Andy of Maps

Turns out the combination of sycophancy and lack of persistent experience of reality is irresistible COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/clankor PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Surprise! Just dropped a new murder ballad into the world. 🔪 “Darlin’ Where You Been” is streaming everywhere. Full Curiosities album coming Nov 13!

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

The day I give a fuck about an Ohioian's opinion on Michigan is the day I'm dead and in the ground.

look im busy

lotta replies like this today

1 Like - I've lacerated the pumpkin. 1 Reshare - I've lacerated myself.

Walter Koenig about a recent convention appearance: ‘Come see me before I die.’

“they were always like this” yes they were but they didn’t feel like they could say it out loud at a campaign rally and it was better when they didn’t feel like they could do this

Related: I’m still looking for leads and help on jobs, fellowships, and freelance contracts on drones, GIS, aid, disaster, OSINT, tech ethics, and journalism. I simply will not work for evil people and/or weapons manufacturers, which is also why I haven’t had paying work since Trump 2.0 began.

It genuinely does suck and is *bad* that it feels like there’s almost nowhere to go for people who 1. Want to work on robotics (like drones) and 2. Don’t want to build weapons.

start paying artists you fucks!!!! the potential of you reaching nirvana depends on it!

This is remarkably impressive from a mechanical viewpoint. The AI targeting and tracking is straightforward, but to turret mount a Ma Deuce to the point where it can be a few hundred meter range anti-air gun is damn impressive. Now just need cheap distance-fused rounds...

Air to Ground Message: PAX IN 32F MASTURBATING AND ADJACENT FEMALE PAX SHOOK UP REQUEST APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO MEET THE PLANE AT THE GATE Area: Louisville, KY, USA Type: Airbus A319 A: #aae7510d859 F: #fd7ceb5d462

People literally do this all the time, and if both candidates are actually antisemitic "vote for the least bad one" is exactly the right move.

"cancel culture"? buddy your future wasn't scheduled and you alone don't decide if you succeed or not: your audience and the universe around you does being mad that the fact the world gets a say because you were shitty is childish be less shitty, take responsibility and do the right thing instead

Is a call for civility *always* a call to oppression? Maybe, maybe not, I'm not in the proper position to address that idea with the vigor and care such an absolute statement would warrant. But I'm pretty fucking comfortable saying that it is so here.

It is more than that. Ramaswamy said, "A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.” The larger political point is valid. But he's an idiot, and he spoke like one.

Anyway. As a Former Gifted Kid™️ who has now had one kid who qualified for honors/AP programs, one who is thoroughly mainstream, and one who qualifies for special education services - I think gifted/honors programs allow you to more effectively educate the mainstream kids.

In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

68 = two-blanket night. "It's 65 in the office" = hell hath officially frozen over.

Get your pumpkin carving kit *now* before it's later tonight and you convince yourself a steak knife will work just fine, but it won't and you'll be posting on Bluesky saying, "I just lacerated myself carving a pumpkin. CPSC is going to be so disappointed in me :( "

it does kind of seem like yglesias also thinks this is true of their own countries, and indeed he would prefer the people not participate in politics at all, and leave the hard business of running a country to the smart people (him)

This isn't really fair to gifted kids who aren't trained teachers and don't know how to teach. It's also not fair to the kids who are struggling and need actual, targeted instruction from an adult who knows how to help kids with learning difficulties.

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Judge Furman rules that Maureen Comey's firing violated separation of powers. Orders backpay. Govt's arguments violate 2 centuries of SCOTUS rulings & would "unsettle the equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

flying through tunnels and blowing up oil refineries

I like good baseball.

Dragging this into the light...in light of Brazil.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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#otd “Halsey acted stupidly”

Bolsonaro's failson can still win if Mike Pence has the courage

Just got out of You Can See Everything. I think it just goes to show how much she depended on the moral influence of Chip, Dale, and the rest of the Rescue Rangers