Mike McCaffrey

Hard to take this new invasive spider seriously when it is dressed like Ronald McDonald.

https://www.earth.com/news/invasive-joro-spiders-species-spreading-rapidly-across-southeastern-us/

When I watched #TronLegacy, I thought casting #GarrettHedlund as the lead was a huge mistake since the character seemed so wooden, but after seeing him chew up the scenery in #TulsaKing, it is clear that #Tron truly wasted his potential, rather than vice versa.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m4SRJwAgO7Y

Lol, most of these clips on YouTube shorts where they add a random background song to a show are kinda annoying, but I would love to watch a whole episode of #StarTrek with the Interstellar soundtrack.

https://youtube.com/shorts/w4xUKn6-5L0

RE: @cstross@wandering.shop

Congratulations humanity on replicating the first organic brain within a computer, where it can virtually live out an existence of disembodied confusion and distress. Can't wait until we start on animals and humans!

I don't understand why the days of the week are so different in other languages? Do they not pray to the same Norse gods as the english-speaking world?

How did I not know that #ShortCircuit was filmed in #Astoria?

https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/03/ally-sheedy-is-returning-to-the-oregon-town-where-she-filmed-this-iconic-80s-movie-40-years-ago.html

#Oregon

At these prices, it would be financially irresponsible not to live on a #NarrowBoat.

https://youtube.com/shorts/b843Lx_CF8g

Well, I guess I'm not buying the #HuyFong #Sriracha sauce anymore.

https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/R43fLfIwBs

H/t @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

This dress made out of leaves is just beautiful.

https://youtube.com/shorts/znamzrTUBFY

Well, I officially have a new worst nightmare.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVXMPDlAarh/

Sigh, #StarfleetAcademy was doing so well at using travel as a compelling narrative device, with lingering shots in shuttles and turbolifts as a way to inform the audience about the feelings of characters and interpersonal dynamics.

But then, as they are almost finishing the season, they fell right back into #JJAbrams-style instantaneous travel to build false drama at the expense of crafting an expansive universe where characters are limited by some fundamental rules of physics and technology.

Love this antique toaster!

https://youtube.com/shorts/WYGc1oKXn9o

#JordanTheStallion

Personally, I'd be glad if there is no #StarTrek at all than it be created under the control of #LarryEllison and his failson.

https://trekmovie.com/2026/03/03/for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade-no-star-trek-tv-is-in-production-or-greenlit/

So now #Amazon is going to spy on their drivers from their own eyes! We really are headed for the worst #dystopia.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQH0AL0khIv/

Interesting post on how the strikes in #Iran could make the leaders in #Russia far less likely to use violence against their people when things start to really fall apart.

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxXoGIYBjne-F8KsDBsVYuwnk9yKNYwOnN

Despite doing it for all the wrong reasons, #Trump's precedent of deposing #authoritarian leaders may be the stopped clock being right for once.

"I hope artificial intelligence doesn't destroy the world" one cog says to another within the planet-razing machinery named Capitalism."

#AI #Capitalism

I am exhausted just listening to this explanation of how #Russians under prolonged #fascism have learned to juggle a multitude of different truths based on all the things people in power want to hear.

https://youtu.be/SjFozOSgv44

#ElviraBary

I'm simply devastated by the WB Paramount news. Our entire media industry is collapsing into a black hole of oligarchy that may be impossible for us to escape.

I hope these people are inside their mile deep hole when it inevitably collapses.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/deep-fission-gravity-nuclear-reactors-uranium-deal

I love #HankGreen and #JasonMantzoukas and #Taskmaster, and this #AskHank interview has all three!

And as a bonus at the end of the segment, Hank credits @maureenjohnson@omfg.town from #SaysWhoPodcast for getting him into Taskmaster in the first place!

https://youtu.be/RuuyCOnuBDA?t=2546

Of course, every time we outsource government services to an outside organization, it is an opportunity for executives to mismanage money and funnel it to themselves.

https://katu.com/news/local/whistleblower-lawsuit-against-large-portland-homeless-services-provider-prompts-rally-oregon-unhoused-accusations-employees-local-community

#Portland #Homelessness

If I had to ride a #Boeing rocket, I definitely would not want to do it on April Fools Day.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_-8XmNmINmI

#artemis2

I just gulped down #TheRegicideReport in 24 hours! It was very epic and satisfyingly ties a lot of plotlines and characters from the previous #LaundryFiles books together. However, it has left me a bit melancholy. I guess I was hoping that @cstross@wandering.shop would have some fresh ideas on how to definitively deal with monsters who have taken over your government and are indiscriminately killing people to further their own selfish goals. You know, topical advice.

I feel like we are failing the easiest possible trolley problem, where the entire world and all of its inhabitants are tied to one set of railroad tracks, and if we decide to pull a lever the train will just run over a small pile of money instead.

#ClimateChange #LateStageCapitalism