Maybe, like Hotblack Desiato, he's spending a year dead for tax purposes.
Retired clockmaker of the atomic persuasion. Formerly at the US Naval Observatory.
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Maybe, like Hotblack Desiato, he's spending a year dead for tax purposes.
Disappointed to find out the Peanut Butter Falcon is not a detective story about tracking down a valuable artifact sent by the Knights of Malta to King Charles V
So Belichick quashed all rumblings about it was all Tom Brady, right? I’m being told this is a “no”
It is possible that this swan, if operable, could render it undetectable to our SOSUS warning nets Would you characterize this as a first-strike weapon? That is a possibility. It’s designed to approach by stealth and to shower its target with multiple warheads with little or no warning.
In a shocking revelation, nobody wants to eat those grapes which are probably sour anyway.
Did the player with two bullets wager the baby, or was it someone else?
When Ben Franklin said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," he was urging people to value liberty, not saying that breaking laws, spending tons of money, and violating rights is worth it if it stops, say, petty theft.
It’s only champagne fraud if it involves…oh. Carry on.
“Raising money for yourself is one sure ticket in” says all of MAGA, in unison
Schrödinger’s somethingorother
I hate the tone of tacit acceptance that deploying troops is an acceptable crime-fighting tactic. Intimidating people into staying home will reduce crime, but the price we pay is freedom. That should be a non-starter.
Reminds me of a purchase justification document I found where it said “bonified need” and it took me a few confused seconds to realize it was supposed to be “bona fide”
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
You may now get off my lawn
One technology I think young folks today don’t appreciate is LED flashlights. I think you have to have used ones with those crappy little feeble incandescent bulbs run by D-cell batteries (or a tiny generator on your bike) to fully value what’s available today
“please listen to all options as our menu has changed”
Standing on the WH balcony, raising his fist, and saying, “Go, go, go!”
The product called the political pundit. Happy to give its opinion, no track record of actually being right.
DIE ALREADY, MUSIC CHOICE POP ENERGY!
I thought maybe it was my default startup channel that got reassigned. The problem is that on one menu they show the music channel name but not number, and on another they show the number but not the name, so I don’t know what the fuck is going on.
My cable company (spectrum) changed its channel lineup, and now there’s one that’s marked as a favorite. I deselect it, but whenever I call the channel guide up, it shows up again. It’s not the zombie channel, but it’s totally the zombie channel
my favorite color, Dark Gary
“The president isn’t dead, Rudy was in an accident!” has a Catch-22 vibe to it. (Accidentally, of course. These people don’t read)
replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names
Silver Streak (1976)
As health departments or legislatures make these sorts of moves in the coming months, they should name them things like the “Stop Bobby Measles Act” or “Protecting America’s Children from RFK Jr.” I am not really joking, they need to pin this stuff on him by name and in no uncertain terms.
And, regardless, hoping it’s painful and you suffer the whole time
I want to go to this rave
Trump’s account. No way to know Trump posted it.
Tomorrow is Labor Day, and while a lot of people have the day off, I have to get up and go to retirement like it’s any other day
Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income. It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions. If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
Curious development today. Giuliani was supposed to surrender his spine to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss as part if the defamation settlement but he told the court he didn’t know where it was.
The broken vertebra were in his glovebox
😆😆
A necessary item for any Sharp Dressed Man
Kevin-Kline-in-a-sumo-suit still hasn’t gotten the voice down quite yet #YesItsADaveReference
I only know of Sweeney from a recent jeans ad kerfuffle. You’re probably better off not knowing.
My brother visited today, and brought some pie from the Blue Rose diner. I have a very good brother.
But not praising his beautiful plumage
They need more fiber in their diet.
It’s Italian law. If you’re spotted together, you must start dating.
Surgery to remove genital warts, gone awry. Make them deny it.
Could be why they went banrupt
Thoughts and prayers.
No, didn’t fuck a pig, but she screwed the pooch.
The banana bot!
Produce bots. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all fruit eaters as a target. Decided our fate in a microsecond
Listen, and understand! That banana bot is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you buy a bunch!
I can
"And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the *sides*. And the other two banana bots you didn't even know were there."
You keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T. rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not banana bot. You stare at him, and he just stares right back.
he'll always be dead in our hearts
Wishful thinking to speculate about death, but I think we proceed with the idea that he had a Medical procedure - that this is true until proven wrong - and make them deny it in the same way they’re dancing around the Epstein files.
Hammer Industries, Iron Man 2 (2010)
Canonically, McDonald's character Grimace hails from an island that features Mt. McDonaldland, a volcano that erupts milkshakes. As this is a form of cryovolcanism, it suggests that Grimace, in fact, originates from one of our solar system's icy moons, possibly Triton or Enceladus. In this essay,
If we have thoughts and prayers at our disposal, why didn’t Trump deploy them in DC instead of the National Guard?
