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He/him. Support your local neurodiverse. Anti-AI. Unions matter. Cyberpunk genre hatchling. On the various places with the various names.

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I'm STILL livid about this.
Anyone with a heart should be.

That's a fucking war crime.

11.03.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 2206 πŸ” 877 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 53
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10.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

So please, if you can, I’d love to have this thread list pro-Trans everything. Creators, craftspeople, writers, artists, activists…if you or someone you know deserves some celebrating, bring it the fuck on, okay?

Post links if you can.

Buy stuff if you can.

They hate when people stand up.

10.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 1586 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 199 πŸ“Œ 17
Dramatic ridge of a darker grey cloud slashing across a sky, clearly deliniating a low cloud cover from a higher cloud cover.  (I'm not a meteorologist, so I don't know the terms. Just thought the length of the cloud line was pretty dramatic.)

Dramatic ridge of a darker grey cloud slashing across a sky, clearly deliniating a low cloud cover from a higher cloud cover. (I'm not a meteorologist, so I don't know the terms. Just thought the length of the cloud line was pretty dramatic.)

Tonight's #sky.

07.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I tape them to the back or underside of the furniture that needed it. It's no banana, but I know where it is.

07.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this the new evolution of the flat earth society?

06.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anybody local in Britain can help, or knows someone who can…

06.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a flight from Toronto to Cleveland like that. Too short to enjoy it, but man was that cool.

06.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I looked into the Harbor Freight solar panels once upon a light age, but realized that 1) the landlord wouldn't appreciate solar panels lined up on the porch year round, 2) I'd need too many to get through winter, and 3) I'd have to drill holes in the building to get the wires through. Was close.

06.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry, what was that about not deadly accurate?

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ran into him once, back in the day. Was working a third shift as a cab driver, took him from somewhere in the suburbs to this club downtown. Left a big fragging tip, and the comcode to this tech shop in Lake Forest.
You never forget that walking stick.

06.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What charms would he wear in the Crocs?

06.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just recently read a military science fiction book that, while not the best of writing, included an aspect that rarely gets given any treatment in print, let alone good coverage. I doubt I'll be reading more in the series but it was refreshing to see new in the genre.

06.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, props to the copy editor for that headline.

06.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man speaking into a microphone with the words juuust a bit outside Alt: a man speaking into a microphone with the words juuust a bit outside (clip from the movie Major League)

Vibes

06.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, with something like 90% of all bananas being clones of the same plant nowadays, I could see how people develop allergies to them. (I learned more about bananas than I ever wanted to thanks to a coworkers VICE addiction.)

06.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, the Mike Rowe of government incompetence?

06.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ironically, ham radio is what pulled me into IRC chat. (My uncle introduced me to the Internet maybe two years before, but I hadn't learned much before the group was introduced to ham radio. I was looking for something that did the same thing without needing a license or expensive equipment.)

06.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some of us still use our Yahoo accounts. (Preemptive spam filter. If I think the service is sketch af, I register with that one.)

06.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I deliberately didn't want my exact name as my Gmail address. But I was able to set it for the same name as the Yahoo account I had to create when the school took back my .edu account.

06.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I still remember two of my clevenet and Denvernet user names. And have a saved copy of VAX addresses somewhere. "Do not quote the olde lore to me, I was there when it was coded." (I may not have been one of the cooler lurkers, though.)

06.03.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coly hrap. I didn't realize it was that bad. I've never had oil heat, so I never realized the realities of what's involved.

06.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only reason I bring him up is as an example of the consequences of what should happen AT A MINIMUM when people are involved with SA actions. If fans and constituents pushed to remove someone from office over this, what about someone in a higher office? (Any office, really.)

06.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember (hah! Ironic!) this as well. Do you remember that he guest started on JAG a few times?

06.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The agonizing decision between a 10 foot truck and a 14 foot truck is measured in memories and emotional loss, not finances.

03.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US: sorry there's inclement war approaching, here's our link to merch. Like and subscribe for more!

03.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is a fascinating biomechanical thing, tendons. (Also mountains, but that's more biogeological.)

03.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

>the screenshot didn't include all the text in the follow up recaps, but I listed everything except the web page credits and the blurb at the top of the page explaining it's the space photo of the day from NASA archives. From the date of August 10, 2025.
(Post recap 2 of 2)
Miss you, my fur princess

02.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

>it's hard to describe this photo for those who cannot see it. "A lot of the night sky with a hillside on the right side backlit by a bright and wide slash of white light between the nighttime road and the starry nighttime sky" doesn't seem to do justice to the image.
(Post recap 1 of 2)

02.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the alpha star of the constellation Leo, standing above center toward the left. The Beehive Star Cluster (M44) can be spotted below center, closer to the horizon and also immersed in the zodiacal glow.
(Recap 4 of 4)

02.03.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0