Fix my AOL dialup, sonny, so I can use it to upload myself out of this hell you've trapped me in
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fix my AOL dialup, sonny, so I can use it to upload myself out of this hell you've trapped me in
Proscribing the use of certain typefaces, a weird enthusiasm over the leader's birthday, Stephen Miller's uncanny resemblance to Joseph Goebbels -- this administration is really dedicated to hitting *all* of the Nazi beats on its way down.
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Proscribing the use of certain typefaces, a weird enthusiasm over the leader's birthday, Stephen Miller's uncanny resemblance to Joseph Goebbels -- this administration is really dedicated to hitting *all* of the Nazi beats on its way down.
(At least banning Fraktur [and the awful Sütterlin handwriting script] was a win for readability? Whereas Rubio is deliberately returning to Times New Roman because it's *more* difficult for disabled people to read. The cruelty is the point.)
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
(At least banning Fraktur [and the awful Sütterlin handwriting script] was a win for readability? Whereas Rubio is deliberately returning to Times New Roman because it's *more* difficult for disabled people to read. The cruelty is the point.)
The 'Antiqua-Fraktur' dispute, over blackletter vs. Roman fonts, lasted for over a century in Germany and was settled in 1941 by the Nazis declaring Fraktur (and German handwriting styles) to be 'Jewish' and thus forbidden, mainly because nobody outside of Germany could print or read it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The 'Antiqua-Fraktur' dispute, over blackletter vs. Roman fonts, lasted for over a century in Germany and was settled in 1941 by the Nazis declaring Fraktur (and German handwriting styles) to be 'Jewish' and thus forbidden, mainly because nobody outside of Germany could print or read it.
Aw man, we had two physics professors in a row (Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz, both under Obama) as *our* energy secretaries, and all *we* got was the status quo!
(Maybe even a little worse, because Moniz was a big fan of fracking.)
(Maybe even a little worse, because Moniz was a big fan of fracking.)
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Aw man, we had two physics professors in a row (Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz, both under Obama) as *our* energy secretaries, and all *we* got was the status quo!
(Maybe even a little worse, because Moniz was a big fan of fracking.)
(Maybe even a little worse, because Moniz was a big fan of fracking.)
A+++++ GREAT ECONOMY! WOULD ECONOMIZE AGAIN!!!1!
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A+++++ GREAT ECONOMY! WOULD ECONOMIZE AGAIN!!!1!
Normal human hobbies, like covering meat fibers with Sweet Baby Ray's
Grill Talk with Mark Zuckerberg
YouTube video by u m a m i
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Normal human hobbies, like covering meat fibers with Sweet Baby Ray's
And although I think that the left hand numpad could be interesting/good, they're really choosing violence if it's not swappable...
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
And although I think that the left hand numpad could be interesting/good, they're really choosing violence if it's not swappable...
By January? Every picture I find of this thing makes it look even more like a fanciful rendering. Two-thirds of its already-flat space is apparently a storage area for your important maker tools, like your calipers and mechanical pencil!
(And don't give me a terminal, I want a *workstation* ...)
(And don't give me a terminal, I want a *workstation* ...)
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
By January? Every picture I find of this thing makes it look even more like a fanciful rendering. Two-thirds of its already-flat space is apparently a storage area for your important maker tools, like your calipers and mechanical pencil!
(And don't give me a terminal, I want a *workstation* ...)
(And don't give me a terminal, I want a *workstation* ...)
You know who ELSE liked to be a big special birthday boy?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_H...
(They issued yearly *postage stamps* for his special day. Stopped after 1945, for some reason.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_H...
(They issued yearly *postage stamps* for his special day. Stopped after 1945, for some reason.)
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You know who ELSE liked to be a big special birthday boy?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_H...
(They issued yearly *postage stamps* for his special day. Stopped after 1945, for some reason.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_H...
(They issued yearly *postage stamps* for his special day. Stopped after 1945, for some reason.)
Xenophobia and racism has certainly never worked out poorly for the US national interest before (Qian Xuesen: Caltech professor, co-founder of JPL, leading rocketry expert -- deported during the Red Scare and then went on to found China's space program and lead Chinese ICBM development)
Qian Xuesen - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Xenophobia and racism has certainly never worked out poorly for the US national interest before (Qian Xuesen: Caltech professor, co-founder of JPL, leading rocketry expert -- deported during the Red Scare and then went on to found China's space program and lead Chinese ICBM development)
These articles are catnip for THE ALGORITHM, though, which is probably why they keep happening -- I looked into a retirement question months ago and have seemingly since been recommended two or three of these daily.
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
These articles are catnip for THE ALGORITHM, though, which is probably why they keep happening -- I looked into a retirement question months ago and have seemingly since been recommended two or three of these daily.
It *says* Santa Fe, but this has very "test train for the Breitspurbahn" energy to me (and if BART had problems assembling trains because of the sloped-nose A cars, imagine these things in service...)
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It *says* Santa Fe, but this has very "test train for the Breitspurbahn" energy to me (and if BART had problems assembling trains because of the sloped-nose A cars, imagine these things in service...)
And write that clause now prohibiting any "by John Scalzi and" creations made from any unfinished work your unplugged brain leaves behind...
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And write that clause now prohibiting any "by John Scalzi and" creations made from any unfinished work your unplugged brain leaves behind...
Plus time travel, for those extra-cringey Heinlein-style loops.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Plus time travel, for those extra-cringey Heinlein-style loops.
I can't think of airboats without thinking of Archer (may your airboat pests end up the same way):
Airboat!!!!
YouTube video by Chris Cassidy
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I can't think of airboats without thinking of Archer (may your airboat pests end up the same way):
In the background of some of what were essentially his tourist snaps was his then-girlfriend Martha Stewart(!), who went with him to Kazakhstan. This bizarre and incongruous pairing seemed like the most interesting thing about his entire presentation, but he didn't even give it a passing mention.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In the background of some of what were essentially his tourist snaps was his then-girlfriend Martha Stewart(!), who went with him to Kazakhstan. This bizarre and incongruous pairing seemed like the most interesting thing about his entire presentation, but he didn't even give it a passing mention.
Google Lens tells me the yacht is owned by Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi. He is a man so boring that a presentation about his space-tourist trip to visit the International Space Station had me checking my watch.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Google Lens tells me the yacht is owned by Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi. He is a man so boring that a presentation about his space-tourist trip to visit the International Space Station had me checking my watch.
That looks like the same model that was getting fooled by mirrors in this recent clip. Seems prudent to stay well away!
AI companies: The future of humanoid robots is here
Humanoid robot:
Humanoid robot:
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
That looks like the same model that was getting fooled by mirrors in this recent clip. Seems prudent to stay well away!
Also the people who don't actually care about libraries, or parks, or whatever commission they've joined; they just want that "City Commissioner" title to use on a ballot when they try to spring up to the next-higher tier of local power
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Also the people who don't actually care about libraries, or parks, or whatever commission they've joined; they just want that "City Commissioner" title to use on a ballot when they try to spring up to the next-higher tier of local power