MANUAL LABOR CAN BE REFRESHING AND WHOLESOME

Happy transistor day! On this date in 1947 scientists at Bell Labs first demonstrated this now ubiquitous electronic device. The phone I’m using to post this message has approximately 16 billion transistors.

Excellent oven spring in this weekend’s pain de champagne.

All jokes aside it's really fucked up to see so many people on here celebrating murder. No one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That's the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximise profits on your health and no one else

Happy birthday Jean-Luc Godard!

Hooray for Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross! Wisdom is known to be at least 74 years old, making her the oldest known wild bird on the planet. This past week she returned from her year long travels around the pacific to her breeding ground on Midway Island.

Happy birthday William Blake!

Say goodbye to the Slender-billed Curlew. A new scientific paper says it’s virtually certain the species has become extinct, making it the first European bird to go extinct in modern times.

Bluesky is a real Choco Toucan chamber.

Happy birthday Terry Gilliam!

Actual photos of students graduating from Kyoto University

Hey @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social !

You know what would make my Christmas perfect? Any sort of merch featuring your drawing of the bloke saying "I have to have my weasel cheese"! It summarizes everything I stand for. Any chance of that showing up in the FDOTM store?

Yours in the class war...