Gotta get my shit shituated.

I don't think America should ever forgive America for doing this to America.

I'm waiting for the divine spirits to emerge from that second-hand Nobel Peace Prize medallion and melt his face off, Raiders of the Lost Ark-style.

Oh hey, I found a whole new Murderbot short story¹ I didn’t know about! (besides the two²³on Tor) ¹ https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-work-compulsory-martha-wells/ ² https://reactormag.com/home-habitat-range-niche-territory-martha-wells/ ³ https://reactormag.com/rapport-martha-wells/

there is no plan.

the world was on fire and no one could save me full stop

"Caught Stealing" Even a mediocre Darren Aronofsky film is still worth watching. And this one has Vincent D'Onofrio as a murderous Hassid gangster, or, as one character puts it, "scary monsters." Plus Regina King, Griffin Dunne, and Bad Bunny. Popcorn fluff by Aronofsky standards but I have no […]

Sometimes destruction is just destruction.

Reflecting back on David Brin's "The Transparent Society". He was right about: * mass surveillance was inevitable. AI/facial recognition made him more right than he anticipated. * the key threat to freedom was privacy asymmetry: privacy for the rich and powerful, government thugs in balaclavas […]

Will anyone stand up during the State of the Union tonight to demand the full and complete release of the Epstein files? https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell "The truth is in there."

When the alien archaeologists reach the ruins of our civilization, they'll find one giant AI that just keeps computing a compounded number with two fractional decimal places. It will be very confusing for them.

That slow, sinking sensation when you realize you put the wrong date on the Google Calendar entry for an airline ticket.

Proof positive that I am on the west coast today.

/waves

Good work everybody, now do Trump.

this went viral because it's worth watching. https://youtube.com/shorts/LgO4yfu-qFw

"We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. It was believed their gigawatt data centers would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun. The human brain outperforms a thousand TPUs, and only requires 10W to operate […]

I woke up this morning convinced that America would not survive the Trump administration. American democracy is either dead, or will continue limping along in such a maimed form that we will barely be able to recognize it. The damage is done.

I get a little serotonin bump every time I replace a dead AA battery with a freaky charged Enerloop battery. A little voice that says, I will never run out of batteries again.

I have bookmarked many toots. I don't think I have ever returned to a toot I bookmarked.

A co-worker commented on one of the rave related stickers on my water bottle. - It's hard to believe today, but I used to be "cool."

I am occasionally reminded of how brilliant M83 is. https://youtu.be/bHbggUq3gTg

The candidates and their signature issues: 2016: Clinton: reducing environmental lead Trump: racism ✔️ 2020: Trump: racism Biden: I'm not Trump ✔️ 2024: Harris: affordable healthcare Trump: racism ✔️

When Jeff Besos bought The Washington Post for $250M, it was losing something like $10M annually. Last year, WP lost $177M, partially because of readers deserting the paper, because Besos compromised their editorial independence. He could have just continued to operate the paper at a small […]

No, journalists. Trump didn't say he wanted to federalize elections. He literally said he wants *Republicans* to run all national elections. He's saying the quiet part out loud, and as outrageous as the truth is, you need to fucking report it.

Are people really surprised to learn that Kristi "Take my puppy to the rock quarry and shoot him in the face, then brag about it afterwards" Noem is a psychopath without an ounce of human compassion?

How did Silicon Valley become so soulless? I can't even remember if it was ever any different. I only know that the architecture now reflects the culture.

Some monkey lab, circa 2020: "Infected with what?" "In order to cure, you must first understand..." "Infected with WHAT?" "... Stupidity." #LongCovid

Matt Reuter nailed it.

I'm remembering that semester where Nine Inch Nails was my caffeine.

I just got my first "new phone who dis" spam in my signal chat. aww man, we had it too good for too long. Nothing gold can stay, signal boy.

- How are we today? - Ever have one of those days where society expects you to be totally normal but inside you can't stop screaming? - ... What is your coffee order, sir?

The Trump administration is so estranged from their own humanity that they think neighbors caring for each other is some kind of criminal conspiracy.

The next #nokings protest. Plan accordingly. I'm certain these will eclipse all prior protests in US history. We've never had a more unpopular POTUS.

[uspol, murder of Alex Pretti, violent image] Gen Tony Thomas has been resharing this image that seems to show Alex Pretti, moments before an unidentified ICE agent shoots him in the back of the head. I hadn't seen this image before, but it's shockingly clear […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

See you next spring

Jake Tapper superimposes Kristi Noem's lies about Alex Pretti's murder over video of the actual death. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/24/us/video/alex-pretti-noem-description-analysis-digvid-vrtc Aren't you tired of being lied to?

lies bloody lies.

Another American shot and killed by ICE. ICE: You suck. Go home.

90s taxi driver: "This is gonna look weird but I know a shortcut. Trust me, I know what I'm doing " 2020s Uber driver: "Derp derp de derpy derp."

Ah! Consultant: Lev Grossman. I was just thinking that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms had a The Bright Sword kinda feel to it.

Trump and the economy: I can easily quantify the amount of work time I lose because I read the news and became incandescently enraged, each day. It's about 90 minutes a day. I know I'm not alone. What is the aggregate toll on the US economy from the psychological harm done by the Trump […]

I need to play less Polytopia on my phone. Well let's check the news instead... nope. How about social media? nope. Let's find a podcast? nope nope nope. Polytopia it is.

Something to look forward to.

I've spent the weekend hacking at another developer's AI-generated slop code. Like many IDE tools, AI lets a developer generate huge reams of code quickly, making it harder for subsequent developers to iterative improve their design. That's in strong evidence […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

"The Bone Temple" wasn't what I expected, it contained some daring film making choices, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it when the credits rolled. The film haunted me for a few nights, and it grew on me. This is a very challenging movie, and when it goes dark, it goes pitch black. I love […]