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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

Seeing some unconfirmed reports that Tom Lehrer has passed.

Alive or dead, the man is a legend.

IYKYK

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

I've done scars, white is hard to get right and boring.

Murderbot is getting a season 2 on Apple TV Plus Apple TV Plus is doubling down on its Murderbot adaptation.

Happy Murderbot renewal day!!!

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So this phrase “able-bodied” has clearly been on the most recent list of R talking points. It comes from the first round of English labor laws, which were instituted after the Black Death.

A mini medieval story time!

Secret Project…

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"I was​ in my mid-twenties in November 1972 when I left Uganda on the orders of Idi Amin, who had seized the presidency in a coup the previous year. The expulsion of Uganda’s Asian population, estimated at seventy thousand, was announced in August; we were given three months to leave. Around twenty thousand had Ugandan citizenship. Roughly the same number had applied for citizenship, but their applications remained unprocessed – a sign of how politically explosive citizenship had become. Then there were those who had never applied for citizenship or a passport. I was among those who had registered as a Ugandan citizen at independence and whose nationality was later rescinded. With at least 25,000 other Ugandan Asians I headed for Britain, and was placed in a youth hostel on Kensington Church Street, just behind Kensington Palace, which had been turned into a transit camp for the refugees."

And on a completely unrelated note, here is Zohran Mamdani's father writing about being denaturalized by a dictator www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it.

Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments

Freelancers/contractors: get in comments

Everyone else: boosts appreciated

"The Answer Is Zero:" When Fragile White Supremacists Discover ... They Aren't - emptywheel Because Pete Hegseth cannot admit who he is -- and more importantly, that he is not superior or even competent -- he is demanding that the men and women who serve under him be something they are not.

"The Answer Is Zero:" When Fragile White Supremacists Discover ... They Aren't

www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/15/t...

John Green Eats His Last Meal YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen

Greatly enjoyed my last meal. Thanks @mythicalkitchen.com for having me! youtube.com/watch?si=WUI9wYz2EPkq4NQE&v=lTEhBL7CetU&feature=youtu.be

High-Rise dystopia: Disabled tower block residents "threatened" for posting about broken lifts on Reddit A Ballardian nightmare is underway at the Balfron Tower in east London, where London Centric spoke to disabled residents who have been stranded without working lifts for a week.

Let's Streisand effect this up

a representative from building management [asked] who was responsible for the Reddit post and demanded that it be deleted. The representative allegedly told Yu that negative press coverage would mean “our goodwill will be gone”

www.londoncentric.media/p/high-rise-...

ANDOR CHARACTERS AS DRIL TWEETS: Vel Sartha

If you're an EU citizen sign this to help ban conversion therapy.

YouTube video by vlogbrothers Health CARE: Thoughts from Lima

As is often the case, my least-viewed vlogbrothers of the year is also my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDe...

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

The Pedants' Revolt... Man on horse: I'd expected there to be less of you... Pedant in crowd: FEWER!

Where did medieval pedants get their water?
From a well, actually

Celebrating 4/20 by catching up on TV and using up leftovers.

Blue sky-ers, behold! The full trailer for Poker Face Season 2! Very proud of these episodes and all our guest starts, directors and writers. May 8th on the venerable PEACOCK.

I'm hoping it's such a huge success you'll do a London run!

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Big, somewhat leftfield news: I am kicking off a podcast with the wonderful @emmanewman.bsky.social under the title Starship Alexandria. It's a cosy book and film recommendation show where we take it in turns to rec things to one another and discuss them.

Having a hard time with cop shows in general but both Dark Winds season 3 and the final season of Bosch are worth it.

Who has the better sweater?

1️⃣ Ransom (Chris Evans) in KNIVES OUT
2️⃣ Rand (Josha Stradowski) in THE WHEEL OF TIME

📊 Show results

United States Disappeared Tracker

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

He just avoided that by selling twitter to xAi. So no more margin call.

Finally got my book #everythingistuberculosis

Part 1 on neighbors being disappeared by the US government.

Wait, they're really naming the new fighter plane the F-47?

Did they really want lots of people saying "Eff 47"?

Mine hasn't even shipped yet.

An angry frog comic; trying its best.

for whoever else is trying their best today