firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

Someone inexplicably stole some of the decorations in our yard. So we're trying the only thing we can... guilt

I was pessimistic last year when there was talk of The Expanse's showrunners pitching a new Stargate, but this is going to be run/produced by folks from the original 3 shows... sooo, cautious optimism?

Weeding out old shirts that don't fit anymore, and I just have to laugh every time I come across this nonsense from college. I could never throw this out 😂

We made a frorg! I finally got the kiln ready to go, and what better first glass fusing project than to use the frog and lily pad mold I got?

It took me 22 years, but I *finally* finished a playthrough of Freelancer 😅

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

Got an email, "As Amgen continues to manage the totality of our patient and product support services," Followed by informing me my migraine med's copay card will now cost me $50/mo instead of $5/mo. I assume Amgen's CEO needs a new yacht or something 🙄

Like, let me be super clear. The ADL is NOT the voice for the entire diaspora for fuck's sake. The ADL does NOT speak for all Jews. Arguably for any Jews as they've chosen the alt right that would like us to all go to Israel and die to kickstart the rapture over...Speaking up about antisemitism.

Current leadership at the ADL will ignore Palestinians dying, and create lies about the genocide, that will tend towards being racist and Islamophobic if nothing else. The current ADL also hates any Jewish people who disagree with them on any of this. Of which there are many.

Okay, so for those unaware, ADL leadership is SUPER pro-Israel and zionist. There's...So many ironies in that their focus on that has in fact ensured they ignore actual antisemitism in favor of propaganda. I don't know the ADL's whole history, but current leadership is awful.

Anyone out there have a brand for reusable silicone(or similar) bags to replace single-use ziploc? (must be dishwasher safe) We bought Stasher bags years ago, but they really aren't good. Hard to seal and clean, don't freeze well, get grungy after a while.

get in everybody let's unfuck google drive by shooting gemini drive.google.com/drive/u/0/se... (if you're signed into google this goes right to settings. may go without saying, but if you're not already signed in and see a login please don't enter a password into a link you click on social media 😂)

The artist I was assigned at the only local tattoo shop that still requires masking got Covid, and now has long-Covid/can't do tattoos for an unknown amount of time. On the one hand, I feel really bad for them, and I hope they get better and can start doing their work/art again!

everyone calling it "food stamps" is — whether wittingly or not — helping destroy SNAP

Apparently the city has no one who can direct traffic in an emergency. Fire at the end of our street, and cars kept trying to come down and getting stuck/giant traffic jams kept forming (two 1-lane, 2-way roads that empty onto our 1-way st, nowhere for people to go unless one side backs out).

Press coverage of this has, so far, been bad — a bunch of outlets seem to have googled "what is a generic medication" and then wrote their piece. Yes, most Rx filled in the US = generics, but the ~10% that aren't? A signficant portion of those are life-saving meds with no substitutes.

this rules they made it synonymous with lying

Beautiful results. Just marvelous. So excited we'll have a new mayor.

Anyone have recs for earloop masks that fit larger faces? I usually wear large RespoKare N95s, which fit well, but are a pain to put on/off quickly (& the straps like to break if you do). I'd love one with earloops for less risky situations where I just want to pop a mask on/off quickly a bunch.

I, a healthcare lawyer, run through how to navigate the pharmacy websites to make a COVID vaccine appointment. This video is completely shareable, there's no patreon account, no log in at all, required. It's meant to be a shareable resource for your normie friends www.patreon.com/posts/138393...

Chants of Senaar is 40% off on steam at the mo (~ £10). I reckon it's one of the best videogames I've played.

An industrious neighbor (who is not me) created this remarkable resource that consolidates -all- the candidate answers to -all- the various surveys and questionnaires. Read up. Get informed. Talk to your neighbors. Think. Vote. somerville-candidate-questionnaires-2025.online

Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.

Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.

