Probably Not Parity

I'm just saying, If I sucked at my job, I'd be fired and replaced with someone more competent. Why aren't we doing that with our public servants?

Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency

Which I suspect is the ultimate issue - people wish they didn't have to worry about their whole government, especially not in a great big country like the US - it's fucking hard to keep up with it all. But if I've learned anything in the last decade or so is you can't take your eyes off this shit.

We all focus on Prop. 40, and that's not an accident. Villain-aires are funding a huge "NO on 40" campaign. But if their sneaky Prop 41 & 42 scams get more votes than 40, 40 fails. Then, as our state's medical care crisis unfolds, out comes the "government bad - time to privatize" stage of fascism.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 at 50% speed

Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social

Remember when congress passed a law that mandated all of the government's Epstein Files be made public, and the government never complied? It's too bad congress didn't think to declare an actual consequence or penalty for breaking that law.

St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, with its Yew Tree guardians Tolkien was a regular visitor in the area, and the doors bear an uncanny resemblance to similar in Lord of the Rings, the Doors of Durin

It’s Nice To Be Disliked By One Of Those

Might as well post it here! A magical girl animation I've been slowly chipping at over the weekends for ages.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

google has added generative ai capability to Google Earth and i cannot conceive of any positive, good-faith use of this

Lucky dog gets to take an ice bath: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

When the mesh is so fine, but the grids don't align, that's a moiré.

Very interesting thread

"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

This is a nice groove youtu.be/KDXOzr0GoA4?...

NGC 1672 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/LLYrFS

Man, we used to memorize dozens of phone numbers too back in the old century

speaking of latitude, I feel like this map should be general knowledge.

we went to the cloisters today and they have a special exhibit on unusual representations of creatures in the medieval period and I *cannot* stop laughing at these central american ritual knives

It was early mid nineteen ninety-something. I was co-manager of Pacific Sunwear and ate Hot Dog On A Stick or Round Table Pizza for lunch at the food court.

Same here

This. There are several videos from different angles, but this is the clearest closest one.

Read too much news & wound up searching my camera roll for this very soothing pic from a rainy day at Descanso Gardens. If that is your jam please enjoy also.

Post an album you've listened to 100+ times

You see this, QTP with a sword ⚔️

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean. Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE. The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells. But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.

So, I happened to read something referencing Brother Bones, a jazz musician also sometimes known as Whistling Sam. Then I realized I was familiar with his most famous recording, a rendition of Sweet Georgia Brown from 1949. Time to get more familiar with it, he's so good youtu.be/WL8rVtXjehA?...

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

I watched this about ten times in a row and just cracked up more each time

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reskeet this to help free creatives from the tyranny of adobe

"Oh no, my dragon hatched while I was away!" You're looking at a crater agate from Argentina, described as "Red Fox agate" or Orellanite. Let's learn something about these amazing earth-dragon eggs & how they form. But first... (📷: The Mineral Collective FB)

The political class are middle managers acting on behalf of the wealth and oligarchical classes because those classes have yet to figure out how to hold complete power openly without revolt and are using their stolen wealth to fund armies of ghouls to solve the problem out for them. Hope this helps.

Been an interesting week to work in the EDU tech field. At least we're not using Canvas.

I should start a thread of all the best mistakes I’ve made speaking Icelandic.

A new groove in your garden youtu.be/dHdwS5rvXKY?...