Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
I bet he resigns tomorrow.
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I bet he resigns tomorrow.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully to contain the rights to a digital farm
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you sure? Has Israel invaded France? They can both be evil and awful for their own reasons.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Felicidades precioso š„¹
gencab for cutie (@babadooknukem.bsky.social) reposted
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
We made cupcakes. Out of sprinkles, mostly. With some Crisco to hold it together. Look, Iām a Jew - I donāt believe in Satan as a corrupted being of divine origin whose purpose is to challenge/disrupt the spiritual trajectory of mankind. But if I did, he would be WAY into this.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Rape! Murder!
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
You nailed that light bounce nighttime overcast. Honestly never seen anyone capture this mood in oil before. Good show!
Chris Person (@papapishu.bsky.social) reposted
I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Letās make it a weeklong festival.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, the odds arenāt terribly bad
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
I hope itās what we think, but I also hope they donāt announce it until Monday, I have a pile of chores to do this weekend.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
āCut off the head and the body will dieā -HST
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Asking the right questions over here.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
As a Bowie fan, I find this discomfiting. Which song? WHICH FUCKING SONG?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
To maximize your suffrage, you want to be Gun, LLC
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
The hero we need.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
š š¼š“š„
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
I donāt know what I would have done if my kid came out right handed.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Break up with your friends, spend more time at the office. Subscribe to more services, sever your social ties, fill the void with consumption. Treat yourself.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Every time I find myself rooting for Gavin Newsom my soul dies a little.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Por quƩ es imposible?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Itās this kind of energy.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
I appreciate my immigrant friends, because most still see arriving in the US as a major win. It helps me keep perspective. But Iām losing patience with folks who say āthings can be so much worseā like yes, thanks, WE KNOW.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Every era tries, in its way, to model Great Science Mysteries as whatever the pinnacle of technology happens to be at the time. Just as surely as the universe is not clockwork, the brain is not a computer.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
El razón numero uno que extraƱo Californiaās es puedo practicar hablando espaƱol con casi cualquiera, especialmente los Lyfts. Conversaciones cortes y dulces, apuestas bajas, no necesito estar ansiosa.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Iād read the fuck out of this
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
This film traumatized me
John Avocado å®ę° (@supercroup.com) reposted
It's shawl week on #ShowMeYourKnits! I don't really knit shawls, but the Anubias shawlette by Leslie Hamacher looked so incredible that I HAD to make it. Here's the one I made (modelled by me, but it's now in my mother's possession). Yarn (CC): Manos del Uruguay AlgerĆa in colourway "Genghis Khan"
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatās quite something.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
At least you werenāt placed in suspended animation until lemon scented towelettes could be invented.
Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) reposted
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Es escalofriante que la policĆa estadounidenses tiene armas de guerra. Por otro lado, es un consuelo que no realmente sepan cómo usarlos. š¤·āāļø
Joel (@sentantiq.bsky.social) reposted
"Humor often functions as a type of social control, laughing-at enforces cultural norms as a replacement for or prelude to violence. But sometimes bad luck is funny too." joelchristensen.substack.com/p/epic-bullsht
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Team Good n Plenty checking in
Teen Vogue (@teenvogue.com) reposted
Though national media has mostly been focused on Los Angeles, it is crucial for eyes to be on the Central Valley to properly address the plight of undocumented immigrants. Read how organizers in California's Central Valley are putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE raids and deportations. ⤵ļø
Es Pop Ediciones (@espop.es) reposted
"La gente me pregunta: si pudieras revivirlo todo, sabiendo lo que ahora sabes, ĀæcambiarĆas algo? Y yo siempre digo: joder, no. Si hubiera estado sobrio no serĆa Ozzy. Si hubiera hecho cosas normales y sensatas no serĆa Ozzy. Mira, si todo se acaba maƱana, no me puedo quejar". RIP John Osbourne. š¢
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
s o l a m e n t e p a s t e l e s
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Clockwise from top left: mixed berry, lemon grapefruit, steamed rice flour, pistachio, galaxy chocolate, probably lavender and far lower left is a grocery cookies and cream situation
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
āMany qualified candidates replied to our posting and we wish you the best of luck as you rifle through garbage with the remaining elders of your villageā
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Me: My head really hurts Him: I wonder why? Me: Iām a migraineur Him: Something must have caused it? Me: Migraine is a chronic condition. Him: But headaches this debilitating canāt just come from nowhere. Me: Itās autosomal dominant. Him: Iām sure we can figure something out. Me: -_-
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
My kid decided to throw a party thatās just cake. No birthday, no special occasion, except cake. The children each made a cake, and adults will come later with professional reinforcements. Like cake mercenaries.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
La jefa mƔs bonita
Ryan Packer (@typewriteralley.bsky.social) reposted
Hello voters, we have some recommendations for you when you receive your ballot this week. www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...
céline veltman ⶠcuriosmos (@celineveltman.bsky.social) reposted
!!!! we just dropped a šššš for curiosmos !!!! woah⦠I almost canāt believe it but everyone gets to try this silly game of ours >:ā¢) s.team/a/2585710/
Eli Friedman (@elifriedman.bsky.social) reposted
CK Lee on Hong Kong, this is gonna be great @harvardpress.bsky.social
The Oregonian (@oregonian.com) reposted
The Klamath River is newly navigable after removal of its four hydropower dams to help restore the salmon run ā an ancient source of life, food and culture for the paddlersā tribes who have lived alongside the river for millennia.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Theyāre a snack for later.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
The thing about Lio Partagaz is he is actually a great boss. The pinnacle of English engineering. He would be so easy to admire, were he not so easy to hate.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Every once in a while BB drops a banger. Now weāll have to wait another two years.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
At Cal State LA, I took classes at Ruben Salazar Hall. Iām angry right now but so very proud to be a Golden Eagle
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Certainly the case for many! I think there are also plenty of well balanced relationships that are damaged because neither partner is informed about Puberty 2, The Revenge. They have no idea whatās happening and itās scary.
