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A few more because of course this is going to be the cover design of all my work notebooks from now until I'm over this phase.

Still perfect

Most people don't realize the truly staggering rate of improvement of renewable technologies - the pace has been *insane* and costs have fallen through the floor.

Hey everyone! Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today! But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold. I just resorted our list to put those on the top. Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!

oh my gosh the moon right now

Not just with pizza, either. Waters and Chez Panisse is probably the biggest reason anyone cares about eating local and farm-to-table.

Is it finally time for Apollonian Gaskets to come into fashion !?

I don't often celebrate an extinction event but the Worm can't drop dead fast enough. Perhaps single digit numbers this year 🤩

At last an AI tool I can get behind “Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.” antirender.com

“Mooninite Day” is particularly poignant this year because Sean is dying of cancer and probably won’t make it to the next one. If you want to help him out, he’s doing a gofundme www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

“Mooninite Day” is particularly poignant this year because Sean is dying of cancer and probably won’t make it to the next one. If you want to help him out, he’s doing a gofundme www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

I need you to know that you can buy individual crabs from LEGO and they are 21¢ each www.lego.com/en-us/pick-a...

A poem of mine is the subject of the inaugural translation puzzle contest in N+1 Magazine’s Miss Translation column by Bela Shayevich Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written

In case you want to enter the contest, it might help to know that the way it’s usually formatted is like this

Apparently someone’s already sent in a translation solution. I remain baffled that people come up with translations of this poem.

400k people. One tiny nation. Total European #handball domination. Iceland just made the semifinals of the #EHFEuro2026! But look at the bracket: Iceland: Us Germany: Icelandic coach Croatia: Icelandic coach Denmark: Had an Icelandic coach We aren't just playing the game; we’re exporting it.

Not good www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/a...

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

The NTSB had a meeting today on the probable cause of the mid-air collision in Washington D.C. last January between a passenger jet and a Blackhawk helicopter. "We should be angry, because for years no one listened. This was preventable, this was 100% preventable."

Not to agitate my North American friends, but it's currently 7°C (45°F) here in Reykjavík and hasn't snowed all month. I haven't worn my big winter coat in a week. Our local mountain, Esjan, basically has no snow. Pic from earlier this month; less snow now! #iceland #climate #aurora #northernlights

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Another JJW "shit has happened at work" thread is in progress.

"…neither of them seemed to know the danger until it was too late. They believed they were operating in some version of the normal state…where the police usually respond with discipline and restraint." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

ARTE

There is a very disturbing current NOTAM that appears to prohibit drone flights within 3000 feet of DHS and ICE operations, including moving and (presumably) disguised vehicles. Proceed with EXTREME caution when flying drones anywhere near areas in which ICE is active.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Do this now.

In the app this is in ☰ > Settings > Content and media I’d recommend turning all toggles off

the vibe-economics of biking to work are so unexpected, like bicycling seems like a dramatically more leisurely way to travel but then it isn’t actually much slower than traffic on the 101 and also the quality of time itself is SO much improved that the whole day is better and more useful?

@seismogenic.bsky.social hvernig lærðirðu að tala íslensku?

decaying aerospace republic (poor Sabreliner, whatever happened to you)

Gonna start an app called AVRATS just to log my commute on days when I don’t walk, run, nor ride a bicycle.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

I remember when text was entirely handmade

I feel so lucky to have come of age in an era where people were like “what should we do with the internet??” and the answer was “post thoughtful essays”

Aurora Forecast Update for 2026-01-20T19:00:03Z ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2026 Jan 20 1852 UTC Synoptic Period: 1800-2100 UTC Active Warning: Yes NOAA Scale: G2 - Moderate Additional Details Here.

Iceland's foreign policy at the moment: "If we stay very very still, maybe nobody will notice us."

Icelanders, when they saw that Iceland wasn’t even on Trump’s photoshopped map claiming Canada and Greenland

I uh, un-recommend Best Bus

What’s funny is Iceland is green and Greenland is actually Kalaallit Nunaat.

I forgot to post this at the time. Hella Cloudy

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

Low-latitudes in Europe are reporting aurora! Breathtaking seeing the Alps GLOWING red during this intense solar storm. Check out this current view from St. Anton, Austria. Some nearby webcams are available on my site: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

This would not be the first time we’d be occupied by the US (only neutral country to get invaded in WW2) and I’m guessing that Trump’s military and FDR’s are two different beasts. But I do remember from my grandmother’s stories that it made the housing issue worse

It’s a stressful morning here in the subarctic, though I expect the mood of our nearest arctic neighbours to be even worse Starting to wonder what happens to mortgages in the event of a US occupation.

With a knick-knack, paddywhack, give a dog a drone…

lol... offramp meme dot jpg ass satellite image

I genuinely think the Icelandic government should reject this proposed ambassador outright. It's impractical to have an ambassador who jokes about invading the host country. "Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...