I feel sad for all of us fans of the characters and the man himself, but as someone who watches the TNG bloopers whenever I’m feeling down, I’m feeling for those who worked with him and knew him. They all got along so great and must be gutted.
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Inventor the first corn maze made entirely out of creamed corn. Early bedtime. Cries while watching nerd shows. Has eaten more than one bug, not always on purpose.
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Republicans should have to answer for Elon Musk
The Republican Party's single largest donor is also a deranged white supremacist whose foray into government killed hundreds of thousands of people. And yet, the press is totally uninterested in making Republicans answer for their connection to him. What's up with that? ... You can listen to this channel as a podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/takes™/id6803575455 If you want more of my work you can read me over at the New York Times or subscribe to my podcast Unclear and Present Danger on the political and military thrillers of the 1990s. https://www.nytimes.com/by/jamelle-bouie https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unclear-and-present-danger/id1592411580 You can also find me at: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbouie/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jamellebouie
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"amplify your people" is 100% the best strategy
Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com · 4d agoI’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
If you’re invited to a Halloween party and the invite says “Costumes optional” that means you can go nude, right? Need an answer within the next hour.
This Week in Apple: Open and shut reviews (Member) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/10/this-week-in-apple-open-and-shut-reviews/
Is this on purpose to get you to click on it? What the fuck are we even doing?
I can’t believe we’re still arguing over whether X is for jerks: https://lexontech.org/i-cant-believe-were-still-arguing-over-whether-x-is-for-jerks
I can’t believe we’re still arguing over whether X is for jerks
That Barack Obama posts on X doesn’t mean it’s a good place. He’s not having conversations.
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Name 2 Films: one overrated, one underrated. Overrated: The English Patient Underrated: The Core (I wasn’t gonna play this one but these were the first two that popped into my head and I enjoyed the combination.)
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w agoName 2 Films: one overrated, one underrated.
Nothing cooler than hearing your back crack while dancing around the kitchen to “No Diggity”.
We got not one but two copies of a super-glossy, bogus “magazine” that was just ad copy for local businesses in the mail, one addressed to “Occupant” and one to “Resident”. My wife and I both concurred that she was “Resident” and I was “Occupant”.
I have heard some defend people going back to X by saying yeah but Zuckerberg is just as bad as Musk so are you going to leave Facebook and Instagram, too?! I actually did years ago but regardless I truly believe that Musk is demonstrably the worst person who is also CEO of a major tech company.
Simon Marks@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2w agoOh.
This Week in Apple: The pre-order thrill is gone (Member) https://sixcolors.com/member/2026/10/this-week-in-apple-the-pre-order-thrill-is-gone/
Love how after any power outage a bunch of devices will complain about having been “shut down improperly”. Asshole, you slept through the whole thing! I had to live it!
I can have some cookies because I haven’t had a treat all day other than the secret chocolates I keep in my office but no one knows about those so they don’t count.
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Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.
Andy@andyoregon.bsky.social · 2w ago“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
“Then there’s the bigger argument behind John’s question: You can’t avoid every bad billionaire, so why bother avoiding this one? Take that seriously and it’s an argument for never doing anything at all.”
Lex Friedman@lexfri.xyz · 3w agoA few more thoughts on why embracing X is wrong: https://lexontech.org/a-few-more-thoughts-on-why-embracing-x-is-wrong
X is bad, though: https://lexontech.org/x-is-bad-though
X is bad, though
I admire John Gruber. I think he’s a great writer. I think he’s smart as hell. He’s annoyingly funny, too. I am impressed and inspired by his success with both Daring Fireball and The Talk Show. I get excited when John links to one of my apps or articles.…
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Today I want to talk about my favorite dummymanders. In a dummymander, the geniuses behind the map have cut margins too close, and create vulnerabilities for themselves. tl;dr: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Here are four states that took it too far - and where you can make a difference.
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Cetacean Ops Runs on Raktajino - Mother Blackbird
GLORY TO YOU AND YOUR (MAXWELL) HOUSE, or is it TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE…from too much caffeine! Either way. This is what happens when you leave me unsupervised with Photoshop, a silly idea, and access to the internet. Print on demand means no environmental waste if nobody else thinks this is as …
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Six Colors Podcast: October surprises, silenced AirTags, and new Kindles
October surprises, silenced AirTags, and new Kindles
New podcast: With Jason doing twelve straight hours of podcasting, Dan is joined by John Moltz to discuss a possible October event, AirTag silencing, and new Kindles.
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Yes and it's when the true customer became the investor.
The Trandalorian@charliejaneanders.com · 4w agoI really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.
A reminder that you could be using the office copier to make these amazing zines that help people overcome barriers to voting. They’ll never know. howtovote.tips
How to Vote / Cómo Votar
A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.
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Looking forward to Spotify removing all TV review podcasts for infringing on the shows they review by talking about them.