GubbWerks in Exile
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Queer Trekkie Old Dude on a strange and difficult path. Erklärbär. I practice Buddhism because I'm terrible at it. Autistic as a motherf***er. I love humans, all of them, but humanity is a constant disappointment.
Get it right: he's a Cold War relic and life-long Republican turned flack for fiscal conservatives. Like if the Duga radar array bought a blazer.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · yesterdayI am not a lifelong pundit. I realize Google is very expensive to use but
To the best of my knowledge, neither Martin Eberhard or Marc Tarpenning (the college-educated real engineers who founded Tesla) were, or are, coked-up antisemites. The ignorant non-engineer hairplugged venture-capitalist that used slave-mine money to buy them out 100% is, though.
ℳatt@matttomic.bsky.social · yesterday
In other news, ISN has just learned that JMS/Babylon 5's YouTube channel is putting the episodes up over there. Like, you can just look at them. youtu.be/GLbathheWl0
Midnight on the Firing Line | S1 E1 | Babylon 5
YouTube video by Babylon 5
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I've been dunking on notable shit-heel Ken Jennings pretty consistently (and, imho, hilariously) ever since his transphobic punching-down and PR & marketing-crafted ass-cover, and I stay unblocked. Me, a cis white dude. Funny, considering how many blocks I know he's been tossing out...
Personal opinion, but Batman: Caped Crusader is the best comic book media of any kind I've seen in at least a decade. Not to downplay Superman, Doom Patrol, WandaVision, what-have-you, but holy ****.
"This seems to be getting traction and I like the money my job gives me, so I've decided to backtrack after doubling down and showing my whole ass. Again. Like the wheelchair thing. Or the terminally ill thing. I care deeply whenever it might cost me money." Saved you some time there.
Without downloading new pics, what is it like dating you?
ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️🌈@ryanthomasriddle.com · 4d agoWithout downloading new pics, what is it like dating you?
Fork the Daily Mail with a garden weasel, seriously, but even more so today.
We are inundated with things that bring grief and rage and sometimes it is difficult to hold all of them. But what you can do (in fact, what you are required to do as as a human being living in proximity to other human beings) is to refrain from mocking the struggles of a group at existential risk.
Hank and John Green are just Jake and Logan Paul for registered Democrats.
Unfortunately, France has been eliminated. On the up-side, England has also been eliminated, meaning I can now completely stop caring.
A former police officer is tasked with arranging four retirement parties.
SailorSoapbox 💙@sailorsoapbox.com · 3w agoA scientist tries to hang a clock, but instead hits his head.
Someone in my family asked "what did you get up to today" and I responded "I was sad." Sometimes that's the whole answer, people. No energy to do anything else.
FDR would stand up and slap the asshole out of this dipstick, and that's a low bar. jfc.
@collie.bsky.social · 3w agoYeah I want to stop wasting money on rural hospitals when there are people in cities who need help too
Torn between my desire to see England get trounced and my desire to specifically see them get trounced by France: a Football Story.
Now that it's essentially self-destructed for a time, my candidate for the next Doctor is Anna Samson of "Return to Paradise." This is a sound proposition.
Every day I struggle between the two sexy alien men in my head that more-or-less explain my entire character. This is not a particularly good day/month/year for my G'Kar side.
Star Trek Garak: Expect the Worst
Alt: Elim Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) seated in front of a large panel of high-tech screens in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is saying "I always hope for the best. Experience, unfortunately, has taught me to expect the worse."
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“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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The last chance the US had to course correct ended on the 11th of August, 1868. Every subsequent capitulation to the vilest among us can be traced to people not listening to the Great Commoner.
Hey, look, we were right to "purity test" people. Again. I'd be more upset if I didn't know that the Democratic Party is a lost cause for actual progress, and that no amount of center-left mayors ignoring trans kids is going to save it.
There are MASSIVE storms in my area and godless willing they will continue and ruin every asinine event for today. Had to put up with CPTSD-a-palooza last night and have run out of civility.
No 'Star Wars'. No 'Star Trek'. name a Favourite Sci-Fi Franchise. Faith...manages.
Runa@utterrunacy.bsky.social · last mo.No 'Star Wars'. No 'Star Trek'. name a Favourite Sci-Fi Franchise. So say we all!
Since it's coming up at the moment: It's Disability Pride Month. Use alt-text for all images. You have no excuse not to. DO NOT disappoint Uncle Gubbins.
I have been duly designated by the conglomerate of Dogs, Cats, Opossums, and Nervous Little Guys to remind you to be extra nice to us this weekend, while the Unrepentant Slaver Agglomeration celebrates itself by traumatizing war veterans and wasting gunpowder (as is the style at the time).