Reposted by ericapenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 14/09/2026rationalist: I predict there‘s a 10% chance that 100% of humanity is wiped out in 10 years actuary: there was already a 100% chance that 10% of humanity would die in the next 10 years utilitarian: it’s the same thing 424428
Reposted by ericDropped Mike @rebrafsim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026me: let’s just throw everything at the wall and see what sticks waiter: please don’t 48523
Reposted by ericMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29/09/2026Unabridged: The etymology of 'bucket list' 2137978
Reposted by ericThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026“He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way from being unable to pronounce a single word intelligibly.” — Xi Jinpingtheonion.comXi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last VisitWASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres... 383807574
Reposted by ericBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10380962798
Reposted by ericDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026no no no. while well intentioned, the Congressman is talking about sounds like the singularity, which is a fictional idea. regulation is useless, even harmful, if based on hypotheticals 419946
Reposted by ericAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"publicnotice.coRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1723258937935
Reposted by ericWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years ❤️🩹🙏 8473130
Reposted by ericdan mentos @danmentos.com · 10/09/2026REACHER: I need help with my iPhone SUPPORT: regular iPhone or duo? REACHER: how can I tell SUPPORT: if it folds it’s the duo *extremely loud crunching noise* REACHER: it’s the duo 346471960
Reposted by ericIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026That's a fair criticism. I launched a nuclear strike when I should have advocated for peace. In fairness, disarmament has many meanings, but I should have clarified rather than assumed. 966965
Reposted by ericMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 29/08/2026such giddy joy about trucks shearing themselves in half. this is pure hater energy. @reportermatt.bsky.social 17380124
Reposted by ericCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton. 9067731602
Reposted by eric jaypea @jaypea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Every so often this whole website gets the zoomies, and it’s not nearly as adorable as it sounds. 143
Reposted by ericFieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There's an edit of one of my comics going around that expresses political views that I do not support. Fortunately, there have been people responding to this edit by mentioning how it's contradictory to the themes and messages of my comics. Thank you so much for having my back. Black Lives Matter. 131864175
Reposted by ericMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/08/2026"The things they carried included a Spikeball set, a volleyball, 96 Twisted Teas, Jeep keys on a lanyard, 29 Deer Park 16.9-ounce water bottles, iced coffee, beach chairs, and a Bluetooth speaker." buff.ly/QjajRaNmcsweeneys.netThe Things They Carried to the Jersey Shore“The things they carried included a Spikeball set, a volleyball, 96 Twisted Teas, Jeep keys on a lanyard, 29 Deer Park 16.9-ounce water bottles, iced coffee,... 0172
eric @cosmic-ray.net · 29/07/2026when claude is downstatic.klipy.comScotty Hello ComputerAlt: scotty from Star Trek IV voyage home attempting to interact with an old Mac by talking to it, first directly, then into the mouse that bones hands him 010
Reposted by ericThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/07/2026Profits Soar As Taylor Farms Rebrands As Biological Weapons Manufacturer 242133408
Reposted by ericDakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Wildfire smoke drapes across North America and the North Atlantic. Wow. 48140
Reposted by ericDocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 26/06/2026As a child, my mom told me I could be anyone I wanted to be. Turns out, this is called identity theft. 23811
Reposted by ericKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/06/2026Algae are prolific producers of oxygen (and consumers of carbon dioxide), en masse producing a huge proportion of the oxygen we breathe, which means that the greening of the Reflecting Pool might be the most pro-climate thing Trump has ever done. 10164971341
Reposted by ericESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 20/06/2026"Day 127, orbit 1968 — That aurora was absolutely spectacular… shimmering and dancing beneath us, stretching as far as the eye could see, and so intense it lit up the Station in shades of green 💚", says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 📸 ESA/NASA – S. Adenot #εpsilon 0353117
Reposted by ericBrandon Weaver @baweaver.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Your codebase has gaps that only exist because the right people know to step over them. AI doesn't know where to step. baweaver.com/writing/2026...baweaver.comAI Didn't Create These Problems. It Just Stopped Routing Around Them.Every guardrail we need for AI is a good practice we should have already been doing. AI exposes the systemic gaps that experienced developers have been quietly routing around for years. 186
