Daniel Martin
@fizbin.bsky.social
One of many, many people with this particular "real name".
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
That's a way to go, but having experienced what happens when you follow a few people who post multiple times a day and some people who post monthly or less often, I sometimes want something like Google Reader used to be, a more 2-d layout.
A single stream isn't the only possible interface.
A single stream isn't the only possible interface.
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That's a way to go, but having experienced what happens when you follow a few people who post multiple times a day and some people who post monthly or less often, I sometimes want something like Google Reader used to be, a more 2-d layout.
A single stream isn't the only possible interface.
A single stream isn't the only possible interface.
Older - They Might Be Giants (best, official video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Daniel Martin
Fascism is compatible with Western Civilization the way Cancer is compatible with Human Life. Sure, technically, every Cancer cell is a human cell, but it's lost all ability to, as they say, "play well with others". And if not burned out and removed, it will eventually kill the host, and itself.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fascism is compatible with Western Civilization the way Cancer is compatible with Human Life. Sure, technically, every Cancer cell is a human cell, but it's lost all ability to, as they say, "play well with others". And if not burned out and removed, it will eventually kill the host, and itself.
Sure, but I question the extent to which anything he's said since arriving in Russia can really be attributed to him and not his Putin-assigned handlers.
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sure, but I question the extent to which anything he's said since arriving in Russia can really be attributed to him and not his Putin-assigned handlers.
Possibly also relevant that modern brussel sprouts are a slightly different... breed? cultivar? (not sure of the term) than existed in the 80s and some of the bitter has been bred out of them.
Still better roasted than steamed, but even steamed would likely taste better than you remember.
Still better roasted than steamed, but even steamed would likely taste better than you remember.
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Possibly also relevant that modern brussel sprouts are a slightly different... breed? cultivar? (not sure of the term) than existed in the 80s and some of the bitter has been bred out of them.
Still better roasted than steamed, but even steamed would likely taste better than you remember.
Still better roasted than steamed, but even steamed would likely taste better than you remember.
The whole thing about corporations is that they exist to hold and move money around, and to be parties to contracts.
And, if necessary, to be the Star Trek redshirts of bankruptcy law and legal liability.
And, if necessary, to be the Star Trek redshirts of bankruptcy law and legal liability.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The whole thing about corporations is that they exist to hold and move money around, and to be parties to contracts.
And, if necessary, to be the Star Trek redshirts of bankruptcy law and legal liability.
And, if necessary, to be the Star Trek redshirts of bankruptcy law and legal liability.
Yes, this buys into the frame that the local cops actually perform the function their press claims they do, but no analogy is perfect and also autoimmune diseases exist.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yes, this buys into the frame that the local cops actually perform the function their press claims they do, but no analogy is perfect and also autoimmune diseases exist.
I like the analogy (alluded to in that thread) that vaccines are like giving the local cops mugshots of people to watch out for, rather than having them wait until after someone starts trouble locally to do anything.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I like the analogy (alluded to in that thread) that vaccines are like giving the local cops mugshots of people to watch out for, rather than having them wait until after someone starts trouble locally to do anything.
I've thought for a long time that there is great horror story potential (at least horror short story potential) in "something pops up on FB memories that you have no memory of".
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I've thought for a long time that there is great horror story potential (at least horror short story potential) in "something pops up on FB memories that you have no memory of".
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Having seen the success of Trump, I am unconvinced that sufficiently large crime done out in the open is subject to any more comeuppance than crimes done in secret.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Having seen the success of Trump, I am unconvinced that sufficiently large crime done out in the open is subject to any more comeuppance than crimes done in secret.
There was a dystopian future Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book from the 80s I saw someone reference here a while back that had as one of the possible bad endings something like "you can watch custom remixed movies staring anyone you name whenever you want. Also, no human has made art in 50 years"
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There was a dystopian future Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book from the 80s I saw someone reference here a while back that had as one of the possible bad endings something like "you can watch custom remixed movies staring anyone you name whenever you want. Also, no human has made art in 50 years"
Thank you. I was about 90% sure from context, but completely failed in my attempt to confirm via Googling related phrases that that was a usage of the word.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thank you. I was about 90% sure from context, but completely failed in my attempt to confirm via Googling related phrases that that was a usage of the word.
Are you using "grounds" here to mean "the medium one creates art upon"?
Or does "grounds" mean something totally different I (being ignorant of the art world) know nothing about and there are two separate suggestions in this post? One for "grounds" (whatever they are), and one for more media?
