A very white, and famous, and most deadly immortal monster, Don;—but that would be too long a story.

you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils

Controversial posts with replies turned off are the spiritual equivalent of a cat taunting a dog from behind a glass door

hell yeah dude 🫡

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Loving Rebecca Solnit's piece along these lines... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

Regarding LA, consider the Philly Rule: If your protest causes less damage than an Eagles superbowl parade, then it's non-violent

The detailed NASA budget has dramatic cuts to most programs, but it does fully fund the NEO Surveyor mission to find potentially hazardous asteroids. This represents an attack on one of Trump's main political rivals from the last election: Giant Meteor 2024

Exciting scientific news today as the discovery of an entirely new class of invertebrates was reported. Said one scientist: "it's got absolutely no backbone at all. Not a single trace of a spine." The species' habitat is at East Capitol Street and can even be found on Bluesky @schumer.senate.gov

1. A note of realism about the courts. There are currently 504 Dem. appointed judges and 374 Rep. judges with 44 vacancies. Trump is already tied with Obama for most number of sitting judges appointed at 239

Let’s share our lunatic slides! I found this to be overwhelming but helpful.

With the firing of probationary employees across the federal government Trump is bringing back the proud tradition of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

In light of the Starship explosion there's lots of people dunking on Elon (deservedly since he's a dick), but it's worth remembering: 1) SpaceX is still the best launch company in the world 2) Space is hard. Doing new things in space is very hard. Creating a cheap reusable giant rocket is VERY hard

Someday, I will write a parody of those war school novels like: MC: I'm a tough kid from the streets ready to learn cruelty and brutality. I will kill my friends if need be. Teacher: WTF, NO! Just solve this calculus problem MC:🥺 I would rather kill my friends. please🥺

The lord giveth and the lord taketh away for we have sacrificed the snow day upon the altar of telework

Lots of fiction (e.g. the matrix) suggests that humans are inherently skeptical of paradise, but speaking as someone soon to be living in 2025 could we give it a shot and see if we could learn to live with a POSITIVE nagging sense of unreality for once?

Replayed Bastion by @supergiantgames.bsky.social recently, and it's still a damn good game more than a decade later. The music, art, and emotional beats are simply incredible