Steen Comer (oom bop oom bop bop)

Neuron activated!

Haven’t heard from him in years, but wikipedia speaks of him in the present tense.

I’m a little surprised that firing up vim isn’t easier. And thus I provide the obligatory editor disagreement that is legally required in any thread like this.

trolley problem diagram, with Sisyhpus pushing his boulder as the trolley car, and text that reads: Sisyphus is rolling a boluder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accomodate him or his boulder. If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus. But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship. Is Sisyphus happy?

a question for the ages, really.

My Discord status is “It is awake and looks alert”, the default status of a character on LambdaMOO.

It’s not Elm!

Also when I upgraded from 1200 and had to download them rather than just streaming

Ah, the early days of the war were so much more thrilling.

Alas, in these fallen times, I fear even His grep is not enough.

You also know a guy who once heard an operator say “Sir, this phone doesn’t accept beeps.”

Hail Kibo!

I like the ambiguity that this could be “street fair” or “prison” depending on the tattoo

On NJ Transit on the way home and the train just died.

Just another day/reminder of how “the richest and most powerful nation in the world” cannot do mass transit.

We can afford a war and build concentration camps, but not mass transit.

Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

Bro. Thy lips. Bro.

Well played.

Few people know that the second book of Aristotle’s Poetics is mostly an interview with Chotiner.

This also applies to coastal, central, and mountain areas of North Carolina

Ah yeah, you’re in the special category. You’re tasked making the next iteration.

Update: I am now walking around the house muttering “WheeDupDup. WheedleWheedleWeeDupWHEEEDupWHEEEDup WheeDupDup.”

I know how my people do.

Yeah I got that one too, it’s actually worth watching for some good history

A friend is writing some synthesis software, so I was introducing him to various historical wave forms and it just hit me.

Look, some morning coffee revelations are more useful than others

Benassi’s Satisfaction is just a remix of Human Resource’s Dominator and if you understand that sentence you should perhaps consider taking up an outdoor hobby.

One terrible thing about the modern world is how because every video game designer just cribs from occult sources, in doing a search for spells to banish the demon Chrononzon, I learn that if he is hit with all four element spells he goes to half HP.

Why All Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Are Historians SFF authors are the front-line practitioners who put the fruits of history’s craft into daily practice, sharing it in doses the public can consume, combining, treating, administering, customizing, …

My new Strange Horizons essay is up! With a deliberately provocative title!

WHY ALL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ARE HISTORIANS
Yes, *all*
And, no, it isn't just for the reason you think...

I've been working toward this one for a while, very excited to share it!

Ubiquitous online gambling answers the question “what if we all collectively went Bad Lieutenant?” which personally I was not asking

Contract signed, so I’m thrilled to share that “The Second Life and Sudden Death of the Starveling Saint of Anchorship X1343” will be coming to Fusion Fragment in 2027! This story is for everyone who has ever read Julian of Norwich and thought “ok but what if she lived on a spaceship, though.” 🚀

Hmm now I think I might need to write an anchorite story.