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I wander about New England's mountains. Sometimes I write about it. Punk rock and endurance sports might have saved my life
in a world clamoring for another Brigitte Bardot,
I'm always looking for the next Catherine Deneuve
I'm always looking for the next Catherine Deneuve
December 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
in a world clamoring for another Brigitte Bardot,
I'm always looking for the next Catherine Deneuve
I'm always looking for the next Catherine Deneuve
early Serie A match at 6:30
then a World Cup Nordic Race and first stage of the Tour de Ski,
Last 3 laps of Dendermonde Cyclocross WC.
that's a nice full morning of Euro sports viewing.
then a World Cup Nordic Race and first stage of the Tour de Ski,
Last 3 laps of Dendermonde Cyclocross WC.
that's a nice full morning of Euro sports viewing.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
early Serie A match at 6:30
then a World Cup Nordic Race and first stage of the Tour de Ski,
Last 3 laps of Dendermonde Cyclocross WC.
that's a nice full morning of Euro sports viewing.
then a World Cup Nordic Race and first stage of the Tour de Ski,
Last 3 laps of Dendermonde Cyclocross WC.
that's a nice full morning of Euro sports viewing.
random thoughts while watching World Cup Nordic ski races
every Norwegian has 3 names,
one of which is unpronounceable except by Scandinavians (and even then...)
every Norwegian has 3 names,
one of which is unpronounceable except by Scandinavians (and even then...)
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
random thoughts while watching World Cup Nordic ski races
every Norwegian has 3 names,
one of which is unpronounceable except by Scandinavians (and even then...)
every Norwegian has 3 names,
one of which is unpronounceable except by Scandinavians (and even then...)
the perfect metaphor for TechBro over-reach does not exis....
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the perfect metaphor for TechBro over-reach does not exis....
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But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
December 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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ME: it’s boxing day
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
December 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
ME: it’s boxing day
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
Mon Dieu!
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Mon Dieu!
great, a segregated section for DIY manuals, truck magazines, and military history.
Can we please just stop with this culture war bullshit??!
I mean the conservative idiots pushing this are close to Victorian levels of gender stupidity.
Can we please just stop with this culture war bullshit??!
I mean the conservative idiots pushing this are close to Victorian levels of gender stupidity.
also spotted on threads
December 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
great, a segregated section for DIY manuals, truck magazines, and military history.
Can we please just stop with this culture war bullshit??!
I mean the conservative idiots pushing this are close to Victorian levels of gender stupidity.
Can we please just stop with this culture war bullshit??!
I mean the conservative idiots pushing this are close to Victorian levels of gender stupidity.
for todays moment of
Hope and Resilience:
furthering your education in retirement is good for more than just your mind (but it's also very good for your mind)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hope and Resilience:
furthering your education in retirement is good for more than just your mind (but it's also very good for your mind)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
for todays moment of
Hope and Resilience:
furthering your education in retirement is good for more than just your mind (but it's also very good for your mind)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hope and Resilience:
furthering your education in retirement is good for more than just your mind (but it's also very good for your mind)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
"I could have been someone.
Well so could anyone, you took my dreams from me,
when I first found you.
I kept them with me babe. I put them with my own.
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.
The boys in the NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay...."
Well so could anyone, you took my dreams from me,
when I first found you.
I kept them with me babe. I put them with my own.
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.
The boys in the NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay...."
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"I could have been someone.
Well so could anyone, you took my dreams from me,
when I first found you.
I kept them with me babe. I put them with my own.
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.
The boys in the NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay...."
Well so could anyone, you took my dreams from me,
when I first found you.
I kept them with me babe. I put them with my own.
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.
The boys in the NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay...."
Now it's Tiny Tim, Who Did Not Die,
he's been making Merry on the sly
'cause we need a little joy at Christmas time
and it would be so empty without him
he's been making Merry on the sly
'cause we need a little joy at Christmas time
and it would be so empty without him
My name is Tiny Tim, who did not die;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, had the time of his life, no, he never felt like this before, yes I swear, it's the truth, and he owes it all to Scrooge
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Now it's Tiny Tim, Who Did Not Die,
he's been making Merry on the sly
'cause we need a little joy at Christmas time
and it would be so empty without him
he's been making Merry on the sly
'cause we need a little joy at Christmas time
and it would be so empty without him
for this mornings moment of
Hope and Resilience:
Be generous and kind so to make merry with the family you have, all of them
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Hope and Resilience:
Be generous and kind so to make merry with the family you have, all of them
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My weirdest Christmas: I was 11 and braced for tension. Then I found my parents and step-parents in bed together
It was our first joint family Christmas, and I watched fearfully as my mum walked into the kitchen she had once called hers. The next 48 hours were full of surprises
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
for this mornings moment of
Hope and Resilience:
Be generous and kind so to make merry with the family you have, all of them
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Hope and Resilience:
Be generous and kind so to make merry with the family you have, all of them
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
of all the odd Scandinavian Christmas traditions,
my favorite is the Icelandic Jolabokaflod
open a new book on Christmas Eve and read it all night
jolabokaflod.org/about/foundi...
