The Untitled

There was a famous incident where test pilot Tex Johnston did an unauthorized barrel roll during a demonstration flight for airline executives.

Johnston is best known for performing a barnstormer-style barrel roll maneuver with Boeing's pioneering 367-80 jet in a demonstration flight over Lake Washington outside Seattle, on August 7, 1955. Bill Allen, the then-president of Boeing, had invited many aero-space and airline executives to enjoy Seattle's Seafair aboard his yacht. Allen had asked Johnston to make a fly-by over Seafair to show off Boeing's new airliner. Johnston performed the barrel roll during the fly-by, reversed course with a chandelle, and performed a second barrel roll on the way back. The following Monday, Allen called Johnston to his office and asked what he thought he was doing, to which he responded with "I was selling airplanes," and explained the maneuver was not hazardous. He kept his position as a test pilot, and did not get in legal trouble for his actions on the condition that he did not do it again.

Watched The Backrooms last night.

It was always going to be an uphill battle to adopt the concept of The Backrooms for a more mainstream audience. The original concept relied on its audience understanding of what it means to "noclip" out of a video game, going somewhere the designers never intended you to be. It was also helpful to understand how early games would use "garbage data" to create the space if you went somewhere you weren't supposed to get to, randomly arranging sprites and other bits of data in ways that were uncanny and at times disturbing.

What most audiences do understand these days is the concept of encountering Bad A.I. Art. When an algorithm copies data from multiple sources and arranges it in a way to create a poor simulacrum of art that it is unable to recognize as such. And so the film seems to base itself around asking what kind of person would convince themselves that such a simulacrum was not only as good as the real thing, but better. Who would want to live in such a world as The Backrooms? And it answers that it would be someone who is deeply insecure about their own ability to create; who sees human beings as objects to manipulate, use up, and dispose of; and who cannot tolerate being challenged, criticized, or thwarted in any way. In other words, the investor class that is currently pushing A.I. on the rest of the world.

quick little satebo and parabo doodle lol

i love em so much they're pretty much my comfort characters atp lollll

November is 5 months away.

You might hear about their "consultant class" and think that these are a group of experts that will guide them on how to become more popular and what strategies to pursue to gain more political power and influence. And maybe they once did. But nowadays they exist to justify their own salaries and the rightward shift that the Party inevitably takes in the aftermath of an election: to become more racist, queerphobic, anti-immigration, and pro-police and military. Because any other shifts or changes in policy would threaten their donors and justify hiring a different set of consultants.

Similarly, on the surface one would think a Democratic Primary would help identify the most popular candidate with the best chances to win a general election, as well as push all candidates to adopt more popular and successful policies to compete with each other. It is instead designed to funnel any energy that would otherwise be directed towards direct action or the support of a truly leftist candidate back into the Party. The candidate who then best embodies the desire for revolutionary change is kneecapped, sabotaged, and becomes The Party's Sin Eater for when the candidate that is selected loses the general election.

Tweet by "Give A Shit About Nature" @‌giveashitnature posted at 4:00PM 23 May 2026.

The tweet reads:

The USDA has kept raccoon rabies out of the central United States for over 30 years by air-dropping fish-flavored ravioli from helicopters. Each one is a small packet coated in fishmeal with an oral rabies vaccine inside. Raccoons, foxes, coyotes, and skunks find them by smell, bite through, and swallow. Many animals that consume the bait develop immunity, helping build a protective barrier across populations. The bait is generally considered safe for pets and tested in many non-target species. The USDA's Wildlife Services has been running this since 1995. Without the bait program, raccoon rabies very likely would have spread much further west. A federal program you've probably never heard of is protecting your pets and your kids by feeding wild animals ravioli from a helicopter.

The tweet is accompanied by two photographs. The photo on the left shows a lab-gloved hand holding out some examples of the fish-flavored ravioli – five pellets of the oral rabies vaccine, each a bit smaller than a human thumb. The photo on the right shows a raccoon, front paws holding something to its mouth, avidly munching on what is probably some delectable (at least to wildlife) rabies vaccine.