maximum neil

'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

[Lindisfarne]

Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-

Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH

British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!

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Probus? I barely know us! (still working on this one)

How Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg Transformed Hollywood

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b... extremely my jam

On January 10, 2026, while driving back to work after getting lunch with his father and cousin, a car quickly passed O., sped up, then stopped in front of him. (Id. ¶ 3.) A few men in civilian clothes stepped out of the car and asked for his identification. (Id.) The men threatened O.—if he did not get out of the car, they would force him out. (Id.) O. exited the car and was told he was under arrest. (Id.) The men handcuffed him and did not allow him to bring his phone. (Id.) O. felt like he was being kidnapped. (Id.) The men detained O., his father, and his cousin, taking them all to Whipple. (Id. ¶ 4.) At Whipple, there was “food scattered on the floor, the floor was sticky with mud, and everything stuck to your shoes.” (Id. ¶ 5.) The space was so cramped that sometimes there was no space to sit on the floor. (Id.)

The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

if gaerea wants to be a metalcore band that's fine. that's where the money's at. no skin off my back

IMPD: Woman critical after fleeing traffic stop following alleged road rage, crashing along I-465 on Indy’s west side The incident ended when the suspect car crashed along I-465 near Crawfordsville Road early Monday, Feb. 16.

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- hit someone else's car and brandish a gun at them
- try to escape from the cops
- crash into a barrier and flip your car

when keeping it real goes wrong

Here's what happens: The unfortunate victim Googles a company name looking for a contact number, then calls the number thrown up by Al. This doesn't actually lead to the company in question, but rather to someone pretending to be that company, who then tries to take payment information or other sensitive details from the caller. It's not clear exactly how these fake numbers are being planted, but the best guess is that they're being published in multiple low-profile places online, alongside the names of major companies. Al Overviews then comes along and scoops them up, without running the proper checks to verify the information.

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the thing with Fetterman is that he was a pretty normie lib, got severe brain damage, and became a right winger. the takeaway seems pretty obvious to me

A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.

news blurb from the BBC saying "Obama clarifies views on aliens after saying 'they're real' on podcast" with photo of Obama

"What I meant to say was: they're real, and I love them."

I think it’s clear that firms will be building *some* software they previously would have had to buy. but I’m not sure how much, and it’s possible app software sellers can adapt by making their products more powerful in order to keep customers paying for them

I've been looking at purchasing a new mattress which is like throwing chum into the waters of online advertisers

Tool in Talks for Sphere Residency in 2027 Tool has "been talking" to Sphere about a potential residency in 2027, according to drummer Danny Carey.

consequence.net/2026/02/tool... this is probably the only band 1) who would plausibly play the sphere 2) that I'd pay and travel to Vegas to go see there

it's also funny that the guy lives in SF and doesn't recognize *that's* the bubble. sorry your dork ass parties are lame but that comes with the territory. are you really going to say they were better during the NFT craze, or did everybody leave early then too to check on their apes

here's my other thoughts on this. more winter sports should add variations a la double luge and luge vs skeleton. just spitballing here, but piggyback skiing could be interesting, or handstand skiing

gotta be honest this is just a skill issue. i have some side projects i just use agents for and i still manage to not be a weirdo about it

time to make it a Walter Matthau double-feature with Elaine May's "A New Leaf"

"... laugh loudly. cough openly. chew up some of your meal and mama-bird it to a stranger."

i do not need to read the story on a guy named "clavicular" to know he is angry and lost on the inside and is grasping at a way out. a sad story but not really newsworthy. just pick up a guitar or something, jeez

the nyt will never do a profile of a normal guy saying young men should just develop hobbies and be nice & fun to be around and that in addition to making you a good person it will also likely get you laid

bsky.app/profile/tina... "legitimate law enforcement organization"

Walter Matthau across from Andrew Robinson in "Charley Varrick"

very cool movie. Joe Don Baker is a great Southern hitman. hard to see 50-year-old Walter Matthau as an irresistible sex symbol but I guess that's just how men aged then

John Vernon from the movie "Charley Verrick"

he plays the same basic character in Point Blank, Dirty Harry and this ("Charley Verrick") but it's still hard to see him as anyone but Dean Wormer

masked, lawless, violent, unprofessional, retaliatory, verbally and physically abusive. in other words: illegitimate, irredeemable, intolerable. they cannot be reformed. abolish and prosecute

"legitimate law enforcement organization*

eight am on a Saturday. time to watch a 70s crime caper

between luge and skeleton we are only really covering two out of the four possible orientations for the human body

ilia malinin dresses like an anime villain