that genehack guy from that dead bird site

My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site

My preferred formulation is “constraints make great art”

But you’re notable, Tim

To be clear, I don’t think I’m particularly notable but I also suspect that I’m the leader in anything like “most social media followers”.

This is, like, below a humble brag. Pathetic brag, maybe.

…it might be me?

It was a very small high school.

of all the “this is the dumbest timeline” examples I think it might be “we are literally living in the plot of 99 Luftballons” for me

Of US animals I get questions about from Aussies, skunks are in the top 3. They just have no reference point for what the smell is like, and no native animals with similar defense mechanisms. They're -fascinated- by them.

I will never forget, my freshman year at UIowa, there was a pedestrian tunnel underneath some train tracks, by the student union, and down one side of it was graffitied, “Jim Henson died for your sins” 💚

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Overheard a teenager deploy "SHUT UP, BRO. You watch AI porn!" as a devastating insult to one of his friends, which sent the rest of their group into a laughing fit.

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

I wanted to like the Pencil so much and I just did not find utility there. I was hoping it would help bridge my love for written notes with keeping them electronically and …no.

Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters

This fucking court won’t let ANYTHING self-identify

Deep cut, man

IDK, an increasingly unpopular leader starts to question his polls, threaten polling organizations, and repeatedly chant that past and future elections that don’t go his way are “rigged” ... and in response, pollsters stop polling … seems problematic.

Holy shit, the Dawson of Dawson's Creek died.

BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

My posting tends to cycle inversely with how busy other parts of my life are.

Gotta say, @cstross.bsky.social ‘s _Jennifer Morgue_, especially lead villain Ellis Billington, hits differently in 2026.

Since I introduced this pin in the fall of 2021 I've sent out more than 1800 of them, including a few to folks involved in the making of Star Trek. 139 of those have been in the week and a half since I posted this. Thank you so, so much! I hope they help you find your people.

Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."

I've loved this panel since forever — since long before social media — but once social media became I think, I started using it to explain how I approach posting stuff: *of course* I'm interesting, otherwise why would these people be following me?

Stay in your lane. It doesn’t matter why I’m carrying a drill down the sidewalk. 10 kilos of tortillas is a perfectly reasonable amount for my family. You don’t need to know where all these $100s came from. 🙏💪🤫

Because we took then”in hell” narrative fork, a while back.

Tonight’s dinner: Thai basil chicken, and the shuffle mix taught me that Fugazi is excellent music to stir-fry by.

the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it

Finally over the all snot all the time cold, and back in the gym for the first time in about three weeks. Felt good.