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We spotted some California Turret Spider burrows this week on Sonoma Mtn. They are fascinating little structures.💚 #Spiders #Arachnids #Inverts #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Quick little pocket reviews of the indies I streamed yesterday! Disclosure: All of these games/DLCs were gifted to me through publishers, devs, or PR groups. Thread ⬇️

Listening to the talarico jubilee, and farming jobs came up... well: www.vox.com/a/explain-fo... ... problem is, he cited CA because CA produces a looot the food WE eat. Most agri lately makes industrial crops instead.

It is time! Live for another Wednesday W-indies - all indies all day! Thread ⬇️ twitch.tv/mikiran

Become ungovernable

The 2025 art vs artist thing because why the hell not

There is still time to buy before we close up shop for Christmas! wolfskulljack.com/collections/...

Bluesky has genuinely revived my love for science communication online. After watching the same posts go nowhere on Twitter, seeing them resonate here has been such a good reminder of why I do this. Thanks for being here 🖤

This x 1,000,000

Deeply believing in something that is wrong does not make someone a bad person. That said, working exhaustively to avoid finding out, like cookies, is a path to the dark side.

I feel like something has changed fundamentally out at Seamless. 4 out of 4 of the last drivers have gotten horribly lost, one even cross into another state. Never happened before. The gig economy is so abusive, but I'm wicked sick and need some gorrram chicken noodle soup dammit.

Yay for fun co-streams with friends! Fallout 76 with my buddy Franco right now! More Sea of Stars later! twitch.tv/mikiran

So when are we gonna get the 1:1 scale V-GER lego kit?

First step to mastering a thing... is being terrible at that thing. Second step to mastering a thing is being terrible at that a tiny bit less.

Lego Wednesday boldly goes where no brick has gone before with the Star Trek set NCC-1701-D USS Enterprise (10356)! www.twitch.tv/aulddragon/

Stand up. Step forward. Reach out. Hold on. Build.

Timeline cleanse: Antarctic sun dogs/halo version. January 2024, RAICA ice core project at Canisteo Peninsula, West Antarctica supported by Korea Polar Research Institute and US National Science Foundation. 🌞 ❄️

It is time! Live for another Wednesday W-indies - all indies all day! Thread ⬇️ twitch.tv/mikiran

also, if you hadn't heard, i am making a new album! finally!!!

ALERT: Accurate history classes have been cancelled because learning about mistakes from the past might hurt the feelings of the people currently repeating them.

I will get through Disco Elysium and Sea of Stars I will get through Disco Elysium and Sea of Stars I will get through Disco Elysium and Sea of Stars

⭐BREAKING: Federal Agents intercepted a suspicious package addressed to Donald Trump. Reportedly, it contained copies of the U.S. Constitution and Geneva Conventions.

Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.

If you're an artist/crafter/musician/other creator with things that would make great gifts this holiday season, today's the Whatever gift guide day for you to share your work with thousands! Follow the link to tell people how to get what you've got! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/03/t...

This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)

I have gigabit and a 4k netflix plan, but it still is as muddy as dail-up

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

“I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.” @karenho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kare... bsky.app/profile/bill...

three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Saw a Smart Fortwo done up like bismuth

I wonder what the new trials will be called, akin to the nuremberg trials last time. The Alexandria Trials?

Keep in mind, things appear redder the faster they are receding.

Yep

Literally true

Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.

once people get past the mental hurdle of thinking Everything Must Be Profitable, we can start asking what people actually NEED, what would improve lives, even if it loses money. that's where government stepping in can be good. It's not that complicated.

This is my favorite math youtuber by far. If you need some motivation to learn R and the like, this is the content you need to shovel into your eyeballs. www.youtube.com/@simplistics...

I think I may have the longest road

'From your perspective,' people should commit atrocities by following illegal orders, violating the very founding constitution that defines our nation as one that does not entertain wannabe kings, despots and tyrants. When these would rear their heads, 'mutiny' is patriotism.

Ben is fantastic, you should hire him!

If you see this post an anime you love

Indies have a special place in my heart, so I was itching to get back to my Wednesday W-indies! Indie games all day! Thread below ⬇️ twitch.tv/mikiran

This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the high costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%" Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

My content on TikTok has been heavily suppressed for the 10 mos. And now I get this notification on videos. This vid is me reading @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social It's nothing objectionable. I had a long chat with a TikTok upper level help about why I'm so suppressed. Their response was telling/1