Alison 🍁
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Not a criticism but it's amazing to think about how many Star Trek stories have, at their core, the idea that some alien/entity/lone survivor is simply bored or lonely & wants someone from Starfleet/the Federation to play with them.
Right now not enough shows are about aliens with relatable ennui!
Right now not enough shows are about aliens with relatable ennui!
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not a criticism but it's amazing to think about how many Star Trek stories have, at their core, the idea that some alien/entity/lone survivor is simply bored or lonely & wants someone from Starfleet/the Federation to play with them.
Right now not enough shows are about aliens with relatable ennui!
Right now not enough shows are about aliens with relatable ennui!
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December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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I very much like it when a cat sits all neatly and then wraps their tail around their toes
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I very much like it when a cat sits all neatly and then wraps their tail around their toes
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The future is building a humanoid robot at great cost to replace hiring a guy to hand out water bottles, then hiring a guy to remote control the robot handing out water bottles.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The future is building a humanoid robot at great cost to replace hiring a guy to hand out water bottles, then hiring a guy to remote control the robot handing out water bottles.
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I do not care what how much propaganda Silicon Valley tries to spread saying otherwise, a machine vomiting up slop is never ever going to be art to me the way an human being sitting and making something with their soul, knowledge and skill set is.
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I do not care what how much propaganda Silicon Valley tries to spread saying otherwise, a machine vomiting up slop is never ever going to be art to me the way an human being sitting and making something with their soul, knowledge and skill set is.
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Red-belly on the move in a winter wonderland. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 12.7.2025
#birds
#woodpeckers
#birds
#woodpeckers
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Red-belly on the move in a winter wonderland. Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. 12.7.2025
#birds
#woodpeckers
#birds
#woodpeckers
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Food pics of pineapple on pizza is like catnip spiked with meth for the worst form of food commenters.
“I refuse to eat the food you made for yourself! How dare you make it!”
“I refuse to eat the food you made for yourself! How dare you make it!”
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Food pics of pineapple on pizza is like catnip spiked with meth for the worst form of food commenters.
“I refuse to eat the food you made for yourself! How dare you make it!”
“I refuse to eat the food you made for yourself! How dare you make it!”
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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A weak, failing, half-asleep president cannot rescue the American economy.
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A weak, failing, half-asleep president cannot rescue the American economy.
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www.mineralcollection.eu/product/2128...
#prehnite #apophyllite #silicates #inosilicates #indiaminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
#prehnite #apophyllite #silicates #inosilicates #indiaminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yikes
Trump has *always* intended to make Canada a vassal state. Trudeau warned as much when he said that the US wants our minerals into a hot mic.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
Not the 51st state but a vassal state: What Donald Trump’s national security strategy envisions for Canada
Released Thursday, the 2025 National Security Strategy is also a window into the dramatic shift in America’s official world view under Trump.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yikes
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Okay Canadians 🇨🇦 word on the #NHL streets is that Gary Bettman is losing his god damn mind about Heated Rivalry, especially since there is a homophobic commissioner in the series—
I say national watch parties 😆.
I say national watch parties 😆.
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Okay Canadians 🇨🇦 word on the #NHL streets is that Gary Bettman is losing his god damn mind about Heated Rivalry, especially since there is a homophobic commissioner in the series—
I say national watch parties 😆.
I say national watch parties 😆.
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Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
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Want to watch
3pm ITV: MARI LWYD POPPINS. The magical horse skulled nanny turns up to take the Banks children on another nightmarish adventure.
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Want to watch
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So much of modern society can be explained by the fact that some people simply want to be unkind, and they want to be unkind so badly that they will invent rationales, and indeed whole worldviews, to justify their meanness and selfishness
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So much of modern society can be explained by the fact that some people simply want to be unkind, and they want to be unkind so badly that they will invent rationales, and indeed whole worldviews, to justify their meanness and selfishness
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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It’s come to this #USpol mastodon.world/@petabites/1...
Houston Doh'g (@petabites@mastodon.world)
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December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s come to this #USpol mastodon.world/@petabites/1...