Guy who's always saying "this is like Black Mirror" whenever something involves a pig

Would you rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a marijuana?

In this sci-fi book Neal Stephenson has twice described the rotating habitats on this space ship as passing by "at about the speed of a second hand on a clock" which is such a funny description because it FEELS like you understand even though the characters are on the perimeter of the structure.

It's unsafe to use my radiators because boxes of stuff I've packed for the move are pushed up against them. But it's cold in my apartment so I turn on the oven. Now the appliance I use as a clock says 400 I'm hungry what time is it? 400 There's no sun, what time is it? 400 It is always 400 here now

Sometimes the pharmacy texts to say they auto-filled my prescription. Other times they send me a reminder that I need to log in and trigger a refill. This is the second time I've failed to read carefully before driving to the pharmacy.

This 2019 article I found in a stack of newspapers is cracking me up because it's like "Marijuana legalization was a billionaire conspiracy led by George Soros [positive affect]"

In samsara, wheel reinvents you

I only get pho at this place down the street when I'm feeling sick and I wonder if my waiter thinks of me as that wretched guy who always has a runny nose and looks like shit

The Peripheral will be remembered as Gibson's most prescient novel.

Top 10 things I enjoy about living in the future: 10. Literacy 9. Internet was fun at first 8. Recording media so I can be nostalgic for the past 7. Get places by flying through the sky 6. Have a car I drive other places 5. 💊 that fixes problem 4. 💊 for fun 3. 👓 2. Always have food 1. Hot Shower

I'm moving furniture around and discovered this discrete charging block, still plugged in. I started charging things at my desk instead of leaving them on top of the bookshelf and then forgot I'd ever done this.

You can't outrun nominative determinism

(guy demolishing chesterton’s fence) check it out, i’m cutting the gordion knot

My review of the Lomography Konstruktor as a DIY kit is, idk "two stars" ig? C+? It's one of those products that's 90% of the way to greatness but has enough little problems I can't really endorse it. If there weren't youtube videos of the assembly I would have been unsure how to proceed sometimes.

my job is to fill the presidents plane with diarrhea on the runway. i dont agree with it but we all participate in capitalism

"Not everything has to 'rock', okay" @gaywad.lol defending Steely Dan

There are several free light meter apps with good reviews but I threw a few bucks at this developer just because I'm so charmed to see an app with skeuomorphic design in 2025

Last night I watched techconnectify.bsky.social's video about old photographic processes and this morning YT showed me a guy who built a portable wet plate lab and takes photos with the old collodion process. youtu.be/OIMUOqh5h74?...

This is true, I'd recommend the book to anyone. I think a lot of people see the title and expect Seeing Like A State to be right/libertarian but it's actually about high modernism destroying indigenous ways of knowing.

evening project

I hate when parking apps only offer a flat "overnight rate". Nobody is parking overnight in your lot between a restaurant and another restaurant. If you want to fuck me $15 for an hour of parking just say so.

This weekend I played in a tournament where they had the Elton John collector's edition. It was the nicest and most flamboyant pinball machine I've ever seen. A laser projector between the two screens on top made patterns on the ceiling, which reflected on the glass of other games and confused me.

Sometimes when an old reply starts getting new likes it's a hint about a larger conversation happening on the site. Since my reply to this comic is getting pinged I gather someone made a new hole? And it feels like the old hole? I want to try it out where is the new hole?

I'm trying to watch The Master but I find the cult people to be unbearably cringy AND I'm embarrassed for Joaquin Phoenix's character when he doesn't fit in with them.

When I can't remember how to spell something I switch to dictation mode and let the computer spell it for me. But every time I say "ludicrous" it types out "Ludacris" and idk why the rapper is iOS's first guess.

Got my first roll of film back from @gaywad.lol labs

The app doesn't hate you, neither does it love you, but your life is made of moments that it can use for something else.

looks like them duke boys are at it again

I have a moderation list just for people who do not appreciate Sneakers (1992) but it's only got one guy on it. Yesterday, with dozens of threads about Sneakers (1992), I thought I'd be able to find someone saying it was "overrated" but nope - everyone loves it. Objectively perfect movie.

It's not that they look super similar, but when I watch this guy talk he reminds me of Tom Hardy. I feel like this is a guy Tom Hardy would make up. youtu.be/Ib0GQ4okpaY?...

found this fantastic aside in an amazon review for Indian clubs "These are absolutely perfect for restoring strength to my shoulders after a vaccine-related rotator cuff and shoulder injury." i don't think a vaccine can do that, unless they put the needle in extremely the wrong way

I'm glad I'm occasionally exposed to YouTube ads because otherwise I wouldn't know how weird things are getting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE4I...

Found this slow-zoom groin kettlebell harmonica Ave Maria (Christian) video while doing research www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJzt...

🎉 KICKSTARTER PROJECT LAUNCH! This drawing I made wants to reach more people. So I'm printing some stickers and I need your help moving them around the globe through person-to-person connections.

[guitar solo sounds]

This one's going in my 2025 scrapbook

i hold a record on the kobayashi maru. i’m the fastest person to ever say it was a no-win situation. they said, “george, we haven’t even finished explaining it yet.” i said, “doesn’t matter. can’t be done.” they accused me of cheating. there were hearings, inquiries.

💡: "Loading Screen Tips" alarm clock that recites inane advice until you wake up enough to turn it off

oh good, it's open

early morning insomnia isn't so bad because once you give up on sleeping at least you can go get an early breakfast, maybe catch the sunrise, have a pretty good start on the day

New conspiracy theory I'm launching: the cheese reserves were stored in caves so that in the event of WWIII they could dynamite the surface entrance and access the food from an apocalypse bunker via secret tunnels.

I had a dream that a local artist had a piece that just said "PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT" and I wanted to buy it but the gallerist was gatekeeping me for some reason. Upon waking, the good news is that it's actually a Jenny Holzer and the bad news is it's expensive. www.artspace.com/jenny_holzer...

I want the United States cheese reserve to be a major plot point in post apocalyptic fiction. There should be a huge battle over control of the cheese caves.

Hearing a good song on the radio and pressing the "save accident recording" dash cam button so I can Shazam it later

I need a Bluesky option that blocks someone starting X hours from now. When someone obnoxious is feuding with someone I follow, I want to see how that plays out but I also want to remember to block them later so I'm not at risk of interacting with them.

Idea for fictional post-truth dystopia: Have obvious Presidential body doubles show up at official photo ops. Everybody sees it but pretends it's not happening. Sometimes dear leader is spotted in multiple cities at the same time.

I'm seeing a lot of arguments like "You clearly don't understand how submarines work. They only *imitate* swimming. They use something called a propeller, which you'd know is different than legs if you were really as technically savvy as you claim. Idiot. Shill. Anyway, that's why they're useless"