Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 3m

So…when did he say this, exactly?

Was this a podcast episode? An interview? Was it reported in a newspaper? On the radio? I presume you’ve got a link from when you double-checked before posting something that could easily be a lie?

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 7h

Developing Lovecraftianism from first principles.

Wisdom of r/religion @reddit-religion.bsky.social · 2d

Why are the current religions with gods always portraying that god as good, righteous, and having humans' best interest in mind? Why arent there more religions where the god is cruel, unjust, and just wants to see humans suffer? Where eternal torture isnt based on our actions but promised/guaranteed regardless of what we do for the sole enjoyment of the god?

2

Reposted by Snarky Robot

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

discovering insane edits recently

53 710 4K

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 15h

Hang it in @thelouvreof.bsky.social

2

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody needs an early May baseball game taking forever. Nobody needs October hockey winding up with guys out for the season because they put too much strain on their body.

But October baseball and May hockey should last as long as it takes to get the winner.

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Regular season only.

Hockey has this right. Two points for a win. You get a point for tying in regulation. One modified-rules period. And then a skills competition that decides things. It’s the most exciting thing in sports.

In post-season, all that gets tossed to the side. The game just goes on.

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Platforming fascists because some home-schooled nerd from Patrick Henry with an arranged marriage and a lifetime supply of khakis convinced me I wasn’t iconoclastic enough to be cool.

1 6

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be honest, I’m mostly guessing. The thing the locals don’t tell most outsiders is that there are only 37 square miles of “right” Massachusetts, and they’re non-contiguous. A bunch of MIT research is dedicated to purging the memory of anyone who finds one and is deemed unworthy by the Kennedeys

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

The good hippies are somewhere between central Western Massachusetts and northwestern Central Massachusetts, but there’s some spots in east Western Massachusetts that make you want to give up looking and just drive to Keene.

1 1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure there’s like 8 different western Massachusettses, and you have to get to the right one. Go too far west in western Massachusetts and it basically just becomes East Albany. Too far southwest and you end up in North Hartford or, worse, White Plains But Poor.

1 1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

There is no coherent argument in favor of minimum age requirements that do not also inherently support maximum age requirements.

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

I’m just sad I can’t make a Charms joke anymore.

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Other big one: lying crossover

Lie on back flat on hardish surface, legs straight. Keeping back against ground as much as possible, lift one leg or knee up and shift it to opposite side (e.g., lift right toes to sky, then cross it over your body trying to touch toes to ground on left side of body).

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Stretch your legs.

So, so many times I’ve seen peoole (including me) getting back injuries doing innocuous things are from people inadvertently shifting their weight to compensate for tight leg muscles.

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

I need there to be at least two NFL teams in Canada I can root for when mine is eliminated.

Or better yet, one in Canada, one in Mexico

Reposted by Snarky Robot

cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

40 3.8K 14K

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should add a rider that locks in ACA tax cuts.

2 6

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

This MF heard Springsteen called the Boss and decided he must be cool because he’s management.

4

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

I am awkwardly proud of this post

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Dismissal was the only choice

The “I’m not falling for that hot take” meme, except it’s Judge Jeanette Vargas saying “i'm not falling for that lawsuit that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting dunKed on. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion”

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

“This silent protagonist can’t be queer! The writers clearly intended them to be exactly like me, who never shuts the hell up.”

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Dismissal was the only choice

3 90

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

This person should be strapped to a chair in the manner of A Clockwork Orange, and forced to watch every Army, Navy, and Air Force football game back to back. To up the torture, games between good college teams will be mixed in at random.

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Brady is properly banned from operating as both an owner and a broadcaster, but the league allows him to swap places with any quarterback he chooses at halftime of any game he calls.

1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

Belichick is fined for attempting to fill the White Wide Receiver spot with a black wide receiver named White, but his appeal is successful when he points out that all his other wide receivers are white.

1 1

Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 2d

In addition to the normal football roster, each team has a dedicated roster spot for White Wide Receiver

1