em dash klankah ⚙️_⚙️ [a brighter future for darker times]
@larvalstage.bsky.social
by day sculpture fabricator and restorer.
by night activities include sculpture, RPGs, visual design
and other anomalies both online and off.
he/sidhe/they
by night activities include sculpture, RPGs, visual design
and other anomalies both online and off.
he/sidhe/they
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this — American science already was underfunded relative to inflation, with zero attention paid to actual opportunities for impact given other near-term developments
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
which is why the reconstruction and rebuilding has to be bigger than you are presently imagining
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
this — American science already was underfunded relative to inflation, with zero attention paid to actual opportunities for impact given other near-term developments
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
mRNA vaccines, genome editing, ML-based prediction of protein structure, etc are as ripe for innovation as aviation was 100 y ago
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Plot fucking TWIST.
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Plot fucking TWIST.
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Drawing by erasing is another way of drawing!
Have you tried a kneaded eraser before? I used to play all the time with it at school when I was bored at class 🦇
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#arttips #drawing #pencilart #graphite #drawingprocess
Have you tried a kneaded eraser before? I used to play all the time with it at school when I was bored at class 🦇
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#arttips #drawing #pencilart #graphite #drawingprocess
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Drawing by erasing is another way of drawing!
Have you tried a kneaded eraser before? I used to play all the time with it at school when I was bored at class 🦇
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#arttips #drawing #pencilart #graphite #drawingprocess
Have you tried a kneaded eraser before? I used to play all the time with it at school when I was bored at class 🦇
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#arttips #drawing #pencilart #graphite #drawingprocess
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December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.
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"Years of decay did not hinder its instincts"
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Years of decay did not hinder its instincts"
this.
and also Discord just popped up a window that says "Look back at your 2025 on Discord"...
i know it, Discord, i was there. i don't care about your popup because i use Discord to communicate with people, and if i want to look back on any of that i can go look at the threads/servers on my own.
and also Discord just popped up a window that says "Look back at your 2025 on Discord"...
i know it, Discord, i was there. i don't care about your popup because i use Discord to communicate with people, and if i want to look back on any of that i can go look at the threads/servers on my own.
Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
this.
and also Discord just popped up a window that says "Look back at your 2025 on Discord"...
i know it, Discord, i was there. i don't care about your popup because i use Discord to communicate with people, and if i want to look back on any of that i can go look at the threads/servers on my own.
and also Discord just popped up a window that says "Look back at your 2025 on Discord"...
i know it, Discord, i was there. i don't care about your popup because i use Discord to communicate with people, and if i want to look back on any of that i can go look at the threads/servers on my own.
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Quentin Tarantino Slams Paul Dano As Worst Actor On Wikifeet https://theonion.com/quentin-tarantino-slams-paul-dano-as-worst-actor-on-wikifeet/
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Quentin Tarantino Slams Paul Dano As Worst Actor On Wikifeet https://theonion.com/quentin-tarantino-slams-paul-dano-as-worst-actor-on-wikifeet/
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The Trump Administration is once again stealing directly from the Nazi playbook. Just substitute Jews for migrants. Trump (along with Bannon & Miller) has been pushing this “migrant crime” hysteria since his 5th day in office. See this story from March 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-...
March 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Trump Administration is once again stealing directly from the Nazi playbook. Just substitute Jews for migrants. Trump (along with Bannon & Miller) has been pushing this “migrant crime” hysteria since his 5th day in office. See this story from March 2017: www.thewrap.com/der-sturmer-...
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If you’re going to look at “P and L” for the government:
The IRS generated over $5.1 trillion in FY 2024 on a tiny budget of around $12.3 billion, yielding an INCREDIBLE return on investment of over 400:1, and yet Trump has laid off 25% of its workforce
The IRS generated over $5.1 trillion in FY 2024 on a tiny budget of around $12.3 billion, yielding an INCREDIBLE return on investment of over 400:1, and yet Trump has laid off 25% of its workforce
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you’re going to look at “P and L” for the government:
The IRS generated over $5.1 trillion in FY 2024 on a tiny budget of around $12.3 billion, yielding an INCREDIBLE return on investment of over 400:1, and yet Trump has laid off 25% of its workforce
The IRS generated over $5.1 trillion in FY 2024 on a tiny budget of around $12.3 billion, yielding an INCREDIBLE return on investment of over 400:1, and yet Trump has laid off 25% of its workforce
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The difference between Cassidy and most other Republicans is that he knew exactly what he was doing to millions of Americans' livers and health in general, and did it anyway.
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The difference between Cassidy and most other Republicans is that he knew exactly what he was doing to millions of Americans' livers and health in general, and did it anyway.
