Ian "Xiphias Gladius" Osmond
@xiphiasg.bsky.social
Everybody knows at least one person who looks like me.
Fairly typical geek.
Fairly typical geek.
Took a photo of this one day just after Pesach when I realized that I actually had them.
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Took a photo of this one day just after Pesach when I realized that I actually had them.
So, just to be clear, the solution for "looking like we might be stockpiling things for the black market" was "stockpiling things for the black market? (retroactively)"
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So, just to be clear, the solution for "looking like we might be stockpiling things for the black market" was "stockpiling things for the black market? (retroactively)"
i am Tyger burning Brite
i'm in yor forist of yor nite
Until Nale of six years age
Sez i am out
i brake my caje
i'm in yor forist of yor nite
Until Nale of six years age
Sez i am out
i brake my caje
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i am Tyger burning Brite
i'm in yor forist of yor nite
Until Nale of six years age
Sez i am out
i brake my caje
i'm in yor forist of yor nite
Until Nale of six years age
Sez i am out
i brake my caje
Batman and Robin and Marian
An aging crime fighter and his former ward deal with a world which no longer needs them, and are betrayed by a prioress, who kills them out of love to save them from the world as it exists
An aging crime fighter and his former ward deal with a world which no longer needs them, and are betrayed by a prioress, who kills them out of love to save them from the world as it exists
September 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Batman and Robin and Marian
An aging crime fighter and his former ward deal with a world which no longer needs them, and are betrayed by a prioress, who kills them out of love to save them from the world as it exists
An aging crime fighter and his former ward deal with a world which no longer needs them, and are betrayed by a prioress, who kills them out of love to save them from the world as it exists
Death Race Becomes Her
September 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Death Race Becomes Her
Another Thin Man On Fire
Son Of The Thin Man For All Seasons
Son Of The Thin Man For All Seasons
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Another Thin Man On Fire
Son Of The Thin Man For All Seasons
Son Of The Thin Man For All Seasons
Chitty Chitty Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Chitty Chitty Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Reading the article, it feels like there are enough steps between the company and the incident that I am not convinced they are culpable. But I guess that's why we have courts – to decide if the chain of events is closely enough linked to make it at least partly their fault.
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reading the article, it feels like there are enough steps between the company and the incident that I am not convinced they are culpable. But I guess that's why we have courts – to decide if the chain of events is closely enough linked to make it at least partly their fault.
And let's be clear: his medical advice was not good. But RFK's is worse.
September 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
And let's be clear: his medical advice was not good. But RFK's is worse.
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
But might be slightly more possible to break the stranglehold of the oligarchs on the the Democratic party than the Republican party. Not easily, not guaranteed, and they will still have too much influence. But maybe enough to save the country.
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
But might be slightly more possible to break the stranglehold of the oligarchs on the the Democratic party than the Republican party. Not easily, not guaranteed, and they will still have too much influence. But maybe enough to save the country.
It occurs to me that, when you are whispering, "thank" and "fuck" sound surprisingly similar.
August 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It occurs to me that, when you are whispering, "thank" and "fuck" sound surprisingly similar.
Major Tomcat!
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Major Tomcat!
Okay, but that sentence is fatuous glurge that doesn't really say anything that isn't trivially obvious - the kind of thing which doesn't require any creativity or insight.
August 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Okay, but that sentence is fatuous glurge that doesn't really say anything that isn't trivially obvious - the kind of thing which doesn't require any creativity or insight.
The saying that I know about such Jews is, "Never be ashamed that you are Jewish. it is enough that I am ashamed that you are Jewish."
But they clearly are Jewish. If Ben Shapiro or Ivanka Trump was around, I'd have no excuse to not count them in a minyan. I might not like it, but, oh well.
But they clearly are Jewish. If Ben Shapiro or Ivanka Trump was around, I'd have no excuse to not count them in a minyan. I might not like it, but, oh well.
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The saying that I know about such Jews is, "Never be ashamed that you are Jewish. it is enough that I am ashamed that you are Jewish."
But they clearly are Jewish. If Ben Shapiro or Ivanka Trump was around, I'd have no excuse to not count them in a minyan. I might not like it, but, oh well.
But they clearly are Jewish. If Ben Shapiro or Ivanka Trump was around, I'd have no excuse to not count them in a minyan. I might not like it, but, oh well.
Naw. Jews who are idiots are idiots, but still Jews. I have never heard of anybody suggesting that Ivanka Trump is anything other than Jewish, for instance, and you'd figure that she would be the person most likely to be attacked as "not a real Jew."
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Naw. Jews who are idiots are idiots, but still Jews. I have never heard of anybody suggesting that Ivanka Trump is anything other than Jewish, for instance, and you'd figure that she would be the person most likely to be attacked as "not a real Jew."
It's not either/or.
And it's often both.
And it's often both.
July 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's not either/or.
And it's often both.
And it's often both.
But I like the existence of fun, entertaining art which helps teach these skills. Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock for social, psychological, and mental health.
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
But I like the existence of fun, entertaining art which helps teach these skills. Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock for social, psychological, and mental health.
That handout overlaps with a lot of the stuff I've seen reading about DBT.
There's a great Stephen Universe Song about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; the Pixar movie Inside Out gives a good overview of emotions and their purposes, Vampire Therapist is for a more older-teen-to-adult audience
There's a great Stephen Universe Song about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; the Pixar movie Inside Out gives a good overview of emotions and their purposes, Vampire Therapist is for a more older-teen-to-adult audience
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That handout overlaps with a lot of the stuff I've seen reading about DBT.
There's a great Stephen Universe Song about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; the Pixar movie Inside Out gives a good overview of emotions and their purposes, Vampire Therapist is for a more older-teen-to-adult audience
There's a great Stephen Universe Song about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; the Pixar movie Inside Out gives a good overview of emotions and their purposes, Vampire Therapist is for a more older-teen-to-adult audience
My current three favorite tools for thinking are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and there are getting to be more and more good-for-kids expressions of these things.
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My current three favorite tools for thinking are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and there are getting to be more and more good-for-kids expressions of these things.
So much legal talent in such a small retail store!
July 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So much legal talent in such a small retail store!
Dude, she's married, and I'm pretty sure she isn't gonna go off with some other guy besides her husband.
June 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dude, she's married, and I'm pretty sure she isn't gonna go off with some other guy besides her husband.
That's true. I am talking about the cats on one extreme of the bell curve. But the point is that that end of the bell curve exists, and that suggests stuff about the rest of the bell curve, too
May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
That's true. I am talking about the cats on one extreme of the bell curve. But the point is that that end of the bell curve exists, and that suggests stuff about the rest of the bell curve, too
Elsie and @maryrobinettekowal.com are the clearest example of this. Elsie will have a concept she wants Mary Robinette to understand, and the two of them will struggle for an hour until Mary Robinette understands. Or vice versa. They both are putting effort in, and meeting in the middle
May 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Elsie and @maryrobinettekowal.com are the clearest example of this. Elsie will have a concept she wants Mary Robinette to understand, and the two of them will struggle for an hour until Mary Robinette understands. Or vice versa. They both are putting effort in, and meeting in the middle