Edward Banatt
@armavirumque.bsky.social
Techie, skeptic, ultracrepidarian, sciolist, patzer, erstwhile twittersnipe. Blast-beruffled. Emotionally tatterdemalion.
Esquerdopata.
Esquerdopata.
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This Creedence from 1970’s been sounding exponentially prescient for quite a while now
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This Creedence from 1970’s been sounding exponentially prescient for quite a while now
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
I went down Virginia, seekin’ shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable
I watched the tower grow
Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
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Happy Thanksgiving to all these people
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all these people
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During one sleepless night in 1879, German priest Johann Schleyer felt a Divine presence telling him to create a universal language. The result was Volapük. @ArikaOkrent explores the rise + fall of the first invented language to gain widespread success: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
During one sleepless night in 1879, German priest Johann Schleyer felt a Divine presence telling him to create a universal language. The result was Volapük. @ArikaOkrent explores the rise + fall of the first invented language to gain widespread success: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
[The US has the largest number of incarcerated women in the world, with 174,607. China has 145,000, plus an unknown number of women and girls in pre-trial detention and “administrative detention” (when a person is held without trial)]
Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million
Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million
Number of women incarcerated around the world rising at nearly three times the rate of men, with female prisoners often subjected to sexual violence and forced labour
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
[The US has the largest number of incarcerated women in the world, with 174,607. China has 145,000, plus an unknown number of women and girls in pre-trial detention and “administrative detention” (when a person is held without trial)]
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Apropos of nothing in particular, I once ran across the suggestion that RLS titled the book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (no The, that is) to mimic a sensational newspaper headline.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Apropos of nothing in particular, I once ran across the suggestion that RLS titled the book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (no The, that is) to mimic a sensational newspaper headline.
🤷🏻♂️
🤷🏻♂️
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
"Perhaps you should sample the wine before sending the bottle back to the cellar."
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING is, in my opinion, still good. letterboxd.com/andrewmoxon/...
A ★★★★ review of Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Still good. Might be one of my favorite Hitchcocks and Hitchcock didn't even direct it.
letterboxd.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Perhaps you should sample the wine before sending the bottle back to the cellar."
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Trump’s size obsession has put him at odds with the architect, who reportedly argues the 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom would overshadow the 55,000 sq. ft. White House, violating basic architectural principles.
It's, ultimately, another illustration of the crumbling checks and balances. trib.al/tAhurYp
It's, ultimately, another illustration of the crumbling checks and balances. trib.al/tAhurYp
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump’s size obsession has put him at odds with the architect, who reportedly argues the 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom would overshadow the 55,000 sq. ft. White House, violating basic architectural principles.
It's, ultimately, another illustration of the crumbling checks and balances. trib.al/tAhurYp
It's, ultimately, another illustration of the crumbling checks and balances. trib.al/tAhurYp
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
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My review of this week's Pluribus, where Carol got some time alone to think about what she's done:
Pluribus recap, Episode 5: 'Got Milk'
Carol gets to spend some time by herself to think about what she's done
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My review of this week's Pluribus, where Carol got some time alone to think about what she's done:
New Pluribus dropped already?
a group of people are sitting at a table in a kitchen eating food .
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table in a kitchen eating food .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New Pluribus dropped already?
"Interest in plug-in solar’s high cost savings and easy installation is growing rapidly, making wider adoption—and formal standards for the products—all but inevitable..."
www.wired.com/story/why-ba...
www.wired.com/story/why-ba...
Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US
In countries like Germany, balcony-mounted solar panels are all the rage. But from breaker-masking to voltage mismatches, America’s grid isn’t ready for it—yet.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Interest in plug-in solar’s high cost savings and easy installation is growing rapidly, making wider adoption—and formal standards for the products—all but inevitable..."
www.wired.com/story/why-ba...
www.wired.com/story/why-ba...
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
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Sporting nice Fall colors, a couple Monarch butterflies have emerged from their chrysalids. One is doing rapid wing stretches indicating it is ready to try flying. Looks to me like one male one female. Fly far little ones! 🦋
Western population #invertes
Western population #invertes
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sporting nice Fall colors, a couple Monarch butterflies have emerged from their chrysalids. One is doing rapid wing stretches indicating it is ready to try flying. Looks to me like one male one female. Fly far little ones! 🦋
Western population #invertes
Western population #invertes
"Balkonkraftwerk"
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Balkonkraftwerk"
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
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I have my great grandma's (lots of lard!), and my grandma's! Stained, clippings tucked in, and yes, a rubber band.
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have my great grandma's (lots of lard!), and my grandma's! Stained, clippings tucked in, and yes, a rubber band.
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More convinced every day that a Universal Basic Income is the only long term workable solution. Everything else is just duct tape.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
More convinced every day that a Universal Basic Income is the only long term workable solution. Everything else is just duct tape.
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Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
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We’re Both in Love With a Sexy Lady - Flight of the Conchords ‧
"Hang on a minute
Stop the track
Eugene, stop the track!"
##LyricsPrompt2025
youtu.be/bte1M8d2Mu4?...
"Hang on a minute
Stop the track
Eugene, stop the track!"
##LyricsPrompt2025
youtu.be/bte1M8d2Mu4?...
We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady - Flight Of The Conchords
YouTube video by Flight of the Conchords
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We’re Both in Love With a Sexy Lady - Flight of the Conchords ‧
"Hang on a minute
Stop the track
Eugene, stop the track!"
##LyricsPrompt2025
youtu.be/bte1M8d2Mu4?...
"Hang on a minute
Stop the track
Eugene, stop the track!"
##LyricsPrompt2025
youtu.be/bte1M8d2Mu4?...
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”