RJ • Interdisciplinary Digital Strategist
@yesthataunt.bsky.social
Technology. Policy. Social Justice. Menopause.
Dark Humor & Tales from the Liminal Hedges.
Raised by and among Monsters. Yet I Remain.
Follow the Money. Follow the Metadata.
100% Organic Spherical Thinking.
Gonzo Confessional Poet.
Opinions mine
Dark Humor & Tales from the Liminal Hedges.
Raised by and among Monsters. Yet I Remain.
Follow the Money. Follow the Metadata.
100% Organic Spherical Thinking.
Gonzo Confessional Poet.
Opinions mine
Pinned
Opinionated and/or Personal Post Is Opinionated and/or Personal.
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Things That Happened Since Last Time I Checked.
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Things That Happened Since Last Time I Checked.
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Yours Truly Can Haz a STORY TIEM!*
* = Yes, I'm up early. Working on going back to my regularly programmed sleep schedule. Until then, its Holst in the ears, a darkly lit room w/nebula projector, && waiting for the drugs** / coffee to kick in.
** = Prescriptions. Calm down.
* = Yes, I'm up early. Working on going back to my regularly programmed sleep schedule. Until then, its Holst in the ears, a darkly lit room w/nebula projector, && waiting for the drugs** / coffee to kick in.
** = Prescriptions. Calm down.
a person in a hoodie is sitting in front of a laptop computer
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December 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yours Truly Can Haz a STORY TIEM!*
* = Yes, I'm up early. Working on going back to my regularly programmed sleep schedule. Until then, its Holst in the ears, a darkly lit room w/nebula projector, && waiting for the drugs** / coffee to kick in.
** = Prescriptions. Calm down.
* = Yes, I'm up early. Working on going back to my regularly programmed sleep schedule. Until then, its Holst in the ears, a darkly lit room w/nebula projector, && waiting for the drugs** / coffee to kick in.
** = Prescriptions. Calm down.
We live in an absurd timeline.
Yours Truly is leaving this here b/c I need something to simultaneously laugh && shout at.
So, like, creating *more* space junk + turning the thermosphere into a heavy metal pin ball machine.
SMDH
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Yours Truly is leaving this here b/c I need something to simultaneously laugh && shout at.
So, like, creating *more* space junk + turning the thermosphere into a heavy metal pin ball machine.
SMDH
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Intelligence agencies suspect Russia is developing anti-satellite weapon to target Starlink service
Starlink's services are used by Ukraine. Russia views the constellation as a threat. The intelligence findings say the destructive pellets could be small enough to evade detection.
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We live in an absurd timeline.
Yours Truly is leaving this here b/c I need something to simultaneously laugh && shout at.
So, like, creating *more* space junk + turning the thermosphere into a heavy metal pin ball machine.
SMDH
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Yours Truly is leaving this here b/c I need something to simultaneously laugh && shout at.
So, like, creating *more* space junk + turning the thermosphere into a heavy metal pin ball machine.
SMDH
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
Who has two thumbs && slept like Absolute Dog Shit last night?
BUT
At least, I popped my hip back into place* + I have clarity about a practice that honored my neurodevelopmental difference && provided a measure of safety.
So there is that.
* = Subclinical hEDS + Being An Old = More dislocation
BUT
At least, I popped my hip back into place* + I have clarity about a practice that honored my neurodevelopmental difference && provided a measure of safety.
So there is that.
* = Subclinical hEDS + Being An Old = More dislocation
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Who has two thumbs && slept like Absolute Dog Shit last night?
BUT
At least, I popped my hip back into place* + I have clarity about a practice that honored my neurodevelopmental difference && provided a measure of safety.
So there is that.
* = Subclinical hEDS + Being An Old = More dislocation
BUT
At least, I popped my hip back into place* + I have clarity about a practice that honored my neurodevelopmental difference && provided a measure of safety.
So there is that.
