Tickled that they are copying the guy in Chicago doing this.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Tickled that they are copying the guy in Chicago doing this.
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Incredibly sad about this but I am unable to attend @sirensconference.org this year. I registered at the early bird price ($299, plus some fees rounded out to $315) and would love to transfer my registration at cost to someone who wants to go. Email me if that's you! (sesmith at realsesmith dot com)
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Incredibly sad about this but I am unable to attend @sirensconference.org this year. I registered at the early bird price ($299, plus some fees rounded out to $315) and would love to transfer my registration at cost to someone who wants to go. Email me if that's you! (sesmith at realsesmith dot com)
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
Maybe a controversial opinion but Law is the attempted escape from the necessity of a powerful enforcer. The idea of law is to replace systems like the Weregild and the cardres and eye-for-an-eye with something we have all mutually agreed to instead.
January 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Maybe a controversial opinion but Law is the attempted escape from the necessity of a powerful enforcer. The idea of law is to replace systems like the Weregild and the cardres and eye-for-an-eye with something we have all mutually agreed to instead.
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Well Professor, it's Christmas Day 1952 and you're on the phone to the Prime Minister of South Africa asking for permission to commandeer a military flight over contested airspace to obtain a fish which may or may not be unusual. For some reason he agrees to this.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Well Professor, it's Christmas Day 1952 and you're on the phone to the Prime Minister of South Africa asking for permission to commandeer a military flight over contested airspace to obtain a fish which may or may not be unusual. For some reason he agrees to this.
Reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and becoming a Eudora fanboy.
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and becoming a Eudora fanboy.
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this one is called goose horse
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
this one is called goose horse
Trump really is going to test all 4 of Scheidel’s horsemen.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Trump really is going to test all 4 of Scheidel’s horsemen.
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Okay weird ask, but I had a dream that Tom Waits covered the Meow Mix theme song and if theres a musician out there that does a good impression I would maybe commission it.
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Okay weird ask, but I had a dream that Tom Waits covered the Meow Mix theme song and if theres a musician out there that does a good impression I would maybe commission it.
Dwarf Fortress, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social .
[0007943] Paved Roads Do Not Add to Architectural Wealth
January 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Dwarf Fortress, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social .
When the waiter asks me if I want still water.
[0002076] Negative Value Water
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
When the waiter asks me if I want still water.
Illinois when?
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Illinois when?
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
I think the civility/cruelty comment by Mamdani was probably bad political communication, or worse, red meat. The nested QT here is a good example of why.
something like this?
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I think the civility/cruelty comment by Mamdani was probably bad political communication, or worse, red meat. The nested QT here is a good example of why.
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There will be so many cars that none of them will be able to move
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There will be so many cars that none of them will be able to move
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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ME: (first day practicing Bug Law) May it please the Court—
BUG JUDGE: (sternly) Bug Court.
BUG JUDGE: (sternly) Bug Court.
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
ME: (first day practicing Bug Law) May it please the Court—
BUG JUDGE: (sternly) Bug Court.
BUG JUDGE: (sternly) Bug Court.
I imagine this will be precisely as easy as Democrats realizing that they are conservative but that conservatism demands many of their chosen policies.
I agree with Never Trumpers on a lot, but split hard on this: I do not think the Democratic Party needs to convince swing voters that Democratic candidates aren't too liberal. I think the party needs to convince swing voters that they themselves are actually quite liberal. They just won't admit it.
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I imagine this will be precisely as easy as Democrats realizing that they are conservative but that conservatism demands many of their chosen policies.
This is a bit funnier since I mostly read nonfiction, but backwards in order:
Hernan Cortez (he’s a through-line at least)
The US Constitution
Non-recyclable garbage
None of these are /great/ options.
Hernan Cortez (he’s a through-line at least)
The US Constitution
Non-recyclable garbage
None of these are /great/ options.
Academic administrator, fuck.
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a bit funnier since I mostly read nonfiction, but backwards in order:
Hernan Cortez (he’s a through-line at least)
The US Constitution
Non-recyclable garbage
None of these are /great/ options.
Hernan Cortez (he’s a through-line at least)
The US Constitution
Non-recyclable garbage
None of these are /great/ options.
I had to get around on crutches/scooter for a month and people were super helpful and surprisingly more eager to talk.
inspired by @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social ... reply or quote with your best bus ride this year.
Mine was definitely the one where the guy was really intent on making sure I heard him complimenting my wallet. Other one was the mini-bus that took us around Sintra in Portugal.
Mine was definitely the one where the guy was really intent on making sure I heard him complimenting my wallet. Other one was the mini-bus that took us around Sintra in Portugal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I had to get around on crutches/scooter for a month and people were super helpful and surprisingly more eager to talk.
The crows from Children of Memory.
Our awareness of LLMs is now the model's self awareness.
December 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The crows from Children of Memory.
From the department of future @museumbums.bsky.social posts.
Don’t believe what they say about me, I’m not always mean
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
From the department of future @museumbums.bsky.social posts.
How confident are we that Little Angels isn’t a Manchurian candidate program?
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
How confident are we that Little Angels isn’t a Manchurian candidate program?
I think often about the early forms of mutual aid from the beginning of the progressive era that were fairly explicitly about capital accumulation(Putnam, Upswing). The forms of mutual aid that exist now seem rather dead set against that.
Guys I know you’re all going to yell at me here but mutual aid is not meaningfully distinct from the kind of privatized community charity system where poor people go to the church and hope someone has donated a hot meal. It’s not progressive, it’s not effective, it’s not good service provision.
"poor enough to need mutual aid"
Everyone needs mutual aid.
Everyone needs mutual aid.
December 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think often about the early forms of mutual aid from the beginning of the progressive era that were fairly explicitly about capital accumulation(Putnam, Upswing). The forms of mutual aid that exist now seem rather dead set against that.