Eric Lotze
@ericlotze.com
American ex-pat living in Canada. (Very) amateur astrophotographer, professional forgetter of important things
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"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
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I have to add that he's not just holding down a bassline, when he sings he's harmonizing on the fly, which is hard to go
You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I have to add that he's not just holding down a bassline, when he sings he's harmonizing on the fly, which is hard to go
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
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O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
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I read half of this (excellent) @katiederosa.bsky.social story waiting for the legal gymnasts to appear before I realized I’d misread the first sentence, and they were not coming, and neither were the implied *illegal* gymnasts and their underground parallel bars scene
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I read half of this (excellent) @katiederosa.bsky.social story waiting for the legal gymnasts to appear before I realized I’d misread the first sentence, and they were not coming, and neither were the implied *illegal* gymnasts and their underground parallel bars scene
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I’ve never heard of a Wreckhouse Wind Warning, is that bad? It sounds bad.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’ve never heard of a Wreckhouse Wind Warning, is that bad? It sounds bad.
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What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
MAGA: Wie MAGA um die Zeit nach Trump kämpft
Donald Trumps Macht über seine Bewegung wird rissig. Sie streitet schon jetzt, wer nach ihm kommt – und zwar auf ihre Art: Die Rede ist vom MAGA-Bürgerkrieg.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
@bcdreyer.social I was reading yet another cursed excerpt from the Nuzzi book, and wondered: a copyeditor celebrates when they edit something inspired or even just very well-crafted. What does a CE do when they flip a few pages and realize the work is a disaster, but they still have to do the work?
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@bcdreyer.social I was reading yet another cursed excerpt from the Nuzzi book, and wondered: a copyeditor celebrates when they edit something inspired or even just very well-crafted. What does a CE do when they flip a few pages and realize the work is a disaster, but they still have to do the work?
…and he’s killing it, it’s not even a jokey version, what on earth
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
…and he’s killing it, it’s not even a jokey version, what on earth
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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Everyone stop, this is important
July 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone stop, this is important
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
membership.theonion.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. 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.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. 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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oh yeah, also, because i can’t currently ship to the states but i initially designed it as a sticker and i would very much like you guys to have it if you want it, i have enabled the sticker option as well as just the usual apparel!
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
oh yeah, also, because i can’t currently ship to the states but i initially designed it as a sticker and i would very much like you guys to have it if you want it, i have enabled the sticker option as well as just the usual apparel!
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wow we're hiring another intern!!! please come apply to work with us!!! we're fun and normal [ed note: source?]!!!
defector.com/would-you-li...
defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
wow we're hiring another intern!!! please come apply to work with us!!! we're fun and normal [ed note: source?]!!!
defector.com/would-you-li...
defector.com/would-you-li...
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
I’m sure there’s a word for “righteous gloating after a bad person who richly deserves having their ass handed to them in a publicly humiliating fashion…gets their ass handed to them in a publicly humiliating fashion”. Whatever that word is, this post is extremely it.
Oh, Tish James case dismissed too. Now Miss Hannigan has to start her orphanage.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Federal judge dismissed indictments against Letitia James and James Comey | CNN Politics
A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’m sure there’s a word for “righteous gloating after a bad person who richly deserves having their ass handed to them in a publicly humiliating fashion…gets their ass handed to them in a publicly humiliating fashion”. Whatever that word is, this post is extremely it.
If you, like me, know you *should* do this but somehow never actually do it… please do it. (And if you, ALSO like me, are not good at remembering to make the backups in the first place, oh please god get an automated system to take care of it for you)
Also Time Machine is not a backup system
Also Time Machine is not a backup system
Today is BACK UP DAY! 💾 Here's your monthly reminder. Make sure your back ups are working.
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you, like me, know you *should* do this but somehow never actually do it… please do it. (And if you, ALSO like me, are not good at remembering to make the backups in the first place, oh please god get an automated system to take care of it for you)
Also Time Machine is not a backup system
Also Time Machine is not a backup system
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watch out he's redpilled!
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
watch out he's redpilled!
This pumpkin speaks for all of us
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This pumpkin speaks for all of us
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house