Arolpin

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Dad, husband, runner, snowboarder. Proud NJ resident.

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The NYT finally appears to understand the stakes.

New from the New York Times Editorial Board: Donald Trump is unfit to lead (gift link)

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit to Leadwww.nytimes.com He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.

I first saw snippets of the chat, and was wondering why the Heritage Foundation guy was calling these people gay furry hackers, and I was thinking he is so mad that he's literally just spitting out words that he thinks are bad, and then I saw that the hackers call themselves that, which is better!

This story is tailored to Bluesky's interests:

“Gay Furry Hackers” Claim Credit for Hacking Heritage Foundation Over Project 2025theintercept.com The hacker collective SiegedSec says it infiltrated the conservative think tank to oppose its campaign against trans rights.

Merge two films: Shaft: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut.

Merge two films: Christmas Vacation From Hell

It wasn’t all empires or barbarian hordes in ancient times.

"Scientists now believe that between 10,000 and 20,000 large-scale sites remain to be discovered across Amazonia. Similarly startling finds are emerging from Southeast Asia, and we might reasonably expect them from the forested parts of the African continent too." 🧪

An archeological revolution transforms our image of human freedoms | Aeon Essaysaeon.co A revolution in archaeology is transforming our picture of past populations and the scope of human freedoms

Sometimes even a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money says something that makes sense. Worst_guy_you_know.jpg AI is bullshit. Just like NFTs.

Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it's time that everybody follows suit - generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America's power grid, and is most decidedly not the future. www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/

Pop Culturewww.wheresyoured.at A week and a half ago, Goldman Sachs put out a 31-page-report (titled "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?”) that includes some of the most damning literature on generative AI I've ever seen. ...

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I didn't see this one coming. 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Biden to honor Civil War soldiers for wild Georgia train hijackingwww.washingtonpost.com President Biden will present posthumous Medals of Honor to Civil War troops Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for a mission known as the Great Locomotive Chase.

This entire thread. 🧑‍🍳💋🍊

When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

Just flipping through channels, stop on X-Games, skateboard vert, and there are literal elementary school kids competing with grown adults. The kids aren’t going to win, but they’re legitimately competing.

Came down with a nasty cold last night, but hosting a graduation party for my twins. It appears that over half their class showed up (along with a lot of parents). They floated both kegs by 9pm, and have emptied 4 coolers of hard seltzer. Appears to be a success. Cold meds wearing off. 2 more hours.

First real commute issue of the summer. Luckily PATH & NJTransit working together.

You know why movies are dying? BECAUSE FUCKING THEATERS NOW HAVE 30 MINUTES OF ADS BEFORE THE FUCKING COMING ATTRACTIONS!! Went to see Furiousa, 2:15 showing. Ads until 2:45, then previews until 2:55. Fuck AMC Theaters. Seriously, I’ve never felt less respected as a customer.

Most insane rainbow I’ve seen in decades.

Friday 5pm beer thought: Can I really see the ends of my mustache, or does my brain just fuck with me?

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: I remember being rather disappointed that the Bicentennial Bell Ringing was only from 11:00am-11:05am, rather than the much more exciting 11:00am-11:05pm. I figured 12+ hours of bell-ringing was reasonable for a 200th birthday celebration.

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: I think I could still manage a belly flop in Joust.

Have a local 5k this evening. Luckily a cool, low-humidity evening, but I really hate a 5:30pm race time. Can’t do a Sunday long run. Can’t really eat much during the day, and just sitting around getting nervous. At least this race has beer at the finish.

Baseball fans, rank how much you hate your division rivals? 1. Red Sox. Fuck the Red Sox. I hate the Sox more than I hated the Mets when I was a Cards fan! 2. Rays. Mostly because I hate Florida. 3. Blue Jays. Hard to hate. 4. Orioles. I want them to be decent, love their ballpark.

Baseball fans, rank how much you hate your division rivals. 1. Yankees (Fuck the Yankees. Always and forever.) 2a. Blue Jays (The worst fans in baseball, non-STL category) 2b. Red Sox (Like the Yankees, but somehow they think they're underdogs) 3. Rays (Maddening to play against, otherwise benign)

Spent an enjoyable evening at a fundraiser for our town flower garden. Food trucks & beers & local bands playing in the garden. One of the advantages of living in a real community. A neighbor’s brother-in-law was commenting as an outsider, was shocked how close community is.

Spent 5 hours cleaning the garage for the Twins' graduation party in 3 weeks. First time we've done a deep-clean on the garage in many years. It's much bigger one we've removed 20 contractor clean-up bags of junk. I deserve a beer or three.

Playing with making stickers of things. My cat Willow.

As a mid-50s gentlemen of means, I generally vape Stiizy, but I picked up a couple pre-rolls on Friday night, and rolled a couple joints tonight, and I am absolutely enjoying a weekend of analog stoner methods. Hell, I’ll be smoking out of a Coke can by tomorrow night.

Took a post-dinner walk. Decided to check out the new Dispensary that opened about a mile away. Chose a nice, strong Sativa pre-roll. They were having an event, got to spin the prize wheel, won a pre-roll. Got home and realized it’s the exact same high-end pre-roll I bought. Unexpected 2-for-1!

My dog needed to go outside. At which point I realized that standing up straight was rather more difficult than expected. I blame woke.

The lovely thing about middling bourbon (High West tonight) is that it’s still bourbon. And absolutely worth $28/bottle.

My idiot move of the day: During my rainy morning run, water gets in one of my AirPods. Try to remove the tip and clear the water, tip rips. Get home, can't get new tip to fit. Go to Apple store during lunch, buy tips. Still no joy. Realize ring of old tip is still on. Remove, replace, solved!

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Okay. The people have spoken. For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text). Let the games begin.

#running Marathon I just replied to someone on Strava asking how many pairs of running shoes I own. I mentioned 10 pair retired to casual use, but since I run 40+ miles a week, I replace them every 10 weeks or so. Someone else said they're about to replace their shoes at 800 miles. Who is wrong?

I have a joke about the Minotaur, but it’s very convoluted, almost labyrinthine.

I have a joke about Oedipus but it's more of a sight gag.

Was just starting to sprinkle when I went out for my run at 6:30am. Debated for a second if I should go back to bed, but was already up, geared, and ready. Basically no rain at all for the run. Finish, take the dog for her morning walk, fucking deluge. Completely soaked to the bone in 30 seconds

I saw a second puck cross the ice twice before I realized it was a damned fly buzzing the TV. Let’s Go Rangers!

Long day, good run, bike ride to vet taco truck we’re renting for boys’ grad party, then off to Shillelagh Club to watch the Derby. Several beverages. Vape hits too. Home. Another drink. And vape hits. And now Trader Joe’s chocolate-covered, peanut butter-filled pretzels are hitting HARD!