Keith (Dakota reunification advocate) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Text 29. evangelical leftism
Eric Champnella (@echamp.bsky.social) reposted
"Adolf Hitler, pursuing a ruthless campaign for a 'Nasified' and loyal Germany, armed himself today with the power to cancel citizenships and and confiscate the property of critical or hostile citizens, including Germans living abroad." United Press July 16, 1933
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
We support u bb
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Every goddamn day
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Iām always saddened reading reddit posts where the husband is like āMy wife (45F) is constantly angry and we havenāt had sex in ages, AITA for considering divorce?ā Dude, itās perimenopause. Sheās overheated and itchy and her testosterone is on the fritz.
Aaron Cynic (@aaroncynic.bsky.social) reposted
Finally had a chance to go take a photo of this today and sadly some absolute jackass covered up superman. Really sad shitty news.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatās because when a software engineer fucks something up they can just hit delete. Or revert to a previous server image. Or turn it off and back on again. Does homie here even know what tolerancing is?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
So you mean, second wave feminism? We doing power suits?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām coming over.
Faine Greenwood (@faineg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Heat oven to 375F/190 C. Cut bread into small chunks. season in bowl with olive oil, chopped or powdered garlic, salt and pepper, smoked paprika, and Parmesan. spread out on oiled baking pan. Bake for at least 10 minutes - fresher bread needs more time in the oven to crisp up.
Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.online) reposted
Hereās the bottom line for whatās going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what heās doing to the algorithm that you canāt so easily see, and what itās doing to you
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
But where?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Why would you protect this scum?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Potato is a big tent.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes both can be true.
Aaron Bady (@zunguzungu.bsky.social) reposted
A thing that makes that Times story especially odious is that Zohran Mamdani's father was LITERALLY expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin's fascist effort to scapegoat Asian Ugandans as not really African www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that the Sinatra boy?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, ok. I see exactly what kind of garbage you are. Thanks for clarifying.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
The antisemitic elite is self-identifying as Jewish? Is the claim that Brianna Wu is antisemitic, or that she is āeliteā?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) reposted
I donāt think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make whatās happening now look like childās play. And people are disappearing.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Unclear which āelitesā are presumed to hold this oddly bespoke belief.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
This is someone who has never prophylactically consumed lactaid.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
āCommonā āeliteā?
Shawn Harris (@shawnforcongress.bsky.social) reposted
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
You thought iPad kids were bad? Hold my beer.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
If anyone can do it!
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
We need security detail for our guys
Chris Stringer (@chrisbstringer.bsky.social) reposted
Spontaneous playful teasing in four great ape species royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Scott D. Haddow (@sdhaddow.bsky.social) reposted
This paper has been in the works for many years and today it's finally out! "Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Ćatalhƶyük" šŗ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Itās heartwarming to watch The Youthā¢ļø discover Coalition Building.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
The middle of the road is where accidents happen.
Jake_Vig (@jakevig.bsky.social) reposted
It's been so weird to watch a president learn things in real time when fielding a question from the press. Then, whatever word or concept he learns, he uses in the next few social media posts. It's like when a 3rd grader learns a new fact about dinosaurs.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Just shamelessly ripping off John McCain.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Now we just need to find their floppy disks.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Respectfully: What the fuck are you talking about?
Levi Stahl (@levistahl.bsky.social) reposted
Reading about WWII means I need to post the best writing I know about our attempts to remember & understand it, āLosing the War,ā by Lee Sandlin. I remember reading this in @chicagoreader.com when it was published and feeing almost unmoored, it was so good. www.leesandlin.com/articles/Los...
BeijingPalmer (@beijingpalmer.bsky.social) reposted
there's nothing more narrowly provincial than a leftist who thinks the world hates Americans.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
So much there were entire ad campaigns about lynching them. Over salsa. Salsa!
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck em!
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social)
Donald Trump makes a fist like heās never had to use one. Look at any photos - even the āfightā one. Compare w/ Gloria Steinem vs Dorothy Pitman Hughes and youāll see what I mean:
Gil DurƔn (@gilduran.com) reposted
My relatives in East L.A. ā born in the U.S.A. ā are afraid to go outside because masked men with guns are randomly snatching people off the street. This is a government terrorism campaign against its own people.
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
Just saw a matte black one in Hollywood. Unfortunately no milkshake handy
JĆørgen Holm (@jholm.bsky.social) reposted
When Africa Refused to Dry: Rethinking Climate and Human Evolution in the Pliocene www.anthropology.net/p/when-afric...
Sic Semper Alanis (@ludicrum.bsky.social) reply parent
They might be repugnant but at least they know where to find the knobs keys and levers on the government organ.