If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

The Taiwan blue magpie is a species of bird of the crow family. Also known as “long-tailed mountain lady”, is considered a rare and valuable species and has been protected by Taiwan [📷 Su Min Du]

The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here theblue.report

Lapdog interviewer has a thought.

I am the Rogue National Park Ranger. Thanks to DOGE’s staffing cuts we’ve seen a sharp rise in tourists having their picnic baskets stolen by a bear

The local nature preserve has a stand of maple trees and the rangers there are tapping the trees and making maple syrup. Krissy, who walked Charlie there this morning, got a little bottle of the stuff, just as they were done with a new batch. It is shockingly flavorful.

Each and every person who normalized the idea that this is a "public square" and therefore all people have an open invitation to be an ass in the replies of strangers clearly never learned how to respect anyone but themselves.

looks like its lid up

Octopus defence strategy

I love how certain subsets of the media still have a fixation on Millennials Who Do Things In An Annoyingly Different Way. At least we're actually challenging how the world works, Frank.

Fruit is so stupid. It’s delicious and turns bright red when it’s ripe. I can see you dumbass

Kingfisher preparing dinner.

i kinda want to make a hat or a t-shiet that adapts the bush/cheney ‘04 logo to say Capone/Noriega ‘97

Powerful.

Freedom of reach is the real battle in social media right now. Algorithmic feeds vs. deterministic timelines isn't just UX - it's about whether platforms or users control what gets seen. And these choices fundamentally reshape online communities. 1/6

I missed this (Feb 6). Trump DOJ shut down “Taskforce Kleptocapture” that seized Russian oligarch super yachts. <surprised pikachu face> www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

“Once I decided that I wanted to write about the Earth from that distance, then I realized, of course, I need some kind of locus for that. So that ended up being the ISS,” said Samantha Harvey, explaining why she chose the International Space Station as a subject for her latest book.

An early remake, Dune 2000 updated Westwood's 1992 PC RTS pioneer Dune II "for the new millennium." [Ad via the VGHF Library collection.]

Love Is Blind shelling out for real music this season—I can't believe they got Pachelbel's Canon!

I’ve built a lot of shit huh

No spoilers, but uh…holy shit.

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iMessage, alone among popular secure messaging platforms, does not support “disappearing messages”, but should. daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...