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In the War on Empathy, I am choosing to fight on the side of empathy. Opinions are my own & definitely do not reflect those of my workplace.
Given the bad faith actors on here, unless I know you or we share a mutual, I will probably block you. Sorry.
Given the bad faith actors on here, unless I know you or we share a mutual, I will probably block you. Sorry.
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@acerbicotter.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
I can’t get my phone to take a screenshot but I got “smol”
Folks, I have not been “smol” since I was 8.
Folks, I have not been “smol” since I was 8.
literally every one of my k-12 teachers, simultaneously trying to encourage me but advise me to "fit in better"
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
literally every one of my k-12 teachers, simultaneously trying to encourage me but advise me to "fit in better"
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The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"
I don't know, and I have no desire to know.
(I am vaguely aware there is a "modern" Jelly Roll, I also am aware of the Morton one from the early 20th c.)
(I am vaguely aware there is a "modern" Jelly Roll, I also am aware of the Morton one from the early 20th c.)
It’s 8:54 God’s Time and I’m just getting home from an absolute ass kicking of a soccer game and am being informed that Jelly Roll Yglesias’d himself?
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I don't know, and I have no desire to know.
(I am vaguely aware there is a "modern" Jelly Roll, I also am aware of the Morton one from the early 20th c.)
(I am vaguely aware there is a "modern" Jelly Roll, I also am aware of the Morton one from the early 20th c.)
The real joke is that all of January was a string of Groundhog Days.
February 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The real joke is that all of January was a string of Groundhog Days.
Good news tho’, I was worrying the upper abdominal/upper back pain I was having was referred pain from a gallbladder problem but when I was trying to chip the fused sleet off my drive I was like, “wait, why does it hurt right under my boobs and across my upper back?”
Oh yeah muscles I don’t use
Oh yeah muscles I don’t use
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Good news tho’, I was worrying the upper abdominal/upper back pain I was having was referred pain from a gallbladder problem but when I was trying to chip the fused sleet off my drive I was like, “wait, why does it hurt right under my boobs and across my upper back?”
Oh yeah muscles I don’t use
Oh yeah muscles I don’t use
Anyway, I’m not going to Pruett’s this afternoon. I’ll have to scrounge for dinner and for my packed lunch tomorrow :(
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Anyway, I’m not going to Pruett’s this afternoon. I’ll have to scrounge for dinner and for my packed lunch tomorrow :(
Holy ****, where’s the Tylenol?
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Holy ****, where’s the Tylenol?
Got ahold of my friend, she is on the way to the store anyway and is getting a bag of kitty litter so I can get traction, and will try to help guide me so I don’t hit the house but I hate all this so much
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Got ahold of my friend, she is on the way to the store anyway and is getting a bag of kitty litter so I can get traction, and will try to help guide me so I don’t hit the house but I hate all this so much
I’m stuck I can’t go forward it spins out if I try to go back I’m afraid I’m gonna hit the house. It’s like 6 inches from the house and as it is, I had to squeeze my fat ass out the passenger side door to get out of the stupid car. what do?
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I’m stuck I can’t go forward it spins out if I try to go back I’m afraid I’m gonna hit the house. It’s like 6 inches from the house and as it is, I had to squeeze my fat ass out the passenger side door to get out of the stupid car. what do?
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[showing me your skircle]
Me: how do you play it? is it like twister?
Me: how do you play it? is it like twister?
February 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
[showing me your skircle]
Me: how do you play it? is it like twister?
Me: how do you play it? is it like twister?
wait the ai bots carcinized themselves a religion? so everything becomes crab eventually?
"The central question remains whether the phenomenon reflects genuine emergent behavior or a complex recombination of training data."
THAT IS NOT THE CENTRAL QUESTION
THAT IS NOT THE CENTRAL QUESTION
AI agents given social network to manage — immediately turn it into a religion
Moltbook lets AI agents post and interact without human input; within hours, the agents formed a self-described religion called ‘Crustafarianism,’ built around lobster-inspired metaphors, with core be...
www.ynetnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
wait the ai bots carcinized themselves a religion? so everything becomes crab eventually?
