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@casualruffian.bsky.social
I am a ruffian but only casually.
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
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This photo of Andreza Giant Panda vs Unagi Sayaka is incredible.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This photo of Andreza Giant Panda vs Unagi Sayaka is incredible.
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The History of Portland Concert Posters opens today (Nov 14) at Mint Gallery Records on N. Mississippi. The exhibition features over 40 pieces from the archives of Portland historian Jason Blumklotz—including posters from Meatmiser, Hazel, B.B. King, and Earth, Wind & Fire concerts 🖼️
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
Portland Concert Poster Exhibition Opening at Mint Gallery Records Featuring Pieces From the Archive of Jason Blumklotz
For decades, Portland's lampposts and community boards have told a vibrant history. Oftentimes stacked one on top of another, feet-thick, stapled up on poles lining hip-strips like Mississippi and Haw...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The History of Portland Concert Posters opens today (Nov 14) at Mint Gallery Records on N. Mississippi. The exhibition features over 40 pieces from the archives of Portland historian Jason Blumklotz—including posters from Meatmiser, Hazel, B.B. King, and Earth, Wind & Fire concerts 🖼️
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
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At a packed community meeting in Newport, along Oregon’s central coast, residents gathered to express a mix of confusion, frustration and anxiety about the relocation of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter – and the federal immigration enforcement outpost that could take its place.
Newport residents, leaders denounce possible ICE detention facility
At a packed community meeting in Newport, along Oregon’s central coast, residents gathered to express a mix of confusion, frustration and anxiety about the relocation of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter – and the federal immigration enforcement outpost that could take its place.
www.opb.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
At a packed community meeting in Newport, along Oregon’s central coast, residents gathered to express a mix of confusion, frustration and anxiety about the relocation of a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter – and the federal immigration enforcement outpost that could take its place.
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mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
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you may think you’re a hater, but most of you (and this includes me) would have to think long and hard about turning down ten fucking mil to pursue your lifelong dream of hating
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
you may think you’re a hater, but most of you (and this includes me) would have to think long and hard about turning down ten fucking mil to pursue your lifelong dream of hating
someone please arrest my dog, he's trying to disenfranchise me
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
someone please arrest my dog, he's trying to disenfranchise me
My favorite thing to do as a legitimately compulsively helpful person is to emphasize that all I'm doing is googling just like they could.
Is it their fault that I am incapable of ignoring their Googleable question? No not really. Will I still remind them they could have jfgi? Yeah
Is it their fault that I am incapable of ignoring their Googleable question? No not really. Will I still remind them they could have jfgi? Yeah
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My favorite thing to do as a legitimately compulsively helpful person is to emphasize that all I'm doing is googling just like they could.
Is it their fault that I am incapable of ignoring their Googleable question? No not really. Will I still remind them they could have jfgi? Yeah
Is it their fault that I am incapable of ignoring their Googleable question? No not really. Will I still remind them they could have jfgi? Yeah
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Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Food Resource List - PDX
Food Resources PDX Share this sheet to amplify these existing resources to support individuals & families in accessing food during this government shutdown. A delay in SNAP means over 750,000 families...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Someone has put together a VERY thorough list of resources for people in the Portland area who need food. For those who have enough to share, please consider putting your time and/or money somewhere. For those who need help, here are places to get it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
What if no
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What if no
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Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
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Our new holiday sweater, winter scarf and beanie are up for pre-order now! 🎁 ❄️🎉 trimet.org/gear
The designs feature our old sector symbols: the fish, raindrops, snowflake, beaver, leaf, rose and deer. We also added Mt. Hood and Tilikum Crossing to the sweater 🌉 🗻😊
Go to trimet.org/gear
The designs feature our old sector symbols: the fish, raindrops, snowflake, beaver, leaf, rose and deer. We also added Mt. Hood and Tilikum Crossing to the sweater 🌉 🗻😊
Go to trimet.org/gear
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Our new holiday sweater, winter scarf and beanie are up for pre-order now! 🎁 ❄️🎉 trimet.org/gear
The designs feature our old sector symbols: the fish, raindrops, snowflake, beaver, leaf, rose and deer. We also added Mt. Hood and Tilikum Crossing to the sweater 🌉 🗻😊
Go to trimet.org/gear
The designs feature our old sector symbols: the fish, raindrops, snowflake, beaver, leaf, rose and deer. We also added Mt. Hood and Tilikum Crossing to the sweater 🌉 🗻😊
Go to trimet.org/gear
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you have to add the "wealthy" caveat, otherwise, you're just a sparkling fuckup, ask me how i know
god, I wish I was a failson
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
you have to add the "wealthy" caveat, otherwise, you're just a sparkling fuckup, ask me how i know
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
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buc-ees is so funny rn, its 75% kpop babes leaving austin after a seventeen concert and 25% wrestling fans headed back to austin after dynamite
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
buc-ees is so funny rn, its 75% kpop babes leaving austin after a seventeen concert and 25% wrestling fans headed back to austin after dynamite
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Whoever made this sign please dm me I’d like to send you a little love letter 🏴☠️🇺🇸
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Whoever made this sign please dm me I’d like to send you a little love letter 🏴☠️🇺🇸
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes
October 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes
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After the Usuals, clearly I am going to free the Muppets from their Horrible Oppressors at Disney in exchange for One Favor
Thats right.
THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
Thats right.
THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful
what would you buy to break the curse?
what would you buy to break the curse?
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
After the Usuals, clearly I am going to free the Muppets from their Horrible Oppressors at Disney in exchange for One Favor
Thats right.
THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
Thats right.
THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
Youtube has discovered I will click on videos about out of pocket reddit stories and also out of pocket History videos (like, say, a video about mollasses murdering people in Boston or Weird Shit Medieval Ascetics Did) and started feeding me AI generated ones. And half of them sound like porn.
October 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Youtube has discovered I will click on videos about out of pocket reddit stories and also out of pocket History videos (like, say, a video about mollasses murdering people in Boston or Weird Shit Medieval Ascetics Did) and started feeding me AI generated ones. And half of them sound like porn.
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odd and off-putting girl october
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
odd and off-putting girl october
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"portland uses plywood for windows" factoid actualy just statistical error. average portlander uses 0 plywood for windows. Downtown Property Owner Dave who has only used plywood on his properties that he kept empty since COVID is an outlier adn should not have been counted
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"portland uses plywood for windows" factoid actualy just statistical error. average portlander uses 0 plywood for windows. Downtown Property Owner Dave who has only used plywood on his properties that he kept empty since COVID is an outlier adn should not have been counted