Reposted by Tim LThomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 10hfwiw arstechnica.com/apple/2026/1...arstechnica.comCommand-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27The tool can free up over 12GB of storage. 5519232
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 7hPretty much any movie involving space travel, but just for funsies let’s say Moonfall, and specifically the scene where they launched the Space Shuttle with like 2 people. (And yes we covered this on my podcast themontehalleffect.fireside.fm/9 )static.klipy.comStarting Rocket Engine Moonfall Movie SceneALT: Starting Rocket Engine Moonfall Movie Scene 010
Reposted by Tim LJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19hCounter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver 811950334
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026static.klipy.comMaster Shake: I Am 30 Or 40 Years OldALT: Master Shake: I Am 30 Or 40 Years Old 2215
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As an engineer, I greatly appreciate the “nobody really understands the technology that keeps us all alive today” message of the first episode. 010
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Apropos of nothing, thanks for reposting this today. I’m re-watching the series to get through an epic travel delay. 111
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at KSC is really something else. 130
Reposted by Tim Leva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 02/10/2026TIL that this recurring TNG minor character was played by a stealth trans woman she’s in 43 episodes and several of the movies 12547144
Reposted by Tim LTade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They could have simply read Mary Wollstonecraft: "But, the welfare of society is not built on extraordinary exertions; and were it more reasonably organized, there would be still less need of great abilities, or heroic virtues." (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch.4) 26921
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Damn this thread GOES PLACES. Reskeeting for the Star Trek, Jack Parsons, and trans history alone: 031
Reposted by Tim LAndy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Have you seen Bluesky icon @dieworkwear.bsky.social's take on astronaut fashion etc.?dieworkwear.comAmerican Space Cowboys — Die, Workwear!It’s often said that America has not been this divided since the Civil War, but even these tumultuous times pale in comparison to the social unrest of the 1960s, when post-war America’s cleavages along race, gender, and sexuality threatened to rip the nation apart. Within ten short years, the United States saw the unfolding of [...]Read More... 181
Reposted by Tim LDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 02/10/2026Working on slides for my planetary geology class and am once again going through my pictures of Apollo astronauts making what I can only describe as "the fuckboy face." 47616
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comRizzo & Gonzo: Light the Lamp Not the Rat!ALT: Rizzo & Gonzo: Light the Lamp Not the Rat! 181
Reposted by Tim LFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026True story: An influence on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It has a guy trapped in space with robot friends. 4254446
Reposted by Tim LEarl Grey Screams Club @earlgreymemes.club · 30/09/2026Happy 35th Anniversary to "Darmok" 1240099
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There’s not nearly enough Man Or Astro-man? in this thread! youtu.be/ReoMAKmNdFQ?...youtu.beMan or Astro-man? - Names of Numbers (Live at the Triple Door)YouTube video by KEXP 001
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comThe Prisoner RoverALT: The Prisoner Rover 1142
Reposted by Tim Lrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i agree with the key point here and will add to it that there IS a reward, it’s knowing you did one right thing instead of walking around plagued by the nameless shame that afflicts all men who are determined to live the most frictionless lives possible 302066313
Reposted by Tim LDerek Newsome @derek.space · 28/09/2026It’s honestly not even that amazing of an achievement. It took Starship 14 flights to accomplish the bare minimum expected of a launch vehicle, and even then it’s not exactly been a smooth flight. 35711
Reposted by Tim LTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All those personal pizzas for reading books were training us for our horrible future of selling our time and labor for wages 1182
Reposted by Tim LPhil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026GWAR cut Trump in half at Fantastic Fest 3508
Reposted by Tim LScare-iadne Talchik @ariadnetalchik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this skeet is in the seattle municipal code 081
Reposted by Tim LAdrienne Greve @aigreve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“While it’s obvious to energy researchers, I don’t think the public grasps the scale of the change in California.” This a great run down of what’s happening in CA, a large,complex state. There are always complaints, but the article does a good job of detailing many shifts together. 1164
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 27/09/2026idspispopd Haven’t played that in over 2 decades but still remember how to turn off clipping 131
Reposted by Tim LDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Moon poop aficionados might also enjoy Katherine G. Sammler's Space Poop Zine 🧪 🏺https://saltygeographies.net/portfolio/space-poop-zine-2024/saltygeographies.netSpace Poop Zine 2024This zine explores NASA’s management of biological wastes in low gravity environments. Without strong gravitational fields, liquids coalesce at the location they are created, instead of flowing dow… 1191
Reposted by Tim LDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is very interesting! Nearly 20 years ago I suggested that astronaut poop might have archaeological value, and was mocked for it. 🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeologyzoharesque.blogspot.comWho knew astronaut poop could cause such controversy?It's funny how people react to the idea that human waste may have archaeological value. Of course, in space, the main problem would be exp... 1415248
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 27/09/2026static.klipy.comRam Charan & NTR Jr. Naatu Naatu Dance from RRRALT: Ram Charan & NTR Jr. Naatu Naatu Dance from RRR 000
