Who could have predicted?

The Great Controversy (book) - Wikipedia

Here is some info about the book at Wikipedia; the publisher doesn't really SAY that they're Seventh-day Adventist, but a quick perusal of their authors page and their catalog makes it clear that oh yeah, they're Seventh-day Adventists.

Looks to be the 1979 revision of the 1956 revision of the 1911 edition? Hard to say, and I note that the publisher includes incredibly sparse publication info, but the copyright is 2025 and it looks to have been printed in February 2026.

It goes Wall O’ Text mode within 10 pages. It’s 479 pages.

A book titled, “The Great Controversy”. The cover depicts a stylized US Capitol with a waving American flag mirrored below by a stylized St. Peter’s Basilica with the Papal flag. There is a red bar at the bottom, stating, “Will two former rivals unite?” There is no author listed on the cover.

Pope Leo XIV’s got SOMEONE in a tizzy. This turned up in every mailbox in the area. I wasn’t aware of it before today, but the barest amount of research into it leads me to believe it’ll be a hell of a weird read, and probably frequently veer off into, uh, interesting theological territory.

Yeah but like, EVERY day is for those things, because those things are delicious.

Who among us, etc.?

William Hockett was braver than I will likely ever be.

as another cis dude, this is absolutely true. Cis men are typically not encouraged to think about gender, except in very negative ways ("you're unmanly if you have any emotions other than rage"), requiring you to walk a tightrope greased with unfollowable rules, over the pit of The Gay.

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.

but the Enterprise carpet stays clean because of the vacuum of space

Poison doesn’t always come in bottles. It isn’t always marked with the skull and crossbones of danger. Poison can take the form of words and phrases and acts: the venom of racial and religious hatred. In the US, we must learn to recognize the poison of prejudice. — Vincent Price (more)

Correct

It’s a beautiful campus, for sure, and there are some excellent academic programs, but for foobaw? ROLL. TIDE.

I’ve been informed this is the plot of Dune

Oh that’s a lovely photo.

My boss once cussed Gemini out so much that IT ended the chat.

This isn’t a bit, this actually happened.

I’ve been training Claude to do our code reviews at work, and this is FANTASTIC news.

We’re watching The Golden Girls and it’s so fun seeing Betty White make the others break character and laugh. She was a gem and the world is a better place for her having been in it.

Exactly one year ago today:

I love how it never seems to occur to the rich idiots that instead of dumping money into creating something to stop a menace they created, they could just not create the menace to begin with.

I read the article. This is shameful, we used to be amazing at logistics - even in war zones. Who'd have thought that the unglamorous world of supply lines would have a direct impact on the actual troops?

Hey, maybe the sailors can start fishing to supplement their diet.

I think we should require solar panels AND/OR rooftop gardens.

It strikes me that the urban environment has a LOT of otherwise-wasted flat surfaces that aren’t suited to public spaces that would be perfect for solar panels and/or xeriscaped green/living roof use. It’d put a colossal dent in daytime energy needs even without meaningful storage capacity.

“I thought I’d like him better on a full stomach.”

The internet: the Worst Sideshow Ever.

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Yeeeeeah, that one’s gorgeous.