@mobyplum

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Moon faced assassin of joy
The Teams programmer who thought it'd be utterly hilarious to put the "share" button next to the "leave" button was a fucking comedy genius, and should be honoured.
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes." ––William Gibson
I miss the days when NFTs were the stupidest thing I'd ever heard of.
Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@essjayjay @TheBreadmonkey

“NOBODY expects the Fedi Inquisition! Our chief weapon is cat pictures... cat pictures and Linux... Linux and cat pictures.... Our two weapons are Linux and cat pictures... and shitposting.... Our *three* weapons are Linux, cat pictures, and shitposting... and an almost fanatical devotion to John Mastodon.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry... are such elements as Linux, cat pictures... I'll come in again.”

Janey Godley was right.

Behold the "sci fi tarot"

a deck in which each card is done in the style of a golden-age pulp sci-fi novel

the ingenious creation of the designer Todd Alcott, who sells 'em online

Item #4 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe right here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/

Linkfest #29: "Methanotropes", Sign-Language Poetry, and Why Saturn's About To Lose Its Rings

Why hey there, fellow prisoners of the Internet. It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — or, my latest “Linkfest”, in which I pan relentlessly for...

The Linkfest

A mind-boggling implication of that is that it no longer makes sense to say that the Universe has a single unified age of 13.8 billion years. Instead, different regions would have different ages.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-energy-may-not-exist-something-stranger-might-explain-the-universe

Dark Energy May Not Exist: Something Stranger Might Explain The Universe

There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all.

ScienceAlert
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