I made a big mistake today. I got gas at Costco. It started out great; I didn’t even have to wait for a pump. But just TRY to get OUT of the Costco parking lot on a Saturday morning. Just TRY. At one point, I was pretty sure I lived there now.

And another thing: this framing sets up the position that if you always need them, it’s a personal failing on your part. They’re puritanical moralising brain chemistry.

Listen: --Gen AI is garbage. Using it is garbage. Don't be garbage. --Libraries are GOOD. Get a library card. You can download ebooks at will! BOOKS ON DEMAND. FOR FREE. --Meds are GOOD. When your body doesn't work right, store-bought is FINE. --Unplug and disconnect as needed.

The only disappointing thing about voting by mail is the lack of an “I voted” sticker.

obsessed with how bright the inside of their mouth is ⭐ ring-billed gull, 2025/9/27 salisbury beach, ma #birds #nature #photography

Kelly Hunt, 19, disappeared in ANC b/n her village in Western AK and her college. Her remains were recently found. She is 4th young person from Shaktoolik, an Inupiaq village of ≈210, to die in past few years. AK Native women are more likely to be raped or murdered than White women. 1 is too many.

Calling AI use “gambling behavior” is so right in so many ways. I hadn’t quite clocked it such a manner but boy that ain’t wrong.

bluesky's CDN is crapping the bed

Here's why I refuse to use genAI. www.amy-colleen.com/p/even-if-al...

Yes, we have no bananas. 🎶

She has a name and it is Connie Ballmer.

I’m specifically emphasizing “Watch male children closely and what they consume” because it’s what I’m having to do *right now* to keep my elementary school sons from being radicalized by YouTube manosphere bullshit

what is the charge. what crime has been done

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room. The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction. The Health guy collects raccoon dicks. It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

This is amazing and it does make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. We've all heard plenty of dead men's voices but this is *Robert* *Johnson*.

Feminists for ages: we are not just vaginas and baby making parts. A trans woman enters the room. Those same feminists: we are only vaginas and baby making parts. Fucking clowns.

Hey, fiber enthusiasts!

Hey, this is worth taking like 60 seconds to fill out. Its not a commitment towards anything, its just to help the Free Speech Coalition gauge interest in such a credit union Please share this around! This could end up being huge!

You absolutely SHOULD NOT go around telling people that data centers are full of gold, silver, palladium, copper, and that the data centers are almost entirely unstaffed.

If Reese Witherspoon were your doctor: You must smoke these cigarettes, because 7 out of 10 women aren't -- and you won't understand them otherwise. (Is this petty? Yes. Do I regret it? No. Gen AI is built on stolen art/words. It's bad for the environment. It is actively making people dumber.)

Proud to be one of those authors.

"It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both

It’s national pet day. I’m proudly owned by two enormous ginger cats. They’ve kept me sane - and puzzled by their nonsense, for almost 10 years now. I’m grateful for every day.

Women are not obligated to report on abusive men. Every woman has been sexually harassed or worse in the workplace. I do not know one who hasn’t. The problem is the men. Other men need to get WAY better at calling creeps out. Period.

Who needs aerobics? I have a cat trying to steal the tuna sandwich I’m eating. I’ve reached my target heart rate.

If you are freaking out and need help doing this, TELL BLUESKY. One of us will help you! DO IT!

Having one of those moods where I would love nothing more than to vanish into a cabin in the woods for a while. Bathtub. Fireplace. Wine.

“It is impossible to have a healthy and sound society without a proper respect for the soil.” -Peter Maurin

This is the real are you old check. That and whether or not the california raisins have any relevancy to you at all.

This Palm Sunday, let’s remember... Jesus chose a donkey of peace instead of a horse of war. Jesus disarmed his followers instead of forming an army. Jesus exposed the evil of violence instead of partnering with it. Jesus laid down his own life instead of taking anyone else’s.

evergreen skeet, unfortunately

And remember digital security advice is always best delivered as a schoolhouse rock style parody song ;-)

You know what? Yes. This is the way. Let the narrative decide.

The ADHD “20 minutes early” to “20 minutes late” pipeline is real… and expensive. TWO missed appointments today. 😖

This is an absolutely delightful read! I’m off to buy the book!

Oh, Monday. Becky's car just got towed. Anything bought from the sourced stuff will go toward getting them back on the road. Thanks, folks. 🫤 www.peculiarityshop.com/sourcedsterl...

I have no doubt that the intentions are very good but arriving at work to find a large sign declaring it to be 'Mental Health Prevention Week' gives one the tiniest pause

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the UK’s King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. It comes after further details of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein emerged, the BBC said. Get the latest: bloom.bg/4rqF1ah

I'd prefer it not have taken decades but personally I like blows being struck against elite impunity and would like that for us in the US very much

It's 60° Fahrenheit in Michigan, the sky is almost perfectly blue, and I'm snuggled up in my hammock with a blanket. It's the little things…

the older I get, the more I find that this was the case about A LOT of things for me (for a variety of reasons) and it's lead to A LOT of un/relearning.

A tremendous loss. So many historical U.S. milestones and moments would not have been possible without Rev. Jackson. May his memory be a blessing, his work be an inspiration, and his legacy be a lesson.