Or does "grounds" mean something totally different I (being ignorant of the art world) know nothing about and there are two separate suggestions in this post? One for "grounds" (whatever they are), and one for more media?
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Are you using "grounds" here to mean "the medium one creates art upon"?
Or does "grounds" mean something totally different I (being ignorant of the art world) know nothing about and there are two separate suggestions in this post? One for "grounds" (whatever they are), and one for more media?
Or does "grounds" mean something totally different I (being ignorant of the art world) know nothing about and there are two separate suggestions in this post? One for "grounds" (whatever they are), and one for more media?
I will admit that I am vaguely curious how that works, metabolically.
I suppose she could be defining "eat" narrowly, and he also ingests other things by drinking them. (Since I think otherwise you'd have to contend with scurvy at least, since mayo has negligible Vitamin C)
I suppose she could be defining "eat" narrowly, and he also ingests other things by drinking them. (Since I think otherwise you'd have to contend with scurvy at least, since mayo has negligible Vitamin C)
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I will admit that I am vaguely curious how that works, metabolically.
I suppose she could be defining "eat" narrowly, and he also ingests other things by drinking them. (Since I think otherwise you'd have to contend with scurvy at least, since mayo has negligible Vitamin C)
I suppose she could be defining "eat" narrowly, and he also ingests other things by drinking them. (Since I think otherwise you'd have to contend with scurvy at least, since mayo has negligible Vitamin C)
Apparently there is a word for "someone who commits homicide": homicidaire. (it's French)
So, okay, Cyndy Martin appears to be a homicidaire.
So, okay, Cyndy Martin appears to be a homicidaire.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apparently there is a word for "someone who commits homicide": homicidaire. (it's French)
So, okay, Cyndy Martin appears to be a homicidaire.
So, okay, Cyndy Martin appears to be a homicidaire.
Is it up to me though? What if I don't want to share the road with someone using heavy driving assistance, or don't want such vehicles on a street when I'm walking on the sidewalk?
I think that's also a "tough; you're getting it anyway" situation.
I think that's also a "tough; you're getting it anyway" situation.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Is it up to me though? What if I don't want to share the road with someone using heavy driving assistance, or don't want such vehicles on a street when I'm walking on the sidewalk?
I think that's also a "tough; you're getting it anyway" situation.
I think that's also a "tough; you're getting it anyway" situation.
I will admit that I have only been watching the drama through the repeated blowups on bluesky over the last several months. (I follow many MN people)
I will admit that I do not understand the hold this woman has on parts of the DFL
I also made a mistake above confusing negligence with recklessness
I will admit that I do not understand the hold this woman has on parts of the DFL
I also made a mistake above confusing negligence with recklessness
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I will admit that I have only been watching the drama through the repeated blowups on bluesky over the last several months. (I follow many MN people)
I will admit that I do not understand the hold this woman has on parts of the DFL
I also made a mistake above confusing negligence with recklessness
I will admit that I do not understand the hold this woman has on parts of the DFL
I also made a mistake above confusing negligence with recklessness
Is there actually a threat more substantial than "calling her a murderer could make you liable for defamation"?
Because my impression was that all that had occurred was people expressing obliquely things that they thought could happen.
Because my impression was that all that had occurred was people expressing obliquely things that they thought could happen.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Is there actually a threat more substantial than "calling her a murderer could make you liable for defamation"?
Because my impression was that all that had occurred was people expressing obliquely things that they thought could happen.
Because my impression was that all that had occurred was people expressing obliquely things that they thought could happen.
Why not? I'm in the US, subject to US jurisdiction, I'm talking about a Minnesota person. If someone wants to make a federal case out of it, they've got everything they need.
I'm frequently in Minnesota and will be there this May.
It's not like I'm commenting on a UK case.
I'm frequently in Minnesota and will be there this May.
It's not like I'm commenting on a UK case.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Why not? I'm in the US, subject to US jurisdiction, I'm talking about a Minnesota person. If someone wants to make a federal case out of it, they've got everything they need.
I'm frequently in Minnesota and will be there this May.
It's not like I'm commenting on a UK case.
I'm frequently in Minnesota and will be there this May.
It's not like I'm commenting on a UK case.
From what I've seen so far they are merely of the form "you know, someone might have grounds for suing...", which is not at the level I would call a threat. Are there more substantial threats I've missed?
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
From what I've seen so far they are merely of the form "you know, someone might have grounds for suing...", which is not at the level I would call a threat. Are there more substantial threats I've missed?