* = Subclinical hEDS + Being An Old = More dislocation
*sigh*
Yours Truly is familiar with Document Dumps As A Delay Tactic.
Yours Truly *didn't* make a Sucker Bet that this would be both messy && a distraction.
Yours Truly is familiar with Document Dumps As A Delay Tactic.
Yours Truly *didn't* make a Sucker Bet that this would be both messy && a distraction.
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
*sigh*
Yours Truly is familiar with Document Dumps As A Delay Tactic.
Yours Truly *didn't* make a Sucker Bet that this would be both messy && a distraction.
Yours Truly is familiar with Document Dumps As A Delay Tactic.
Yours Truly *didn't* make a Sucker Bet that this would be both messy && a distraction.
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Yours Truly is gonna hold your hand while I say this:
If nothing else, how the Executive intersects w/Tech Feudalism + ML/AI == An Indictment of All Three.
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The Importance of Human Verification
If nothing else, how the Executive intersects w/Tech Feudalism + ML/AI == An Indictment of All Three.
OR
The Importance of Human Verification
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December 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yours Truly is gonna hold your hand while I say this:
If nothing else, how the Executive intersects w/Tech Feudalism + ML/AI == An Indictment of All Three.
OR
The Importance of Human Verification
If nothing else, how the Executive intersects w/Tech Feudalism + ML/AI == An Indictment of All Three.
OR
The Importance of Human Verification
(┛ಠДಠ)┛彡┻━┻
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
(┛ಠДಠ)┛彡┻━┻
Footage of Yours Truly reviewing The Kraken Has Been Released Files.
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Sometimes, Surviving Out of Spite
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Sometimes, Surviving Out of Spite
a woman in a top hat is holding a lollipop in her hand .
ALT: a woman in a top hat is holding a lollipop in her hand .
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December 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Footage of Yours Truly reviewing The Kraken Has Been Released Files.
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Sometimes, Surviving Out of Spite
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Sometimes, Surviving Out of Spite
*sips tea*
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
*sips tea*
I dunno.
"Monetized Dysfunction" kinda sounds like a fancy set of terms for "Money Laundering" and/or "Fraud".
But, maybe that's just me?
"Monetized Dysfunction" kinda sounds like a fancy set of terms for "Money Laundering" and/or "Fraud".
But, maybe that's just me?
"[M]onetized the dysfunction" is a good way to describe the American health care system too.
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I dunno.
"Monetized Dysfunction" kinda sounds like a fancy set of terms for "Money Laundering" and/or "Fraud".
But, maybe that's just me?
"Monetized Dysfunction" kinda sounds like a fancy set of terms for "Money Laundering" and/or "Fraud".
But, maybe that's just me?
MEANWHILE...
Yours Truly is at I Wish a MF Would.
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Hovering Entitled Human Vultures
Yours Truly is at I Wish a MF Would.
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Hovering Entitled Human Vultures
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
MEANWHILE...
Yours Truly is at I Wish a MF Would.
OR
Hovering Entitled Human Vultures
Yours Truly is at I Wish a MF Would.
OR
Hovering Entitled Human Vultures
YEESH...
One of two things happens when Yours Truly snarks / goes off Half-cocked:*
1) A plethora of scam bots / bot farms starts following
2) The number of invisible followers goes up.
* = Mine's bigger than urs + I have Big D energy. XD
One of two things happens when Yours Truly snarks / goes off Half-cocked:*
1) A plethora of scam bots / bot farms starts following
2) The number of invisible followers goes up.
* = Mine's bigger than urs + I have Big D energy. XD
an aerial view of a rocket being launched by nasa
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December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
YEESH...
One of two things happens when Yours Truly snarks / goes off Half-cocked:*
1) A plethora of scam bots / bot farms starts following
2) The number of invisible followers goes up.
* = Mine's bigger than urs + I have Big D energy. XD
One of two things happens when Yours Truly snarks / goes off Half-cocked:*
1) A plethora of scam bots / bot farms starts following
2) The number of invisible followers goes up.
