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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
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tompearce49@mastodon.scot ("Tom the ailurophile") wrote:
As visual metaphors go, 2025 is turning out to be on something of a roll already...
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- In front of the main doors of a large building (above which in large letters is the name "Trump") a Tesla Cybertruck is in flames. The scene appears to be deserted, and the truck is strongly illuminated from the right hand side of the picture. There is a great deal of water on the ground as though there has been an attempt to extinguish the flames. (remote)
Mastodon FeedComrade Workwear's "Most Wanted CEO" playing cards about to become extremely popular after deplatforming: Comrade Workwear has launched a card game in which "each card shines a spotlight on a different titan of greed, complete with a QR code linking to...
https://jwz.org/b/ykfY
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Trump suggested the suspect was an immigrant, but officials later said he was born in the U.S."
I do *so* wish that fat old man would shut his pie-hole for once
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seachanger@alaskan.social ("wet forest moon folklorist") wrote:
the appletv show Sunny gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me. kinda perfectly imperfect, a lampoon of itself, the best in retrofuture aesthetics from set dec to credits, silly enough to watch lightly, thoughtful enough to feel worthwhile. plus rashida jones
unfortunately now that the show has shown me the existence of Sweet Potato Truck as a career, i can't unsee it
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shandyist@c18.masto.host ("Marta Kvande") wrote:
Now that I've switched to a better home, let me reintroduce myself. I'm an English professor in TX, studying #EighteenthCentury #BritishLiterature, and I'm especially interested in #HistoryOfTheNovel and #BookHistory #HistoryOfTheBook. Also dipping a toe into #DigitalHumanities. Hello world 😉
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neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:
"After the cursing comes laughter, so that the soul is saved from the dead."
Carl Jung
Red Book
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globalmuseum@mastodon.online ("Global Museum") wrote:
Tintin is now in the Public Domain!
Get your TinTin merchandise here 👇
https://www.teepublic.com/user/artshare
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Every sale supports Global Museum #Tintin #Tshirts #sales #globalmuseum
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bert_hubert@fosstodon.org ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺") wrote:
Now that Europe is no longer receiving Russian natural gas through Ukraine, some people said nuclear could come to the rescue. Well, maybe, but not in the coming 15 years. Here's a piece I wrote last year: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/nuclear-no-yes-maybe-but-not-like-this/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
"4PM Brunch" would be a good name for an album. Maybe a B-sides collection
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
Cybertrucks are not made for winter…
…and summer, fall, rain, sunshine, visibility, safety, logics or reason
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is alleged to be security cam footage of the "Cybertruck" exploding in Las Vegs at the Old Fat Orange Guy's hotel: https://www.instagram.com/lasvegaslocally/reel/DES6RE1yAVs/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
well hell: "Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen, is believed to have driven a pickup truck into a crowd on a busy New Orleans street, before exiting the vehicle and firing a weapon. He was shot dead by police at the scene.
The FBI says an Islamic State group flag was found inside the vehicle he was driving, while two improvised explosive devices were found nearby."
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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:
Sure, it's possible that a guy with a Cybertruck full of fireworks just happened to stop right in front of the main entrance to a Trump hotel, and then at that same moment the fireworks just happened to go off and vehicle became engulfed with flames. Certainly not impossible. But the odds would make Spock shiver.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Little penguins slide,
Wipe their beaks in snow and ice,
Nature's messy art.
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nickthewright@tenforward.social ("Nick Wright") wrote:
Cybertrucks are out, this year we're bringing back the 1973 Automecca Sportsvan
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- The Automecca Sportsvan, a retro vehicle based on the VW Beetle and Microbus, from 1973. Like a Cybertruck, it is very angular with several flat surfaces, but it looks more elegant and probably more useful as a van. This one is finished in striking red color with black accents on the front fascia and side sills. Apparently they only made 17 of these. (remote)
Mastodon Feed2025's writers really going hard on the season premiere.
To drop this cold open, even before the opening credits roll? God damn. This season is going to be wild.
One dead, seven injured following explosion of Tesla Cybertruck at Trump International Hotel:
https://jwz.org/b/ykfW
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yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:
More 2025 predictions
:insta: darwinthecat2019
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kate@fosstodon.org ("Kate Morley") wrote:
In 2024, wind overtook gas to become Britain’s largest single source of electricity, in the same year that our last coal-fired power station closed. See the live data at https://grid.iamkate.com
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DziadekMick@mstdn.social wrote:
Taking it further: 2025 = (20+25)²
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juglugs ("Widdershins Smith 🐘") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Cybertruck explodes in front of Trump-branded Hotel, Elon Musk vows to get to the bottom of things. Satire, symbolism dead, etc etc.
The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything.We’ve never seen anything like this. https://t.co/MpmICGvLXf— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2025 https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24333612/cybertruck-fire-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas
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Mastodon Feednil@furry.engineer ("nil :demisexual_flag:") wrote:
me neither, solaris
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Mastodon FeedMy 50 most popular blog posts in 2024.
50: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pocket full of fingernail clippings
49: Some Andreesen-Horowitz Crypto-Bro bloviates on a vision of Fascist San Francisco
48: My Dinner With Andreessen
47: Wherein wrapping text remains the hardest problem in computer science
46: Wikipedia: Constructed entirely of the Appeal to Authority Fallacy
45: Hypertext emerges from his well to shame the tech industry
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https://jwz.org/b/ykfU
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otterlove@mastodon.art ("Andy P") wrote:
But it is public domain
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I'm an atheist. The gods need to stop sending me portents and omens.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/01/i-was-going-to-call-in-a-haruspex-but/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
my seekrit project is almost ready for large-scale testing... just need to finish wiring in the user account self-management system.
won't you be my beta, baby?
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- Story Request: Give me a prose poem about worms In the damp embrace of the earth, where shadows dwell and secrets sigh, small squiggles of life dance beneath the surface: the worms. They are the unnoticed artists, drawing invisible lines in the soil, their bodies glistening like ribbons of brown, weaving tales of nature's humble beauty. In the quiet, they wade through the darkness, munching on the remnants of time – fallen leaves, broken twigs – transforming decay into sustenance, nourishing the world above. Rugged roots intertwine with their wiry forms, a ballet of life beneath our feet. Every turn in their journey churns the soil, fostering friendships with slumbering seeds, prompting them to stretch skyward. Whispers echo as creatures overhead jostle and play, unaware of the tireless architects below, shaping landscapes one gentle twist at a time. Even the fiercest storms cannot drown their resolve; they simply burrow deeper, clinging to their earthy sanctuary, embodying resilience in the face of the wild. Under starry nights, they glimpse the moon filtering through the ground, a reminder that the world is vast, full of spaces yet to be explored, even in their tiny, twisting tunnels. And so, the worms carry on, humble keepers of the earth's heartbeat, reminding us that giants do not wear crowns nor carry swords; they grow small between the blades of grass, yet their impact is as vast as the sky itself. (remote)
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gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:
HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!
Books which will enter the US public domain:
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest and The Maltese Falcon (as serialized in Black Mask magazine)
John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold (Steinbeck's first novel)
Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica
Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Patrick Hamilton, Rope
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Country Joe McDonald born in El Monte, California, 1942
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902