Caelestibus Irae @bruceinaz.bsky.social · 17/05/2026americanliterature.com/author/p-g-w...americanliterature.comThe Salvation of George MackintoshRead The Salvation of George Mackintosh by P. G. Wodehouse. Full text of this classic short story, free to read online at American Literature. 131
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeJames Wraith 🩻 @jrronimo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I'm winding down an astrophysics lab at work. I found an IBM ThinkPad 600X connected via RS232 to one of the fiber SANs. It runs Windows XP SP2. I found the password and logged in. This computer has been sitting there, on, for 2,585 days (7.08 years). Its battery still holds a charge! 961689165
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I Fully Endorse this Idea…. 1337233154834
Caelestibus Irae @bruceinaz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026since it's a L'Amour quote, "The Walking Drum" 010
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/08/2025As a physicist I can easily calculate time dilation from relativistic motion (time slows when you're moving fast) or proximity to a massive object (time slows in gravity) but I have yet to find a solution for emotional time dilation (the task takes five minutes to complete but six weeks to start) 🫠 1162788370
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/07/2025Back in my day our parents tossed us out at daybreak and told us not to come back until sunset and had no idea what we got up to, why, one time, me and three of my buddies hiked out past the train tracks to see a dead body, I never had friends like the ones I had when I was twelve, Jesus does anyone 1751692108
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Google search's AI summary is like the loud confident idiot in the room who doesn't always know the answer to your question but HAS TO be the first one to reply to it. 341484324
Reposted by Caelestibus Iraetef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god" 660190634550
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeJarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Compliments for humans: "For a thing so full of blood, it's amazing you don't slosh when you walk." "Three breath-holes? Now you're just showing off." "The way you move makes it hard to believe you're stuffed with bones." "Wow, that's a lot of skin, but you really make it work." 211015
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeGod @thegodshow.com · 28/04/2025There's only one person who's allowed to enter someone's home without a warrant, and that is Santa. 539197363010
Reposted by Caelestibus Iraescha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025There it is. The clam before the storm. 669246052646
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeEnough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire 11764031335
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts. 31116811715017
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2025This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day 1778862653
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA 708319688473
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeNeil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 22/03/2025March 22, 2025 Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun. Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey. 560259092726
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeEve Vavagiakis @evevavagiakis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025In response to headline “Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database” I want to re-emphasize that all these grants were public record and written in response to public solicitations supporting DEI content. No “uncovering” or “releasing” was done here 91103247
Reposted by Caelestibus IraeEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 26/01/2025You know what is, to me, a modern cathedral? A flagship science mission spacecraft. 100% hand built, utterly unique, labored on by thousands, made with precious materials, lodged in people’s hearts forever even if they never see it again, producing awe and inspiration. 1230261
