Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

still not really here, but i can't break tradition. so here's the boy, and this, i guess, is 40.

not really here. it's only enabling my delusions - it always did, but i used to love that. i'm sorry to anyone i've hurt or disappointed. i'm not my best self. i might be back when i figure out who that is.

only when the skywhale is in town... otherwise the most eldritch thing you're likely to see here is peter dutton trying to smile. but i'm super excited to share a municipality with you, even briefly!

knuckle tats:

G I V E U P

a change is as good as a rest, right

Vladimir: Well, shall we log off?
Estragon: Yes, let's log off.

[They do not log off.]

march goals: diminish and go into the west

Wow! Editors Canada is making a new Canadian dictionary based on the Nelson Gage Canadian Paperback Dictionary.

I worked on the Nelson Canadian Dictionary as a student. We didn’t know which name for the $2 coin would win out, and the entry on Nunavut was in the future tense. It’s been a while, eh?

it is extremely hard to get it up to write fiction when the entire world is just the emotional equivalent of a pulled fire alarm shrieking in the hallway outside your door at all times and the landlords are like "oh yeah just ignore it, it's fine"

The absurdity of existence is beautiful

Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say

Moon Lander is all of us!

this is so obvious to me, because do you know how hard it is to [find/become] a good editor?????? really hard! why the fuck would anyone think that's a good thing for a bot to do? there's nothing mechanical about it!!

Opinion | Here’s how to get free Paxlovid as many times as you need it There’s a terrific new program for free Paxlovid, but many people don’t know about it.

Gift link: how to get free Paxlovid in the US as many times as you need: wapo.st/49z3ocf

Save money this Valentine's Day by being unlovable

I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise - Uncanny Magazine “This green-gold city will embrace you/ Take you out of time and erase you/ And for one brief moment you will let her/ For one night only you’ll be hers” —Bess Morris, “For One Night Only,” 1924 The A...

"An Experiment in Modern Music," the concert at which George Gershwin debuted the tribute to our metropolitan madness known as "Rhapsody in Blue," took place a hundred years ago tonight.
Here's my weird @uncannymagazine.bsky.social story that kicks off there.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/freq...

oh, australian grocery ownbrand salsa would like a word

i can tell you where i got the world's best coasters, if you need more and also to retain any hope for humanity

we have a lot to blame the english academics who built our junkheap language for

oof, holy shit. sending good thoughts.

Goodnight.

The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books by Rachel A. Rosen and Zilla Novikov || Food you can make so you don't die.

Might help - traumbooks.itch.io/the-sad-bast...
`Life is hard. Some days are at the absolute limit of what we can manage. Some days are worse than that. Eating—picking a meal, making it, putting it into your facehole—can feel like an insurmountable challenge. '

Written by and for no spoons people.

a Palestine sunbird holds red poppies in their beak next to the text RIGHT TO EXIST. a Palestine crocodile (a subspecies of the Nile, now extinct thanks to occupying forces) guards a shining key next to the text RIGHT TO RETURN. a Palestinian olive tree, full of fruit is next to the text RIGHT TO RESIST. a Palestinian family of five, all embracing each other next to the text RIGHT TO REMAIN.

ever since learning that the national bird of 🍉, the p❤️lestine sunbird survived a name change attempt… & that occupiers drove a subspecies of crocodile endemic to the region to extinction… I couldn’t get this image out of my head. a ceasefire is the bare minimum. but let’s start there.

I don’t know who needs to read this, but please unfollow me right now if you think

- there are “reasonable concerns” about trans people
- “the trans debate” is “complicated”
- that trans people should have their rights limited in any way.

None of this is negotiable. “Yes but” me and I’ll block.

1. nope, never even seen one available for sale, suspect it's best analysed in the class of State Fair Food Stunt Monstrosities; 2. hubris? i'm going with hubris

A diagram of the trolley problem titled IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) Presents: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION The illustration shows a trolley on a forking track. On one line five people are tied to the track, on the side track one person is tied to the track. The trolley has passed halfway across the tracks point of intersection. Off to the side a person manning a switch lever gives the viewer a thumbs up. Text beside an arrow pointing at the track intersection reads: "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt. Thank a rail worker today!

Wobbly memes rule.

Sometimes when I’m having a particularly lousy day, I say “Computer, end program.” You know, just in case.

Please enjoy “Konzertshtick for Two Violins mit Orchestra” with Itzhak Perlman and John Williams conducting.