bad as I worried it would be! Definitely not oupdbe been easier with small circumference circulars but I was too impatient so I’m working with this. 🧶 #KnitSky

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I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills

the difference between name brand and off brand black rainbow sequin yarn is significant! The density of sequins (and color being on both sides of the sequins) markedly different (not really fiber content though). Excited to knit with the Lang Paillettes and let u know how they knit different

Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet #ShowMeYourKnits F: Fine Sweater in Paintbox Cotton Aran 🧶

you don’t even know how good normal yarn is until you knit with sequin yarn, which fights tooth and nail to slide off your knitting needles at every single opportunity

The disposability of girls and young women is so built in that there isn’t really any discussion around lost futures or potential because any woman who could offer something important must be remarkable and rare. In short, the expectations of them are low, and nothing much of value is lost.

okay short row colorwork is not more complex than your average faux-cable crochet pattern, and is super fun. Having SUCH a great time! Thanks @woollywormhead.bsky.social

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my most peepaw-coded trait is that I angrily refuse to use DoorDash (and similar apps) because I know the markup is so insane versus “picking the food up myself” - and that money doesn’t go to the restaurant. By god, I will drive or walk my ass over to the restaurant and get it myself.

I had this week off work so of course the toddler has been out of daycare with pinkeye and they’re redoing floors with power tools so we can’t be at home. But she’s obsessed with the guitar so I did learn three chords on the guitar for her

for some reason all the techbros have been talking about building Dyson Spheres all of a sudden and to be clear: we are so comedically far from being able to build a dyson sphere that they may as well be promising magic. we are MILLENIA away from building dyson spheres

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If you talk with the most down-to-earth, level-headed multi-millionaires, you see it taking form: So much invisible friction has been removed from their lives in ways great & small that they don't even see, so with best intentions they feel like they can still relate to common folks, but they can't.

someone mentioned Thomas Pynchon to me after two margaritas and said “writes book you pick up but never read” and I sent a full Wall of Text to the gc about how wrong they were

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

Many people have suggested the Melt the Ice knit pattern is better with an inch or so of stockinette before the decreases. May I suggest some colorwork you could add?