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ladies and gentlemen...we got him

It's too long for Bluesky & I refuse to compromise. So here's a screenshot with the words in the alt-text.

“we will rule you forever with an iron fist of suffering” is maybe not the most compelling message any administration has ever had

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

At some point, the federal government taking everyone else's money and giving nothing back will result in the dissolution of the nation. States have to have a reason to participate.

LRP: Tempted to put "Professional Deathist" in bio for giggles.

I hate that I've now learned a new thing our tech overlords have bestowed on incredibly dumb people to toss into the discourse but here's some funny tweets about it

From the aviation community on Reddit: Inside the cockpit of NOAA's WP-3D while flying into Hurricane Melissa Explore this post and more from the aviation community

Next time you’re on a bumpy flight consider that it could be worse. PS - Megan is a badass (pilot). 👍

You have until Sunday SUNDAY Sunday to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt. I don't have room in my house for piles of shirts so our shirts are always time-limited.

Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, supports @skypeascientist.bsky.social, looks cool as hell.

Get one: SquidFacts.net

I also hate how Trump is simply reinforcing old stereotypes about how Americans will only eat McDonalds overseas, because I do think broader American culture has become WAY more culinarily adventurous in a pretty laudable way over the last 20 years

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CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”

Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?

Screenshot from tumblr User hymnsofheresy: have y'all ever had communion bread that was just so...nasty? like I know we have to suffer as Christians, but do we really need to have whole wheat bread as the body of christ? User hymnsofheresy: My old church used Hawaiian bread. My standards are high. User missweber: Some old housemates of mine were Syrian orthodox. At their church different members of the church took turns baking the bread that would be consecrated for the Eucharist. This was all well and good until one woman baked raisin bread. This led to the memorable occasion of a rather flustered priest, who had not seen the bread until that moment, "This - except for the raisins - is the Body of Christ."

This had popped on a feed recently so I remembered the right search terms

"Can I consecrate this for communion?" Bingo. Involving structure purists versus ingredient purists.

I don't think this requires further comment from me.

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...

For my writer friends... Writer Beware did an article on the recent spate of fake book clubs trying to scam writers out of cash. Read this...it's quite enlightening. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...
#writers #writingcommunity #writing

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners.

Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.

it is always nerve-wracking to take a position on a question not-yet-resolved, but that's the only time when taking a position can actually be meaningful, so

I think that using AI to "automate pastoral work" is an indefensible abdication of, and damning misunderstanding of, one's duty as a cleric

Everyone needs to read this thread.

Everyone.

"We have tried to work with Mr. McCarty for over 5 months on this matter, including having the replacement awards and parts shipped to him back in August, which he requested and has received, and we are deeply frustrated and saddened by his inaction."

Ugh.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.

You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com

Ookin' dumb.

Me, watching this: "What? What?? What. WHAT. WHAT????"

Absolutely incredible. I'm convinced more and more that the guys who are super impressed by this are enjoying it the same way budgies enjoy watching NBA games

NHTSA dot gov listing for 2024 Cybertruck, showing 9 recalls, 3 investigations, 85 complaints, and 51 manufacturer communications

congrats to Cybertruck on its ninth recall (not to mention a face-melting 51 technical service bulletins) in just about two years on the market

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