Denise Rayman

Real convo btwn and my 6 year old son:

Him: Dad, they say what happened to Amelia Earhart is a mystery, but that’s not true.
Me: Of course it is buddy. It’s one of the big mysteries.
Him: No, I know what happened to her.
Me: How? Nobody knows.
Him: She disappeared in 1937, Dad. She’s dead, Dad.

it's a vintage typewriter

"let copilot help you draft"
"can gemini write that for you"

I have now taken the only reasonable course of action in the circumstances

Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?"

Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.

last night's playoff game between new york and indiana may have been game one, but for the pacers and their fans, it was "game won." alright i'm gonna go talk a walk around the neighborhood and see if i can steal some of my neighbors' mail. back later

hand-written sign in a window of the IMLS building that says "SOS IMLS"

New — Institute of Museum and Library Sciences employees were allowed back in the building this morning to gather belongings after all being put on admin leave by DOGE yesterday. Supporters have gathered in front of the building and staffers inside have posted a visible sign that says "SOS IMLS."

Some reflections from the mod team yesterday on how we are navigating a user-driven pivot towards histories of 'now'. We are not a forum for discussing current politics, but understanding the present has always been one of the main ways that history contributes to civic discourse.

It's going to be important to remember that when an authority tells us to do something, we can always - ALWAYS - choose to say no. There might be consequences, it might not 100% stop the bad thing from happening, but even so. Compliance is always a choice.

I saw this just before Shabbat came in, and I've been thinking about it all day, because I think that while the event itself is lurid and enraging, *this* is the part we should pay close attention to. Oklahoma teachers are showing us that noncompliance works.

desktop computers should be gross and beige instead of rainbow and glowing. your computer should look like a piece of soap. it should look like a telephone from a horror movie. it should look like someone smoked in front of it before it left the factory

I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚

I’m at the thai spot. I’m at the bowling alley. I’m at the combination thai spot/bowling alley.

A production of Cats is coming to town. Might buy a ticket so I can say, "Go on, git," at the Cats. On the other hand, I might just leave the Cats be. We'll see how it goes.

It's like picking up your child. One time, you defragged a hard drive for the last time and didn't even know it.

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
- Glamorizes hustle culture
- Speciest
- Was taught to you in elementary school

"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
- Metal as fuck
- Implies that you are a wizard
- No one will know you are testing out a font

Microsoft one drive SUCKS

This hits like a freight train

you’re taking her on dates

i’m taking her catalytic converter

we are the same actually. we are a team. it is an elaborate ruse to steal women’s catalytic converters. this is our third job this week.

nah dude it's me. I'm gonna be the first one who escapes the cycle of suffering without rending asunder the core sense of self and with it, desire, we're disrupting samsara bro

parenthood helps us internalize so many things we know at an intellectual level. for example, babybel wax *can* melt into the car door

I watch clips of German Sesame Street to recapture the feeling of being a baby watching US Sesame Street. I don't know what the fuck they're saying but it seems useful.

Screenshot of a Steam Setup screen. There’s a ton of languages to choose from, but 2 in particular are circled in green. One says English (traditional) with a UK flag, one is English (Simplified) with a USA flag, showing that they simplify words and don’t speak proper English language.

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diphthong is a disgusting word. just awful.

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every time i see the words "back to school" a small part of my brain worries it's for me, that i have to go back to school for some reason

i love liking posts. is that a videogame? hell yeah! is that a ceiling? hell yeah! is that a caterpillar? hell yeah! every post is beautiful

The funniest possible thing the DNC could do during the mystery gap is handle resolutions and amendments. Just the most boring procedural party shit for an hour. "oh you think these delegates had fun getting here? They did not. They did this on multiple spring Saturdays"

it’s just like how eleanor roosevelt said, “when they go low I’ll shit in their sunroof idgaf”

An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.

This, from The Atlantic and on @lisafdavis.bsky.social: The Voynich is “not imaginary,” Davis said. “It’s an actual object, it exists in space and time, it has a history, it has physical characteristics, and because of that, it has a true story. We just don’t know what that true story is yet.”"

Avery Blankenship slide showing her reference library of food stains to udnerstand historical cookbook stains and what they show

Avery Blankenship: (OMG!) to understand how stains break down over time, purchased antique paper & made a reference library of food stains using things w/o modern-day-only chemical ingredients #DH2024