Squat Lobster!

If a novel describes the romantic hero as being the size of a mountain with a beard and red lips then I’m picturing Santa and it’s not working for me.

Ah, the Hollywood VFX Shuffle! CEO: You know what would save us money? If we moved our VFX people in-house. Next CEO: You know what would save us money? If we laid off our in-house VFX people & farmed all that work out! Next CEO: You know what would save us money? www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

Man in library on phone trying to get his wife to tell him the name of that movie where Meg Ryan is a lawyer who goes to Washington and meets Sally Field. I correctly guessed it would turn out to be Legally Blonde.

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

Vancouver in bloom

I once saw her at a party and, knowing this was someone I recognized, said hi. Later, I realized I only knew her from TV, and had to hope she'd just assume we'd met and she'd forgotten it. But of course, she wouldn't.

I got mine! It's actually easy - two doses and boom you're covered.

Ooh, writers' room cards -- Such treasures - amazing for a fan.

"Okay, I've FINALLY cleared out all the errands and administrative tasks. Time to sit down and do some writing!" "Huh, what's that?" *nudges something softly with foot* *an entire 12-pack of soda spontaneously explodes*

I'm jumping in too. Writing.

Responding here because this is at the top of the thread: OP’s post of splashdown is an AI Generated fake. This is an actual frame of splashdown and notice that the splash patterns are different and the parachutes are much, much, MUCH longer and bigger.

"My cloaca!"

Add a letter ruin a community center

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

WRITING SPRINT COMPLETE! Great work!

WRITING SPRINT COMMENCE! 1 hour of focused work starts NOW! Go go go! (You don't have to use it for writing. Heck, you don't have to use it at all! This is no-stress.)

Let's do a WRITING SPRINT! 1 hour of really focused writing starts in 19 minutes at half-past the hour. You can also use it for any other task... including meditation or relaxation. Jump in if it would help you!

The delivery I was expecting today between 8 and 11 actually says it will here between 11 and 8. That's quite different.

Look how fast you can get from way up there to down on the ground if you're a little less precious about it. Let's get our jet planes down faster! I'm ready to get to my destination and could stand a controlled plummet.

*thinks quietly about the decades when the vast majority of new jobs went to men*

We present you with prairie dog Phred really enjoying his salad. 🥗 📹: Zookeeper Taylor T

Are we ranking desserts?! 1. pavlova 2. any pie (esp. with meringue or cream) 3. dipped or candied fruit or fruit peel 4. filled doughnuts (cream, custard, jelly in that order) 5. egg custard dusted with nutmeg

There is no McTry.

WRITING SPRINT COMPLETE! Great work, all!

WRITING SPRINT Commence! 1 hour of really focused writing (or work on any other task) starts NOW!

I desperately need a 1 hour WRITING SPRINT! Who's with me? It will start in 17 mins at half-past the hour. 1 hour of very-focused writing, and then a nice break. Jump in if that would help you, or move it to a time that works for you!

The rehabilitation of the luddites is a beautiful thing

Whenever I see an AI video and I go to the comments to point out that it's AI, I see people saying "I needed this," and I can't take that away from them, right? I need Chidi to help me decide this one.

I'm deep down the rabbit hole on FROGFISH, 60 species of anglerfish in family Antennariidae. They are deeply, utterly WEIRD & MARVELOUS. Most walk on modified fins. Others use jet propulsion. Some are capable of air-breathing. Some are "hairy", others blend perfectly in sargassum.

You know that feeling like you're so bereft and have lost the narrative and then realize no the podcast just stopped because you got out of the car?

From a post: “Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization. So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”

Hall of fame FT correction

I was thinking about smells. Like, if I smell oranges, I don't have to make a list of properties of the aroma to figure out it's oranges. I smell it and I just know it. And it occurred to me... ...is that how the rest of you recognize faces?!

Very proud of the story I have in this one!

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

Okay guys they've gone behind the Moon so it's time for us to put our ape masks on This is going to be HILARIOUS

Oh no not the pocket squares

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

If you get up to eat in the middle of the night because you have a headache and don’t want to take aspirin on an empty stomach, you don’t have to brush your teeth again, right? This meal rolls over to the next day’s brushing?

I have arrived at one of the all-time greatest LAW & ORDER episodes, the season 9 two-parter about the Russian mob. Among its many, many awesome aspects, it features this line from Rey Curtis. I imagine there must be a couple bloopers from Benjamin Bratt on this www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqI...

If I can't decide for a given item if I should bring it with me on a move or leave it behind, would you err on the side of bring or leave?

Is he having his hand professionally bruised today?

WRITING SPRINT COMPLETE! I hope you got a lot done! Doesn't that fly by?

WRITING SPRINT COMMENCE! 1 hour of focused work on any task starts now! It's just an hour and it'll fly by! Go go go!

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It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

In Raman's campaign video on housing, she acknowledges the role of public housing this way: "For those who will never be served by the private real estate market, we're going to make sure we invest in social housing, public housing, co ops, land trusts ... " bsky.app/profile/nith...