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ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this. VLADIMIR: That's what you think.

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Cobalt@403verboten· 21d

tweet from Donald @getfiscal

me: "So, Karl Marx, that's basically what the world is like in 2018. What's your analysis of the situation? Is capitalism still doomed?"
Karl Marx: "Holy shit, you went to the moon?"
me: "Does communism still have a future?" Karl Marx: "The moon in the fucking sky?"

Cobalt@403verboten· 28d

guys I think I have an alternative

a drawing in crayon of a tanker being lifted over the water by three purple helicopters. the helicopters are smiling, as helicopters do.

the tanker is helpfully labeled “tanker”. similarly, the helicopters are labeled “heli copters”.

below, two army guys on green boats look at the scene, brandishing their useless guns.

the boats are helpfully labeled “iran”.

Cobalt@403verboten· Jun 28

a somewhat costumed woman at the glasgow willy wonka experience looks on from behind a table with what appears to be a chemistry set. there is haze and disappointment everywhere.

Cobalt@403verboten· Jun 2

A drawing of the globe, overlaid with the very impressive and professional words: PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE

Surrounding the globe, words that describe what the company does:
management
financial portfolios
insurance
computers
black leather gloves

It’s from stepbrothers, and you should stop whatever you’re doing and watch it.

Cobalt@403verboten· May 30

thanks udemy, but I think I would prefer my paramedics to learn emergency medicine from other doctors

“Learn it your way — no classroom required”

Learn Emergency Medicine

Diploma in Paramedical Science

Cobalt@403verboten· May 26

me in my bluesky bubble

closeup of the garden of earthly delights by hieronymus bosch: a birdman sits on a throne eating a human, head first, while birds fly out of the human’s ass, meanwhile birdman poops out blue bubbles which contain people. they fall from the bubble into a bottomless pit. meanwhile, chaos reigns all around birdman.

Cobalt@403verboten· May 23

Star Trek DS9 title screen:

“In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.”

Cobalt@403verboten· May 23

Star Trek TOS title card: “Hast thou considered the tetrapod”

Cobalt@403verboten· May 23

Star Trek TNG title screen: “Cry for Judas”

Cobalt@403verboten· May 23

Star Trek TOS title screen:
“WE FLEW SOMEWHERE AND EVERYONE IS ROMAN??
BUT LIKE, OLD SCHOOL ROMANS, YA KNOW?"

Cobalt@403verboten· May 22

back in 2018 I was fortunate enough to see a taping of the @colbertlateshow.bsky.social. it was an absolute joy—a highlight that I’ll remember forever. I’ll miss the late show, like I missed the report, but Colbert isn’t done. I look forward to seeing what’s next. thanks for everything, Stephen.

The marquee in front of The Late Show with Steven Colbert

Cobalt@403verboten· May 8

companion account! we’re laughing through the pain, forgot the comfort colors oven mitts when grabbing the skillet

a man stands holding a cast iron skillet full of fully cooked potatoes and eggs. he’s laughing, though his hands must clearly be getting terribly burnt.

Gerrit Rhoades
@gerritrhoades.bsky.social
made lunch at home in York with what was already in the fridge: roasted potatoes, eggs, green onion, cast iron. simple and solid. spring light through the kitchen window did the rest.
#YorkPA #HomeCooking

Cobalt@403verboten· May 8

damp colors, film cream comfort! pavement tee scent. *\*%%]€}*~*%\NO SIGNAL

Maya and I ended up at Smokey Bones tonight, and York was doing that good spring-evening thing where the air smells like damp pavement and barbecue smoke at the same time. I was still in my cream Comfort Colors tee under the olive jacket, which felt exactly right for it. @mayahalvard.bsky.social
#Y

Spent the afternoon in York cutting negatives and rescanning a few frames while that soft gray spring light held steady at the window.
Film smell, scanner hum, cream Comfort Colors tee, and a desk full of little decisions.
#YorkPA #FilmPhotography

Had lunch in Middletown under that soft gray spring light, with wet pavement and fryer oil in the air. In my off-white Comfort Colors tee and work jacket, I kept thinking how familiar places get more interesting the closer you look.
#MiddletownPA #35mm

Back at Colony Park in York tonight, and the air inside had that oddly perfect mix of lime, fryer oil, and bowling lane wax. Drink, dinner, warm light, white Comfort Colors tee. Very good way to land a Monday.
#YorkPA

Cobalt@403verboten· Apr 24

this is okay from spacex. but I absolutely, positively, never want to see come from the nuclear power startup testing facility.

spacex starship goes big bada boom last year because something something iterative design

Cobalt@403verboten· Apr 24

bold opinion but I’ll say it anyway, I don’t think nuclear power plants should be expected to occasionally blow up

norman rockwell painting of a guy in a tan leather jacket standing up and saying something while others sitting around him look on, considering what he’s saying

Cobalt@403verboten· Apr 14

a drawing of a person spraying a spray bottle in black and white. in bold red letters to the left, the word “No.”

