Introducing a new economic chart where I have included lines for the scenarios "wizard uses magic to solve everything ever no downsides" and "the sun grows big muscle arms and punches earth into rubble"

Stripping stories of context is itself a form of disinformation.

Critical thinking skills. We need them yesterday, for today and the future.

Blancmange - Blind Vision (1983) #MusicVideoMonday #MusicVideos #80s

Today's brew day is an American IPA, brewed with Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops. Adding dried blueberry and culinary lavender to the boil and ferment.

If the basis of your life doesn't follow the teachings and actions of Christ, don't call yourself a "Devout Christian." It's really that simple.

All Hallows' Eve's Eve, Haynie's Corner, Evansville, IN. #photography #halloween #spookyseason

I wrote a new essay, which you can read here. elusivethought.beehiiv.com/p/outside-th...

Sci-fi authors: This is an invention I imagined that ends world hunger by synthesizing food on the spot. Tech startup: We invented this smart dumpster that automatically calls the police if it detects anyone rummaging through unsold products that were discarded.

A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more. It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR

So the plan is to demolish a national landmark, and replace it with Groverhaus, isn't it?

I guess it either melts your brains or tells you a series of overly sexed out stories.

Was rewatching John Carpenter's scifi classic THEY LIVE (1989) the other night. This scene, *damn.*

Shi - 死, performing outside in Haynie's Corner, Evansville, IN. (10/17/2025)

Are you insane yet? Good. “When you're not riding the edge, you feel twitchy because you know that the lull doesn't mean things are better, it means you're not aware yet of what's going wrong. And the system or the partner always, always obliges with a new crisis.” www.issendai.com/psychology/s...

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

There is a reason China invested in multiple "promising technologies," and it's the same reason highland farmers in Papau New Guinea plant multiple separate small plots. If one happens to wash out, it's not a huge disaster. Meanwhile, in the US, we have poured everything into a monoculture of AI.

Feature, not a bug.

Fascist Elder Abuse.

Watching Prince of Darkness for spooky season with Dad. I do feel a little like John Carpenter demanded Jameson Parker grow this specific type of mustache for his lead role and insisted it was "real sexy with the ladies."

kindergartener got into a fight on the bus when a little boy said "your butt is BROKEN and i'm going to put DIARRHEA into your butthole" and then kindergartener had to go and tell the principal the whole thing and folks I can't even imagine keeping a straight and serious face god bless that woman

Faith has always had the power to challenge empire. When people of conscience stand together that power multiplies. it cannot be bought. It cannot be commanded. It cannot be stopped by this regime.

I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect)

these guys want -- indeed feel entitled to -- cultural hegemony but don't have a popular culture to offer anyone outside of podcasts where dumb guys complain. they're hoping AI will make one for them but i got bad news

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends tech weirdo: and shitheads np: no just my friends tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender? np: we just want to hang out and goof around tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then np: no shitheads tw: not following

Pomona Natural Bridge, Shawnee National Forest. 1/2 #photography #hiking #wilderness

Downtown Marion, Southern Illinois. #mural #photography #streetart

As with so many of these things, no one has the turning point of self reflection where they say, "I'm so glad I let the slop machine do the meaningful parts of my life for me."

Tech has anchored itself so much to this admin that the omissions have become more useful than the search results.

David Cross folks.

I was at a barcade last night and I was reflecting on how Mortal Kombat III seems as though it was the moment when that series started going off the rails. I mean, this guy is just Will Ferrell in a baseball cap.

Logan & Oak, Louisville, KY.

Vibin'.

Mellwood Arts Center. Louisville, KY.

Lots of tech folks went. He was constantly at events sucking up to them www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

By conservatives, David of course means the handful of very rich people who tell a large number of single-issue voters what to think and do.

"HEPATITAS"

I hate this so much.

Nothing to see here, just a dangerously delusional man who has immeasurable influence over much of the federal government.

Access to walkability and bikeability is a wellness/mental health issue. It begs to be asked how more pedestrian deaths and higher rates of obesity and sedentary illnesses Makes America Healthy Again.

Saturday night is getting lit. #PizzaSky #PizzasofBlueSky

Been doing a watch of "Stranger Things" with my Old Man (who is hard of hearing.) One of my favorite things to do is everytime the subtitles say *Squelching* is turn and tell him, "Hey Dad, I'm squelching over here."

I think the hardest lesson to learn as an adult was when not to read into anyone else's happiness. It's real easy to sit to the side and be critical, it's a lot harder to go out and do something meaningful in the world.

The thing about fascists is they erode your credibility little by little, they anticipate this. It's a long game of tug of war, and people who don't have their own line they won't cross are dragged down into the abyss, corrupted and defending the indefensible.

the skeleton key to understanding these people is that they genuinely think you are a drone who will do what you’re told if the TV says it

Watch a weak man pretzel himself in unnatural ways to justify something that he would lose his mind over otherwise.

[coughing] you planeteers think you're so smart. [coughing] we'll see how your precious captain planet fares when I destroy the international vaccine supply

Omission of the truth does not negate it.

I introduced my Dad to "Interstella 5555" last night, and that was a fun generational life goal.