2026-01-27 07:17:06
this is the singularly most infuriatingly frustrating conversation I have ever had with someone regarding what decentralized social media means and I want to fucking scream
https://skyview.social/?url=https:%2
this is the singularly most infuriatingly frustrating conversation I have ever had with someone regarding what decentralized social media means and I want to fucking scream
https://skyview.social/?url=https:%2
Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
DAYNA: Of course we do.
VILA: Old friend.
VILA: Oh, uh, [Atlan grabs the front of his tunic] way back.
DAYNA: We were students of the doctor once.
ATLAN: Studying what?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/343 B7B5
I can see it as a conversation starter, and what's bad about that?
Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem? | Ellie Violet Bramley | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/maga-meltdown-pink-sweater-men-masculinity-fragile
Series D, Episode 09 - Sand
TARRANT: If he's still inside the ship then he's probably safe. Oh you're very clever Servalan; why can't you work it out? Sand slides. Sand higher than the windows.
SERVALAN: Are you serious?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/409/245 B7B3
Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
JENNA: What do you mean? [pause] Gan?
GAN: I killed a security guard. They said it was murder. But he had a gun. I was unarmed. You see, he killed my woman.
JENNA: That must have been terrible.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/298 B7B5
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: I don't know.
MAJA: Give me one minute and I'll come with you.
[Scene: The Public Records computer. An OPERATOR is listening to some music at his desk, with his feet up.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/265 B7B2
People are really upset about the #AISlop being used in the latest Fatal Fury trailer. Yeah... not sure if this is what SNK expected the conversation to be about, rather than the announcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS9ItV5lhgA
An uncomfortable conversation to have: Considering the U.S.' track record on human rights violations, invading sovereign nations, and committing war crimes during those efforts, should we truly remain in the same defense pact with them?
Considering the U.S. is currently openly discussing invading one of their NATO allies, bringing into question what being an ally means to the United States, does it makes any sense at all to view them as one?
I believe the nations of Europe should…
Excellent words from @…, shared here with permission:
❝My favorite piece of advice for protests has been, “accept side quests”. Sure, you can show up, shout a bit, and go home - there's value in just uncorking some frustration. But don't look past meeting your like-minded neighbors. If you're an introvert, like me, that may induce anxiety just thinking about it. But there's all sorts of easy conversation starters - people spent time on their signs, and chances are they would love to talk about them - how they made them or what they were inspired by. Viola! Now you're talking! Everybody at a protest is looking for something - whether it is a word of encouragement or witty comment, a pointer to a place to go or a thing to join, that something may be you!❞
I'm tired of random follows from not accounts. Every new follower will need to be approved.
The bar is low, just be a human being interested in conversation.
Bot, spammers and "I follow you so you check my profile" all gets an automatic rejection block.
If you also follow a thousand or more accounts I will get suspicious you are not really interested in what I write or the stuff I repost.
I don't care about inflating my numbers. I actually care much m…
QGIS :qgis: to (Geo)Pandas follow-up:
The conversation around Looking for better ways to convert between QGIS VectorLayer and (Geo)DataFrame is continuing over at https://fosstodon.org/@underdarkGIS/115442614331293320
Series C, Episode 06 - City at the Edge of the World
AVON: Seems we're not the only strangers on this planet.
CALLY: That could explain a lot.
AVON: The woman is still with us. Is she trying to bluff her way out?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/306/284 B7B3
Series B, Episode 12 - The Keeper
JENNA: Where?
TARA: The vapour does not tell me that.
JENNA: Lurgen left behind him a secret, what does the vapour say about that? The keeper of the secret may not even know that he, or she, is the keeper.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/212/261 B7…
Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
AVON: Exactly. You have just made a prediction based on the known facts. A computer works on precisely the same principle.
BLAKE: But all you're saying is that prediction is not immutable fact.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/23 B7B4
Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
BLAKE: You all right?
AVON: Ah, yes. I, I just felt a little dizzy, that's all.
