To go where only a few have gone before: the Star Trek Fediverse! startrek.website
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
To go where only a few have gone before: the Star Trek Fediverse! startrek.website
Quotes I like:
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Quotes I like:
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Quotes I like:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Quotes I like:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
Tom Baker, MBE
Nov. 10, 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Tom Baker, MBE
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Quotes I like:
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Quotes I like:
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
Quotes I like:
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Quotes I like:
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Quotes I like:
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Quotes I like:
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
Quotes I like:
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Quotes I like:
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
I left bluesky several months ago, and returned recently to see if it had improved. Nope. Same stupid 300-character limit, still putting up huge images that take up 40x as much space, still preventing real exploration of the millions of users by limiting creation of real communities. Bye again.
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I left bluesky several months ago, and returned recently to see if it had improved. Nope. Same stupid 300-character limit, still putting up huge images that take up 40x as much space, still preventing real exploration of the millions of users by limiting creation of real communities. Bye again.
Quotes I like
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
Wm. Hazlitt - "On Living to One's Self" (1821).
What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know there was such a person, and you wished no one to know it: it is to be a silent spectator of the mighty scene of things, not an object of attention or curiosity in it; to take a thoughtful, anxious interest in what is passing in the world, but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it.
www.blupete.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Quotes I like
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
Quotes I like:
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Quotes I like:
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This article describes what shape the White House was in 80 years ago when Harry Truman moved in....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
White House Reconstruction - Wikipedia
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October 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This article describes what shape the White House was in 80 years ago when Harry Truman moved in....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
Ever read *Treasure Island* ? *Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde * ? RLS and family sailed off to Samoa in 1888.
Review of a new book on *The Gypsy Life of Robert Louis Stevenson*
hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...
Review of a new book on *The Gypsy Life of Robert Louis Stevenson*
hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ever read *Treasure Island* ? *Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde * ? RLS and family sailed off to Samoa in 1888.
Review of a new book on *The Gypsy Life of Robert Louis Stevenson*
hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...
Review of a new book on *The Gypsy Life of Robert Louis Stevenson*
hudsonreview.com/2025/10/the-...
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Every state wishes it had one of these.
WASHINGTON DOES.
(OK, so it's a little long on Seattle.)
If your state does, please clue me in!
historylink.org/File/8974
historylink.org/File/1173
WASHINGTON DOES.
(OK, so it's a little long on Seattle.)
If your state does, please clue me in!
historylink.org/File/8974
historylink.org/File/1173
Babe Ruth hits three homers in an exhibition game at Dugdale Park in
On October 19, 1924, George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895-1948) hits three home runs in an exhibition game at Dugdale Park in Rainier Valley in Seattle. The Babe's visit to Seattle creates a huge sensatio
historylink.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every state wishes it had one of these.
WASHINGTON DOES.
(OK, so it's a little long on Seattle.)
If your state does, please clue me in!
historylink.org/File/8974
historylink.org/File/1173
WASHINGTON DOES.
(OK, so it's a little long on Seattle.)
If your state does, please clue me in!
historylink.org/File/8974
historylink.org/File/1173
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THEWEBLIST.net | what people are clicking on today
Your digest of the latest web buzz. A snapshot of what people are clicking on around the internet right now.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A news site that only shows headlines (no junk, no ads), gathered from well-known sites? (You can use uBlock to filter out the sites you don't like?) Try: theweblist.net
NYC had an anti-tech rally on Sep 27
Each wore a pointy hat with a note inside. One read: "5 hours of daily screen time = 15 years of life by the age 70," the note read. "Loneliness epidemic? It's not your fault. A society built around a phone is obscene."
www.businessinsider.com/anti-tech-ra...
Each wore a pointy hat with a note inside. One read: "5 hours of daily screen time = 15 years of life by the age 70," the note read. "Loneliness epidemic? It's not your fault. A society built around a phone is obscene."
www.businessinsider.com/anti-tech-ra...
I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned.
A growing constellation of groups, mostly led by young people, are advocating for reduced reliance on technology. I went to a rally to learn more.
www.businessinsider.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NYC had an anti-tech rally on Sep 27
Each wore a pointy hat with a note inside. One read: "5 hours of daily screen time = 15 years of life by the age 70," the note read. "Loneliness epidemic? It's not your fault. A society built around a phone is obscene."
www.businessinsider.com/anti-tech-ra...
Each wore a pointy hat with a note inside. One read: "5 hours of daily screen time = 15 years of life by the age 70," the note read. "Loneliness epidemic? It's not your fault. A society built around a phone is obscene."
www.businessinsider.com/anti-tech-ra...
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Just me, a hare, a hawk, the Coast Miwok people’s mountain afloat on its seasonal sea of fog — & a bohemian young woman near the hilltop who appears to have been greeting the sunrise bare-breasted until I showed up, sweaty & red-faced. To our mutual surprise.
Northern California ftw
Northern California ftw
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just me, a hare, a hawk, the Coast Miwok people’s mountain afloat on its seasonal sea of fog — & a bohemian young woman near the hilltop who appears to have been greeting the sunrise bare-breasted until I showed up, sweaty & red-faced. To our mutual surprise.
Northern California ftw
Northern California ftw
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, ... (more)
October 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, ... (more)
If you think you'd enjoy a well-made #podcast about the #counterculture, you can download one or two episodes here: bureauoflostculture.podbean.com .
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Bureau of Lost Culture | Stephen Coates
*The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast rare, countercultural stories, oral testimonies and tales from the underground.<br />*Join host Stephen Coates and a wide range of guests including musicians, art...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If you think you'd enjoy a well-made #podcast about the #counterculture, you can download one or two episodes here: bureauoflostculture.podbean.com .
And if you like, you'll find the #RSS feed here: feed.podbean.com/bureauoflost...
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Quotes I like:
The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger.
⇐ David Graeber, 'On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs' (2013)
The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger.
⇐ David Graeber, 'On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs' (2013)
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Quotes I like:
The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger.
⇐ David Graeber, 'On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs' (2013)
The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger.
⇐ David Graeber, 'On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs' (2013)
On this date in 1923 ...
Walt Disney founds his cartoon animation studio along with his brother Roy. He's got a contract to make the Alice Comedies.… five years before Mickey Mouse is born.
Original studio (before 1926). Ub Iwerks on the left.
Walt Disney founds his cartoon animation studio along with his brother Roy. He's got a contract to make the Alice Comedies.… five years before Mickey Mouse is born.
Original studio (before 1926). Ub Iwerks on the left.
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On this date in 1923 ...
Walt Disney founds his cartoon animation studio along with his brother Roy. He's got a contract to make the Alice Comedies.… five years before Mickey Mouse is born.
Original studio (before 1926). Ub Iwerks on the left.
Walt Disney founds his cartoon animation studio along with his brother Roy. He's got a contract to make the Alice Comedies.… five years before Mickey Mouse is born.
Original studio (before 1926). Ub Iwerks on the left.