This sort of word choice helps reinforce the notion that covid is actually over, and meaningfully hurts us all. But what do I know about public health messaging 🤷

Healey: Massachusetts insurers have to cover the cost of all vaccines approved by the state, no matter what the brainworm in chief says. This includes MassHealth and GIC.

"Paint me like one of your French disgraced nuclear physicists"

I put 3 floor lamps on the curb hoping someone might find a use for them... I went out to do trash a few hours later, and someone *cut the power cords* off at the bases?? So now they're just straight trash. Are people so desperate for copper they'll take power cords? wtf??

Now that painting is done, Alan has finally come home from his long vacation. It's good to have him back.

Despite the new rules, you *can still* get the covid vaccine if you have anything on this list! That includes depression, ADHD, obesity, smoking, and lots of other things. www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-f...

TWENTY YEARS AGO I posted about how easy it is to get around any sort of flag-burning law/amendment/executive order/whatever, and here we are today, having it have some relevance. Also our current president is a feculent spoon. whatever.scalzi.com/2005/06/23/c...

After months of slowly painting our porch*, we finally finished yesterday. Which meant that today we could finally put up our new porch frorgs. Alan Ribman will return shortly, too... just as soon as I fix his joints. (*I do NOT recommend exterior painting, especially in the summer 🫠)

Fuck insurance companies.

Finally got my cable organizer organized again, along with far too many cables for e-waste. B/c if a pocket is too full for a new cable to fit, then I don't need it. Why do I have so many USB-*Mini* B cables? Does anyone even use firewire for anything anymore? Who knows! But they're going away. 😅

Really bummed that Jake didn't get the endorsement, but what can you do? Willie would certainly be an improvement over the current mayor, at least. We'll see what happens in September, I guess.

1. I don't want to talk to my computer. 2. I DO NOT WANT MY COMPUTER ALWAYS LISTENING AND RECORDING MY VOICE FOR ANY PURPOSE.

Finally got my office back together after not having access for a week due to installing new windows and related cleanup/painting. Decided to take some time to clean my desks for the first time in years. All of this was taking up desk space and outlets while serving no purpose >.>

Messaging Guidance: Want to help Trump and fascist MAGA implement their latest policy to dehumanize disabled people? Call what they want to do “institutionalization” Want to increase opposition to this attack on basic human freedom? Call it “incarceration” (formal, professional) or “locking up”

I was asked to do some silly Esher videos for Mysterium 2025, so here they are in a big compilation. I even included some bloopers at the end (warning - there are a couple swears in the bloopers). youtu.be/S3rIlXI4e0o

Thread about my flight experience yesterday. I didn’t have the spoons to post about it when it happened. while flying of Rochester airport 7/30, the TSA screening agent took my liquid hydroxyzine medication away. It was larger than the allowed liquid amount but that’s allowable for a med. (1/n)

The fact that Somerville's Neighborhood Councils apparently have significant sway within the city, but are not required to make their votes accessible, is very concerning. But I don't know what to do about it.

Did an impromptu photoshoot while I had the costume out for reasons Iiii don't fit this costume anymore. Need to make a new one some day (ideally out of real linen so it's not so hot) But each year I gain a little more weight, go a little more bald, and look a little more like David Ogden Stiers 😅

😭 variety.com/2025/music/o...

"But this is just about porn games!" Yes, and weird religious fascists regularly mischaracterize queer people and queer art as inherently pornographic, they shouldn't be given an inch because there's no line for them, no cut-off point, they'll never be satisfied. Do you think they'll stop at porn?

Finally finished this "quick" Ytram project I started last spring. First time working with glass paints. It's not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Love that shadow 😍🐸 This will be a prize at Mysterium this year (if UPS cooperates). #StainedGlass #Myst #Riven

If any New England theatre groups are in need of lighting equipment, this seems like a great opportunity (and a piece of Boston history!) (alt text edited to fit the character limit)

A couple posts today about people talking about artists they liked suddenly go pro genAi the answer is do what the Klingons would do. Turn your back on them as their house has no honour and should not be talked of again.

hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot