It's alive! It's expressing its desires! Better apply for some venture capital.

May I ask what are the other four?

Go for it, I changed my default a while back when I ended up on the Discover tab.

Bachelor dinner: Linguine all'Amatriciana di Renata Scotto; Paper Airplane cocktail

The LCD screen of a bicycle GPS unit. Stats for the day's ride are showing. (Time: 1:31:51 Distance: 16.5 miles Avg Speed: 10.8 MPH Max Speed: 24.1 MPH Elevation: 745 ft ascent, 716 ft descent)

Back on my favorite bike route for the first time since July 2025.

It's all good, just earlier than I would prefer to be awake on a Saturday.

I regret not snagging a VT100 when my employer retired their VAX.

Note to self: When scheduling early-morning vet visits for Fido, remember to account for time to let his tranquilizers kick in before the visit.

a two panel meme panel 1 - geordi signalling 'no' with the text data centres and images of data centres Panel 2 - geordi signalling 'yes' with the text "data centaurs" and a crudely edited image of the character data from star trek pasted on top of a centaur

do you ever wake up at 3am and think "shit that's a good idea, I better write that down so I can share it later on"

The nonpartisan scribe will only accept submissions via telegraph.

Drop someone drinking

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

Happy 89th birthday to the first screwball character in cartoon history, Daffy Duck. That crazy, egoistical, darn-fooled looney duck was created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett in 1937, and remains one of the most popular #LooneyTunes characters ever.

The tech industry cannot keep provoking people by saying "we will take your jobs and replace them with sexually-available fembots for bosses" and not expect that to both define AI, and light the flames of a furious opposition.

Nuance will not cut through this kind of marketing.

(I should clarify, when I say "play" I mean in the orchestra, not the piano part.)

Getting ready to play it, and that was the first version I listened to

"And then Peter said to Him, 'But Rabbi, these people have not met their medical insurance deductibles.'"

Joke's on them; I am capable of doing equally little work whether the site is up or down.

If your toaster starts working like this website today, report it to us on SaferProducts.gov.

"Hey did you come up with a new signature cocktail for our menu?"
"Sure did, boss, really cheesy, just like you asked."

First day as an infrastructure engineer at Bluesky. They let me put a piece of bologna in the CD drive and nothing bad has happened so far

I once showed my son the famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and pointed out that his so-called shorts were longer than the knee breeches those men were wearing. (He was not amused.)

St Ambrose bars the Emperor Theodosius from communion at Milan Cathedral following the massacre of innocents in Thessalonika.
(Anthony Van Dyke, National Gallery, London)

Let’s call it a week guys, we did our best

I understand Pope fatigue (I was confirmed by a child molester) and to an extent it's a Let Them Fight situation but it's genuinely important and different that the Catholic Church, a major geopolitical actor with endless resources dating back millennia, is coming out hard against fascism this time

My vibe is tired after a long day at work.

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865)

Daria (1997-2002)

Jews and other minorities face similar levels of campus hostility, Brandeis survey finds The first academic survey assessing experiences nationally finds that Jewish, Black and Muslim students all face comparable negative attitudes from peers

This is one of the best studies I have seen on campus antisemitism, and it does not fully support either the "all campus antisemitism is a right-wing false flag to shut down protest" or "Jews have it so much worse on campus than other minorities" narratives. forward.com/news/818719/...

Area studies are too esoteric, but a “constitutional center” attempting to manufacture a rationale to end birthright citizenship is vital.

Ben Affleck, standing with his eyes closed, and looking like the cigarette he's holding in his right hand is the only thing keeping him from nuking the planet