“The Space Shuttle Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its first liftoff, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US, 30th November 1982" (via www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...)

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

He never sleeps, the commander. He is floating, floating. He says that he will never die.

The fact that they won't let this man die despite him being in his NINETIES in the show now and already having the previous 2 seasons be about how old he is just so they keep having to pile more ridiculous make-up on him is genuinely one of my favorite things about the show

SEINFELD S50E13: The Head Fic kramer's "mlm rpf coffeeshop AU" of jerry and george gets optioned for a book deal, which the pair try to sabotage. elaine's comments about a local deli get her banned from a neighborhood subreddit.

Nine Delights 2026

FOOL TIME, part 4 of 4 "THE DUMBEST GUY IN HISTORY' now free to watch on youtube youtu.be/_HGk0WQF_Z4?...

Posting up on the corner with the boys, sloshing this into our faces. Pass the wine brother

Clay goblet from Early Bronze Age Troy. Known as a depas goblet after the Homeric ‘depas amphikypellon', recent residue analysis shows these two-handled vessels were used for drinking wine some 4,250 years ago! Istanbul Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I was born in April 1805 Napoleon was master of Europe Only the BRITISH FLEET stood before him Oceans were now battlefields

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

...and to Tiny Tim, who will NEVER die. He bows to the fiddlers and sashays backwards and throws back his head and laughs deep in his throat and he is a great favorite, Tim. He wafts his cap as he pirouettes under the lamps and hangs his little crutch upon the wall. He says that he will never die.

it's nothing o'clock

Quick reminder of the rules for anyone playing Anschützageddon: the objective is to go the whole of Christmas without hearing Ernst Anschütz's 'O Tannenbaum'. Remember, remixes and covers DON'T count. Good luck!

For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

@postoctobrist.bsky.social Re latest NGNM, Wubbo in a sleeping bag www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly

Thinking about the SV thread where everyone roleplayed like the Thirty Years War was just beginning

best ending of all time, let's be real

Repost this if you forgot the Fifth of Remember

Bugonia (2025)

Watched Bugonia, made me wonderfully upset to balance out how happy everyone else is, you're welcome

This is why we can’t have nice things

HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Through advanced corporate synergystic accountability we too can democractize the niche of the imminent eschaton.

Folks cheering at the gym for Dodgers in the 9th. I'm still cheering hours later watching in bed, it's still going. Ohetani is asking me to return, the lifting stops when the game does.

God sent the Toronto Blue Jays to the World Series because He hates America and He has made this game last 15 innings because He hates Canada too

it’s very smart of the Dodgers to keep running the Shohei Ohtani home run play

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

This is not a pork scratching, this is a pork gouging

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm so normal and so unassuming that my visa will never be revoked.

Here’s a great reason to insta-block, directly from them!

we're entering what historians call The Weekend Zone

I feel like I want to do Data Colada level hater posts about someone who's done two bad posts. I don't think I can brave the path of the warrior poster. That was is the Demon Path to Hell.

There are simply not enough copies of Simplicity in the LA Public Library, the mayor needs to address how good and popular the work of @mattielubchansky.com is.

it's not FOR us

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

What I learned from going to a city council meeting tonight: - A lot of people like snapping fingers. - Pasadena PD owns a 50 cal sniper rifle. - There are duelling sister cities organizations who have serious beef.

POV it's 3 am and you're getting twisted in the Mojave

*1989 Homer Simpson voice* Let's all go out for iced matcha lattes

(on the line with the hostage negotiator) me: i want a new bean HN: uh excuse me me: there's not been a new bean in a long time, get some scientists on it HN: most people want like helicopter or money or-- me: look man i'm not the one wasting time here, new bean or everyone dies

the shooter was an online gamer. it's important for newsrooms to understand video games more than ever. that's where i step in. so umamusume: pretty derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー) is a gacha horse racing simulator based on real life japanese race horses. in the world of umamusume, anime girls replace horses,

I have no opinions except those that won't get my visa taken away. I've held those opinions forever, with bravery and commitment. I'm the most normal guy in the world.

This is the most revolutionary worst game show of all time