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QOTD: "It's like going in a china store with a three-year-old. You can turn your back on it for about two or three minutes, but you're not going to like what he's doing, you know?" -- Pilot Rick Hull, on flying the Super Guppy
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 AM
QOTD: "It's like going in a china store with a three-year-old. You can turn your back on it for about two or three minutes, but you're not going to like what he's doing, you know?" -- Pilot Rick Hull, on flying the Super Guppy
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Beginning to wonder: Is there actually an epidemic of established artists passing off AI as their own art?
I’m not familiar with even one instance of that. But an increasing number of my artist friends, as well as I myself, have been accused of it.
Starting to feel like a witch hunt.
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I’m not familiar with even one instance of that. But an increasing number of my artist friends, as well as I myself, have been accused of it.
Starting to feel like a witch hunt.
1/3
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Beginning to wonder: Is there actually an epidemic of established artists passing off AI as their own art?
I’m not familiar with even one instance of that. But an increasing number of my artist friends, as well as I myself, have been accused of it.
Starting to feel like a witch hunt.
1/3
I’m not familiar with even one instance of that. But an increasing number of my artist friends, as well as I myself, have been accused of it.
Starting to feel like a witch hunt.
1/3
My main goals for 2026 are to spend less time on my phone and read more physical books. These are linked because I mostly scroll social media when I'm bored.
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 AM
My main goals for 2026 are to spend less time on my phone and read more physical books. These are linked because I mostly scroll social media when I'm bored.
Guy #1, wearing a hat indicating he had just had a powerful rum drink called a "Wiki Wacker" at Luau Larry's: "C'mon man, we can be LEGENDS!"
Guy #2: "I think it's your bedtime, dude."
Guy #2: "I think it's your bedtime, dude."
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Guy #1, wearing a hat indicating he had just had a powerful rum drink called a "Wiki Wacker" at Luau Larry's: "C'mon man, we can be LEGENDS!"
Guy #2: "I think it's your bedtime, dude."
Guy #2: "I think it's your bedtime, dude."
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QOTD: "There is no evidence against genetic determinism more persuasive than the children of the rich." -- Jeffrey Eugenides, "Middlesex"
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
QOTD: "There is no evidence against genetic determinism more persuasive than the children of the rich." -- Jeffrey Eugenides, "Middlesex"
This seems like a good place to assert two things I believe:
- Every space station would have a bar in the concourse called The Space Bar, because it's almost clever but not quite.
- If Starfleet is the ancestor of the US Navy, every installation will have a Subway, even if no one remembers why.
- Every space station would have a bar in the concourse called The Space Bar, because it's almost clever but not quite.
- If Starfleet is the ancestor of the US Navy, every installation will have a Subway, even if no one remembers why.
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This seems like a good place to assert two things I believe:
- Every space station would have a bar in the concourse called The Space Bar, because it's almost clever but not quite.
- If Starfleet is the ancestor of the US Navy, every installation will have a Subway, even if no one remembers why.
- Every space station would have a bar in the concourse called The Space Bar, because it's almost clever but not quite.
- If Starfleet is the ancestor of the US Navy, every installation will have a Subway, even if no one remembers why.
QOTD: "Nobody ever thinks to set the handbrake when the car is on its roof." -- anonymous rally driver
December 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
QOTD: "Nobody ever thinks to set the handbrake when the car is on its roof." -- anonymous rally driver
Ah yes, the Pacific Northwest, where cleaning mold off seatbelts and steering wheels is a thing you have to do.
December 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ah yes, the Pacific Northwest, where cleaning mold off seatbelts and steering wheels is a thing you have to do.
Depending on the fries, maybe just salt. My favorite sauce for fries is curry ketchup, but I also like ranch or thousand island dressing.
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Depending on the fries, maybe just salt. My favorite sauce for fries is curry ketchup, but I also like ranch or thousand island dressing.
