I wouldn't mind if our taxes supported wildfire mitigation in Canada and the US

Air quality in VT is...not good right now. Wildfire smoke. Thinking of Canadians who have it worse. Be safe and well.

Look at my dog

Same as it ever was

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

Enjoy the search engine product of @mojeek.com, their values within the world of tech & internet, and think they warrant support. Just signed up for their #Newsletter #Mojeek #Privacy #Search #sovereignty

"Verify your age" Starter, Vedder, Trapper, Frogger

@natespilman.at I played around with luminframe.com a bit, and tried to save an image with the liquify filter, which I thought would result in an animated gif, but it only saved a snapshot of the effect as a png. Did I do something wrong? Are my expectations off?

My spouse and I met Amanda Janoo yesterday. She is SMART, and she CARES about the community. Definitely would make a good governor. But don't take my word for it. Vermonters, go to one of her events.

My wife lived in Malawi for a while, and they would mash together banana, avocado, and lemon juice. She doesn't remember what they called it, but she called it "snot". She says it was delicious.

Chess.com bots going hard

A United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States was shocked at the level of environmental degradation in some areas of rural Alabama, saying he had never seen anything like it in the developed world.

What's it called when a player scores 5 goals? Asking for Jeremy Francou

the biggest of oofs

Belgium's away kit is the best in the tournament

Reminds me of when Spotify tried to take over podcasts, which rely on RSS. They bought out big pods like "Science VS" & made them exclusive to drive listeners to use Spotify as their pod app. BUT they didn't allow adding custom feeds because they wanted to set up their own version of Patreon.

The most gendered fitness equipment I've ever seen

Fuck ICE also applies to Microsoft, Adobe, & friends' attempt to corporatize syndication in 1999

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Born This Way is such a good marching band song.

Shastastic

The choruses for "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi and "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle have pretty much the same bassline.

"...she was feigning polite interest to disguise horrified interest." lol That @marthawells.com is a good writer

analog filter sweep, digital aliasing

I fucking love birthright citizenship

Ohio desperately needs to reduce sprawl and reforest. The whole region was forested. I grew up there and moved to VT. Colonists cut down forests in both places, but VT took steps to get them back. The environmental & quality of life impacts can't be overstated.

Looking forward to a group chat invite from a spambot account.

The US govt is making a mess of this World Cup, but the American people show they can be great hosts 🎉🥳🎊 🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸 The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿 c: Dean Ammi, @algerianfooty

okay then; the history of Malört will be delivered in Three Acts. Malört I: Origin. Malört II: Resurgence. Malört III: Downfall. Unlike the Godfather, we'll start in the beginning

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Changing your habits of a small price to pay for the opportunity to not literally kill someone

Is Kevin R. Free related to World B. Free?

Sorry Canada, the great lakes are entirely ours now.

Men's side, please go up by 3 at the half so I can start watching the women's side on time.

Sick of the relentless adult content I see on Bluesky: back pain, interest rates, tax brackets, that noise you make when you stand-up sometimes.

This game is ugly, lol

It’s like we’re facing World War Three and a tiny bunch of people with vast wealth are buying up all the information outlets to spread the idea that nuclear weapons are not so bad actually, and won’t somebody think of all the jobs they create.

Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally. Short version: Nope. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I live just down the road from this weather station, and can confirm from my own scientific observations that it was at least a gazillion degrees. And to be more sombre about this: any politics that doesn't start from the existential nature of the climate crisis is just not a serious contribution.

Required reading

Data centers aside, this kind of tax policy is stupid at best. Big corps are playing state & local govs against each other just like the NFL & NBA. Tax break runs out and you better re-up or they're moving. That's after the costs of moving utilities & such for them. Scam. But beyond that...

Anyone know why the hill in James Park in Evanston, IL is called Mt Trashmore?

Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.

Icon. This is my favorite Sonny Rollins song.

Van Gogh meets ocean science. Beautiful! www.yahoo.com/news/science...

Jesus Lives in a Trailer in Welch by Jennifer Keener #UnitedStates #Reality #Poetry #ShortStory #Government #Jesus open.substack.com/pub/hollerwe...