this sort of thing has also prompted a massive influx of US scientists to Anglo countries which has displaced many native researchers or would be researchers.

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

looks like a twilight golf after party

the plan is to kill everyone else i.e. non MAGA so this makes sense to them

the latest pop os is very nice. I delayed upgrading but probably should have much earlier

poetry or docker is your friend(s)

Graph showing happiness rankings with Finland and Iceland at the top. Big drop in happiness for US, Canada and Britain, which is at the bottom, among the countries shown

World happiness rankings, as reported in The Economist, noting the poor showing by Anglophones countries.

OK, I had some real fun improving this...

I'm THIS close to leaving the public cloud for good. Only one more account remains, and the migration is going well

reality is woke

say what you want but he's a fucking good communicator

Headline (Daily Mail, sorry): Trump says he's 'not afraid' of Vietnam-style ground combat in Iran

Sir good luck when do you ship out

Women and girls are taking Grok to court over sexualized AI deepfakes A new lawsuit filed Monday joins two others centered around nonconsensual explicit images allegedly made by the AI chatbot.

We have hit a critical mass of lawsuits against xAI for Grok's generation of sexualized deepfakes, imo 19thnews.org/2026/03/wome...

how many British actors? yes

Good to hear about AT

Gotta have sun to grow tomatoes in Melbourne

I'm in Sri Lanka and my mother in law made this beautiful kulfi

Get ready to take up arms when they invade little buddy. Godspeed.

Reminded me of Fred Lowen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lo...
The chairs are great if you ever run into a pair

The Thomas Mann read is going so well.

Skills Dilina, skills

I did the same just now. No luck. Likely exists outside the Internet which is always exciting (and frustrating)

I started a new job, it's challenging but I have the confidence level of both of the current American presidents so I should be good.

Hey this sounds cool but unfortunately I don't remember anything like this :(
Sorry!

SOON

Boox

An article from The Onion featuring a humorous headline about an SUV shopper's preference for safety in accidents: “Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident”. The image shows a smiling woman driving an SUV.

So many replies like this

Fantastic to see Leonard and Hungry Paul on the 2024 bestseller list at @trumanbooks.bsky.social almost six years on from its release.

Independent bookshops have been the book's patron saints from the very start 💛

The Collected Short Stories of Roberto Bolaño (new hardback collection)

part of the contents of The Collected Short Stories of Roberto Bolaño

Got my filthy paws on the new complete(?) collected Bolaño stories. I've included the contents list of the "new" stories here for people like me who already have LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH/THE RETURN/THE INSUFFERABLE GAUCHO--there's about 140p of new stuff.

Massive rabbit hole I should probably avoid!