doleful moo of a cow
@oulipien.bsky.social
B810. The Man who Bit Himself on the Ear. A man explains to his doctor that the wound on his ear (or forehead) is where he bit himself. He explains, "I stood on a chair."
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
yet more impressed (neutral valence) following the @jolivingstone.bsky.social / @charoshane.bsky.social / Wambugu convo about Perfection by its mere existence: what is Latronico up to? does he take himself to be updating Things, as films are remade periodically, and nothing more? Things is in print
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
yet more impressed (neutral valence) following the @jolivingstone.bsky.social / @charoshane.bsky.social / Wambugu convo about Perfection by its mere existence: what is Latronico up to? does he take himself to be updating Things, as films are remade periodically, and nothing more? Things is in print
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I seem to remember reading that, under Fascism, a light, visible from outside the building, was always left on overnight in the Villa Torlonia, Mussolini's residence in Rome, in service of the myth that Il Duce never slept, as he was always working for Italy.
VARNEY: Do you work 18 hours a day?
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I seem to remember reading that, under Fascism, a light, visible from outside the building, was always left on overnight in the Villa Torlonia, Mussolini's residence in Rome, in service of the myth that Il Duce never slept, as he was always working for Italy.
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
We've got to keep this out of Anish Kapoor's hands. Only clothing designers with impeccable goth credentials should be allowed to purchase it (with a limited quantity distributed to fabric stores where whatever the successor species to the "mall goth" is congregate)
“Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
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#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
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Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It
If you want to stand out at your next metal gig, don't settle for a spot of color in a sea of black – go ultrablack instead.
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We've got to keep this out of Anish Kapoor's hands. Only clothing designers with impeccable goth credentials should be allowed to purchase it (with a limited quantity distributed to fabric stores where whatever the successor species to the "mall goth" is congregate)
Cafe owner came into the cafe saying 'it happened. It finally happened" but he was talking about some weather thing
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Cafe owner came into the cafe saying 'it happened. It finally happened" but he was talking about some weather thing
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so I literally think the sudden explosion of Grinch stuff is literally our culture looking at Christmas and being like, "is there a guy involved in this who is like, mean? who does like sarcastic voices and steals presents from people? let's put him all over the place"
December 10, 2024 at 5:07 PM
so I literally think the sudden explosion of Grinch stuff is literally our culture looking at Christmas and being like, "is there a guy involved in this who is like, mean? who does like sarcastic voices and steals presents from people? let's put him all over the place"
Never gonna miss a chance to plug JZ Smith's "God Save this Honorable Court", especially the second half wherein he determines on Durkheimiam grounds that the sacred space, during Christmas, of some New England (iirc) town is the mall and shopping is their sacrament
genuinely wild to see an ostensibly Christian but largely areligious populace try to piece together like medieval Passion Plays out of whatever shit we have just lying around
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Never gonna miss a chance to plug JZ Smith's "God Save this Honorable Court", especially the second half wherein he determines on Durkheimiam grounds that the sacred space, during Christmas, of some New England (iirc) town is the mall and shopping is their sacrament
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Jackson Heights is one of the last neighborhoods in NYC that actually lives up to the promise of what NYC is supposed to be for immigrants - it's a middle class neighborhood where the majority of residents were born outside the country. One of the most diverse neighborhoods in the whole US
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jackson Heights is one of the last neighborhoods in NYC that actually lives up to the promise of what NYC is supposed to be for immigrants - it's a middle class neighborhood where the majority of residents were born outside the country. One of the most diverse neighborhoods in the whole US
fascinated by the small business website I am gazing upon whose footer contains a link whose text is "link in bio". the page it links to is just a list of links, with the header "link in bio"
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
fascinated by the small business website I am gazing upon whose footer contains a link whose text is "link in bio". the page it links to is just a list of links, with the header "link in bio"
What is this fucking outfit
oh that’s good. not enough of every aspect of our lives were financialized quite yet
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What is this fucking outfit
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I mean JFC, he's framing Gallego's thing as some bold break from previous Dem policy when the bulk of it is literally *reinstating elements of IRA that Republicans killed*. Literally re-instating Dem policy!
So much horseshit attending the "abundance" push.
So much horseshit attending the "abundance" push.
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I mean JFC, he's framing Gallego's thing as some bold break from previous Dem policy when the bulk of it is literally *reinstating elements of IRA that Republicans killed*. Literally re-instating Dem policy!
So much horseshit attending the "abundance" push.
So much horseshit attending the "abundance" push.
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"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
Come to think of it, Johnny, what's the Thagomizer called in Japanese?
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
nethack
(honest question) what are the “good” video games? artistically i mean, not in a “i enjoyed this escapist slop” kind of way
Well. It's not Red Dead Redemption 2, but it's like one of three video games I'd genuinely consider good.
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
nethack
Reacting super usefully to having finally noticed that @nyc-noise.com has easy calendar links
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reacting super usefully to having finally noticed that @nyc-noise.com has easy calendar links
I don't know why I bothered to verify that my email still contains the first 10-odd pages a novel that Bari Worse was working on in 2009, but it sure does
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I don't know why I bothered to verify that my email still contains the first 10-odd pages a novel that Bari Worse was working on in 2009, but it sure does
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Always great to see your own personal “Do not build the torment nexus” moments come to life.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Always great to see your own personal “Do not build the torment nexus” moments come to life.
kind of unpleasant to win a chess game in which both you and your opponent are playing pretty poorly
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
kind of unpleasant to win a chess game in which both you and your opponent are playing pretty poorly
Fact check: laughably false
Yes where else could men possibly receive this scorching insight
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fact check: laughably false
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the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
Lacto-fermented fizzy horchata. I bet that would be awful
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Lacto-fermented fizzy horchata. I bet that would be awful
it seems that for another year running I listened to a lot of Aram Bajakian's "Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates", David Rees's "YOU AINT GOIN NOWHERE", and William Duckworth's Time Curve Preludes
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
it seems that for another year running I listened to a lot of Aram Bajakian's "Music Inspired by the Color of Pomegranates", David Rees's "YOU AINT GOIN NOWHERE", and William Duckworth's Time Curve Preludes
I would say that this book actually does create three-dimensionality and spatial distance
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I would say that this book actually does create three-dimensionality and spatial distance