learning that astronauts have to use microsoft outlook in space is unspeakably depressing. we have set microsoft outlook free from the bounds of earth. polluting the stars with that janky piece of shit

Woke up from a dream (Nightmare?) this morning. The toy that was all the rage with the kids was “my little Tony” dolls. I had to exorcise this thought, I'm so sorry.

I love a silver-lining “turns out”…

We have bought kiss me quick squeeze me slowly hats nobody has taken us to heart.

Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing.

And for good measure, he wants to take away birth control, make SA legal for husbands with wives, give male head of household the woman’s vote & property ownership and more. It’s all in Project 2025

If you're curious how that would work in practice, you can check it out here: www.boldventurepress.com/plot-robot-f...

Meditation of the day: What H. P. Lovecraft would have thought of AI

Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff.

Debbie Reynolds was 19, with no formal dance training, when she filmed this scene. She was then put on bed rest for two days. “Making ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and childbirth,” she said, “were the two hardest things I’ve ever done.” Born today in 1932. #RIP 💕

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 01,1946

Oh this is going to be good.

whut

"A man would shelter, if he could in the nook behind this new plywood. The building, abandoned, the man is too. How I wish you'd imagine if that it were you" Seen in Rochester, New York

Shunting aside their early Byrds-fixations in favor of Fairport Convention’s gnomic philosophizing and the light menace of Blue Oyster Cult, REM’s “Fables Of The Reconstruction” is a genuinely strange and gorgeous stop on the road to infamy. Automatic For The Weirdos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFI...

Not having it.

the women surrealists were way more interesting than their male counterparts

Not enough room *at full scale*, no. But for the miniatures wizards of Toho Films, loaned as part of a diplomatic exchange? One Brightline ride could start in LEGOland and end here! *We* will be the kaiju in MAGA Miami!

Graphic Design for Antifascists: In 1936, the Gestapo encountered this flyer smuggled into Germany by the ISK, an anti-Nazi network. The Gestapo noted that the image was a calling card of this underground group. Behind it lay some clever design thinking 🧵 1/

Wow. So...having been denied entry to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, it appears that the Latin Patriarch held services outdoors. At Gethsemane. 10/10 use of symbolism, no notes. www.lpj.org/en/news/medi...

But… could it *work*?

Daily Sedec-order #1506 Guesses: 21/21 0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ sedecordle.com #sedecordle #sedecorder Back on my "BOLUS PARTY HINGE" nonsense. Doing them in order now.

Search prices for airline tickets and hotel bookings on your phone, with VPN. Don’t search again with the phone, as I’ve actually seen prices increase. So go to a laptop and search/purchase at the same price. Some VPNs let you change your location, as well to mask prior searches.

among the joyous, heartless, ever-juvenile eternities, Pip saw the multitudinous, God-omnipresent, coral insects

(The rumor was a kind of joke being spread by Camper Van Beethoven.)

One of the loveliest experiences on this trip was kayaking crystal-clear waters among gators, manatees, otters (seen at end), monkeys, and a plethora of birds in a primeval forest at Silver Spring State Park. Enjoy this close-up, underwater footage! More later.

The Villages was once called “Trump Country.” Now this Florida community is gathering in huge numbers to reject the regime. #NoKings

“Later on…she consulted a fortune-teller who used the zhanbu method. She found his method particularly interesting: the fortune-teller considered the hour, the minute, and the second she entered his office to determine the Yijing hexagram.” www.academia.edu/36887388/Pur...

Your life will be made better by clicking the link.

Interested in hurricanes? I want to introduce TC-ATLAS: the Tropical Cyclone Analysis Tool for Live and Archived Structure. Explore live or past storms without writing a line of code or downloading a data file, building on the capabilities of TC-RADAR: michaelfischerwx.github.io/TC-ATLAS/ind...

I doubt this is going to make SNL lose interest. apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch...

creating a king under the mountain myth for the modern age, as we dream of the day when the Good Posts Will Return, perhaps even when we need them most

1– Hey everyone. This is something hard to ask. It’s very personal but I’m going to have to be straight forward because I don’t know where else to ask. Truly, I don’t. My brother took his own life. The funeral is *literally* across the country and I need to be there by Monday.

Today in the #925Universe, we look back at a notable moment between Dorothy and Ozma, long before they ever got married. Just two friends, lying in a poppy field, talking about mothers they never knew, and the ones who took their place. Read "Contemplations in Soil" Here:

Without a wife, still without a regular job, Lovecraft nevertheless continues to cultivate a large network of correspondents, and begins to travel more widely. He takes a bus trip down to the South and experiences Jim Crow first hand, sees chain gangs in Georgia, Ybor City and Key West in Florida...

This observational article on "lip-filler accent" is *fascinating*: defector.com/they-dont-ha...

I've been seeing a lot of this lately. Tl;DR version: Lovecraft did not experience an epiphany regarding his racial prejudices at the end of his life. This misconception was in part deliberately fostered after his death. However, Lovecraft's views did change over time. Read on for details.

I should have known this wasn't original to The Breeders, but.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5d...

please enjoy this "vintage movie poster" I saw in a dream which was so funny to my subconscious that I immediately woke myself up to write it down for later

everyone is going to be assigned Deleuze and Guattari readings until we figure out what is going on

LOLOLOL bsky.app/profile/jenn...

When you ask to take a photo of a gorgeous #Octopus skirt before looking at the person’s face…”Hi, Ellen” floats down from above me as I kneel down to get a good photo! :) Bonus—saying hi to the owner/wearer of this amazing outfit at #SciTalk26 #ScienceTalk2026 #SciComm

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

This is a desperately important time for our country and our democracy. That’s why as governor of your state, I’m signing the Swing Your Partner Bill to bring back square dancing and make it compulsory in public schools.

The U.S. Geological Survey discontinued continuous nitrate monitoring at 13 #Florida springs, ending a system that had provided data on water quality at some of FL's most important natural resources. www.wuft.org/environment/... via @wgcunews.bsky.social

Miette awoke from uneasy dreams to find that you change her body like the cockroach

Hey, for real: if you have never done a deep dive into the unfamiliar parts of these waters, I strongly suggest it no matter what music you normally listen to. It would be buck wild if you didn’t discover a song that grabs you in the gut and never lets go within a half hour or so max.

“I am seeing some of the same disbelief and derision and bargaining about AI that I can remember so vividly from the days in which people that I knew in the news industry would react to threats from social media and these new inventions.” www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

🟢 Durant, OK warehouse has sold… to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma! ICE previously sought to buy the space to create a mega detention center capable of holding 8,500 people. This is the 13th warehouse they have been denied.

Shit. This is it isn’t it? Same reason people love Myers-Briggs, Love Languages, Astrology, etc.