BLAKE: My point is there's something we're missing in all this.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/113/3 B7B5
Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
VILA: Because we can't.
[Flight deck]
AVON: Zen, flight status?
ZEN: The energy banks still require two minutes before power will be available to make navigation speed.
AVON: We'll be dead by then
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/622…
Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
BLAKE: And we can't hold out much longer. That's certain.
VILA: And they'll be getting reinforcements.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/547 B7B6
Series D, Episode 08 - Games
SOOLIN: His personality, then.
ORAC: A better definition, but still not quite accurate.
AVON: Would it know how the booby traps on the orbiter are programed?
ORAC: As yet, I don't have enough data to answer that question.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/408/287
Series D, Episode 13 - Blake
TARRANT: That isn't the plan anymore, though, is it Avon?
AVON: I think we can do better.
VILA: Does that mean safer?
AVON: In the end, winning is the only safety.
VILA: It doesn't mean safer. I didn't think it would.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/413/16
Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
BLAKE: Well, get it open.
ENSOR: Key, now where did I put the key?
[Scene: Servalan and Travis reach the laboratory door]
SERVALAN: Blast it open.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/113/336 B7B4
Series B, Episode 08 - Hostage
JOBAN: Goodbye, Supreme Commander.
SERVALAN: Goodbye, Counsellor Joban. [Joban exits. Communicator chimes]
SERVALAN: Yes.
VOICE: The message reads "Travis is on the planet Exbar."
SERVALAN: Is that all?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/237
#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 09 - Countdown
BLAKE: [To Jenna] Get a locator fix on the signal.
CALLY: It's already pinpointed.
BLAKE: Well done. Alright, Avon, get kitted up. You too, Vila.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/2…
#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 06 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
SERVALAN: Very well, Councillor Bercol. You may tell the President that I am appointing a Space Commander to take absolute control of this matter. He will be exclusively concerned to seek, locate, and destroy Blake.
BERCOL: Oh, excellent, excellent.
Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
AVON: What the hell is going on?
BLAKE: Zen, report.
ZEN: Aft hull sensors register two strikes by medium-range neutron blasters.
AVON: Where are they coming from?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/40 B7B5
Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
VILA: Dayna. Dayna. [follows the path Dayna has taken. He leaves Orac and the binoculars on the ground in the snow.] Dayna.
[Planet Terminal. Exterior. Avon finds Tarrant lying face down in the snow, unconscious. Avon walks over and nudges Tarrant with his boot. Tarrant stirs.]
https://blake.torpidi…
Series B, Episode 01 - Redemption
BLAKE: All right, where is it?
AVON: It's in the Twelfth Sector. Astral point seven eight one.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/201/32 B7B6
Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
AVON: ...concept.
BLAKE: Damn.
AVON: We're going to have to turn back. Jenna, stand by to reverse the course.
JENNA: Look, we've set out to save Gan and that's what we're going to do.
AVON: But you don't understand.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/204
Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
BLAKE: You mean we crossed the anti-matter interface?
JENNA: That's impossible.
AVON: That's what they said about the light barrier.
JENNA: Well, which one next?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/62 B7B5
Series D, Episode 11 - Orbit
AVON: I didn't come here to be... flattered.
EGRORIAN: You came here out of curiosity and because you scented there might be something in it for you, mm, am I right?
AVON: Close enough.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/411/127 B7B5
Series A, Episode 09 - Project Avalon
TRAVIS: Ohh?
SERVALAN: Oh, so far I have resisted that pressure. But now, I need your reassurance that my confidence has not been misplaced.
TRAVIS: I think Project Avalon will silence the critics.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/109/174 B7B4
Series B, Episode 12 - The Keeper
SERVALAN: Really? And who do you imagine told him?
JENNA: The only person who knew: Lurgen.
SERVALAN: Lurgen was gone before we arrived.
JENNA: Was he? Are you sure.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/212/393 B7B6