James "ad astra per aspirin" Dominguez
@jamesjdominguez.bsky.social
50-year-old teenager. Writer, thinker, video game fan, obsessive cat dad. Creates things when ADHD goblins allow. He/him, proud poly bisexual, living on stolen Woiwurrung country in Naarm (Melbourne). Avatar by Hien Pham, kitty photo by me.
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Here's a true story.
I was raised by an antisemite, a man who was also determined that I too would become an antisemite. It kind of worked for a while, but only because I was parroting his Protocols bullshit without truly understanding or believing it.
Then one day, I made a Jewish friend.
I was raised by an antisemite, a man who was also determined that I too would become an antisemite. It kind of worked for a while, but only because I was parroting his Protocols bullshit without truly understanding or believing it.
Then one day, I made a Jewish friend.
ACAB I know, but when a cop clearly trying to do the right thing is pressured into quitting, it's time to throw the entire system in the bin and start over from scratch.
Report: FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer who shot Renee Good resigns after pressure bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Report: FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer who shot Renee Good resigns after pressure
The Justice Department has reportedly pushed make Good and her widow, Becca Good, the subject of an investigation instead of ICE officer Jonathan Ross.
bringmethenews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
ACAB I know, but when a cop clearly trying to do the right thing is pressured into quitting, it's time to throw the entire system in the bin and start over from scratch.
"The great enemy is moving on our capital! You must act now or will we'll be lost!"
"Hang on, I still need to find eight more golden feathers and six golden pine cones."
"Hang on, I still need to find eight more golden feathers and six golden pine cones."
Video game: "There's no time! You need to save the world NOW!"
Gamers: "What do you mean you didn't stop to explore the world and do side quests? You played the game wrong."
Gamers: "What do you mean you didn't stop to explore the world and do side quests? You played the game wrong."
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM
"The great enemy is moving on our capital! You must act now or will we'll be lost!"
"Hang on, I still need to find eight more golden feathers and six golden pine cones."
"Hang on, I still need to find eight more golden feathers and six golden pine cones."
I've started on White Lotus season 3 but it's slow going because every time Saxon comes on screen I need to pause it and go take a shower. Seriously, one of the skeeziest creeps ever depicted on screen. He makes me cringe so hard I feel like I'm going to roll up like an armadillo.
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I've started on White Lotus season 3 but it's slow going because every time Saxon comes on screen I need to pause it and go take a shower. Seriously, one of the skeeziest creeps ever depicted on screen. He makes me cringe so hard I feel like I'm going to roll up like an armadillo.
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
Finally got around to watching White Lotus, and I have to ask... who cursed this hotel chain? Season 5 needs to be set in the corporate head office and show everyone freaking out about their run of terrible luck.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Finally got around to watching White Lotus, and I have to ask... who cursed this hotel chain? Season 5 needs to be set in the corporate head office and show everyone freaking out about their run of terrible luck.
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Keep cool. I beg you to avoid going outside unless you are going to somewhere cooler.
Check in on neighbours, family and friends who don't have aircon. Go to libraries and other cool places.
DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH. This is deadly heat
Check in on neighbours, family and friends who don't have aircon. Go to libraries and other cool places.
DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH. This is deadly heat
Ok, it's going to be hot in a lot of places in Victoria, South Australia and NSW (again). Let's talk staying cool.
Heatwave Warning for Victoria issued at 02:49pm EDT on Monday 5 January 2026
Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Tuesday 6th January 2026
#MelbWeather
If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your dog do it.
Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.
Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Tuesday 6th January 2026
#MelbWeather
If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your dog do it.
Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.
January 26, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Keep cool. I beg you to avoid going outside unless you are going to somewhere cooler.
Check in on neighbours, family and friends who don't have aircon. Go to libraries and other cool places.
DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH. This is deadly heat
Check in on neighbours, family and friends who don't have aircon. Go to libraries and other cool places.
DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH. This is deadly heat
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
"I'm sorry about our children. We tried." Bob's Burgers in a nutshell.
January 24, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"I'm sorry about our children. We tried." Bob's Burgers in a nutshell.
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Ok, it's going to be hot in a lot of places in Victoria, South Australia and NSW (again). Let's talk staying cool.
Heatwave Warning for Victoria issued at 02:49pm EDT on Monday 5 January 2026
Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Tuesday 6th January 2026
#MelbWeather
If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your dog do it.
Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.
Heatwave Situation for 3 days starting Tuesday 6th January 2026
#MelbWeather
If you wouldn't walk barefoot on a path, don't let your dog do it.
Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun.
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Ok, it's going to be hot in a lot of places in Victoria, South Australia and NSW (again). Let's talk staying cool.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Will we have a day of mourning for the victims of this domestic terrorist? Or is that only done to appease Zionists?
Regional Australia is full of these terrorists, what is the government doing about it? #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Regional Australia is full of these terrorists, what is the government doing about it? #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Pregnant woman among three dead in domestic violence shooting
Tactical police join a growing air and land search for a man police have identified after three people, including a pregnant woman, were shot dead in a remote New South Wales town.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Will we have a day of mourning for the victims of this domestic terrorist? Or is that only done to appease Zionists?
Regional Australia is full of these terrorists, what is the government doing about it? #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Regional Australia is full of these terrorists, what is the government doing about it? #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Tim Picton's death is tragic and awful. However I am reminded that politicians care more about men than women by the fact that one-punch attacks are legislated against and criticised, and women who are killed by their partners rarely get the same political attention
Tim Picton's death reverberates around nation as minister issues one-punch warning
The death of Labor identity Tim Picton rocks his former political colleagues, prompting warnings from WA's police minister about the devastating consequences of one-punch assaults.
www.abc.net.au
January 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Tim Picton's death is tragic and awful. However I am reminded that politicians care more about men than women by the fact that one-punch attacks are legislated against and criticised, and women who are killed by their partners rarely get the same political attention
Amazing episode. I laughed so loudly I startled the cat.
