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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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This is not good. We all do realize that it is unlikely that Netflix is doing this to permanently expand their pre 1980 offerings, right? A whole lot of film history is about to disappear.
Wow ... "Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83 Billion Deal
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is not good. We all do realize that it is unlikely that Netflix is doing this to permanently expand their pre 1980 offerings, right? A whole lot of film history is about to disappear.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Bottom line
-VAERS is an early-warning system, not evidence of risk.
-It contains unverified, unfiltered, and often irrelevant reports.
-It cannot establish causation, calculate risk, or reflect real frequencies of vaccine injuries.
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-VAERS is an early-warning system, not evidence of risk.
-It contains unverified, unfiltered, and often irrelevant reports.
-It cannot establish causation, calculate risk, or reflect real frequencies of vaccine injuries.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Bottom line
-VAERS is an early-warning system, not evidence of risk.
-It contains unverified, unfiltered, and often irrelevant reports.
-It cannot establish causation, calculate risk, or reflect real frequencies of vaccine injuries.
[9/9]
-VAERS is an early-warning system, not evidence of risk.
-It contains unverified, unfiltered, and often irrelevant reports.
-It cannot establish causation, calculate risk, or reflect real frequencies of vaccine injuries.
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Another meeting I'm too tired for. 3 hours of fully on and forgetting to hold back, alternating with zoning out.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another meeting I'm too tired for. 3 hours of fully on and forgetting to hold back, alternating with zoning out.
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Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Evergreen, and its evergreen-ness is cause for more tears.
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So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what DOES make you sleepy on Thanksgiving?
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Odds are good that it's CO₂, especially if you're cooking with gas.
I've seen our indoor air CO₂ spike just over 3,000ppm on Thanksgiving. All the people plus all the gas cooking, it adds up.
Controversial opinion: The over investment in AI would have caused a fresh regardless of president. No president could do enough to stop that. I still hope it gets attributed to T.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Controversial opinion: The over investment in AI would have caused a fresh regardless of president. No president could do enough to stop that. I still hope it gets attributed to T.
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⚠️ IMPORTANT: A ‘Yellow Warning - Snow’ is different from a ‘Yellow Snow Warning’.
- Adam
- Adam
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
⚠️ IMPORTANT: A ‘Yellow Warning - Snow’ is different from a ‘Yellow Snow Warning’.
- Adam
- Adam
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Today the author spam is promising to promote one of my French-language titles to a wide range of English-language readers, if you're wondering how that's going.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Today the author spam is promising to promote one of my French-language titles to a wide range of English-language readers, if you're wondering how that's going.
TIL mice can climb up three shelves to reach the leftover birthday cake cold in the garage. I ate mine over the first week. Kids forgot theirs.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
TIL mice can climb up three shelves to reach the leftover birthday cake cold in the garage. I ate mine over the first week. Kids forgot theirs.
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OK so here is my Music Theory Explainer for why Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a genius piece of songwriting.
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
June 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
OK so here is my Music Theory Explainer for why Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a genius piece of songwriting.
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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One of the ways Cloudflare checks if you're human is to read what you put during their previous outage, because bots don't don't understand how to fake sarcastic swearing yet.
The number and frequency of their outages is a credit to just how seriously they take beta testing their latest technology.
The number and frequency of their outages is a credit to just how seriously they take beta testing their latest technology.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of the ways Cloudflare checks if you're human is to read what you put during their previous outage, because bots don't don't understand how to fake sarcastic swearing yet.
The number and frequency of their outages is a credit to just how seriously they take beta testing their latest technology.
The number and frequency of their outages is a credit to just how seriously they take beta testing their latest technology.
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I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
1L of cream 14 days (daily oatmeal, tea, 3 extra tea = 31 servings) is not 15mL/day, which is what I put in the fancy app. Do I round it to 32mL/serving and call it good enough, or try for more accuracy?
Yeah, and then adjust one of the extra teas.
Yeah, and then adjust one of the extra teas.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1L of cream 14 days (daily oatmeal, tea, 3 extra tea = 31 servings) is not 15mL/day, which is what I put in the fancy app. Do I round it to 32mL/serving and call it good enough, or try for more accuracy?
Yeah, and then adjust one of the extra teas.
Yeah, and then adjust one of the extra teas.
Run done. Remembered I don't enjoy the treadmill. Weather outside the window was better halfway through.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Run done. Remembered I don't enjoy the treadmill. Weather outside the window was better halfway through.
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Regarding behavior, there's a chapter on sexual morality that begins with one of the least popular Christian virtues: modesty. Here's what CS Lewis had to say:
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Regarding behavior, there's a chapter on sexual morality that begins with one of the least popular Christian virtues: modesty. Here's what CS Lewis had to say:
Weather sppied. Gusty, just above freezing. First treadmill session in years starting... Soon. It's almost lunchtime.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Weather sppied. Gusty, just above freezing. First treadmill session in years starting... Soon. It's almost lunchtime.
Today's goals:
Run (increase to w5, (r5, w1.5) x5, w5, continue walking till eoRoute.)
Therapy journal workbook day 3. Our away laundry. Bean soup kit for supper. (Local Mennonites make kits. Need to thaw chicken for it.)
Run (increase to w5, (r5, w1.5) x5, w5, continue walking till eoRoute.)
Therapy journal workbook day 3. Our away laundry. Bean soup kit for supper. (Local Mennonites make kits. Need to thaw chicken for it.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today's goals:
Run (increase to w5, (r5, w1.5) x5, w5, continue walking till eoRoute.)
Therapy journal workbook day 3. Our away laundry. Bean soup kit for supper. (Local Mennonites make kits. Need to thaw chicken for it.)
Run (increase to w5, (r5, w1.5) x5, w5, continue walking till eoRoute.)
Therapy journal workbook day 3. Our away laundry. Bean soup kit for supper. (Local Mennonites make kits. Need to thaw chicken for it.)