This is the one for me. Guy founded a religion in 20th-century America, and, aside from a few years of his life, nothing seems to be definitively known about him.
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This is the one for me. Guy founded a religion in 20th-century America, and, aside from a few years of his life, nothing seems to be definitively known about him.
it is sort of funny to me that there is a genuine case in academic biblical history that argued Joseph went to bethlehem was to get a lower tax rate
watching a random movie on netflix: unpleasant, disappointing
watching a random movie on tubi: extraordinary, a blessing
We are watching this right now, on our big screen. This is by far better than anything on TV. www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...
Along with clothes, etc., those are the concepts you have to learn when you transition.
Oceans to the East and West; calm neighbors to the North and South.
I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadnβt already happened
I use this clip every time I teach research methods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgj...
Murders in the Rue Morgue was a parody, I have found the post and the website about it!
The site linked is here
wdl.mcdaniel.edu
And it's really rather good fun, some eyebleedingly bad prose, of course
i ainβt reading all that iβm happy for u tho or sorry that happened
The filled-in swimming pool for the entire country.
synecdoche, but bad
Good stuff from @professormusgrave.bsky.social, as usual. musgrave.substack.com/p/reading-sc...
A young barmaid behind the bar at the famous French nightclub Folies-Bergère is staring forward in a bored, introspective way. Behind her is a mirror which reflects the lively scene. At the top left you see the green shoes of a trapeze artists. More importantly, at right you see the back of the barmaid, and see that she is face to a man who leans close and seems to be requesting something. This is Manet's famous painting "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re
The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!
But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!
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i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later
J.G. BALLARD APOLOGY FORM To: From: Date: Reason for behavior: The media convinced me that the ultra-rich were normal human beings I didn't know that life and death are actual games for our drug-addled elites I miss consensus reality I don't know anything about UK sf I was jealous Mercury was in of him for retrograde hanging out with Michael Moorcock I will hereby respect the dystopian G.O.A.T. and I will NOT talk down on the future first-ballot Hall of Famer. imgflip.com
Reading the news today
These are Chicagoβs most endangered buildings in 2026:
blockclubchi.co/4b2mZ75
A human skull positioned on a sundial with the inscription "INEVITABILE FATUM" (inevitable fate) staring into the void, avoiding eye contact to you, the reader, since 1557.
Staring with his mouth agape since 1557.
You might think this is condescending but βIran is near the Strait of Hormuzβ and βall the worldβs oil has to go through the Strait of Hormuzβ are facts that were apparently not raised in the Oval Office
Nobody should take messaging advice from me, but democrats might make a lot of mileage just by repeating facts about Iran like βitβs incredibly mountainousβ and βthere are 90 million Iraniansβ
Time traveller
This is just exceptional.
If you want to take your mind off awful politics and look at awful science stuff instead, this is a good read: www.sciencedetective.org/scientific-d...
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best
Americans: we live in a fallen stateβembroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best
Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!
Hey, so, we have some news about something that won't be happening in 2032.
Giant snake on an info panel about to eat a screaming child
The Museum of Scotland using small children in size comparison info panels is absolutely sending me.
Mechanic for the electric company, steel worker.
Remarkable: Senate cmte quickly adjusts NASA funding bill to bless Isaacman cancelling EUS and Mobile Launcher 2 in favor of a new SLS upper stage and end SLS block 1B and Block 2. Cruz had been at odds before but went along now. House?
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
