Denis *B*L*M*

@quaidrayn.bsky.social

Geek, fanboy, husband and one of those rare and elusive males in ECE. Loves board games, drawing and most of all, his wife and kids. Tax corporations. Outlaw billionaires. ACAB He/Him

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Okay, I am going to tell a little story. It's one I have saved for the last couple years, almost nobody knows about it. But it lives in my heart. I don't know how others will feel about it, maybe something, maybe nothing. It's about the Uncanny X-Men. 1/

Uncanny X-Men cover by David Marquez

IT'S 👏HER👏BIRTHDAY 👏 23 years ago today, the X-Men Evolution episode "X-23" premiered - Laura's first appearance! Her creators, Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, went on to write an in-depth back story for her in the comics and brought her New X-Men volume 2.

X-23 from the X-Men Evolution episode "X-23"

everyone has forgotten that the major fuel shock from the attack on Iran is a delayed reaction that should hit around... August the AI bubble is going to burst and cause a crash worse than 2008 the last El Niño at this scale caused years of drought we are not prepared for any of this

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.