Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5162311721
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialAlison @alisonbee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Have a lovely weekend 🐑🐏 1728662
achren.bsky.social @achren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If Dems win the Senate, they should refuse to confirm any SCOTUS appointment until after the next president is in office. It would just be playing by the R's rules but I doubt they have the guts to do it. 14710
achren.bsky.social @achren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Carol Burnett Show static.klipy.comCarol Burnett's Iconic Curtain Dress Sketch (Powered by KLIPY) Posted from Skywalker @skywalker.thereforeiam.euAlt: Gif from Carol Burnett Show Gone With the Wind spoof where she's wearing the curtains with the rod still attached 193
achren.bsky.social @achren.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Josh Johnson has a nice bit on this distinction. youtube.comThe Canadian Stereotype 🇨🇦Share your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854126842
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth. 8456128
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialJohn Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Rest in peace Stephanie Cole, known to many for her role in DOC MARTIN, but best known to me as Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, she of the sharky grin at MJN Air in the wonderful BBC radio sitcom CABIN PRESSURE... The lemon is no longer in play, today... :( Art of Carolyn by @twirlynoodle.com 55828
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165415085
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialkonnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds 77120594625
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...techcrunch.comOpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunchThere is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem. 391330459
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/09/2026Absolutely amazing. 10889151
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialWillem DaFOMO || 🇨🇦 he/him/they/them @willemdafomo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Have you met his girlfriend? 😉 352547
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialMark Janello @markjanello.bsky.social · 23/08/2026You fuckers made me do it. The Racist Academicals Patter Song. 12879299
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313108382
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hey folks! There's an alllllmost total lunar eclipse this Thursday night, and it's visible to all of America. I wrote about it in today's newsletter, and put that article above the fold so everyone can see it. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...badastronomy.beehiiv.comWatch the (nearly total) lunar eclipse Thursday night!Also: An eclipse from Mars… of Earth. Kinda. 417972
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialPaul Clarke @paulclarke.com · 14/08/2026As I'm waiting for a big video to export, I shall tell the story of how I nearly died in a Greek trireme. 420592
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955321132
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialDocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Here’s a very quick tutorial of how I build a basic capy. Hope it’s helpful! 47620
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialZebulon Vitruvius Pike @vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 04/08/2026 232053491
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 28/07/2026... users can be found giggling, crying, or simply staring into the distance saying "Whoah..." We spoke to one, and asked how they feel about warnings that the practice is addictive: "I could stop, but I don't want to." Some experts say if reading was invented today it would be banned at once. 2382128
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778512571
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Episode 1 available free wherever you pod your cast. The whole thing available right now for the patreon people. Is good! I added some gags! Tell your friends, tell your wife! If you don't have a wife, you can just tell someone else's wife, there's no law against it! 03012
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place. 403397718
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice. 6069652175
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialSeán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 24/07/2026China eats lightning for breakfast... 311839
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out. 114137692877
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 317254926963
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/07/2026For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚 6236811084
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 17/07/2026Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children. 312172111966
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialP. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026an outrage. 021735
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialtweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 15/07/2026the rest were actually sickle 1142956
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222213629
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialLucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Heartbroken to see that HMS Surprise (formerly Rose) will be permanently closing to the public on August 1st of 2027. The Maritime Museum can no longer afford her upkeep. If you're headed to San Diego for #SDCC this year, make a point of visiting! She's incredible. sdmaritime.org/visit/the-sh...sdmaritime.orgHMS Surprise – Maritime Museum of San DiegoHMS Surprise , a replica 24-gun British frigate famed for her role in Master and Commander, now serves as a historic exhibit with immersive below-deck displays 512857
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialArthur🎨 @idreamofentropy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The discord was lit today 174021800
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Holy moly. What a feat. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve... 11844174
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with 360159463256
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialScam Ghouldin @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one. 7294663631
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialSteve Zorowitz @stevezorowitz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This game was a real flemish on the U.S. record. 1667073
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialDax Pryce @dax.pryce.io · 07/07/2026this isn't exactly directly applicable but it's also not not applicable and i think you could stand to hear it 2365101
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Zeus is annoyed. 0454
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Technically, they’re Remains now. 414208633864
Reposted by @achren.bsky.socialDerek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026In Istanbul, Turkey, a statue was erected in honour of Tombili, a beloved stray cat known for his unique habit of sitting in a relaxed posture, watching the movement of the street. 13383721062