I have been informed that me shipping a respectable quantity of Death Wish BBotE is a "Festivus miracle". I am now pondering what a rocket fueled airing of grievances would be like. There might be blood.

I remain proud of having the papacy conferred on me by Wilson. Let us all listen to some KLF in celebration. youtu.be/HDsCeC6f0zc?...

Phil's review of "Wake Up Dead Man": Man, that was a whole lot of Walters.

Them: [At the end of the line by line read through of an SOP] So, seriously, theater kids do this before every play? Me: You can tell the shows when they didn’t. Them: I have theater kid friends but I never went to a rehearsal. Maybe a should have. Me: Me going still pays off. For me and you.

This is how we all should hope to be remembered and claimed.

I found the original deck plans and purchase order for the HMS Bounty that had been misfiled and "lost", which wasn't even the thing I was looking for.

I was thinking the other day about my friend @leepetty.bsky.social and his body of work. That if you tried to make a Large Lee Model it would probably do nothing but make increasingly bizarre dong drawings, but never as strange as Lee himself would. This is why we love Lee.

Coworker from India: Phil, what would be a good post-nuclear apocalypse movie to watch? Me: Have you seen Threads? CfI: [frowns] The problem with being a part of the Commonwealth is British crap just shows up whether you want it or not. Me: So have you? CfI: I'm not that old, Phil, but I know of it.

I’m trying to get this idea through to students this year: the assignment isn’t the product - it’s the process. I’m not having them write because I want leisure reading (I have novels for that) but because I want their synthesis and reading their writing is the best way to get it!

Still regretting this. Baijört: don’t do it.

Rugelach 🤝 Coquito GOOD HOLIDAYS

I’ve started and deleted this rant many times tonight, but: Investor Owned Utilities should not be allowed to exist. Especially ones that have killed customers repeatedly, and only maintain infrastructure because they’ve lost lawsuits. The existence of IOU’s is another failing of society.

Well shit, Ranger Betty just passed.

If an academic depends on a LLM hallucinated study in their work, it's embarrassing and could mean wasted time and lost prestige. If an attorney depends on a LLM hallucinated precedent or law, it's potentially career ending and already has been for some. I like my license to practice, thanks.

SEE ALSO: safety professionals Doubly so for safety in research.

@nuclearkatie.com [Scrooge voice] It's not too late! Katie, what day is this?

Credit to Rick Steves for putting up $2 million to do this and the other volunteers who raised money for renovations and operating costs. These donors are real Americans and I'm proud to share a country with them.

[makes note to use "the $INSERT_FIELD_HERE skills of a GTA NPC" more often]

Nothing says love and holidays like a pufferfish full of booze.

Again, if you try hard enough, anything is a holiday song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cbj...

“Rogue Chandler” by Brian Clevinger has a certain ring to it.

Just completed final watch through of the finished ROGUE TROOPER film… 25 years of pestering @2000ad.bsky.social to let me give it a shot, 3 years of production to make the thing & now… it’s DONE! Can’t wait for you to see it. So, so proud of our team. We’ve made something a bit special. ❤️

The livestream is now concluded. If you are still hearing us perform, please consult a medical professional. But thank you! (The show is gonna stay on YT, obvs)

Bryan Cranston is always gonna be Hal to me. I miss Malcolm In The Middle. The problem with actual living child actors is the grow up and the show has to change with it or everything feels very weird quickly. Did they go too long? Maybe, but I'm still we got what we did. Let's enjoy some.

Here in Delaware we have a statue of Thomas Garrett, a white man found guilty of obstructing the recapture of fugitives from slavery – ordered to pay damages to the point of ruin for it. We don't, to my knowledge, have any statues celebrating the judges or jury members who found him guilty.

A Very Dad Christmas

And you can see us right after live at 7 PM on YouTube! www.youtube.com/user/PDXBroa...

My fave

Li'l Stilgar Learns The True Meaning Of Seitchmas There is a musical number of singing & dancing Fremen during the spicy orgy for the jaunty holiday song "Water of the Tribe".

Appears I need to add to my muted word list. I blocked his ass as soon as the ability to block was made available here, but you people can't stop talking about him and serving up screenshots of his bullshit. SPAY YOUR MATTYS!

the history of surveillance tech is always predictable-the “serious crimes only” limit justifies initial adoption, then disappears with little opposition

Them: Can we give you a gift? Me: Did you complete your ethics training? Them: No. Me: I would take you completing that as a gift.

HURHURHUR #eternally10

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

The second half of this tells an amazing Australology RPG story that I'm sure is a very authentic experience. Happy Australian Friday, folks!

This is what I was asking last week - the radiation levels around the Chernobyl shield are normal. The problem is that the shield cannot protect against dust that would be raised if the reactor inside is disassembled.

Was just thinking about this again and realized that if he'd lived long enough, we could have had a "guest starring John Candy" episode of Murdoch Mysteries. I am, frankly, shocked that Dave Thomas and Scott Thompson haven't appeared yet.

Dear researcher, I want to thank you for your candor in this matter and hope you will appreciate my returned sense of clarity and conciseness when I reply to your proposal with “lol, no” unless you are ready to do some groundbreaking new work with the FAA.

An F-35 pilot's helmet costs roughly 3 penises

The only thing more insulting to the military than Trump's impromptu bribe will be when he doesn't actually pay it I'm surprised how many people are treating this as a done deal, how many times has Trump made up a tariff check that never comes, it's at least 50/50 he doesn't do this

There's a term for large chunks of money being handed to the military in hopes of loyalty: Donative Why yes, I am thinkin' 'bout Rome again.

Simpsons did it with everything in Springfield set at $17.76 in the 2004 episode, "Bart-Mangled Banner."

Starfield left me feeling very bitter toward Bethesda. Goodwill toward a potential new Elder Scrolls game (a series I never played) or Fallout 5 sits more or less at zero. But it stings a little extra when someone holds up New Vegas for contrast and says "It didn't have to be like this."

If you want a window into how empty and black Hegseth's soul and faith are, you can't get a clearer one than what he's doing here. Even if you share his beliefs, there can be no emotional support, no aid to morale. All he sees religion as is another arena to dominate in. No ministry, only hostility.

Oh. Oh no. For the love of whiskey, no.

If I won the lottery, I would not tell anyone that I won, but there would be cultural signs

[points] Old.

“Why is it my lord is silent while I wag my tail and run about like a dog?” I’ve been left on read too many times. A man named Ashur-resiwa is begging a superior to answer his previous 3 letters, and we can maybe all relate to both sides of this particular coin.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Latkes & Pickles