Pointy sparrow

Annoy the living daylights out of both payment processors and your local government. Never let them know peace while they are disturbing yours.

Tech friends, is there a a company or group out there doing scholarship or research on how geriatric populations are affected by tech usage and trends in tech?

Anyway, here are some birds i drew while at my work retreat, inspired by an anxiety-inducing talk about using AI to categorize bird calls.

Confession: sometimes I use the lint roller directly on the dog.

Mifepristone is: ✅ safe ✅ effective ✅ backed by decades of science ✅ critical for abortion and miscarriage care ✅ essential to protecting our reproductive freedom

Fucking excuse me?! It's a private college. Admission decisions are the college's to make.

This whole thread is a banger. Mamdani once again showing why he's the people's mayor.

@nooskadraws.bsky.social Well.

Big news! An old favorite is coming back… Pizza Hut’s Book It Program!! Help your kids stay motivated, track their progress, and earn free pizza along the way. 🍕 Be sure to download the app to make goals and track progress. Books + Pizza = Win #summerreading #bookit

Last week I beta listened to a friend's a talk about decision making by search engine companies and I got to tell them the Black Female Mathematician story which I have never told on Bluesky so let me take a break from work to tell you a fucked up but unsurprising story about search engines.🧵

The things they carried. Personally not a fan of war stories, but the writing was so approachable and empathetic.

6.50 an hour as a skate guard at the local ice rink. In retrospect, not nearly enough money to be yelled at by government employees and hit on by the drunk 60 year old Zamboni driver.

Is there an opposite term to "fun police?" Like, obviously fun robber is not it. Helo!

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Our dog dropped a live earthworm on our bed last night at bed time, if you're wondering how it's going.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

This is fucking horrendous and disgusting.

I know it's only February, but I'm so hyped to see this year's Avian August list from @cookiedoves.bsky.social

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

"Oh," the emperor of the galaxy said, "what happened to that monkey world?" "Our agents infiltrated them some eight thousand years ago." "Have they taken over the world?" "Not yet." The emperor licked a paw and started washing his ears. "I'll still count it as one of mine," he purred.

I wish the press would use a phrase besides "vaccine skepticism". As if an entire branch of medicine is a ghost story. It's the equivalent of calling flat-earthers "globe skeptics" The term should be "vaccine deniers"

The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance. bsky.app/profile/pron...

For people who don't follow the FDA closely: this is insane. Like my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. The FDA is flat out refusing to even consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine? The federal health apparatus is fully compromised by anti-vax conspiracy. THIS IS NUTS! BAD

@kcg.bsky.social did you license "this is fine" to mattress firm? Just curious because I got an ad from them on my fb with it in it. www.facebook.com/share/v/1B7F...

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Yikes. Does the court have any power for enforcement?

Wing in here with some extremely on-point insights about reading, empathy, and diverse stories.

I'm at a comedy show and watching the white woman across from me learn about pansexuality in real time.

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images. This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

When cat paws are soooo pink... 😭

Sometimes Y at The Headbone Zone. It was a kids site with a bunch of word games. In Sometimes Y, the game gave you 2 or 3 consonants and you had to find as many words as you could with just those consonants. You could use as many vowels as you wanted.

Okay, so I was at this table with my friend the bubble letterer, who wrote “Free” in their PROFESSIONAL-grade bubble letters. It made someone big mad. So bubble person and I made some #popupleftistsupplydepot merch. Proceeds to MIRAC MN. Popupsupplies.printful.me

I can't drive to MN, and I don't have much in the way of money, but what I do have is a ton of art kits and art supplies. If you are keeping your kids home from school or staying home yourself because you are afraid of getting caught up in ICE action, I would like to send you a distraction. (more)

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

@robotsinheels.bsky.social Yikes

Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/

Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls

What’s your favorite shark species? Mine is definitely the blacktip reef shark. It’s not the most interesting or special looking one out there but I somehow really like them.

Yes, who could possibly write a story with 19 characters in it without AI? *glances suspiciously at JRR Tolkien* Who could keep it all straight? *side eye at GRRM*

I bought my dad's girlfriend a copy of wicked (the novel) for Christmas. She called me yesterday and told me she wants me to return it because it is too heavy for her to hold up.

@seananmcguire.bsky.social I feel like you probably already know this, but Svaha just released a praying mantis print dress...

@zhonggg.bsky.social is currently on a South Korean icebreaker in Antarctica because the US is no longer a serious country. The Trump regime got rid of our Antarctic icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, so for the first time in six decades we are without a dedicated Antarctic research vessel.

uh holy SHIT?

Stranger things finale ends with the lesbian character going to Smith. Is it on the nose? Yes. Do I want her vintage grecourt gates/ college hall tee? Yes.

Day 4. My house is the norovirus house now. I'm angry that I've essentially lost my entire holiday vacation time to caring for my parents and then being sick myself. I'm also more worried than ever about my 4 aging parents.