@opinxit

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i make some art, write some code, like synthesizers, and armchair some philology. oh, and cats -- i love cats. (he/him) And also, any opinions posted are mine; and do not reflect those of my employer.
Excuse me? What does a Star Ship need with Microsoft Outlook?

Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.

And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.

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has he ever used -in’ in a post before?
The U.S. government is in the hands of a disturbed authoritarian who is surrounded by people who either share his delusions, are too sycophantic to confront him, or believe the president’s delusions serve just fine as a vehicle for their own zealotry and ideological extremism.
I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.

It's Caturday! Meet Pigeon!

3x3 inches, watercolor and acryla gouache

#cats #cat #caturday

#Via Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
@chanda
7:54 AM · Feb 28, 2026

"if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal."

Unprecedented Roman Painting Technique Discovered in Cartagena: Scientists Reveal the Secret of Ancient “Red Gold” - Arkeonews
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Unprecedented Roman Painting Technique Discovered in Cartagena: Scientists Reveal the Secret of Ancient “Red Gold” - Arkeonews

An unprecedented Roman painting technique discovered in Cartagena reveals how elite craftsmen used cinnabar, Egyptian blue, and complex

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