occasionally I see pictures of like completely ordinary men and I just can't imagine a universe where I thought I was supposed to fit in with that archetype in any way at all

a fruitful week of being kinda bad at my job and going straight to the video games after work every day. Didn't even consider leaving the house or socializing. no idea what's happening to me but I guess sometimes I'm like this now

“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”

Hi hello! I'm very tangentially involved in a very cool new project (with actual icons @anamariecox.bsky.social @evanurquhart.bsky.social @brianphillips.lol). It's called @nwsnws.com, and the idea is basically "what if Google Reader but for indie and nonprofit news outlets?" Which... yes.

Happy 7th anniversary to this tweet, which explained exactly what would go on to happen.

the funniest part of jeffries waving aside impeachment as their top priority if they win the house in favor of focusing on the cost of living is they don't really have any ideas about how to deal with the cost of living either. they're just kinda going "damnnnn! shit's expensive, huh?"

you know I'm still trying to figure out what the point of wirelessly charging a phone is. like... I think 95% of the value is just "the cable doesn't fall off your desk" which seems like a really really really easily solved problem

wishing a happy "please don't let 'skeets' stick" day to those who celebrate

happy lesbian visibility day xoxo

every once in awhile I do sorta yearn for like two weeks where I'm not allowed to work or see anyone but am fully able bodied and motivated to do all my projects and skills and such. I feel like great things could happen! or more likely I'd get good at a video game

No apocalypse fiction had it being Fuckin Hilarious

they're having a block party at the shooter's house rn

flaked on at the bar, surprise! (not a surprise lol) went home to grill on the roof deck with the love of my life and shit so that's dope

I don't mean this in a bad way but oftentimes my Fathom experiences have been along the lines of "what if Dorothy was a bit more casual and also randomly had like six bros in it"

being trans rules actually and the only downsides are deliberately manufactured by cis people

Telling a sanctimonious millennial “oh get off your tall bike”

Seeking 9-12 hot gays to play blood on the clocktower with

my biggest pet peeve around LLMs is when people (usually those invested in its success) call it “intelligent”. it definitionally, how it functions on a base level, is not intelligent. the way LLMs are built, it can never hit real intelligence. it’s just predictive

nothing online works for shit anymore. everybody who knows how to work computer is unemployed. we are stuck with these losers shooting up peptides while they vibecode their claude dongle

the aura of a band's frontman just chilling watching the opener out with everyone else lmao

at the age where I'm always either the youngest or oldest person at the show but never the exact average age

Literally, the only skepticism I have about urban cycling as a primary method of commuting is that there isn't really an amazing solution for the problem of "it's raining"

"Crystal how is your life going?" "well yesterday I bought several clothes at Costco because I have been too busy to make a trip anywhere else" "oh shit, that's pretty low"

It is CRAZY how much better songs sound when you’re not listening to them on Spotify. It’s been a few years since I switched to Apple Music and listening to lossless albums on AirPods I’m STILL hearing new details and harmonies that are complete mud on fucking Spotify

It's too easy for me to go to Fathom I'm just gonna end up there as often as I go to DMen Tap at this rate

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

Boycott Target because their AI might randomly and falsely accuse you of theft and then have you arrested and upend your life.

this is a free night of the week for me. the thing I should do is put my laundry away, vaccum my room, maybe do a bit of bathroom tidying. would be a very nice good person thing to do to take care of myself for the coming week or so of being busy

caffeine is perfect when you're having trouble concentrating and would rather be having trouble concentrating while vibrating

you better shut your neurodivergent ass up before i start rubbing two styrofoam cups together

me at the goth bar they told you not to worry about

small cheval is just McDonald's for trust fund babies. it's so aggressively mid yet it's priced like a luxury. it's a pox on our city and the fact that fucking every north side neighborhood seems to have one now is infuriating

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

me: I'm gonna be good to myself and get some outside sun time on a nice day for my mental health me, ten minutes later: oh god it's Allergy Time kill me

It is indeed a fat fucking lie. 20 years into a daywalker career and i STILL convert to nocturnal every weekend.

I don’t have a train commute but it’s nice to hop on the blue line just to smoke a couple cigarettes and yell at everybody before I get my day going

if anyone is still earnestly wondering "why don't more people pay attention to the news????", consider how some spent all of yesterday panicking about nuclear apocalypse while others lived a regular uneventful day. the second group is making choices that are better for their psychological survival!

alright time for a regular normal day at my regular job where I don't flee the city I live in and then return ten hours later

that's enough apocalypse evacuation drill for today, time to turn around and head home

retroactive apologies to preppers for being better equipped to handle this situation

T-shirt that says “I transed my sex and all i got for it was the end of western civilisation“

Is there, like, a business professional way to say "hey due to the threat of nuclear armaggedon I'm gonna work remotely this week"

I'll know I have made enough money to not care about anything when I can comfortably hold and use my phone without a case

I think it's important to remember there is major incentive for tech titans to put machines on equal footing with people. It makes them money and turns them into gods. We killed God only to see God replaced by billionaire nihilists hopped up on amphetamines. badfaithtimes.com/you-are-valu...

I really don't know why I bought the biggest iPhone last time, this regular size one is so much more comfortable and if I want it to be bigger I just, hold it closer to my face???

I see a lot of techies perplexed about the venom the rest of society has about AI. here’s just one sample of why so many people reflexively loathe AI

"What you feel in your heart towards the series is almost entirely irrelevant. What matters is what you do, because J. K. Rowling is out there doing a lot of things...Nothing is adequate to the situation except the truth. There is no way to watch the new Harry Potter show subversively"

okay it's actually super lit that I can click and hold a button to go on do not disturb on my phone now