QOTD: "A policy that allows for one warning is a license to steal until caught." -- Memeth, Snyder, Seebass & Hein, "UNIX System Administration Handbook (Second Edition)"
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
QOTD: "A policy that allows for one warning is a license to steal until caught." -- Memeth, Snyder, Seebass & Hein, "UNIX System Administration Handbook (Second Edition)"
QOTD: "The laws of aerodynamics are unforgiving and the ground is hard." Michael Collins, quoted in FAA Advisory Circular 90-89A
December 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
QOTD: "The laws of aerodynamics are unforgiving and the ground is hard." Michael Collins, quoted in FAA Advisory Circular 90-89A
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December 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Buddy the Elf: “and then I traveled through the seven levels of the candy cane forest”
Me: “wait is the candy cane forest also hell?”
Orv: “hon, it’s possible for two things to have the same number of levels”
Me: “wait is the candy cane forest also hell?”
Orv: “hon, it’s possible for two things to have the same number of levels”
December 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Buddy the Elf: “and then I traveled through the seven levels of the candy cane forest”
Me: “wait is the candy cane forest also hell?”
Orv: “hon, it’s possible for two things to have the same number of levels”
Me: “wait is the candy cane forest also hell?”
Orv: “hon, it’s possible for two things to have the same number of levels”
QOTD: "As with anything, 'good taste' in EQ and general technique is required to achieve a good sound. Actually, bad taste might work well, too; try both." -- Clifford A. Henricksen, "Unearthing the Mysteries of the Leslie Cabinet"
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
QOTD: "As with anything, 'good taste' in EQ and general technique is required to achieve a good sound. Actually, bad taste might work well, too; try both." -- Clifford A. Henricksen, "Unearthing the Mysteries of the Leslie Cabinet"
One of my characters had a previous job as crew on an interstellar bulk carrier. They described it as "like sitting on the observation deck of a skyscraper and piloting the entire business district to another system." All maneuvers were planned days in advance.
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
One of my characters had a previous job as crew on an interstellar bulk carrier. They described it as "like sitting on the observation deck of a skyscraper and piloting the entire business district to another system." All maneuvers were planned days in advance.
QOTD: "The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have." -- Laurence Gonzales, "Deep Survival"
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
QOTD: "The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have." -- Laurence Gonzales, "Deep Survival"
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QOTD: "...I learned that first day in the air what every movie pilot since 'Wings' has known: nobody has ever told the airplanes that this is all in fun. The aircraft still stall and spin, and they'll have real mid-air collisions if you let them." Richard Bach, "A Gift of Wings"
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
QOTD: "...I learned that first day in the air what every movie pilot since 'Wings' has known: nobody has ever told the airplanes that this is all in fun. The aircraft still stall and spin, and they'll have real mid-air collisions if you let them." Richard Bach, "A Gift of Wings"
I feel like a lot of discussions about AI gloss over the fact that images often exist to convey something about the artist's own perception, not just "this is what this looks like." AI has no mind and no perception.
It's like the difference between a snapshot and a carefully composed photograph.
It's like the difference between a snapshot and a carefully composed photograph.
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I feel like a lot of discussions about AI gloss over the fact that images often exist to convey something about the artist's own perception, not just "this is what this looks like." AI has no mind and no perception.
It's like the difference between a snapshot and a carefully composed photograph.
It's like the difference between a snapshot and a carefully composed photograph.
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Trump & RFK Jr. are threatening hospitals to stop providing care for trans youth—including in WA state. This is dangerous & wrong.
Families & their doctors know what’s best for them. NOT the federal government. Democrats will fight back.
Families & their doctors know what’s best for them. NOT the federal government. Democrats will fight back.
Federal plan to ban gender care for minors is 'cruel,' state AG says
Pediatricians and legal experts in Washington expressed outrage at Trump administration proposals to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors.
www.seattletimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Trump & RFK Jr. are threatening hospitals to stop providing care for trans youth—including in WA state. This is dangerous & wrong.
Families & their doctors know what’s best for them. NOT the federal government. Democrats will fight back.
Families & their doctors know what’s best for them. NOT the federal government. Democrats will fight back.