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OK folks, whimsical timeline cleanse time… I am now the owner of this fine, jaunty disco ball skeleton.

Now, where do I put it? Sitting on some piece of furniture in my office? Lounging in the rear window of the truck, álà Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park? Somewhere people won’t notice it until the last minute?

And what do I name it?




she points out that most farmers are wealthy, and that they voted for trump to get slave labor, gut environmental regs, and cut their taxes. they also figured that if the trade war hurt them he'd bail them out.
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a7rv6…
in reply to Noah Berlatsky

farmers have a lot of capital and employ people; they're small capitalists for the most part (like auto deal owners), not working class.
in reply to Noah Berlatsky

farmers are considered authentic working class americans often because they're seen as white and rural and relatively powerful. our ideas of who's working class is often conflated with whiteness which means that only people who have a certain level of privilege are considered working class.


New York Mets Are Down To Final Four Games Of 2025 – Rico Brogna Episode 556 rawchili.com/4553583/ #Baseball #MLB #NewYorkMets #NewYorkMets


I'm very sorry I keep posting all this #Ruby stuff, for the *many* folks who follow me who really don't know/care. Feel free to mute that hashtag, or this one: #RubyCentralTakeover

With that said…

Shit's getting *nasty*!

The Rails fork open letter has a PR attempting to deface it. Minions from the former birdsite decided it'd be a hoot to swarm it. And DHH has gone full dank edgelord…essentially accusing his critics of being aligned with the Charlie Kirk murder!

WTAF

archive.is/mXOUg

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in reply to Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

I think what his brainworms are trying to say is that “calling me racist is exactly the same as an assassination”
in reply to Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

Hey, I have nothing at all to do with Ruby, but I've seen less severe forms of this go down in more than one open source community (and cases where it should have but didn't, at great cost), so carry on broadcasting and fork away.


mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/11… jeffjarvis@mastodon.social - "The words of the most powerful man in the world mean nothing anymore." - The Süddeutsche Zeitung.


europesays.com/2439521/ Here’s Where Clean Energy Jobs Grew the Most in 2024 #business #jobs


#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: How many works do you have in progress at a time?

Depending on how you count, anywhere from 1 to 45.

I assemble books from my translations of German folk tales, but I do not necessarily translate German folk tales "in order" for my books - quite frequently I will translate tales for my Patreon which might only show up in my books many years (or even decades...) later.

I have one book manuscript ("Old Goatfoot") which is complete but not polished.

I have enough tales for another book ("Magic in Theory and Malpractice"), but I have not yet started to assemble them into a manuscript.

I have 59 and 53 translated tales for the next two books ("Unnatural Taxonomies" and "Ride of the Damned").

And I have 41 further Trello boards with untranslated tales I have come across, each of which representing a further possible book.

Will I be able to do all these books before I die? Probably not, unless perhaps I manage to turn this into a full-time job some time before I reach retirement age. But I will keep at it.




I finished the first draft of my next novel! It needs a shower, a haircut, and a pair of pants that don't keep falling down, but it's done!


Beautiful 🎀🫶🏻💌💓
#ChristinaAguilera
youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDM…





Cleaned up some hashtag casing and misspelling. Accidently caused an old post to pop up with an edit. sorry.


europesays.com/2439519/ Millions of Aussies facing ‘financial chaos’, dire savings data shows #business #PersonalFinance


A shopkeeper just told me that his freezer has arrived

Me - oh my back, just the mention of work makes it hurt

Giggles

Hugz & xXx





The "'Fuck you #Putin', and when we say 'fuck you Putin', we deliver" club

#alSharaa and #Zelensky at the #UN

#Syria #Ukraine #Russia

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L’ancien macroniste Sacha Houlié va rallier les socialistes à l’Assemblée nationale lemonde.fr/politique/article/2…
in reply to Le Monde.fr

passer d'un parti à l'agonie à un parti suicidaire 🤣 il a le moral


Moises Ballesteros Deserves To PLAY For Chicago Cubs rawchili.com/4553577/ #Baseball #ChicagoCubs #chicagocubs #MLB


Free download codes:

missing scenes - sturgeon moon/beaver moon

"exploring the interplay between the natural and synthetic, the light and haze, and the designed and unexpected."

getmusic.fm/l/RzgKMi

#bandcampcodes #ambient #experimental #drone #music




It’s Not Juat Me. History Shows Us That Trump Will Fail twp.ai/E6AwSC


Oklahoma Ag Mediation: Free Resources for Farm Stress and Disputes - Oklahoma Farm Report
oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/20…

#Oklahoma




If you're in Thousands Oaks or Newbury Park, and do *not* bicycle or walk around town because you don't feel safe walking or bicycling, please put in a quick note here. I know I hear a lot from people who are afraid to bicycle around here because of lack of dedicated bicycle infrastructure, and it would help to have your voice represented in their future plans to make the city more bicycle/pedestrian friendly.
(note: just put in a "contact us" email stating your concerns with bicycling)

toaksatp.org/get-involved

#ThousandOaks #NewburyPark #ConejoValley

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in reply to AI6YR Ben

Choosing three items from a list of things which are all clear and present dangers...hmm. Everything on that list needs to be addressed, not just the top vote-getters.
in reply to W6KME

@W6KME Yeah, just a "contact us" saying "Bicycling is not safe" or whatever you've told me before is all that is needed, don't worry about the survey.
in reply to AI6YR Ben

Ugh, I don't think it's safe for most riders in TO. I had a family member riding there and was nervous, less so for riders in Simi.



europesays.com/2439517/ Ukraine war briefing: Trump ‘growing incredibly impatient’ with Russia over war, warns Vance | Ukraine #JamesDavidVance #JdVance #vance #VicePresident #VP




[throws together a status post on Patreon, feels embarrassed and vaguely ashamed about it]
in reply to Socketwench

Idk, embarrassed to exist, I guess.

Often I feel the Universe made a mistake in allowing that.



europesays.com/2439515/ Hegseth seeks death penalty for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense


employer pulled my offer after I asked questions, how to weed out candidates with obnoxious personalities, and more askamanager.org/2025/09/employ…



They laid down their lives not only for Ukraine but for all of Europe!

RIP - Yurii Bernadskyi (29), Yurii Prysiazhniuk (25), Romanian fighter Antonio Ricardo McLeod Otet, Oleh Chaikivskyi (21)

Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
(H.W. Longfellow)

Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal Memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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Miaodigou Culture Mask (3500 BC) :

This 5600 year old ceramic vessel with an image of a human face, found at Yangguanzhai archaeological site near Xi'an in Chinese Shaanxi province. Made by representatives of Yangshao Neolithic culture, 5000-3000 BC. This culture developed in central area of ​Huang He River, occupied by provinces of Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi. Culture is known for ceramic products made on slow-running pottery wheels or made by hand.

National Museum of China

#archaeohistories