yall are gonna hear me say this a lot so here goes again: make plans to vote in person, and do it as early as possible. literally make turnout this election too big to steal.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

This is the single biggest physics discovery of my entire lifetime. Or something's wrong with one of the cables. One of the two

Michael Greshko@michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 4d ago

BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

are you a texas voter? check your registration. check it now.

🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋@sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · last wk.

More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended. The deadline to update one’s voter registration in time for the election in Texas is Oct. 5. 🔄

The U.S. depends on Canada for 75% of its imported primary aluminum, covering 60%of its yearly usage, the association says. With 50% tariffs in place, American industries, not Canadian smelters, will bear the brunt of the financial pain, as U.S. manufacturers face soaring production costs.

Most of U.S. aluminum comes from Canada. Industry says ‘good luck’ replacing it

Canada’s aluminum industry is not worried about U.S. tariffs continuing into the new year.

bnnbloomberg.ca

You can just say "No, shut up." You can. It really is that simple. He can't make you.

MapQuest@mapquest.com · last wk.

We’re not changing it.

A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and ‌China's Tibet. Initial report say it may have been caused by a glacial lake rupture.

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who are proud to have a library card.

What the FUCK

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Breaking: Trump announces the US will now be siding with North Korea and Kim Jong Un instead of the democratic South Korea. “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea...”

genius

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3w ago

trying to learn about audio equipment and intentionally looking for stores with one star reviews so i know the person at the shop is an enthusiast and not a businessperson

Europe went dark, North America caught the magic, and the skies put on an absolute show! 🌑✨ Did you catch yesterday’s incredible solar eclipse? Drop your photos and experiences below! 👇📸 Here are some of the best taken by NASA photographers across the globe #SolarEclipse

I found the coolest AI stickers at defcon

Micah Lee@micahflee.com · 2mo ago

I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo

"okay but even if the vaccines are no longer 'recommended', people can still get them!" yeah so lemme tell you which vaccines american insurance will pay for. recommended ones

FRED ARMISEN gives a brilliant impression of Diana Ross’ drummer performing the intro of “I’m Coming Out” like it’s the first time he’s ever heard it. Love it.

I’ve been doing all sorts of schematics and symbols (hand-drawn, of course). So many cool ones. (My first was the classic 555 astable circuit) This one came up during Valentine’s Day, as in “You put the ‘darling’ in…’ haha Do you have a fave circuit you’d wear?

SmallRun@smallrun.bsky.social · 4w ago

Listed on SmallRun — Hand-drawn Darlington Pair Transistor Symbol Tee by Grey and Slate, Haberdashers (@greyandslate.bsky.social). → https://smallrun.net/shop/grey-and-slate-haberdashers/cool-engineer-gift-transistor-symbol

what happens when you barely step on your pets tail?

since oscilloscope graphics are doing the rounds again, here's some photos from that time a few years ago when I built a gizmo to show dril tweets (and assorted other nonsense) on my ancient Tek 466

Yesterday, in Oregon, we heard a very distinct Red Tailed Hawk cry, over and over. But, then, we saw that it was actually a Steller's jay mimicking one. Amazingly good mimic; we checked and it even fooled Merlin.

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn just added a “seems like AI slop” button to report posts that don’t feel human-written. It’s part of a broader push to get rid of AI slop on LinkedIn www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button

It’s also removing an AI “enhance” feature.

theverge.com

A friend sent me an image of the Saturnian moon Daphnis that was clearly AI and I’m so flipping angry because these are REAL pics of Daphnis YOU DON’T HAVE TO AI SPACE IT IS ALREADY FUCKING AMAZING AHHH

Love this visualization of the 6502 instruction set. May you JMP for joy as you digest this ;) #retrocomputing #coding

“Daylight Saving” and “Sunshine Protection” are deceits. Restore permanent Standard Time for more honest time-keeping.

i had no idea this would become so literal

oops, i cloned another sound card! this is the Beavis Ultrasound, an open source clone of the Gravis Ultrasound PnP. yes, i know there are already clones of this card, but mine provides the full schematic and matches the original board layout. github.com/schlae/Beavi...