Stella Zawistowski's weekly #crypticclue writing contest still runs every Tuesday on Instagram: www.instagram.com/inteltainmentpuzzles Here's my winning clue from yesterday: Eat around five, I guess? (6)

i’m not going to accuse Hank Green or Taylor Lorenz or others of a similar ilk of being “schills for AI” —because they aren’t. I think they’re honestly trying to process the new technology *however* it is clear that they spend a lot of time talking to people whose heads are chock block full […]

Veronica Lake Wobegon Days #classicmoviestarabook #hashtaggames

Bela Lugosi de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl #classicmoviestarabook #hashtaggames

Nothing stopping Farage? Can be, if fighting another candidate (5,7)

Harper Valley PTA #busybodysongsorpoems #hashtaggames #noeffort

Cats a tonic #toosleepyamovieorplay #hashtaggames

#til: while the two words “Meter” = “measuring device”, “metre” = “unit of measurement” *are* cognates, their common ancestor is waaay further back than I thought! "Metre" from French in the 18th C., "meter" from the old English verb "to mete [out]", and their common ancestor is all the way […]

Well, that was easier than expected. 20 minutes and I think I got them all right. It took me a while after I hit the submit button to work out the wordplay in the last down clue. #uscanadacrypticcc

I'm sitting this one out. I married into hillbilly folk, and they're lovely. #hillbillytvshows #hashtaggames

Happy 4th and 250th to American friends who are celebrating today 🎉 Wonderful #crypticclue here by Stella Zawistowski (on Instagram) I’m going both ways to acknowledge someone who makes America great (9)

Days turned into weeks, but no one came looking. Care home staff noticed that when the conversation turned to their parents or the past, the well-behaved children either had nothing to say or walked away. According to one of their reports, staff decided not to push back against what they saw as […]

Yes, when I say "cities should be built for kids" I mean giant Habitrails in the planting strip.

Take it to the limit #badadviceasong #hashtaggames

Do it in the road #badadviceasong #hashtaggames

What Does The FoxNews Say? #badadviceasong #hashtaggames

Take a chance on meat #badadviceasong #hashtaggames

joey hess continues to be correct https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/no_LLM_code_in_dependencies/

[Alcohol] This is the best drinking experience I've ever had with a West Coast IPA. Tons of hop flavour without being aggressively bitter. Oh, and the brewpub is right next to the bike trail, so add beardy points for that. https://untp.beer/zm8L0

"Prove you're a mammal" ​:neofoxglare:​ prove what now?? ℹ️ Permission request: front camera "Present mammary glands to our AI system. We promise to delete this data after we verify that you're a mammal" o . o okay,,, [lifts shirt, cautiously] ​:neofox_pleading:​ [2 weeks later] 3.7 million […]

We Can’t Remember It for You Wholesale #forgottenabook #hashtaggames

Finnegan's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me #forgottenabook #hashtaggames

À la recherche de pensées perdues #forgottenabook #hashtaggames

Eat Pray Lethe #forgottenabook #hashtaggames

Orange prick, full of rage (9) #cryptic #crossword

Do yous lot have any suggestions for: dog-friendly walks/tramps in the AKL-Whangarei region? #lazyweb #dogsofmastodon

Some scientists are studying their "drywall" since it's really strong and very simple. They cultivate a fungus to make it more water resistant and stiff.

Withhold food from Spice Girl making comeback (4) #crypticcrossword #crypticclue

Silkie Stockings #chickenanything #hashtaggames

Mad Max: Fury Rhode Island Red #chickenanything #hashtaggames

A Fedi version of Queer Eye: Five autistic queer Fedifolk (one in a fur suit) travel to help out a regular person each episode. By the end of the episode, the team have degoogled the recipient, installed a thoughtfully selected Linux distro on their formerly-windows machine, replaced much of […]

🇨🇦 One-of-a-kind Canada Day treat (5) 🇨🇦 #crypticclue #letterbank #LowdownLetterBank Happy #CanadaDay, everyone from coast to coast to coast! Solve the clue with hints on Cryptick ✅ cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#e3... Cupcakes by cravecupcakes.ca #Canada #cryptic competition details below ⬇️

HAPPY CANADA DAY, EVERYONE! https://youtu.be/LyyFIbaU45w?si=SsoDYimGwEUypVdT

"People sometimes end up on obscure sites run by just... anyone. A page made by a local club is as easy to find as a corporate site." I didn't realize that the guy I was talking with about the internet in 1999 thought of this as a *problem* to be solved... not what made the internet awesome […]

It's not babbling, it's positively bawling. Happy Moving Day 🇨🇦⚜️

There... once was a goose who laid eggs oft The name of the goose was the Bank o'Soft The Dow went up, her beta dipped down Oh grow, my AUM, grow Soon may the IPO be To bring us exit liquidity One day when the mergin' is done We'll take our eggs and go

Never Again is antisemitic. “The Holocaust Museum LA on Saturday deleted a social media post stating in block letters that ‘“Never again” can’t only mean never again for Jews,’ on an illustrated image of interlocking human arms of different shades. ‘Standing […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

The Cruel CO2 #heatwavemovies #hashtaggames

Dew Pointe Blank #heatwavemovies #hashtaggames

Wet Bulb American Summer #heatwavemovies #hashtaggames

The Shape of Things to Come #heatwavemovies #hashtaggames #noeffort #climatechange

North of 40°C in Dallas #heatwavemovies #hashtaggames

Step 1: promise someone you can solve a financial problem that's been hanging over their head for eight years. Step 2: make them fill out paperwork for a month. Never follow up unless they send you multiple emails. Step 3: send an email saying application accepted at 4:10pm. Step 4: send an […]

Two Belgian journalists asked a Q of the US ambassador at an event they were invited to, and were immediately expelled because the ambassador told police they were an "active threat" Could've ended up with the journalists being badly hurt europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...

Annie Lennox Get Your Gun #sweetdreamsabookorplay #hashtaggames

Snore Horse #sweetdreamsabookorplay #hashtaggames

While I was at Pride today I ran into an old friend who runs a business on Church Street (which has been pedestrianized this summer as part of a pilot project). I asked him if the pedestrianization had impacted his business, and he told me that yes, it had — his business had improved noticeably […]

todays' threads gem:

(LONG POST) Fell down a fascinating rabbit hole today about a few little boys and a little girl in ancient China about 2100 years ago. Emperor Wu went mad with paranoia in his old age, accusing everyone of using witchcraft against him. This led to him needlessly launching attacks on his own […]

can't help getting astrology × audiophile vibes from llm enthusiasts: "oh no honey you can't use opus 4.8, it's so nerfed, try glm-5.2 or the codex 5.5, they have a warm gemini sound, very well rounded on details and tone. but don't use google's gemini models, they are really leos, they have […]