I haven't read the novel version of 2001 since I was a kid (not really a novelization, as Clarke & Kubrick were collaborating and ACC was writing the book simultaneously), but I'm pretty sure this is more explicitly spelled out in the original book as well.

Re: Epstein’s emails

I greet you with the news that I'll be attending CODENAME IOWA, a GI Joe convention in Des Moines this weekend. Not a Comicon per se, but it has comic makers like me, Larry Hama, and Ron Wagner as guests. Admission is free as heck!

Thanks NPR Music

Well that sure is a fun surprise to wake up to

You're welcome

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.

#nokings Portland frog brigade

I want to go to there

Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

Aesop Rock's new single "Roadwork Rappin'," a kid-focused ode to construction vehicles, is the rare rap song that uses the word “backhoe” in completely appropriate ways

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 4 Page 17. Tic Tok Tic Tok. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

It’s Friday night here at the fortress of solitude. I’m in front of a microphone, getting my radio show together. Plenty of bangers lined up. Let’s go! Check out my older shows before this is live tomorrow? #newmusic #musicsky #radio bff.fm/people/thejc79

rip pope francis. what a staggering legacy, just hugely influential. even if he'd just stopped after doolittle and surfer rosa he'd be a legend

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

2005: Panic! At the Disco 2025: Enough! With the Basketball Bouncing Upstairs

I CANNOT stress how much having a friend and a bar both within walking distance might just be the ultimate key to personal happiness.

New show is live on @bff.fm right now. Now Playing: Phantogram, It Wasn't Meant To Be. Up next: Washed Out. Tune in via the BFF app, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Will you be our valentine? 💘 ✅ Yes 🚫 No If you checked yes, see you at Casements on Friday with @noceanbeach.bsky.social !! 💞

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Theremini!

more posts than a post convention

Coming soon: @saddlecreek.bsky.social is releasing a deluxe edition of The Faint’s classic 1999 album “Blank-Wave Arcade” to mark its 25th anniversary.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 3 Page 7. Bonuses. #comics #webcomics

Now with alt-text.

New show up & running on @bff.fm Tune in via the BFF app, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Playing some of my favorites of 2024 on @bff.fm right now. Tune in via the BFF app, your smart speaker, or online bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Up early? I got you. New show live on @bff.fm right now. Tune in via the BFF app, your smart speaker, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

My latest newsletter: A loosely ranked list of the 87 albums from 2024 that I wouldn't hesitate to put on again. You can call them the Best Albums of 2024 if you'd like. sterlewine.substack.com/p/stes-best-...

New show on @bff.fm right now. New music in the first hour from Gift, DIIV, Gut Health, Freak Slug, Fcukers, Flying Lotus, and Sofie Royer. Tune in via the BFF app, your smart speaker, or online. bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

In honor of #GivingTuesday we're giving you what you've always wanted...BFF.fm on Bsky!

i have been a dedicated libro.fm user for over a year now and at no point do i feel that i am missing out on anything from not using audible. also! if you subscribe you can direct a part of your subscription a local book shop

Kicking off the show with some Deerhunter, Atlas Sound (feat. Laetitia Sadier), Stereolab and LCD Soundsystem. Come play. Come dance. Come feel the feels. Tune in via your smart speaker, the @bffdotfm app or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

One issue with "Trump's playing 5D chess with nominees" is that he and his team are flatfooted on issues that arise with them. It's almost like—bear with me—some dim narcissist who refuses expertise is choosing people he saw talk good about him on the teevee, without much thought beyond that.

Pattern Recognition 333 - Dreamstate - is available in the BFF audio archives. Check it out via the BFF.fm app, wherever you get your podcasts, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Closing out the show with some interpolations "John Allyn Smith Sails" by Okkervil River, about poet John B(erryman). The Beach Boys with "Sloop John B." and Kiwi Jr with "Salary Man" which pleads "Let me go home. I wanna go home" youtu.be/Um3MhkU0u7k?...

Starting off the show with a beautiful song by Kelly Lee Owens titled "Ballad (In The End)" I guess we're going full circle today. I'll have to end with some song that takes it back to the start. Tune in via your smart speaker, the bff.fm app or online bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

SHOW? WHAT SHOW?! Oh yeah, doing that thang over on @bffdotfm Tune in via your smart speaker, the bff.fm app, or online bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Biden should commute all federal death sentences. He claims to oppose the death penalty now, the risk of a political backlash is now moot, and it would be a historic, legacy-making move.

PR331 - I Might Be Wrong - is in the @bffdotfm audio archive. Tune in via the bff.fm app, online at bff.fm/broadcasts/4... or wherever you get your podcasts.

Good morning. If you have not voted, go out and fucking vote. Then come back and listen to my show (or listen on your way to vote). Lots of Radiohead in the first hour. Check the @bffdotfm app, on your smart speaker, car play, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

Pattern Recognition 330 - MMMmmm...DROP - is now available in the audio archive at @bffdotfm Check it out in the BFF.fm app, wherever you get your podcasts, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...

never forget Bezos killed a tax to address the homelessness problem he helped create and tried to cover it up with "philanthropy" he does not care about fellow Americans. he only cares about himself.

Rock over London. Rock on Chicago. Starting off the show with Japandroids. Tune in via the @bffdotfm app, your smart speaker, CarPlay, or online: bff.fm/broadcasts/4...