this is a dad unleashed and it's beautiful to me
this is a dad unleashed and it's beautiful to me
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Ftrain, by Paul Ford
June 2025
If you found yourself in Dublin or Galway (or Mason Island) with two parents and 13yo twins, what wo...
If you found yourself in Dublin or Galway (or Mason Island) with two parents and 13yo twins, what would you most want to see? Hobbies include: Literature, social justice, technology, folk history and folklore. Tea. Advice desired! ➛
Today belongs to her.
Today belongs to her.
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Alt Text: A deep-fried image meme of a 3D graphic of a woman looking at a computer with a chat window. Her back is to the camera. The text reads: “Not now sweaty mommy’s cyber bullying the mayor.”
This is some wild shit and I was not expecting it.
This is some wild shit and I was not expecting it. ➛
This is great!
This is great!
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Police Commisioner Gordon: He calls himself the Horologist. He terrorizes the city by spraying his w...
Police Commisioner Gordon: He calls himself the Horologist. He terrorizes the city by spraying his weird personal fluids on timepieces.
Batman: Not on my watch. ➛
Batman: Not on my watch. ➛
Just voted, had to wing it a little bit on the borough president rankings.
Just voted, had to wing it a little bit on the borough president rankings. ➛
If anything brings back Iraq war memories it's this quality of information coming out on the front p...
If anything brings back Iraq war memories it's this quality of information coming out on the front page of the NYT.
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Alt Text: A really...spare infographic. A B-2 bomber drops a bomb. It's a missile with fins kind of bomb. The bomb is pointed right and labeled "Precise navigation." The bomb is pointed down and labeled "Hits the ground with near-supersonic velocity." GBU-57 BUNKER BUSTER. That's it. That's all we get.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't quite this.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't quite this.
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Alt Text: Green cover of the book THE YOUNG BRAHMS—it's older, maybe from the 1940s. Brahms is a boy, dancing with a monkey and the monkey holds a hat in its hand.
Ranking Brad Lander first FWIW. Just a classic nerd public servant who has been sending out boring e...
Ranking Brad Lander first FWIW. Just a classic nerd public servant who has been sending out boring emails for years (complimentary) and he did something important today and spoke after with humility.
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Every time I see a “We are not the same” social post I think, “Thank God.”
Every time I see a “We are not the same” social post I think, “Thank God.” ➛
I wonder if Hegseth gets fired for this.
I wonder if Hegseth gets fired for this. ➛
On Sunday we celebrate the Magna Carta turning 810. medium.com/@gob/project...
On Sunday we celebrate the Magna Carta turning 810. medium.com/@gob/project...
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I’m reading Alison Bechdel’s *Spent*, and she is a creative genius which I respect, but she also dra...
I’m reading Alison Bechdel’s *Spent*, and she is a creative genius which I respect, but she also draws the funnest goats.
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Alt Text: Two women are tending many goats in an enclosed pen by a barn. Alison says “Still no snow. We’re all gonna die.” Holly says, “Girls, this is Goaty McGoatface. Be nice to him.”
I asked AI to visualize The Discourse.
I asked AI to visualize The Discourse.
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Alt Text: AI-generated photo of a floppy disk attached to an oar handle over rippling water.
The optics forecast for this weekend is very bad.
The optics forecast for this weekend is very bad. ➛
Bill McKibben gently considers New England secession. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bill McKibben gently considers New England secession. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I just reread *CivilWarLand In Bad Decline* by George Saunders and the novella “Bounty” opens with m...
I just reread *CivilWarLand In Bad Decline* by George Saunders and the novella “Bounty” opens with mutated theme park employees in despair because a hateful moron was elected President; the 13th amendment is repealed and the “Flawed” are sold into slavery. Hits different 25 years later. ➛
Both bike brakes were a dangerous mess so I stopped by a new-to-me bike shop and the guy pulled a ra...
Both bike brakes were a dangerous mess so I stopped by a new-to-me bike shop and the guy pulled a rack onto the sidewalk then fixed both brakes (re-cabled one) in ten minutes while I watched. He charged me $10, I gave him $20, and I biked home with good brakes. Explain that atheists. ➛
Just had a checkup and my GP said, “You'll love your colonoscopy, it'll be a blast.“
Just had a checkup and my GP said, “You'll love your colonoscopy, it'll be a blast.“ ➛
in a half-billion years nearly everything we know and love will be a one-centimeter strata of sedime...
in a half-billion years nearly everything we know and love will be a one-centimeter strata of sediment and you just have to roll with that while you go about your daily activities ➛
Ever since I posted this I think about emotional support cockatiels every day.
Ever since I posted this I think about emotional support cockatiels every day.
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