I am following way too many people. It occurs to me that there's a limit to how much I can remember about people in order to interact with them. That's a problem of social media, not necessarily a problem with me, but I've cut way back on my follows.

Alexandria Daily Town Talk Alexandria Louisiana April 27,1921

In the age of social media I wish I could still picture myself teaching an audience and getting them enthusiastic about science. Now I just think it'll be too much work trying not to be awkward and weird. Even on the internet I'm awkward and weird. Do people still read books?

We wrote so many stories about how robots really are alive & only bigots deny it; so few about how the robots were *not* alive, but actually obsequious psychological disorder exacerbation machines that people must absolutely be trained to consider as non-sentient lest they be damned with brainworms.

In 1976 Richard Dawkins coined the term 'meme'. Fast forward 50 years and all the memes in the world have been stitched together into a Frankenstein's creature of synthetic personalisation, and they are his new girlfriend.

Anne Hathaway, you will ALWAYS be that girl. 💙💛

The fact that an “intellectual” uploaded his entire manuscript to a chatbot and then, having anthropomorphized it into a flattering woman, found himself completely dazzled by it is one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read.

Watching it tonight as well

Thank you to everyone sending this. The answer is yes I see it & yes I’ll make a video about it once I read it all & think of smthng to say other than reading it line by line and cackling. The “he” to “she,” the “I’m glad you have restless legs,” the obvious “Claude delusion” joke, it’s all so good

TIL this is an actual disorder and not just something people made up to get attention on tiktok. I mean, I assume the Cleveland Clinic is trustworthy. my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disea...

Post your warning sign.

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This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see: www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...

Drop some capes

This is in the Buffalo History Museum's collection of Pan-American Exposition artifacts. I think it's a Pan-American Pan. The building depicted is the Temple of Music, where President McKinley was shot. The gun is in the museum too.

Lasagna is the ultimate in meal prep. You make a huge one on Sunday and then you don't have to decide what to pack for lunch for an entire work week.

Today in history (warning, the article does have pictures) www.nationalww2museum.org/death-of-ben...

If only some annoying Black guy 🙋🏿‍♂️ had been telling everyone that would listen that this was inevitable, right down to which Chinese company would be number 1(BYD) and which exec would make it so (Stella Li) and where their market share would come from (the 95% of world population that's not the US).

"If only men wield weapons, then all tombs with weapons are male. If only men are ever found interred with weapons, then it’s unlikely women ever wielded them. We only imagine some version of what we’ve seen. It takes a lot of unlearning to learn history." Great guest post from @isabelleroughol.com

Sketch done for the owner of the Thai restaurant we ate in tonight. A massive Tintin fan but wanted something from my avenue of BD, so I compromised:-)

Colouring for #science! Our booklet is out for the observatory, support telescopes and even get it delivered *(location depending on what our bookstore supports). To buy online, the direct link is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My favorite art history genre is "Judith beheading Holofernes"

Me wondering why "avalanche", "bears" and "nuggets" are all trending: ohhhh it's sportsball again

I have invented solid dressing.

I have legit lost my voice from doing an Alex Jones impression once an hour or so for the last three days. Nobody hates this man more than his own larynx.

Artificial and natural intelligence failure.... www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

BLOOB FOR THE BLOOB GOD!

Get excited. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Happy April 20!

An experiment for the Lab Week pot luck at work: spicy salad dressing. Olive oil, maple syrup, cider vinegar, and this stuff from a local spice shop.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Captain Kruge is going to play Sonic 2 today 🤭.

"That creepy guy is here again," my boss hissed. I looked to the pinball machine in corner. A lanky man in overalls and a soft hat was playing. "You're making a fortune from the old coins he's using. But I'll have a word." Later, I told my boss the guy worked as a ferryman. Why'd he get so pale?

It’s so infuriating, all this “fuck yeah American pope, be sassy at the president” when the church’s bigotry continues. Just tells me people don’t even give enough of a shit to even be aware what Catholic leadership’s doing to us.

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) City of Heroes (2004-2012)

“You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father & finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.” Lillian Gish

Look at Maria Bartiromo’s face.

Maxmaxxing is a scam by big big to sell you more more

“Weird” (2022)

Brooke Ashley Farris "Can you touch manatees, No. Can manatees touch you Absolutely! And this guy was all kinds of touchy grabby! We nicknamed him Rico Suave."

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

was once New Amsterdam.

The undisputed #1 greatest photo of a person with a fossil: Paleontologist Altangerel Perle, with the Museum of Natural History in Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, stands between the forearms of Deinocheirus

The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable. The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back. We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second.

on star trek there's a bunch of references to the anime urusei yatsura including a spaceship literally called the "ss urusei yatsura" but if you think about it it's kinda fucked up they named a federation starship a japanese pun that kinda means "shut up you annoying aliens" or whatever

I saw this and I had to share it with you. Im sorry.

Happy Leland Melvin day to all who celebrate. 💚