@apiln.bsky.social Glad to see that beach parking woes are the same the world over. This one is extra tasty though

Cannot recommend this enough. Also very strongly recommend reading All Systems Red if you haven't already!

I got sent an RNC survey for some bizarre reason. Reading these questions and considering older people who just watch Fox News all day, makes realize the enormous amount of brainwashing that needs to be undone to bring them back to reality.

Remind me how AI is going to take away our jobs?

And they wonder why no one is upset when a health insurance ceo is murdered

I hope Alicia is actually AI because otherwise this is so embarrassing for an “award-winning reporter”

This story is bananas. A couple wrote an e-commerce newsletter. eBay execs didn’t like it. Now eBay is settling criminal charges for sending them a torrent of harassment by mail, including live spiders & cockroaches, a bloody pig mask & a funeral wreath. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Time to buy some King Arthur. www.dailydot.com/debug/king-a...

hey so existing as trans right now means a daily absolute onslaught of legislators (LITERALLY) moving to criminalize our existence cis people, now more than ever, WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT so many cis people ignore *us* but THEY WILL LISTEN TO **YOU**

Ohhh, uhh, no thank you.

Per this poster, the Spider Body Butter really may be bringing all the (spider) boys to the yard www.reddit.com/r/Sephora/s/...

As a middle-aged woman I would like to propose that all funding is pulled from Torment Nexus projects, and switched to Warm Goo Healing Pod please!

Stuff like this is really important to pay attention to bc it's a reminder that CA is not as unshakeably liberal as many people seem to think it is. The steady push of rhetoric and legislation elsewhere in the country emboldens hateful people here. (Like the M4L scum making bomb threats in Davis!)

Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev “Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?” and they’ll say “sure, that’s easy” and then you’ll ask “can the player wear a scarf?” and they’ll go “oof”

how we envisioned the dark future: you wear leather and buy brain stims from a small store in an alley. your wrist computer helps you hack actual dark future: your $89 pants rip after 8 wears. adderall shortage. your wrist computer makes you stand up hourly and buzzes with email from your boss

The video is quite something to watch. The disconnection from reality is astonishing. The behavior is that of a toddler failing to pull off a showstopping move. He didn’t get the reaction he wanted the first time, so he kept repeating it

This is one of the weirdest and funniest misprints ever, and it’s all the better because it predates digital typesetting. Would love to know WTF happened. Re-skeeting because everyone should see and enjoy this beauty

I think the fact that we did fix these things and it didn't make it into collective memory is a big part of the apathy toward climate change now. A lot of us remember being warned about all this stuff as kids only for it to go away without much discussion - *because we fixed it*.

When I got into sewing as a hobby, I wasn’t expecting to do so much papercraft too. 😄

This really is the greatest correction of all time.

I wrote a thing. About how terrible billionaires are for their direct impact but also their anti-democratic power, mostly used in the worst ways.... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Since journalists are now upset that Elon Musk, ex-world's richest man, is "trying to sue investigative journalism out of existence"- please realize this Nov. 2022 thread anticipated exactly this kind of thing and suggested they proactively report on Elon's Big Lie before it was too late. 1/

Banca di Roma, Chicago (1973) Design: Robert Kleinschmidt

“My truck is arrowproof! My truck is bulletproof” I shout out the vehicle’s window as autopilot drives me down a busy street at 60 mph. The AI mistakes a plastic bag blowing in the wind for a boulder and swerves off a bridge

ADD-type friends, do you think AI devices like Siri or Alexa could help with body doubling? As I stare at tasks I want to do but can’t seem to start, I feel like I just need someone there to acknowledge it and say “let’s do it!” and then I could do it.

The election you should be focusing on takes place on Tuesday. You can probably vote for the school board, the library board, maybe sheriff, local officials and offices that shape your community. Do you have a plan to vote?

I wish this kind of afterlife for everyone.

I don't know guys, I'm starting to suspect that mergers and acquisitions aren't actually cool and awesome and a thing to be excited about

Words of wisdom, applicable not just to art, but to any craft at all.

That’s a long time for scientists to hide beneath ice.

Someone recommended Scavengers Reign, sorry I can’t remember who, but thank you! I just watched Ep1 and I was sold in the first 2 mins and then the rest of the episode continued to deliver. Cute, weird, delightful fauna. Low stakes peril that doesn’t stress me out too much. A+ will watch again

Living Spaces' website has a web app that lets you customize sectional sofas, and it doesn't have a limit to how big you can make it, so here's my 130ft long sofa with chaise.

Which effing exec decided it would be great to deprecate the hbo max app, and make people download a new one? Such pointless bullshit for consumers. Just change the logo FFS (Yes I’m having a ‘who moved my cheese’ day)

Good thread about the development of paramedic procedures in civilian settings! And an unsung heroine

Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?

Garbage skeet but, autocorrect wanted to change Shake Shack to Shake Shark and that should probably be their mascot.

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The DEA needs to fuck right off of medical decision-making.

Deadline for public comment ends tomorrow. Please tell the CDC that we need vaccine access for everyone, not just a small sliver of the population. The pandemic is not over, and public health requirements don't magically disappear simply because it would be politically more expedient.

Long-beaked common dolphins, Santa Barbara channel.

@tillybridges.bsky.social Curious if you’ve read the Murderbot series by Ann Leckie? One of my faves, and it resonated with me as someone whose external presentation doesn’t always match my internal self. Recommended if you haven’t read it!

Technology in 2023: In order to run this software I need to install an app. In order to install the app, I need to install the app installer. In order to install the app installer, I need to install the store software… (unsure if there are further steps, this is where I am now)

Found this discussion about the "Secret Hitler" game in relation to liberal confusion in European democracies really fascinating (unpaywalled link)

One of my toxic traits is the urge to immediately pass on MS Word resumes without opening them. PDFs forever

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