Why are people mad at Bluesky this time?

It's remarkable seeing this happen in real time. Did we doubt the authors and the songwriters and the filmmakers? Did we really think we were immune? Did we really think we were immune?

But it was only fantasy The wall was too high, as you can see No matter how he tried, he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain

Geez is a sensible sort.

Totally agree. #F1

“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.” Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

I was wondering if they will try to upload Trump as a permanent A.I. dictator, but then I realized that he is so simple that I could have programmed his personality in BASIC in 1982.

Remember, kids, all data online are stolen, and anything you tell to any service provider or outside agency will be online. So, for example, if you tell your doctor about a symptom you are having, every insurance company will know about it. No consumer law will save you now. Share strategically.

When I look at Discover, I see a whole lot of irritating stuff I don't care about, but when I look at Following, I see a whole lot of irritating stuff I do care about. But at least I can unfollow them. Until I find myself back in Discover for some reason.

The more I live through the me-me-me era, the more I find Edo law attractive.

This is not popular, particularly in the US and among car lovers like me, but I am 100% for automated enforcement for any law or ordinance broken in any form of motorized vehicle. I also believe fines should be much higher. And, by the way, the highest speed limit should be 60mph everywhere.

The mental competency necessary to function normally in 1826 or 1926 was far below the level necessary in 2026. Every single Trumper I know is mentally deficient in some way. This is the fundamental problem in modern democracy and the oligarchs are betting on the persuasion machines. 1/4

Wishing a happy birthday to the one and only Bill Ward. - Tony

Never forget, and never trust authority.

Thanks, Toto, I always want to be told to hide by a billionaire whoring for a hundred billion dollar corporation. #F1

So now it's a billion. One wonders the payoff to Trump and his goons it took for the military to get this mega-mind-control-mass-surveillance-we-will-outlive-the-roaches bunker approved?

The Scottish don't have special day because they are busy being industrious and killing people and stuff.

As my friend Rik told me, "Make it worth the price you pay."

The Eloi are way uglier than I expected.

Anyone have the full list of met gala attendees? I am thinking that when cake eating time comes, that would be a good start.

If you think the 2026 GOP isn't the Confederacy, you have fallen for myths and legends. The Confederacy was about the preservation of wealth inequality through the domination of labor. Oligarchs convinced ignorant people to fight for them by appealing to their lowest instincts. Just like today.

My favorite Zeppelin song most people have never heard. Bonham and Company. Fantastic.

If the alpha chimp hoarded until other chimps were starving, they would kill him. If the next alpha did this, they would kill him. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. Until one was smart enough to share.

For the US only: It's a closed system with two choices. One is smarter than the other. Abstention is irrational and irresponsible. Nothing is black and white. It's all gray. "You either accept Jesus or you go to Hell." "You are either with us or you are with the evil-doers." Nothing.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you want to do some film photography, old, working manual bodies and just decent lenses are all you will ever need to produce spectacular results. It's all about you, not the equipment. Same with guitars, bicycles, etc. All else is marketing.

Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars.

Have a quintupley Dave Brubeck Day.

Are the best of the rest now Alpine, Williams, and Haas? #F1

My reaction to the rules change post-GP is that a bit less of this PU formula is a bit better, so even less would be even better. Kill the hybrids. Hybrid racing will always be lousy. #F1

What the bloody Hell, Ferrari!? Great progress for Williams, though. #F1

Hinchcliffe is fantastic. More Hinch, please. #F1

I have seen multiple B2 flyovers. Meh. Show me WWII bombers that blew Nazis to bits. #F1

A military state is inherently authoritarian For example, we have always been taught that protecting the leadership is more important than protecting the peasants. Why? Are the leaders indispensable? We need a specific president to prosecute a war? It's brainwashing and always has been.

From 2019. It also watches you and Your Family 24/7 while driving. Scan your face, find the image with A.I., find your name in a database, plug into the DMV for the registration and Area Code, Track the Car in Real Time and Feed the Locale Info to the Cops. Great... www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/b...

An in-house broadcast team is a sales team. In the sessions so far I noticed some of the same car behaviors we saw before, particularly slowing well before braking zones. But the F1TV broadcast team? It's fixed, dear fans! Daddy made it good again! Did the Saturday crowd seem a bit sparse? #F1

The two greatest detectives of all time:

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

Guess what I found in a garage sale today? [Michael Keaton voice] “I’m Batman.”