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Embedded systems, also veterinarian. they/them.
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The Power of And
@cjsmith.bsky.social
· Jun 26
The world would be a better place if we took the burden to "reach out" off the already overburdened person.
If you care, YOU reach out.
If you care, YOU reach out.
A fun little game!
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Spherical Snake
Snake on a sphere
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January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A fun little game!
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"The President is a dementia-riddled pedophile warlord openly destroying modern civilization and looting the pieces b/c he and his buddies are the kind of scum that democracy mistakenly protected from consequences rather than grinding them into nothing every few years as was necessary" sucks, man
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"The President is a dementia-riddled pedophile warlord openly destroying modern civilization and looting the pieces b/c he and his buddies are the kind of scum that democracy mistakenly protected from consequences rather than grinding them into nothing every few years as was necessary" sucks, man
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They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
All this about the Vanity Fair pictures is almost enough to make me turn off my "make america kittens again" browser extension
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
All this about the Vanity Fair pictures is almost enough to make me turn off my "make america kittens again" browser extension
There are so many good phrases in here! Russian goes hard, and I love the Turkish one for its implication that the busybody is like that all the time.
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There are so many good phrases in here! Russian goes hard, and I love the Turkish one for its implication that the busybody is like that all the time.
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I told a friend, "If a trans woman ever says to you that she has a funny story to tell you about her childhood, brace yourself for some of the most traumatic shit you've ever heard in your life. She will then smile like nothing happened."
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I told a friend, "If a trans woman ever says to you that she has a funny story to tell you about her childhood, brace yourself for some of the most traumatic shit you've ever heard in your life. She will then smile like nothing happened."
man I mess this up all the time
WHO AMONG US hasn't sat down 11 times with a journalist and a tape recorder only to be shocked that they'd publish stuff we talked about?
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
man I mess this up all the time
Seems about right. Great system ya have there. Shame if something were ta ... happen to it.
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Seems about right. Great system ya have there. Shame if something were ta ... happen to it.
That pose! I love this image.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
"Tiger"
An ode to brave Tots, who fought the invader until he could no longer find the invader.
As always, painted by a human. 💚
#digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate #catart #catsofbluesky #sillyart
"Tiger"
An ode to brave Tots, who fought the invader until he could no longer find the invader.
As always, painted by a human. 💚
#digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate #catart #catsofbluesky #sillyart
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
That pose! I love this image.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Little girl (to me) on my way home: Excuse me.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Little girl (to me) on my way home: Excuse me.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
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A woman on the Tube in a zebra-print dress reads a book which is open to a page illustrated with boats. Swinging from her neck with the swaying of the train, is silver anchor on a silver chain.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A woman on the Tube in a zebra-print dress reads a book which is open to a page illustrated with boats. Swinging from her neck with the swaying of the train, is silver anchor on a silver chain.
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Ah this thread. iykyk
And of course, it's not limited to Great Men - it's everywhere, among men small & middling, too. Don't tell anyone - the school needs him, the church needs him, the record label needs him, the family needs him, no one will believe you anyway, bc look at all the good he's done!
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ah this thread. iykyk
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All of this thread. All of it.
Ferguson and GamerGate should have rung the klaxons from sea to shining sea.
Ferguson and GamerGate should have rung the klaxons from sea to shining sea.
This was ten years ago and people could already clocked the entire play but we’ve had ten years of public debate about what’s happening.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
All of this thread. All of it.
Ferguson and GamerGate should have rung the klaxons from sea to shining sea.
Ferguson and GamerGate should have rung the klaxons from sea to shining sea.
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Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
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I’ll never know how much of my disinterest in gender & womanhood was inborn, how much was being treated like prey by adult men from the age of 11 onward, and how much was societal gatekeeping around the performance of femininity. Not a big loss for me personally (not invested in gender at all)
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’ll never know how much of my disinterest in gender & womanhood was inborn, how much was being treated like prey by adult men from the age of 11 onward, and how much was societal gatekeeping around the performance of femininity. Not a big loss for me personally (not invested in gender at all)
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Nintendo Gamma Boy
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Nintendo Gamma Boy