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Manufacturing consentpoliticsdancingxyz.substack.com Untangling the Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations, and the Tortoise Media investigation that is both flawed and important

(1) That's so cool. (2) He's doing WHAT? 🫨

‘Absolutely incredible’: Man rowing solo across Atlantic is surrounded by whaleswww.npr.org The appearance of hundreds of whales was amazing, rower Tom Waddington said. But when one slammed into his boat, "suddenly it turned from David Attenborough into Moby Dick. And I was really scared."

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The Dragon Can’t Eat You When You’re Dancing - Image Journalimagejournal.org Olive doesn’t know why she’s rushing to the brick building with the barred windows and parquet basement floor, and this is itself a kind of proof of urgency.

Sanity tip: If your vote for President is set, it’s probably best not to watch the debate.

A 2 million USDC bug bounty, wow I am impressed. Not impressed enough to work in crypto, but impressed nonetheless. usmannkhan.com/bug%20report...

Seiusmannkhan.com In April 2024, I found and reported two critical bugs to Sei Network concerning their layer-1 blockchain. One of these issues impacted the chain’s availability, and the other its integrity. The Sei Fo...

"Everything in our world calls out to us, demands our attention, inserts itself into our field of vision or hearing. You can’t even pump gas without a screen built into the pump blaring out some video." More (should not require login, I think)

America’s Mental Health Crisis and the Loss of Meaningthedispatch.com Our media-saturated culture robs us of deeper contemplation.

Stop making straight people look bad, episode #14561

There were people doing donuts in an old pick-up truck in the library parking lot on Saturday. My colleague asked them to move & they started doing it in the street at which point she called the cops who came & left without doing anything. Later he came in to say we ruined their gender reveal party

For Father’s Day, my boys and I played Unreal Tournament 2003 on the LAN. My oldest discovered the Redeemer and spammed it constantly thereafter #GoodBoy #DadGoals

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Ummm, holy shit???? 😳 “The U.S. military’s anti-vax effort began in the spring of 2020 and expanded beyond Southeast Asia before it was terminated in mid-2021, Reuters determined.”

Special Report: Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemicapple.news The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Fi...

Finally caught up with GODZILLA MINUS ONE. The effects are cool, but the best thing about it is that it’s got an interesting, effective story without trying to do too much.

I plugged a USB-A plug in correctly the first time.

Just rewatched WALLACE AND GROMIT so now all I want to snack on is crackers and cheese.

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Somehow this is real

Hugh Jackman has been murdered but DON'T WORRY! His sheep are on the case in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie. Please click the link to see how much we are not lying about this. reactormag.com/a-flock-of-v...

A Flock of Very Clever Sheep Are Going to Solve Hugh Jackman's Murder in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie - Reactorreactormag.com Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool-verine?

Sweet. wapo.st/4bIv4gz

Opinion | Flags in Atkinson, Neb., wave for America — and for my fatherwapo.st The world is rich with the things he left behind.

Excellent subhead. www.club386.com/zotac-teases...

I saw the highlight below and for a second I thought he was still in the Braves and terrorizing Nationals pitching.

Sometimes I think FX in movies can’t shock or awe me any more, but last night I watched ALIEN RESURRECTION and dang, the decompression scene (death of the big baddie). Brutal and emotional.

Ope-they got one run, #Nats are doomed

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typography is my passion

today ign purchased the gamer network of sites, which includes eurogamer, rock paper shotgun, and gamesindustry.biz. according to ex-staffers to whom I've spoken, "almost any department at a company like this you can imagine" has been hit by layoffs aftermath.site/ign-gamer-ne...

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Your periodic reminder that kerning matters.

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

My attempt to avoid HADES 2 spoilers is not going very well I’m afraid.

What a wonderful graphic novel. Sparkling art and humor. (And thank you to my local library!!) booksofwonder.com/products/978...

Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures (Paperback)booksofwonder.com *Signed Bookplates!* From Treasure in the Lake’s Jason Pamment comes a story of friendship and self-discovery, in a gorgeously illustrated world perfect for fans of Hilda and Over the Garden Wall. Emb...

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Found this guy and had to stop and save it to memory.

I also left Gmail (and Outlook.com) behind for paid email. But not Hey.com, which is obnoxious. (I use PurelyMail for now.) www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/o...

Opinion | Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.www.nytimes.com There’s a better way to do email.

omg MLB if you want to encourage me to listen to the MLB app don’t play clips from the Barves World Series win. 😤

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FRIEND: didn’t your dad ever teach you to throw a ball ME: of course *20 years earlier* My dad: the waltz is always in fashion

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Please Avoid Memorizing These Unhelpful Mnemonic Deviceswww.mcsweeneys.net “Red touch yellow, legless fellow. Red touch black, legs they lack.” Remembering that neither coral snakes nor scarlet kingsnakes have legs. “Uplif...