"Seen" is such a common word, I wondered if you could notice when people started to say, "I feel seen." But it's very obvious: books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

reminder:

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" Well, I asked the Sailor Moon fortune telling crystal ball. We are not the same.

Woah! Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you. If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position. The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

While the term "spooning" has been around for a while, distinguishing between the big spoon and the little spoon is a 21st century thing: books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

Got another anti-Covid shot today. This makes my 11th since the pandemic started.

Today's forecast: "chance of flurries". Sigh...

Vaccinations today: shingles and flu. My arms hurt a bit, but that's better than getting shingles or flu. (Covid booster next week.)

FYI: My Google alerts tell me that a James A. Gardner recently died in Indiana. Just letting people know, that's not me. (My condolences to Mr. Gardner's friends & family.)

Two slightly distorted guitars...

The problem was that they only had the monkey's paw. If you have the whole monkey, wishing works great.

Was reading about the invasions of Portland and Chicago today and it caused me to remember this panel from a Walt Kelly Pogo strip.

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

Luck or genius? Wordle 1,567 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money. - @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

A lot of grim things in this world but at least the Yankees lost.

IT IS TIME.

will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”

The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody flash mob you will ever see, featuring 30 musicians and singers in the streets of Paris. Its gave me goosebumps!😎🔥🎸 Part 1 of 2

Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.

melania constantly refreshing the tl

I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

It astounds me that some people seem to think it's weird to talk to their pets. Some people have no idea what weird really is.

The Ark *wanted* to be found, and then embedded in a warehouse full of arcane objects. By now, those objects have either been subjugated or neutralized. Next, the Ark will break free and embark on its plans.

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

Killer app for AI: Rewriting romance books to remove the asshole male leads and replace them with the sapphic lovers that the female leads deserve.

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

With all the forest-fire smoke in the air, the sun this evening looks like the cover of Dhalgren.

I'm sorry, but this may be the funniest Facebook AI slop I have ever seen. Bury me sideways in my coffin, brother. Let my dog see

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣 Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

What a headline.