Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Maybe at least make JdeBP a mod? I logged in for the first time in weeks today to find many reports from him. I just rubber-stamp suspended all the accounts he reported. 100
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026He might. I would not, thanks all the same. I think if you can't any more — no shade; it's a lot — it might be better to just announce that, let everybody migrate, and do a graceful shutdown. 100
Reposted by Larry ClappAngri Bundel @anibundel.com · 11/05/2026We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move. 136110372905
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Inhabiting? Infesting? I like "haunting", though obviously w/out the connotations of being a ghost. Abiding in? ("Diane abides.") 2140
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026As I've noted before, I used to think this was basically a threat. But eventually I realized it's really just physics. It's like saying "Make it hot enough in a pressure cooker, with no escape valve, and it'll explode." Like, this is obvious if you think about it for a *single moment*. 000
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026So much — SO MUCH — of the political news lately reminds me of JFK's "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." 100
Reposted by Larry Clappsilverranger.bsky.social @silverranger.bsky.social · 08/05/2026And yesterday’s winner of the internet is….. 011
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I love the phrase "chaos goblin". So ... he could've *walked home* faster? And finally ... Why 10 years? That looks like maybe a year, tops. Just how long did he hang out with Circe, anyway? (No, I haven't read the Odyssey.) 000
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Douglas Adams has entered the chat. (Yes, from the afterlife.) 15019
Reposted by Larry ClappCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/05/2026I have said this before and I will say it again, but it is my firm belief that given the blatant and naked corruption exhibited by some members of the Roberts Court, decisions of the Roberts Court should not be treated as precedentially binding on later courts. 273823698
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Well, but, men are the standard, don't'cha know. /s 020
Reposted by Larry ClappRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/05/2026Fashion tips from nature. A very old comic that I still really like. 8646181
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Whaaaaat is that outfit? The Punisher, but also Trump, but also Santa? WTF. 110
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Pull A, then approach the professor for an internship. 040
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026@brian.dev Friendly ping. Please check your messages (again?) at tty0.social. 110
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026> But I am begging authors to throw in a few happy sluts, who are just getting some because getting some feels good and brings them closer to other people. I think Kiva Lagos from Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy fits this, fwiw. 0100
Reposted by Larry ClappAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Imagine that everything he promised his base turning out to be a lie. Shocking. Just shocking. 33880903070
Reposted by Larry ClappChuck Grassley's goat @chuckgoat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I like how the headline should always be "president is insane" but it never is. 14012
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026How do I arrange to see this post next to one of Trump saying, well, anything? 000
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026ISWYDT. I think. Maybe. IS[one of the many things you might have done]T. 010
Reposted by Larry ClappKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/03/2026#LunarEclipse FAQ: Q: Is it safe to look at? A: Absolutely! Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no UNsafe time to look at a lunar eclipse. Q: Do I need a telescope? A: Nope! Best view is with naked eye. Just look up! Q: Does the eclipse portend terror & doom? A: Not at all! The news has that covered. 291291402
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I feel like "structurally *unaware* of the truth" is more accurate. Indifferent implies that they "know" what's true and are, well, indifferent to it. But they don't and can't. There's no there there to do the knowing with. 010
Reposted by Larry ClappSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Asking an LLM something is just like asking a random stranger for a film review. What they tell you could very well be true, but you have no way of knowing that. You can't trust the source, because there may well be no source. It's just confident-sounding words. 2166
Reposted by Larry ClappSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I was thinking of an analogy for this the other day, specifically about trusted sources vs. AI output. What I think it's like is if you want to see a movie, and you don't really know anything about it (maybe title, genre, one actor in it, idk) so you do some research. 2244
Reposted by Larry ClappMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever. 583108927
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026@brian.dev Hi, Brian. Please check your messages at tty0.social. Please consider making JdeBP a mod. Thanks.tty0.socialtty0.socialtty0.social is the federated Mastodon home for command line junkies. All are welcome, we ask that you be respectful in your activities and interactions with others. Server admin - Brian Ketelsen 100
Reposted by Larry ClappMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 26/02/2026“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)kansascity.comKansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on ThursdaySome transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening. 231071455
Reposted by Larry ClappA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/02/2026"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating." www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...the-reframe.comFix Your Hearts or DieIt's a invitation, not a threat. The path to liberation for lonely men is feminism. 292574924
Reposted by Larry ClappAbigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again. 188103062657
Reposted by Larry Clappmarykmac.bsky.social @marykmac.bsky.social · 25/11/2025yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you? 1191780249
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026They left out that it also tastes distinctly of vinegar. I'm not sure I want to drink this stuff at all, ever again, never mind as some kind of amaretto substitute. 000
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I gotta say I disagree with The Spruce Eats including Woodnose Sacré Zero Proof on their list of Best Amarettos. It tastes nothing like amarettto. 100
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Has France ever said, just for fun, how much we owe them for their help in the US war for independence? "You might still be speaking English!" Or perhaps more horrifying to Americans, "You might be using the metric system!" I imagine both of these with an outrageous French accent. 001
Reposted by Larry ClappKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult. 748244657257
Reposted by Larry ClappCrits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 10/01/2026Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment. 169106313850
Reposted by Larry ClappCaptain Pooky @captainpooky.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa. 10861691890
Reposted by Larry ClappLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 07/01/2026It's so fucking convenient that they get to "fear for their lives" anytime they want to absolve themselves of anything and when we actually fear for our lives because of them and do anything a scared person would do it's justification for our death. 4054091505
Reposted by Larry ClappTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting. 602524744
Larry Clapp @theclapp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Does Matt's ... I can't even call it an "argument". Does Matt's assertion apply to other nations, too, or just us? 010
