Reposted by Euthyphro
Yesterdays LOTR marathon was interrupted by Mario Kart and Stranger things but we are back on the couch. Happy Return of the King Day to all who observe!
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yesterdays LOTR marathon was interrupted by Mario Kart and Stranger things but we are back on the couch. Happy Return of the King Day to all who observe!
Reposted by Euthyphro
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
Had to feed the crablettes today but check out this momma:
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Had to feed the crablettes today but check out this momma:
Please help Berna identify this nightmare fuel because she is putting her real human hand way too close to something potentially very deadly!
so the question is: is this a huntsman spider (non-aggressive, mild venom) or Brazilian wandering spider (one of the world's most venomous spiders)? (likely the latter based on the eye position)
December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please help Berna identify this nightmare fuel because she is putting her real human hand way too close to something potentially very deadly!
Reposted by Euthyphro
When i see footage like this, it’s no wonder our ancestors came up with stories of sea monsters. Imagine living in a time before modern day maps, exploration, or marine biology and just seeing a giant creature come up out of the ocean like this.
TT: Domenic Biagini
TT: Domenic Biagini
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When i see footage like this, it’s no wonder our ancestors came up with stories of sea monsters. Imagine living in a time before modern day maps, exploration, or marine biology and just seeing a giant creature come up out of the ocean like this.
TT: Domenic Biagini
TT: Domenic Biagini
Reposted by Euthyphro
The intense, multi-layered irony of calling people critical of gAI "bien pensant" given how "AI"is a tool of fascism, and that it is being used to justify the right's continuing devastation of education
December 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The intense, multi-layered irony of calling people critical of gAI "bien pensant" given how "AI"is a tool of fascism, and that it is being used to justify the right's continuing devastation of education
Got the herding dog a herding ball for Christmas. He hates it.
Cool. Cool.
Cool. Cool.
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Got the herding dog a herding ball for Christmas. He hates it.
Cool. Cool.
Cool. Cool.
Reposted by Euthyphro
Je suis gentille mais j'ai zéro chill
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Je suis gentille mais j'ai zéro chill
Reposted by Euthyphro
Beans are simmering, Greens In the pot on low, sweet potatoes sliced and prepped. Roast has about 30 mins left on it. I'd say it's about 30 to 45 mins till dinner.
Find you a man who can... Fuck it, find someone who will be in the kitchen for 4+ hours because they love you.
Find you a man who can... Fuck it, find someone who will be in the kitchen for 4+ hours because they love you.
December 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Beans are simmering, Greens In the pot on low, sweet potatoes sliced and prepped. Roast has about 30 mins left on it. I'd say it's about 30 to 45 mins till dinner.
Find you a man who can... Fuck it, find someone who will be in the kitchen for 4+ hours because they love you.
Find you a man who can... Fuck it, find someone who will be in the kitchen for 4+ hours because they love you.
Reposted by Euthyphro
The ‘Christmas tree worm’ evolved one of the ocean’s strangest senses: it can see with its gills. 👀 apple.news/AF2qdDcDpQ5W...
How the 'Christmas tree worm' evolved one of the ocean’s strangest senses — BBC Science Focus Magazine
Meet the bizarre underwater worm that looks like a Christmas decoration and sees through its gills. December 24, 2025 A game I like to play while scuba diving or snorkelling on a tropical coral reef i...
apple.news
December 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The ‘Christmas tree worm’ evolved one of the ocean’s strangest senses: it can see with its gills. 👀 apple.news/AF2qdDcDpQ5W...
Osgiliath would be a beautiful name for a baby girl.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Osgiliath would be a beautiful name for a baby girl.
Reposted by Euthyphro
holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
Kid 1 is wrestling with a labyrinth maze puzzle. Kid 2 is wrestling with a data transfer to the switch 2.
I am eating a lox box bagel on the couch and watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
I am eating a lox box bagel on the couch and watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Kid 1 is wrestling with a labyrinth maze puzzle. Kid 2 is wrestling with a data transfer to the switch 2.
I am eating a lox box bagel on the couch and watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
I am eating a lox box bagel on the couch and watching Fellowship of the Ring.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
Reposted by Euthyphro
“[T]he Nativity of Jesus rekindles in us the ‘gift and task of bringing hope wherever hope has been lost[.]’”
Pope Leo on Christmas Night: “There is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to refuse the other. Yet, where there is room for the human person, there is room for God.” (Full Text) www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“[T]he Nativity of Jesus rekindles in us the ‘gift and task of bringing hope wherever hope has been lost[.]’”
Reposted by Euthyphro
I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
Reposted by Euthyphro
It’s wild so many people are willing to go to bat for prisons as a reserve for rural jobs when universities are better in every aspect for such a role.
"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget."
Public Universities FTW!
Public Universities FTW!
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s wild so many people are willing to go to bat for prisons as a reserve for rural jobs when universities are better in every aspect for such a role.
Reposted by Euthyphro
part of me wants to write something reflecting on this deranged year and another part thinks living through it once was enough
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
part of me wants to write something reflecting on this deranged year and another part thinks living through it once was enough
Reposted by Euthyphro
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
May this be a time of reflection, consolidation, inspiration, & the start of a year of radical love for your community, class, & the wretched of the Earth!
May this be a time of reflection, consolidation, inspiration, & the start of a year of radical love for your community, class, & the wretched of the Earth!
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
May this be a time of reflection, consolidation, inspiration, & the start of a year of radical love for your community, class, & the wretched of the Earth!
May this be a time of reflection, consolidation, inspiration, & the start of a year of radical love for your community, class, & the wretched of the Earth!
Merry Christmas, baby. You (me) sure do treat me right
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Merry Christmas, baby. You (me) sure do treat me right
Neighbor stopped by with a gift because they said they couldn't bear the thought of me not having a gift I didn't buy myself to open on christmas😭 😭 😭
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Neighbor stopped by with a gift because they said they couldn't bear the thought of me not having a gift I didn't buy myself to open on christmas😭 😭 😭
Reposted by Euthyphro
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
Latest I've finished in a dozen years, but WE'RE WRAPPED!
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Latest I've finished in a dozen years, but WE'RE WRAPPED!
Reposted by Euthyphro
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...