Coming soon: @MorgonAuthor is crowd funding a new book this fall and then launching it on Amazon. For the indie authors in the crowd, I'll be documenting our entire launch and marketing process IN REAL TIME. Link in the first reply.

It had better be me.

AI is an extraordinary hack for ADHD task paralysis.

And I’m damn good at it

Not one member of Metallica ever appeared on sesame street. Master of puppets my ass.

I can’t believe Anthropic comparing their product to nuclear weapons 800 times backfired on them. I am shocked

If you start in Atlanta and go directly south, you will never hit South America.

look, they had a nice run, killed hundreds of millions of people, but it's time to gene drive mosquitoes out of existence. fuck it, ticks too.

Sera is now off all medications except for her blood thinner, which will be for life unless she gets a different kind of heart valve in the future. Her heart patch is holding, the fluid is gone, and she miraculously has zero neurological issues from the emboli from the infection. In 10-15 years she’ll need her valve replaced because it is a child sized valve. But for now she is doing well, and Philadelphia, which has a world class pediatric cardiology department, will be within an hour of us, and Nemours Children’s Hospital only twenty minutes away in Delaware. Once we move we will be setting up a trust for her lifetime medical care for her heart. Any extra from the GoFundMe @uppityhobbit generously ran for us after medical bills will go to that. Thank you to my mutuals for your prayers and your support. I couldn’t imagine that she would be basically back to normal after March already, but she is. God is good. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us, and St. John of God, continue to guard Sera’s heart ❤️

There was a 40 year period in history when samurai, pirates, and cowboys all technically existed at the same time.

“Impossible” is too strong, and if you over index on that it’ll wipe you out. But this is directionally accurate.

Can confirm.

US President Ronald Reagan was shown "WarGames" (1983) at Camp David the weekend it was released. He loved the movie but it also freaked him out. A few days later, at a White House meeting that included the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Reagan asked, “Could something like this really happen? Could someone break into our most sensitive computers?” The answer came back a week later: “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.” That led not only to a significant revamp of how computer security was handled at the Defense Department, but also passage of an anti-hacking law that would eventually evolve into US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986. Clips of "WarGames" (1983) were shown during the congressional hearings where lawmakers debated the need for hacking legislation. ("How Sci-Fi Like ‘WarGames’ Led to Real Policy During the Reagan Administration", Kevin Bankston, New America, 2018) P.S: On this day, 43 years ago, John Badham's "WarGames" (1983) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.

Actual story: German (and American) rocket scientists knew that requiring the massive bells of the Apollo was a non-starter. The machine to make them would cost millions that nobody would spend. One redneck machinist* said 'Gimme a weekend.' Started after everybody left on Friday. Took a big chunk of the material, got out some string and milling equipment... Monday morning they walked in and there was a perfect massive bell ring, perfectly circular, the exact size, complete. He said 'I'm going home' and went home and slept all day. The space program was saved repeatedly by some redneck saying "I got an idea." Yes, it had to have the rocket scientists. But every time they were stumped, or over engineered things, some smart redneck would come up with the practical answer. *If you've ever seen Rocket City Rednecks or Skinwalker Ranch, the 'redneck machinist' was Travis Taylor's father. His father (Travis' grandfather) was one of Von Braun's guards when the germans were still under arrest.

Gen-X thought cubicles were hell because *cubicles* were too social. In the 90s and into the early 00s, it was normal for engineers to have their own offices - or to be no more than 2-4 engineers to a large office. With a door that closed, so you could get real work done.

at first you think parenting is 90% changing diapers, but pretty soon it evolves into 90% turning off lights and putting the milk back into the fridge

> you get answers that are quite plausible sounding even when completely wrong Toddlers? My brother in Christ, most ADULTS will do this.

On this day in 1527, the Sack of Rome occurred. Around 20,000 soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire stormed the city, leaving destruction and chaos in their wake. With defences crumbling, a small force of the Swiss Guard made a legendary stand, holding off the attackers just long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape to safety. That desperate, heroic last stand lives on in our song “The Last Stand”. Listen to it here 👉 music.sabaton.net/TheLastSta…