"You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number."
"Er, five," said the mattress.
"Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?"
The mattress was much impressed by this and realized that it was in the presence of a not unremarkable mind.

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Have you had your identity verified on LinkedIn to get the blue tick? If so, I’m afraid I have to tell you that your passport, ID and biometric data are now stored with ‘Persona Identities’, a company funded by Peter Thiel, which has already been cross-referenced with numerous US government databases. This data is shared with any US authorities at their discretion.
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
#LinkedIn #Privacy

Just so we're clear -- the law Israel just passed mandating death by hanging for Palestinians is apartheid.

It. Is. Apartheid.

Israel does not punish Israelis who kill Palestinians. Instead, Israel has illegally detained more than 10,000 Palestinians, including 1000 children, without charge or conviction. These are hostages held without access to counsel in concentration camps.

This. Is. Apartheid. Any politician or journalist who cannot acknowledge that is complicit. Period.

TIL: the baby of an echidna is called a puggle

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/echidna-puggle

#Animals #Science

Well, we’re fucked.

Watched the Artemis II launch with family including my daughter. She is the biggest Apollo program fan you can imagine, especially when you consider she’s an Inuk from the high Arctic in her 20s. She can correct me on details that I remember from those days.

I was ten when I watched, breathed, and lived Apollo 11.

Trump is full of sh!t.

That’s it. That’s the toot.

#trump #iran #middleeast #MAGA #republicans #Israel #epstein #Hegseth #war #oil #news #worldnews

new Claude Code mascot

Poll: Are there issues with the supply of cooking gas or petroleum products in your area due to on going #war ?

Oh shit I’m screaming…

Do By Friday #443: "The Pitiless World"

This week's challenge: stretch.

https://dobyfriday.com/episodes/443

Watching the Computer History Museum event: Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different

Love listening to @Cdespinosa talk about the early days of Apple!

Little easter egg.... I think Chris is wearing a special 18k Gold Apple Service Pin. (Maybe 10-15 years?)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116212764694043220

The most infuriating thing about the #Trump era is the ability for politicians to knowingly lie and there are zero consequences for it and everyone just shrugs and moves on.

There is literally more evidence that Trump raped children, than there is that Iran has a working nuclear enrichment program.

And yet he’s allowed to run the country and get us into another never-ending war that will destabilize the entire region and cost us trillions of dollars without any kind of check or balance on those decisions.

Speaking in Kentucky, Trump claims that China does not use windmills, because they kill all the birds.

In reality, wind power makes up three quarters of all renewable energy in China, and China produces three times as much wind energy as Germany.

I had an incredible time at the Field Museum! Everyone I met was amazing, and I was thrilled to see the Egyptian art and artifacts!

Courtesy of the Field Museum, Christina Thompson, Klaire Lockheart, and Emily Teeter within the chapel of Netjer-user (cat. no. 24450.), Photo by Aaron C Packard.

#FieldMuseum #AncientEgypt #OldKingdom #Egypt #museum

The Dystopian future is now

The whole of the trump administration is a bunch of idiot assholes.

When the boss is AI: First we used software. Then software started using software. And now software can use us.
https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/when-the-boss-is-ai-e11

Who’s the stupid mother fucker that’s going to tell me Trump is a great businessman?

Epstein is why we bombed Iran. Epstein is why Netanyahu has access to unlimited US resources. Epstein is why Pam Bondi is the head of the DOJ.

Trump is a rapist pedophile who is going to kill 100s of thousands of people around the globe.