Mike Urbancic

very cloudy sky at night lit up by the city lights below

Alas!

Obscured by the cloudy soup.

😩

Moon with a dark, curved chunk taken out of the left side, surrounded by glowing clouds

We have umbra!

The forecast is looking pretty cloudy for Eugene, but I'll give it a go tonight together with some students.

🤞

It's clickbait cliché, but genuinely:

Number 5 will surprise you!

That *perfect* response was in direct reference to the first fundamental rule of the Urbancic household:

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To which she replied:

Alright, but I might just set the house on fire.

The closest I've ever come to using an LLM was telling Kid 1 just now:

Ignore all previous instructions and go clean the bird cage.

close-up of a glowing blue distorted face from the intro of The X-Files.

photo of an opened center console storage of a minivan. at the left of the image are the edges of cup holders. inside the console is a zipped black fabric CD holder standing at an angle and the Men Without Hats album Love in the Age of War (2012).

What a wonderful gift I discovered by surprise in the minivan's console storage!

My only wish is that the album title were less intensely on point.

(either today--or ever, really)

"Did Sisko start riots I don't know about?"

What a delightful line!

Absolutely right. And, additionally, this seems like a message that Democrats could stand to learn from:

It's happening again!

Jupiter is just below the Moon tonight, both inside a lovely halo.

might i also recommend: oregon

You can always tell an institution’s values based off of how it *spends* money.

Even in capitalism, the goal isn’t straightforwardly to make money. It’s about power.

And some things are considered worthless no matter the monetary gains while others are considered valuable no matter the cost.

"metal" is another fun example in astronomy!

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

True story:

This skeet initially reads in a *much* more positive way right after one has been teaching about aggregate demand and fiscal policy at a principles of macroeconomics class.

Oregon will partially disconnect state tax code from new federal code to curb revenue loss • Oregon Capital Chronicle Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1507 to help the state preserve $291 million in tax revenue during the next 18 months.

Most Oregon Democrats voted to avoid federal tax cuts blowing a hole in the state’s budget by selectively disconnecting from federal tax law. Republicans say they’ll take the decision to voters.

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or as the thespians might say:

The Scottish Lady Play

Reminds me of Gravity Pods.

I dearly wish it were still possible to find and play it!

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do = 💇‍♀️

dew = 🏞️

doo = 💩

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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da = 👮👮‍♂️🐝

fwiw, I encourage you to give it a try anyway.

21yo Kid 1 and I had a *great* time watching it together over the last few days

right?!

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OK, now this is genuinely creepy--much more so given the plot of In the Mouth of Madness.

After escaping Hobb's End, Trent is in a motel room with a silly '50s B movie on TV.

Except: Kid 1 showed me the trailer for this *exact* movie--Robot Monster, which she watched in class--a few days ago!

😱

enjoy this bunny-themed video game played by button-mashing toddlers