A lot of people are going euuugh in the comments, but I think stick insects look cool, not scary.
“Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick insect in Australia, which is over 15 inches long and researchers say may be the heaviest insect in the country.”
Via ABC News
Via ABC News
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A lot of people are going euuugh in the comments, but I think stick insects look cool, not scary.
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We are so lucky Vic Michaelis got into comedy instead of serial murder
July 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We are so lucky Vic Michaelis got into comedy instead of serial murder
The Star Trek fans are a little slow off the mark today!
December 20, 2024 at 3:04 AM
The Star Trek fans are a little slow off the mark today!
Holy shit, this may be the most evil techbro anecdote I've heard yet.
EXECUTIVE OF AI STARTUP: (smiles serenely) we get people to kill their dogs
August 23, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Holy shit, this may be the most evil techbro anecdote I've heard yet.
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D&D turns 50 in September and the USPS has issued a D&D first class postage stamp and I am ONE EXCITED NERD.
August 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
D&D turns 50 in September and the USPS has issued a D&D first class postage stamp and I am ONE EXCITED NERD.
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I got my grades back, which means I can officially say goodbye to the semester, and I've gotten a lot of new followers lately, so it seems like a great day to talk about one of my most favorite historical garments of all time: Countess Greffulhe’s tea gown.
May 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I got my grades back, which means I can officially say goodbye to the semester, and I've gotten a lot of new followers lately, so it seems like a great day to talk about one of my most favorite historical garments of all time: Countess Greffulhe’s tea gown.
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As diaspora, I cannot tell you what it feels like to see my name, work, and politics --
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
February 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
As diaspora, I cannot tell you what it feels like to see my name, work, and politics --
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
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Six years ago today.
January 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Six years ago today.
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Gamergate. Again. Followed by anti-woke gurus, and increasingly inflected by QAnon. Again. As ridiculous as it is, that's a big part of the answer to how we got here, with Gamergate marking the moment dumb internet culture warring invaded real life, with big, real-world impacts.
Paul Pelosi's attacker said in court today he got into politics through Gamergate.
He would listen to right-wing podcasts for hours at a time, and developed a hitlist: Gavin Newsom, Tom Hanks, Hunter Biden, and a women's studies professor he learned about from Conceptual James.
He would listen to right-wing podcasts for hours at a time, and developed a hitlist: Gavin Newsom, Tom Hanks, Hunter Biden, and a women's studies professor he learned about from Conceptual James.
November 15, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Gamergate. Again. Followed by anti-woke gurus, and increasingly inflected by QAnon. Again. As ridiculous as it is, that's a big part of the answer to how we got here, with Gamergate marking the moment dumb internet culture warring invaded real life, with big, real-world impacts.
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Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
November 5, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
Are there any good Blue Sky clients? The native one keeps jumping back to the top of my feed when I'm trying to read.
October 30, 2023 at 3:38 PM
Are there any good Blue Sky clients? The native one keeps jumping back to the top of my feed when I'm trying to read.
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they melted down the Charlottesville statue of Robert E. Lee and the video goes so fucking hard lmao
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
October 26, 2023 at 7:55 PM
they melted down the Charlottesville statue of Robert E. Lee and the video goes so fucking hard lmao
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
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It's not an "impossible dilemma," Scholastic. On one side you've got white nationalists and queerphobes; on the other you've got diverse books. You have chosen the bigots.
October 15, 2023 at 10:07 PM
It's not an "impossible dilemma," Scholastic. On one side you've got white nationalists and queerphobes; on the other you've got diverse books. You have chosen the bigots.
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I'm just gonna expand on this for my timeline because it's a fun story.
So gorillas are named after the Gorillae, a "tribe of large, savage hairy women" encountered by a Carthaginian expedition in 500 BC in West Africa.
And historians later thought about this and said "waiiiit a sec"
So gorillas are named after the Gorillae, a "tribe of large, savage hairy women" encountered by a Carthaginian expedition in 500 BC in West Africa.
And historians later thought about this and said "waiiiit a sec"
As a further fact, humans apparently managed to name gorillas after gorillas
September 10, 2023 at 1:13 AM
I'm just gonna expand on this for my timeline because it's a fun story.
So gorillas are named after the Gorillae, a "tribe of large, savage hairy women" encountered by a Carthaginian expedition in 500 BC in West Africa.
And historians later thought about this and said "waiiiit a sec"
So gorillas are named after the Gorillae, a "tribe of large, savage hairy women" encountered by a Carthaginian expedition in 500 BC in West Africa.
And historians later thought about this and said "waiiiit a sec"
I knew they weren't extinct, but I did not know they were grown in California!
Gros michel bananas: stop saying I’m extinct!
internet: sometimes I can still hear their voice
Gmb: you can literally order a box of me for like $75 from some Florida and California nurseries
internet: if only I could have tasted one but alas
internet: sometimes I can still hear their voice
Gmb: you can literally order a box of me for like $75 from some Florida and California nurseries
internet: if only I could have tasted one but alas
September 4, 2023 at 10:33 PM
I knew they weren't extinct, but I did not know they were grown in California!
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Presidential Mugshots
August 25, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Presidential Mugshots
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I’m envisioning Priscilla Chan pepper opening the door and pepper spraying Elon Musk with one hand while holding their baby on her hip with the other and then texting Zuck “just had to settle your bullshit again can you please deal with it”
August 14, 2023 at 7:44 PM
I’m envisioning Priscilla Chan pepper opening the door and pepper spraying Elon Musk with one hand while holding their baby on her hip with the other and then texting Zuck “just had to settle your bullshit again can you please deal with it”
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“The African-American Artist and Her Folding Chair” —Circa 2023
#LiftEveryChairandSwing
#LiftEveryChairandSwing
August 9, 2023 at 10:13 PM
“The African-American Artist and Her Folding Chair” —Circa 2023
#LiftEveryChairandSwing
#LiftEveryChairandSwing