The rubes won't fleece themselves, Manda

Your handle is valid to me.

They're going to run the Oaks in the dark? Can we have nothing nice?

Fixed this :)

As a non-ironic lover of "Rascals" (TNG Season 6, Episode 7) —I was just the right age to enjoy it in its original airing — "Captain Potter" is one of my favorite TGG eps.

Them: Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the society that made it possible
Me: Ah yes Silicon Valley *should* pay more taxes
Them: Not like that

Sorry, you’re telling me that something that doesn’t feel pain, doesn’t have lactic acid build up, doesn’t need adequate hydration or electrolytes, doesn’t need to pee, and doesn’t get tired is only 6 minutes faster than humans?

you’ve fucked up a perfectly good Roomba.

You don't want to Arte-miss the opportunity!

Buster Keaton is cooked

Many students who participated in the NWC REU are now in positions of stature within atmospheric science. The costs accrued over the cancelled participants’ futures and the future of our discipline writ large are incalculable.

I cannot express how sad I was when they moved to Galena. I'm not sure I watched Thunder in person since. I keep meaning to return to the homeland for it at some point and I keep not doing it.

Hell. Have I become a millennial boomer?

Growing up in Floyds Knobs, I had a friend who lived in a house with a big window that looked directly over downtown. There was no better place to go for Thunder.

Me yesterday: I'm going to get so much writing done on Saturday
Me today: I will do nothing of the sort

Oh no!

I regret to inform you that Oprah is at it again.

How often do you have to remove a literal Tim Walz?

The one they call "Gitche Gumee", yes.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who understand what "We are holding our own" means and those who don't know that the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down.

We all have days like this

this is just to say

I have had an issue
fetching the posts
that were
on the timeline

and which you
were probably
hoping
to doomscroll

forgive me
the takes were so hot
and so
rate limited

It will get published in The New Yorker

I'm *very* excited to report that we got initial funding and have hired our first Rust maintainers!

RustNL's Rust Maintainers Team starts out with two full time maintainers, one intern, and five part-time maintainers, now stably employed to continue their work on Rust! 🎉

rustnl.org/maintainers/

It takes me back to the good ol' Fail Whale days.

PyPI has completed its second audit - The Python Package Index Blog We are proud to announce PyPI's second external security audit.

🔎🔐 PyPI has completed its second external #security audit! Thanks to @sovereign.tech for funding, Trail of Bits for the audit, and Alpha-Omega for supporting rapid remediation. Find the full report on the Trail of Bits publication page. #Python #PyPI

I normally take a "hell yeah, push the boundaries!" sort of guy when it comes to Weird Foods™, but the person who thought this one up needs help.

Book review: Good Intentions

I received a free copy of the audiobook through a randomized giveaway on StoryGraph. I did not receive any compensation for this review. Twins have a connection that the rest of us can't understand. So when your twin dies unexpectedly, what happens? For Cady, it's a…

My adult life is not nearly as consumed by adding fabric softener at the appropriate part of the wash cycle as the TV commercials of my childhood had prepared me for.

I watered the flowers out front so that it would rain and it hasn't rained. I want a refund on my meteorology degree. #INwx

Wait did someone say mystery swag?

Yes, that was me, but only if you are staying at a PyCon US Official Hotel.

Stay in the conference hotel. You'll miss more than you know if you don't.
#PyConUS 2026 | Long Beach, CA

Book in the official hotel block: us.pycon.org/2026/venue/hotels/

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