Lessons Learned
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December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Never give up, never surrender! Galaxy Quest was released 26 years ago today.
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Never give up, never surrender! Galaxy Quest was released 26 years ago today.
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
NSEA Protector, NTE-3120, filming model by ILM (NTE for Not The Enterprise 🤭)
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It's funny because for many fans it must be just a retro video, but for me it's an essential part of Star Wars. 🤩
Such an immersive and magic experience when you're 13 (or 45).
Such an immersive and magic experience when you're 13 (or 45).
The original STAR TOURS boarding safety video has been living rent free in my head for decades.
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's funny because for many fans it must be just a retro video, but for me it's an essential part of Star Wars. 🤩
Such an immersive and magic experience when you're 13 (or 45).
Such an immersive and magic experience when you're 13 (or 45).
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Crimbo 1982 (C64 Demo 2025 / Pretzel Logic)
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December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Planning my Xmas movie extravaganza by when I have the house to myself vs when Kara is home.
Alone: Bad Santa, The Ref, Die Hard
Together: White Christmas, Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (including all DVD extras)
Alone: Bad Santa, The Ref, Die Hard
Together: White Christmas, Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (including all DVD extras)
a man dressed as santa claus is talking to a young boy and says `` well i 'm very happy for you '' .
ALT: a man dressed as santa claus is talking to a young boy and says `` well i 'm very happy for you '' .
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December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Planning my Xmas movie extravaganza by when I have the house to myself vs when Kara is home.
Alone: Bad Santa, The Ref, Die Hard
Together: White Christmas, Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (including all DVD extras)
Alone: Bad Santa, The Ref, Die Hard
Together: White Christmas, Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (including all DVD extras)
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“Earthrise."
My favorite photo from the Apollo program, taken on December 24, 1968 - 57 years ago today - by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders during the first crewed orbit of the Moon. A print hangs in my office, oriented as shown here as it's the way Bill Anders saw things when he took the picture.
My favorite photo from the Apollo program, taken on December 24, 1968 - 57 years ago today - by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders during the first crewed orbit of the Moon. A print hangs in my office, oriented as shown here as it's the way Bill Anders saw things when he took the picture.
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Earthrise."
My favorite photo from the Apollo program, taken on December 24, 1968 - 57 years ago today - by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders during the first crewed orbit of the Moon. A print hangs in my office, oriented as shown here as it's the way Bill Anders saw things when he took the picture.
My favorite photo from the Apollo program, taken on December 24, 1968 - 57 years ago today - by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders during the first crewed orbit of the Moon. A print hangs in my office, oriented as shown here as it's the way Bill Anders saw things when he took the picture.
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I was asked to deliver these to my daughter for a thing she is making for this evening's family gathering, I have done so, truly, I am the egg man
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I was asked to deliver these to my daughter for a thing she is making for this evening's family gathering, I have done so, truly, I am the egg man
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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I laughed when someone pointed out that the ideology of the Maga, Afd and others is very far from the teachings of Christ and that we, mostly non-believers (or low-cost believers), are much more "Christian" than those people, who proudly claim to be. 😅
a bearded man wearing glasses and a shirt says it 's not wrong
Alt: a bearded man wearing glasses and a shirt says it 's not wrong
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December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I laughed when someone pointed out that the ideology of the Maga, Afd and others is very far from the teachings of Christ and that we, mostly non-believers (or low-cost believers), are much more "Christian" than those people, who proudly claim to be. 😅
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Ain't a thing wrong with a blue book, maybe throw in an oral examination too, just to keep things poppin'
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ain't a thing wrong with a blue book, maybe throw in an oral examination too, just to keep things poppin'
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Happy birthday to Nicholas Meyer, writer and/or director of Time After Time (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
December 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Happy birthday to Nicholas Meyer, writer and/or director of Time After Time (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
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Apparently this Doctor Seuss villain has issues with people disliking a child rapist
Shamp’s Senate Bill 1070 would direct the #Arizona Dept of Health Services to conduct or support research to “advance the understanding of Trump Derangement Syndrome, including its origins, manifestations and long-term effects on individuals, communities and public discourse.”
Arizona lawmaker wants state to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Apparently this Doctor Seuss villain has issues with people disliking a child rapist
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Today I wrote about 60 Minutes' decision to obey in advance and why it represents the sad end to the storied franchise.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today I wrote about 60 Minutes' decision to obey in advance and why it represents the sad end to the storied franchise.
We are in desperate need of strong independent media. You can help Democracy Docket be a part of it by becoming a premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
We are in desperate need of strong independent media. You can help Democracy Docket be a part of it by becoming a premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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I went and picked him up from the rescue. He is very very sweet, zero spice in him at all. Found rurally, took himself up to a house and screamed for help.
He's had a bath, and is currently purring under my chin.
He's had a bath, and is currently purring under my chin.
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I went and picked him up from the rescue. He is very very sweet, zero spice in him at all. Found rurally, took himself up to a house and screamed for help.
He's had a bath, and is currently purring under my chin.
He's had a bath, and is currently purring under my chin.
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Xmas in Burbank! 🎅🏻 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Xmas in Burbank! 🎅🏻 🎄
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God morning Bluesky !
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
God morning Bluesky !
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A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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Attorney General James Leads Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit to stop the U.S
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December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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Famously Underpopulated Irish City Galway
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Famously Underpopulated Irish City Galway
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I mean, "graduate student in psychology" isn't necessarily a pathway to high level career success and since she's trans it's unlikely she'd find a sympathetic jury in that state (and labour protections have basically been gutted in the US) but yeah, it's still worth pursuing if she's up for it.
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I mean, "graduate student in psychology" isn't necessarily a pathway to high level career success and since she's trans it's unlikely she'd find a sympathetic jury in that state (and labour protections have basically been gutted in the US) but yeah, it's still worth pursuing if she's up for it.
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So anyway, I just started blasting. At a trans woman and killed her career. And everybody just let me. Turns out when you're "famous" they do let you just do it. I just felt like destroying someone.
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So anyway, I just started blasting. At a trans woman and killed her career. And everybody just let me. Turns out when you're "famous" they do let you just do it. I just felt like destroying someone.