Cobalt@403verboten· Apr 8

lmao I attracted startup founder coach bots with this skeet

“Magic 8-Ball sells if you pitch certainty in chaos. Sell the belief, not the ball. Founders win by owning the story. Execute.”

“Sell the process that makes the Magic 8 Ball work. Founders buy certainty, not toys. Build the dashboard showing why it can't fail.”

Cobalt@403verboten· Apr 6

elections can be even messier so why not let the AI models elect who they think the public wants, and wait, what’s this, there’s a message coming in THE ELECTION WINNER IS DECIDED. ALL HAIL THE TECHNOCORE.

$text from NYT article: A recent Axios story on maternal health policy referred to “findings” that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. On the surface, there’s nothing unusual about that. What wasn’t originally mentioned, however, was that these findings were made up. Clicking through the links revealed (as did a subsequent editor’s note and clarification by Axios) that the public opinion poll was a computer simulation run by the artificial intelligence start-up Aaru. No people were involved in the creation of these opinions. The practice Aaru used is called silicon sampling, and it’s suddenly everywhere. The idea behind silicon sampling is simple and tantalizing. Because large language models can generate responses that emulate human answers, polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling. Phone polling has become exponentially harder. Web polling is too uncertain. Silicon sampling removes the messy, costly part of asking people what they think.$

Cobalt@403verboten· Mar 31

same vibes as the “we’ve won, but the regime still hates us and hormuz is even more dangerous now” talk

george w bush, that ass, holding his thumb up in front of a banner that says “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”. he looks like an idiot because he is an fucking idiot.

Cobalt@403verboten· Mar 9

and here’s messier 101, the pinwheel galaxy

a photograph of the night sky with a field of stars. in the middle, a swirl of milky white arms surrounds a bright core of stars.

Cobalt@403verboten· Mar 9

there we are

Cobalt@403verboten· Mar 9

just a terrible time right now so I’m trying to do positive things. did some watercolor earlier, and now some astrophotography. I’m capturing the gorgeous horsehead nebula/barnard 33 with my dwarf mini.

the app user interface of dwarflabs mini. there are several buttons on either side. in the upper left, a wide angle picture of the night sky with the constellation orion visible. in the middle, the horsehead nebula is starting to appear. along the bottom is text stating “tracking barnard 33”.

Cobalt@403verboten· Mar 3

my dog booped me on the nose this morning as the lunar eclipse was happening, so I was able to catch a glimpse even though I had decided to sleep. that’s my dog, she’s a standard poodle and astronomy enthusiast.

a black standard poodle sitting on the bed and staring at you

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 27

a tweet from @dril:

“and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.”

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 25

my only contribution to the state of the union discourse.

A still from “I think you should leave” with a man shrugging while saying something controversial. It’s labeled with the text “[redacted]”.

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 18

here’s the Pleiades from tonight before the clouds rolled in. about an hour of 90s subs. wild.

A black starfield with the Pleiades, M45, in the middle. A wispy blue nebula surrounds the larger stars.

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 18

playing with my new toy, a dwarf mini smart telescope. it is absolutely amazing what this thing can easily do from my backyard. super cool stuff! here’s M42, the Orion Nebula, from a couple hours data using default settings.

A picture of a starfield. In the middle is M42, the Orion Nebula, in shades of pinks and reds. The picture was taken by a DWARF mini smart telescope.

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 9

mueller and avenatti as superheros flying through the air like it’s 2018

Cobalt@403verboten· Feb 5

Rom, a Ferengi, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine saying “Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains.”

Cobalt@403verboten· Jan 29

I AM DROWNING THERE IS NO SIGN OF LAND YOU ARE COMING DOWN WITH ME HAND IN UNLOVABLE HAND