www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s... putting this here so I can find it again later lol I have some homework to do
Feeling overwhelmed by the AI doom loop? Here’s the essential reading list to make sense of it all
It’s a chaotic time in an industry that’s reshaping our lives – Guardian reporters and experts recommend the books that help explain how we got here, and where we’re headed
theguardian.com
I changed my profile pic so everybody could see Trixie blepping while tripping on a rad catnip strain
...ever notice that dogs have bigger vocabularies in people language than people have in dog language?
Dear Webpages: Stop with the popovers asking for my email address before I've even read more than the article headlines. Why would I subscribe before I know if I even like your stuff? And also why would I subscribe to someone who uses annoying popovers? Everyone knows you'll just sell the addresses
What if I picked a random super-niche corner of academia, chose a couple of scholars from it, made a bunch of sockpuppet social media accounts, and created an online alternate universe where people were OBSESSED with these superstar scholars, with the goal of tricking internet strangers into caring?
Meant to ask someone what mechanic worked on their car. Came out as "what car gym does your car work out at?"
I don't visit my parents *just* so I can follow their cat around, taking pictures of her to use for memes fatshaming her, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't right up there as a visit high point.
Walked into a journal store and discovered they'd put whatever I wanted on the cover of a little pocket-sized notebook. I proceeded to get silly #warhammer40k
Don't do your learning on tiktok or youtube short, kiddos. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Learning via short videos impairs memory accuracy and reduces brain synchrony - Communications Psychology
Across three experiments, memory performance for short versus long videos was compared. Findings indicate that while short videos enhance bottom-up attentional capture, they impair top-down processing...
nature.com
Throwback Tuesday (Thursday's on vacation) to one of the litters of bunnies that Duncan the Dog proudly raised #NotAStepDadADadWhoSteppedUp
www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026... Youth sports are badly broken.
Quiet crisis of scholastic sports: Kids who quit rather than be cut (Guest Opinion by Jim Vermeulen)
"Scholastic sports is a meritocratic system based on an elitist model," writes former coach. As the pressure to win grows, sports are no longer seen as a common good for education.
syracuse.com
Sometimes I tell a joke, laugh at it, think I'm the funniest person in the world, notice that nobody else is laughing, and note that I'm not just the funniest, I'm also the smartest person.
This pregnant bunny doesn't even pretend to be remotely afraid of humans or cars. The dog is gonna be delighted to have another bunny litter to babysit soon.
How unethical is it to walk around random neighborhoods taking pictures of other people's pets and posting them online tabloid style with lots of added drama? Like is it cool to do that to other people's pets, or only your own? And what about wild squirrels--god forbid I violate a squirrel's agency!
The endless push-pull between desire to clean up language (because classy/professional/intelligent/etc) and the desire to swear more because those words are funny
open.substack.com/pub/thehaunt... "...I don’t think any of us ever really knows the story that we are living in. Horror reminds us that what we think we know can become undone in any number of ways and through methods too awful to contemplate."
Why Horror is Personal: Phobias, Fate, and Tracy Wolff’s 'The Aftermyth'
Horror Thinking
open.substack.com
Barry likes tummy rubs. He is very orange, my favorite himbo cat
www.reuters.com/world/cash-s... Let's do some cocktail napkin math! "The service has reported net losses of $118 billion since 2007" 2026-2007= 19 years 118 billion/19 = ~6.2 billion 6.2 billion/342 million (roughly the population of the US) = ~$18.13 a person per year to run this public service
reuters.com
Guys. Guys. I just heard that for two nights in a row, a bear has been spotted only a few streets away from me. You and I both know what I must do. Tell my family I loved them, just not as much as I loved squishing the ears of a wild bear.
Ah tis the wonderful point in the year when there are white tufts floating in the air, and it's 50/50 if they are snow or pollen. Misery roulette, shivers or sneezes edition!
youtu.be/08Mhmd53xJI?... Most excited I've ever been fot a Hunt game change
Hunters are NOT ready for this | Hunt: Showdown 1896 Reveal
YouTube video by Hunt: Showdown
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I apologize that I haven't posted in a long time. I was very busy playing in a checkers tournament against lava monsters. I would tell you how I placed, except that would violate the contract I signed with ESPN-Zoo.
mulugetaagonafer.substack.com/p/a-warning-... Current US, Iran, Israel conflict contextualized by WWI and WWII. Powerful, dire warning, but not a hopeless/doomer piece. Now I really should get back to silly jokes and video game nonsense...
A Warning to the Leaders of the World: History, Power, and the Edge of Catastrophe
History rarely repeats itself in identical form, yet it often advances through recognizable patterns of blindness, ambition, and miscalculation.
mulugetaagonafer.substack.com
How my final round of this go-round of Dead by Daylight's 2v8 ended. Wraith had the cutest wiggle, and ghostface's satisfied nod at the end is just adorable. I wish 2v8 lasted longer/was a permanent mode
youtube.com/shorts/NfNbZ... lol the match starting sound is like a crowd cheering for Eddie's guitar solo
when Eddie times his solo perfectly #deadbydaylight #dbd
YouTube video by Punlandia
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I had a survival horror dream last night that ended with everyone surviving to find an enormous litter of adorable kittens