🚨 A new episode of Make Some Noise is out now on Dropout!
Join Sam and guests: Angela Giarratana, Kurt Maloney, Jacob Wysocki for a night of improv on Challengers, face filters, and hecklers!
Join Sam and guests: Angela Giarratana, Kurt Maloney, Jacob Wysocki for a night of improv on Challengers, face filters, and hecklers!
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Amazing episode. I laughed so loudly I startled the cat.
Weirdly enough, nobody wants to buy Elon's garbage buggy.
Tesla loses Europe BEV sales title to VW, which also passes Mercedes for PHEV lead
VW top-selling battery electric vehicle in Europe last year was the ID4, with a volume of 80,123, a gain of 24 percent on 2024.
#Paywall
VW top-selling battery electric vehicle in Europe last year was the ID4, with a volume of 80,123, a gain of 24 percent on 2024.
#Paywall
Tesla loses Europe BEV sales title to VW, which also passes Mercedes for PHEV lead
VW was helped by double- and triple-digit percentage gains from its ID family of electric cars. Meanwhile, the PHEV version of its Tiguan helped the brand to take the top spot for plug-in hybrid cars.
www.autonews.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Weirdly enough, nobody wants to buy Elon's garbage buggy.
Random discovery during a game this evening: feet per second converts almost one-to-one to kilometres per hour (add 10% to make it more precise) so you can easily get a sense of how quickly something is moving in your TTRPG. For example, 30 ft/rnd = 5 ft/sec = ~5.5km/h, i.e. a brisk walking pace.
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Random discovery during a game this evening: feet per second converts almost one-to-one to kilometres per hour (add 10% to make it more precise) so you can easily get a sense of how quickly something is moving in your TTRPG. For example, 30 ft/rnd = 5 ft/sec = ~5.5km/h, i.e. a brisk walking pace.
One thing that inhibits productive conversations about the ethics of the current state of AI is how fuzzy the terminology is (sometimes deliberately so, I suspect). We've had machine learning, neural nets, and expert systems for decades. Modern LLMs are a very specific thing with unique issues.
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM
One thing that inhibits productive conversations about the ethics of the current state of AI is how fuzzy the terminology is (sometimes deliberately so, I suspect). We've had machine learning, neural nets, and expert systems for decades. Modern LLMs are a very specific thing with unique issues.
If abstinence from AI is not the answer, then you asked the wrong question.
AI sits in billions of phones. Refusing to engage won't stop it, just leaves vulnerable people without knowledge. Demand ownership and control, not abstinence.
Abstinence From AI Is Not the Answer
Opinion | Refusing to use AI won’t protect society. Responsible resistance must include gaining knowledge about it.
f.mtr.cool
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 AM
If abstinence from AI is not the answer, then you asked the wrong question.
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Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
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Scoop: One of the first acts of Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog, NACC, was to carry out $30 million of office fit-outs.
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Scoop: One of the first acts of Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog, NACC, was to carry out $30 million of office fit-outs.
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Is there a nerd t-shirt design in Star Wars Andor + logical and/or? Maybe like a Venn diagram with "rebel scum" on one side and "resistance hero" on the other...?
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Is there a nerd t-shirt design in Star Wars Andor + logical and/or? Maybe like a Venn diagram with "rebel scum" on one side and "resistance hero" on the other...?
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*rolls eyes so hard they sprain*
How much money does one arsehole need?
www.innovationaus.com/musk-seeks-u...
#ElonMusk
How much money does one arsehole need?
www.innovationaus.com/musk-seeks-u...
#ElonMusk
![Screen cap of a headline and lede.
Starts with an image of Elon Musk looking pensive
Headline: Mus seeks up to US$134b from OpenAI, Microsoft
Article author: Bipasha Dey
Text: [Subscriber] Elon Musk is seeking up to US$134b from Open AI and Microsoft, saying he deserves the "wrongful gains" that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxcwrbasxci4nyludtt643n6/bafkreichezq2totgcfl6bmd6t2amq6azfhkglujcufpx7cgwja2ihf6hzu@jpeg)
January 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
*rolls eyes so hard they sprain*
How much money does one arsehole need?
www.innovationaus.com/musk-seeks-u...
#ElonMusk
How much money does one arsehole need?
www.innovationaus.com/musk-seeks-u...
#ElonMusk
I'm trying to think which actor has played the most roles across both DC and Marvel adaptations, and so far it's Josh Brolin (Thanos, Cable, Jonah Hex) because Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Johnny Storm, Hannibal in Blade 3) has only been in Marvel. Can we get to four?
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I'm trying to think which actor has played the most roles across both DC and Marvel adaptations, and so far it's Josh Brolin (Thanos, Cable, Jonah Hex) because Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, Johnny Storm, Hannibal in Blade 3) has only been in Marvel. Can we get to four?
Disgusting.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Disgusting.
I worked my way through damned near all of them before I found one that both worked and had tolerable side effects. Brains are complicated, and doctors should be encouraging patients to keep trying different drugs until they find one they're happy with.
I know quite a few people who have struggled to find anti-depressants that work for them. Usually people who also have ADHD, Autism and/or Complex PTSD from childhood trauma.
Antidepressants failing many people, major study reveals
A major Australian study finds standard antidepressants are not effective for about 20 per cent of people, who may need alternative treatments.
www.abc.net.au
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I worked my way through damned near all of them before I found one that both worked and had tolerable side effects. Brains are complicated, and doctors should be encouraging patients to keep trying different drugs until they find one they're happy with.