I want genuinely to befriend a patient theoretical #physicist with whom to share exploratory chats about high level #physics. I've pages of notes about Universal Constants and Fates of the Universe derived from my amateur intellect, but I don't know what I don't know and I can't do the math.

The unfair term "Mansplaining" exists because most WW2/Depression parents raised male children to see all shared with us as problem; we must have answers ready. We were TAUGHT that our Purpose and Value is to Generate Wealth & Fix Others' Problems. A lot of us are working hard to grow from this.

I'm bound and determined to crash this zeppelin airship into the ground with our BBEG on it. It'd be nice if this FIREBALL damage didn't suck BUTTS. Must be because we're traveling so fast! #dnd

Swamp Wiiiiiitch

looking around at local mycology & mushroom groups 🍄 🤓

Oh hey PS, this blend is everyone’s fave and it’s auto-22% off today! #LOTR #HobbitDay

Honest: do people genuinely not understand that Ai doesn't care about them - or anything? That is has nothing akin to actual feelings let alone compassion? I'm honestly a little shocked people are giving agency SO READILY to *software* built to scrape and collage Humanity. #Ai

Right? #cursive #typography #ampersand #punctuation #grammar #nerd

Storming the Airship That red dude in the corner is already kicking our butt. Send your PC to help! Who do you send? We are fighting an evil mage with twisted abominations as monstrous servants. #DnD

100% overlap venn diagram

ICE terrorists showed up in Rochester, NY, and Rochester said GTFO. @50501-rochester-ny.bsky.social

ICE has agreed to leave. The collective action worked.

Artist friends! The boundlessly creative and indubitably prolific Michael Whelan is graciously doing an art share in celebration of 25k Bsky followers (if you're not already, you ought to become one!) I know a lot of artists, and y'all deserve eyes on your work.

ICE is kidnapping and disappearing working PARENTS from their CHILDREN. They stole women away from their families, with no care or plan for the children and no communication about what's happening with the parents. This is hate, fear, oppression. This IS America; not the country we want or demand.

Scored some GORGEOUS funky black garlic at the local Garlic Festival – along with a couple hardneck heads to plant to overwinter.

I want to be one of those guys about whom, after they die, it is said, "it's fascinating going through his notebooks. There are brilliant... breathtaking theories and ideas but it's rather disorganized. His life's work may take our lifetimes to understand."

In heaven you get to see all the times you fucked up without realizing it and laugh your ass off about it. In hell you get to see all the times you fucked up without realizing it but nobody has a sense of humor.

It'd be nice if the constant software updates on Adobe Illustrator didn't reset my "Scale Strokes & Effects" preference. I know I can't have everything I desire, but that seems like an achievable and reasonable desire. I'm working on acceptance but I'm not there yet

we painted rocks while chill music played the lights down and warm the limit of their light the extent of the world and nobody spoke for nothing needed to be said

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. First stanza of one of my favorite poems* This Be the Verse by Larkin: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/... *along with Ginsberg's Howl

This perfectly applies to America as well. Well said.

For more than a few things in my life: I don't know how I got here I don't know what part I had in it I don't know what "here" even is I don't know how to improve or change it and I don't know if anyone, at all, cares even a little

Oppression has come speaking Trojan-Horse words of Liberty and Justice for All a candy coated poison pill mummified by rotten tatters of a flag that once stood for a nation that once stood for something once called Freedom

Can you call the Police on ICE? Like, "Hey 911 a bunch of masked, armed, unidentified people just rushed into a such-and-such!!!" ...to cause confusion and chaos and protect Resident Human Beings? ...or would the so-called Thin Blue Line end up making things worse; they all get pissed and go nuts?

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

I hope they adapt the part where he says "It‘s Franken time"

Empanada Shop in East #Rochester Ladies there will hook you UP. Six of these for $30 and say goodbye to your socks 'cause POW. You... you gotta get these. Spicy beef/pork outta this world. They're huge, unique texture.

Watching an Ai-generated trailer a dear friend made for our new D&D campaign (😶), while watching thought "wow this is just how I imagined it!" And then I thought, this is just how I imagined it. No doubt it looks cool AF – it does in my imagination. I love using my imagination! Needs the exercise 🧠

No it fucking can't. Because it's not alive; neither thinks nor feels. It's a program, a large language model. Ai is not alive. It never will be. It can easily present a response that says "ow, life is brutal" but it will only be spat out from scraped human experience. Brook no such foolishness.

The biggest of freelancer facepalms: "We haven’t forgotten about your outstanding bill. Still on our books and will take care of it as soon as we’re able. Thanks for your (continued) patience!" #freelance #design #hustle #entrepreneur

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This state of being, known as a quantum superposition…

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Sharing a couple projects from the last few years of graphic design work - designs conceived and developed by me, from scratch, without AI, on behalf of my lovely clients. Would you like to know more? Visit carlh.com #marketing #tea #cannabis #canna #graphicdesign #design #advertising

Seeing silent film with a live performed score - including sound effects - is such a treat. Unique, gothy, spooky, funny. Love when Montopolis visits Rochester! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfAW...

Leaf if to Beefer is a great name for a burger with lettuce

If you're at #worldCon GO VISIT @fridaytea.com !!! They are SO GOOD and have the purest and most thoughtfully curated tea & tisane blends! Seriously WorldCon people go check out all the tea.

Fumbling baby steps on creating YouTube video content. I recorded a 20 minute long video and chopped it up in After Effects. The video seems to lag behind the audio in most areas. What's up with that? Kind of annoying. It does not lag in the original format.

Seeking new clients on Upwork. Literal (edited) posting: We are looking for an experienced designer.....experience in packaging design...guarantee that the final product is in line with our brand. Strong attention to detail and creativity is essential. Offered hourly rate? $10-20 Are you kidding.

40 minutes to hit $1.1k more so we can make a payment on time to prevent another late fee!

I've come a long way this year. But the Universe is taking away a lot of things that were in front of me. I can accept things happen, but still struggle hard with not knowing WHY. My neurodivergence makes me overthink it's largely communication failure on my part. I accept yet wish I knew why.

Oh my - abominations! Whatever shall we d- just kidding twinned chromatic orbs and bladesinging, that's what we do. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #rpg #ttrpg Also my shirt looks rad in my lighting

oh my what is happening this is not good

(IMHO) Linoleum > The Life of Chuck Sometimes films from Comedians tell us truth in a unique way. Sleepwalk With Me from Birbiglia. The Big Sleep from Kumail & Emily. Linoleum's Gaffigan was perfect for the roll...of a lifetime? (wink)

I've lived in #Rochester since 1999. Today I'm finally taking myself out to Artisan Works. First time, baby! #ROC

Ramona's filigree and arabesque work is top notch! I love all this detail spanning Art Nouveau & Deco and Gothic and Victorian and more. There's styles for every Hogwarts house, every Magic: the Gathering mana color, every genre of fantasy writing, art, or music.... Her work is a great resource!

A polite reminder:

Amazon the Giant grinding the bones* of industry Creatives ) to make their Bread (*training Ai on their work while cutting out pay)

A lot of project posts on places like UpWork read like they're generated by ChatGPT which should not surprise me, maybe it doesn't, but it does rankle a bit

how do you brush mummy cats with a catacomb