jmightbsane
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This is my United States of Whatever.
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Even as a Millennial TurboLiberal for whom this website is made I have to admit I get pretty tired of reading about one trillion problems I neither understand nor can solve. "THOUSANDS of octopi are dying off the coast of Madagascar" alright I'm not in charge of that. That's not my job.
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Even as a Millennial TurboLiberal for whom this website is made I have to admit I get pretty tired of reading about one trillion problems I neither understand nor can solve. "THOUSANDS of octopi are dying off the coast of Madagascar" alright I'm not in charge of that. That's not my job.
A Law and Order episode written by Beckett and directed by Tarkovsky:
Grand jury rejects DOJ's attempt to revive fraud case against New York AG Letitia James: Sources
abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jur...
abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jur...
Grand jury rejects DOJ's attempt to revive fraud case against New York AG Letitia James: Sources
A grand jury has refused to indict New York AG Letitia James on charges of mortgage fraud, ten days after a judge dismissed a nearly identical case.
abcnews.go.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A Law and Order episode written by Beckett and directed by Tarkovsky:
The manner of death labels are fantastic. Someone has a stupid take and I get mad, then I see that they're going to be devoured by beetles, and balance is restored.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The manner of death labels are fantastic. Someone has a stupid take and I get mad, then I see that they're going to be devoured by beetles, and balance is restored.
Doing your daily jog using a motorized wheelchair, or lifts using a hydraulic crane.
Writing is thought-organizing. I’m usually better in interviews when talking about something I’ve recently written, with relevant facts at my fingertips and a logical progression in which to present them.
Having a machine write for you is cheating yourself. And brain scans evidently confirm it.
Having a machine write for you is cheating yourself. And brain scans evidently confirm it.
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Doing your daily jog using a motorized wheelchair, or lifts using a hydraulic crane.
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Feels like day 45 of Black Friday. Our inboxes are full and nobody trusts the prices.
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Feels like day 45 of Black Friday. Our inboxes are full and nobody trusts the prices.
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a kind of architecture
- Wind walkers -
- Wind walkers -
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
a kind of architecture
- Wind walkers -
- Wind walkers -
This isn't correct. Fatal ODs are usually classified as "accidents (unintentional injury)" in the stats. Broken out on their own, ODs would be the #6 cause of death, more than diabetes, kidney, and liver but behind heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory and Alzheimer's.
Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This isn't correct. Fatal ODs are usually classified as "accidents (unintentional injury)" in the stats. Broken out on their own, ODs would be the #6 cause of death, more than diabetes, kidney, and liver but behind heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory and Alzheimer's.
It's weird to me that work-from-home has become so standard. I did it well before covid and got sick of it in 1-2 years.
Going to another place and interacting with others in the flesh about professional stuff was good for my brain.
Going to another place and interacting with others in the flesh about professional stuff was good for my brain.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's weird to me that work-from-home has become so standard. I did it well before covid and got sick of it in 1-2 years.
Going to another place and interacting with others in the flesh about professional stuff was good for my brain.
Going to another place and interacting with others in the flesh about professional stuff was good for my brain.
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Peanuts by Schulz: February 7, 1991
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Peanuts by Schulz: February 7, 1991
Someone a few months ago posted some specific advice for how to deal with a specific wild animal potential attack. Now I can't remember the animal or what you're supposed to do. Maybe some ranger should make a flashcard of like 10 animals and the proper defense for each.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Someone a few months ago posted some specific advice for how to deal with a specific wild animal potential attack. Now I can't remember the animal or what you're supposed to do. Maybe some ranger should make a flashcard of like 10 animals and the proper defense for each.
Linked vid: why beer is foamy
me: that sounds interesting *click*
1:45:34
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me: that sounds interesting *click*
1:45:34
🫤
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Linked vid: why beer is foamy
me: that sounds interesting *click*
1:45:34
🫤
me: that sounds interesting *click*
1:45:34
🫤
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BREAKING NEWS: Fox News reports a massive buildup of Venezuelan troops at the US-Venezuela border.
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News reports a massive buildup of Venezuelan troops at the US-Venezuela border.
I love the combo of being partially understood but also perplexing, so I add UUI to my posts.
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I love the combo of being partially understood but also perplexing, so I add UUI to my posts.
