For your viewing and listening pleasure, Stan Ridgway’s “Knife and Fork”:
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
-- Orson Welles
Star Technologies Graphicon 1700S
The Star Technologies Graphicon 1700S was the image processor that was used to generate the out-the-window graphics used by the ship handling simulators I supported in Busan, South Korea and Kochi, India.
Star Technologies Graphicon 1700S:
Real-time visual training available for under $50,000
Manipulates 2,000 shaded polygons at 30 Hz or 600 polygons at 60 Hz.
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The Three Genders
The 3 genders
— We Have Always Existed: Transgender History (@transgenderhistory.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Mmmm, Lay’s Classic Potato Chips
When Empires Fall
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
— Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social) August 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
MST3K 1114 – At the Earth’s Core
USAID
USAID – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)April 29, 1971
Country Joe McDonald at John Carroll University on April 29, 1971. #RIPCountryJoeMcDonald Ad Cleveland Plain Dealer
— J.D. Kunes (@jdkunes.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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MST3K Short 0415 – General Hospital 2
“Another alcohol-free party ends in shame. This little playlette has been brought to you by the Booze Council, reminding you to always stock up on alcoholic beverages for all your social occasions – because booze really satisfies.”
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