The Evil Doctor

This is my bi-annual pitch to check out Proton Mail, Firefox, and Duck Duck Go. I made the switch over a year ago, and I haven't had any issues. ✌️

After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening

Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.

This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.

'This all must end now.' NASA lab closures at Goddard Space Flight Center under Congressional scrutiny A congressional letter is putting NASA on blast.

"According to project scientists working on NASA's next generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.. they were given only four days to empty a mission-critical laboratory." www.space.com/space-explor...

There are lots of things that the bible sends mixed messages on - it's why theological debate exists.

But the one thing the christian bible is pretty consistent on is, "fuck them rich people."

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

I AM HERE TO COMPLAIN!!!

a thing that is not discussed in the don't buy from Amazon convo is the part that when I order something online I know it hasn't been opened & used.

My fave makeup & bathing products are all drugstore brands & I spend so much time trying to find one that isn't already used

A Starbucks Workers United cup with the name Dr Yakumo in script. Text above reads "Supporting Starbucks baristas to brew change" and "Picket-line Pumpkin Spice"

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The illustrated cover of WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON by Olivia Dade, featuring a man and a woman standing back to back against a hot pink background, appearing poised for action. The woman is holding a curved athame, while the man has a fireball just above his open, upturned palm. There are flames and small hearts surrounding them.

Maybe you'd like to see the amazing cover for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON, my book about an infamously underpowered oracle saving the world alongside the uptight demon who helped ruin her life 20 years ago?

AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz
Other links: go.oliviadade.com/WOOprh

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"oh, look at me, i'm an ADULT, i have a MEETING"

8 headlines Should Women Work? Should Women Have the Vote? Should Women Be Allowed to Drive? Should Women Choose Their Mates? Should women run marathons? Should women learn to box? Should women vote? Should Women Listen? Somtimes I think they should but sometimes I think they shouldn't.

So many questions

I can't remember the precise wording but someone on here said that the Republican threat to expose Bill Clinton too isn't so much a threat as it is a "buy one, get one free" promotion.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

The Other Blues Brother.

on the day someone finally yeets Bill Clinton into the sun, this site will be united in a way we have not been since....

well, I mean, last night because the sun gave us pretty lights.

but you know OTHER than that.

The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

YouTube video by KATU News The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon

55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.

In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!

You should read this entire piece, but the part that resonates the most is this: groups like Liberty Counsel will not stop. Ever. And the fact that what he was asking for was even in the same galaxy as "plausible" is symptomatic of just how rogue this court is.

Employers are always handwringing about autism accommodations in the workplace and I gotta tell you: ear defenders and quiet workstations are the least of your problems. What autistic people really need is *whispers* for other people to do their actual jobs.

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Fuck this guy with a rusty sword

*stares off into the distance*

Remember Gen. Mark Milley's words on #VeteransDay:

"We don't take an oath to a king. Or a tyrant. Or a dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution."

COVER TO COVER CLUB ™ Read 5 books or 300 minutes and earn a free hamburger or cheeseburger at In-N-Out. Ask the librarian for details.

I salute In-N-Out Burger for launching a whole ass Book-It program

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

A chart showing a 20 year price change between sectors.

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.

If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.