Reposted by Tim LNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You'd think running America's space program would be a position above politics. Jared Isaacman, however, has given $3 million to MAGA, Inc. since being confirmed as NASA administrator. This isn't illegal, experts tell me. But is it right? 511250
Reposted by Tim LNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Celebrate #HobbitDay the way J.R.R. Tolkien would have wanted; by diving into an exploration of the political economy of the Shire and what we can learn from that about pre-modern social relations and subsistence patterns.nathangoldwag.wordpress.comThe Moral Economy of the ShireWho paid for this? There’s a certain meme that I see making the rounds on Facebook every so often about the bucolic nature of life in the Shire, from Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord o… 25914
Reposted by Tim LChase Million @millionconcepts.com · 25/09/2026VP of Firefly quoted here referring to "subsidized cost-per-kilo model" for launch wrt SpaceX. Is everyone coming around to the fact (or finally willing to state publicly) that Falcon 9 was never as cheap as claimed, and that SpaceX has been doing venture backed predatory pricing for a decade?satellitetoday.comThe Era of Cheap, Price-Per-Kilo Launch is Over, Launchers SayPARIS — Space launch competitors think it’s time for a new model of pricing in the launch market. Against the backdrop of SpaceX winding down the Falcon 9 1229
Reposted by Tim LThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026if you say "The Museum of English Rural Life" three times in a mirror, nothing happens. but if you speak it a fourth time, a man in a smock appears and asks you to incant the poem on the side of this rather menacing jug 9592116
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 25/09/2026John Varley’s STEEL BEACH. Humans live on the Moon, exiled from Earth, change gender whenever they want, and have morally challenging interactions with the AI that runs civilization. 231
Reposted by Tim LInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026🤘🌐 “Everybody! Everybody!” Homestar Runner has barely changed! Launched in 2000, the beloved web cartoon site has kept its decidedly retro look, so today’s homepage could easily be mistaken for a page from the Flash era. Explore web history with the Wayback Machine ➡️ web.archive.org 11622160
Reposted by Tim LFuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 25/09/2026We're glad that Archie McPhee, like E9 Brewing, have refunded donations to Brian Heywood's initiative group, and donated instead towards @nohateinwastate.bsky.social & LBGTQ+ youth centers. Businesses beware: getting in bed w/Heywood means backing ALL of his harmful attacks on Washington schools.theburnerseattle.comArchie McPhee Owner Didn't Mean To Fund Anti-Trans Initiative — Just To Protect The Interests Of The Ultra WealthySeattle internet enjoyers proclaimed over the weekend they would find a new quirky establishment from which to buy their rubber chickens when several viral posts exposed that the owner of novelty shop Archie McPhee, Mark Pahlow, gave $10,000 to Let’s Go Washington (LGW), a right-wing campaign promoting anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives and a social-services-starving repeal to Washington's Millionaires Tax. Pahlow publicly apologized, claiming he somehow missed all the anti-queer garbo LGW has been spewing 0254
Reposted by Tim LHannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW: Just recently a "change" candidate, Mayor Wilson is doing what Seattle Mayors do best, austerity for almost everyone but the police! The advocates she once stood shoulder to shoulder with decrying this age old strategy call this move "unsettling." www.theburnerseattle.com/post/mayor-k...theburnerseattle.comMayor Katie Wilson Gives Cops’ Budget 13.9% BoostJust recently a “change candidate,” Mayor Katie Wilson took a page from tradition in her first crack at the City budget: Cuts for almost every department besides the cops. In part, her hands were tied... 108239
Reposted by Tim L"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's hilarious that Huang things not knowing his address, zip-code and phone number are a mark of how he is cognitively off-loading to technology and Klein doesn't seem to press him that what he's actually obviously doing is using the fact that he's rich to off-load onto other humans. 451425232
Reposted by Tim LLilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cassie Workman is Witchy AF ep 2 is out! Support trans art!!!youtu.beVictorian Ghosts, Séances & the Women Who Changed History | #WITCHYAFYouTube video by Etch 630587
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On the twenty-third day of the month of September In an early year of a decade not too long before our own The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places 021
Reposted by Tim LPeanut the squirrel honor guard 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 @lampsofgold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of the coolest parts of America is sometimes our universities make fruit not suck anymore 3374
Reposted by Tim L☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026you should read the replies/quotes 25013
Reposted by Tim LWill Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Knock, knock" "Who's there?" "Deez" *rolling eyes, sighing* "Deez who?" "Deez are the voyages of the starship Enterprise" 5489133
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social · 23/09/2026True, there's rules to this shit, fools dare care Everybody wanna rule the world with tears for fear 121
Reposted by Tim LOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚 652299633
Reposted by Tim LJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have no words for Musk and Space X getting to destroy a second national wildlife refuge. These are all disgusting, horrible people. 360998
Reposted by Tim LThey Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026People ask “Do you still play Don’t Let’s Start?” And the answer is YES. 23683121
Reposted by Tim LTed Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 20/09/2026Teaching Neuromancer this semester, and I'm proud to say that a CS undergrad in my class invented this joke independently 141545211