Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province. Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
In today's episode, we check in on the Stand Up for Science rallies that spread to 32 cities. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/YgplAQ4
 “ Without facts, we're really just in the dark with regard to what the consequences of our actions are ... science really gives us a way to move forward and build that prosperous future that I think we all want to see.”
—Mike Wong
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hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?
Interesting. New contracting memorandum from Secy of Defense says military contracts shld stop including language that bars contractors from running segregated facilities.
More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point. /cc
Ivar on Traitors: “good triumphs over evil every time” My wife and I in unison: “no it doesn’t”
Heading back to the real world, which, booooo. But it will take another two days to get there, so yaaaaay. (Reminder: I'm not following news while out here, so don't post any in my comments. I'll catch up on everything on Sunday, alas)
The blue sea and the blue sky are interrupted by a line of clouds on the horizon.
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There’s something unusual about Al Yankovic. He’s odd in some way. Strange. There’s only one word to describe him: abnormal
Some folks were a bit confused by my opposition to my senator's desire to repeal Section 230, especially given what my latest video was about. I'd like to remind you the main point of that video was to encourage folks to exercise their own agency. That very much applies here.
TIL North Korea’s primary export, by a lot, is fake hair.
Newark! Heyyy. Hi. So excited to perform at the North to Shore Festival this June. Tickets are on sale now. Grab yours at linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani.
Listening to Bo Burnhams “Inside”. That was a moment. So good.
Endorse—my book (A Physical Education coming May 6 to booksellers near you) is only nominally about lifting weights; the real thing it’s about is that the literal moment I stopped trying to follow all the rules to get respect, I learned IMMEDIATELY I wasn’t getting respect—just conditional approval
One reason I think insecure men are threatened by visibly muscular women is: Men care first and foremost about having the respect and validation of other men. Women are supposed to be objectified, not respected. Muscular women attract the respect of other men, which insecure men crave.
Any cyclists need a pair of bib jorts?
2011 Lycra reproduction of famous 1990s cycling wear custom-designed for an Italian team sponsored by the Italian jeans maker Carrera. Blue bib shorts (cycling shorts with built-in over-the-shoulder straps) with a denim-like appearance and faux jeans stitching at waist, fly, and pockets.
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NEW ODD LOTS We just saw one of the most consequential weeks in the history of modern Europe. A must-listen with DB's George Saravelos on Germany's spending package, and why it's the biggest story since German reunification podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
ANNOUNCE: we're back running our Game History Gallery booth at GDC 2025! We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System with our new exhibit 'Lost Levels: Unreleased Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.' (We're on the Expo Floor from Wed 19th-Fri 21st!)
Alchemist's Alcove (Public Playtest): Roguelike where you craft from slain enemies! fartfish.itch.io/alchemists-a...
Godot XR Update 🥽 The Godot XR team has released the Godot Meta Toolkit, along with updates to XR Tools, the OpenXR Vendors plugin, and many fixes and improvements. Read the full update: godotengine.org/article/godo...
Slight mistake corrected further in the thread, full sync of the network is currently 2TB with code available.
My local firehose consumer has a full sync of the whole network, and its under 300gb, and while caught up doesn't even use that much cpu. Gets even cheaper to run if you disable post count aggregations. Thinking about implementing the AppView endpoints backed by this for a lightweight impl