Riesling was the floor model at the pet spa today. They gave her the works and then showed her off when asking the other pet owners if they wanted them.

Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day "I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off. There's silence for a second. "Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

What’s really amazing about vibe-coding is how people are replacing programming languages which are strictly deterministic with human speech which is highly ambiguous and expect programming to be faster and better.

BREAKING: Gov. Hochul just signed the RAISE Act, my first-in-the-nation AI safety bill, into law—a major victory in what will soon be a national fight to harness the best of AI’s potential and protect Americans from the worst of its harms. Proud to have led this fight alongside State Sen. Gounardes

The Epstein files are set to drop tomorrow. Right on cue, the Pedophile Protection Party speaker canceled votes before the deadline. The American people deserve the entire truth. No delays. No cover-ups. No redactions.

I don't know why but I feel like we all could use this tonight. You know the rules. See it, repost it. Tagging @angryblacklady.blacksky.app cause it makes her smile www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...

How old am I? I had a Geocities page that was featured in a printed AOL directory of the Best of the Web.

which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?

Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial.

you ever take such a big shit that science can't handle it and requests you shit smaller

Using AI to monitor schools for thoughtcrime bsky.app/profile/chad...

Two Earthlings - John Brosio

Shocked to learn that despite 1,000 op-eds about how they are now a workers' party, Republicans are doing what they always do when they're in power

I just learned from my daughter that there is an active shooter situation at Brown University near Barus and Holley Engineering. I hope people there can remain safe. www.abc6.com/active-shoot...

Goodbye, fine folks at AppSignal 👋🏻 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

BREAKING: Peter Greene, actor known for 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Mask,' dies at 60.

If you’re cold they’re cold. Let them inside.

I was gonna do that thing where I repost this and just say "Oh". As in here is some important info that is fucked up but ultimately unsurprising. Then I realized my neighborhood is actually featured in this piece. 😔

Some secret sauce stuff available to everyone ... openspacemindset.substack.com/p/do-we-have...

The Handbasket's independent journalism holiday gift guide is LIVE! If you want to support indie media *and* give someone a unique gift, consider a paid subscription from this [by no means exhaustive] list of awesome outlets doing the work and doing it right:

I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy? 🪐🔭👀 As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️

We picked up a cold rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, celery & carrots. Add salt, pepper, thyme & an onion from the pantry. End result? 5.5 meals worth of chicken soup.

When do we go south?

Holy shit. "Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis." #ShareGoodNewsToo

RBQ Conf CFP is open now! rbqconf.com

at least tomorrow is friday

Would you like to help shape the RubyConf 2026 program? @rubycentral.org is looking for interested to register through this form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It was a super nice evening in the really cool new offices of @sentry.io! With homemade cookies and chocolate from @rorvswild.com 🫶🏻🥹 Huge thanks to @hansschnedlitz.com for organising and inviting me (and Mochi), and @sentry.io for hosting! ❤️ Ruby meetups are the best.

It’s only a recession if it comes from the Democratic region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling Republican mass layoffs and crushing inflation.

RubyConf is a community-built experience. Our Program Committee reads, debates, and thoughtfully selects the talks that shape the heartbeat of RubyConf. Applications open now through December 22. Help shape the conversations that will guide the ecosystem into 2026 + beyond. forms.gle/ah5H3kx78iS2...

“Why is he going after Venezuela?” “Why is he going after Somalia?” He needs easy wins because those are the only wins he can come by right now.

Do your thing Bluesky.

board meeting for every women's clothing company: thanks for joining me gentlemen. as you may know, women do not get cold

The greatest freedom often comes when we realize the thing we feared most… was never a threat at all... Join us for a new episode premiering Wed night (7/10 pm ET) Featuring: @aaronlawrence.bsky.social youtu.be/tKtUIZNdhh0?...

If you’re in TN-7, go vote! Polls close at 7 PM CST/8 EST, so there’s still time! Make your voice heard & help ensure your community is being represented, not corporate megadonors. If not, help #GetOutTheVote by sharing on social media and participating in a phonebank!

“Death is a state in which one exists only in the memory of others, which is why it is not an end.” - Natasha Yar

I'll stream Lobsters office hours in about an hour. There's some great frontend PRs to check out fixing comment lines and adding opengraph preview images, but most it's open door time where you can drop in to chat about the site. https://push.cx/stream

Week 48 - Invokers API, From ERB to JavaScript, and more! https://www.hotwireweekly.com/archive/week-48-invokers-api-from-erb-to-javascript/

this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too

1 day until the CFP for RubyConf Austria closes! www.papercall.io/rubyconfaust...

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

Wanda and Jamal at dinner

“how you do anything is how you do everything.” you didn’t care enough to be sure to make good slides, clearly i shouldn’t care enough to listen

If politics are on the table for Thanksgiving and you want to find common ground -- a majority of all Americans, across party lines, support raising taxes on massive corporations and billionaires (and polling has shown this to be true for years).

Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.

🫡 Honored to serve on the technology committee. If you're looking to work for the next administration, submit you're resume to www.transition2025.com/apply We're looking for the people who will bring excellence to public service.

We decided to pack up the family and move to New Orleans … for the month of January.

On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote: “Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!” And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.