This was a nice surprise to get in the mail today, as I pre-ordered it months ago and thought it was coming in June 😅 I love so much the way @nikostratis.com writes about music; I've really been looking forward to this book. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I keep seeing people say they want to know they are interacting with a human, and not a bot, ignoring that some of the biggest disinfo spreaders and trolls online are consistently operating under their own real names

Affirmation at #DrupalCon #DrupalConAtlanta

Kids who were born on my 21st birthday are celebrating their own 21st birthdays today. So pour one out for me, youngins.

I was washing my hands at the kitchen sink, suddenly got dizzy, and that's when I realized I'd been holding my breath for no reason! I was thinking too hard and forgot to breathe! So this is your reminder to take a few big slow deep breaths right now. And try not to forget to breathe.

This is a WONDERFUL thread explaining alt text and why it's important!

We should be calling them big naturals

The time between the moment I decide "I'm going to get in the shower now" and the time I actually get in the shower is always 40-90 minutes somehow. Can someone explain this? A time scientist?

I'll allow it

🎶 If you said this life ain't good enough I would give my world to lift you up I could change my life to better suit your mood Because you're so

I want to _earn_ my followers with my own flavor of warmth and weirdness

One good thing about today was learning that, despite living in the quagmire of violence we call America, I was not the only one who assumed the Cybertruck in front of the Trump hotel just spontaneously combusted. Took hours and a nap for it to occur to me that it could have been an intentional act.

Happy New Year! May this video bless your entire year with silliness and mad skillz. Remember, the rule is that you have to watch this any and every time it comes across your timeline! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Sarah Marshall said "People who have good personalities in their 30s, often have at least annoying personalities in their early 20s." and I actually yelped in pain because she didn't have to come at me that hard

If there weren't such a widespread culture among new arrivals of automatic followback and follow farming, those "bots" would not exist. (The scammers would, because they're eternal, but they wouldn't be so prominent.)

How many boyfriends does a gal need to reliably have company on any given Saturday night? 6-7?

Santa surprised me, a 41 year old woman, with my one and only Christmas gift this year. Santa's also the only one who includes my middle name when addressing mail to me, aside from my folks.

If you are going to clutch your fucking pearls at my native fucking dialect's fucking linguistic fucking intensifier, fuck the fuck on off until you can't fuck any further, then dig deep for an extra helping of personal fucking grit and fuck the fuck on off a little fucking more.

This bit is just objectively true. "Karl is by far the best character in this ridiculous movie, because he barely speaks and has no personality other than damnnnnn."

bad news, ladies! the world decided it hates the souvenirs that joy leaves on your face and now YOU 🫵 have to feel bad about it

A bop for winter solstice

"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'." "Okay, now don't be mad but..."

What's not to get? This year, Mondays feel like Thursdays, Tuesdays feel like Wednesdays, Wednesdays feel like Tuesdays, Thursdays feel like Fridays, and Fridays feel either like Mondays or like their own detached new kind of day. Does everyone not now experience reality this way?

To anyone who once gave me a compliment only to have me tell them how wrong they are, I'm sorry. I'm better now.

merry princemas everyone

But what if I used you just as a friend?

We should be calling them big naturals

If you're like "everything sucks, I wanna do something", material support really does something

Moderation is hard. It would be impossible and unfair to ask mods to chase every username all over the Internet. However, when someone is famously engaged in a large public project to drive trans folks out of existence? For years? Bringing their vicious followers with them wherever they go?

Incredible thread, read the whole thing

all i want for christmas is a soft blanket and 2 million dollars

I never sign petitions, but I signed this one chng.it/6CJPwkTNRL

My dear friend's company Very Good Puzzle makes high-quality jigsaw puzzles that feature art from working artists, including an entire category of "weird puzzles", but also landscapes, animals, musicians, and other cool designs. Makes a great holiday gift for the puzzler in your life! 🎁

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

I was planning to sit out the current round of tech-criticism internet drama. But I always read @caseynewton.bsky.social, and I think he misses a key point about market power and the purpose of tech criticism. TL;DR: we shouldn't grade the tech barons on a curve. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

Extremely metal product safety advisory

I told my boss last week I'd be phoning it in for the rest of the year and she laughed and then realized I was being serious

They don't use alt text fuck em

You _should_ have a website. Doesn't have to be fancy. Mine is just one page with links. A compelling case and good resources for getting started:

This one's just so good on so many levels

I did such a good job voting in the local runoff they let me have two stickers.

It's officially Christmas music season! I have been curating this playlist with care since 2011. It's heavy on pop nostalgia, bright brass horns, and lush orchestrations, but guarantee there are tracks on here that you've never heard before. I recommend listening on shuffle.

calling people you hate by cute nicknames like "the orange stinker" or whatever for donald trump gets your post around people who muted "donald trump". this also goes for saying "tr*mp" or whatever. it's asshole behavior. also the nicknames are embarrassing for you

I keep seeing people say they want to know they are interacting with a human, and not a bot, ignoring that some of the biggest disinfo spreaders and trolls online are consistently operating under their own real names

This is a useful thread about vetting suspicious accounts but also a great survey of the Kinds of Posters

to err is human; to really fuck up, you need computers

There was a feeling among some of us nerds in the 90s that as computer usage became more ubiquitous, the population overall would become geekier. Instead we got more and more levels of abstraction, lots of folks using screens without much idea of what's going on behind it all.

Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.

This place really is the retirement home for Xennials, this is the good stuff, inject it directly into my veins