Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143024708
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027. 382019705
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026@crowlines.net getting rep in the latest @noclipvideo.bsky.social documentary on @thatgamecompany.com 010
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialRyan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 21/09/2026et voilà, a portrait of Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock, rendered from leaked Flock license plate camera images. Plates were redacted before rendering. 6415151
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026GEFILTE PHISHING 10569011210
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Learned a new word today, "caveating". Not at all what I would have guessed. noun (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other. 100
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026@stfj.net little typo on www.puzzmo.com/play/hue-com...? that breaks the Josef Albers link in the design notespuzzmo.com@aster's finished Hue Complete Me #1021Play the best daily puzzles on Puzzmo 100
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialGames Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 12/07/2026We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK. We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government. 273106092612
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialVic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Godzilla-sized ladies with big silver trays. It's how they used to move stuff in this town. 2519
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Why do they call them fire engines? Shouldn't they be extinguisher engines? 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The Turing Test wasn't created to test machines, it was created to test us. AI doesn't pass the Turing Test, we fail it. 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026@samreich.bsky.social is like Q for content creators www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUXU... 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026put your fist in the air like @wck.org if all you want is to feed 'em @knaan.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialMelita Curphy @missmonster.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Skrunkly Skranklin' Space Gremlin is finally finished !! WHEW! See you at @neotropolisevent These creatures were pests with a habit of chewing on docked starship guts, a behavior that caused dread in pilots, reminiscent of Old Earth wartime " gremlins". It was discovered they ... 12811234
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Going to start a distillery + cocktail bar called "When in Rum" 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Forgot the word "Lucifer". Had to keep jabbing at my brain, "another world for the devil, but when he's hot" 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I think the old man next to me on the train is a plant. 80, tan loafers, navy sport coat, on the phone. “Economy is doing great” “CA still has worst taxes and highest poverty rate” “Lockheed is selling so many F-35s” “No ammunition problems” and he just got kicked out of business because he’s coach 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026But when I pray, she kisses back too much. And it's hard to feel real gangster when you're always getting kissed. 100
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Kids these days have lost the way with their podcast-sponsored BlueChews. They need to return to the path of god with Hymns. #paidadvertisement 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026If you're running out of ways to go fuck yourself, I will innovate. 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026An ambulance full of books, for emergency reading 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Remake of Field of Dreams, but its about building a sex shop 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Thief market buzzin by what used to be McDonalds. The currency is crystalline and deconstructed Elantras. 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026They always say, "don't sweat the technique", but the technique is the thing you should be most worried about. 001
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Why are our leaders so dripless? Can't believe North Korea has more swag... 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Just because you put puppies in the oven, that don't make `em biscuits 000
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialTeorema @teorema.bsky.social · 03/03/2026"Hey Kurds, it's the United States. Remember us, from all the betrayals? Anyhoo, would love it if you all could march into this thresher for us. Let us know." 693036662
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialBrendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 03/03/2026"always the golfer, never the wildfire victim." 81204262
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026words like detectives that track your scent wherever you go 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 01/03/2026it's a never-ending battle for a peace that's always torn 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I presented my feminine side with flowers. She cut the stems and placed them gently down my throat. And these two lips. Might soon eclipse. Your brightest hopes. 100
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Who delivers presents to Santa Claus? Or does he not get any? 000
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialJene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.social · 24/02/2026Seeing this visualization has been really impactful for me. There were times when people tried to come at us sideways for claiming this is *different* and massive in a way that we hadn't seen other places. But it really really has been. 13389187
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I've made the forest suit me, table and chairs, papers and prayers 100
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS 493195305854
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialMarcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 14/02/2026The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/? 12710202
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialPam Brisse @pamdorra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing. 441715584
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal." 12725596818103
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026left a message on her answering machine, telling her there are none 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 01/02/2026by the time I caught up to freedom I was out of breath 000
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialauonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 01/02/2026As many times before, thanks main-shadow-enlighter @pa.nton.cx for the Timor-Leste 'detail' PEACE IMO# 9249130 is claiming to fly Timor-Leste flag. This country has no registry and has demanded via IMO that other states act and stop these illegal actions. There is zero legal risk in stopping her. 216820
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 30/01/2026SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. The full user guide here:404media.coHere is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. 301526969
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026caught you trying to hide your smile behind your glass but all of your secrets become a swing set when you laugh 000
dmertl.bsky.social @dmertl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026A chicken is an egg's way of making another egg 000
Reposted by @dmertl.bsky.socialElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry 109185333818
