Abelard, repost this meme.

my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.

Twitter right now

Rep. Dick Centrist (D) has died at 120. He leaves behind an impeccable record of voting for every war since Korea. He will be replaced by Patty Hitler (R,) a genetic clone of Adolph Hitler.

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable. The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found': www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

More free time? Yes. More peace of mind? Oh my, no. Estimates for violent mortality among pre-agricultural hunter-gathers, as Azar Gat notes in War in Human Civilization, were *extremely* high, in the range of 15-25% (higher for males, lower for females). 1/

it pains me to hand it to him

Alright, @sarahebond.bsky.social in her cruelty has made me aware of this remarkably incompetent talk Malcolm Gladwell gave and so I am going to inflict it on all of you by going through all of the mistakes he makes here in the hope that none of you will ever take him seriously again. 1/

Good thread here. Very confusing why, after many years of people underestimating the power of slings, people now insist that they were the equivalent of an ancient sniper rifle. I have a few things to add because there's a lot of weird Hebrew words in 2 Samuel 17 whose meaning is not very clear.

Spring. I like spring. Soon it will be summer, and I can't wait. Is strange though, just a handful of years ago I was an autumn person who really disliked summer, now I'm looking forward to it do much...

Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist” Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist” John Kelly: “he’s a fascist” Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist” The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”

"How many angels can dance on the tip of a needle?" "It depends on the music." WIP Painting for the swirlies and the fun~.

some more.

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

Withholding Luigi's manifesto on grounds that it might inspire copycats was always disingenuous because prosecutors are going to introduce it as evidence anyway. The truth is media didn't want to anger their law enforcement sources

Weird. To me, it looks like the guy just rolled over onto the concrete unaided. He must have had a preexisting condition.

If you're a creator who: - Takes long break periods - Creates very slowly - Has another full time job or engagement - Struggles with productivity - Is inconsistent I'm sorry to tell you... YOU'RE STILL A VALID CREATOR BECAUSE CREATING IS TIED TO PASSION, NOT PRODUCTIVITY 💜✨️

This last week or so, I've felt a difference here. This site is coming alive. Time to enjoy it before enshittification sits in.

Temperature Scales xkcd.com/3001

I’m not here to drag anyone, but opening that other app just feels like a masochistic indulgence at this point.

Good moderation is key to a healthy online community. If there isn't any, it is just a race to the bottom about who can be the first to be worst. In places like this the social contract needs a bit of enforcement. Unlike IRL you can't just walk away.

The autumn can be quite pretty after all. I'll miss summer though.

I still stand by this :3

I love how I can log into bsky and it's just so much AMAZING ART and happy people sharing joy! You're all fantastic! <3

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,221,419!