THIS IS THE FASHION NEWS I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, NOT WHATEVER THE KARDASHIANS ARE WEARING

Story idea: Bridgerton, but with Klingons You KNOW the absolutely ridiculous drama would translate well in both directions

Reading Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social and it only confirms my suspicion that every techbro involved with AI has their head so far up their own arse they can no longer distinguish between their colon and a map of the London Underground

AI is the grey goo of the internet Tell me I’m wrong, I dare ya

Also can we normalise an ongoing chorus of "@edzitron.com was right all along"

i am 39 years OLD. i post ONLINE. i have a stable job in a big CITY. i have a mild form of mental ILLNESS that can be treated with LITTLE to NO medication. i am going to kill myself because of postseason BASEBALL.

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle: “Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

My sister is a doctor and did a tour with MSF in Africa. Fuck them forever and a day

They invented an AI actress and made it THE most generic white bint you’ve ever seen Why are we spending money on this

Just saw a guy walking his dog, in the rain, wearing only a bathrobe and flip flops. The bathrobe had a panda hood on it. Canadians are weird, man

I have been told that the Rapture is going to happen tomorrow, so on the assumption that there is absolutely no way I’m getting into Heaven, I’m planning to go to my crochet class with the rest of the heretics

Do we need to talk about enshittification again

For some reason, my thrift videos are popping off on TikTok and I don’t know what to do about it other than boggle at how interested people are in me rambling on about glass

This is legit the most absorbing and TERRIFYING episode of Better Offline I have listened to in a while. My former senior dev soul is horrified at the thought of vibe coders importing unknown, possibly compromised libraries

I feel like some people need to understand that there’s a difference between celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death, and just refusing to mourn him because he was a complete tool who said a lot of hateful shit

Can’t join the discourse on Charlie Kirk because I swear it looks like someone photoshopped his eyes to be too close together every time I see a photo of him. Just throws me completely

Okay, according to the info on the settlement, a site will be created to ID books that qualify (only those registered with the US Copyright office, boooo) but when that happens, everyone needs to claim their cash and BANKRUPT THOSE FUCKERS

A cat making biscuits on your lap is really cute and cuddly until it’s a 17lb asshole, then you’re suddenly getting an impromptu deep tissue massage and it can be VERY sore

This kinda thing makes me want to revisit that idea I had for a Terry Pratchett-meets-This-Old-House story about a budding magical artisan trying to gain acceptance by restoring her old Guildhall without offending the tastes of her peers Magic is what you make of it for the sake of the narrative

So @quaidrayn.bsky.social was telling me about this yesterday and I was like “pffft Giuliani helping someone? Buuuuuullshit” and now I have never felt so smug about being right

FFS if you think the orange ferret-wearing potato man is dead, EXPLAIN WHY Otherwise I am going to bed and whatever shit has happened can wait until I am awake tomorrow with coffee

The /r/ireland subreddit found the Keffiyeh Leprecaun image that the Times of Israel used to attack Ireland’s stance on the war, and the discourse was predictably 50% intelligent and 50% absolute mockery. They’re already talking about making it the official subreddit profile pic

This is a great question and @mabwrites.bsky.social you need to read the replies

✨CRAFTIVISM ALERT✨ I have 2 new colorways to support families & projects in Palestine. The first "Vive la Palestine" is a red, black, & green colorway paired w/ a creamy base so you can create projects w/ color pops or use it for CC work! "Falasteen" is a speckled one which will work up fab! 🧶

It’s nice to have a husband who will sit on the bathroom floor with you to make sure you’re okay while you’re puking and shaking from a bad migraine at 2am. @quaidrayn.bsky.social mo grá thú go deo ❤️

I swear, if Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau get together, NO ONE will ever be able to convince me that there isn’t a higher power out there somewhere that enjoys fucking with us for giggles

Oof. @quaidrayn.bsky.social do you still have that copy of Codenames and should we get rid of it?

Cat tax (with back payment)

I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh

Finally finished my cosmic socks made with Sagittarius Satin by @isasaxonists.bsky.social - toes and heels finished with soft Malabrigo held with a strand of lace alpaca

Apparently MAGAts are now burning their hats in response to Trump telling them to shut up about Epstein. Can’t help feeling that the right always jumps to performative destruction and the left always jumps to performative protest when they’re pissed off about stuff.

I watched the last episode of Murderbot and this is your regular reminder that WE DO NOT DESERVE MURDERBOT AAAAAHHHHHH

Or, counterpoint, reconsider whether you actually NEED anything from these companies or if you’re just being suckered into spending money you don’t have because they’re offering you a “deal” and your brain wants that dopamine hit

YAAAAAY

See, Elon needs to tune Grok so that it’s not being blatantly bigoted. It needs to be juuuuuuust bigoted enough so that the Nazi infestation on Twitter is placated, but not so bigoted that people start giving him shit for it. Keyword: plausible deniability.

Sometimes I read something and I makes me roll my eyes so hard I almost go blind This is “what AI should be for, which is unbiased opinions and giving information backed by facts” *takes out megaphone* IT WAS TRAINED ON BULLSHIT AND LIES, YOU ABSOLUTE PLANK

Petition to start using the phrase “I would rather set my own tits on fire than do X” as a measure of how much a task is disliked Because it’s a) logistically questionable and b) involves fire

NO I FUCKING WON’T, YOU VIBE CODING SHIT BISCUIT

Celebrating Canada Day by drinking coffee and trying to get on top of my to-do list

The Marlins are winning games and I just don’t know how to feel about it. The lure of hope is strong. ⚾️

We don’t deserve Murderbot. Every time I watch an episode I feel so seen.

General Ludd rides again, apparently

Petition to treat anyone who uses the phrase “micro-trend” unironically as a candidate for the closest psychiatric in-patient program

Reposting this for the morning crowd and also because it’s EATING MY BRAIN

Okay this feels like stating the obvious but at a fundamental level, the stuff you sell needs to work. Like, it needs to do the thing you say it does. AI doesn’t uh… do the thing.

Random news: me and a friend are starting a podcast about the intersection of crafting with politics and technology. Topic examples: the spread of AI-generated patterns, gatekeeping in crafts, the constant fights about copyright. Open to suggestions of stuff we can talk about ^_^

Being a coffee snob is actually pretty awesome because this coffee I’m having is deeeeeeeeelicious

My mum, having come all the way to Vancouver from Ireland to visit me, decided the best use of her time was to weed the garden.

All of this, but with a caveat: Do not make the mistake of thinking that Sam Altman, Elon Musk et al are supervillains. These men are profoundly ignorant.