And much like smoking, it was always bad for your health to engage in conspiracy thinking. No, not watching some xfiles, but "wanting to believe" and going to UFO cons and listening to coast to coast obsessively. Bad for the brain.
Conspiracy thinking was considered "fun" throughout my childhood: the X-Files, old hippies, quirky Bigfoot fans
It's not fun anymore! We are now drowning in harmful falsehoods. Government policy is set mainly by unfalsifiable fever dreams now.
It's not fun anymore! We are now drowning in harmful falsehoods. Government policy is set mainly by unfalsifiable fever dreams now.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And much like smoking, it was always bad for your health to engage in conspiracy thinking. No, not watching some xfiles, but "wanting to believe" and going to UFO cons and listening to coast to coast obsessively. Bad for the brain.
One of the cooler things about getting old is that you can look up obituaries of teachers who were shitty to you.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
One of the cooler things about getting old is that you can look up obituaries of teachers who were shitty to you.
My new mantra.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My new mantra.
Great micro-story! Made my day.
Tamales go hard.
A little girl knocked on my door one day. I heard her tell my partner that Abuela was making tamales. They're a dollar.
He was telling her 'no' when i came flying into the room with my wallet screaming '10! We want 10!' like a crazed lunatic. He'd never had a tamale. He ate 9.
A little girl knocked on my door one day. I heard her tell my partner that Abuela was making tamales. They're a dollar.
He was telling her 'no' when i came flying into the room with my wallet screaming '10! We want 10!' like a crazed lunatic. He'd never had a tamale. He ate 9.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Great micro-story! Made my day.
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Rem Koolhaas wrote the only public activity still allowed is shopping. Things have changed - it's now branding. People have no personalities or "character" they have personal brands. Do something reprehensible? No problem. Fold it into your brand. You're twisted? Cool, romanticize your twistedness.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rem Koolhaas wrote the only public activity still allowed is shopping. Things have changed - it's now branding. People have no personalities or "character" they have personal brands. Do something reprehensible? No problem. Fold it into your brand. You're twisted? Cool, romanticize your twistedness.
My number one source of bitterness this year has been about the waste. All the disruption, political games, chaos, just a total waste of time and taxpayer money leading to the destruction of US leadership in science and the future of our economy.
Weird thing happening where I + my colleagues, same convo on repeat: can't think about next year, next month, even next week. All I can do is wait for the next days or next hrs, close projects, write more grants that wont save us, sit in misery. This is what the fed govt is doing to science
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
My number one source of bitterness this year has been about the waste. All the disruption, political games, chaos, just a total waste of time and taxpayer money leading to the destruction of US leadership in science and the future of our economy.
"Hey map, this is my immediate area. What's the name of that tamale place I like?"
"Here, I zoomed way out so you can see all of the 118 mexican restaurants in the tri-state area."
"Here, I zoomed way out so you can see all of the 118 mexican restaurants in the tri-state area."
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Hey map, this is my immediate area. What's the name of that tamale place I like?"
"Here, I zoomed way out so you can see all of the 118 mexican restaurants in the tri-state area."
"Here, I zoomed way out so you can see all of the 118 mexican restaurants in the tri-state area."
Oh sure just dunk on half of Bsky with our smartphone pics and lack of patience and altitude and dark skies and meteors.
This is the nicest shot of the night, via two different cameras that captured the same meteor.
Crestone, Colorado USA November 12, 2025 at 2:36am MST
#astronomy #astrophotography #meteor #aurora
Crestone, Colorado USA November 12, 2025 at 2:36am MST
#astronomy #astrophotography #meteor #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh sure just dunk on half of Bsky with our smartphone pics and lack of patience and altitude and dark skies and meteors.
So far I find the Avatar movies an enjoyable experience that I never think about afterward. Remarkably transient. It's the mo-cap cgi; it's neither real people nor fully animated, so my brain just tosses the memory.
This is such a funny statement.
Avatar keeps selling endless amount of tickets and people on the internet keep saying no one watches the movies. Or everyone hate the movies but are hypnotised by the posters.
Avatar keeps selling endless amount of tickets and people on the internet keep saying no one watches the movies. Or everyone hate the movies but are hypnotised by the posters.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
So far I find the Avatar movies an enjoyable experience that I never think about afterward. Remarkably transient. It's the mo-cap cgi; it's neither real people nor fully animated, so my brain just tosses the memory.