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started listening to the audiobook of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by richard rhodes on my walks and came across the Death Machine passage this morning. still hits like a hammer 15 years after I first read it. my GOAT will never be washed
(wearing sweatpants on the couch watching old cartoons when i get the call that i've won a prestigious literary award) ahh, yes, I am... in Chile right now... interrogating the... mellifluous nature of... the growing huitlacoche fungus
October 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
(wearing sweatpants on the couch watching old cartoons when i get the call that i've won a prestigious literary award) ahh, yes, I am... in Chile right now... interrogating the... mellifluous nature of... the growing huitlacoche fungus
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No. No I'm fine. No it's totally ok that you forgot to wish me a happy karmaversary. Haha no it's fine.
October 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
No. No I'm fine. No it's totally ok that you forgot to wish me a happy karmaversary. Haha no it's fine.
www.wired.com/story/how-a-... right you are, shaq
Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN
At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he got hacked—and warned the public about the need to “have control of their own information.”
www.wired.com
October 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
www.wired.com/story/how-a-... right you are, shaq
the ioniq 6 and ioniq 5 have kind of a "goofus and gallant" thing going on that i enjoy a lot
October 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
the ioniq 6 and ioniq 5 have kind of a "goofus and gallant" thing going on that i enjoy a lot
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In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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FUCK I broke my 1500 day streak on my smart thermostat's daily jumble puzzle. The app is locking me out of adjusting my home temperature now because I'm out of gems. The word was SAVORY.
October 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
FUCK I broke my 1500 day streak on my smart thermostat's daily jumble puzzle. The app is locking me out of adjusting my home temperature now because I'm out of gems. The word was SAVORY.
"every team's fanbase has dumb chuds and they're not representative of the group overall" vs "the most stereotypical yankees fans who have ever lived keep humiliating themselves and their team on live television in the postseason"
October 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"every team's fanbase has dumb chuds and they're not representative of the group overall" vs "the most stereotypical yankees fans who have ever lived keep humiliating themselves and their team on live television in the postseason"
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brownian motion was named after its discoverer, john motion
October 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
brownian motion was named after its discoverer, john motion
can't even make my dave roberts master class joke because the braves just crawled under the porch and died all on their own
October 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
can't even make my dave roberts master class joke because the braves just crawled under the porch and died all on their own
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Oh, lonely death on lonely life! Oh, now I feel my topmost greatness lies in my topmost grief.
October 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Oh, lonely death on lonely life! Oh, now I feel my topmost greatness lies in my topmost grief.
me: I dunno, I still like the guys on the team but I'm sympathetic to the argument seeing the Dodgers win in the playoffs every year is boring
(braves fans start doing the chop)
me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance
(braves fans start doing the chop)
me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance
October 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
me: I dunno, I still like the guys on the team but I'm sympathetic to the argument seeing the Dodgers win in the playoffs every year is boring
(braves fans start doing the chop)
me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance
(braves fans start doing the chop)
me: General McPherson I summon and bind thee to these boys' bats. Claim your vengeance
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is 2000s Pop-Punk the True American Art Form? some say thats riduculous. Others would say those people are cowards without a heart
Just Tom DeLonge soaking it in as all of Petco Park loudly sings along to one of his songs
October 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
is 2000s Pop-Punk the True American Art Form? some say thats riduculous. Others would say those people are cowards without a heart
the dick pill company and the heart failure medication company should probably get together and make sure they're not advertising on the same baseball game
October 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
the dick pill company and the heart failure medication company should probably get together and make sure they're not advertising on the same baseball game
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Nice power critique. Endless?
October 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Nice power critique. Endless?
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The money pit restaurant I would open as a billionaire would be the opposite of farm to table. What are the most unnatural flavors possible? Hiring top food scientists, giving a blank check and telling them to really explore the dark corners of the flavor latent space. I want to taste eternity.
October 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The money pit restaurant I would open as a billionaire would be the opposite of farm to table. What are the most unnatural flavors possible? Hiring top food scientists, giving a blank check and telling them to really explore the dark corners of the flavor latent space. I want to taste eternity.
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STEPHEN FRY: Now, which of you can tell me, who was the inventor of the telephone?
ANDREW DICE CLAY: Your mother's pussy.
STEPHEN FRY: Still not correct, although your persistence on this note is particularly admirable.
ALAN DAVIES: Howard Nokia. [alarm goes off]
ANDREW DICE CLAY: Your mother's pussy.
STEPHEN FRY: Still not correct, although your persistence on this note is particularly admirable.
ALAN DAVIES: Howard Nokia. [alarm goes off]
October 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
STEPHEN FRY: Now, which of you can tell me, who was the inventor of the telephone?
ANDREW DICE CLAY: Your mother's pussy.
STEPHEN FRY: Still not correct, although your persistence on this note is particularly admirable.
ALAN DAVIES: Howard Nokia. [alarm goes off]
ANDREW DICE CLAY: Your mother's pussy.
STEPHEN FRY: Still not correct, although your persistence on this note is particularly admirable.
ALAN DAVIES: Howard Nokia. [alarm goes off]
i'm reasonably confident the guardians are about to get rinsed. no one screenshot this or ever reply to me with a screenshot of this post if i'm wrong though please
October 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i'm reasonably confident the guardians are about to get rinsed. no one screenshot this or ever reply to me with a screenshot of this post if i'm wrong though please
The Pitch Challenge System Is Mostly Fine In Practice But The Discourse When Someone Uses Them Poorly In The Playoffs Will Be Very Annoying vs No It Won't
October 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Pitch Challenge System Is Mostly Fine In Practice But The Discourse When Someone Uses Them Poorly In The Playoffs Will Be Very Annoying vs No It Won't
I hate when someone uses Chowderhead as an insult. Even if they ultimately failed to advance their goals, the Boston Chowderplant Worker's Movement of 1887-1891 was a significant if largely forgotten milestone in New England labor history
October 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I hate when someone uses Chowderhead as an insult. Even if they ultimately failed to advance their goals, the Boston Chowderplant Worker's Movement of 1887-1891 was a significant if largely forgotten milestone in New England labor history
they'll be packing me into a padded cell while i scream about how autocorrect used to be good
Well done to the person in charge of Surface for doing a presentation where Surface wasn’t spelled correctly.
October 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
they'll be packing me into a padded cell while i scream about how autocorrect used to be good
no, senator, that social post was not sexually suggestive (adjusts mic) you're misinterpreting the post from a place of ignorance- (leans in closer to mic) -the post it's referencing may be sexual, yes (mic now right next to my teeth) -but MY post was a metarecontextualization of "goop on ya grinch"
October 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
no, senator, that social post was not sexually suggestive (adjusts mic) you're misinterpreting the post from a place of ignorance- (leans in closer to mic) -the post it's referencing may be sexual, yes (mic now right next to my teeth) -but MY post was a metarecontextualization of "goop on ya grinch"
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"snowpiercer is trying to say that class societ-" WRONG, snowpiercer is saying that it even in the worst circumstances that it kicks ass to be on a train
October 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"snowpiercer is trying to say that class societ-" WRONG, snowpiercer is saying that it even in the worst circumstances that it kicks ass to be on a train