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If you haven't gone to your public library in a while, you should. They have more than just books. Look what I borrowed for exactly zero dollars. I'm going to make an irresponsible amount of cotton candy.

“kind of pretty in a way” *is one of the most attractive AND artistically cool women to have ever graced ‘murican politics*

🐊🔥 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart Custom commission for @hekersobek.bsky.social!! 🔥🐊

L.A. TACO's first ever "Sunday Taquitos" by Ivan Ehlers.

V tired of seeing people I respect and admire talking about how they use LLMs. "I don't use it to write but I do use it to interrogate my ideas". Why don't you talk to other writers to do that? Or other people in general? Have you considered the ethics?

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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen. Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.

"Jesús" is working in Madera County, CA tying grapevines for minimum wage. He carefully positions the vines for optimal sun and air exposure. This work increases fruit yield and is crucial to guide each vine's structure for the coming year's fruit production. #WeFeedYou

From the trivial (Tillamook's new Butternaise) to the wistful (the new memorial for Frog) to politics, Eugene Weekly’s slant is full of what there is to know!

folks, we gotta start shattering the single family household structure and expectation STAT to survive. go back to generational and/or multi-family house living. we need our communities. offer that extra empty room to a friend.

the fear of checking your notifications and not knowing if it's 30+ like 31 or 30+ like the international society of pedantic strangers just reviewed your post at their annual conference

The Soldiers’ Table 🦁🐾🐺😈🌟🧚 #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart

I forgot to mention that I have been arguing with Grok for three straight months and its most recent reply to me was “You know that actually makes a lot of sense” so you’re welcome

vaelus you have bewitched me #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #criticalroleart #criticalrolecampaign4 #vaelus

To be fair, it is one of the more mockable things that NTs find strange about us.

Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!

liveable wage, laughable wage, loveable wage 🌟💖💫💖🌟

You can do this by eating every food that’s brought around and by tracking the waiter around the room like they’re a wounded gazelle in the savanna

an important thing to do at an event where someone is carrying around canapes is establish yourself as the Hungry Guy early on so that they always bring food to you first

i noticed this person who works at shelby's vet who I've known for years as jake had a name plate that read "jake/jade," so I asked which they prefered and they said jade and I said cool and they teared up and gave me a hug. it's just that easy to make someone's day. try it.

the silence is back. you thought it had left. you thought you had made your apt uninhabitable to it. turned on all the fans. never turned off the television. you chained together playlists of podcasts. an unending ouroboros of bright voice and ads for services all merging into a static warble.

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.

Gotta draw Julien and his cool interactions with the others, sweet summer child Azune trying to reach a heart to heart on episode 5 #criticalrole

as a computer scientist, i am BEGGING people to realize that there is no cognition inside of an LLM no reasoning, no thought process, no self-awareness I read a lot of arguments (for AND against) LLMs, and both sides seem to think there’s a consciousness or intentionality or even a moral alignment

the way three people sent me this 😂

Rosalind Franklin was only 37 when she died of ovarian cancer and she had ALREADY discovered the shape of DNA. She did not live to see her erasure by the Nobel committee in 1962. Anyway, fuck this guy and restore funding to the cancer moonshot, so the next Rosalind Franklin can live.

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Name your fav superhero that isn’t DC or Marvel

Women

The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries. No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

Plus Japanese pastries, all-you-can-eat dumplings, and a party to benefit a local rapid response network. The full guide: lataco.com/weekend-eats... By Hadley Tomicki

The government is throwing tons of taxpayer money "at this idea that they can somehow collect and organize everything that they know about us and only use it for good,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @NOTUS.org. “We ought to be very, very skeptical of this.” www.notus.org/immigration...

Imogen and Laudna! #criticalrole #criticalroleart #criticalrolefanart

I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name He did this six times Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel

Remember: retired from regular rotation does not mean you can't ever have it again! Consider these "secret menu" teas after 12/3!

ok now that zohran is the mayor all focus has to be on ousting chuck schumer

If they respond (and they will respond) to the mask on your face by telling you that humanity has survived plagues and pandemics without everyone masking, tell them they are right, but also tell them you are not wearing a mask so that humanity survives but so that you will.

My mom's DFAS payment still hasn't arrived and we really need to get groceries. Any help is greatly appreciated. 💜 #MutualAid #HelpSky 💸💕

I don't think this Molly ever made it to bsky soooo here he is! [ #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart ]

oh tyranny #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart

“As of this morning, Oregon families are beginning to access their full November SNAP benefits restored on their Oregon Trail Cards,” Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement Friday morning. SNAP recipients are urged to check EBT card balances before making purchases. www.klcc.org/politics-gov...

The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.

“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.” — GMU-AAUP

Three real tough guys ready to tear up the weekend. Photo from my collection, no date/info.