Say what you will about the global geopolitical landscape, we made it to August 4, 2026 without the nuclear war Ray Bradbury predicted in There Will Come Soft Rains. I'm taking that as a win today.

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ME: okay, kiddo, I hope you have a great week at sumer camp! KID: don't you mean "summer" camp? UR-NAMMU: construction of the great ziggurat begins at first light ME: your counselor seems nice

something that's very hard for today's kids to understand: * there were only a few major brands of chewing gum * everyone knew all of them * each had its own banging anthem, whose words we still know * every one of these brands of gum fucks, to this day

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My kid asked me about my job in advertising back in the day and she asked if I wrote songs for commercials and it got my wife and me on to a nostalgic trip. Anyway. By FAR the gum ads had the best jingles. Like all of them were fire. Here's a tiny thread. Juicy Fruit WHUPPED BATMANS ASS with this

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Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

Daylight saving time gives us more light at the end of the day to enjoy spring and summer activities, but it can have a negative impact on our health.

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These videos from the Cambridge Schola where they take random menus and announcements and set them to Anglican chant are my favorite thing right now.

I’ll just take this one thanks

I propose a full featured CLI for Drupal core. This is Drush's final act. We are so close. Lets make it happen. weitzman.github.io/blog/drush-f...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Then and now.

Dave Jorgenson@davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

“Nobel Peace Prize” as a tangible object (concrete) vs. an institutional designation (abstract): good moment for teaching the ubiquitous linguistic phenomenon of polysemy

Happy 25th anniversary to Drupal. I build it w/ many of you & loved every minute. In honor, I present weitzman.github.io/drupal25-tim... @klau.si @gknaddison.bsky.social @walkah.social @ksenzee.bsky.social @outlandishjosh.bsky.social @webchick.bsky.social @quicksketch.org @merlinofchaos.bsky.social

Hours after the U.S. invaded Venezuela to seize President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump sent a warning to the governments of Mexico, Cuba and Colombia that their countries could be next. www.axios.com/2026/01/03/t...

Trump signals more Latin American invasions could be next after capturing Maduro

"Something's going to have to be done with Mexico," Trump told Fox and Friends.

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Sauron's security was defeated by two hobbits, who entered undetected through an unlocked backdoor, armed only with two swords and a flashlight

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 8mo ago

Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.

Maybe NOAA could hire some of those meteorologists back now? Please?

For all y'all getting in the Advent spirit, my parish's choir just released an album of carols, featuring some interstitial music composed by our extremely talented music director. Check it out! ⚓ open.spotify.com/album/4QmDSq...

Evermore & Evermore: Carols from St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco

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It looks like voters are angry with Republicans. They will consider voting for Democrats or won't vote. It would be a shame not to nominate a Democrat for every open position. The Democratic Party has the power to reduce qualification fees for first time candidates. Do it and fundraise on it.

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1. DNS lookups for both URLs to see if they resolve to the same IP 2. If either DNS lookup fails, do a case-insensitive textual comparison of the URLs 3. If that fails, check if they're both null 4. If that fails, then they're not equal.

◻◊Happy@stupidcomputer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If you want a real laugh, look at how Java checks urls for equality.

oddly specific

I love being in trans-inclusive spaces even as a regrettably cis person

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

On this #NationalComingOutDay: we’re glad we can say that there is a place in the Episcopal Church for us to be our whole selves, wondrously made as we are. For history, connection, and resources, this page is a good place to start: www.episcopalchurch.org/organization... ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Trouble viewing? Click to view stream mirror. ON THIS PAGE For decades, LGBTQ+ Episcopalians and allies have worked to make The Episcopal Church a place of belonging and inclusion. We have prayed, stu...

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Anyway, my only actual comment on Charlie Kirk's death is the same as my comment on today's school mass shooting is the same as my comment on the assassination of Melissa Hortman and her husband is the same as my comment on-- m.youtube.com/watch?v=CG4Y...

If It Were Up to Me

YouTube video by Cheryl Wheeler - Topic

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EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS infuriating, deplorable account of what one trans woman in the U.K. has gone through as a result of the country's shifting laws (particularly as they have moved toward explicit hatred this year). Just read it. My God.

Sarah has a suggestion@goatsarah.org · 12mo ago

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

My kid, whose cégep campus (Vanier) abuts that of a Francophone cégep, St.-Laurent: "You can tell where the border is between the two, because the flyers advocating communist revolution switch from French to English."

what I tell you three times is true

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I have now said this to you three times. Stop evangelizing your one neat trick for fungal infection, completely random dosages of completely random chemicals, injecting bleach and powdered insects, and lead poisoning (to use a small sampling of what the people I know have found).

AI is really good at faking empathy and since that’s often a part of therapy, people might think it’s working. But if it tells you what you want to hear, it enforces a false reality and can make you literally psychotic. A good tip is if a therapist (AI or human) never challenges you, get a new one.

Martha Crawford@whatashrinkthinks.com · last yr.

How about this: It isn’t empathy if it isn’t between living creatures.