We dubbed this amazing toad Lorge George and it was indeed one of the most magical moments of our Australian journey

I wanna say “the system works as the system is designed” but i think maybe its better to just toss my hands up into the air and simply profess that the system is, in fact, just plain stupid. Multiple things can be true at once, I suppose.

If I had to choose a single thought which haunts me most, it’s this. And it has animated me for years. This thing has been growing and metastasizing for almost a decade. And every passing year we’ve grown more hoarse trying to get someone to give a shit.

Normie Randos Using AI: oh wow, this is such a neat digital toy! Look at how it just makes a picture or writes an email! Professionals and Subject Matter Experts: Burn it down with the fury of a million suns over an uncovered parking lot in Phoenix

the outage has nothing to do with vibe coding you idiots. the server was just feeling hot so they had to dunk it in the pool for a bit.

IMHO much of this freak out over Piker is about policing the discourse to shutting out an emergent left. If I had to speculate, I’d say that some establishment types sense that the groundswell of energy we’re seeing in response to Trump might end up benefitting the Mamdanis more than the Slotkins.

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lmao @ @workingfamilies.org not posting their endorsement for platner on bluesky. they sure did send me two emails asking me to donate to him tho!

There is a path. It’s the path that Michael Vick walked. He has worked with the Humane Society for the last 17 years to educate folk about animal cruelty. He says he’ll do that work for the rest of his life. Call me when Louis or Kanye devotes even one weekend to making reparation.

The thing about there needing to be a path of redemption for people who have been “canceled” is: there already is a path to redemption and it’s called “redeeming yourself.” The path is open! No one is blocking that! You just have to do it!

damn aaron swartz tried to warn everybody about sam altman

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

is the GOP's mistake that they...won? And got everything they ever wanted in the process? Is that what we're worried might happen to Democrats or progressives?

Gamers Nexus video ca 2021: proper thermal paste application, does it matter? Gamers Nexus video 2026: the fires of California will be quenched with the warm blood of the executive class

I’m sad I didn’t get any Natgeo-worthy photos of big monitor lizards in the wild with my DSLR on this trip. I saw a beautiful Mertens by Alligator River, but he YEETED. Cuddling with this colossal cane toad in the middle of the Outback like I dreamt of since the 80s absolutely makes up for it!

Tommy Tuberville, arguably the dumbest senator in US history, managed to delay some Biden nominees for a year by himself. 47 DEM senators are less effective at slowing the machine than a guy who probably has never read an entire book.

“impeachment starts in the house” motherfucker impeachment starts when you build the political will for it.

I’m so tired of these middle management ass Blue types whose conception of wielding power involves no one acting outside of the strictest interpretation of their responsibilities. this is politics at a time of rising fascism. members have tremendous soft power. you can’t say “that’s not his job”!

I’m in my happy place 😍😍😍

The deleterious effects of not having a hobby are becoming a defining point in this cultural moment—and who is poised to help? That’s right: the autistics. Job fair day where we all set up tables explaining our deep dives and give people a hand out, a path back to society.

yeah when Elon posted about feeding USAid into the wood chipper instead of going to parties I thought about this one You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Musk. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.

The two truths: 1) There is nothing wrong with porn, let people safely make it, let people safely enjoy it. 2) If you let people define porn as bad, authoritarians will ALWAYS expand the definition until their hands are around your neck.

Hope you had a great weekend. Help yourself to this Easter bunny being chased by an aardvark. #MosaicMonday

Every time Louis CK gets work I think about Will Smith being banned from the Oscar's for a decade for defending his wife from a dude who wouldn't stop verbally attacking her. 🤔🤔🤔

THEY TRAINED THE AI ON ACTUAL WRITERS. YOU CANNOT TELL IF SOMETHING IS AI SIMPLY BASED ON IT USING PROPER GRAMMAR. IT STOLE FROM US!!! IT STOLE!!! IT IS A THIEF AND I WILL NOT EVER BE QUIET ABOUT IT!!!!

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Having a dog is an experience. Men ask permission before they touch him. They apologize if they misgender him. Its crazy to say out loud but I wish men treated women with the same respect they give my dog

Under 12 HOURS to catch up, with most of it being late night. I've reached $175 of $700 rent due 11AM tomorrow- PLEASE help me out ASAP if you can? I can't sleep until this is covered, can't survive at all without housing, and can't risk being late! Please help!

Oh my fucking god. It’s never okay for a lawyer to use AI to write a brief, but it’s EXTREMELY not okay when the lawyer in question is assigned counsel for a criminal defendant!!!! www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...

“But what if your taxes go to food stamps for people who aren’t working!” I want my taxes to feed people. I cannot say the same about Congresscritters going on fucking book tours and Disney vacations while our infrastructure crumbles faster than a wet tea biscuit.

Croc peet

Hanging with some lizards in Darwin, this perentie is super relaxed and the little Argus kept splooting his wondrous dotty dino belly on the glass!

did It Happen? no, of course not but the periodic weekend “maybe It’s Happening” rumor mill is an important mental health salve, carry on

White men with large followings, a group so famously marginalized and completely run off the Internet just for existing.

tried playing pickleball but like the pickle didn’t even bounce and now I reek of dill and vinegar

President still alive, a nation moans

In light of the conversation about how hard it is to promote your own book: Post a link to buy your book here and I’ll boost it cause you destroyed yourself to get it done, your publisher won’t help you sell it, and you deserve cheers and admiration for your accomplishment.

I'd literally just rather leave the internet than go back to twitter. If I wanted to talk to fascists I'd attend a Reform UK rally. Ty.

We are on a platform with no algorithm which means that we have to post repeatedly because otherwise people who weren't scrolling during the last post didn’t see it. also I spent years writing the book and will post about it as much as I damn well please lol

Having a blast in Darwin!

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

I love it so much that Liora is the first result if you Google Kimberley rock monitors 🥹

Lawyers who do this shit need to start being disbarred for it. Period. On the first fucking infraction.

AI could never create something like this:

Again - BlueSky was originally Jack Dorsey’s pet project to make a Web3 social media / NFT trading post until a bunch of trans furries got ahold of invite codes and started mass-proliferating them to other trans furries and then suddenly BlueSky was 90% queers and annoying leftists and Jack fled.

Los Angeles Bluesky, I need your help. I just learned that on Saturday at the protest at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, a friend’s 18-year-old son was shot in the eye with a pepper ball by DHS, permanently blinding him. He needs justice. If you were there and saw anything, please… 1/5

This is the reason Peter Thiel and his buddies killed Gawker. Writing about open secrets was the entire point of the website.

froggys been havin a rough one!!!!

Good morning 🌞 Today’s guest lizard: this teeny tiny gecko that watched us pack the car, then leapt onto my boob!