In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the Old Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three hundred thousand miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. ... There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
-- Mark Twain
Category: Computing
Unique combination of evil and stupid
the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party[image or embed]— Sam (@samd.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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I never anticipated seeing this many videos of people being murdered
Me too. I remember the early days of the internet, and I never anticipated seeing this many videos of people being murdered.— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The next tech breakthrough
I feel like the next tech breakthrough is a company that designs a browser or add-on that filters out all the crap and only gives us human search results.[image or embed]— Dr. SkySkull (@drskyskull.bsky.social) November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM





