Dealer: alright everyone ante up Chuck Schumer: I fold Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

What a night! Let’s do this again next year. 🤘🏻

At the very least, let’s start getting him deliveries of good hotdogs.

I hope you’re still all being aware of pitbulls, because Roxy is delivering. 100% pure wild-girl energy. @erikgrove.com

It’s Pitbull Awareness Day, so Roxy would like you to please be aware of her. And walk her. And give her treats. And throw a squeaky toy for her. And also cuddle. And drop some cheese, if it wouldn’t be too much bother. Kthx

It was absolutely badass. 🖤

I had to wait half an hour beyond my scheduled appointment time, but I took that as a good sign that my neighborhood is excited to get vaccinated. 🤘🏻

How it finds me

I quit social media in March but @erikgrove.com is still here and delightful so I guess you win this round, Bsky.

London is nailing the guerrilla ad campaign. Hilarious, effective, and a perfect mix of shame for Tesla owners and deterrence for potential buyers

you can tell the people trying to gut the government have never had a real job because they landed on "one micromanaging email" as the thing that would break regular people

Free my man, he did all that shit and I don't care

Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com

I can add my own praise of @wnwagner.bsky.social as an incredible, compassionate human and amazing friend. 🖤

After disruption of home Internet service, my survey feedback to Xfinity was: “Hire more humans, not in marketing, and stop thinking AI is customer service.” Actually, I’d like to leave that as my feedback to every company. Knock it off, y’all.

I got a work email with the subject line “Safety and Rick Management” and let me tell you, that Rick is a handful.

The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.

Lindisfarne, 793 AD.

We hosted almost 20 people tonight. I’ve never been prouder of my dog who knew exactly when she was done and needed a break. Work those boundaries, girl. 🖤

After binging several [excellent] T. Kingfisher novels, I have questions about Ursula Vernon’s grandmother. 🧐

About 15 minutes in we’ve both repeatedly asked “What is this movie?”

Kamala Harris: "On the campaign, I would often say, 'when we fight, we win.' But here's the thing. Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn't mean we won't win. The important thing is don't ever give up."

dude is a barely coherent convicted sex predator whose only platform is wanting to do more crimes, what is fucking happening

The bad feelings I feel aren’t resignation that he is going to win. It’s grief that literally no matter what Trump says or does, people all around this country continue to vote for him. They don’t care about me or my kid or brown & Black people or trans people or queers. Everyone I love.

And no. It shouldn’t be close. It’s disgusting that this many Americans have voted this way.

The one thing I feel good about right now is that when @erikgrove.bsky.social was at the grocery store I texted him to bring me home ice cream. There is rocky road to get me over this rocky road.

This is her first Election Day but Roxy understands the assignment

The threat implicit in the white supremacist rally is: * if Trump loses, there will be violence * if Trump wins, there will be even more violence

I’m peer-pressuring @erikgrove.bsky.social into watching #4 for the Crispin Glover dance and the dick-harpooning. Hilarious every time.

The new motto of the Grove house is “I’m working on it, Roxy.” - @erikgrove.bsky.social

My partner: what are the plans for dinner? Me:

lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*

one thing that should be mentioned about this interview is that donald trump is basically incapable of giving an answer half as cogent as any given by Harris

The fun part of getting a new dog is spending time with the dog. And maybe also spending money on cute accessories.

There are several reasons why this stock photo, and current uses of AI, are silly. But first question: Why does the robot have tits? Why was that considered essential to the design of this résumé-writing machine? static.jobscan.co/blog/uploads...

In just this single (delightful, throwaway) story, Walz demonstrates he's the opposite of the GOP by: 1. liking--not shooting--dogs 2. being a good dad--promised his son a dog, got one 3. apparently having a functional partnership with his wife 4. having a sense of humor

Actually Mike Pence was the first VP with a beard.

I did not know how badly I just needed a campaign that was " look at these fuckin freaks". Not as political strategy, just for me. Because just look at those fuckin freaks

Wendy is delivering today’s keynote. 💚

After A/B testing living with and without @erikgrove.bsky.social , have confirmed that audiences prefer having him around. 🩷 Compelling data. Bar graphs. 📊

@chelseacain.bsky.social , thank god for YouTube proving I didn’t hallucinate childhood in the 80s. youtu.be/gpNF-3CBRFk?...

Well, I suppose one view is that I’ve just lost two beloved dogs within the span of a year, there’s nothing left to scare me? This is maybe my villain origin story?

Did not realize we were still doing the Bluesky thing. I’m just over here like

Charlie doesn’t care that @erikgrove.bsky.social and I are both super sick, as long as there are still hands to give her ear rubs. 💜

I got tiny queen a new squeaky sheep to entertain herself while I get COVID boosted! We’ll both be sore by evening. 💜

I did a podcast/video conversation about not writing with @benjamingorman.bsky.social See my muppet arms, glorious mustache, and human-sized gourd costume in YouTube or listen wherever podcasts are played!

I have things to do, but I also have a Charlie dog and that one always wins. 💜