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Bay Area nerd. Interests: Pets, astronomy, film, politics, books, ttrpgs, video games, board games.

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Well you’ve got your boomers, your zoomers, your doomers, your Loomers and your Schumers. who am i missing

21.11.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 4

Not gonna lie, for a moment I thought the reflection was a megastructure off in the distance.

18.11.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The rich people who control everything aren't special. They're not smart, not even smarter than your average college student. They got to their position through family, ruthless exploitation of labor, and government largesse. You could replace them with a turnip and their companies would be fine.

12.11.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think my favorite part about elon musk is through joining up side by side with the far right, he revealed himself to be a completely tasteless loser with absolutely absurd beliefs that doesn’t really care about anything real at all other than ruining peoples lives and power

12.11.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2289    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 3

I see someone finally got around to watching "I, Robot" after getting roasted for being uncultured.

11.11.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do wonder, if Trump literally just transferred money out of the Treasury into an account he controlled, just straight up stole money from taxpayers... How many Republicans would defend it? 60%, I'm guessing.

11.11.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm, what if they spend that money on things other than healthcare? Seems safer to just have the government pay the healthcare providers directly. You could have just a single payer, save a lot of paperwork.

08.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man becomes world's first trillion aire while food aid for the poorest people in a country is blocked by its president, is the kind of thing you read about in history books right before a bloody revolution.

08.11.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Strawberries?

04.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
From Ready Player One: "We estimate that we can sell up to 80% of a user's visual field before inducing seizures."

From Ready Player One: "We estimate that we can sell up to 80% of a user's visual field before inducing seizures."

03.11.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this the kind of contentless slop we should expect from CBS with Bari Weiss at the helm?

03.11.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They showed a loop of ads -- for vacation mile programs and credit cards -- for an hour long flight, instead of letting us watch a movie or show. No audio, but there was no way to turn it off.

03.11.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Airlines are eternally amazed and surprised that people bring the bags that they're allowed to bring

03.11.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Airlines showing ads nonstop instead of in-flight entertainment is one of those little enshittification details I should have seen coming.

03.11.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I especially appreciated that they showed the normalcy that preceded the horrors. Entire years after Germans were stripped of their civil rights, before WW2, life just went on.

02.11.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check the Dodgers for termites

02.11.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We don't need any more quick words from Capital fucking One

02.11.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't the statute of limitations for even serious non-murder crimes like 5 years?

30.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are these felony charges?

29.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If I violated a court order, I would expect to be jailed for contempt of court. So why isn't he behind bars?

26.10.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced that he'll deploy the California National Guard and California Volunteers "on a humanitarian mission to support food banks as the federal government shutdown delays food benefits for millions of California families."

22.10.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7066    πŸ” 1912    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 106

What if this turns out to all be an elaborate exhibitionist fetish specifically targeted at the AP?

22.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon): Complete Information & Live Data | TheSkyLive C/2025 A6 (Lemmon): Complete and live astronomy data, visibility information, sky charts, graphs, and tools for sky-watchers at all levels.

Sorry, but this isn't true. There is no such comet. A different comet, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), will pass by on Oct. 21 but its closest distance to Earth will be 89 million km. theskylive.com/c2025a6-info

18.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You used your [weak hook] (Secret known: Pederast) on [Prince Andrew] to revoke his title [Duke of York].

17.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a man is asking which one in front of a general registry sign Alt: A scene from Silicon Valley where a man asks, "Which one?"
16.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"In the beginning, there was Alf hog and it was without form..."

16.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible - among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access. Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said. Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said. A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said. "The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there." Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: β€œDo not try to find us.”

12.10.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4222    πŸ” 1177    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 197

Do you have a preference for color?

11.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I were a young person, the fact that the authorities were so upset about the Oct. 18 No Kings protest would make it sound exciting and cool.

11.10.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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