* = Mine's bigger than urs + I have Big D energy. XD
MEANWHILE...
Yours Truly is Stress Cooking again.
Caldo de Pollo w/enough to share.
You should smell the inside of my home rn.
Om nom nom nom.
Yours Truly is Stress Cooking again.
Caldo de Pollo w/enough to share.
You should smell the inside of my home rn.
Om nom nom nom.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MEANWHILE...
Yours Truly is Stress Cooking again.
Caldo de Pollo w/enough to share.
You should smell the inside of my home rn.
Om nom nom nom.
Yours Truly is Stress Cooking again.
Caldo de Pollo w/enough to share.
You should smell the inside of my home rn.
Om nom nom nom.
What in the NatSec Nightmare Fresh Hell is this?
Radiant raises over $300 million to build nuclear microreactors reut.rs/3L7jx24
Radiant raises over $300 million to build nuclear microreactors
Startup Radiant said on Wednesday it has raised over $300 million in its latest funding round, to mass-produce portable nuclear reactors.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What in the NatSec Nightmare Fresh Hell is this?
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“…the Trump administration is calling for the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC in 1998, to be amended to impede the Court from investigating the US president and top officials…”
The world’s oversight on crimes against humanity.
#Pinks #DV1
more…👇
www.article19.org/resources/ic...
The world’s oversight on crimes against humanity.
#Pinks #DV1
more…👇
www.article19.org/resources/ic...
ICC: States must defend justice and stand up to attacks on the rule of law - ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 calls on the global community to defend the ICC and its mandate to independently investigate and prosecute the gravest crimes.
www.article19.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“…the Trump administration is calling for the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC in 1998, to be amended to impede the Court from investigating the US president and top officials…”
The world’s oversight on crimes against humanity.
#Pinks #DV1
more…👇
www.article19.org/resources/ic...
The world’s oversight on crimes against humanity.
#Pinks #DV1
more…👇
www.article19.org/resources/ic...
WELP.
Let me explain...
No, there is too much.
Let me sum up.*
* = RIP Rob & Michelle Reiner
Let me explain...
No, there is too much.
Let me sum up.*
* = RIP Rob & Michelle Reiner
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December 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
WELP.
Let me explain...
No, there is too much.
Let me sum up.*
* = RIP Rob & Michelle Reiner
Let me explain...
No, there is too much.
Let me sum up.*
* = RIP Rob & Michelle Reiner
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What in The Fresh Hell *now*?
JFC
More on (and Morons) multi-front assaults later. :P
JFC
More on (and Morons) multi-front assaults later. :P
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says " i just want it to stop "
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December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What in The Fresh Hell *now*?
JFC
More on (and Morons) multi-front assaults later. :P
JFC
More on (and Morons) multi-front assaults later. :P
Copilot is just Clippy with Extra Math && on chips that can only run in atmo.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Copilot is just Clippy with Extra Math && on chips that can only run in atmo.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
It's not Yours Truly looking up ephemerae b/c HOLY SHIT was last night's dreamscape absolutely off the chain.
a close up of a chain on a white surface
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December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's not Yours Truly looking up ephemerae b/c HOLY SHIT was last night's dreamscape absolutely off the chain.
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Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
"They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that it is in a body that, in the morning, is going to be hanged."
Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures
"‘Er, I was just wondering, Mr. Dibbler... what is my motivation for this scene?’
‘Motivation?’
‘Yes. Er, I got to know, see,’ said Rock.
‘How about: I’ll fire you if you don’t do it properly?’
Rock grinned. ‘Right you are, Mr. Dibbler,’ he said."
"‘Er, I was just wondering, Mr. Dibbler... what is my motivation for this scene?’
‘Motivation?’
‘Yes. Er, I got to know, see,’ said Rock.
‘How about: I’ll fire you if you don’t do it properly?’
Rock grinned. ‘Right you are, Mr. Dibbler,’ he said."
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."