my favorite is the Icelandic Jolabokaflod
open a new book on Christmas Eve and read it all night
jolabokaflod.org/about/foundi...
Founding story
How Jólabókaflóðið became The retail cycle each year, from the launch of new books to the reading of these books at Christmas, is known as Jólabókaflóðið, which translates roughly into English as &…
jolabokaflod.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
of all the odd Scandinavian Christmas traditions,
my favorite is the Icelandic Jolabokaflod
open a new book on Christmas Eve and read it all night
jolabokaflod.org/about/foundi...
my favorite is the Icelandic Jolabokaflod
open a new book on Christmas Eve and read it all night
jolabokaflod.org/about/foundi...
search your first name and "glamour shot" then post a photo
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
search your first name and "glamour shot" then post a photo
enough of bleak songs,
time for the greatest Ode to a family Christmas ever
(in a snarky Scottish sort of way)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fP...
time for the greatest Ode to a family Christmas ever
(in a snarky Scottish sort of way)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fP...
The Chieftains - "St. Stephen's Day Murders" featuring Elvis Costello
YouTube video by TheNYmick
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
enough of bleak songs,
time for the greatest Ode to a family Christmas ever
(in a snarky Scottish sort of way)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fP...
time for the greatest Ode to a family Christmas ever
(in a snarky Scottish sort of way)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fP...
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Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
Which punk rock album the perfect top notch record
Minor Threat - Out of Step
Minor Threat - Out of Step
Which punk rock album is the perfect top-notch record from start to finish?
Bad Religion- Suffer
Bad Religion- Suffer
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Which punk rock album the perfect top notch record
Minor Threat - Out of Step
Minor Threat - Out of Step
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Literally one of the reasons I’m skeptical of gAI is because I’m a historian and technology is one of the things I study, but also who looks at the recent history of Silicon Valley and trusts a single word they tell us
Hoverboards are the future, segways are the future, betamax, laser disc, Google glass is the future, 3d tvs are the future, curved screens are the future.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Literally one of the reasons I’m skeptical of gAI is because I’m a historian and technology is one of the things I study, but also who looks at the recent history of Silicon Valley and trusts a single word they tell us
I know y'all are all about Fairytale of New York this week (for good reason),
but this is the most beautiful heart breaking down & out X-Mas song there is.
but this is the most beautiful heart breaking down & out X-Mas song there is.
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I know y'all are all about Fairytale of New York this week (for good reason),
but this is the most beautiful heart breaking down & out X-Mas song there is.
but this is the most beautiful heart breaking down & out X-Mas song there is.
post you from a different era
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
post you from a different era
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anyway, when you're wondering why AI can't do the job of historians, think about this image. none of this future collection is accessible to any LLM now; perhaps five decades from now, perhaps, 1% of this might be machine-readable. perhaps.
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
anyway, when you're wondering why AI can't do the job of historians, think about this image. none of this future collection is accessible to any LLM now; perhaps five decades from now, perhaps, 1% of this might be machine-readable. perhaps.
so Dwight Yoakam and ZZ Top are doing a short tour next year,
with no dates anywhere on the East Coast, but a Saturday show in KC.
Might have to go visit the old home town to catch that show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_U...
with no dates anywhere on the East Coast, but a Saturday show in KC.
Might have to go visit the old home town to catch that show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_U...
Lucky That Way
YouTube video by Dwight Yoakam - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
so Dwight Yoakam and ZZ Top are doing a short tour next year,
with no dates anywhere on the East Coast, but a Saturday show in KC.
Might have to go visit the old home town to catch that show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_U...
with no dates anywhere on the East Coast, but a Saturday show in KC.
Might have to go visit the old home town to catch that show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_U...