Things in space and time
@thingsinspacetime.bsky.social
Writer, wrencher, designer.
“Capitalism”, “Communism”, and “anarcho-see-above" are dead arguments. The problem's always been the rich, their minions, and their scams.
Also, "AI" means "autoincorrect."
“Capitalism”, “Communism”, and “anarcho-see-above" are dead arguments. The problem's always been the rich, their minions, and their scams.
Also, "AI" means "autoincorrect."
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I think the new Knives Out needs a sequel, speaking as someone whose religious para-friends have consistently slipped on the "Just one more thing" banana peel as Columbo exits.
Just a note for anyone citing the International Business Times, it’s run by the people around David Jang, who built his empire doing human arbitrage.
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just a note for anyone citing the International Business Times, it’s run by the people around David Jang, who built his empire doing human arbitrage.
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If the grade was really that steep it would of course flip ass over handlebars
That thing weighs as much as an RV and it has really shit brakes for it's size
That thing weighs as much as an RV and it has really shit brakes for it's size
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If the grade was really that steep it would of course flip ass over handlebars
That thing weighs as much as an RV and it has really shit brakes for it's size
That thing weighs as much as an RV and it has really shit brakes for it's size
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even if it's "only" 26% and he misspoke that's still a hell of a drop
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
even if it's "only" 26% and he misspoke that's still a hell of a drop
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if he's correct about it being 26 degrees that's more than a 50% grade. your brakes were probably cooked driving that pig on terrain that demanding
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
if he's correct about it being 26 degrees that's more than a 50% grade. your brakes were probably cooked driving that pig on terrain that demanding
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Trying to understand why my truck tried to murder me. Hopefully the murder engineers can help me out
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trying to understand why my truck tried to murder me. Hopefully the murder engineers can help me out
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Ditto (though not as dangerous) for stuff like rolling down the window. Touch screens instead of knobs and buttons.
Cars should be analog.
Cars should be analog.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ditto (though not as dangerous) for stuff like rolling down the window. Touch screens instead of knobs and buttons.
Cars should be analog.
Cars should be analog.
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:: cackles :: With my truck, if the engine somehow decides to ignore driver input, I can put the transmission in neutral and key off the ignition, and then use either the normal hydraulic brakes or the parking brakes to stop the thing.
December 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
:: cackles :: With my truck, if the engine somehow decides to ignore driver input, I can put the transmission in neutral and key off the ignition, and then use either the normal hydraulic brakes or the parking brakes to stop the thing.
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yeah, a passenger unfamiliar with the vehicle with hands shaking in terror after a crash and being unable to open the door the normal way with fire building is really going to be able to find and use that
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
yeah, a passenger unfamiliar with the vehicle with hands shaking in terror after a crash and being unable to open the door the normal way with fire building is really going to be able to find and use that
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Wtf is this shit
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wtf is this shit
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The physical force wasn't what killed these teens. It was a ruptured power pack, lack of protection between the batteries and seats, reinforced glass, and doors without handles that needed power to open.
Any damage that kills door power and ignites the batteries, at any speed, will kill
Any damage that kills door power and ignites the batteries, at any speed, will kill
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The physical force wasn't what killed these teens. It was a ruptured power pack, lack of protection between the batteries and seats, reinforced glass, and doors without handles that needed power to open.
Any damage that kills door power and ignites the batteries, at any speed, will kill
Any damage that kills door power and ignites the batteries, at any speed, will kill
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It would be, yeah
This is the achilles heel of all Teslas: you can have the best parts in the world on there but the people building the things are fucking idiots so nothing is gonna work properly
This is the achilles heel of all Teslas: you can have the best parts in the world on there but the people building the things are fucking idiots so nothing is gonna work properly
December 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It would be, yeah
This is the achilles heel of all Teslas: you can have the best parts in the world on there but the people building the things are fucking idiots so nothing is gonna work properly
This is the achilles heel of all Teslas: you can have the best parts in the world on there but the people building the things are fucking idiots so nothing is gonna work properly
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I imagine Applebaum means this rhetorically, but in case others really are wondering: turf, oil, China, and, probably the biggest distinct factor, the wildly outsize influence of the Nigerian Christian Right in the US Christian Right. One element of the attack was fan service for fundamentalists.
