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The "to the best of my ability" bit is doing a lot of work

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

submitted 41 days ago • 395 comments

The fact that so many people have the last name “Pope” suggests it was once a much more common profession. But with automation, it can now all be done by one guy.

submitted 63 days ago • 4 comments

This is beyond bananas

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

submitted 67 days ago • 329 comments

We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished. This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.

submitted 75 days ago • 177 comments

“What fascists tried to make the government smaller?” is apparently a pro-Trump talking point. If you rephrase that slightly as “what fascists try to destroy a strong independent civil service and replace it with cronies,” the answer is…all of them

submitted 90 days ago • 6 comments

I can't help but wonder if some genius thinks that "probationary" workers are folks who necessarily were identified as poor performers (hence being on "probation") vs some sort of "new employee" status

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.

submitted 92 days ago • 464 comments

This is breathtaking. Aurora borealis... from above. Credit: Don Pettit from the International Space Station

submitted 144 days ago • 24 comments

Today is bittersweet. I have wonderful partners in my life. I'm in relatively good health this New Year's Eve. But today is also 10 years since I woke up to the news my mother had finally passed

submitted 150 days ago • 1 comment

I own too many domains 😅

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning

submitted 160 days ago • 34 comments

anyone who has dropped an AirPod on the street has done a more thorough grid-based search than this casual stroll in the park

submitted 173 days ago • 15 comments

To my best knowledge no reward has been offered by any law enforcement agency in the case of Yeremi Colino who was killed in Manhattan on the same day, allegedly for not speaking English. 3 Suspects remain at large.

submitted 173 days ago • 21 comments

youtu.be/lvrNr-FAMuk?...

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

FBI: Stop using normal text messages! Everyone: switches to end-to-end encrypted apps FBI: no not like that www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

I'm officially ready for 2024 to be over

submitted 181 days ago • 0 comments

One thing many people are not aware of is that Apple has an entire building full of engineers who are working to push the boundaries of physics in seeing how far an AirPods case can fling the individual earbuds in different directions whenever you drop the case.

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I guess the bot follows are starting in earnest here. Yay. I love that for us.

submitted 182 days ago • 0 comments

Rudy Giuliani became irate today when the judge refused to pull his finger

submitted 185 days ago • 196 comments

For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

submitted 186 days ago • 432 comments

An interesting way to help people visualize what a ruin used to be.

submitted 185 days ago • 232 comments

Finally starting to feel mostly human again after trying to have an actual, but brief, vacation and some time visiting partner in California Just in time to have to go back to the normal work slog Maybe next time, actual rest, maybe next time

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submitted 189 days ago • 7 comments

Well.. enjoying New Orleans as much as I can despite a continuing head cold 🤷‍♂️

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

Today sucked. That is all

submitted 194 days ago • 0 comments

Today has been a very contemplative day. It's been both bad and good, which I suppose is expected

submitted 195 days ago • 0 comments