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Brooklynite, early blogger, general-purpose nerd, ttRPG noodle-arounder, once and future cartoonist, typeface addict, doggerelist, one-time Hugo finalist, occasional crank. He/him.

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14.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Oh.
So thats how that feels"

13.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Even if it's in Verdana?

14.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Folks,

13.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 16

It's unfortunate that chatbots suck so much at folding my laundry, a task I would happily offload.

11.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Brownies are basically deep-dish soft cookies, so it makes sense.

13.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear a lot about scalloped potatoes, but never potatoed scallops.

13.03.2026 06:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The position β€œAmerican shuls are presumed valid targets unless they proactively disavow Israel” is as wrong as β€œAmerican Muslims need to proactively disavow Islamist violence to be considered good, loyal Americans.” Both are racist, and both are wrong.

13.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 1601 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 8

Can this be a solution?

12.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 4485 πŸ” 927 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 44

🎢 Hey Neuromancer, what’s it like in Chiba City?
What’s the sky over the port like, maybe staticky and gritty?
Or it’s blue?
Screen tech has changed a time or two
Yeah, it’s true 🎢

12.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of weather forecast for Brooklyn. 
Current temp: 40Β° 
Rain, H: 61Β° L:35Β°
Show Forecasted
4PM Snow 100% 39Β°
5PM Snow 70% 40Β°
6PM Rain 65% 39Β°
6:59PM Sunset
7PM Rain 40% 38Β°

Screenshot of weather forecast for Brooklyn. Current temp: 40Β° Rain, H: 61Β° L:35Β° Show Forecasted 4PM Snow 100% 39Β° 5PM Snow 70% 40Β° 6PM Rain 65% 39Β° 6:59PM Sunset 7PM Rain 40% 38Β°

How the hell can there be a 100% chance of snow when it’s 39Β°F and not expected to drop below 35Β°?!

12.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
A google maps view of the area around the Strait of Hormuz, with crude markup showing the 4 steps to successfully clearing the strait:

1. Build up speed
2. Hit Trampoline
3. Cool backflip
4. Nail the landing

The boat is illustrated using a clip art yacht, and the trampoline is also just kind of floating there.

A google maps view of the area around the Strait of Hormuz, with crude markup showing the 4 steps to successfully clearing the strait: 1. Build up speed 2. Hit Trampoline 3. Cool backflip 4. Nail the landing The boat is illustrated using a clip art yacht, and the trampoline is also just kind of floating there.

wait. wait. everyone hold on. i've solved it

12.03.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 7418 πŸ” 2081 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 149

Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.

12.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 8370 πŸ” 1432 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 51

I've got a Kobo Clara BW, and I like it. It's about US$140. Plus another $30 for the fancy cover, which folds into a stand.

They also make a model with a color screen, but I'm told the screen refresh is annoyingly slow.

12.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charles Foster Kong, a giant billionaire, falls for an actress named Rose Budd.

12.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

WFRP in Cincinnati

12.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

every single day it's more obvious how sexually loaded all this stuff is. youre getting dommed by a broadway fop.

11.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 745 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 5

Is there a kind of mold that causes transphobia?

11.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s true that there was a mean streak visible in Rowling’s work β€” Ursula Le Guin called the books β€œethically rather mean-spirited” in 2004 β€” but I don’t think anyone had Rowling pegged as a transphobe just based on the Potter stories, before she started supporting transphobia in public.

11.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Target boycott ends with no concessions to DEI rollbacks. Here's why A yearlong national boycott of Target over its DEI rollbacks has ended without concessions or changes to the company's diversity policy. Here's why.

One of two boycotts against Target has ended, but the other hasn’t.

Rev Jamal Bryant has announced the end of the boycott has was leading. The Racial Justice Network’s boycott is still ongoing.

11.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 25472 πŸ” 6923 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 429

If we lived in a normal media environment, where there was a chance that the Democrats could actually get the credit for this relief, this might be a smart move.

We do not, however, live in a normal media environment.

11.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Opinion | By killing schoolchildren en masse, we are giving Iranians the freedom and liberty that Americans have enjoyed in Littleton, Newtown, Parkland, and Uvalde.

10.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 878 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 17
A small sketchbook, open on a black surface, exposing the inside front cover and the first page. The inside cover bears the logo of the manufacturer: handβ€’book journal co, distributed to Speedball Art Products, Statesville, NC. The first page shows a pen and ink drawing of an arch, with trees around it: the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. At the lower right corner of the page the date is written: 10 Mar 2026.

A small sketchbook, open on a black surface, exposing the inside front cover and the first page. The inside cover bears the logo of the manufacturer: handβ€’book journal co, distributed to Speedball Art Products, Statesville, NC. The first page shows a pen and ink drawing of an arch, with trees around it: the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. At the lower right corner of the page the date is written: 10 Mar 2026.

I celebrated today’s nice weather by breaking in that sketchbook I bought a few weeks ago.

#Brooklyn

10.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not sure what to do with people who are high political engagement but low information

24.12.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
4 frame comic. each frame shows a scene of destruction in Iran, with pillars of smoke rising up in the sky. text reads : joseph weizenbaum was an a.I
pioneer and the creator of the
1966 early chatbot "eliza". in his
1976 book "computer power and
human reason", he warned against
the dangers of artificial
intelligence.
weizenbaum asserted that
a.I. should never be used for
decision-making, because it will
always lack moral judgement.
people in power, executing their
will through a.I., would absolve
themselves of moral
responsibility.
weizenbaum would have known
about that. his jewish parents
fled nazi germany. from 1933,
the nazis spent considerable
resources studying how to desen-
sitize their agents to commit
mass murders. the solution was
automation and the removal of
agents from decision-making.* (note : The Nazi Mind, Laurence Rees, 2025)
I wonder what Weizenbaum would have thought about the rise of AI warfare.

4 frame comic. each frame shows a scene of destruction in Iran, with pillars of smoke rising up in the sky. text reads : joseph weizenbaum was an a.I pioneer and the creator of the 1966 early chatbot "eliza". in his 1976 book "computer power and human reason", he warned against the dangers of artificial intelligence. weizenbaum asserted that a.I. should never be used for decision-making, because it will always lack moral judgement. people in power, executing their will through a.I., would absolve themselves of moral responsibility. weizenbaum would have known about that. his jewish parents fled nazi germany. from 1933, the nazis spent considerable resources studying how to desen- sitize their agents to commit mass murders. the solution was automation and the removal of agents from decision-making.* (note : The Nazi Mind, Laurence Rees, 2025) I wonder what Weizenbaum would have thought about the rise of AI warfare.

AI and decision-making.

09.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

🎢 Baby dance, baby dance,
It’s another chance for romance
Baby dance, baby dance,
Everybody take off your pants 🎢

10.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They found one person in his administration who wrote an anti-private-property tweet seven years ago.

10.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hats make sense, but that’s about it.

10.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Star Trek is set in a parallel reality where vitalism is true.

10.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0