@umbran.bsky.social
We're obnoxious disliked, you know that, sir.
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We're obnoxious disliked, you know that, sir.
You have to lift tons and tons of servers into orbit, for one thing. And keep moving spare parts up to them. Then you have to meet massive power needs and massive cooling needs. Then you have to maintain a massive data pipeline, to a data center that is in constant motion...
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You have to lift tons and tons of servers into orbit, for one thing. And keep moving spare parts up to them. Then you have to meet massive power needs and massive cooling needs. Then you have to maintain a massive data pipeline, to a data center that is in constant motion...
The may be wandering into "not even wrong" territory.
And they still claim Musk is an engineer?
And they still claim Musk is an engineer?
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The may be wandering into "not even wrong" territory.
And they still claim Musk is an engineer?
And they still claim Musk is an engineer?
Yeah, really. Just design your tests such that time is not a major determiner of getting answers correct.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Yeah, really. Just design your tests such that time is not a major determiner of getting answers correct.
French protesters should get together with the sandwich guy. Have a brunch buffet protest.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
French protesters should get together with the sandwich guy. Have a brunch buffet protest.
This movie belongs in a museum!
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This movie belongs in a museum!
Everyone says they are gonna leave, and they never do.
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Everyone says they are gonna leave, and they never do.
Owning the results of their cuts - owning the bankruptcy and death - would not be bravery. It would be profoundly stupid. Political suicide for many in the House and Senate.
Bravery/cowardice only applies to admitting those cuts were wrong, or not admitting it.
Bravery/cowardice only applies to admitting those cuts were wrong, or not admitting it.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Owning the results of their cuts - owning the bankruptcy and death - would not be bravery. It would be profoundly stupid. Political suicide for many in the House and Senate.
Bravery/cowardice only applies to admitting those cuts were wrong, or not admitting it.
Bravery/cowardice only applies to admitting those cuts were wrong, or not admitting it.
...and who could actually remove the filibuster and get exactly what they want...
...of course, they would then clearly own the results, which aren't going to be good.
...of course, they would then clearly own the results, which aren't going to be good.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
...and who could actually remove the filibuster and get exactly what they want...
...of course, they would then clearly own the results, which aren't going to be good.
...of course, they would then clearly own the results, which aren't going to be good.
Technically, originally said by Frodo, "the Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don't think it gave life to Orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them."
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Technically, originally said by Frodo, "the Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don't think it gave life to Orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them."
"Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
At least they weren't radioactive, right?
Right?!?!
Right?!?!
October 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At least they weren't radioactive, right?
Right?!?!
Right?!?!
Um... systematically demolishing the myth of American excetionalism?
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Um... systematically demolishing the myth of American excetionalism?
Also note: He only has power while given cover by GOP Congress. Which is why swearing in Rep Grijalva is a thing...
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Also note: He only has power while given cover by GOP Congress. Which is why swearing in Rep Grijalva is a thing...
That's not quite accurate anymore.
Per PBS survey earlier this month, 67% of Republicans want the files released. We don't need a full defection - the President is so underwater on opinion polls he can't support losing pretty much anything anymore.
Per PBS survey earlier this month, 67% of Republicans want the files released. We don't need a full defection - the President is so underwater on opinion polls he can't support losing pretty much anything anymore.
October 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
That's not quite accurate anymore.
Per PBS survey earlier this month, 67% of Republicans want the files released. We don't need a full defection - the President is so underwater on opinion polls he can't support losing pretty much anything anymore.
Per PBS survey earlier this month, 67% of Republicans want the files released. We don't need a full defection - the President is so underwater on opinion polls he can't support losing pretty much anything anymore.
GOP leadership may not care, but constituents still do.
However far down the road they are, it isn't far enough to continue without their base holding out for them.
However far down the road they are, it isn't far enough to continue without their base holding out for them.
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
GOP leadership may not care, but constituents still do.
However far down the road they are, it isn't far enough to continue without their base holding out for them.
However far down the road they are, it isn't far enough to continue without their base holding out for them.
Those wars were when the population of the US was about 2.5 million and 31 million, respectively.
Today, the population is about 340 million.
Also, those wars were before examples of becoming non-violently ungovernable were established by Ghandi and King.
Today, the population is about 340 million.
Also, those wars were before examples of becoming non-violently ungovernable were established by Ghandi and King.
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Those wars were when the population of the US was about 2.5 million and 31 million, respectively.
Today, the population is about 340 million.
Also, those wars were before examples of becoming non-violently ungovernable were established by Ghandi and King.
Today, the population is about 340 million.
Also, those wars were before examples of becoming non-violently ungovernable were established by Ghandi and King.
Aside from how Mass Ave is semi-urban. There's nowhere along it with twigs and acorns to crunch under your feet.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Aside from how Mass Ave is semi-urban. There's nowhere along it with twigs and acorns to crunch under your feet.
Here you go sir, from any out-of-print Taste of Home cookbook...
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here you go sir, from any out-of-print Taste of Home cookbook...
@johnrogers.bsky.social
...but... but...
...but... but...
October 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@johnrogers.bsky.social
...but... but...
...but... but...
Because personal insults are the way through disagreement?
Take that nonsense back to xitter.
Take that nonsense back to xitter.
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Because personal insults are the way through disagreement?
Take that nonsense back to xitter.
Take that nonsense back to xitter.
It is incumbent on the author to not choose ambiguous language. Since the second is common, the author should have either chosen different language, or explicated further.
Dictionaries are a guide, not a shield.
Dictionaries are a guide, not a shield.
October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It is incumbent on the author to not choose ambiguous language. Since the second is common, the author should have either chosen different language, or explicated further.
Dictionaries are a guide, not a shield.
Dictionaries are a guide, not a shield.
Yeah. In Boston, the spread of age representation was remarkable. But, we have so many universities in session now, with all those students who could just hop on the T and be at the rally.
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yeah. In Boston, the spread of age representation was remarkable. But, we have so many universities in session now, with all those students who could just hop on the T and be at the rally.
You seem a bit out of touch with current use. "Performative" these days does have a connotation of being inauthentic, for the sake of appearances...
You wanna do dueling dictionaries? Oxford, definition 2...
You wanna do dueling dictionaries? Oxford, definition 2...
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
You seem a bit out of touch with current use. "Performative" these days does have a connotation of being inauthentic, for the sake of appearances...
You wanna do dueling dictionaries? Oxford, definition 2...
You wanna do dueling dictionaries? Oxford, definition 2...