Five foot two, eyes of blue But oh! what can those five foot do They can lift and throw an AFV

Stop recommending me new restaurants. Tell me about old restaurants. I want to know about the places that haven’t redecorated since 1989. No one who lives more than 10 blocks away has heard of them or even noticed they exist. Their social media presence is a smartphone photo of their menu

@multcolib.bsky.social Any news on when the Belmont library is going to reopen? I heard through the grapevine that it was going to be in August, but haven't seen that posted anywhere. Can't wait to see the expansion and bring my kid there!

We do need to come up with some ideas for this. Even if we can keep like a third of the data centers operating in some capacity for other things, we’re gonna have acres of ominous windowless buildings to fill up. Not sure about any of these specific ideas, but in principle, definitely

Omg. A huge loss for Portland and journalism. He was a defining part of the George Floyd protests here. Thank you, Zane.

This post aged well

My 2026 goals of reading less Bisky and more novels feel so obvious and formulaic that they’re hardly worth remarking on. It’s the brain equivalent of ”go to the gym more”. But damn if it hasn’t done wonders for my mental health

a six foot tall woman can do whatever she wants forever honestly

Magica Riot is a power fantasy that asks: what if you actually knew a drummer and had a practice space

Etiquette reminder for straight ppl: If you go to an allies welcome pride event, gay bar, etc, you’re expected to spend part of the time thinking about attractive same sex friends and wondering if there might have been chemistry. Most of you already do this, but just in case anyone didn’t know!

The existence of pastrami implies the existence of presentrami and futurerami.

@magicariot.com the kiddo’s transmasc friend: “Thanks for lending me Magica Riot! I LOVED IT!!! Nova is my favorite.” yeah, Nova’s pretty flammin’ great

Gonna tell my kids this was Some Desperate Glory @emilytesh.net

AI never has been about equalizing creative fields, allowing “unskilled” people to rise from obscurity and create great things. No, it’s about convincing people that they’re incapable of learning, growing and creating entirely on their own. It’s selling you the idea you’re too stupid to try

Ok this is a truly great tweet

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

this is a masterpiece

Ever wondered why none of the maps showing the effect of Callais don't include Arkansas? Fun fact: AR already eliminated the closest thing it had to a majority-minority district in 2011. Despite being 16% Black, AR has never in 190 years elected a Black person to Congress or statewide office!

Today I accidentally stepped on a dead rat on the sidewalk and thought of Mrs. Jewls

Free messaging for climate activists in Arkansas: talk about alpha-gal syndrome. “Y’all know there’s a disease spread by ticks that forces deer hunters to become vegan for life if they catch it, and it’s taking off because AR summers are getting longer?”

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

The catten is pushing her pets button a lot but has been rejecting lap time lately. Adolescents.

writing a novel is hard, but every time I write, I’m more and more convinced that this is worth it.

Love to learn mere hours before the tax deadline that my tax situation is way more complicated than I had realized, my taxes for the last 3 years have been all wrong, and I need to hire a CPA stat

portland commute

This past week’s sci-fi novel research: 1) Made a force diagram for a tumbling disc during re-entry when one face has much lower atmosphric drag 2) Researched US military designations for hypothetical autonomous weapon systems 3) Brainstormed pony names

We did it!

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ME: sorry folks - one sec, having gamera issues CHAT: lol gamera. gamera issues. mfer said gamera [I enable a secondary camera feed showing the infamous kaiju Gamera attacking me] CHAT: oh fuck

scotus: we’re just saying that you have to treat it like any other form of healthcare that corners children for an hour a week to tell them they’re defective, disgusting, everyone will hate them and they’ll probably go to hell. iow it’s presumptively fine, basically just like church

WAR DON'T SEX CRIMES HIDE CRIMES

rest assured that my book about an autistic-coded teenager discovering her own identity and values in contradiction to the ones she was raised with in a violent, oppressive near-future United States has no political subtext whatsoever.

I would watch the hell out of an animated comedy jaws movie from the point of view of the sharks They get onto land and lose all perspective “We’re gonna need a bigger truck” “Jesus Christ Orin, no you do NOT. What are you going to do with a bigger truck?!” “…Aaron has a bigger truck.”

See, if I’d played my cards right, I could have finished my nearly 7 year old “extremely queer magical college that’s a neurodiversity analogy, with trans characters discovering their true selves via romance” novel already, and then I’d have a great book to recommend right now

Currently thinking about what age verification, content controls, and the consolidation of internet services in the hands of politically connected billionaires mean for the average kid‘s experience of the internet in my 2036 setting, and I do not like the conclusions I’m coming to

It feels weird rooting for an AI crash that will take down the economy and make my life hell. Just like how it’s weird to hope the war in Iran becomes a nightmare, or that the world gives up on my country and carries on without it, leaving it a marginalized pariah state.

🎵 Gen AI will never, ever replace human expertise, and everybody knows it 🎵 Even if LLMs turn out to have practical and cost effective use cases, which is a HUGE fucking if, the enshittified slopgen AI will metaverse so hard that I wouldn’t be shocked if we see Microsoft scale companies go belly up

While I obviously am disappointed that we won’t get the best case scenario and get @katmabu.bsky.social into Congress this year, I am so grateful for her campaign. She’s an inspiration, and ran a powerful campaign that proved that people are hungry for bold, progressive candidates

Yes, DHS thought they could take what they wanted and Social Circle wouldn’t dare stop them. But i think a big part of why they rely so heavily on performing impunity to get their way is that they just don’t have the capacity to do things above board. Impunity is a cover for utter incompetence.

thanks to my dad for the brilliant idea to change my last name to AI so that tech companies will consider hiring me again

It’s astonishing the way Trump has squandered every political advantage and alienated his base. At this rate, gas will hit $6.50 a gallon, and GOP voters will defect so hard this fall that they’ll DEMAND that the Department of Education be restaffed entirely by drag queens.

OOOOF this is devastatingly accurate theonion.com/visiting-fri...

@sarahtaber.bsky.social I’ve been really enjoying your videos! Not sure what your experience with this is, but I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on CAFOs in the US, how they affect communities, if our farm policies make them more cruel/harmful, and how to make meat production more humane

Something strange In your neighborhood Who ya gonna call! NOT THE COPS!!! If you’re seein things Running through your head Who ya gonna call? 9-8-8!!! There’s an invisible man Sleepin in your bed Who ya gonna call? HIM TOMORROW!!!

Can’t wait to see the version of this graph in 2045 for smartphones and gens z and alpha

Maybe the Trumpists and Labour quislings will crash so hard that trans kids will get to have normal and happy childhoods. Here’s hoping.

The 3 genders

dude I’m watching it because ami is a hottie and that’s why when I rewatch that episode where are she asks mako to dance I tear up like a total bro