Periodic reminder that "Moderate Democrat" is how you spell "Republican" in San Francisco.

For historical reasons, it's impossible for a Republican to get elected in SF, so the Republicans register as Democrats and call themselves "moderates". What they actually are is "neoliberals", or, if you like, methane-breathing space zombie free-marketeers. The people to the left of them call themselves "progressives". And "centrist" means somewhere between Libertarian and MAGA...
https://jwz.org/b/yk_O

Your Language Servers Are Probably Slop, Too

If you have bandwidth for it, write a letter to the FAA on their plans to remove the few environmental regulations that currently exist for rocket launches. Instructions and information in this excellent blog post, comments due Aug 31: https://kelseyjohnson367.substack.com/p/the-launch-rate-is-going-up-our-oversight?r=566m49&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4_a1demoo4bm73yo

Oaks in Burrator woods today. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #mosstodon

Werewolf of Ontario

parton (n.): unit of measure for the extent to which a wealthy person uses that wealth to make the world a better place. Sadly, the milliparton and microparton are more commonly used. Note that negative values are frequently observed.

Terrorist law needs to be applied on these sons of bitches!
We should use that as grounds for when 100's of thousands go to Washington and physically remove and jail these criminals!
@eff @jilliancyork @reasonmagazine

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@aw hell ya!

I’m renaming the Atlantic Ocean the Merciful Briny Expanse Which Separates Us All From That Fucking Cunt.

Please update your maps accordingly.

#trump

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/elon-musks-xai-used-child-porn-to-train-grok-models-lawsuit-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@linear I've been looking at Reticulum (and talking about it) and I haven't heard much from users.

If you've got experience with reticulum, I'd love to hear your thoughts about it.

I hiked up to Bench Lake at Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday evening. It was fairly cloudy and hazy when I got there, and the lake still had a lot of waves, so I was wondering if I had made the trip for nothing.

But between 7 and 8 pm as the sun set, the clouds cleared, the wind calmed down, the lake went completely flat. That is when this beautiful reflection of Mount Rainier appeared, with just a slight alpenglow on the mountain and in the water.

It was absolutely delightful to watch it all come together.

#MountRainier #MountRainierNationalPark #BenchLake #PNWPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #ReflectionPhotography #PacificNorthwest #WashingtonState #MountainPhotography #Alpenglow #ExploreWashington

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"Vaccine resisters should be thought of like drunken drivers: people who recklessly endanger innocent strangers.”

Just never forget this:

Remember the movie Lady Ballers? The transphobic Nazi fantasy about men signing up to play women's basketball to "win big" or whatever?

Yeah originally that wasn't supposed to be a movie - it was going to be a feature length documentary about the Daily Wire guys actually saying they're trans and joining a women's basketball league.

You know why they gave up? Because to qualify, they'd have had to do YEARS of hormone therapy.

It's a fugazi. They know it. Stop playing.

@happyborg I certainly don't think it's an issue for you. But it is more steps just to decide if you want to use something at all. It's friction.

Tried one those cat wraps to carry cats, this was a great a idea, wearing an armor

Many of you remember Shawn Thierry, the first "anti-trans Democrat" that cast a vote for the Texas trans care ban and book ban in 2023, before being primaried out of office.

Now, as a result of her capitulation, Abbott has made her a Judge in Houston, Texas.

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