They're after me... @frickinLasers@social.cleverlibre.org

I hide all my classified documents in a box of gluten free cookies because nobody would ever want to look in there.

The Guardian Says Ransomware Attack Compromised Staff's Personal Data https://bit.ly/3vXHca7

I keep a bag of Goldfish crackers beside the aquarium so my fish know how good they have it.

Morning, Fed-friends! I wanted to share something exciting with you...it's the cover for the paperback edition of my book. It's *very* different from the hardback, but I absolutely love it 😍

Release dates are still a wee while away: (UK/Europe: Feb 23rd, US/Canada: April 25th, Aus/NZ: May 30th). But if you're keen to get your hands on a copy, please consider pre-ordering it, e.g. from here https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sticky-9781472950857/

Pre-orders are hugely helpful for authors. Thanks in advance 🦎

I’m reading The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher. It’s pretty clear Mark Zuckerberg belongs in The Hague for letting Facebook turn decades old ethnic tensions into genocide and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. And that’s only one of his crimes. He could’ve stopped it. All he had to do was to shutdown Facebook in Myanmar.

#TheChaosMachine #Facebook #Myanmar

Watching the Facebook lawsuit against NSO Group progress through the US courts is one of life's great joys:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/09/supreme_court_pegasus_spyware/

How come when a celebrity like Robert De Niro or Christian Bale gain weight, they win Oscars but when I do it, I just get looks of disgust and pity?

@Jedigirl Good quote, but probably not from Orwell

https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/8293/source-of-quote-speaking-the-truth-that-somebody-wants-you-not-to-publish-is-j/8296#8296

hey i hope it's okay to post things for sale here but i have some cute valentines available in my etsy store. this little guy and a bunch of others can be found at doodlybugstudio.etsy.com ♥

This email from a reader of @TheConversationUS made my week

#LighthouseOfInformation

#Alaska Pacific #Spaceport 📆 Jan. 10, 2023 #ABL Space Systems launch #failure 🚀. The nine engines in its first stage #shut down simultaneously after #liftoff, causing the vehicle to fall back to the pad and explode 💥 https://spacenews.com/first-abl-space-systems-launch-fails/?preview_id=135979

#LockheedMartin purchased 26 launches on ABL’s RS1 through 2025, with the option for up to another 32 launches through 2029 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/abl-rs1-demo-1

🚀 #rockets dedicated to launching small #satellites face competition from #SpaceX #SmallSat #rideshare business https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/world/abl-space-systems-satellite-launch-alaska-scn/index.html

Picture : #Antares Rocket explosion (#RS1 launch hasn't been streamed)

Fun game: try to guess someone's name based solely on their face, the various conversations you've had with them and the many times they actually told you their name.

Me: You're ugly and no one likes you.
Car: Depress Brake To Start

Cowboy:
- Tough guy
- Open range
- Lives his life in the saddle

Cowbot:
- Is this a typo?
- Probably a futuristic technology-gone-bad thing
- Electronic milk?

me: *clipping fingernails* sorry, I usually don’t do this on the subway

guy next to me: stop clipping my fingernails

Funny thing: only yesterday while listening to the fan in my laptop spin up on the ad-loaded site electrek.com (ironic!) I wondered to myself, "what's the kWh hit of all this advertising frenzy, at scale?"

Well, one day later up pops an answer.

Sadly because of Yet Another Business Plan this article is #NotOpenAccess but some hints are in the abstract, for those who can take the work on faith alone.

It's a lot of juice.

#EnergyWaste
#ExternalCosts
#ClimateChange

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13376?af=R

This is the best friendship ever. Hands down.

#SiliconValley #TV #Comedy #Tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEme5AO-SpA

@medusaousa
Financial advisor: hiring me was a very poor financial choice, you have no money

Dear fellow twitter refugees.

They seem like good folk here, let’s try not to fuck it up for them, eh.

Hamline University in Minnesota fired an art history instructor for showing medieval artwork depicting the Prophet Muhammad during an #arthistory class.

An art historian at explains that these artworks, made by Muslims, are important for understanding the evolution of Islam and Islamic #art. They say the criticism is not only inaccurate but inflammatory. “Such condemnations can pose a threat to individuals and works of art.”

https://theconversation.com/islamic-paintings-of-the-prophet-muhammad-are-an-important-piece-of-history-heres-why-art-historians-teach-them-197277

#News