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Jed Hartman
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Editor, writer, generalist, logophile, paronomasiac, ludophile. Bi, poly. He/him. Most of my posts here are abbreviated copies of things I’ve posted elsewhere.
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11 minutes ago Theodore Schleifer As donors try to assess their next moves in the mayoral race, one of the biggest donors to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC, the investor Mark Gorton, said he is likely to back Mamdani. That is because of the support that Mamdani had gotten from Brad Lander, who Gorton said he ranked first. "I feel like people misunderstood my $250,000 for Cuomo for real enthusiasm," Gorton said in an interview. "It was basically, 'Oh, looks like Cuomo is coming back. We don't want to be shut out. Let's try and get on his good side.’ That's kind of how things work with Cuomo. It's sad political pragmatism. I wish we lived in a world where those sort of things were not useful things to do."
June 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I took this photo around midnight the night before last.
Lovely feathery clouds spread out across the dark sky, with the moon (looking small) shining brightly through one of them.
April 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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There’s an iOS app, Seek, that identifies plant and animal species.

Yesterday I took the dog I’m petsitting for a walk, and I was using Seek to identify plants. And then I moved the camera and it happened to point at said dog.

And Seek obligingly identified his species…

…as “Domestic Cat.”
A black-furred dog, viewed from above and behind and to the right, which the Seek app has identified as belonging to the species “Domestic Cat.”
March 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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A sign (presumably advertising a store of some kind) that says: FLOWERS PRODUCE EGGS …To which the meme creator has added text that says: NO, THEY DO NOT.
March 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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From _Mighty Avengers_ #10 (2014).

After the death of Uatu (aka The Watcher), Adam Brashear (aka Blue Marvel) is called to the Moon by Uatu’s spouse, Ulana, to meet Uatu’s and Ulana’s as-yet-unborn baby.
In an alien building on the moon, Dr. Adam Brashear (a Black human with greying hair, dressed in a black suit) and Ulana (of the Watcher species, dressed in a flowing dress) observe Uatu’s and Ulana’s as-yet-unborn child (appearing as a giant floating head surrounded by light). The following dialogue ensues: Brashear: It’s beautiful. Is it, ah… is it a *boy* or a *girl*? Ulana: The child must watch *itself* to learn that. (Credits for the issue: Al Ewing, writer; Greg Land, penciler; Jay Leisten, inker; Frank D’Armata, colorist; VC’s Cory Petit, letterer.)
January 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Yay! Have now purchased from Apple Books; looking forward to reading it.

…But wanted to check: the cover as shown in Apple Books is just black text on a solid white background, no art. Is that intentional?
A screen snap of an artless book cover in the Apple Books store.
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Monolith and child
Two solid black blocks, roughly the aspect ratio of the Monolith from _2001_, sitting on a concrete garage floor, with sun and blue sky and suburban neighborhood in the background. One of the blocks is about 2 feet tall, the other about 8 inches tall, but the photo is from a low angle so they look a little bigger than that.
October 29, 2024 at 11:52 PM