I'm sure I can't be the only person who can't read a news article or whatever about the sun without singing They Might Be Giants
R Francis Smith (he/him) 🇺🇦
@rfrancissmith.com
Systems analyst for academic department. Not as sexy as it sounds. Spouse is, though. We have adult kids. Because we're old. https://linktr.ee/rfrancissmith #BlueDot #D4DJ #RWBY #RvB #DoA #Marvel #Zelazny #SCA #LoTR #Linux #GNC #MUD #bringbackLJinterests
Colleague didn't join a call but I had Gemini Notes switched on and it the transcript caught me talking to the cat.
I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1
Donate to Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense, organized by Ash Chudgar
Awesome update: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so t… Ash Chudgar needs your support for Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense
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I am not Canadian but @genevrael.bsky.social is and she completely rules so Canada is great QED
Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 2d agoAlso - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture. Music, art, film, TV. Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
www.aviatorgear.com/search.aspx?... I wear mine on a black felt wizard’s hat
Search results for "Cyberspace" at Aviator Gear
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All other matters aside, an eventual Angie Nixon Presidency would _really_ mess with future students.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Lili Yochana@liliyo.bsky.social · 4d agoStop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
John Rogers@johnrogers.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
Who could possibly have foreseen this, except everyone (🧵)
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 5d agoNEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...
I bought a bunch at the same time (and from the same person) as my first player. But I can tell you The Wall was the highlight of the bunch.
The old internet@theoldinternet.bsky.social · last wk.44 years ago today, the first CD was produced. What is the first CD you owned?
Fun fact, I discovered today that I've passed the out of pocket maximum on my health insurance. It's August. Yes, it's good news in a number of ways, but it also says a bit about my medical costs this year, doesn't it?
Well, I really expect the worst these days, but I wasn't expecting Thirst Trap Nancy Mace worst
Contemplating some of these polls and how ostracism originally worked
A house we called The Commune where some of the local Rocky Horror shadow actors lived and the rest of us went to hang out after the midnight showing. I slept on the waterbed there more than once, usually next to several others. Those were the days. Also where I first heard Tom Lehrer. Just saying.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · last wk.Name a place from your youth you miss.
Hey remember when the media and gop freaked out when bill clinton spoke to the attorney general for five seconds?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you Pleased to meet you, I'm whiskey and cinnamon schnapps
Lili Yochana@liliyo.bsky.social · 2w agoIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm mysteriously missing iron
Reading this message gave me some idea of what a stroke might feel like.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2mo agoKraken has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of Bonk due to an ongoing incident affecting the token, according to its website.
The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w agoIs this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now.
If you tell me she wasn't a celeb then we have beef
Sarah Jane Gif
Alt: Sarah Jane Smith
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w agoName your first celeb crush.
LRT: I'm voting for @cyndimunsonok.bsky.social for governor. That is among the reasons why.
Yesterday I stopped some strangers in the Walmart aisle and asked if these price tags were paper or electronic. “I think they’re paper?” I told them to look closer.
I don't know if I could get any more exasperated by the idea that the only metric of success is infinite growth forever but could we please not find out
@gailsimone.bsky.social Apologies if you already saw this, but: www.humblebundle.com/books/godzil... That's a lot of Godzilla. And for Make-A-Wish (partly)!
Humble Comics Bundle: Godzilla: Kaiju Rampage by IDW
Dive into this kaiju-sized bundle of 30 Godzilla comic collections! Pay what you want and support the Make-A-Wish Foundation!
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I speculate there's a constitutional issue with this, but really, couldn't we make it illegal to ask me for money if I'm already donating automatically monthly to you?
Rereading Neuromancer and the Dixie Flatline stuff at the start of chapter six is giving me those "why did Gibson know the future" chills yet again