Applescruff1981
@applescruff1981.bsky.social
Astros fan, book reader, movie lover, tv watcher, STAR WARS!, generally anxious person
The wonderful NPR podcast Science Friday did a story on this recently
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The wonderful NPR podcast Science Friday did a story on this recently
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Sir, the people
Must have their voices; neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony.
Must have their voices; neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Sir, the people
Must have their voices; neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony.
Must have their voices; neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So I’ve started my offseason #RootRootRead journey. First up was book checked out from the library. The Outsider by @stephenking.bsky.social was another stop on my Holly Gibney journey. She is a character I have come to enjoy very much.
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So I’ve started my offseason #RootRootRead journey. First up was book checked out from the library. The Outsider by @stephenking.bsky.social was another stop on my Holly Gibney journey. She is a character I have come to enjoy very much.
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Baseball really is the best sport because all it takes is one little bobble and suddenly a game built on routine and order devolves into panic and chaos
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Baseball really is the best sport because all it takes is one little bobble and suddenly a game built on routine and order devolves into panic and chaos
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so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus
Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.
opus.ing
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
One time I forgot I had to write a 5 page paper on Richard III with less than 4 hours before class it was for started. Got an A. Another time my computer failed to save over half of a ten page paper for my film studies class. Turned it in with the paper still warm. Got an A.
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One time I forgot I had to write a 5 page paper on Richard III with less than 4 hours before class it was for started. Got an A. Another time my computer failed to save over half of a ten page paper for my film studies class. Turned it in with the paper still warm. Got an A.
It’s not often you get you favorite poem read by one of the greatest voices to ever exist. In honor of Halloween month, The Raven as read by James Earl Jones as interpreted by The Simpsons
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX...
The Simpsons - Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven
YouTube video by Nika Gongadze
m.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s not often you get you favorite poem read by one of the greatest voices to ever exist. In honor of Halloween month, The Raven as read by James Earl Jones as interpreted by The Simpsons
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX...
I’ve been saying this for YEARS.
Pope Leo called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such debates. https://to.pbs.org/4nPjGpf
Someone against abortion but in favor of death penalty 'is not really pro-life,' Pope Leo says
Pope Leo XIV intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”
to.pbs.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’ve been saying this for YEARS.
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Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
Due to the Astros deciding not to give me an extra month, I finished the 2025 baseball season #RootRootRead bingo card few books shy of complete. My last three books were as follows:
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Due to the Astros deciding not to give me an extra month, I finished the 2025 baseball season #RootRootRead bingo card few books shy of complete. My last three books were as follows:
This is a stupid complaint but I need to get it off my chest: I am so goddamn tired of almost every goddamn book I have read for the past few years having 3 or more goddamn narrators. It’s too many. If your story can’t be contained in less than two narrators I’m done reading your book.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is a stupid complaint but I need to get it off my chest: I am so goddamn tired of almost every goddamn book I have read for the past few years having 3 or more goddamn narrators. It’s too many. If your story can’t be contained in less than two narrators I’m done reading your book.
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i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
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Three of the brightest stars in the Astros galaxy. 💫
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Three of the brightest stars in the Astros galaxy. 💫
I read We Do Not Part for book by a Nobel Prize winner. It was an experience. If you like beautifully written books that are going to fuck with your head that also contain Korean history you’ve never heard of, this is the book for you. #RootRootRead
August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I read We Do Not Part for book by a Nobel Prize winner. It was an experience. If you like beautifully written books that are going to fuck with your head that also contain Korean history you’ve never heard of, this is the book for you. #RootRootRead
I still think of Nathan Fillion as Joey from One Life to Live.
Fun topic: what’s the first time you remember seeing now famous actors? Like, I remember seeing Michael Fassbender in JONAH HEX and thinking “shit, this dude’s good.”
I first saw Karl Urban in the movie Ghost Ship at a filthy $1 theater.
I could’ve never anticipated how many times I’d be saying to myself “Hey, it’s the guy from Ghost Ship!” for the rest of my life.
I could’ve never anticipated how many times I’d be saying to myself “Hey, it’s the guy from Ghost Ship!” for the rest of my life.
August 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I still think of Nathan Fillion as Joey from One Life to Live.
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"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
August 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
So I decided to read The Murders of Richard III for book by author named Elizabeth due to loving Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody book so much. I do not this way about this book. Boring, and all the characters suck. #RootRootRead
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So I decided to read The Murders of Richard III for book by author named Elizabeth due to loving Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody book so much. I do not this way about this book. Boring, and all the characters suck. #RootRootRead