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Titan 2015-OCTOBER-02 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/KeaTTz
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Titan 2015-OCTOBER-02 - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/KeaTTz
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
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No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
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HANG UP YOUR SPEAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
HANG UP YOUR SPEAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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This is what sand looks like under a microscope. Amazing.
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is what sand looks like under a microscope. Amazing.
An epic, 3-player, 5-hour(!) game of Oath yesterday. Many backs were stabbed, several times. I as the Chancellor lost... because of thieving Citizens. A truly crazy finale too. My favorite session so far, I think. Thanks again @colewehrle.bsky.social & @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for #oathboardgame
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An epic, 3-player, 5-hour(!) game of Oath yesterday. Many backs were stabbed, several times. I as the Chancellor lost... because of thieving Citizens. A truly crazy finale too. My favorite session so far, I think. Thanks again @colewehrle.bsky.social & @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social for #oathboardgame
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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What the "anti-escalationists" of all stripes don't realize (or pretend they don't) is that if the Russo-Ukrainian war is ended on Russia's terms, then ALL disputed territories anywhere are immediately up for grabs. Because military force will once again be an acceptable way to change state borders.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What the "anti-escalationists" of all stripes don't realize (or pretend they don't) is that if the Russo-Ukrainian war is ended on Russia's terms, then ALL disputed territories anywhere are immediately up for grabs. Because military force will once again be an acceptable way to change state borders.
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One of the books in my office is 290 years old. It’s still in excellent condition and easy to read. I wonder how easy it’ll be to read electronic texts 290 years from now. I expect it’ll be rather trickier.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the books in my office is 290 years old. It’s still in excellent condition and easy to read. I wonder how easy it’ll be to read electronic texts 290 years from now. I expect it’ll be rather trickier.
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I've decided all novels derived from Dracula should from now on be called fangfic
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've decided all novels derived from Dracula should from now on be called fangfic
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This day Milorad Pavić sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pavic_... Numa Shōzō sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/numa_s... Oscar Wilde sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilde_... died, and Jonathan Swift sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/swift_... was born [couldn't identify artists) 4th is a 1932 Ukrainian 'Gulliver’s Travels']
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This day Milorad Pavić sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pavic_... Numa Shōzō sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/numa_s... Oscar Wilde sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilde_... died, and Jonathan Swift sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/swift_... was born [couldn't identify artists) 4th is a 1932 Ukrainian 'Gulliver’s Travels']
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
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I see it, laying down the fierce defense, as Machiavelli tried to do
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I see it, laying down the fierce defense, as Machiavelli tried to do
I have a habit of using thematically appropriate Magic cards as bookmarks, even if the connection only makes sense to me. For whatever reason, "Konda, Lord of Eiganjo" seemed right for "Inventing the Renaissance" by @adapalmer.bsky.social, even though Konda is from a Japanese-inspired fantasy world.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I have a habit of using thematically appropriate Magic cards as bookmarks, even if the connection only makes sense to me. For whatever reason, "Konda, Lord of Eiganjo" seemed right for "Inventing the Renaissance" by @adapalmer.bsky.social, even though Konda is from a Japanese-inspired fantasy world.
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Funniest victory ever. Everybody's plans got messed up, including mine! #oathboardgame
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Funniest victory ever. Everybody's plans got messed up, including mine! #oathboardgame
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November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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"The Linguistic Carnival of Thought" is out now!
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"The Linguistic Carnival of Thought" is out now!
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Cassini's 'Grand Finale' Saturn Portrait (Annotated Version) (April 13, 2017) - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/UPviDr
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cassini's 'Grand Finale' Saturn Portrait (Annotated Version) (April 13, 2017) - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/UPviDr
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In wartime Ukraine, one’s future can vanish in a heartbeat. That’s why some Ukrainians are turning to tarot — a deck of cards that symbolizes life’s themes, spiritual lessons, and everyday experiences, used for both divination and self-reflection — to gain some semblance of control amid chaos.
It’s all in the cards — Ukrainians consult tarot readers about wartime fears
The viewer count ticks upward — dozens, then hundreds, sometimes nearly a thousand. Just about everyone has tuned in for the same reason: to hear Tetya (Auntie) Fania’s latest predictions about the th...
kyivindependent.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In wartime Ukraine, one’s future can vanish in a heartbeat. That’s why some Ukrainians are turning to tarot — a deck of cards that symbolizes life’s themes, spiritual lessons, and everyday experiences, used for both divination and self-reflection — to gain some semblance of control amid chaos.
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Religious values & beliefs, & the attendant metaphysical commitments or presuppositions thereof are all up inside all of our tech, & the questions we should be asking ourselves are "whose values & beliefs" & "what does their being woven in through our technosocial reality then do to the rest of us."
Remember: Tech & Religion have *Always* influenced each other. In the West, they used to be explicitly the same thing; elsewhere in the world, they still are. Accepting & learning to parse those motivating values better equips us to understand— & counter— their resulting sociotechnical developments.
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Religious values & beliefs, & the attendant metaphysical commitments or presuppositions thereof are all up inside all of our tech, & the questions we should be asking ourselves are "whose values & beliefs" & "what does their being woven in through our technosocial reality then do to the rest of us."