In Corvallis, OR, it’s the BEAVERFRIDGE
ok when you read "clear homeless encampments"? I need you to hear "steal the housing and property of people in poverty"
This is what the Morlocks did to the Eloi
What is “handshake recovery”?
Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
This approach worked so well with red-light cameras
All the GOP can offer after a mass shooting is thoughts and prayers and yet they have not replaced their own security details with members of the clergy
I wonder why Bill Pulte didn’t send this case over to DOJ with a criminal referral along with his selective targeting of Adam Schiff and Lisa Cook? apnews.com/article/paxt...
It should at least say “see Literz”
be some significant improvement to justify it. Otherwise it’s like deciding to randomly rearrange your keyboard to have the “joy” of relearning the arrangement. And that’s before we even get to “what the fuck does this icon have to do with the function it represents” 2/2
Re: last reskeet One thing that UX designers don’t seem to grasp is that change for the sake of change is BAD. Users are used to whatever the user experience is. They already climbed the learning curve. If you’re going to make them do it again, there had better 1/
Look, I am not a designer or a UX guy, but these are terrible. They. Are. Terrible. Apple has lost it. They used to be the best at this, and now they have literally no idea what they are doing or why they are doing it.
If you want to join the class in the class action lawsuit against Anthropic for using copyrighted books to train their chatbot, apparently, you or your publisher must have formally registered the copyright. You can check at the link below. * I am not a lawyer. Do your own research, etc.
The implications (for those who do not understand why we're all suddenly freaking out) is that in the US, if you do not pay the fee to register your copyright, you do not have the same legal protections. @courtneymilan.com did a good thread about this but tl;dr: it impacts the AI lawsuit a lot.
“The HHS is grasping at straws to avoid discussion of the failed Republican policies regarding guns.”
Little Tom Clancy’s House on the Prairie -or- Tom Clancy’s Little House on the Prairie
I thought I was a good person until my daughter asked "Would you step on a dog for 8 million dollars?"
Hey! Trump finally built a wall that will keep things out!
I ordered something that shipped from Germany that looks like it got into the pipeline just under the wire
Family values
No, you're not ineligible for the vaccine. Let me introduce you to the concept of lying.
Dual Roomba xkcd.com/3133/
![4-panel comic. (1) [Roomba next to two people] PERSON 1 to Person 2 with white hat: The Roomba keeps my floor clean. But what do I do when the *Roomba* gets dirty? (2) PERSON 1: Simple: I got a second Roomba and a ramp, so they can clean each other. [a second Roomba takes ramp to be on top of first Roomba] (3) PERSON 1: After the tops are clean, I flip one of them over so they can clean each others’ undersides. [flips Roomba upside down] (4) [stacked Roombas vibrating] PERSON 2: There’s nothing NSFW about this, and yet it’s the most NSFW thing I’ve ever seen. PERSON 1: Yeah, my YouTube DIY video about it got demonetized.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicowxulcoikrb7a7datbtfucl3yb2kfxjuoknszcvbrhjanpek7f4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
'Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.’ Also AIs
I will note that smoking doesn’t specify tobacco
She has a bigger budget.
Update: it got funny again
I assume that the sandwich guy has to get ten punches on his “throw a sandwich at a cop” card before being indicted for a felony
Now that National Guard members in DC are armed, we need clear rules of engagement to define when they can shoot the garbage and mulch.
Also Grand Theft Acronym , if you’re a video game
That’s silly. GTA stands for Graduate Teaching Assistant
It’s close but I don’t think they got the president’s shade of orange quite right.
Military recruitment centers guaranteeing the exciting trash detail or exhilarating mulch detail. Sign up while the vacancies last!
I expect/hope Pritzker will tell Trump that he’s not going to ask for help picking up trash or spreading mulch.
Mister PRESIDENT, we cannot ALLOW a MULCH GAP!
“If drafted, I will not run. If nominated, I will not accept. If elected, I will not serve.” - Ralphie VI
WATCH: “Are you seriously still buying this bullsh*t? — my taxes should go UP, they’re historically low… and we should support the poor & middle class in 🇺🇸, not give massive giveaways to people like me.” @ramitsethi.bsky.social 🔥 shreds the “Millionaires Will Flee” lie
Charles University (Prague) should open a satellite campus in Farley, IA Charles U, Farley (Even just to sell branded apparel)
Feds fail to indict ham sandwich
Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding https://theonion.com/hummingbird-feels-like-fucking-idiot-after-seeing-other-bird-gliding/
Republicans silent because they’re complicit, and 90% of democrats silent because apparently the think they’re safe if they don’t move, like fascism is a T-rex.
The school is much better than “Cats.” I’m going to attend again and again.
The Collected Works of Captain Capslock
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
