Anyone who's questioning how foreign furniture could possibly be related to national security has clearly never heard of Ikea's new ÄNTIFÄ collection

@mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social trying out the focaccia recipe. The dough is really dry, i had to add an extra 1/4 cup or so of water to even get all the flour incorporated, and it certainly wont "pour" after the rise.... that can't be right, right?

I've been playing Clues by Sam daily for more than a week, and only just realized that "mech" is short for "mechanic," rather than this being a universe in which humans and mechs coexist and have equal chances of being criminals....

At a union meeting. They start with the pledge of allegiance, and I definitely heard someone reflexively say "amen" at the end. I'm the only one who sits and does not participate.

Age verification? I learned to launch PC games by typing the right things in the DOS command line at the age of 6.

We're excited to jump in and read @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social 's book! This is the kid whose only vegetables are pickles and cooked mushrooms. The other loves radishes, but is deeply suspicious of anything new.

I mean this: kill civility with fire.

I think a solid guiding principle might be this: Do not entrust anything you care about even the slightest bit to AI.

Folks who know tech stuff: is an intermediary changing the content of text messages? Context: friend sent a new address, they were using apple maps. Recipient on a non apple phone instead gets a Google maps link to lat/long coordinates, not the address, not apple. I'm incredibly unsettled.

Encouraging signs from a red part of CA: Someone spray painted an X over a Trump/Vance sign along the highway Overpass takeover this morning with "resist tyranny" "free DC"

Not gonna lie, my mouth dropped open in "oh hell yes" shock at this one. Get 'em.

and that hypervigilance does result in more empathy in the sense of mirroring if someone I'm talking to tells me they have a headache, I get a mild headache again, this isn't magical Special Person shit, this is just I am paying close attention because I Need To Know If They Might Hurt Me

Indicative of this day and age. I applied for a job with the federal government last Nov-ish. Heard nothing. Today, I got three emails in quick succession- 1. I was deemed eligible 2. My info was forwarded to the hiring manager 3. No selections made for the vacancy Now what, they repost?

I'm nerding out and excited: I recorded all the voice work (crowd and main character) for a video game my friend is making for video game design school. I had so much fun. I want to do this more.

I've invented a new dish lately.... instead of avo toast, it's adhd toast. Cold crisped bread, spread with not at all melted butter, because you toasted the bread hours ago and only just remembered.

The evangelicals that have been threatening to overthrow the government for my entire adult life has finally succeeded. Now they are using its power to accelerate fire, famine, flood, pestilence and war, because they think that will bring Jesus back.

Well that's a cool sound wave shape.

God, I hate how YouTube works now. Suggestions and alternatives?

Next April 1st, I want the Merlin app to start identifying stuff like "greater Mack truck" and "the common leafblower." Complete with pictures.

In case anyone needed the reminder that AI is incompetent.

In the midst of this hellhole, here's some comedy from the grocery store:

Seeing a trend: childhood photos with the text "this is who runs this account" and my first thought is suspicion. Who started this? What use can be made of pairing childhood photos of a person with current content? What kind of scrapers are grabbing these up? Cory Doctorow has me well trained, lol.

This entire thread is solid gold truth.

Taking off my shitposter: the reason we are being SO jokey is we clearly see these terrifying people shouldn't be in charge of everything, are destroying and stealing the entire country, we are powerless to stop it because even the Democrats hate us, and one day people will say no one saw it coming

Bluesky, wtf happened with your interface on chrome mobile? The bottom buttons overlap with system buttons, rendering them inoperable.

I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested

Not seeing a lot on bsky: Hearing from a colleague - new immigration rules around being undocumented and needing to "declare" yourself. If not, $1k per day fines applied, even retroactively for up to 5 years. This compounded by IRS sharing information that can be used to target. Anyone know more?

Was able to go to my local Hands Off protest for about an hour. 4 or 5 hundred people and growing. Not bad for a town of 150k or so.

I've been in the process of trying to file an EEOC charge since early Oct. The earliest interview is could get was Feb 25, and now the portal just hangs on the login screen. Not sure if just me, or if portal is entirely down.... calling tomorrow because goddammit do I still want to file.

There are multiple towns in my vicinity that have really large "Jesus is Lord of [town]" signs, on private property but highly visible. I really really want to font and color match replace them with [The Dance]. Because I'm tired of being godbothered.

So, I started reading Little Brother. Got a couple chapters in, and realized that it may not be the best time to do that, given *gestures wildly* all this. Sorry @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy ...

Game idea. "Papists, Please." About the intricacies and intrigue of choosing a new Pope. Jorgen keeps coming by like "Christ is greatest man alive, can i enter conclave now?" Somebody messes with the colorful smoke signals, pandemonium breaks out.

A fave holiday tradition, my cousin sends some games on Steam. Last year included Mask of the Rose, this year Sunless Seas and Sunless Skies! @failbettergames.bsky.social celebrations :)

Hear me out. That optical illusion where you stare at it for 30 seconds, then look at a blank wall and see Jesus. But, The Jesus from The Big Lebowski. Someone make it happen.

I've put out 8 job applications since Sunday. I feel like I've earned a treat. #jobseeking #hireme #neurodivergentsuperstar

Saw a trend, looks like fun. Ten games to get to know me: 🐉 Skyrim 🧠 Psychonauts 🌾 Stardew Valley 🚀 To the Moon 🍸 Kingdom of Loathing 😈 Diablo II 🌏 80 Days 💀 Out There: Omega Edition 🪆 Stacking 🍕 What the Golf

But will he stick the flounce? Tune in next time.....

Feeling this lately, colleagues in a local Titus Andronicus... scene of Titus monologuing at the bound brothers and (really) chopping veg, cut his hand badly enough to bleed profusely over the cutting board closing night. Director had repeatedly given the note that the chopping should be sloppier.

I had luck on Ebay for stainless steel with decorative handles. I like the weight and feel of them so much better!

they're my gender goals and i take them from bits and pieces of fictional characters, cool musicians and awesome friends if i fucking want to, what are you going to do sue me? lmao acab includes the gender police

They need hundreds of studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of cash as an anti-poverty measure, but tech companies get to experiment with self-driving cars on city streets without any government oversight

Hey, looks like somebody kicked off the #spacetoberchallenge on my car! Day one was rocket, right? #astronomy #sciart # juniorhigh

#crochet #craft #yarn #ufo #nowfinished Finally done with my laptop case for work!

Whoopsies. Eyeballs with phone screen reflection in them too!

Me and my new follower. Now with alt text!

Living in the Bible Belt of CA, so much this.

Hedwig and the Cocaine Inch

Zach and Cocaine Make a Porno

Field of Cocaines

The Land Before Cocaine