Ken Burnside

You know the rule

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On moonshots and Minneapolis Space exploration can bring people together and reflect deep societal divisions.

I've been really struggling to write about space while living through the ICE occupation in Minneapolis this winter. I was shocked to find myself thinking, "Who cares about sending people to the moon?"

That feeling is more historically resonant than I thought. 🧪🔭
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The NYT style guide

Maine does not need an emotional support Nazi.

Jesus christ, people. If this is your vehicle to the white working class, just join the Proud Boys and be done with it.

"Keeping an open mind about Nazi tattoos is good, actually"
--podcast bros

My opinion is that we should bring back shame for killing civilians - especially kids, sick, elderly, or humanitarians - instead of giving the benefit of the doubt by default on the attacker. Saying "killing 4th graders isn't automatically forbidden by IHL" should get you banned by civil society

RAF's Cyprus base hit hours after Starmer pulled UK deeper into illegal war Without consulting Parliament Starmer gave permission to the US to use UK bases to attack Iran - he's responsible for what comes next

Without consulting Parliament Starmer gave permission to the US to use UK bases to attack Iran - he's responsible for what comes next

The most predictable thing ever.

China’s latest energy data offers a signal worth paying attention to. In 2025, emissions from energy and industry fell by 0.3%, modest, but notable, even as total energy consumption rose by 3.5%.

The key driver? A continued surge in solar power capacity.

okay so sounds like some of what's happening here is that he's deliberately letting the word "oysterman" do an ENORMOUS volume of misleading rhetorical work here, when in fact he's something more akin to a high-end specialty restaurant supplier??? lmao oh my god what a transparent grift

YouTube video by StingVEVO Sting - Russians (Guitar / Cello Version)

How can I save my little boy
From Oppenheimer's deadly toy?
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

Ayep! For the era of her first published stories, Anne was a Strong Independent Woman (tm).

She got divorced, sold most of her belongings from the divorce, and took her two younger kids with her in Ireland. In 1970.

Times changed...and what was outrageous when she did it became normal.

It appears that a Polymarket account called "Magamyman" made $515,000 in a single day betting on last night's U.S. strike on Iran, with the first trade placed 71 minutes before the news broke publicly.

This is not a joke: I need someone to check for a lost stuffed animal on campus at UT-Knoxville outside Thompson-Boling. DM me for details.

And yet, this perfect machine for generating horror doesn't require intent, coordination, or experimentation. The basic strictures of capitalism will produce *exactly this*, every single time.

There's one poll showing him with 67% of the primary vote for Maine. Janet Mills' campaign keeps finding new "Oops, did I do ANOTHER antisemitism?" bits and is making sure they get circulated prior to the primary elections.

Hey friends 👋 I found out a family acquaintance needs to rehome their dog, Zeus.

Please consider sharing this around to help the pupper find a new home.

Thank you so much.

www.adoptapet.com/pet/47281736...

Maine really doesn't need an emotional support Nazi.

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

If it’s referenced, gotta watch it … 🙂
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Huh. I may have it turned on as a Youtube setting.

Looo-ooo-oooo, Oooo-ooh ooooh!

YouTube video by NENA NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]

...all month.

Ninety-nine dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you, and let it go

(The German lyrics are bleaker)

But, but, but...who will think of the Exxon executives?

An image from the SOTU where JD Vance, looking like he's got to shit, badly, is in the background, in a black suit with a light blue tie, his jacket unbottoned, is on the viewer's left, Mike Johnson, looking at JD Vance's lap with a gaze saying he can fellate better than Erika Kirk, is in a black suit with a sort of taupe necktie, are upstaged by the beaming ghost of Jeffrey Epstein, translucently wearing a better tailored black suit than either of them, has his hands on the shoulders of Donald Trump as lies fall out of his mouth. Trump is wearing a badly tailored suit jacket and a maroonish red tie, and is completely oblivious to both Vance and Johnson. Jeffrey Epstein's gost looks proud, his hands on Trump's shoulders as Trump's lies are so obvious that even he can't keep his eyes open to say them.

Internet's been won folks. Just shut it down. We have discovered the Platonic Ideal of shitposting.

Enjoy the alt-text (by me, only documenting this brilliance.)

Maine does not need an emotional support Nazi.

Because he was a college dropout who got rich grifting morons -- the new American Dream

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How many Iranian artists are going to be ended by this mess now underway?

The dynamic described here - many huge computer warehouses detecting the same grid voltage excursion and simultaneously tripping to backup power - is the same basic effect that led to the Iberian power outage last year, just on the demand side rather than supply. Should stagger their trip thresholds

Former St. Louis Congressmember Cori Bush Runs for Seat Again After AIPAC Targeted Her in 2024 Cori Bush is running for Congress again. Bush previously served two terms as a Democratic congressmember for Missouri, until she was unseated in 2024 following a multimillion-dollar attack campaign ru...

Pro-Israel groups spent millions to unseat Cori Bush in 2024. Now, she is running for Congress again.

“They didn't want someone speaking out for the people of Palestine, for human rights and civil rights. They didn't want that loud voice, but that's what they're about to get.”