John Humphrey

CHIEF: dracula is in our sights. Take the shot! SNIPER: I can't, Sir. I'm Woke! ME (watching through binoculars): He's woke! He wont do it!

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

The stuff uncovered in the Twitter whistleblower report is much crazier than anything in the "Twitter files" but it's much less politically/tribally salient so it got no attention. Going to do a thread on some of the craziest things, in no particular order.

having a king is going to take some getting used to. we’re used to our monarch moving as far as they want in any direction but now it’s just one square at a time. much higher chance of being killed by a horse

@fjohnboyle @PhilaParkandRec @iamLorax29 @bcgp @RideIndego @myphillypark @PhilaStreets That locked gate on 8/23 was a bummer for my bike commute. Any word on whether they've unlocked it on the mornings since then?

The Manayunk Bridge Trail is looking electric!💡Effective today, August 22, 2022, and thanks to a $1.1 million public space investment, the lights are on and the trail is open and accessible 24/7.

The Matrix described 1999 as the peak of human civilization and I laughed because that would obviously not age well but then the next 23 years happened and now I’m like yeah okay maybe the machines had a point

@mrbodnar true story - I changed to Windows programming recently. I gave visual studio a real go of it. It did some nifty things but is a junk editor, so I'm back to (neo)vim and am so much happier.

"Learn vim, or I won't talk to you" - Veyron Mustan

@kshaejohnson I read this earlier and was wondering the same.

I can't be the only one who's noticed that The Atlantic has a lot to say about "intensive parenting" for never actually explaining what it is. 🙄

@roll20app Any issues with 3D dice roller? We're consistently seeing different numbers in chat vs the 3D dice tonight. Maybe 25% of die affected.

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

@ChrisWarcraft Some of those with bad sources Eat the paste that's for horses

We don’t deserve @AOC, and I’m really tired of seeing her get dumptrucks of bad faith criticism delivered to her doorstep. She is as authentic and honest a politician as we’ve ever had in Washington - which is why she has to be destroyed by the establishment.

@Oatmeal Feedly, and it works well with your feed

I'm going to start encouraging more of my followers to follow me via RSS and email. Two questions: 1. What's everyone's preferred RSS reader? 2. My CMS generates an RSS feed here, which I funnel through FeedBurner theoatmeal.com/feed/rss Should I stop using FeedBurner?

Weird way to do subtitles for the Formula 1 race.

@tadizi this seems close though

@humphinator Nothing will top the dumpster

Apparently my office address is listed as a vaccine clinic and a line is forming outside

March 2020. March 2021.

A large boulder the size of a large boulder is blocking the southbound lane Hwy 145 mm28 in Stoner Creek area of Montezuma County. Expect delays. #largeboulder

I call it the "privilege of individuality." White people aren't accustomed to being defined by the actions of others. If a white man shoots up a school, it's a dude shooting up a school. If a Black person mentions police brutality, they gotta answer for every murder in Chicago