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Happy #FossilFriday from the plioplatecarpine modasaurs from the Niobrara! Selmasaurus is so dinky compared to the others. Not pictured: Latoplatecarpus who is out in the display hall.
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from the plioplatecarpine modasaurs from the Niobrara! Selmasaurus is so dinky compared to the others. Not pictured: Latoplatecarpus who is out in the display hall.
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It's amazing how the fact that he lies constantly doesn't concern anyone. Dude moves like a serial killer.
VARNEY: Do you work 18 hours a day?
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's amazing how the fact that he lies constantly doesn't concern anyone. Dude moves like a serial killer.
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I call this "should've been a radio play". If you're using a visual medium, you are obliged to have visual storytelling
It's driving me nuts, as a person who actually watches films with my eyes, to hear characters talk soooo much about what they're doing and where they're going and why. Like, shut up!!
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I call this "should've been a radio play". If you're using a visual medium, you are obliged to have visual storytelling
making the same unforced error as many US Democrats have and thinking that becoming more racist will make them more competitive.
When Labour MPs cosplay Reform like this, the Faraagist voters they're chasing won't notice but the immigrant healthcare professionals who've been crucial to the NHS since it's inception absolutely will
Predictably the post has now been deleted, it was this.
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
making the same unforced error as many US Democrats have and thinking that becoming more racist will make them more competitive.
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And they wonder why we say free luigi, and celebrate when their luxury titanic subs implode
Its not because *we* are bad people, its because THEY are bad people
Its not because *we* are bad people, its because THEY are bad people
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
And they wonder why we say free luigi, and celebrate when their luxury titanic subs implode
Its not because *we* are bad people, its because THEY are bad people
Its not because *we* are bad people, its because THEY are bad people
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Everyone’s talking about whether Farage was racist to schoolchildren as a boy when he was racist to schoolchildren THIS WEEK. All the kids who are of reading age can read what he says about them.
John Swinney has responded to Nigel Farage's attack on Glasgow schoolchildren, calling it 'quite simply racist'
John Swinney responds to Nigel Farage's 'racist' attack on Glasgow schoolchildren
www.thenational.scot
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Everyone’s talking about whether Farage was racist to schoolchildren as a boy when he was racist to schoolchildren THIS WEEK. All the kids who are of reading age can read what he says about them.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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There wasn't even a fight. This was the first of these strikes. Up until that point in history, no one had considered that the strongest military on earth would bomb you for being in a fishing boat while brown. And that it quickly became normalized is an atrocity itself.
Do I understand correctly that they were trying to flip this boat over “so they could stay in the fight”… for over 40 minutes, without success?
That doesn’t sound like there was a “fight” likely to happen.
That doesn’t sound like there was a “fight” likely to happen.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There wasn't even a fight. This was the first of these strikes. Up until that point in history, no one had considered that the strongest military on earth would bomb you for being in a fishing boat while brown. And that it quickly became normalized is an atrocity itself.
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Hot dang this video essay hits hard, is well researched, and aligns so well with what I think ails this world.
I feel that now, more than ever, solidarity of the 99% will truly be one of the few things that can fix this absolute mess of a techno feudal-ish world.
Mega worth the watch:
I feel that now, more than ever, solidarity of the 99% will truly be one of the few things that can fix this absolute mess of a techno feudal-ish world.
Mega worth the watch:
Greed is Destroying the World
YouTube video by Drew Gooden
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hot dang this video essay hits hard, is well researched, and aligns so well with what I think ails this world.
I feel that now, more than ever, solidarity of the 99% will truly be one of the few things that can fix this absolute mess of a techno feudal-ish world.
Mega worth the watch:
I feel that now, more than ever, solidarity of the 99% will truly be one of the few things that can fix this absolute mess of a techno feudal-ish world.
Mega worth the watch:
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[shamelessly both promoting Dorian's point and adding my own]
Farage has always been very good at doing sort of golf club racism. He has an instinctive grasp on what codes to use and how much he can say before people recoil that his heirs and imitators lack. (...more)
Farage has always been very good at doing sort of golf club racism. He has an instinctive grasp on what codes to use and how much he can say before people recoil that his heirs and imitators lack. (...more)
It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
[shamelessly both promoting Dorian's point and adding my own]
Farage has always been very good at doing sort of golf club racism. He has an instinctive grasp on what codes to use and how much he can say before people recoil that his heirs and imitators lack. (...more)
Farage has always been very good at doing sort of golf club racism. He has an instinctive grasp on what codes to use and how much he can say before people recoil that his heirs and imitators lack. (...more)