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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
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When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
August 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
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What I want to know is, why didn't they tie that one more in with the rest of the canon? Talk about missed opportunities.
August 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What I want to know is, why didn't they tie that one more in with the rest of the canon? Talk about missed opportunities.
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What the women stationed in a base in Antartica told Kim Stanley Robinson when he asked them about the possibility of relationships with men there: “The odds are good — but the goods are odd.”
August 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What the women stationed in a base in Antartica told Kim Stanley Robinson when he asked them about the possibility of relationships with men there: “The odds are good — but the goods are odd.”
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maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
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It's true - you can Venmo the US gov't to help pay down the nat'l debt (as made famous by NPR's Jack Corbett)!
People have mailed paper checks, gold, and even old blankets to the Treasury.
What can YOU do to fix the national debt? Listen to The Indicator's 2023 story:
www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1...
People have mailed paper checks, gold, and even old blankets to the Treasury.
What can YOU do to fix the national debt? Listen to The Indicator's 2023 story:
www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1...
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's true - you can Venmo the US gov't to help pay down the nat'l debt (as made famous by NPR's Jack Corbett)!
People have mailed paper checks, gold, and even old blankets to the Treasury.
What can YOU do to fix the national debt? Listen to The Indicator's 2023 story:
www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1...
People have mailed paper checks, gold, and even old blankets to the Treasury.
What can YOU do to fix the national debt? Listen to The Indicator's 2023 story:
www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1...
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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Kogonada's first feature, Columbus, from 2017, a surprise from the start with its very title and quietly exhilarating throughout, has stayed with me more vividly than many more heralded films; now it's on Tubi, so no excuses:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Revisiting “Columbus,” a Thrilling Drama of Growing Up Modernist
Kogonada’s first feature, starring Haley Lu Richardson, John Cho, and Parker Posey, highlights the inspirational power of the architecture for which Columbus, Indiana, is famed.
www.newyorker.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kogonada's first feature, Columbus, from 2017, a surprise from the start with its very title and quietly exhilarating throughout, has stayed with me more vividly than many more heralded films; now it's on Tubi, so no excuses:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/WYf9-xfm6t8
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/WYf9-xfm6t8
What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What if you used a flamethrower as a snowblower?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/WYf9-xfm6t8
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/WYf9-xfm6t8
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👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame.
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real ti...
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame.
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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Since we're all Ghibli-ing the memez thanks to the new nifty AI image tool, it's a good time to remind ourselves what tech co's refuse to accept: Art is not an output to be optimized
IN ART, THE FRICTION IS THE POINT
Humans have made art since cave times BECAUSE of the process, not in spite of it
IN ART, THE FRICTION IS THE POINT
Humans have made art since cave times BECAUSE of the process, not in spite of it
March 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Since we're all Ghibli-ing the memez thanks to the new nifty AI image tool, it's a good time to remind ourselves what tech co's refuse to accept: Art is not an output to be optimized
IN ART, THE FRICTION IS THE POINT
Humans have made art since cave times BECAUSE of the process, not in spite of it
IN ART, THE FRICTION IS THE POINT
Humans have made art since cave times BECAUSE of the process, not in spite of it
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
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I need help. 3 National STEM Festival sponsors pulled funding because of the current climate. Please help. This is a life changing opportunity for kids that have worked so hard!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
February 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I need help. 3 National STEM Festival sponsors pulled funding because of the current climate. Please help. This is a life changing opportunity for kids that have worked so hard!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.
February 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.
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I've just found the best hack. Swear in your search request. It's a great way to bypass the AI summary and make your search history look like you're chronically pissed off at everything!
January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I've just found the best hack. Swear in your search request. It's a great way to bypass the AI summary and make your search history look like you're chronically pissed off at everything!
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Have you wondered: online services, without the privacy violations, unasked-for AI features, and all the other enshitification? This web page seems like an excellent starting point for not only understanding the Big Tech alternatives, but also for making a migration plan towards them.
The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint
New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no…
www.optoutproject.net
January 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Have you wondered: online services, without the privacy violations, unasked-for AI features, and all the other enshitification? This web page seems like an excellent starting point for not only understanding the Big Tech alternatives, but also for making a migration plan towards them.
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January 2025 as a meme
January 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
January 2025 as a meme
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December 24, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring
December 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring
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Oh shit! I forgot to do my Bandcamp Friday post! Buy my concept album audio art story Marsification or any of my music albums or the whole damn discography and 100% of the proceeds go to me and folks I collaborated with. lilysloane.bandcamp.com/album/marsif...
Marsification: A tale of planetary grief, by Lily Sloane and Zara Zimbardo
17 track album
lilysloane.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Oh shit! I forgot to do my Bandcamp Friday post! Buy my concept album audio art story Marsification or any of my music albums or the whole damn discography and 100% of the proceeds go to me and folks I collaborated with. lilysloane.bandcamp.com/album/marsif...
"You don’t have to do the same thing forever." Some words of wisdom I appreciate tonight.
Should You Just Give Up?
Sisyphus couldn’t stop pushing his boulder—but you can.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:37 AM
"You don’t have to do the same thing forever." Some words of wisdom I appreciate tonight.
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Newskies!
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
November 16, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Newskies!
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
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