Twenty Thousand Thorns

@20000thorns.bsky.social

Followers

Following

Posts

In our hearts it is still the Rose Garden.

Posts Replies Media

Let's see if I can wake up Blazers Bluesky. Donovan Clingan. Discuss. #RipCity

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Reply to

Randall Munroe

And here’s my guide to determining the age of an undated map xkcd.com/1688

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Google's longtime privacy head leaves and the next day Google rolls out what is effectively a second way for it to track your location data, likely one that can more easily be mined for AI.

A classic piece from (now Washington Post reporter) Ben Golliver in honor of Bill Walton's passing: www.blazersedge.com/2009/10/16/1...

Bill Walton Returns to Rip Citywww.blazersedge.com Bill Walton Returns to Rip City: The Blazer's all-time greatest center meets with the media in Portland, Oregon.

The fact that it's just bored teenaged orcas looking for something to entertain themselves, and that something happens to be sinking boats, somehow makes this story even better. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Killer whales keep ramming and sinking boats. Scientists now may know why, report says.www.usatoday.com An international group of orca experts met to determine why orcas are ramming boats. The leading theory: They're bored and playful.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Credit where credit’s due — great piece from the NYT on Republicans embrace of antisemitism. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/u...

How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israelwww.nytimes.com Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.

You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Free for YOU! John and John tiptoe backwards into the 1980s with this duo set. Includes plenty of favorites, and some delicious rarities. Never ever to be on streamers, but right here for free: www.theymightbegiants.com/free-downloads

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

"Sorry kid, I don't have a song for this shit"

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

WTF. www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/...

Of course, the big name brand video doorbells have also had a laundry list of security and privacy issues, in addition to just being a shit idea in general.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Thank you Ron Wyden for saying what needs to be said. It's “Utterly Ridiculous” to Renew Warrantless FISA Surveillance Without Congressional Approval.

Wyden: “Utterly Ridiculous” to Renew Warrantless FISA Surveillance Without Congressional Approval | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregonwww.wyden.senate.gov The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Happy President's Day, America, a holiday celebrating the guy who said Presidents should not be kings and the guy who said insurrectionists should not be President.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

ACTUALLY A MEME IS AT ITS FUNNIEST NOT AS A UNIQUE IMAGE PEOPLE FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE FOR ITS INTERNAL CONTENT BUT AS A RELATIONAL EXPRESSION THAT DEPENDS FOR ITS MEANING ON A BROADER WEB OF SIGNIFIERS EVEN AS THIS WHOLLY UNDERCUTS THE VERY IDEA OF A “MEME” AS SELF-REPRODUCING UNIT OF MEANING

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

One of the great tragedies of history is that Maarten van Nieuwenhove had a face born to wear an oversized Metallica tshirt that smelled of weed but was forced to live in the 15th century

If you were a villain, who would you be?

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

I'm a single-issue voter this year, and you should be too.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Y'ALL The postal service (the actual government entity, not the band) is doing DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS stamps for 2024!!!

U.S. Postal Service Reveals Additional Stamps for 2024 - Newsroom - About.usps.comabout.usps.com WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U.S. Postal Service announced four new stamp subjects for 2024. This group, along with the stamps announced in October, make up only a partial list, with more to be revea...

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

"Mamaaaaa, life had just begun! But now I've gone and throwwwn it alll awayyyyy!"

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidi, Pagliacciooooooooo, col tuo amore infrantoooooooooo!

So the Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense just turned 40. Love them, but let's celebrate the moment by checking out this contemporary NYC art rock from some kids barely old enough to drink: youtu.be/IeM0YJZGMsM?...

Geese - Mysterious Love (Official Music Video)youtu.be Listen to the new single here: https://geese.lnk.to/mysteriousloveThe new album 3D Country out June 23, 2023 on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam.Preord...

Write a four work horror story: I'm not dead yet.

Any Magic: The Gathering player looks at this and immediately thinks to themselves "three card combo."

Sign Combo xkcd.com/2841

I seen a beaver chilling by the bank of the Willamette We gazed upon each other undeniably enchanted A wave of telepathic information through the filter It said “when I go to heaven I want you to have the river”

Aesop Rock - By The River (Official Video)youtu.be LISTEN/BUY: https://rse.lnk.to/ITSVINYL/CD/MERCH: https://AesopRock.comSUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: https://bit.ly/RhymesayersYT VIDEO CREDIT:Directed by Aesop Rockw/...

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/04/e...

Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net In 2016, far right trolls used Twitter's to hijack rational discussions about the election, contributing to Trump's win. In 2020, moderation and post-January 6 efforts thwarted a repeat performance, b...

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

https://youtu.be/aiVkyD1yzJg

ADMISSION OF RICOyoutu.be I guess I had no choice.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Lol an archaeology website had an AI write an article on the scimitar and they accidentally scraped a Dungeons and Dragons description.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

Just a reminder that two prominent Federalist Society members wanted to overthrow the government by fraud and then have the government murder you if you objected. Eat that with your fuckin’ Chick-fil-A sack lunch.

Reposted by

Twenty Thousand Thorns

"You're too honest" is going to be a fucking killer piece of evidence. Perhaps THE key piece.

Pence’s evidence, heretofore unknown.

MAGA: Making Attorneys Get Attorneys