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Motorcycling, mountain biking gravitational wave computational scientist, guinea pig fancier, rabbit-herd and robo-shepherd. LIGO Caltech (ATL FOB).

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 — 👍 11874    🔁 6002    💬 1188    📌 3990

Awww fuck not Bruce

03.03.2026 02:56 — 👍 1622    🔁 144    💬 32    📌 7
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Lyft offers rides to trans Kansas residents as driving licenses voided After Kansas brought in a law banning trans people from using driving licenses that align with their chosen identity, Lyft is offering the community discounted rides.

If you're trans in Kansas, this might be helpful info:
Lyft offers discounted rides to trans Kansas residents as driving licenses voided
www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/02/l...

02.03.2026 23:33 — 👍 17    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

#LunarEclipse FAQ:

Q: Is it safe to look at?
A: Absolutely! Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no UNsafe time to look at a lunar eclipse.

Q: Do I need a telescope?
A: Nope! Best view is with naked eye. Just look up!

Q: Does the eclipse portend terror & doom?
A: Not at all! The news has that covered.

02.03.2026 19:22 — 👍 1269    🔁 402    💬 28    📌 16

Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons

01.03.2026 23:23 — 👍 1146    🔁 199    💬 29    📌 4

Please make a terrible ruckus about this, if you live in Oregon

01.03.2026 21:49 — 👍 385    🔁 292    💬 6    📌 5
Many turtles basking on a log

Many turtles basking on a log

Atlanta traffic this weekend was brutal #turtle

01.03.2026 21:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Norman Rockwell painting meme of that guy standing up like "oooh, look at me, I have 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴; blah blah blah"

The Norman Rockwell painting meme of that guy standing up like "oooh, look at me, I have 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴; blah blah blah"

I have sciatica, so I have to periodically stand up to stretch my muscles. It's not always an expression of my personal beliefs.

28.01.2026 05:50 — 👍 1079    🔁 162    💬 9    📌 2
shadow Abyssinian fuzz pig and sleek american Stuart sharing hay at the top of the castle

shadow Abyssinian fuzz pig and sleek american Stuart sharing hay at the top of the castle

Double pigs in the castle ramparts #guineapig

01.03.2026 01:08 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Each one of those three missiles costs 33% more than the annual budget of the national park where I work.

28.02.2026 21:19 — 👍 5669    🔁 1815    💬 57    📌 28
I keep seeing comments like "they didn't even bother doing a propaganda campaign this time". Do they need to? The American people are completely pacified. Where are the mass anti-war protests like we had with Vietnam and Iraq? Nowhere.

I keep seeing comments like "they didn't even bother doing a propaganda campaign this time". Do they need to? The American people are completely pacified. Where are the mass anti-war protests like we had with Vietnam and Iraq? Nowhere.

True and for real, I don’t blame anyone for this: it has just been one horror atop another for the whole of the 21st century so far and every effort the public has made to mitigate it has been ruthlessly beaten into the dirt. It’s amazing anyone has energy and idealism left to e.g. oppose ICE.

28.02.2026 22:29 — 👍 261    🔁 65    💬 7    📌 3

I just rewatched event horizon. That has some fun black hole science if you can resist gravitational collapse from cringing.

28.02.2026 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

28.02.2026 09:09 — 👍 6698    🔁 1837    💬 4    📌 1
Harvey the dwarf rabbit relaxing in the sun, resting on his mighty dewlap

Harvey the dwarf rabbit relaxing in the sun, resting on his mighty dewlap

Mighty dewlap / chin pillow #rabbit #melted

27.02.2026 19:28 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The screenshot of the release notes reads:

A new version of TeX Live Utility is available!
TeX Live Utility 1.55 is now available-you have 1.54. Would you like to download it now?
Release Notes:
Changes Since 1.54
• Fix bug 137, homepage link in Help Book.
• First release in a long time, since I don't use TeX anymore and resent the very idea of paying Apple annually for the privilege of giving away free and open-source software. Also, I'm really lazy. Please accept my apologies for all the annoying issues you've encountered in this mission-critical software.
• Updated mirror list, which was three years out of date.
• Added missing legacy mirrors, which was even more out of date.
• Added an alert on startup when user tries Homebrew's lobotomized MacTex, because those lunatics left timgr but removed its database.
Thanks for nothing, guys. Bug 142 and 144.
• Use a custom user-agent to work around the Anubis bot trap on texlive.info. Can't wait to see what else breaks because of this, thanks to the profusion of degenerate Artificial Insemination fetishists scraping websites to feed their models.
• Lists of countries in Repository/Continent are now sorted. No idea how you people let me get away with that one for the last fifteen years.

