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So the new Doctor Who seems really, really good? It's a little early to see how the plot shakes out, but Jodie Whittaker is fantastic, and it's absolutely gorgeous, with a scifi fairy tale aesthetic, and a cast of companions with all sorts of potential.

A friend just pointed out that Nimrod probably became an insult when bugs bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd that. It means "great hunter"

I just had the exact conversation that proves we’re all fucked forever, thanks for coming to my TED talk.

"I come from the future," the stranger said.
"Are you here to warn us?"
"The scientists of this age warn you. Thank you for listening."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

*squeeeeeeeeee*

IT'S REALLY REALLY GOOD. I am looking forward to this season SO VERY VERY MUCH.

Casual reminder to my fellow Americans to check your voter registration!!
Tomorrow's the last day for Texans, and I've been bothering coworkers and baristas alike about it all day 👈👀

🖼️

from the "best typo ever" department: encountered yesterday while filling out screening questionnaires for various depression research studies

"Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45753455

something something All Hail The New Queen

where's the anonymous workplace messaging app for evicting the CTO's damn dog who keeps barking in the office

It'd look something... like this!

Voter registration deadlines are coming up rather quickly. If you think you're already registered to vote, double-check & make sure, because voter registration purges are actually happening.

If your response is, "If voting actually changed anything, they'd make it illegal," then everything every state has done since Shelby County v. Holder (gutting the VRA) should assure you: It does, & they are.

Or don't vote, young people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0e9guhV35o

I discovered this when a program I was trying to build tried to fetch its source tarball, geez
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Heads up: bzip dot org is no longer the official bzip2 homepage. https://lwn.net/Articles/762264/
https://twitter.com/mistydemeo/status/1045839393796177920

lb 'We need to recognize, however, that our ability to predict is limited by our previous experiences and how often those experiences have entered our awareness.'

This is why STEM needs to be more diverse ffs

We all know Han shot first, but I'm curious as to who - in all the lore and extended universe and canon that Disney says isn't canon - of Star Wars, was the very first person to have fired a weapon.

Don't put all your eggs in one omelette

Happy 25th to this game

convincing my local DSA chapter to host a free TB screening clinic, because there's no ethical consumption under capitalism