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'Left to their own devices, the three networks would televise live executions. Except Fox—they'd televise live naked executions.' - Gary David Goldberg, February 1993

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 20h

'Left to their own devices, the three networks would televise live executions. Except Fox—they'd televise live naked executions.' - Gary David Goldberg, February 1993

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 20h

Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a video showing a really cool tribute they did for her on the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7opr...

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The making of "Margaret by Moonlight"

YouTube video by Google

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Where I live, non-profit status doesn't depend on religious affiliation or lack thereof. If you file the papers to show you're a nonprofit organisation, you don't pay taxes. Is it really different in other places?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Learning something is a mistake, and having the discipline to avoid repeating it, are two different things.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The cruelty is the point. It's not an accident that laws like this cause needless suffering. Needless suffering for those considered inferior is exactly what people who pass these laws want.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What is this 'dial' you speak of? Is that something the ancients used in the Before Time?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks, 'Do you all want a beer?' The first logician says, 'I don't know.' The second logician says, 'I don't know.' The third logician says, 'Yes.'

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had hopes BSG was going to recover and stick the landing, but what they actually did was the opposite of that.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

'The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, died after being diagnosed with a pneumonia of “unknown” origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that handles infectious disease.'

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Depends on the pot, n'est-ce pas? A ceramic casserole dish has no problems in the dishwasher. Also, casserole's a good choice for having company over. You can leave it in the oven to fend for itself while you entertain your guests.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you take into account the calendar discontinuities?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Book recommendation: _Adventures of a Verbivore_ by Richard Lederer.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Isn't that what dishwashers are for? Fill it and let it run while you eat popcorn and watch _The Princess Bride_?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'This solution doesn't work' is not a reason to say 'no solution will ever work.'

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can see it working in a HHGTTG-style book: 'People had theories, all of them wrong. The actual goal was a back-scratcher for the Great Colossus, who would lay down on them and slide back and forth, but after he was abducted by aliens the project was never finished.'

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have no doubt it worked for like 99% of everybody. If we can have a better solution that works for 99.5% of everybody, then we should do that. Maybe we can't. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Some people want to give up before they even try. I've never understood that.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'Rare' does not mean 'zero'. I would not have any human being disregarded merely because their problems are rare. Everybody is somebody important.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The world is not simple. Not even counting trans people, there are problems. What about people who are XXY or XYY? What about Swyer Syndrome? People selling simple solutions to complex problems are nobody's friend. 'Good slogans are simple and clear. Reality is complex and murky.' - Steve Blair

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have never forgotten the feeling from _Prince Caspian_ when Aslan says 'No one is ever told what would have happened.' So many movies and stories are 'what if' tales, famously _It's a Wonderful Life_, and I was a kid reading and that may still be the biggest truth bomb that ever landed on me.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The thing is, honestly, I'm not sure AIs would do a worse job of running the world than we have. I'm not just sucking up in advance, hoping they'll keep me alive as a pet (though that would be nice). We've known about climate change for decades and done nothing. Maybe bots would do better.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It seems to me that some solution to trans women participating in sports should be possible, not that I know what it is, or that I blame anyone else for not having figured it out. I guess that means I would prefer an answer of 'maybe, but not yet' to an answer of 'no'.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

He lied his way onto the court with his answer about Roe v. Wade. Such a person has no respect for the rule of law, or anything else, except achieving power and using it against those he opposes.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reminds me of this Baby Blues cartoon with the great expression on Wanda's face:

Toddler singing 'LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAA' over and over again and driving Mom crazy.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Instructive that he says 'change' and never uses the word 'improve'. Of course, if he did, there'd be the question of what he considers 'improvement'.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do we think Karl Rove will ever develop sufficient self-awareness to regret that he helped make the USA into a place that would elect someone like Trump?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.' - Douglas Adams

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'WITCH, n. (1) An ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.' - Ambrose Bierce

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not punishing a rapist because of 'his promising future' is not just how you get a rapist President, it's how you get rapist Supreme Court Justices, too.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have recently learned that apparently some women starting college are advised that they should never enter a frat house at any time for any reason. If this advice were more widely shared, and followed, I suspect the fraternity system wouldn't last very long.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Heating the brown sugar cinnamon ones helps increase the flavor, probably something about volatiles or whatever.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not great, but the bot failed. Never saw the bot fail before. #Wordle 1,929 6/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They probably had a whole long string of questions lined up for after they 'proved' Smith was an evil conspirator and here she is watching the carefully-crafted narrative they had built falling apart in front of her eyes because of an incredibly stupid mistake.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I won't put a picture online, but I do just happen to have the most adorable granddaughter in all of recorded history.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some of the most toxic people I remember on Usenet were those who insisted that only THEIR understanding of a franchise was correct. Wow people like that are tiresome.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What jumped out to me about all the pictures is that Xi just looks bored. Trump's putting on his usual show for someone who will never be impressed by such a lightweight clown.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The DA says they never saw the group chat. Why do I suspect that if the victim had been the daughter of a billionaire, or a Senator, or the Governor, the DA would have actually investigated? Someone should ask: Is justice in NY only for the wealthy and powerful? If not, how did this happen?

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'How much justice can you afford?' - Londo Mollari, _Babylon 5_

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The DA claims they knew nothing about the group text. They would have done a proper investigation if the victim had been the daughter of a Senator or a billionaire or something. But she wasn't, so they didn't bother. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

cornellsun.com

Tompkins County DA Reopens Criminal Investigation Into Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape

The district attorney for Tompkins County told ABC News that his office is reopening the criminal investigation into the alleged gang rape at Cornell’s Chi Phi house in 2024 after a civil lawsuit was ...

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In case anyone's wondering, the phone number for the president of Cornell University is 607-255-5201, and his email address is president@cornell.edu. In case, you know, you wanted to express an opinion on how the University is handling things.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Simon Tatham created PuTTy, so I'd have no trouble with that, because he built a decent reputation for himself.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am continually astonished when the Trump Administration releases information about how much of our electricity comes from coal, as if 'We are a backwards country with poor leadership' is somehow a flex. Also astonished how many people seem to approve of the poor leadership.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is so weird to me that Trump and his disciples keep thinking that 'We are unable to improve anything' is a flex. Were it up to them, we'd still be riding in steam trains powered by coal and watching black-and-white TV.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Does this count as a controlled experiment?

Picture of Mick Jagger, age 83, next to Mitch McConnell, age 84. Jagger looks perfectly healthy, McConnell looks terrible. Picture suggests that sex, drugs, and rock & roll may be healthy.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

IIRC, the book _Superpuppy_ specifically recommends 'Guard the house!', not because the dog understands but because it makes the ritual of you leaving and coming back unique. You might say 'I'll be back soon' to someone on the phone or something and get the dog confused.

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

About 25 years ago my kickboxing instructor was demonstrating a move and said 'Darn! Chipped a nail!' Then she looked at the class and said 'There's no way to say that without sound really girly, no matter what you're doing.'

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dfprovine @dfprovine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don't forget the GOP Congress, which is as corrupt as Trump is. They could stop him, but they won't. Trump could order Seal Team Six to take out the entire Federal Judiciary and Mike Johnson would give his corrupt simpering smile and say that was strong leadership.

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