And I shall, in turn, ride on yours! 😝

This is awesome! And the choice of default titles gave me a chuckle

Not sorry in the least.

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This seems like a rich crossover.

@bean525.bsky.social The Kerning is off on the numbers in the VOY font.

New and improved.

Since Aoife is asleep now, and doesn't know about this yet, I have to insult *myself.*

Spencer Pratt's entire campaign is "I hate homeless people and no one should have to look at them." Unless you are proposing systemic change that is centered on the people who are on the street, you are not going to solve this issue in any meaningful way. Fear is not enough. Hate is not a strategy.

I know you're sick of it, but the key to political messaging is repetition: A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.

The bigger challenge is we have a handful of sociopaths who can circumvent and undermine democracy. We have no bigger challenge.

Yeah, I had a run.

the Colbert cancellation is a labor issue, to my mind. Colbert’s show employed hundreds of union employees working nightly. Byron Allen’s non-union show costs CBS nothing (literal zero), and costs Allen very little as well since comics provide their own material for a nominal fee and exposure

🚨SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10🚨 The Westside Writers Meetup is back! Totally free, totally chill. There's even free parking! 🤯 Come join us for the ORIGINAL writers meetup at our usual primo location, Santa Monica Brew Works. 🍺 No RSVP, just show up!

This is one of my all-time favorites: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3WI...

L.A. bskyers: I've always found the Knock L.A. progressive voters guide to be reliable. You can check out their picks for the June 2 election here: knock-la.com/knock-la-pro... (And please vote! This election'll be lower turnout. Don't want Spencer Pratt to get anywhere near the mayor's mansion.)

1. 1100 words is only very long if you’re an amoeba. 2. Asking an LLM a question is not a skill. 3. One dead teen is actually too many unless you are a sociopath. 4. You’re welcome.

We can yell at people for using AI and we can yell at them for using it and not even bothering to verify its output. And we probably should! But also, the companies and proponents of AI should be responsible for lying to the public about what these tech products can actually do.

I really recommend Robot Dreams, it is about a cute dog and a cute robot. Look at how cute they are.

The Hampster Dance website in 1999 This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998. #InternetHistory

i do NOT recommend getting a stye in one's eye. ugh.

He reads the silly post He reads the scoldy post He reads the jokey post And the pedantic post He reads the posts that remind him of the bad site He reads the posts that remind him of the worst site Don’t screenshot that, troll behavior

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

AMAZING.

our cynicism is valid and well earned but refusing to hope at all doesn't protect us from being hurt, it just locks us into the pain that's familiar

I don’t think a functioning court system should recognize pardons in this specific offense, where everyone involved was necessarily colluding with the president

I don't think this is negotiable and people need to come out and say it this is maybe most corrupt action ever taken by a united states president, it is an egregious crime against this country, and nobody involved should walk away unscathed

it me! it our writing group! (and literally -- me & aoife set it up, with an assist from Christian.)

Taurus: You'll set the world record for most cheese eaten in a single sitting, or as you call it, “Thursday night.”

Aries: You don't have a haunted doll in your collection because you are the haunted doll.

"[Gosling] said, ‘I saw this movie last night with Abbott and Costello where they meet Frankenstein. I’d like to maybe give that type of energy a try.’ When he said that, what he really meant was: I’m going to do a pitch-perfect Lou Costello impression sitting next to a tree for 60 seconds.”

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Dune Cat Budget Version

Wyoming Rule, now more than ever

This is an incredibly important point. The centrist consultants that advise political leaders don’t believe persuasion can happen because their lens is small: they treat everything like a paid comms shop with its very short term time horizon

Everyone knows Hollywood is fucked, but most people don't actually know why. The studios used the strikes as cover to cancel a full 1/3rd of TV production across the board. 1/3 of TV cast & crew are out of work. Fully. There just aren't jobs for them. Many are people who made your favorite shows.

THIS IS WHAT RIGHT WING EVANGELICALS ACTUALLY BELIEVE — "personal relationship with Jesus" translates to an unlimited and unqualified indulgence for wickedness, at least if you're a powerful white man who serves their cult.

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Here I will note again that annoying as Bluesky can be, I feel confident when I say that this website has got to have the highest level of literacy and thoughtful engagement of any decent-sized social media network on the Internet as of this writing. Which is also scary to think about.