20,000 years of this, seven more to go
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You have to make allowances for the fact that everything we're seeing tonight is real.
Very occasional updates at blog.particleman.org.
Very occasional updates at blog.particleman.org.
You're going to keep these motherfuckers from starving to death and they're never going to know it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You're going to keep these motherfuckers from starving to death and they're never going to know it.
Everyone who proposes this idea turns out to be someone whose primary role in a back-to-nature scenario would be "protein source."
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Everyone who proposes this idea turns out to be someone whose primary role in a back-to-nature scenario would be "protein source."
- Endangered child is unexpectedly resourceful.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
- Endangered child is unexpectedly resourceful.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
- Putting the team back together.
- This character being dead slows them down much less than you'd think.
- You cannot, in fact, put one over on this seeming dimwit.
- Artist produces genuinely startling work as the end of their life nears.
“I’ve always loved you, Mom. You too, Dad.”
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“I’ve always loved you, Mom. You too, Dad.”
I recommend the Swindled podcast’s recent George Santos episode. It is astonishing.
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I recommend the Swindled podcast’s recent George Santos episode. It is astonishing.
(Actually I put these books on the coffee table of an insufferable character in a story once. For me, it’d probably be Veronica Geng’s Love Trouble and A Pattern Language.)
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
(Actually I put these books on the coffee table of an insufferable character in a story once. For me, it’d probably be Veronica Geng’s Love Trouble and A Pattern Language.)
It’s striking how often artistic genius emerges without the artist knowing that what they’re doing is even good.
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s striking how often artistic genius emerges without the artist knowing that what they’re doing is even good.
Gracie was noticeably more intelligent than any other cat I've ever owned. She was irritatingly good at solving problems that you did not want her to solve, mostly, "How do I get to that thing?" I've also owned dogs that weren't as affectionate or loyal. She knew how to live, as you can see.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Gracie was noticeably more intelligent than any other cat I've ever owned. She was irritatingly good at solving problems that you did not want her to solve, mostly, "How do I get to that thing?" I've also owned dogs that weren't as affectionate or loyal. She knew how to live, as you can see.
Agreed, but we've been starting from a space of utter impunity. I'm still going to enjoy his misery.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Agreed, but we've been starting from a space of utter impunity. I'm still going to enjoy his misery.
In Stefan Dorra’s MEDINA, you take two actions every turn. The first is rarely good. The second is almost always terrible. And yet, somehow, someone wins.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In Stefan Dorra’s MEDINA, you take two actions every turn. The first is rarely good. The second is almost always terrible. And yet, somehow, someone wins.
A red-winged blackbird that's about to fuck its shit up.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A red-winged blackbird that's about to fuck its shit up.
The good news, if it's good, and news, is that eventually the administration is going to burn the owners' hands in ways that can't be stopped by pressuring Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The good news, if it's good, and news, is that eventually the administration is going to burn the owners' hands in ways that can't be stopped by pressuring Democrats.
The chart itself is a clear representation of the data. The vertical and horizontal scales aren’t misleading, there’s no visual junk, the labels clearly indicate what the lines mean.
The data, however, is cuckoo-bananas.
The data, however, is cuckoo-bananas.
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The chart itself is a clear representation of the data. The vertical and horizontal scales aren’t misleading, there’s no visual junk, the labels clearly indicate what the lines mean.
The data, however, is cuckoo-bananas.
The data, however, is cuckoo-bananas.
“At this period of time, beauty was equated to being good.”
It would be very hard to demonstrate that was any more so in 1820 than it is 200 years later. We don’t talk about Beauty (or Good, for that matter) the way, say, Keats did, but how most of us think about them hasn’t much changed.
It would be very hard to demonstrate that was any more so in 1820 than it is 200 years later. We don’t talk about Beauty (or Good, for that matter) the way, say, Keats did, but how most of us think about them hasn’t much changed.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“At this period of time, beauty was equated to being good.”
It would be very hard to demonstrate that was any more so in 1820 than it is 200 years later. We don’t talk about Beauty (or Good, for that matter) the way, say, Keats did, but how most of us think about them hasn’t much changed.
It would be very hard to demonstrate that was any more so in 1820 than it is 200 years later. We don’t talk about Beauty (or Good, for that matter) the way, say, Keats did, but how most of us think about them hasn’t much changed.