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I imagine Applebaum means this rhetorically, but in case others really are wondering: turf, oil, China, and, probably the biggest distinct factor, the wildly outsize influence of the Nigerian Christian Right in the US Christian Right. One element of the attack was fan service for fundamentalists.
I’ve never understood why people think that parking their car inside their house is a good idea. To preserve the value of the car, yes, but every car design out there just occasionally catches on fire and burns its fuel/battery and interior like some kind of industrial accident.
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’ve never understood why people think that parking their car inside their house is a good idea. To preserve the value of the car, yes, but every car design out there just occasionally catches on fire and burns its fuel/battery and interior like some kind of industrial accident.
A reminder to writers attempting to orbital mechanic: you slow down to speed up. You slow down, too, to sink deeper and more quickly into the gravity well. It’s amazing that Weir never got the Buzz Aldrin lecture.
It does cost a lot of fuel to slow down enough to go that fast, so partial credit.
It does cost a lot of fuel to slow down enough to go that fast, so partial credit.
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A reminder to writers attempting to orbital mechanic: you slow down to speed up. You slow down, too, to sink deeper and more quickly into the gravity well. It’s amazing that Weir never got the Buzz Aldrin lecture.
It does cost a lot of fuel to slow down enough to go that fast, so partial credit.
It does cost a lot of fuel to slow down enough to go that fast, so partial credit.
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Christians are allowed to say in any environment what they believe with certainty, whereas anyone else can state their beliefs, but in a qualified "this is what I believe" or "As a [blank], I believe."
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Christians are allowed to say in any environment what they believe with certainty, whereas anyone else can state their beliefs, but in a qualified "this is what I believe" or "As a [blank], I believe."
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always after he explained what he believed as a Jew, he was barraged by emails from concerned students asking why he didn't believe Jesus was the son of God. And he said,
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
always after he explained what he believed as a Jew, he was barraged by emails from concerned students asking why he didn't believe Jesus was the son of God. And he said,
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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PS: despite, or because of, me virtually begging for it in the alt text, this is of course the best Wikipedia photo caption edit ever...
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
PS: despite, or because of, me virtually begging for it in the alt text, this is of course the best Wikipedia photo caption edit ever...
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for ten years, the credibility of the Nation's imprimatur added impetus for a kind of super-confident, chest-puffed assertion that neoliberal shills were committing false flags throughout Syria to tarnish the reputation of the Lion of Syria, Bashar al Assad, a non-practicing ophthalmologist.
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
for ten years, the credibility of the Nation's imprimatur added impetus for a kind of super-confident, chest-puffed assertion that neoliberal shills were committing false flags throughout Syria to tarnish the reputation of the Lion of Syria, Bashar al Assad, a non-practicing ophthalmologist.
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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gop lite is consistently the dumbest thing the democratic party does. consistently. on foreign policy, on spending, on immigration. its never the right way. but the party is addicted to it.
A lot of Democrats voted for the Laken Riley Act, despite it basically being unenforceable and on the surface raising constitutional questions, because they feared a permanent realignment on immigration. The shifting public approval on immigration shows that wasn't the case
Rep. April McClain Delaney is disavowing her January vote in support of a law that requires federal law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants accused — but not convicted — of certain crimes.
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
gop lite is consistently the dumbest thing the democratic party does. consistently. on foreign policy, on spending, on immigration. its never the right way. but the party is addicted to it.
So no one knows what export-to-PDF does, regardless of what they do or don’t do with the highlighter in Word. How many times… did they not realize that if they were going to release the documents, the redactions… ok. Whatever. Oswalt is right, these are the dumbest shitferbrains.
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So no one knows what export-to-PDF does, regardless of what they do or don’t do with the highlighter in Word. How many times… did they not realize that if they were going to release the documents, the redactions… ok. Whatever. Oswalt is right, these are the dumbest shitferbrains.
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What I usually say when talking to writing students or aspiring writers is: write what you DON'T know, but are very interested in understanding. That's certainly driven my best writing.
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What I usually say when talking to writing students or aspiring writers is: write what you DON'T know, but are very interested in understanding. That's certainly driven my best writing.
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We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We should reboot journalism completely. Start from scratch. They should get those old timey hats and a pencil and figure it out from there