Scott
@smadin.net
Empty out the locker room, let me find my space
location: more like GREATEST Boston
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location: more like GREATEST Boston
• Blog: https://smadin.net/
• Fediverse: https://better.boston/@smadin
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Scott
@smadin.net
· Nov 6
herewith:
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Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
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Don Henley, backstage after a Brian Wilson show telling Wilson how much his music meant, asked him to sign a first-pressing vinyl copy of "Pet Sounds." Wilson signed it: "Don, thanks for the great songs" and started to hand it back, but then decided to cross out "great" before returning it to him.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Don Henley, backstage after a Brian Wilson show telling Wilson how much his music meant, asked him to sign a first-pressing vinyl copy of "Pet Sounds." Wilson signed it: "Don, thanks for the great songs" and started to hand it back, but then decided to cross out "great" before returning it to him.
they threatened this over the Massachusetts Fair Share Amendment a/k/a "Millionaire's Tax" and voters here enacted it anyway: and lo and behold MA has _more_ millionaires today than before that ballot measure passed.
"well, we'll just leave!" is a bluff. Call it.
"well, we'll just leave!" is a bluff. Call it.
They always make this threat and it never materializes. Here's the New York Post fear mongering about the wealthy leaving NYC under de Blasio. Look around. Does New York have fewer millionaires and billionaires than in 2014?
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
they threatened this over the Massachusetts Fair Share Amendment a/k/a "Millionaire's Tax" and voters here enacted it anyway: and lo and behold MA has _more_ millionaires today than before that ballot measure passed.
"well, we'll just leave!" is a bluff. Call it.
"well, we'll just leave!" is a bluff. Call it.
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They always make this threat and it never materializes. Here's the New York Post fear mongering about the wealthy leaving NYC under de Blasio. Look around. Does New York have fewer millionaires and billionaires than in 2014?
December 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
They always make this threat and it never materializes. Here's the New York Post fear mongering about the wealthy leaving NYC under de Blasio. Look around. Does New York have fewer millionaires and billionaires than in 2014?
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"Dopamine" by Robyn
Album: "Dopamine (Single)"
Time: 8:53 pm
Album: "Dopamine (Single)"
Time: 8:53 pm
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Dopamine" by Robyn
Album: "Dopamine (Single)"
Time: 8:53 pm
Album: "Dopamine (Single)"
Time: 8:53 pm
OK I mean yes when Miller valorizes a fictional vision of a "good, Christian, white" American '50s, he's factually wrong. The thing is: he's evil, but not an ignoramus. He knows he's lying! It's on purpose!
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
OK I mean yes when Miller valorizes a fictional vision of a "good, Christian, white" American '50s, he's factually wrong. The thing is: he's evil, but not an ignoramus. He knows he's lying! It's on purpose!
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Seeing lots of people post clips from Sinatra in "The House I Live In" as a response to Stephen Miller being a racist about Sinatra. Just a random reminder that "The House I Live In" is in the public domain. Every once in a while it's good to remember the public domain is good...
Free to Use and Reuse: Public Domain Films from the National Film Registry | Library of Congress Free to Use and Reuse | Library of Congress
The National Film Registry selects 25 films each year to showcase the range and diversity of American film heritage. These public domain selections are part of an online collection.
www.loc.gov
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Seeing lots of people post clips from Sinatra in "The House I Live In" as a response to Stephen Miller being a racist about Sinatra. Just a random reminder that "The House I Live In" is in the public domain. Every once in a while it's good to remember the public domain is good...
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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Aside from everything else, this is an analysis of campaign strategy that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of candidate branding or the importance of free media.
at a deep instinctive level they can't recognise popular ideas or take them seriously
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Aside from everything else, this is an analysis of campaign strategy that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of candidate branding or the importance of free media.
just went to look at Neighborhood Produce's website and they have a banner up top of the page saying they're closed through New Year's Day, which is great, because now I know that, from going directly to their official business website that they control
I guess it makes me an old-man-yells-at-cloud crank to think this but I really don't think "making a post on instagram" is an adequate substitute for keeping your public-facing business website up to date, is all. people both with _and_ without instagram accounts can view the website!
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
just went to look at Neighborhood Produce's website and they have a banner up top of the page saying they're closed through New Year's Day, which is great, because now I know that, from going directly to their official business website that they control
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Caves of Qud is so good because what other game will you see in your stats screen that doors like you less because you shared water with a bug?
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Caves of Qud is so good because what other game will you see in your stats screen that doors like you less because you shared water with a bug?
