HL Eisthen, defective human product

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

I think this is about the temperature but honestly it works for decades as well

Braille edition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Thanks. Will wait til tomorrow for other responses before I start firing off my questions.

Anyone else reading Bleak House who doesn’t know what happens? I’d be happy to have a little thread where we bounce ideas off each other and try to piece it together. #dedlocked

I'm on the western edge of a time zone and I love DST; I just wish we didn't go off and then back on it. In mid-summer it's light here til after 10 pm and it's glorious.

SO much better than the chapters narrated by Esther.

A tray with rows of ravioli sitting on it.

Am learning to make pasta from scratch. This week I made mushroom ravioli, which were unbelievably delicious.

I mean, I *do* understand that we are not the only people who like the book.

Yes it appears to but if you click the link you get a different story.

Modern life, man…

everypageofmobydick.blogspot.com/2010/10/moby...

Update: it's NOT our day for reflection; I was using an old schedule. Hope I didn't throw anyone off!

Why I Don’t Vibe Code A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.

Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you

jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...

Also has stuff in it like this: bsky.app/profile/moby...

Nazi shit

Well, fuck, maybe you and me and my colleague can have a virtual drink some time. I try to be funny but I can state with confidence that I am sweary.

Screenshot of a November 1, 2024 tweet from Stephen Miller (https://x.com/StephenM/status/1852364946195296620) reading as follows: "To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala’s top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace."

They told me if I voted for Kamala Harris, the United States would launch a war in the Middle East—and they were right!

How, @jacobharr.is, how have we not known this?

According to Wikipedia, "Bulkington Pass (65°49′S 62°43′W) is a pass on the south side of Flask Glacier and west of Bildad Peak". 🐋

Bulkington Pass - Wikipedia

Wait, how tf has this not come up in our now 2+ year discussion of Moby-Dick? 🐋

(conceding that maybe it *did* come up and I missed it)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulking...

I know it's our day for reflection, but I am just incapable right now. Instead I'm going to ask, honestly: am I the only one who reads "Tulkinghorn" and thinks "Bulkington" pretty much every single time? #dedlocked

#herps

Just downloaded from my uni's library; going to propose to a colleague that we read and discuss. Thanks for posting the link!

I really love this version! Been playing it a lot over the last week.

Photo with capitol building in background, speaker and signs reading stand up for science and the assault on science will haunt this country for generations

Great speakers and signs at the Stand up for Science rally today.
#standupforscience

YouTube video by Sarah King War Pigs (live) - Sarah King (official video)

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

MORE SNARK PLS

Yup. I mean, I kind of deduced that before getting to that part; I was just wondering if we're ever going to get a detailed explanation or if it's going to remain hazy and complicated. Sounds like the latter. Fine with me -- I suspect a detailed explanation would be hella boring.

“Many parts included”