The screenshot of the release notes reads: A new version of TeX Live Utility is available! TeX Live Utility 1.55 is now available-you have 1.54. Would you like to download it now? Release Notes: Changes Since 1.54 • Fix bug 137, homepage link in Help Book. • First release in a long time, since I don't use TeX anymore and resent the very idea of paying Apple annually for the privilege of giving away free and open-source software. Also, I'm really lazy. Please accept my apologies for all the annoying issues you've encountered in this mission-critical software. • Updated mirror list, which was three years out of date. • Added missing legacy mirrors, which was even more out of date. • Added an alert on startup when user tries Homebrew's lobotomized MacTex, because those lunatics left timgr but removed its database. Thanks for nothing, guys. Bug 142 and 144. • Use a custom user-agent to work around the Anubis bot trap on texlive.info. Can't wait to see what else breaks because of this, thanks to the profusion of degenerate Artificial Insemination fetishists scraping websites to feed their models. • Lists of countries in Repository/Continent are now sorted. No idea how you people let me get away with that one for the last fifteen years.

There's a "is anyone even reading this" sort of honesty you get in the software update release notes from a project that's been around for a long time.

26.02.2026 20:44 — 👍 1335    🔁 327    💬 19    📌 16

Cool, sounding and looking real coherent here and *definitely* not wildly hopped up. Could this be the moment he became President?

25.02.2026 03:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Damn this seems exactly correct.

24.02.2026 22:54 — 👍 1864    🔁 216    💬 7    📌 1

Sweet dreams friend, by which i mean, well. ya know.

25.02.2026 03:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants

25.02.2026 02:55 — 👍 5415    🔁 850    💬 96    📌 14

Even just on face value, just *what* do these people think AI will "review" in this glorious future?

24.02.2026 02:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pretty confident those are (extremely) single (divorced) occupant vehicles

24.02.2026 00:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

22.02.2026 19:21 — 👍 3390    🔁 2625    💬 119    📌 377
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this is the stupidest thing and it absolutely undid me

22.02.2026 07:16 — 👍 5270    🔁 1667    💬 137    📌 132

Great shot. I think my wee mammal brain would kick in and flee but definitely made some questionable decisions re pictures of bear encounters.

22.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They think punk means *acting without consent* not *acting in defiance of power*

21.02.2026 20:34 — 👍 1621    🔁 461    💬 17    📌 0
Tigre the gargoyle gecko stalking live crickets, shortly before he pounced from about a foot above

Tigre the gargoyle gecko stalking live crickets, shortly before he pounced from about a foot above

Death from above #gargoylegecko

21.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 37    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Abyssinian Shadow pig in foreground of a freshly cleaned play area, with American Stuart on the prowl in the background

Abyssinian Shadow pig in foreground of a freshly cleaned play area, with American Stuart on the prowl in the background

Shadow pig T-Rexxing for fresh cilantro while showing no signs of discomfort despite spotting blood in his urine.

Shadow pig T-Rexxing for fresh cilantro while showing no signs of discomfort despite spotting blood in his urine.

The face and actions of a gentleman presenting fresh bladder stone / UTI problems. Fingers crossed they pass on their own again #trex #guineapig #cilantrosaturday

21.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew WASHINGTON—Exhausted from repeated efforts to explain the most basic aspect of political power, an aide to President Trump nevertheless began wearily explaining for the fifth time Friday why he couldn...

“I know Andrew is a good man who’s been treated terribly, but you remember when we learned a few minutes ago that England and the United States are two different countries?” said Senior Advisor Gerald Donovan

21.02.2026 00:30 — 👍 2149    🔁 350    💬 26    📌 17

Interest level: piqued

20.02.2026 22:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With the caveat i haven't used them, you might find this interesting: nrp.ai/documentatio... (with context @ nrp.ai)

20.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0