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One of my favorite sci-fi shows of the decade—of the century!—is celebrating its third anniversary today. Scavengers Reign was a shooting star🌠, poorly supported by HBO Max and then Netflix (as it was only available in a handful of countries), but I'm so glad this one season exists.

I feel like a lot of our current problems are we f’d up by allowing the internet to progress before we solved the spam problem

I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11.

I still remember in 2015 when Trump was gonna hold a press conference clear up all the questions about Melania's immigration issues in two weeks. And then he didn't. And the press never asked them about it again.

Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave.

If you think technology will solve your problems you don't understand technology—and you don't understand your problems. —Laurie Anderson

It’s very funny to be like “X is once again important because it’s where executives post marketing material.”

CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴

I’m so tired of US politics, I propose we abolish existing states and make new ones based on the ancient Cicada brood territories.

For real!! Comedian Micky Overman says it like it is. Generally the only people even entertaining the thought of evil AGI are men. Women are too busy fixing the ACTUAL problems of AI, like idk, the way it automates, reproduces and exacerbates misogyny and makes all our lives worse...

I will post this again for context. The difference between a billion and a million dollars

Hey Apple what’s up? You told us this stuff was good and ready to go why is it beta and waitlisted?

This anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...

Yeah. I've been saying in the programming sphere, Claude is best used as an assistant to a senior developer who already has a sense for what they should be seeing and can recognize when it's going down a rabbit trail. I can't imagine how the next generation of devs will ever reach that status.

Had never seen the term “botlickers” and I’m adopting it immediately. 13/12, no notes

I can no longer in good faith recommend anyone to study in the US, or stay stateside for work and further education after completing degree programs they had started during the Biden era. US higher ed is unrecognizable even compared to a year ago when ICE was kidnapping students from their homes

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The Orange Stain #legacy

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

I revere Dolly Parton much as I do Fred Rogers. They’re people who made it their life goal just to be gentle and kind to everyone that they met. They are prime examples of how we all should behave and live our lives.

The thing about these AI data centers being built is that they are big boxes full of graphics cards. Good for very specific tasks, not good for general computer things. And they draw tremendous amounts of power because graphics cards are very power-hungry

Not only do digital things not last forever, digital objects are even more fragile than physical ones! You can put a piece of paper on a shelf for a century, but you probably can't read a Unity project from 10 years ago

You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century

It turned out be the other way around. First it merged with performance art, then politics.

Norm's headline is better, but the point is the same: Democrats need to educate about the horrors Republicans have passed and delayed.

“it costs less money than what we’re doing now” is the only answer we need to push normies towards universal healthcare

lol. Republican US Senate candidate for … [checks notes] … Minnesota

Love that MN AFL-CIO is on this list of domestic insurgent organizations and also has a building at the State Fair where you can play union bingo and win a tote bag

White collar crime is legal now www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

Trump proposed to eliminate Head Start. Congress refused. Now Trump is going to gut Head Start through deregulation. Notice a pattern? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

“The Bluesky Experience™”

The US is becoming a rogue nation. No rule of law at home or abroad. "Trump Administration Announces New Attack on the International Criminal Court" Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...

hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 8 324 pts · clean plate · no hints 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞

I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards

New app: do you want to enable notifications? Me: I don't even want to have this phone

Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

A billion dollars can do as much damage as a nuclear weapon. Such amounts should not be in private hands.