DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET

Hey guys, Michigander here With the giant ass storm coming in - - drip your faucets to prevent the pipes from bursting - fill jugs of water ahead of time in case you lose power - do not plug a space heater into a power strip - no propane heat inside - bundle up and stay warm

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

Every single fucking time, I swear.

my favorite meme for this time of the year

All Aboard The Pokemon Christmas express !!! #art #pokemon

happy holidays from the prince of all cosmos! 🎄🎁🌟

Simply Having A wonderful

Seriously, just fill that stocking with her favorite candies or a cute plush, it doesn't need to be big. As the old saying goes, it's the thought that counts.

A reminder that The Escapist that people remembered does not exist anymore. Almost all the core staff packed up and left. Most reformed as Second Wind, which is doing decent work. The Escapist now exists to promote online gambling and act as a mouthpiece for unhinged venture capitalists. Let it die

So particularly if you are new to this and seeing frequent “if you don’t like making [art] don’t be an [artist!]” and thinking “But sometimes I DON’T like it…” and Imposter Syndrome is gathering you close and whispering you’re-nothings in your ear, please push it away.

This holiday season, In case you were not aware; tulips, lillies, cyclamen, holly, mistletoe and poinsettia are toxic to cats and dogs; lilies and cyclamen are especially deadly for cats. Please be advised, I do not want anyone to lose a beloved pet just because they werent warned!

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

They called it! Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia gubernatorial race!

Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels: • YouTube Studio • Settings • Channel • Advanced settings • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality" • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

I have stolen the jewels that were in the museumcase and which you were probably saving for visitors forgive me they were expensive so shiny and so old

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.

I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice I would like to file several complaints

9 hours until I stop taking orders from the US. 9 pendants left in the shop. If you're in the US and looking for a little magic, jump in *now*. oishiny.etsy.com Every pendant I can sell tonight gives me a better chance of making it until I can find new work. #Helpsky #💕💸 #Handmade

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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

Oh hey, @professorfessor.bsky.social (and anyone who enjoys among the best of minigames, or maybe just needs a new chill game to relax with), there's a fishing minigame sale event on Steam right now. store.steampowered.com/category/fis...

i’d be curious to know whether any of the journalists who have taken to bluesky had prior experience in an earlier internet age with forums. for me at least, my acculturation into the social internet was by way of forums and so the lack of an algorithm seems natural to me.

anyone who got on social media after 2014 or so is under the mistaken impression that the primary goal of social media is for it to Accomplish Something while those of us who have been on since the start know the true purpose of social media is to give us a place to Post so we don't go (more) insane

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This massive boy doesn't know what's going on in your life, but he wants you to know he will stare at the camera in confusion for you. Life sucks right now, but try and find some fun in it nonetheless.

every writer and artist needs an emotional support person to dump all their OC lore on to in the form of an unhinged blocky paragraph at 2am

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

if we want kids to love reading, we need to return to the ancient texts

We have reached previously unknown levels of BOX right now. This is a cat, inside a box, inside a box... inside a box. Schrödinger would be having palpitations.

Backing this up: the @altnps.bsky.social account is BlueAnon Hashtag Resistance grift.

Almost 800,000 people on here are following a totally-not-real account claiming it's a group of rogue park workers and who are now posting cryptic nonsense to make it seem like they're sending messages to the deep state. Also they're selling resistance merch. WTF are we doing man?

Ohshit, it's time! Apriball Paldea starters, let's gooo!

waiting like

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

My life in an image.

You don't turn into a whole new person when you turn thirty. You're still all the people you were before. You don't have to give up fanfic or sell your toy collection or whatever else you think will make you more "adult." Time makes you adult. You need to make you happy.

thats ok im already fluent in anxiety

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NYE 2019: lol at least it can’t get worse NYE 2020: *quiet sobbing* NYE 2021: NO ONE SAY ANYTHING DO NOT JINX IT NYE 2022: *not so quiet sobbing* NYE 2023: surely next year will be better NYE 2024: