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Lee Drake@leedrake· 13d

Brothers in arms meme, with Iran and Trump agreeing to attack Minnesota.

Lee Drake@leedrake· 14d

Relevant xkcd

Xkcd comic. Stick figure is at a computer:

ARE YOU COMING TO BED?
I CAN'T. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT?
SOMEONE 15 WRONI IN THE INTERNET

Lee Drake@leedrake· 14d

Can’t imagine why

Today’s debt to capital ratio far exceeds the dot-com bust

Lee Drake@leedrake· 16d

Was not planning to BSG post today.

"There's a reason why you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state.
The other serves and protects the people.
When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
-William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

Lee Drake@leedrake· 21d

Biden gave lots of weapons to Ukraine, and in return he could veto attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure to maintain price stability. Trump/Vance publicly embarrassed Zelensky and withdrew funding. So Ukraine is unshackled and pounding Russia’s energy sector.

Tyler Rogoway • @Aviation Intel • 1h Been writing/warning about the Bab el Mandeb Strait and Strait of Hormuz being closed at the same time as something of a
"sum of all fears' energy crisis out of Middle East for over a decade. This was always Iran's biggest cards to play. We were waiting to see this occur, Houthis very quiet during Epic Fury. Now this happens at a highly strategic military, economic and political moment. Meanwhile, Russia's output is also impacted heavily by Ukrainian strikes. An additional wildcard factor. It all comes after fuel prices remained elevated and reserves low globally. The U.S. economic situation is also a factor here, this is putting additional pressure on a market that has signs of increased volatility. All this is happening going into the mid terms with Republican majorities at risk, as well. Right on cue.
Extreme pressure.

Lee Drake@leedrake· 22d

Aristotle’s opinion of the epic cycle effectively determined each entry’s survival. His reputation in the Middle Ages led to copying choices.

The Epic cycle according to Aristotle. Horse poorly drawn meme, with the Iliad and Odyssey depicted in flattering terms and other entries like the Cyprus and Telegony depicted like a poorly drawn horse.

Lee Drake@leedrake· 22d

In this case, correlation might be causation

Lee Drake@leedrake· 23d

Literary metaphor to meme to irony to reality narrative pipeline

Lee Drake@leedrake· 29d

Rivaled only by the Progressive Accusative

Gothamist headline: Parts of Manhattan to sacrifice 10% of street parking as NYC installs new trash bins. This article discusses Mayor Mamdani’s attempt to deal with the trash situation.

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jul 10

This, but ironically unironically

Homer Simpson, enslaved. “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos”

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jul 6

COVID-era Baskin Robins mascot in bathroom taking a selfie captioned “how tf am I an essential worker”

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 30

Supreme Court is 5-4 on whether this sentence means what it says.

Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 20

It’s great that they finally opened the Strait of Hormuz. I was starting to get worried there.

Hormuz transit calls still near 0 over a hundred days into the closure.

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 13

Utena watching the Trump name get pulled down from the Kennedy Center by court order

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 12

Great moments in timeline self-sorting

First: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi:
Management of the Strait of Hormuz will not return to the pre-war era.

Second: Burgum: "We've got the negotiator in chief, the dealmaker in chief, President Trump. We know he's not gonna agree to a bad deal.
Whatever deal is reached is gonna be a good deal."

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 10

Global trends in migration over the past decades. North America is the most popular single destination. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01796-y

Image showing net migration around the world, with North America being the largest destination, going from 1.7 to 4.4. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01796-y

Lee Drake@leedrake· Jun 3

As with Uber before it, the subsidized period is ending.

Babe: $15,000 out of our checking account? Is it what I think it is? <wedding ring emoji>

Actual: invoice from Anthropic for AI use

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 29

BEST SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS EVER

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 27

AI generated textbook image of a Charles Knight-style diplodocid with a beaver tail.

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 24

One of us! One of us!

APRIL — 1805
NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE
ONLY THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 23

Looks like we’re down to finalists for today’s “I’m exactly what you think I am” legacy media bracket.

NYTimes headline: SpaceX Completes Mostly Successful Starship Rocket Flight. The rocket crashed and burned.

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 22

The AI assures me he’s the real guy. Also why pay for Claude code when the YouTube bot is free?

Fox News clip of a person obviously wearing a mask. AI ask: Is he wearing a mask of himself?
Answer: No, the individual appearing in the video is VADM (ret.) Robert Harward, a former Deputy Commander of U.S.
Central Command. He is a real person appearing in a professional news segment to provide geopolitical analysis; he is not wearing a mask.

Ask about this video
I am trying to import ggplot2, but l am getting an error that I need a version earlier than 2. How do I install a specific version of an R package?
To install a specific older version of an R package like ggplot2, the most reliable method is to use the remotes package.
Recommended Steps:
1. Install the 'remotes' package (if you haven't already):
'install.packages("remotes")

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 22

Fox News next week: We’ve always been paying Eurasia.

Drake meme rejecting “bomb Iran”, pointing to “fund Iran”.

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 21

Don’t know where the cash for (attacking) cops fund goes, but the immediate effect is sharply dividing the GOP and risking the remainder of their legislative agenda.

From Andrew Desiderio: News - Nearly 2-hour meeting with Acting
AG Todd Blanche and Senate Republicans was incredibly hostile, per multiple attendees.
As many as 25 GOP senators spoke (this is very rare for these meetings), all in opposition to weaponization fund.
R's pitched specific ideas such as dictating how the 5 commissioners are chosen & not allowing people convicted of violence against cops to be eligible for a payout.

From Jake Sherman: BREAKING NEWS: THE SENATE will go home until June, leaving the reconciliation bill unfinished.
THUNE just told senators in the room.
All because of the DOJ weaponization fund.
House is expected to follow suit soon.

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 18

“The ballroom is resonating with voters Mr. President.”

Inverted and upside down poll trend for 5)3 47th president, giving the illusion of increasing approval

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 16

Have you tried unplugging your field and then plugging it back in?

Subreddit geology: Post from r/whatsthisrock identified this as early stages of boudinage. Rock looks like it has football stitching.

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 12

This might be a data collection artifact, phone surveys ended in 2019, with the “uptick” a return to the 2019 value of 63% as of 2024.

Graph of religious affiliation showing a decline from 78% to 63% from 2007 to 2019, after which telephone surveys end. Online/paper surveys from then to 2024 show values bouncing around 62-64%

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 10

Write me a book about Xerxes. He is a gigachad with boomer parents who got him a photo shoot. You can just copy the Wikipedia article. Don’t worry about distinguishing him from Darius, basically the same thing. No hallucinations, no errors.

AI generated book cover about Persian Emperor Xerxes

Lee Drake@leedrake· May 7

Prediction markets have democratized wealth stratification. Before the wealthy had to go through complex schemes and in some cases start businesses to get your money. Now you can just directly deposit into their accounts in the off chance they know something you don’t.