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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune. -- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.

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is this because someone pointed out that Pretty Hate Machine dropped in 1989? 🀣

08.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bow down
To Leonardo’s oeuvre
You’re on a day trip
To the Louvre

08.03.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I have no idea if the new F1 cars are actually *good*, but the teams clearly haven’t optimized battery strategy yet and that means for now we have a new element of chaos to make racing more interesting!

08.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to resign from my job at the law firm because I'd get a flare-up of eczema every time I touched some paperwork.
Luckily it's not serious; the doctor said it's just contract dermatitis.

16.12.2024 13:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

(working on impedance matching Office365 with Obsidian)

06.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

hahahaha take THAT, Microsoft Power Automate!

yes, you made me stay up all night just getting the basic idea working.

but on the other hand, i stayed up all night and i have the basic idea working.

(in my head this sounded like a real, "YOU'RE locked in here with me" bit. Alas!)

06.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@vortexegg.com "the slop comes from the heart" is exquisite

06.03.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i once led a trivia team to nationals but before the event the organizing company filed for bankruptcy so we never got to go.

06.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Enigma's first album, MCMXC AD

The cover of Enigma's first album, MCMXC AD

could be worse! for example, here's mine

06.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and people who like computers have a way of thinking that they can see everything in the world through a computer

04.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the night before D-Day, British and American airborne divisions went on a big ponti raid

04.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this has gotta be a potato bun, right?

03.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yikes, this discourse is staler than last summer's potato chips in the beach house

03.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if i had to make a list of "books whose impacts on me have been far greater than i could have predicted,"

Goldratt's "The Goal" would be near the top of the list

03.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stephen Colbert's commencement address to Knox College ends with:

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying "yes" begins things. Saying "yes" is how things grow. Saying "yes" leads to knowledge. "Yes" is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say "yes."

and that's The Word.

Stephen Colbert's commencement address to Knox College ends with: Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying "yes" begins things. Saying "yes" is how things grow. Saying "yes" leads to knowledge. "Yes" is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say "yes." and that's The Word.

Stephen Colbert's 2006 commencement address to Knox College

02.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a man in a tie is making a funny face in a kitchen with the word ahh written on the screen . Alt: a man in a tie is making a funny face in a kitchen with the word ahh written on the screen .
02.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to them both! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

02.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 473 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 13

Anywho, there's no better time than now to put your ideas out there and invite other people to do things with you. Might as well try. You don't have to know everything before starting. You can just start.

02.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 711 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

agree. the lessons in the ones i took still inform my actions 25+ years later. i wish I'd taken more.

02.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i want this television show so much

02.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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37 million years old whale spine found in the hot dunes of Egypt. This is a complete skeleton, the first-ever find for Basilosaurus, a large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale uncovered in Wadi El Hitan, preserved with the remains of its prey.

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01.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 986 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 26

An infinite number of mathematicians enter a bar.

The 1st orders a beer.
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of what he ordered"
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of that..."

The bartender stops them, pours two beers and says:
"I get it, but you need to know your limits."

01.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 553 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5
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Right of Boom Viewing the conflict from below

What it's like for me under the missiles

open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

01.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

this was a real journey! i loved it and now I'm hungry

01.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

after winning all the major performing arts awards, he died after eating bad bread, making him the first person to receive the ERGOT

01.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

01.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

congratulations Apple on making folders utterly useless on iOS

28.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🎢 when tou-can comes around

28.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

visited the National Constitution Center today. good day for that. like every day, really.

28.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've made a new starter pack of people to follow for news and commentary on Iran.

Got the idea from a request by @kakape.bsky.social

28.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1