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Tamatoa's teeth @shinycrab.bsky.social · Sep 13
If you're confused by my going semi-anon just DM me and I'll clarify
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metafrantic.bsky.social
Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
“When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of ‘getting to know you’ questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes. “And he went wow. That’s amazing! And I said, ‘Oh no, but I’m not any good at any of them.’ “And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: ‘I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.’ “And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could ‘win’ at them.” -Kurt Vonnegut
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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theonion.com
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Bad Bunny https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-bad-bunny/
What do you say to those who claim you’re not American? I understand it’s confusing to encounter an American who can speak two different languages.
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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thesnoopervisor.bsky.social
Nothing to see here. Just a dog, thinking important dog thoughts while holding a suet feeder. 😂
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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markhisted.org
Re: Science Mag editorial celebrating mainly the inside/quiet advocacy done this year, I offer this in lighthearted response. 🧪

This is a Myanmar woman doing her usual, longstanding dance routine while black cars speed by to carry out a coup. 1/4
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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wihorne.bsky.social
My kids & their friends say “that looks/sounds like AI” to mean shitty & fake/stupid. Really incredible to be inundated by “transformative AI“ discourse when the reality is so plainly the opposite.
volts.wtf David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d
The bosses are forcing their employees to use it. Politicians are competing to shovel money & infrastructure at it. The billionaires who control media are constantly lecturing & hectoring people to accept it & use it more.

They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
shinycrab.bsky.social
My dad asked me if I knew Olivia Munn, and was incredulous I did not.

"Uhhhhh what?"

I didn't realize she went to my high school, she just happened to be there before I was
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
a meme — the top says “My dog just got a haircut and now he looks like he gave up drinking and got his life together” and underneath are 2 photos of a dog (a schnauzer i think?). on the left, the “before,” he’s scruffy and in need of a haircut and a bath. and on the right, the “after,” he’s clean and clipped and wearing a jaunty red bow tie and looking very dapper indeed.
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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scalzi.com
Aside from the message, which I support, his control of his instrument is impressive
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
shinycrab.bsky.social
This.... is unsettling
February 7, 2026 at 5:46 AM
shinycrab.bsky.social
Aren't uhhhhhhh FLAGS political symbolism? There's no way that rule could be enforced without arbitrariness, as seen here
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
shinycrab.bsky.social
If you aren't familiar, Avi Loeb has been spreading ET bullshit for a long time
tessafisher.bsky.social Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 2d
NO OF COURSE THERE ISN'T YOU DOORKNOB WHY DOES THIS CHUCKLEFUCK HAVE TENURE AT HARVARD AND I'M SLINGING DRINKS TO SCOTTSDALE'S MOST ENTITLED CHILDREN
Is there any trace of life on 3I/ATLAS? Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb explains chilling theory
If it’s alive, everything we know about life is wrong.
me.mashable.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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leahshaffer.bsky.social
The internet was a mistake. But this kind of chaos-making tool reminds me that the internet is a delightful miracle AND a mistake.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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followtheh.bsky.social
Not The Onion (but excellent satire nonetheless)
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Rep. Ben Cline at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We are reminded that leadership is not only about policy and power, but about character, conscience, and the recognition that all authority that all authority is ultimately accountable to God. We are honored to welcome President Bukele."
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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annamerlan.bsky.social
Not to be a Karen or anything but could we get some fucking rules around here lol
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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jessicacalarco.com
Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
Ink and glitter marker drawing of a black hole spewing out a rainbow, pouring into an earth shape surrounded by star dust
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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lukesteuber.com
This meme just punched me in the face and stole my wallet
A series of four images of a man putting on clown makeup. The text This new hobby is the best! I've never liked anything this much before! I cant imagine ever getting tired of this! Let's go buy all the best and most expensive supplies!
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
shinycrab.bsky.social
"Being a self-repairing sack of meat, even in 2026, still has its advantages."
startswithabang.bsky.social Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 9d
How much damage could a cosmic ray do to a human?

#AskEthan

Cosmic rays come in all varieties of energy and speed, with the most energetic ones outstripping even LHC protons by a factor of millions.

What would happen if one hit you?

bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #physics #particle
Ask Ethan: How much damage could a cosmic ray do to a human?
At the upper limits of what's energetically possible, cosmic rays still persist. What happens if a human gets hit by the most energetic one?
bigthink.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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evacide.bsky.social
Why do your organizing over Signal? So that you don't do your organizing on an app that hasn't been tested or reviewed, run by a guy who doesn't tell his users about data breaches and security problems.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...
StopICE Data Breach Sent Names And Locations of 100,000 Users to The US Government
StopICE, the anti-ICE activist platform, suffered a major security breach exposing names, logins, phone numbers and GPS locations of over 100,000 users to US federal agencies.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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banditelli.org
BOOM best moonrise yet? 5 minute time lapse coming in HOT above the Port of Long Beach tonight.
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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rincewind.run
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
shinycrab.bsky.social
Anyone still arguing we "need" billionaires, "they're entitled to what they earned", etc should be required to read these emails
chipzel.bsky.social ✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social · 7d
you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]

billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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markagee.bsky.social
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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lluaces.bsky.social
Why doesn’t this happen with teachers ?
January 31, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
An entire political movement founded on uncovering hidden messages in documents to discover the powerful secret pedophiles and meanwhile the powerful pedophiles out here sending gmails saying "Hi fellow pedophile when are we meeting to do pedophilia again"
wajali.bsky.social Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9d
Disgusting.

In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 AM
shinycrab.bsky.social
I am a mere 23 minutes from heaven
sbxsb.bsky.social SB Ataraxia, MPS @sbxsb.bsky.social · 9d
I will drive the 58 minutes from my house to walnut creek to get this
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 AM