I don't know if I'd call it a "good" sign but I am sort of optimistic that it seems more and more people are coming to realize how many of our problems now would be less serious if the post-Civil War and post-WW2 periods had involved a *lot* more executions of the guilty parties

Here, thought something was missing so I fixed it for you :)

Just hung up this beautiful color-shifting painting by @renegadekangaroo.bsky.social! This is such a cool piece, I'm so glad to get to display it <3

whipped up a couple of really quick oc valentines. havent done these in years #ocsky #furryart #art

People trying to frame everything as a "distraction" from the Files has led to shit like this. Yes, we need every last person involved locked away forever. But trying to argue we need to forget about everything else happening is fucked up. Project 2025 is the blueprint they're following.

This is incredibly offensive. To see the California Governor's office -- and a former san francisco politician! -- promote Reagan as an example of goodness + humanity is outrageous when it's widely recognized that his anti-gay and AIDS-phobic bigotry contributed to killing how many Californians?!

White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill gizmodo.com/white-house-...

really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Changing how we power container ships would be a huge deal. Many of these things burn massive quantities of basically the lowest quality fuel you can get. Personally I would like to see *giant* sails tried more but electrifying them would probably work better if I'm being honest

Yeah I cringe so hard when people start talking about Venus under posts about climate change

We collectively need to do a better job of communicating what the hell "Hothouse" and "Icehouse" etc. mean.

Hothouse Earth, for reference, does not mean Venus contrary certain comments on this stupid website. Hothouse Earth means Earth as it was for most of the Cenozoic prior to the end of the Miocene.

Yeah, and I think there's also an unfortunate tendency to be more distrustful the more carefully waste is managed. Like, people see a military bunker looking thing plastered with radiation symbols, and they're more likely to worry about it leaking than a fenced off patch of dirt where nothing grows.

It's amazing how nonchalant people are about radioactive waste when it came out of the ground instead of a reactor.

No where near the most important thing to take away from the article, but it is continually ironic to me that the fossil fuel industry tends to cause way more trouble with radioactive waste than the nuclear power industry

For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste on the fringes of the nation’s fourth largest metro area — while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where. Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today

I know this is not the point of the post (and sorry for the tangent) but look at those teeny tiny two planets orbiting pulsar/s. They have extremely low mass compared to all the other exoplanets. Testament to how precise pulsar timing can be - we can spot the poor planets orbiting these bastards.

This makes no sense. People need to stop assuming there’s a huge genius strategy behind this. It’s effectively obeying in advance, it empowers evil people with intelligence and guile they lack. They’re doing this because number went up. GPUs are not helpful in that way.

I don't really think it is feasible to have an electoral system that doesn't eventually segment people into parties, but you could absolutely improve our situation dramatically by moving away from an electoral setup that encourages a two party system

Ok Trump saying China's first action upon seizing control of Canada will be to ban ice hockey is kind of hilarious like, what? WATCH OUT! THEY'RE COMING FOR THE...STANLEY CUP!? Christ...

Maybe next SpaceX will purchase the IP to restart the Skylon project! Kidding. I don't want them near my favorite recently-defunct spaceplane program. But seriously, Britian, just publicly fund the damn thing!

Will Europeans ever realize how much they depend on the US for scientific development? Guess we'll find out soon!

starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import

2 things 1) "Tens of thousands of scientists, rather than dozens, would need to relocate for it to have a big long-term impact on US science" is accurate so 41 is not even marginal

Peter-fucking-Thiel: "Scientific advancement is slowing down!!!!" No, it wasn't but now it sure as hell will be *BECASUE OF YOU AND YOUR SHITHEAD FRIENDS*.

I'm kind of depressed to see countries like Canada frame this as an opportunity. No one benefits from the collapse of US science. And you certainly don't benefit anyone by poaching a few big names while doing no other meaningful increased investment in your own research ecosystem.

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.

this is particularly wild when you consider how common it is to hack on firmware for "maker tools", load your own drivers, or reverse engineer and tweak closed-source stuff. is the state of Washington going to criminalize the practice of hardware security research on 3D printers???

this is literally going to strongarm every queer user into giving info after they declared every single lgbtq+ server to be "adult servers" years ago. so now it's literally give us your info or lose access to your communities and resources. fuck you discord.

Biomining / bioreclamation is some of my favorite developing tech

This second part is particularly concerning. People are going to think this is benign and not about them until someone’s whistle printing comes up in court.

And worse yet, most of the drugs that would be offered to me in my local area, weed and mushrooms, would have less negative effects than AI does. Hell, they even provide tangible benefits to the users, but old folks are scared because "Fuck the studies, *I* don't like it, so nobody can have it".

Trying to get the hang of Posca markers again Also always fun drawing yotes!

congratulations to the Seahawks, who are technically named after the gorgeous Osprey — a great victory for birders everywhere! below is my rendition of an Osprey soaring to victory, drawn with full attention to detail. and no, this is not a photo!

One of my pet peeves is environmental / animal rights activists that clearly never think of anything from an ecological perspective. To maintain healthy ecosystems or repair ones damaged by human behavior, sometimes you are ethically mandated to kill things, even things you find cute.

I think the ad I rolled my eyes at the hardest was the fucking ai dot com shit "come get your handle ai .com / elon" oh it's that kind of scam lmao

Quiznos Coyote 11”x14” Oil on Canvas

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

the bushes were people 😂

Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

EAT MY FUCKING DICK PATRIOTS SEAHAWKS FOREVER WE HAVE AVENGED OUR SUPER BOWL LOSS AND YOU MOTHERFUCKER NEVER COMING BACK!!!!!!!!! MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

GET ABSOLUTELY FUCKED YOU NAZI ASS MOTHERFUCKERS MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED

Do you like field goals? Do you like absolutely nothing but field goals? If so, has the NFL got a game for you

I despise this *demonstrable* Nazi. I'm almost as disappointed by, how even know, he's revered by so many people who should know better.

Mia's coverage continues to make me regret not following the Seahawks this season

Remains kinda wild to me that there are still dry counties in 2026

Portland, OR mayor Keith Wilson responding to public demands that ICE's land use permit be rescinded after they gassed thousands of peaceful men women and children. Kinda curious what "the course" we should stay is here, Keith? Watching ICE gas, abduct and sometimes shoot our neighbors?