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My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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December 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Still thinking about mah garnets
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Still thinking about mah garnets
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It’s novelty music and it’s mediocre even at that. The man ain’t even Weird Al.
The thing is, a lot of people are desperate for the consumption of revolution — the beads, a wicked new album, a chant — without actual revolution. but you can’t manufacture that from pure consumption like this.
The thing is, a lot of people are desperate for the consumption of revolution — the beads, a wicked new album, a chant — without actual revolution. but you can’t manufacture that from pure consumption like this.
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It’s novelty music and it’s mediocre even at that. The man ain’t even Weird Al.
The thing is, a lot of people are desperate for the consumption of revolution — the beads, a wicked new album, a chant — without actual revolution. but you can’t manufacture that from pure consumption like this.
The thing is, a lot of people are desperate for the consumption of revolution — the beads, a wicked new album, a chant — without actual revolution. but you can’t manufacture that from pure consumption like this.
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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honestly I’m fine with this, I had a fat ass in life, if I can give someone a fat ass in death I live on
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
honestly I’m fine with this, I had a fat ass in life, if I can give someone a fat ass in death I live on
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The alt text is the christmas present you didn't know you wanted.
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The alt text is the christmas present you didn't know you wanted.
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Merry Christmas to them what celebrates, happy very soggy Thursday to them what don't
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Merry Christmas to them what celebrates, happy very soggy Thursday to them what don't
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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Happy Shortest Day of the Year to those who hibernate!
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happy Shortest Day of the Year to those who hibernate!
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Larian, my brothers in Christ, what the actual fuck.
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Larian, my brothers in Christ, what the actual fuck.
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Marigold
February 26th 2024
February 26th 2024
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Marigold
February 26th 2024
February 26th 2024
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Also, of course, the State Department changing typefaces for reasons that boil down to "fuck accessibility" is both utterly in line with the overt bigotry of this administration and a signal indicator of how unserious these people are, it doesn't matter what typeface you use when you're a joke
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Also, of course, the State Department changing typefaces for reasons that boil down to "fuck accessibility" is both utterly in line with the overt bigotry of this administration and a signal indicator of how unserious these people are, it doesn't matter what typeface you use when you're a joke
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I need to read this! Metaphor is key to cognition!
Coincidentally I'm publishing a book in April that opens with a chapter about how poetry and metaphor are how we understand science
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I need to read this! Metaphor is key to cognition!
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I also meet a lot of active, happy, engaged seniors. I love asking them what their secret is, and it's always two things:
1: Stay moving. At a certain you either stretch or walk daily or you can't move. Start NOW.
2: Sometimes to care about. Garden. Grandkids. Pets. Doesn't matter.
1: Stay moving. At a certain you either stretch or walk daily or you can't move. Start NOW.
2: Sometimes to care about. Garden. Grandkids. Pets. Doesn't matter.
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I also meet a lot of active, happy, engaged seniors. I love asking them what their secret is, and it's always two things:
1: Stay moving. At a certain you either stretch or walk daily or you can't move. Start NOW.
2: Sometimes to care about. Garden. Grandkids. Pets. Doesn't matter.
1: Stay moving. At a certain you either stretch or walk daily or you can't move. Start NOW.
2: Sometimes to care about. Garden. Grandkids. Pets. Doesn't matter.
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Thank you @aba.org for putting my book The Birding Dictionary on your top books of 2025 list! Get it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thank you @aba.org for putting my book The Birding Dictionary on your top books of 2025 list! Get it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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remembered i have leftover chinese food and i instantly have hope and purpose again
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
remembered i have leftover chinese food and i instantly have hope and purpose again
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Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
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You tell a man you don’t care and you can get hours of free entertainment, I tell you what.
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You tell a man you don’t care and you can get hours of free entertainment, I tell you what.