I heard this in Jonathan Frakes' "Beyond Belief" set-up question voice
did you ever just keep crashing the planes on purpose in the old microsoft flight simulators?
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I heard this in Jonathan Frakes' "Beyond Belief" set-up question voice
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
when I was a small child, we had SSR at the end of the day: sustained silent reading. It was not a text for class, but we were encouraged to bring either a book from home, from the public library, the school library, or the classroom library and read it.
it was one of my favorite things
it was one of my favorite things
We shouldn’t make it seem like bad practice, for example, to let kids read quietly in your classroom for 30m and take some notes. Classrooms could be where we teach kids to inhabit the silences reading requires—instead we turn them into another form of pressure and noise.
Setting aside elementary curriculum & instruction for the moment, we've known for decades much of what it takes to encourage reading in and out of school by secondary students regardless of gender, and instead of doing this, we've plied them with edtech, apps, test prep, and devices they carry 24/7.
February 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
when I was a small child, we had SSR at the end of the day: sustained silent reading. It was not a text for class, but we were encouraged to bring either a book from home, from the public library, the school library, or the classroom library and read it.
it was one of my favorite things
it was one of my favorite things
For old maids like me, it'll be all penalties and ostracization and no help in maybe meeting someone I might want to marry. Then again.....most men who'd be a fan of this would not be a man I'd want to tie my life to.
The party of small government now proposes marriage camps!
Project 2025 at work👇🙄
Project 2025 at work👇🙄
February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
For old maids like me, it'll be all penalties and ostracization and no help in maybe meeting someone I might want to marry. Then again.....most men who'd be a fan of this would not be a man I'd want to tie my life to.
this is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
this is who runs this account
Of the two congregations I have belonged to in the past 35 years, one very nearly came to splitting over contemporary vs traditional hymns, and the other one DID split and music choice was a part of the conflict
Watched the documentary about Hillsong over the weekend and increasingly think we need some form of Crusade, and anathema against electric guitars in worship.
at a non-denominational megachurch and I'm reminded of why liturgical churches have always been more of my thing
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Of the two congregations I have belonged to in the past 35 years, one very nearly came to splitting over contemporary vs traditional hymns, and the other one DID split and music choice was a part of the conflict
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Not to be all ‘the problem with the modern world is that it isn’t like it was when I was young’ but I do think things were better when edgy white boys were into skateboarding, weed and starting crappy punk bands rather than the gym, fascism and starting podcasts.
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Not to be all ‘the problem with the modern world is that it isn’t like it was when I was young’ but I do think things were better when edgy white boys were into skateboarding, weed and starting crappy punk bands rather than the gym, fascism and starting podcasts.
yeah probably the OETA movie tonight ("The Great Escape") is not a great choice given my mood but there are no cartoons on I like right now.
the world tonight is making me sad.
February 1, 2026 at 3:24 AM
yeah probably the OETA movie tonight ("The Great Escape") is not a great choice given my mood but there are no cartoons on I like right now.
I've done this the first of every month for a while. It doesn't work, at least for me.
The deep lore says that if your first words of a new month are "RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT," good luck will follow you all month long. Let's all do it, because we need all the luck we can get.
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I've done this the first of every month for a while. It doesn't work, at least for me.
the world tonight is making me sad.
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
the world tonight is making me sad.
This could be the kids Epstein trafficked, it could be the people sent to "detention" by ICE. Evil on all fronts everywhere.
And from there it's just victim after victim after victim after victim. Astonishing number of victim interviews. Same MO every time.
The scale of the abuse-- I don't even know what words to use to describe it.
The scale of the abuse-- I don't even know what words to use to describe it.
February 1, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This could be the kids Epstein trafficked, it could be the people sent to "detention" by ICE. Evil on all fronts everywhere.