Notices by Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)

Terrible Maps created a map of the U.S. with the first letters of each state omitted

The results are more humorous (and in some cases apt) than one would expect, like Ouisiana now starting with the french word for 'yes'

I find the dig at Alabama to be in poor taste, but as someone who hails from Bruce's native state... hooray for Ew Jersey!

"The purchase price of unethical behavior is low, but it is the maintenance costs that will kill you."
-- Charles Hooper

I stoped listening to the Grateful Dead not long after I graduated high school. The last Dead concert I attended was in 1987 at Madison Square Garden

To honor a deceased friend, I saw Dead & Co at The Sphere last night here in Las Vegas and I'm glad there are only two sold-out shows left in the run, else I'd go broke see it as many nights as possible

Instead it will remain an indelible perfect memory. I can't think of five things I've done in my life that quite compare

@BlueWaver22 @lillyfinch @GottaLaff
I should have been clearer. My bad

I'd imagine the stress of being an air traffic controller is similar to the bodily stress one experiences in an abusive relationship

@BlueWaver22 @lillyfinch @GottaLaff
GI illnesses and autoimmune disease are very common in people in abusive relationships. I'm sure the constant flood of dopamine and cortisol contribute to the body falling apart

@Holberg
I mean, they already did that during Covid, no?

The thing I miss most about the print version of NYT is the supplementary Sunday puzzle, which rotates through four standard variations: Cryptic, Diagramless, Acrostic, and Puns and Anagrams

Turns out there's a site online ($35/yr) that archives those puzzles. Some you can solve online, others need to be printed out

I spent the weekend working through four years worth of Diagramless and boy have my handwriting muscles atrophied. My fingers are cramping

https://www.xwordinfo.com/

@molly0xfff
I love this but I don't think that last line is true

For people who lack empathy, books and movies teach them how to *act* as though they care about others. By increasing cognitive empathy in someone who lacks affective empathy, you're only giving them more tools with which to manipulate people. It's the same reason abused spouses are counseled against couples therapy

The Nerd Reich are a perfect example of this. They read the books but took away all the wrong lessons

This was captured with a BetterLight scanning digital back and Nikkor 90mm lens on a Sinar P 4x5 camera.

This now-demolished bowling alley was part of the Treasure Island Naval Station, closed about 15 years earlier and then just starting to be redeveloped (a process that's been slowed by serious environmental contamination).

The composition emphasizes the simple lines of the structure and the isolated, rather desolate setting.

Bravo, Episcopals. Bravo

“In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,” Rowe wrote. “Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government.”

https://religionnews.com/2025/05/12/episcopal-church-ends-refugee-resettlement-citing-moral-opposition-to-resettling-white-afrikaners/

Using the White House to run the world's most successful Only Fans...

Gift link about the Gift Plane
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/politics/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

@kjhealy
They crushed the betting markets which didn't even have him at 1%. Gamblers thought Information Control or Coalition Building would win the day, but Status takes it down!

Top 2 by Status
Robert Prevost
Lazzaro You Heung-sik

Top 2 for Information Control
Anders Arborelius
Pietro Parolin

Top 2 for Coalition Building Capacity
Luis Antonio Tagle
Ángel Fernández Artime

...and from the seas the Pied Piper plays a tune in a register that only US Navy fighter jets can hear

@tshirtman
Oh, are you not familiar with US drug laws? Allow me to explain:

White female wellness influences taking shrooms are doing 'plant medicine'

Silicon Valley VCs boofing ketamine are taking 'spiritual journeys'

Stressed white moms microdosing LSD are engaging in 'self-care'

Wall St bros snorting adderall are taking 'productivity enhancers'

Only Black people and leftists do illegal drugs

Same, Pope.
Same...

Meet Casey Means, nominee for Surgeon General and self-described expert on fertility

She's full of practical suggestions like:
extensive time in the wilderness without technology (like, months)
lunar ceremonies
Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy

My head hurts just typing that last one. But then this:

"While I certainly can’t point to any evidence that this will work (and I haven’t gotten pregnant yet, so take this all with a grain of salt!)"

...or maybe a pillar

https://www.caseymeans.com/learn/3-things-fertility

@mcc
Fantastic glasses! They're the perfect shape for your face and the color is terrific

@20002ist @mattblaze
Hey next Wednesday we're short three of our five best players for trivia. I don't suppose r/t airfare for both of you could entice you...?

I swear whenever I worry too much about being a cesspool of useless info, I check my Mastodon feed and instantly feel better

@williampietri
When god gives you left-handed vegetable peelers you make left-handed potatoes. Or something

Every congressional hearing today whether it's Chris Murphy grilling Kristi Noem or Patty Murray grilling Kash Patel sounds exactly like this:

DemRep: The law says you must do this
Trumpflunkie: Yes
DR: So you're doing that?
TF: No we have no plans to do that
DR: So you aren't going to follow the law?
TF: I already told you we're following the law
DR: Again, here is the law
TF: And we're doing as the judges ask
DR: So you have evidence to present that shows you doing that?
TF: Go fuck yourself