e.w. niedermeyer

honored just to be in that conversation

more like they would have needed the Hormel brand manager's sign-off before using it for marketing purposes

wait, hold up... they're doing a dark, gritty reboot... of Struwwelpeter???

don't forget the monastic orders!

"Is Mario A Neoliberal" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated lawsuit

incredible pull

aren't we going through enough?

bro I can't even deal with the concept of a ripped Hutt rn

when I say I "support the nordic model," this is what I'm talking about

I call it "going live, intimate style"

Ancient Wine A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient viniculture

LRT: chemical archaeology investigating ancient foodways is low key one of the most interesting ways in which we are casting new light on the deep past

I've been a little obsessed since reading this book on vacation

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans SEM analysis of pottery residues showed people combined fish with a wide variety of plants when cooking.

This is incredibly interesting — archaeologists have been able to reconstruct the diets of different prehistoric Europeans from 5,000-8,000 years ago by analyzing the charred remains of food in clay pots. Extremely cool!

Sisyphus is on duty

A Spiraling, Chaotic Conflict Engulfing The Major Global Source Of Energy Is A Huge Problem vs Maybe It's Not Tho

like that has ever stopped a fancam maker (seriously though, thanks for the heads up)

Tesla just keeps on finding news ways to be an absolute nightmare of a company

Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

nooooooo

a group of men are watching a chicago bulls vs. miami heat game Alt: Alonzo Mourning having a difficult realization

when I found out

I was genuinely a little surprised to find that this is the one they were after

bsky.app/profile/nied...

bluesky's partnerships team recently reached out to ask if they could use one of my skeets in their marketing endeavors, and chat, I was so disappointed to discover it wasn't this one

Photo of two stoats (play?) fighting, copyright Ashley Cohen 2010

my algo is trained to only show me cute animals and world events, and lately it's just been wall-to-wall coverage of the troubling situation facing the Stoats of Hormuz

Fresh fury over Elon Musk’s underground Tesla tunnel loop The first section of the tunnel is supposed to be operational by the first quarter of 2027

the good people of Nashville seem to have decided that Teslas in tunnels are more of a Shelbyville idea

independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

well I never get tired of hearing this!

I've been waiting for this take... the US auto industry is once again a wobbly domino, just waiting for the emerging energy shock to send it into yet another terminal tailspin

my publisher tried so hard to keep me to 60k, and it like... just didn't work? Oh well!??!?!

like, I would be so happy simply not writing books but there are some super important topics that even well-informed people can't really digest without committing to a book-length read... filling up on snacks doesn't mean you're getting all your critical nutrients!

“We’re so overloaded with content that [other media] almost ticks the box of nonfiction learning,” she says. “People feel they can get the same insight without wading through a book.”

uh, these are kinda two separate issues... you can feel wildly overloaded without understanding important issues!

"A Cry For Help" would be a beautiful name for a podcast