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    EVENTS

    Right Wing M&Ms, From Midjourney

    Over at Pharyngula, special jackbooted operative raven floated a dangerous idea: [pha]

    I suppose Tucker Carlson wants one of the M&Ms to wave a Swastika flag around or carry an AR 15 rifle or something. The right wingnut patriot M&M.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 1, 2023
    • AI, Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 16 Comments

    Warhammering

    I haven’t gotten bored of the AI generated art, yet. There will almost certainly be more.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 24, 2023
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 13 Comments

    Goat Rodeo

    Someone over at dkos described the republican controlled house as a “goat rodeo” and I immediately decided to steal the term. It has way better visuals than that old stand-by “clusterfuck” and I don’t want to think about what that would even look like.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 21, 2023
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 14 Comments

    Dungeons and Dragons

    One of the kids in the wargaming group went off on vacation in the midwest and came back with a new game: Dungeons and Dragons.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 20, 2023
    • Science, Technology, Things That Delight Me
    • 10 Comments

    So Much for “Superiority”

    This is going to be interesting. No, I lied, it’s going to be entirely predictable and fairly ho-hum. But I’ll be interested.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 11, 2023
    • Science, Things That Delight Me
    • 27 Comments

    A Question about Space Telescopes

    I have no idea if this is a stupid question. And that’s OK. There are such things as stupid questions, and pointing that out is not inappropriate.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 28, 2022
    • Things That Delight Me
    • 41 Comments

    The Ministry of Funny Walks is Real!

    Did you know “pace sticking” is a real thing?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 28, 2022
    • Things That Delight Me
    • 16 Comments

    Dylan Being Dylan

    I’m a huge fan of Bob Dylan. He’s such a fascinating character – literally a self-made man, an assemblage of americana and brilliance that provided the background music for my life.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 16, 2022
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 5 Comments

    How to V-2

    This is going to be exciting for those of you who have been contemplating starting your own ballistic missile program.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 12, 2022
    • Things That Delight Me, War is a Racket
    • 52 Comments

    There’s No Fool Like An Old School Fool

    I was looking at some pictures (they were unavoidable) of the queen’s lying-in-state, and I noticed an odd thing.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 27, 2022
    • Art, Things That Delight Me, Things that make blood squirt out my ears
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