Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

if youre not supposed to eat the silica gel packet then why does it look like a delicious little snack? - RFK JR probably

“The mothership has returned. Gather your things and inform the others.”

Since the US banned Hawaiian language and culture, our native language speakers dwindled to the brink of extinction in the 1980s (>100 child speakers). The fact we've 30,000+ Hawaiians speakers now is testament to our struggle to preserve our culture from eradication.

Imagine if it was YOUR teenage kid put onto a waiting list for a service that would no longer treat them by the time they got to the front of the queue. And imagine then having to live another 8 years on an adult waiting list. That’s just plain Orwellian. It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the outcome is deliberate.

#Babylon5

"It's been happening since the accident," he said, sitting up in the psychiatrist's couch. "They said it was likely due to the head trauma, and it's frankly disturbing the hell out of me."

The doctor sat up in his seat, straightening his glasses. "These are the visual hallucinations you'd mentioned?"

"Exactly. It would be more understandable if they made more sense. What always happens is things turn into cheap chocolate candy, right before my eyes. Cars slither down the road like great tubular serpents, people bounce like great brown ribbons down the sidewalks. Hell, I was holding my newborn baby the other night and he became a squalling, squirming column of candy in my arms. I startled so bad I almost dropped him."

"So what you're saying is..."

"Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me."

"My God."

It's the weekend, baby
#StarTrek

SPACE MYTHS:
The Fisher Space Pen did NOT cost NASA millions of dollars to develop.

It cost them $0. FISHER put in the R&D money on that.

NASA only bought the pens as off-the-shelf products. They are nice pens.

And while the Russians DID "use pencils", they didn't really like them, and adopted the pens.

See, inhaling graphite dust and wood shavings in freefall is not that healthy.

There are a LOT of stories about "government waste" that are basically just bullshit, like this one. Be aware.

Minnesota suggests the existence of a far larger Meggasota

Sudden mental image of Axl Rose shrieking "DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?! You're in Canada."

Then he lifts up a couple of bags of milk