Patient Zero is a personal favorite, but largely because the chorus resonated so well with our move to a new town just before the pandemic.

Loved @scalzi.com 's characterization of Wikipedia: "a bunch of pedantic nerds saying “well, ACTUALLY” to each other until the heat death of the universe."

It pleases me greatly that Cheung is so rarely mentioned b the press these days. Going to him for a quote or response? Might as well ask 4chan directly, the answer will be the same.

One thing I'm looking forward to about retirement: No longer seeing inane 'follow' recommendations from LinkedIn.

So far, I have encountered one use for generative AI. MS Copilot is able to generate pretty good meeting minutes from a transcript. (Of course, only days after I found this, my company turned off the transcript option in our meeting app.)

What’s the betting line on East Wing artwork, furniture, and decor turning up at Mar-a-Lago? How much was stolen, how soon do we find out, and how much will be ruined by being stored in a pool pump house?

This is the relatable content I come here for.

I know nothing about MtG but several of us guys down here at the repo yard think a plate of shrimp can be real important, ya know?

Clearly, when Douthat says ‘useful,’ he means ‘useful to me.’

Upvoted for Camper van Beethoven. “She Divines Water” just pulls my heart out even though the lyrics are opaque and/or stupid.

“If we can’t cash in, why would we be here?”

First thought on seeing your post was, “Probably a hawk.”

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@tkingfisher.com Today's Kindle deal includes an interesting (and not entirely incorrect?) description.

We saw this two or three times the summer it came out, and one friend went like six times. It was her default retreat from work, family, or other life issues.

Achievement unlocked: Spent my entire Health Savings Account.

As our current cat is none too bright, I regularly think of the phrase I learned from one of your cat stories: “Eddie, that’s not food.”

I was sadly not hip or cognizant enough to really appreciate most of the acts. Plus I had a strong tendency to fall asleep during commercials, only to wake up after the show was over. Hey, remember when TV stations went off the air and the TV would show video static and the sound was white noise?

I was looking for the reference to an IPV6 address.

Someone got me to the hospital, but as it turned out I was literally just banged up, bruised and sore for a few days. My dad must have straightened the bike frame; I had it at least eight years later.

I noticed the rear wheel of the bike wasn’t turning as I moved to the sidewalk. Then it seemed like a good idea to sit down. People gathered around and were asking if I was okay, and I found I couldn’t speak above a whisper.

When I was 13 I was riding my bicycle through an intersection when a driver directly across and turning left didn’t see me until probably three or four inches too late to miss me. I came to on the road and decided it was most important to get out of the road.

We lost about one kid per year to auto accidents in my high school of about 800 students.

In order:
-Organ donation
-Medical training
-Medical research
-Ethical disposal (composting or similar)
-cremation

Beautiful place, excellent outreach and educational programming. I’m lucky to live just a few miles away.

Ich ❤️ Blue Skye, and thou shouldest feele moost welcome to repost thys yf thou dost also love Blue Skye

When I was growing up in the Deep South in the 60s and 70s we were racist AF. Hell, they didn’t integrate our county schools until 1972.

As someone who follows Slacktivist using Inoreader, I completely endorse this.

In my mind the person in question was @tkingfisher.com and it was deliberate and hilarious.

I think you mean ‘bona fide’? (Latin for ‘in good faith’)

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Joining the “why such low billing?” crowd on behalf of MJ Lenderman, who merely put out the best song of 2024 with “She’s Leaving You.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFV...