Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 19hThis was the... not Goosebumps that got me. IYKYK...or maybe blocked the illustrations from memory. 1100
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I mean, the first word is "universal". It's right there on the box. 020
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026(Woops, Varney was a Sir - not exactly a peer. and maybe not a vampire. Again, confusing) 020
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They did have close to home vampires as well. Ruthven was Scottish though, and Varney was English but... confusing. 020
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There was arguably a bit of republican (*small* r) sentiment involved at the time too. Ruthven, Carmilla, Dracula, all were aristocrats and literal parasites. The almost exception, Varney, was still a peer (who maybe allied with Cromwell - it's confusing). But he was kinda written for the masses. 262
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I do like the parts of Arizona that said to abolish DST on that map. Kind of a "well abolish it *more*" thing. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I do hate the time changes (both), maybe because I drive a *lot* for work. I can prepare for the change - start "late/early" for work, take a day or two off, use a sunlamp/blinds, etc. Having a house cat helps a surprising amount. But the extra roadkill just sucks. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Maybe Vetinari picked Adorabelle already, and the jobs for Moist are just a piece of that... 020
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Poor Lord Ruthven. Always in the shadow of that Victor guy's experiment. 030
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Heck, you could make a solid argument for exotic... Scotland. 130
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026May such actions be tolerated when performed by the University or campus community leadership? 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It being from Tombstone saves the whole thing. That is art. As their ads say: "What do you want on your Tombstone?" 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He's got the power of Disney and HipHop. It's like God and Anime, but less awkward. 030
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He didn't, and she didn't. That's why the GOP went nuts going after Biden for delaying weapons. That delay was more than *any* Democratic President had done to curb agression from Israel. Ever. I gave (and give) Biden credit for that because I want more of it. 111
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everybody remembers he *did* delay heavy bomb shipments to Israel right? Right about the time discussed in the article, no "nearly" about it? That headline and the comments here seem to imply that never happened. Just checking. 102
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026See that "almost"? If you say the F-16s delayed (Reagan) were more important than the bombs delayed (Biden), I won't argue that point. And Bush did nothing of the sort. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think Reagan held up some fighter jets, Biden held up a lot of heavy bombs. I'm not military or historian enough to judge which of those was a bigger deal. But as far as Presidents trying to curb Israel, they're the *only* examples. 020
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*shrug* It's more than almost any other President has done. Ever. 340
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The "nearly" is a bit odd. "Spring of 2024" was when he delayed weapons shipments to Israel; he's the only Democratic President to ever do so. 390
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CWA might be the biggest union currently doing this. I think. 021
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Really makes ya wonder about Arby's and their "steak" nuggets... 040
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Which one is really converting in that scenario though, the LLM or the religion? 010
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It kind of looks like they had that before with the LTBT contolling (eventually) who is on the board of directors while owning *none* of the value. *Class F dinosaur toy and Class T dinosaur toy fighting* Raaawr.... grrr.... Employees supposedly break ties but... 100
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe The Kingkiller Chronicles is the odd one. Due to the frame, you could say the whole plot is the characters just figuring out what the Lore actually is. 010
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I mean, he *was* the only Democrat President to ever delay a weapons shipment to Israel. 031
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Turns out Ewoks and Skywalkers are biologically compatible, and that party after the second Death Star was destroyed got outta hand. Yub Nub. 030
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We *have* kind of trashed the term AI. As in whenever someone says AI now, you have to check what they mean. It could be AGI, GI, old sci-fi AI, neural nets, machine learning, DEE-lux, software models, an OK movie, the singularity, theft, etc. etc. etc. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The two members of Democratic Party and DNC leadership who screwed Sanders the most did it by endorsing him wholeheartedly: Kucinich and Gabbard. Oddly unmentioned here. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But is being a force ghost "heaven"? Is it better to become one with the cosmic lifeforce, or remain (at least a bit) seperate from it for eternity like the force ghosted? Maybe only the force ghost *is* in purgatory. Or Hell. 010
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I remember the training for proper interview beverage. From Home Ec. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob7...youtube.comEpic Tea Time with Alan Rickman (Official HD Version)YouTube video by David Michalek 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most job interviews are online these days. Bringing-a-beverage-or-not is somewhere south of wearing-pants in relevancy. 010
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The biggest thing being in space gives, is that it makes it much harder to turn the data center off. Minor side benefit to marketing: "space is kewl". That's about it. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Still say SMAC out-Dunes and Dune game. The voice work, the little cut scenes! You can disagree, but then.. we must dissent. 110
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'd wait to see who talked first. If it was Theopolis, they got a bit more time. 000
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seems like a step backward from the neural network "art" stuff. That could occasionally give a bit of the creeps. 001
Mark @markstacky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Maybe they get psychic advertising from the Lady Gaga song (The Dead Dance). And today *is*...Wednesday. 010
