This looks absolutely amazing.

Since today is First Contact Day (the day in Star Trek when humans meet their first aliens, Vulcans) it’s worth talking about that story a bit and how it can inform our analysis of Artemis. This involves a lot of spoilers from the film Star Trek: First Contact 🖖🏽 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr...

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

reptilian pets are basically AI girlfriends

I love wrestling sometimes

When I was in grad school and my wife was staying home with the kids, we received SNAP assistance. Likely many people you know have also, or previously have. Going to the courts to try to get out of feeding people is some next level cartoon villainy.

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard

And nothing, but nothing, explains our politics more these days than status envy, resentment, and perceived grievances. But "we didn't teach kids to think good so now they love Trump" isn't really the issue. But again, it's tempting to think it's education - because you can *fix* that. /5x

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

Thread Here’s the thing, and corporate media won’t talk about it because they’re complicit in enabling it, but let’s be clear about something. The people mocking Mamdani for eating with his hands have no issue with white people eating burgers chicken & fries with their hands 1/4

If you’re buying a washer/dryer, get the largest drum size you can afford that will fit in your laundry space. You will never regret having extra space, but you will curse a too small machine that requires you to do extra loads.

My Dad taught me a while ago that it’s important to know what you stand for than what you are against. So if you/someone is “against DEI” they need to instead say that they are for “Sameness, Disparity, and Exclusion.” Doesn’t quite have the same ring does it?

Master and Commander/TNG Intro this was rendering all day while I was out lol

I know the GOP stops counting amendments at #2, but there is a 25th one also right? Asking for a few hundred million friends.

I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.

The central authority of Trump II is the time honored philosophy of schoolyard bullies everywhere. A blend “Because I said so” and “Who’s gonna stop me?”

This might be the dumbest thing I’ve read today. www.wsj.com/opinion/if-i...

I would like to make an argument that Trump is taking a "great man" approach to the presidency. What does that mean? 😱 I'm afraid that it is not good. First, Hegel: “The great men in history are those whose own particular aims contain the substantial will that is the will of the World Spirit..."

When someone tells you they are “Against DEI” please ask them to restate their opinion using the actual words, “I’m against diversity, equity, and inclusion?” Cause I’m guessing they’re really angry about other words they don’t wanna say out loud.

Any Trump voter who looks at the last three weeks and says “This isn’t what I voted for” is either a liar or an idiot. He’s doing exactly what he said he’d do.

New rule (posted at 414pm) for me: No social media of any kind after 5pm. Planned unplugging seems to be one of the few ways to stay sane in our current times. Good night and good luck.

Hi there. I’m a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialty in child & adolescent diagnostic assessment. Let me make this as clear as possible, VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM!!! Happy to answer any questions.

(I say this as someone who is an expert in my tiny part of my field) One of the great myths of our time is that if you’re great at one thing then you must be great at everything. Not only is that untrue, it’s almost always the opposite. Ex. The most brilliant person I know also sucks at arithmetic.

If I thought Trump had a plan, which he 100% does not, the only one that makes sense is he’s going for a record for the most impeachable offenses in history that didn’t result in removal. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that we’ve averaged one scandal a day that should have ended his presidency

I’ve been a Star Trek fan as long as I can remember and have loved Michelle Yeoh since Supercop. I’ve tried watching Section 31 a couple times and it’s… just so bad. I can’t stay with it.

A question I’d love to ask Trump voters/supporters after this past week. Do you think the President should have these powers, or do you only think Donald Trump should? Cause that tells me a lot about you.

Making sense of Trumpworld is a lot easier when you realize the entire maga movement is coming from a place of fear. Fear of change, being left behind, questioning any aspect of yourself, etc. They are terrified of pretty much everything.

The cruelty is a feature and not a bug.

The more someone wants you to know how tough they are, the weaker they in fact are. The nicest most gentle kid I went to school with was also deep into martial arts and could absolutely f&@k up anyone, yet he never boasted.

Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying theonion.com/rising-...

to recap: — Trump was *for* the TikTok ban — which the GOP Congress passed — and the GOP Supreme Court upheld — and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway — so that Trump could "save" it — and the media fell for it we really do live in the dumbest fucking country

Things are going to get so much dumber

Just when you think you might be dumber than average, remember there are people out there who think Autism gives you psychic powers so… you’re doing alright. I’ve long told patients that if/when I ever did encounter someone w/ real psychic powers it would be at my hospital. But no one so far.

I spend too much of my tv time either watching the same YT videos or TV shows since committed this year to watching more new stuff. Working my way through Lincoln Lawyer currently. Then probably 3 Body Problem. Any other recommendations?

To an asshole, all virtue is "virtue signaling."

It’s almost as if most billionaires don’t have our best interests in mind. Whoever could have predicted that except for anyone who knows anything about history… like all of it.

2 Bonds down, 25 to go in my rewatch. From Russian With Love: definitely an upgrade from Dr No. I like the planting/payoff of the gadget suitcase and Robert Shaw is an all time baddy. Connery was a bit too comfortable smacking around Tatiana though. 4.5/5

Finished my first book of the year. Not nearly as good as The Martian, but considering it’s one of my all time favorite books/movies it set a high bar. Still, 4/5. Would recommend if you like hard science fiction. www.goodreads.com/book/show/54...

After picking up the complete James Bond collection I’m working my way through from the beginning. Dr No was better I remembered. Now on to From Russia with Love. Sean Connery is still the definitive Bond despite certain elements which don’t play the same now as in the 60’s.

My pop culture resolution for this year is to follow the advice of the great Kevin Smith and focus on the positives. I wanna talk more about what I love and far far less about what I don’t. Today’s thing I enjoy, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. My son and I have been watching it together and loving it.

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Apparently, for Republicans… Sexual abuse is ok. Statutory rape is ok. Sex trafficking is ok. But don’t you dare try to forgive college loan debt. Now THAT’S a red line.

Took the kids (11&14) to see Sonic 3. They absolutely loved it and both lost their little minds at the mid credits scene. Warmed my heart.

To set the stage for what's about to happen at SCOTUS at 10:00am, the case is called US v. Skrmetti. It involves a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming care to trans minors, mainly things like hormone blockers.

My BIGGER & WEIRDER tour is hitting North America next summer! We’re back to doing a full-production high-energy show and playing the hits… plus a few things we’ve never played live before! Presale starts tomorrow at 10 am local, so head on over to weirdal.com to register for a code!

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