This item demonstrates how stupid the average American is. Every ninety minutes someone in this country is hit by a train. A train, okay? Trains are on tracks; they can't come and get you. They can't surprise you when you step off a curb. You have to go to them. Got that?
-- George Carlin
Category: Internet
Prediction Markets
Prediction Markets – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)EFF is Leaving Twtter
(more…)After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2…
— Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org) April 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Riley’s Law
Twitter – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)X, formerly known as Twitter
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
Marinas and Yacht Clubs
Is there some unwritten rule stating that all marinas must have shitty websites?— rlrr (@drum-corps.net) September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM Also, yacht club websites tend to be pretty bad.— rlrr (@drum-corps.net) October 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Nobody really cares anymore
End of an E-Era: AOL to End Dial-Up Internet Access The pioneering service has dwindled to a Yahoo sub-brand, but some people still rely on it for their online connection. Come Sept. 30, they’ll need a new ISP. Sometime in the dying moments of September, what was once a daily habit for much of the … Continue reading “Nobody really cares anymore”
The only good websites…
The only good websites were made because freaks felt compelled. Money makes the websites go nasty— don't (@aynrandy.boontavista.com) July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM