medication and burning sticks in the back yard

"Muskism gets stuff done…sometimes. At a cost. A high cost. Tarnoff and Slobodian count that cost, identify who pays it, and conjure up the world in which those costs continue to mount for all of us."

“Musk doesn't want to break out of the Matrix – he wants to *control* the Matrix.”
@doctorow.pluralistic.net

pluralistic.net/2026/04/21/t...

<3 <3 <3

EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild.

"Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

IMPEACH, REMOVE, ARREST.
25TH AMENDMENT.
AT THIS POINT THE GENERALS ARE 100% JUSTIFIED IN GRABBING THE WHEEL. END THIS.

BREAKING: Trump Caves on Threat and Agrees to Ceasefire, Impeachment Articles Filed, Dozens of Lawmakers Call for his Removal Good evening everyone.

BREAKING: Trump caves and agrees to a two week ceasefire.

Iran launches missiles toward Israel minutes after.

More than 70 lawmakers call for Trump’s removal.

Articles of impeachment filed against Trump.

I have the latest: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Claude is down :/ so I’m just running my sink

This Is All Because the Religious Right Is Losing YouTube video by Genetically Modified Skeptic

youtu.be/l7Y-AF-Zt0Y?...

fuck yeah, Hyundai! finish us off!

After we win back the House and Senate, impeach him and pass the Disgraced Presidents Act. Let him pay for his own security with his crypto money. He should have been in prison since January 6.

I just chipped in to keep the lights on at Electric Literature and you can, too, if you have some extra. They put in good work and are worth supporting!

I’m finally getting to work on my game!!

I feel like this is a powerful observation

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
— Aldous Huxley

Nuclear rocket engine Phoebus 2A, with a maximum thermal power of 4082 MW, moving by rail for testing, 1960s athevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/812258418528288768/...

Second oil Crisis (1979) wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/8119019...

4-panel comic. (1) [Glowing black dot surrounded by clouds.] DOT: I think I did a good job with this universe. Pressure waves dance through gas clouds. They clump together and then pressure pushes them apart. (2) [Some of the clouds are clumping together.] DOT: Oh weird, that big clump of clouds is staying together. Their gravity is overcoming the pressure and more gas is falling in. (3) [More clouds are sucked in.] DOT: It’s not stopping! The heat is rising but the collapse is only accelerating! I messed up. I messed up *bad*. (4) [The clump has become a shining star.] DOT: NOOOOOOOO!!! My beautiful clouds! Ruined! It’s all ruined!

Star Formation

xkcd.com/3222/

JVC Videosphere // CRT television (Japan, 1970) vizreef.tumblr.com/post/8118633...

actually, I use instagram a bunch, so not like I'm on some high horse... idk... just sucks

I feel like there would have been a day when the users of a website would just....switch...to a different website if they found out the owners were nazis... Like, we all used myspace, and then we switched to facebook. Did they really make the switching cost _that_ uncomfortable? Why don't I feel it?

Catchy opening! But the comma splice is unwieldy. Why dont you try "It was not just the best of times. It was also the worst of times."

I can listen to this on a loop all day long, lol. 🤣🤣

💯 on 🎯

The Climax, Aubrey Beardsley, 1894. publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/8112467...

fuck yes

There’s a Class 100 semiconductor cleanroom inside this backyard shed. YouTube video by Dr.Semiconductor

So awesome! This guy built his own clean room and #silicon etcher in his backyard so he can build his own #semiconductors! Talk about dedication! Would love to see how successful he gets! youtu.be/HfSO-LCKmrA