I would like to propose we identify whoever kicked off the "caption videos with only one word at a time, popping up for a fraction of a second each, in the centre of the video" thing, and launch that person directly into the Kuiper belt.
(I'd prefer the sun, but we mustn't waste propellant.)
(I'd prefer the sun, but we mustn't waste propellant.)
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I would like to propose we identify whoever kicked off the "caption videos with only one word at a time, popping up for a fraction of a second each, in the centre of the video" thing, and launch that person directly into the Kuiper belt.
(I'd prefer the sun, but we mustn't waste propellant.)
(I'd prefer the sun, but we mustn't waste propellant.)
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Pondering the fact that of the seven extensions I have installed on my browser five are some kind of defensive in nature and three are "no, Specific Website, you don't get to do that obnoxious thing anymore" workarounds.
Ahhh, the glory of the modern internet!
Ahhh, the glory of the modern internet!
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pondering the fact that of the seven extensions I have installed on my browser five are some kind of defensive in nature and three are "no, Specific Website, you don't get to do that obnoxious thing anymore" workarounds.
Ahhh, the glory of the modern internet!
Ahhh, the glory of the modern internet!
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I can't imagine a body representing professional historians recommending this, but here we are...
It's completely unacceptable.
Here are just a few reasons why.
It's completely unacceptable.
Here are just a few reasons why.
What about this is controversial? Beginning an inquiry by using AI to survey material is a very normal and appropriate use.
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I can't imagine a body representing professional historians recommending this, but here we are...
It's completely unacceptable.
Here are just a few reasons why.
It's completely unacceptable.
Here are just a few reasons why.
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Human rights are universal and inherent.
Anything less attacks everyone by allowing rights to be understood as conferred and conditional.
"Sports participation isn't a right," you say?
Check out Articles 22 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
#ABpoli
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
Anything less attacks everyone by allowing rights to be understood as conferred and conditional.
"Sports participation isn't a right," you say?
Check out Articles 22 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
#ABpoli
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Human rights are universal and inherent.
Anything less attacks everyone by allowing rights to be understood as conferred and conditional.
"Sports participation isn't a right," you say?
Check out Articles 22 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
#ABpoli
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
Anything less attacks everyone by allowing rights to be understood as conferred and conditional.
"Sports participation isn't a right," you say?
Check out Articles 22 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
#ABpoli
www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
Who needs a tourism industry anyway?
Leaving aside the "lolno" factor of requiring all social media posts to be publicly fishable, I wonder if, e.g., forums with members-only areas are also disqualifiers.
(I'd wonder re: listservs but they already demand email access.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leaving aside the "lolno" factor of requiring all social media posts to be publicly fishable, I wonder if, e.g., forums with members-only areas are also disqualifiers.
(I'd wonder re: listservs but they already demand email access.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Who needs a tourism industry anyway?
Leaving aside the "lolno" factor of requiring all social media posts to be publicly fishable, I wonder if, e.g., forums with members-only areas are also disqualifiers.
(I'd wonder re: listservs but they already demand email access.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leaving aside the "lolno" factor of requiring all social media posts to be publicly fishable, I wonder if, e.g., forums with members-only areas are also disqualifiers.
(I'd wonder re: listservs but they already demand email access.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Welp, after a year of dancing around it it seems the US is formally declaring Europe to be an enemy in need of regime change.
1/ The new US National Security Strategy blames 'undemocratic' European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, takes a pro-Russian position on NATO, reflects white nationalist views on European demographics, and pledges overt support for far-right parties. ⬇️
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Welp, after a year of dancing around it it seems the US is formally declaring Europe to be an enemy in need of regime change.
Nothing like glancing at RAM prices to make me *really* glad I upgraded last fall instead of this fall.
RAM from 2023 that I bought for $150 in 2024 costing $580 in 2025 sure is ... not typically the direction those numbers are supposed to go.
RAM from 2023 that I bought for $150 in 2024 costing $580 in 2025 sure is ... not typically the direction those numbers are supposed to go.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nothing like glancing at RAM prices to make me *really* glad I upgraded last fall instead of this fall.
RAM from 2023 that I bought for $150 in 2024 costing $580 in 2025 sure is ... not typically the direction those numbers are supposed to go.
RAM from 2023 that I bought for $150 in 2024 costing $580 in 2025 sure is ... not typically the direction those numbers are supposed to go.
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Thanks to @pcstewart.bsky.social, I went looking for this source wherein firing on shipwrecked survivors is literally the United States' DoD textbook example of a clearly illegal order at pp. 1088-89
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thanks to @pcstewart.bsky.social, I went looking for this source wherein firing on shipwrecked survivors is literally the United States' DoD textbook example of a clearly illegal order at pp. 1088-89
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Find the manual of the Law of War here: media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/...
Ah, juggling "major musical influence's death" and "frustration at the hate-drenched vileness of the brainworms that she absorbed in her later years."
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ah, juggling "major musical influence's death" and "frustration at the hate-drenched vileness of the brainworms that she absorbed in her later years."
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
As a friend elsewhere said, I hope that never happens to me, but if it does I hope people around me care enough to confiscate the keyboard.
I'd be willing to bet there isn't a city on this country where the "Regina-related" notes wouldn't still apply in every detail.
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'd be willing to bet there isn't a city on this country where the "Regina-related" notes wouldn't still apply in every detail.
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When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
I know the roughly-monthly capitulation plans being thrown at Ukraine by the US are always going to be ridiculous, but the latest one including a ban on foreign *diplomats* visiting Ukraine seems especially insane.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I know the roughly-monthly capitulation plans being thrown at Ukraine by the US are always going to be ridiculous, but the latest one including a ban on foreign *diplomats* visiting Ukraine seems especially insane.
Youtube just tried to give me a reaction video about a trailer for a release date announcement and maybe, just maybe, the Internet was a mistake.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Youtube just tried to give me a reaction video about a trailer for a release date announcement and maybe, just maybe, the Internet was a mistake.
I just encountered the phrase "terrorist group chat forum on a dark web site known as Discord" in a news article and I think that strange burning smell is the four or five IQ points it cost me.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I just encountered the phrase "terrorist group chat forum on a dark web site known as Discord" in a news article and I think that strange burning smell is the four or five IQ points it cost me.
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If you're heard historians and others talking about the authoritarian playbook or the patterns of authoritarianism but don't necessarily know the long arc behind these sometimes vague and ominous allusions, here's a good primer:
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you're heard historians and others talking about the authoritarian playbook or the patterns of authoritarianism but don't necessarily know the long arc behind these sometimes vague and ominous allusions, here's a good primer:
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
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Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Inside the marketplace for vaccine medical exemptions
Frontline Health Advocates provides medical exemption notes—for a fee. What exactly are they selling?
arstechnica.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
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This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual