Matt
@xenomatt.bsky.social
Scuba, nerdery, science, and what makes people tick. Expat Brit in Canada.
Pics mine unless otherwise credited.
Pics mine unless otherwise credited.
OK, thanks - that's clearer now!
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
OK, thanks - that's clearer now!
Practical question: what's "a crime that reasonably creates a risk that someone is going to die" given the way policing and other LE activities operate in the US?
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Practical question: what's "a crime that reasonably creates a risk that someone is going to die" given the way policing and other LE activities operate in the US?
But would you have taken the photo if it hadn't been next to a crab? :)
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
But would you have taken the photo if it hadn't been next to a crab? :)
Is the crab sitting in a kinda crab-sized hole? Or does it just look like it?
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Is the crab sitting in a kinda crab-sized hole? Or does it just look like it?
I hate this post. And the reason I hate it is that it's absolutely correct.
Imagine how much better off the US would be if its voters had a collective memory of, say, a few years.
Imagine how much better off the US would be if its voters had a collective memory of, say, a few years.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I hate this post. And the reason I hate it is that it's absolutely correct.
Imagine how much better off the US would be if its voters had a collective memory of, say, a few years.
Imagine how much better off the US would be if its voters had a collective memory of, say, a few years.
Yes, but... what moment would he ever have been the right leader for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yes, but... what moment would he ever have been the right leader for?
Oh heck... I hadn't realized you were thinking of putting it on the cake!
Yeah, doing that to someone else would be a hell of a choice... unless you were *very* confident they'd appreciate the joke
Yeah, doing that to someone else would be a hell of a choice... unless you were *very* confident they'd appreciate the joke
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Oh heck... I hadn't realized you were thinking of putting it on the cake!
Yeah, doing that to someone else would be a hell of a choice... unless you were *very* confident they'd appreciate the joke
Yeah, doing that to someone else would be a hell of a choice... unless you were *very* confident they'd appreciate the joke
For yourself, or for someone else?
I've never minded other people getting older, but I'm less enthusiastic when it's me doing it :)
I've never minded other people getting older, but I'm less enthusiastic when it's me doing it :)
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For yourself, or for someone else?
I've never minded other people getting older, but I'm less enthusiastic when it's me doing it :)
I've never minded other people getting older, but I'm less enthusiastic when it's me doing it :)
Perhaps the new Lansdown agreement should have mandated a new landfill somewhere for all this stuff. I'm sure that would have concentrated the suburban and rural minds on whether it was actually a worthwhile project :)
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Perhaps the new Lansdown agreement should have mandated a new landfill somewhere for all this stuff. I'm sure that would have concentrated the suburban and rural minds on whether it was actually a worthwhile project :)
Fish would work, although TBH it's such a large group that it'd be tough to choose. So would .
+1 for nudis, jellyfish, and denizens of the deep
Cetaceans, or are they a saturated market too? Pinnipeds?
Worms, maybe (annelids, flatworms, etc)? Possibly better for something other than Valentines
+1 for nudis, jellyfish, and denizens of the deep
Cetaceans, or are they a saturated market too? Pinnipeds?
Worms, maybe (annelids, flatworms, etc)? Possibly better for something other than Valentines
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Fish would work, although TBH it's such a large group that it'd be tough to choose. So would .
+1 for nudis, jellyfish, and denizens of the deep
Cetaceans, or are they a saturated market too? Pinnipeds?
Worms, maybe (annelids, flatworms, etc)? Possibly better for something other than Valentines
+1 for nudis, jellyfish, and denizens of the deep
Cetaceans, or are they a saturated market too? Pinnipeds?
Worms, maybe (annelids, flatworms, etc)? Possibly better for something other than Valentines
Include seamoths if you do this, just to mess with people :)
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Include seamoths if you do this, just to mess with people :)