David Williamson

(Photo courtesy of my youngest)

<lolsobs in Ops>

100 Years of Women Who Changed History (Gift Article) Revisiting the obituaries of a century of notable women to show how they were remembered — and what history may have left unsaid.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Big "The Good Place" vibe, heh.

A truck with a sign on it reading “Middle Earth Geo Testing Inc.”

One assumes these folks know not to delve to deep.

I mean - he could have tested it on Goebbels instead.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

*jazz hands* GEOGRAPHY

With his bare hands. Of course.

Damnit, @tastinghistory.bsky.social - I already have dinner started for today! On the other hand, maybe tomorrow is now sorted too. Yum!

It's really more of an outline for a set of goals

It’s hard to properly convey the lunacy of these proposals to people outside aerospace.

Reflect wants to put gigantic mirrors in orbit and beam down sunlight at nighttime.

SpaceX wants a million more starlink sats.

If either of these actually happens, space will be unusable.

Heh. I did make some dashi yesterday - but I'm planning to add soba and an egg to it so I guess I'm blowing the diet and/or budget.

Those guys are all amazing. Most had never left the county of their birth. Pearl Harbor happened and they all went "welp, better go kick some ass somewhere else on the planet". Scared as hell and they all did it anyway. Legends.

Yeah - there's a certain type of rain that just automatically conjures up The City.

I snickered.

This comic depicts a darkly humorous scenario where a person is trapped in simulation and discovers a warning about silica gel packets, leading to a dramatic reaction. The panels show horrified expressions, the swallowing of the packet, and the eventual reveal of escaping into the "real world." Panel 1: A close-up of a hand holding a white silica gel packet. A speech bubble above the packet reads: "THOSE SILICA GEL INDUSTRY BIG SHOTS CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TΟ DO!" Panel 2: A man is holding the silica gel packet to his mouth, looking horrified and wide-eyed. The man is mid-bite. Another speech bubble above him reads: "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE ESCAPED THE SIMULATION." Panel 3: A man (with a crown-like headpiece) is reacting with extreme shock and wide-eyed expression, looking at someone else. A speech bubble reads: "WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD." The background shows two other people observing him.

@beckybunzy.bsky.social 😭😭😭

Okay, that's one where I think I'll actually pass. Heh. Sure is pretty though!

It was probably Nauru.

A pretty bouquet of flowers. Please don’t ask me to name types because I don’t know. Pink and white and pretty. That’s all I’ve got.

Time for some gratuitous pretty things on the timeline. Current office bling!

[Exit Murderer.]

There seem to be two classes of response. Either a very simplistic "just cap it" or "Ray just hates cars. Here's my reasons why he's wrong (1/13433)".

It's also a trip back in time. Just wild how that works!

Time to call the Vaxorcist.

Executive summary: yup, you aren't missing out.

This one's easy. Just reduce the axial tilt of the planet.

Y'all thought Sharks vs. Jets was bad...

Just going to add another note of delight that she's back! Such fun videos and such a terrible and difficult journey back. This is a huge milestone - hooray for her!

ACAB includes means testers

Ah, my old friend: The Most Dangerous Nap. Yeah, very acquainted with that. Oops.