A halfling monk miniature, painted with purple skin and green hair, holding a quarterstaff. Printed on a Bambu A1 in eSun PLA+.

A gnome wizard. Printed on a Bambu A1 in eSun PLA+.

A human fighter with a big ass axe. Printed on a Bambu A1 in eSun PLA+.

D&D miniatures for my group (mostly my kids and kids of friends and neighbours), printed up on my Bambu A1. Except for the gnome's hat, which I sculpted in green stuff, because that's what was asked for, and I aim to oblige.

Some real chowerheads in Canada have been spreading the idea that Mexico is on the cusp of getting some mythical tariff-free side deal with Trump, insisting that Ottawa needs to go cap-in-hand to avoid getting left out.

Meanwhile:

i think it goes under-analyzed the extent to which tech bros and finance bros effectively merged around the start of the 2020s

and, as a result, a lot of the tech industry has muscled out actual tech—or even technical knowledge—in favor of wall street douches, but with silicon valley flavoring

I'm staying up to finish watching the game and you're putting in Hoffman to close, I assume because you want me to suffer?

Incorrect.

The Canadian government has to allocate 0.13% of government spending to continue to provide this service to Canadians.

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

"But Carney said X, Y, Z!"

The CF-18 fleet will be done, kaput, headed toward aerospace museums across the country in 2032.

If you want to reduce your F-35 buy and go with Gripens, especially Gripens built in Canada, you need to decide, like, now.

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

I miss one inning, smh

A must read

Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

Rewatching For All Mankind and I'm at the finale of season 2 and (no spoilers) I love how the Marines just Marine the fuck out of their problems (complementary)

A black screenshot of a twitter post in white text with the following message: "I was extremely upset on a family vacation once and i asked my brother how he drags so calm and he said that he tries not to think about anything that isn't boobs or swords and every day I try to live up to that example"

emotional vulnerability kicking in late at night? 1) go lie down 2) remember this post

Seems intense

Noah Wyle speaking about THE PITT the same way I used to hear Battalion Commanders speak about the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Steph Smith: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problem, without even needing to submit it.

AI folks have now discovered “thinking”

Coral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point | Jason Momoa At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment

Coral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point | Jason Momoa

Exactly one year ago today:

If you take nothing else from the war in Ukraine, take this.

@realfollowers.bsky.social

Why is the sky blue? YouTube video by xkcd's What If?

Why is the sky blue?

Watch the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!

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Remember: don't anthropomorphize billionaires.

The sycophancy of LLMs is what billionaires get from the people around them, constantly and without interruption. Will habitual interaction with LLMs make normal people act more like billionaires? Which is to say, like shallow inhuman monsters? Unpleasant thought.

"Balls to the walls" derives from the Old English "Manparts to the ramparts".

Black women calculating orbits, Deaf students with damaged vestibular systems. Fuck, it's like this stuff is so fucking hard we need EVERYBODY.

Imagine if we could find a way to let everybody do their best all at the same time?

Cheers to the Gallaudet 11. Cheers to us all.

The entire fake ceasefire gambit, and it absolutely was a gambit, bought them about a week of elevated but not terrifying oil prices

Kids should not be using social media. There is no way for the government to prevent that without massively infringing and threatening everyone's rights, especially vulnerable people. Both of these things are true.

The better answer is for parents to be fucking parents.

One last point: When governments talk about "age verification," they also mean "identity verification"

So even if you're 55 years old, you will be virtually carded and all your social media activity will be linked to your identity. That means no online anonymity and raises privacy issues for adults

STATEMENT OF VALUES DEATH PLASTIC IS AN INCLUSIVE, PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF THE MINIATURE HOBBY SCENE. THERE IS ZERO TOLERANCE IN THIS PUBLICATION OR ITS COMMUNITY FOR HATE. THIS ISN’T LIKE THE GAMES WORKSHOP ONE WHERE THEY SAY IT WHILE MARKETING FASCIST STORMTROOPERS TO KIDS AS HEROIC FIGURES, I ACTUALLY FUCKING MEAN IT. DEATH PLASTIC STANDS WITH THE MARGINALIZED AND THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. IF YOU’RE A FUCKING NAZI CHUD, YOU’LL BE SHOWN THE GODDAMN DOOR. CHEERS. DEATH PLASTIC

Just to be clear.