Eric Holliday
@mirkheim.bsky.social
History nerd and SF&F reader. RPGM since 1980. Photo-taker of interesting things.
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Detroit was 15-2 in the regular season. And the top seed. And had the bye. And is playing at home. At some point, you have to acknowledge the heater that the Commanders are on is real, and that they’re now 30 minutes away from the NFC Championship Game. On merit.
January 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Detroit was 15-2 in the regular season. And the top seed. And had the bye. And is playing at home. At some point, you have to acknowledge the heater that the Commanders are on is real, and that they’re now 30 minutes away from the NFC Championship Game. On merit.
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The math here is super simple. The GOP lies a lot more. All the time, in fact.
Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The math here is super simple. The GOP lies a lot more. All the time, in fact.
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As previously discussed, in 2025 I'm setting up a shop selling huge helium-filled trousers.
Thinking of calling it LEG ZEPPELIN.
Thinking of calling it LEG ZEPPELIN.
December 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM
As previously discussed, in 2025 I'm setting up a shop selling huge helium-filled trousers.
Thinking of calling it LEG ZEPPELIN.
Thinking of calling it LEG ZEPPELIN.
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AI is like that one U2 album Apple put on everybody's devices. Nobody wants it, but there it is, anyway.
December 18, 2024 at 6:23 PM
AI is like that one U2 album Apple put on everybody's devices. Nobody wants it, but there it is, anyway.
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E. Catherine Tobler's short story "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" (@strangehorizons.bsky.social, December 2024) is perfect if you like your cozy fiction with a dash of the Ecological Weird 🌲
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All Sorrows Aside: E. Catherine Tobler’s “To Drive the Cold Winter Away” - Reactor
As the holidays approach, we present a seasonal tale just right for reading aloud around the Yule log...
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December 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
E. Catherine Tobler's short story "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" (@strangehorizons.bsky.social, December 2024) is perfect if you like your cozy fiction with a dash of the Ecological Weird 🌲
reactormag.com/all-sorrows-...
reactormag.com/all-sorrows-...
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this the horse btw
December 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM
this the horse btw
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I understand the fellow everyone blocked for being a terrible person has gone back to That Other Place to declare that this is an awful site and that true free speech believers like him should stay on The Billionaire's Plaything and he is correct people like him should absolutely stay there
December 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I understand the fellow everyone blocked for being a terrible person has gone back to That Other Place to declare that this is an awful site and that true free speech believers like him should stay on The Billionaire's Plaything and he is correct people like him should absolutely stay there
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In Summer 2021, I put a pinhole solar camera on the tower of St John's college in Cambridge, UK to image the Sun's path. This was the result!
Each separate arc is a day, and over time you slowly reveal the pattern that the Sun follows over the course of a year 🌞🔭🧪
Each separate arc is a day, and over time you slowly reveal the pattern that the Sun follows over the course of a year 🌞🔭🧪
December 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM
In Summer 2021, I put a pinhole solar camera on the tower of St John's college in Cambridge, UK to image the Sun's path. This was the result!
Each separate arc is a day, and over time you slowly reveal the pattern that the Sun follows over the course of a year 🌞🔭🧪
Each separate arc is a day, and over time you slowly reveal the pattern that the Sun follows over the course of a year 🌞🔭🧪
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Oh my God
Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
Mom: Let's pick out a Christmas movie to watch on Thanksgiving. Which one do you guys want to watch?
Family (in unison): DUNE!
Family (in unison): DUNE!
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Oh my God
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Here’s a list of ways to help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene:
List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.
www.bpr.org
September 28, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Here’s a list of ways to help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene:
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #626,439!
September 29, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #626,439!
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I don’t believe that everything happens FOR a reason but I do believe that everything happens BECAUSE OF a reason and that reason is baryogenesis, the process by which the imbalance of matter and antimatter was established in the early universe and for which we currently have no accepted explanation
September 4, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I don’t believe that everything happens FOR a reason but I do believe that everything happens BECAUSE OF a reason and that reason is baryogenesis, the process by which the imbalance of matter and antimatter was established in the early universe and for which we currently have no accepted explanation
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We live in a miraculous age
September 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
We live in a miraculous age
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Come on, America! Let’s do this!
January 26, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Come on, America! Let’s do this!
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“Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.”
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
September 12, 2023 at 7:06 PM
“Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.”
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside
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Mary Blair’s concept art for Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949).
September 2, 2023 at 11:59 PM
Mary Blair’s concept art for Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949).
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If, when you leave this earth, the stories that come out about you are the kindnesses you offered, not the awfulness you got away with, you did all right with your time here.
I’ve never heard a bad story or word about Jimmy Buffet.
September 3, 2023 at 2:59 PM
If, when you leave this earth, the stories that come out about you are the kindnesses you offered, not the awfulness you got away with, you did all right with your time here.
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Living in the parallel universe where Jessica Fletcher was just a really successful serial killer AND a world-famous author.
September 3, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Living in the parallel universe where Jessica Fletcher was just a really successful serial killer AND a world-famous author.
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Good morning, the Cybertruck is the most embarrassing vehicle ever made and stooping to work on this garbage should make you unemployable in the auto industry
August 30, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Good morning, the Cybertruck is the most embarrassing vehicle ever made and stooping to work on this garbage should make you unemployable in the auto industry
Just wanted to say hello! Not sure what I’m going to post about yet, so I’m probably just gonna look around for a while. Opinions are my own.
August 21, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Just wanted to say hello! Not sure what I’m going to post about yet, so I’m probably just gonna look around for a while. Opinions are my own.
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Young people: The GOP is floating an amendment to raise the voting age from 18 to 25. Vivek Ramaswamy is openly promoting it. They’re scared of your votes and want to silence you. Act appropriately in 2024.
August 19, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Young people: The GOP is floating an amendment to raise the voting age from 18 to 25. Vivek Ramaswamy is openly promoting it. They’re scared of your votes and want to silence you. Act appropriately in 2024.
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new fuzzy void of darkness just dropped 🖤
August 18, 2023 at 9:07 PM
new fuzzy void of darkness just dropped 🖤
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