Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today?

the latest viral american "end of literacy" article is largely plagiarised from last year's viral american "end of literacy" article with a few quotes from conservatives and twitter personalities sprinkled in. The End Of Writing Is Here. I guess I can't blame them for expecting people not to have read other articles

ASN: AS6079
Location: Philadelphia, US
Added: 2026-07-09T11:46

#shodansafari #infosec

Christian Bök’s Xenotext — the extremeophile bacterium organism itself, not simply the two-volume book of poetry that includes what is encoded into this organism’s DNA sequence and what is encoded into the protein it expresses — has just been accessioned into the Library and Archives of Canada

https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/corporate/updates/2026/christian-bok.html

alright everyone here is DVD chess: https://jon-e.net/dvd-chess/

Rules for the dvd piece:

1) dvd can be brought on the board by pawn promotion on any file except A and H
2) dvd moves diagonally, but can never occupy the corner squares.
3) DVD by default changes color after the turn of the color it currently is.
4) if no action is taken on DVD, it automatically moves along its course after the player completes their move, but before their turn is complete.
5) when DVD reaches a square on the side of the board, if no player acts on it, it bounces in the mirror diagonal direction
6) when reaching the side, the matching color player may move it one square along the side, except into the corners. Horizontal moves do not capture. Moving the DVD horizontally prevents it from changing color that turn (allowing it to be captured by the opponent). Moving the square affects the diagonal direction: e.g. if DVD is on a5, moving it to a6 causes it to move next towards b7. Moving it to a4 causes it to move towards b3. DVD is otherwise not under player control while it is not on the sides.
7) when meeting another piece diagonally, DVD takes the piece if it is the opposing color, or is blocked along its trajectory if it is the same color. DVD switches colors and continues its path, e.g. taking the piece that blocked it the previous turn, unless it has moved.

Optionally:

• DVD can not cause check or checkmate, and the king can be used as a bumper
• DVD can be spawned by a bishop capturing another bishop, if the previous move of the captured bishop is parallel to the direction of motion taken by the capturing bishop. "the bishop bang" spawns DVD with the color and direction of the capturing bishop on the first open space in its natural trajectory.

so it looks like there are 4 different values of electrolytic capacitors on this board. if anyone has a Gravis Ultrasound PnP, do you mind reading off those values for me? capacitance and voltage rating would be great!

ASN: AS198424
Location: Stalowa Wola, PL
Added: 2026-07-09T11:55

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller 07.10.58

*beastie boys voice*
well I've got me a mule and her name is SAL
sixteen miles on the erie CANAL
she's a good old worker and a good old PAL
sixteen miles on the erie CANAL

it's wild that we distribute welfare benefits according to how good you are at keeping track of documents and filing things. and speaking english? it seems like a bad system idk

The First Nation will clear out areas burned by the 2021 Nk'Mip fire and restore trees, berries and medicinal plants to the forest, encouraging biodiversity and wildlife to return https://thenarwhal.ca/osoyoos-indian-band-wildfire-forest-restoration/

Politicians dropped three pipeline announcements this week. If they’re such an economic boon, why are taxpayers footing the bill? https://thenarwhal.ca/three-pipeline-announcements-2026/

Is true 🤭

mark my words in like 10 years we will have heat pump technology for fursuit cooling

#photography #nature #fensterFreitag #windowFriday #castle #netherlands
Kasteel in Heeswijk Dinther, Nederland.

took an aptitude test

results: apt

im like a vampire you have to actively invite me to socialize with you otherwise i will just think you don't want me to