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Whatever you think of Eyes Wide Shut you have to enjoy that in this super fancy Central Park West apartment there’s a big painting of a fluffy kitty cat
December 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Whatever you think of Eyes Wide Shut you have to enjoy that in this super fancy Central Park West apartment there’s a big painting of a fluffy kitty cat
say, where do people prefer to get unscented 1.5" diameter votive-type candles
December 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
say, where do people prefer to get unscented 1.5" diameter votive-type candles
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Almost forgot to post this, but there's no _The Dark is Rising_ reading today, today's a day off, to catch up, or decompress from yesterday if it was busy or joyful or stressful or just a Thursday for you. We resume tomorrow and will read a chapter a day through New Year's Eve.
Today: Ch. 1 "Midwinter's Eve"
Tomorrow: Ch. 2 "Midwinter Day"
Mon.: Ch. 3 "The Sign-Seeker"
Tues.: Ch. 4 "The Walker on the Old Way"
Weds.: Chs. 5–7 "Christmas Eve", "The Book of Gramarye", "Betrayal"
Thurs.: Ch. 8 "Christmas Day"
Fri.: off
Dec. 27–31: a chapter a day.
Tomorrow: Ch. 2 "Midwinter Day"
Mon.: Ch. 3 "The Sign-Seeker"
Tues.: Ch. 4 "The Walker on the Old Way"
Weds.: Chs. 5–7 "Christmas Eve", "The Book of Gramarye", "Betrayal"
Thurs.: Ch. 8 "Christmas Day"
Fri.: off
Dec. 27–31: a chapter a day.
The Walker is abroad, and this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Almost forgot to post this, but there's no _The Dark is Rising_ reading today, today's a day off, to catch up, or decompress from yesterday if it was busy or joyful or stressful or just a Thursday for you. We resume tomorrow and will read a chapter a day through New Year's Eve.
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writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here”
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here”
I guess it makes me an old-man-yells-at-cloud crank to think this but I really don't think "making a post on instagram" is an adequate substitute for keeping your public-facing business website up to date, is all. people both with _and_ without instagram accounts can view the website!
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I guess it makes me an old-man-yells-at-cloud crank to think this but I really don't think "making a post on instagram" is an adequate substitute for keeping your public-facing business website up to date, is all. people both with _and_ without instagram accounts can view the website!
it's entirely reasonable that @winterhillbrewing.bsky.social is closed today, and I guess it's on me for not taking a photo of the holiday hours printout posted on the door last Friday, but still, it would have been nice if it had been listed on, for example, their website, which I did check.
December 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
it's entirely reasonable that @winterhillbrewing.bsky.social is closed today, and I guess it's on me for not taking a photo of the holiday hours printout posted on the door last Friday, but still, it would have been nice if it had been listed on, for example, their website, which I did check.
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please alt text your bad take screenshots so my "muted words" filter saves me from having to see their bad takes.
December 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
please alt text your bad take screenshots so my "muted words" filter saves me from having to see their bad takes.
imagine the view from the Great Lakes Megabridge, a mile in the air and whizzing along, about 3 and a half hours into your 12-hour journey on the Transamerican Ultrarail between Quebec City and Tijuana
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
imagine the view from the Great Lakes Megabridge, a mile in the air and whizzing along, about 3 and a half hours into your 12-hour journey on the Transamerican Ultrarail between Quebec City and Tijuana
I'm increasingly convinced that passing rigorous ethics courses should be a requirement to even _take_ any 200-level programming, CS, and/or EE courses. probably some political science and philosophy, too.
"Why do we have to take ethics classes for a computer science degree?"
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm increasingly convinced that passing rigorous ethics courses should be a requirement to even _take_ any 200-level programming, CS, and/or EE courses. probably some political science and philosophy, too.
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"Why do we have to take ethics classes for a computer science degree?"
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Why do we have to take ethics classes for a computer science degree?"
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
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This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This shit is made up, actually
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Stephen Miller waxing nostalgic about old Christmas movies is him trying to create a white Christian nationalism that includes him.
Memo to Stephen: No version of Christian nationalism ever truly welcomes Jews.
Only multiracial democracy ever has and ever will.
Memo to Stephen: No version of Christian nationalism ever truly welcomes Jews.
Only multiracial democracy ever has and ever will.
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Stephen Miller waxing nostalgic about old Christmas movies is him trying to create a white Christian nationalism that includes him.
Memo to Stephen: No version of Christian nationalism ever truly welcomes Jews.
Only multiracial democracy ever has and ever will.
Memo to Stephen: No version of Christian nationalism ever truly welcomes Jews.
Only multiracial democracy ever has and ever will.
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Okay I think this guy basically just hates women who're smarter than him 🤷 utterly rank vibes
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Okay I think this guy basically just hates women who're smarter than him 🤷 utterly rank vibes