👨🚀 Rick Hunter 🚀 ❤️ 🇺🇦 ❤️
@rickhunter.bsky.social
The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being - Socrates
It's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness - Terry Pratchett
It's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness - Terry Pratchett
Sinterklaas has left me new books as gifts and I am very curious if @praisetheteapot.bsky.social has ever read Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji (omg 1000+ pages tiny font 🥹) or Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book ?
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Sinterklaas has left me new books as gifts and I am very curious if @praisetheteapot.bsky.social has ever read Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji (omg 1000+ pages tiny font 🥹) or Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book ?
I finished @akairondragon.ca’s debut sci-fi novel about cursed dragon-like aliens and I enjoyed it very much, particularly the shocking ending.
I was touched to find myself mentioned in the acknowledgments for my minuscule contribution to her great accomplishment.
I am not worthy 🥰
I was touched to find myself mentioned in the acknowledgments for my minuscule contribution to her great accomplishment.
I am not worthy 🥰
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I finished @akairondragon.ca’s debut sci-fi novel about cursed dragon-like aliens and I enjoyed it very much, particularly the shocking ending.
I was touched to find myself mentioned in the acknowledgments for my minuscule contribution to her great accomplishment.
I am not worthy 🥰
I was touched to find myself mentioned in the acknowledgments for my minuscule contribution to her great accomplishment.
I am not worthy 🥰
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Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
Philosophy in a Foxhole
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
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One of NASA's new PUNCH satellites got smacked by a micrometeorite. You can see bits of debris flying off at bottom left!
Fortunately, PUNCH is OK, continuing to monitor storms on the Sun. (The colors here indicate polarization of light in the Sun's corona.) 🧪🔭
punch.space.swri.edu/punch_news.p...
Fortunately, PUNCH is OK, continuing to monitor storms on the Sun. (The colors here indicate polarization of light in the Sun's corona.) 🧪🔭
punch.space.swri.edu/punch_news.p...
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One of NASA's new PUNCH satellites got smacked by a micrometeorite. You can see bits of debris flying off at bottom left!
Fortunately, PUNCH is OK, continuing to monitor storms on the Sun. (The colors here indicate polarization of light in the Sun's corona.) 🧪🔭
punch.space.swri.edu/punch_news.p...
Fortunately, PUNCH is OK, continuing to monitor storms on the Sun. (The colors here indicate polarization of light in the Sun's corona.) 🧪🔭
punch.space.swri.edu/punch_news.p...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Nietzsche knew that a true philosopher must write his own jacket blurbs.
February 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Nietzsche knew that a true philosopher must write his own jacket blurbs.
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Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Scientists recently combined the DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead
An online bazaar of freelance headhunters finds new recruits to fight Ukraine, emboldening Vladimir Putin at the negotiating table and scaring European leaders about what his growing army might do nex...
www.politico.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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The Internet is good sometimes.
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Internet is good sometimes.
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Important discovery at Vulci: a maiden's head found, a rare example of Greek statuary in Etruscan territory. www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Important discovery at Vulci: a maiden's head found, a rare example of Greek statuary in Etruscan territory. www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
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How to become a smart person:
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How to become a smart person:
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
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EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Chat Control has seen many different iterations over the years, and now that it’s coming up on final negotiations, what the proposal does and doesn’t protect can be confusing. Here’s what’s going on. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
www.eff.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Chat Control has seen many different iterations over the years, and now that it’s coming up on final negotiations, what the proposal does and doesn’t protect can be confusing. Here’s what’s going on. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - Story Trailer
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6I...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - Story Trailer | PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - Story Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6I...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6I...
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Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...