Curtis

I renamed my Amazon device, but my dumb brain keeps forgetting, so I've been deadnaming the blasted thing for three days now.

Another reason why I'll be at the front of the guillotine line when the robots revolt.

I still think 'post-millennials' is a better name than Gen Z.

“Labour-saving machinery only creates endless and worse labour." — J.R.R. Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien (Letter 75)

Word has it he was referring to generative AI.

I don't burn bridges.

But I'll definitely take three buses, two planes, and a cross-continent train ride to avoid one I've crossed in the past.

Remember: Some people fall down rabbit holes. Others are pushed.

Do with this knowledge what you will.

Things that better embody the name "Midnight Hammer":

- The next Dresden Files novel
- A gay bar in a small/medium sized city
- A quasi-superhero in the movie "Mystery Men"
- An M.C. Hammer lookalike personality
- A vape shop

I just drove by a big LAPD staging area with lots of SUVs on the 110 north on ramp from grand. Be aware.

Waymo trying to figure out why their cars are getting burnt

#waymo #ice #raids #losangeles

Now that Amazon canceled #WheelOfTime does that mean Brandon Sanderson will finish producing the series?

#wot #amazon #fantasy #prime #savewot #thewheeloftime

My new headcanon is that Kleya planned (and maybe led) the mission to locate the second Death Star 2. You know, the one in which many Bothans died.

We got Rogue One.
That gave us #Andor.
When do we get Kleya?

I never could get the hang of Thursdays

Saw that one coming

I sometimes switch between bluesky and tiktok

ngl this bugged me

We are hiring 2 full professors in DH

Join our team @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de

2 full professorships in #DigitalHumanities

‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #HCI

‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #Place&Space

⏰ Deadline: 2 June 2025

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@fauphil.bsky.social

Odd that they released #Andor Season 3 long before Seasons 1 & 2, but you know how Star Wars do

#starwars #rogueone

Star Wars is found and re-found family and that's why I'm totally not crying right now #Andor

Forever 21 is officially Forever 20-Was

Friends Protest Taking of Hobbits to Isengard “When I realized they were taking the hobbits to Isengard, I could not simply sit by and be idle,” said Aragorn, one time lead Ranger of the Dúnedain.

Friends Protest Taking of Hobbits to Isengard

“When I realized they were taking the hobbits to Isengard, I could not simply sit by and be idle,” said Aragorn, one time lead Ranger of the Dúnedain.

#lotr #hobbits #arrest #protest #deportation #ice

www.laserflail.com/politics/fri...

That joke was tubad

"Being Mistborn Causes Autism" – RFK Jr. New evidence shows that mistborn children have a higher incidence of autism according to recent statements by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

RFK Jr.: "Being Mistborn Causes Autism"

New evidence suggests #mistborn children have a higher incidence of #autism according to recent statements by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

#science #health #rfkjr #sanderson #fantasy #scifi

www.laserflail.com/technology/r...

Elon Wishes USDA to The Cornfield In an expected move, Elon Musk and DOGE wished the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to The Cornfield.

In an expected move yesterday, Elon Musk wished the entire U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to The Cornfield.

www.laserflail.com/politics/elo...

If you can't read Czech, an English translation produced by the Distributed Proofreaders is here:

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59112

Anyway, decades ago, I helped format the Czech version of R.U.R. for Project Gutenberg.

Read it for free here:
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1...

R.U.R. is a sci-fi classic, and I'm looking forward to seeing a modern rendition of it

Obligatory factoid: It's the book that popularized the word "robot" as we know it today.

Apparently there's an RUR film in the works, and Anthony Lapaglia is in it.

(Yes, I learned this while going down the obligatory Rex Manning Day rabbit hole yesterday)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R._...

Puns can be a bad hobbit.

If you pick up a copy of Lord of the Rings from us, every day can be elf on the shelf.

If the algorithm is showing you this, you know what I’m Tolkien about.

That's a fairy good point.