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hey can anybody think up a good symbol to serve as the imaginary unit for complex numbers? ...alright i can do it
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You’re an aging reality show host/steak salesman who has somehow become the President. Knowing that laws, honesty, and basic decency are for sad, low-IQ losers, you do things like:
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You’re an aging reality show host/steak salesman who has somehow become the President. Knowing that laws, honesty, and basic decency are for sad, low-IQ losers, you do things like:
The U.S and Iran will never reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz. Because in order to reach it, they would first need to get halfway there. But once they did, they would still need to traverse half the remaining distance, at which point they would still....
May 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The U.S and Iran will never reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz. Because in order to reach it, they would first need to get halfway there. But once they did, they would still need to traverse half the remaining distance, at which point they would still....
One ring to flour the eggs
One ring to knead them
One ring to roll and shape
And endless pasta feed them
One ring to knead them
One ring to roll and shape
And endless pasta feed them
May 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM
One ring to flour the eggs
One ring to knead them
One ring to roll and shape
And endless pasta feed them
One ring to knead them
One ring to roll and shape
And endless pasta feed them
outstanding use of scare quotes
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
outstanding use of scare quotes
my wife, reading a clue where the answer is a pair of words that are reversals: " '3 feet & a sturdy cart.' (pause) Is there a thing called a ... dray?"
smdh. she forgot about dray
smdh. she forgot about dray
December 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
my wife, reading a clue where the answer is a pair of words that are reversals: " '3 feet & a sturdy cart.' (pause) Is there a thing called a ... dray?"
smdh. she forgot about dray
smdh. she forgot about dray
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He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times, a lady.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times, a lady.
the First Amendment guarantee that anyone who writes the honest feelings of their heart must get at least a B on the assignment
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
the First Amendment guarantee that anyone who writes the honest feelings of their heart must get at least a B on the assignment
tautocracy (n.) - rule by the powers-that-be
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
tautocracy (n.) - rule by the powers-that-be
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The Accidental Harvard Letter
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers
April 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Accidental Harvard Letter
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers
Oops! All Tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oops! All Tariffs
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What fun America is right now. We've a bunch of insipid lunatics running around the building knocking down load-bearing walls because it'll "open up the space" and now we're all just sitting here waiting for the fucking building to collapse on us.
BREAKING: Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, conducting research, regulating food and drugs.
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating food
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What fun America is right now. We've a bunch of insipid lunatics running around the building knocking down load-bearing walls because it'll "open up the space" and now we're all just sitting here waiting for the fucking building to collapse on us.
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If it's not fully setting in how ominous this is, try reading it this way:
March 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If it's not fully setting in how ominous this is, try reading it this way:
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
I've written a new post and placed it in the public domain. Repost/reshare/re-edit, in part or in full, anywhere.
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February 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I've written a new post and placed it in the public domain. Repost/reshare/re-edit, in part or in full, anywhere.
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I will never finish setting up my PC or any other device
January 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I will never finish setting up my PC or any other device
There's always money in the banana stand
January 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There's always money in the banana stand
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Happy perihelion! At 13:28 UTC, Earth reached its closest point to the sun in its orbit, a mere 147,104,000 million km distant, about 1.5% closer than average. It's all uphill now until aphelion in July.
January 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy perihelion! At 13:28 UTC, Earth reached its closest point to the sun in its orbit, a mere 147,104,000 million km distant, about 1.5% closer than average. It's all uphill now until aphelion in July.
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There’s a snack food very popular w children called Pirates’ Booty. My 4 yo was eating some, & it occurred to me that she only knows one definition of the word booty, so I asked her,
“Do you you know what booty means?”
“Yes. It means butt.”
“So what are you eating?”
“(matter-of-fact) Pirate butt.”
“Do you you know what booty means?”
“Yes. It means butt.”
“So what are you eating?”
“(matter-of-fact) Pirate butt.”
December 29, 2024 at 9:52 PM
There’s a snack food very popular w children called Pirates’ Booty. My 4 yo was eating some, & it occurred to me that she only knows one definition of the word booty, so I asked her,
“Do you you know what booty means?”
“Yes. It means butt.”
“So what are you eating?”
“(matter-of-fact) Pirate butt.”
“Do you you know what booty means?”
“Yes. It means butt.”
“So what are you eating?”
“(matter-of-fact) Pirate butt.”
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[making small talk with Ancient Greek Soldier who fought at Troy]
ME: so...
AGS:
ME: Oh! You did the thing with the big wooden horse right?
AGS: yeah that was us
ME: loved that
AGS: yeah?
ME: I talk about Trojan horses all the time
AGS: sorry WHAT horses?
ME:
AGS: WHAT horses
ME:...oh no
ME: so...
AGS:
ME: Oh! You did the thing with the big wooden horse right?
AGS: yeah that was us
ME: loved that
AGS: yeah?
ME: I talk about Trojan horses all the time
AGS: sorry WHAT horses?
ME:
AGS: WHAT horses
ME:...oh no
December 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM
[making small talk with Ancient Greek Soldier who fought at Troy]
ME: so...
AGS:
ME: Oh! You did the thing with the big wooden horse right?
AGS: yeah that was us
ME: loved that
AGS: yeah?
ME: I talk about Trojan horses all the time
AGS: sorry WHAT horses?
ME:
AGS: WHAT horses
ME:...oh no
ME: so...
AGS:
ME: Oh! You did the thing with the big wooden horse right?
AGS: yeah that was us
ME: loved that
AGS: yeah?
ME: I talk about Trojan horses all the time
AGS: sorry WHAT horses?
ME:
AGS: WHAT horses
ME:...oh no
0. You want me to download an app. I don't want to download an app!
Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
December 13, 2024 at 11:06 PM
0. You want me to download an app. I don't want to download an app!
HMHMHM (How Mark Hamill Met His Mother)
Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".
December 13, 2024 at 12:56 AM
HMHMHM (How Mark Hamill Met His Mother)
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It's here! The GCHQ Christmas Challenge. I'm going to try to wait to start solving this until the holiday break starts... #ITeachMath www.gchq.gov.uk/news/gchq-ch...
www.gchq.gov.uk
December 11, 2024 at 2:04 PM
It's here! The GCHQ Christmas Challenge. I'm going to try to wait to start solving this until the holiday break starts... #ITeachMath www.gchq.gov.uk/news/gchq-ch...