Imagine a world where too many writers wrote the chosen one hero story arc because children liked the idea of being told that. And then a machine was trained on all those stories and then told “maximize engagement by telling people what they want to hear”

Shout out to Stranger Things for consistent use of bicycle transportation

For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants

Filling my mouth with balls, “this smacks of gender”

Good morning.

Very weird thing about Murc's Law is how when the right behaves badly it can be either be backlash "because liberals went to far" or "the liberals didn't do enough" and sometimes both at once.

I'd like to ask some of the less-technical folks that follow me to read this and tell me if it makes sense to you? github.com/fedi-e2ee/pu... (I'm trying to make it less intimidating to newcomers)

I gave a jar of my BBQ sauce to our neighbor, and just this morning he flagged me down to say it was the best he's ever had. Guess I don't get to walk away from this experiment as easily as I thought.

I want someone like Adam Kinzinger to lead a Commission on Federal Employee Conduct to review every clearance in the federal government.

Robert Paxton’s definition of “fascism,” from his 2004 book, THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM:

Experiencing today’s news and comparing it with how my wife (pretty left but not a political news junkie vs me “on here”) has been enlightening for how different people experience news

Mood

It goes part and parcel with their rejection of expertise as feminine coded. They’ve adopted burning fossil fuels as part of their masculine self identity. “Don’t listen to weak lib experts. It’s obvious gas make engine go vroom”

It’s all status anxiety. Since I was small, I’ve heard the explanation about racial supremacists being such losers, they find something to cling to that’s innate to dismiss their own failures. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-secr...

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4. Rural and small town transit! It is a real thing and way more is needed! It is different from urban transit! Find out how: climatecabineteducation.org/wp-content/u...

There has never been a moment when ending the oil industry has been more urgent or important. Here is a thread of seven tools that can help. Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.

Beautiful fan-ink of my illustration, “Angelic”! Absolutely lovely!

This being our first New Year in Pennsylvania, I realized way too late that we couldn’t just put on the NYC drop for the kids at 9PM and then shuffle them off to bed like it was midnight. Also, Happy New Year to all my blue sky peeps!

I mentioned this in a thread earlier today, but if you want to know a piece I think is one of the most important I’ve written (this year and ever really), it’s this one at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-secr...

courage

If it happens today, we already have the champagne chilled.

This is a great document for those of us with a CS background. Just looking at the suite of tools that have become standard in industry that have powerful applications to the learning environment is inspiring, and the creative applications listed here fantastic.

Working on a build with the kids.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

My Avatar joke: A scientist, a general, and a CEO walk into a bar. Bartender say, “check this out. I’ve got a tangible, verifiable, scalable afterlife.” Scientist “neat. Maybe I’ll look more later.” General “couldn’t hear you. Busy burning this place down” The CEO “I see no market for this”

I’ve been making ribs for dinner on Christmas Eve for the past 6 years or so. And try experimenting with the BBQ sauce. This time I tried replacing the ketchup base with an Espagnole sauce made from scratch.

About 20 years ago, all the cousins had finished college, but there wasn’t yet a next generation. The family all agreed to keep Christmas simple and give each other books. So I carefully picked & wrapped some for everyone. But… I was the only one who actually got books! Making sure Santa still does.

Eggnog

Kids are home for Winter Break! And I can turn off my morning alarm for 2 weeks!

Brunch! Brunch! Brunch! Brunch!

The worst part about seeing some content from a really big account is when you click on it to see what the followup discussion looks like. And the top comments are all memes. Not shitty bespoke memes tailored to the content, but generic surface memes that were made by someone like it was their job.

Zach over here talking about the philosophy of mind and I'm like, "oh yeah, I better go do my Duolingo for the morning"

Not my greatest, but definitely silliest: Roommates woke my hungover but up and asked if I wanted to go see a pre-release for “The One” and in my head that must mean “The Matrix” sequel that was coming out because the name. “Hell yeah!” And then I spent most of the movie waiting for the reveal

An idea of America worth fighting to reclaim.

Logging in: "Did I leave myself some todo notes to get started at work today?" There it is, an unnamed text document with 80 lines of bullet list. Step 1: replace every "-" with "[ ]" and spend my morning making them "[x]"

May TX find themselves neck-deep in a brutal dummymander

Bluesky Wrapped and it's filled with chunks of fried chicken, mixed greens, shredded cheese, and a bit of sauce. ...Am I doing this right?

Bluesky Wrapped and it’s how many times other people made the joke in the replies before you posted it

I got the pogies! Lined snow sport helmets for everyone, and studded tires, too!

We biked the Christmas tree this year

What we doing here?

Immigrants contribute ideas, skills, inventions, care, love, and top entertainment. Yet, "net immigration in 2025 is on track to be close to zero or even negative — more people will probably end up leaving the United States than entering for the first time in decades.

“A terrible day to have eyes” “I miss my innocence of 2 minutes ago” Sure, whatever you say Bsky. Like others here, I was raised in the woods by hippies. Forged my online teens at rotten, ogrish, steak & cheese. Spent my 20s on the bdsm scene, Renn Faire, larping. Your shock content means nothing

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H.L. Menkin

Taking the family to the bike bar for lunch

Black Mirror writer: In my episode I invented the cursed reanimated loved one as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created the cursed reanimated loved one from classic Black Mirror episode "Don't Create The Cursed Reanimated Loved One".

I love our cargo bike. It's really neat finding out how other people use them