Forrest Squirrel

"Mom! Dad! Don't touch it, it's Google!"

Spike Milligan (sat next to fellow ‘Goon’ Harry Secombe) with a quick tale about another fellow ‘Goon’ Peter Sellers.

@governor.ny.gov what you really want en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-...

Wildly different number of reposts for this on here rather than "X" - wonder why that is??!

[much later] "Our attempts to drill into Phobos for samples have failed as the drill bit was destroyed in the process." "You mean—" "Yes. Fear is the mine killer."

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

"Hey, let's make our bank dependent on a technology that can't be relied on for factual accuracy!"

I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues, Charlie Brown

On Saturday, US citizen Ricardo Gonzalez was reportedly hit by an unmarked federal vehicle, tased twice by ICE agents and then handcuffed while face down in the gutter screaming that his arm was broken. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/ice-assaulte...

Hey, America! Is your infrastructure collapsing for lack of maintenance? Have we got the car for you!

A good reason for me not to go to Star Wars Celebration 2027: one Russia is enough. 😇

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies For Tax Purposes

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. (or full stop).

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.

California Democrats have been exposed as actively pushing for the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. With the new company giving David Ellison a $150 million bonus while firing Warner Bros' hitmakers, those Dems must own whatever happens next, writes Harold Meyerson. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...

801: T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows) - from their 1976 album, 801 Live; synthesizer and vocals by Brian Eno www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Va...

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) in LEGO

www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNo...

There'z a Fantagraphics Humble Bundle with just over a day to go— www.humblebundle.com/books/50-ess... —$25+ gets you POGO volumes 1 and 2, plus a collection of Harvey Kurtzman's HUMBUG, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition, and, as they say, more.

I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.

35 Years Later

"In 2018 the duo reformed and started releasing new music."

Innovative Japanese engineers created a wearable robotic tail designed to provide perfect balance for the elderly population. Original post

I bought a copy of GOOD OMENS from the Science Fiction Book Club on 20 Dec 1991. The price with shipping was $11.34, which is of course "hell" turned upside-down.

This isn’t really about The Bulwark’s beef with the left. David Sirota argues something much bigger is happening: Former Republican operatives are positioning themselves to become ideological gatekeepers of the 2028 Democratic primary — and block the party’s populist wing.

More #cat costume ideas for Halloween. #cats #caturday

The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.

What! It's #bandcampfriday! newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/hyperion newretrowave.bandcamp.com/album/imperium cerroneofficial.bandcamp.com/album/cerron...

25. That "criminal scheme" is ongoing. There is a straight line between the insurrection of January 6, 2021, and Schmitt's humiliation.

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

<finds an internet bill from April 1998> Dial-up, Premium (200+hr), Yearly, $180.00

We have always believed that our cricketing future will be brighter than our past, because we wisely achieved nothing much in the past. That's how we got to the final of the 2026 Euro Cup in Warsaw.

Kraft Dinner has turned its iconic mac & cheese into a cream soda flavor It's only available in Canada for a limited time

Y’alright Cockers!! The BBC is celebrating the people, stories, programmes and dogs that are made of Greater Manchester!! Here’s me recording my lovely voice for the Metrolink #MadeOfGreaterManchester #MadeOfHere #ThisIsOurBBC

Investigators are illegally accessing state voter rolls—and likely flagging U.S. citizens as “unlawful voters” in a rushed attempt to meet their quotas, a whistleblower warns. trib.al/KCGJbKG

"You thought you'd got yer hands on me true gold but AH HA HA HA matey you was fooled. Fooled!" (Talk Like a Pyrite Day)

"I'm giving you my heart."

For anyone searching on Edgar Froese, the autobiography is stocked at deepdiscount again. $65 is still cheaper than ordering from Germany! www.deepdiscount.com/tangerine-dr...

I’m a former in-house lawyer for Harvard. During my recent role as DEI Director at UCLA, I fixated my AuDHD brain on digesting, analyzing and memorizing Project 2025. Since then, unfortunately every one of my political predictions has come to pass. P2025 is 55% complete. The last 1/2 is terrifying.

NEW from @DavidSirota.com: Weeks before the midterms, Democrats' highest-profile icons are publicly celebrating the AI industry’s revolving-door corruption aiming to infiltrate the party.

"I'm giving you $5000!" "That's great! How?" "I'm going to sell $5000 worth of T-bills to the rich and hand you the money." "And then what?" "Tax you to pay interest to the rich who bought the bills until they mature, then either tax back the $5000 to pay them or sell another $5000 in T-bills."