Cosmo @nibble4bits@qoto.org

Today was the 30th anniversary of the first episode of Babylon 5, the genre-reshaping series blending politics and religion in one 5 year long story arc, mostly written by one person.

It was crazy hard watching this show - it was syndicated, popped up and disappeared for months at a time and was like nothing before it for the world-building and strong storyline.

Impeccably cast, hands down the finest low budget SF series ever made. Powerful stuff.

#babylon5

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_Gathering

Federal Court Halts Mar-a-Lago Special Master Review In Blow To Trump

#USPol #uspolitics #trump #legal #BreakingNews
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-special-master_n_63892e66e4b0b9be876ca149

Trailmix without m&m's is completely nuts.

November has been a little crazy.
#space #orion #sls #artemis #nasa

"You should trust your immune system!" My immune system thinks peanuts are dangerous

Hottest take so far: If you don’t pay me, you’re against free speech. #musk #twitter

Therapist: You need to stop doing weird things, going out might help

Me: I went to the park today

Therapist: There you go! I hope you got something from that

Me *opens coat* this duck

The Intel 8086 was released in 1978, starting the x86 line that still dominates computing. I'm reverse-engineering the chip by studying the silicon die, and I think I've spotted a bug fix in the silicon. They didn't have microcode updates then so they patched the silicon. 🧵

The #Schrödinger's cat now becomes the "Schrödinger's plates": as you can see, they are both broken and not broken until you open the door 😉

#quantummechanics

Moment of Zen

I do not like that this needs to exist, but I'mma boost it until it's not. Do likewise, as you will.

Elon Musk says he'll make his own phone if Google and Apple de-platform him: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-alternative-phone-apple-google-ban-twitter-1849822836

I'd LOVE to see him try. (iOS has been developing since 2005-ish, and Android for even longer; the only way he'll get a software stack is to use Android as a platform or buy in a cheap also-ran from China. Either path is a quick way to lose a few billion dollars more without shipping a useable product. A dozen billion here, a dozen billion there, pretty soon it's all gone ...)

Elon's take over of Twitter will change the behavior of the digital world. 🔥

Flickr and Tumblr are thinking about intergrating ActivityPub so it will connect to the #Fediverse.

Everywhere you look, people are being laid off, but #Mastodon is growing. 📈

The world finally understands that social media can not only be fun, but also have the privacy of the user in mind. 🤝

We don't need billionaires to create a good world. ❤️

I agree with this 100%

There is no "stay and fight" on Twitter. If you're there, you're grumbling under your breath at a Nazi rally and calling it "resistance"

https://c.im/@EarlDGray/109409730139307857