Reposted by ericarcadus @birdapp.rip · 25/05/2026age is hitting millennials like the 2nd airplane 21437210
Reposted by ericSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!) 43832436
Reposted by ericPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 22/05/2026In honor of Colbert's last show due to fascism, here is my all-time favorite thing he's done, and not just because the scene is stolen by my cousin Dave Razowsky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRW0...youtube.comMaya feat. Stephen Colbert and Steve CarellYouTube video by The Second City 312717
Reposted by ericpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026kagi really is that good y’all. big stress reliever to have a proper search engine again. (i don’t take compensation for posts as a rule, this is just me wanting them to have a solid subscriber base so they can offer the service long-term)blog.kagi.comIntroducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi SearchYour collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms We made it our mission to prevent the web from becoming useless and a harmful space. That’s why today, Kagi Search introduces the fi... 13117
Reposted by ericTeeklin @teeklin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026If you think that AI is useless, all it does it lie, or that it's a scam: please read this article from Firefox who just fixed more bugs in a month than they did in all of 2025 thanks to Mythos and Project Glasswing AI is not going anywhere and it's going to get MUCH worse So what do we do? 1/hacks.mozilla.orgBehind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blogNew details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives. 108120
Reposted by ericJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 10/05/2026OMG youtu.be/7N68NjL9cMA?...youtu.beKavanaugh Hegseth Patel Bar Cold Open - SNLYouTube video by Saturday Night Live 1234969
Reposted by ericBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026There aren't a lot of things I agree with Mark Carney about, but there's one area where he and I are in *total* accord: the old, US-dominated, "rules-based international order" was total bullshit: www.weforum.org/stories/2026... 1/ 5300113
Reposted by ericMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/04/2026"People deserve to buy a home at a price they can afford, a price that will somehow also cover my entire initial investment, three decades' worth of repairs and home improvements, allow me to purchase a new condo, and fund the next two decades of my retirement. It's that simple." buff.ly/eb04d9qbuff.lyHousing Should Be Affordable Except When I Sell My House for a Million Dollars“People deserve to buy a home at a price they can afford, a price that will somehow also cover my entire initial investment, three decades’ worth of repairs ... 012526
Reposted by ericDavid Buchanan @retr0.id · 11/04/2026idk why it took me until reading this to realize that I could just file down the sharp edges of my macbook kentwalters.com/posts/corners/kentwalters.comOn filing the corners off my MacBookI file the sharp corners off my MacBooks. People like to freak out about this, so I wanted to post it here to make sure that everyone who wants to freak out about it gets the opportunity to do so. 1119515
Reposted by ericKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)nasa.govLunar Flyby - NASA 211483627
Reposted by ericKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice. 334198724408
Reposted by ericJulia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 26/03/2026how diffie hellman key exchange works (with as little math as possible) 7426113
Reposted by ericRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 13/02/2026CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! (I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing) 1313374766
Reposted by ericIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 28/01/2026You are not prepared for the sound in this video. I sure wasn’t, anywayyoutu.beDEATH WHISTLEYouTube video by Mileán Ó Raghallaigh 1812021
Reposted by ericMiguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Whoa! Mind blown: the s/ORIG/NEW/ syntax predates Unix: 25011
Reposted by ericThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/01/2026Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs theonion.com/melting-ice-caps-expos… 91637203
Reposted by ericMike Masnick @masnick.com · 31/12/2025Oh man. I've been trying to write something kinda sorta like this (not quite, but close). But, yeah, this is worth reading. 7536
Reposted by ericMatt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025I was recently reminded of this. A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 1611
Reposted by ericBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be. 165138051966
Reposted by ericSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This is a pretty interesting piece. Love or hate the idea of mixing federal pardons with state crimes, you need to read this. 283
Reposted by ericJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 12/12/2025Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder. 11135491022