In 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman suggested using :-) for humorous comments after his colleagues took a joke about mercury seriously. www.wired.com/story/a-comp...

♫ How do you solve a problem like Cthulhu? How do you catch Old Ones and pin them down? How do you even pronounce Cthulhu? I'm horrified as my shattering mind melts down! ♫

As it's his birthday... #magritte #surrealism #art @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon

Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...

Stranger: a word for the wise- Me: oh I won’t be needing that

Bell, tolling: This is for you Me: I didn’t ask

Server: Do you want to throw this away later at home? Me: Yes, I'd love a box.

Apparently I have a long-lost sibling.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

I'll oompa your loompas

I’ll mountain your goats. @themountaingoats.bsky.social

make a book shorter: Two Men in a Boat (Gary Fell Out)

CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...

ICE needs you to provide proper documentation, Charlie Brown

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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially. Period. This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

"My cat sees an empty bag and wants to go inside" to the tune of Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones

stem cell research isnt "playing god", it's medicine building particle colliders isn't "playing god", it's physics you wanna know whats playing god? what will get us smited for our hubris? carbonating milk

She might have been a 10, but I ignored her because she didn't use Alt Text.

Today someone told me I am average. I told them that's just mean.

I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more

It’s pretty scary to be out as trans right now so a message for trans people who aren’t out: Your gender isn’t based on how other people see you. It’s how you see you. Your safety is important and you are the expert on that safety. We will save you a spot at the table. Stay alive.

Fire Marshal: "There are too many kung fu fighters in here"

Roman doctors be like: HE NEEDS A 4, STAT

Why the Human Rights Commission is taking rare step to sue 5 districts over anti-trans policies mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/19/w...

girl are you the kobayashi maru because this shit was doomed from the start

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...

Morning, everyone

Not enough work again…

[powerful black mold crawls out from bathroom stall, posts on social media]: I also lived with Olivia Nuzzi for 4 years

jesus after overeating at the last supper:

Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.

oh i see; we're going to ruin a man's life over a single, solitary, decades-long pattern of behaviour, are we?

I mentally created a mockup poster for the remake of The Running Man with a half demolished East Wing in the background, the Tartrazine Tyrant in the foreground, and big letters saying: THE RUINING MAN

Frohe Boschweihnachten!

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

Folks, I really need some help. For the last 10-15 days, I've been pretty much out of action, which has put me two weeks behind on promoting my Film Stories 500 show in London next week. I'd be grateful for any help/support in getting the word out. Thank you. www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...

Me: “Doctor, can I get an STD in a public restroom?” Gynecologist*: “Sure, but there are much more comfortable places.” *For people in Alabama, a gynecologist is a type of doctor who attends to women's health needs.

Being weird and tone deaf is half the battle

Me: “Doctor, I think I'm going deaf." Doctor: “Describe the symptoms." Me: “Well, Homer is bald and Marge has blue hair.”

Checking the schedule in vain for the last train to Parksville…