Eric of the Poe People
@ericpoe.bsky.social
Gentle coder, reader, & half-knit/half-wit. Co-org of KCPHPUG and MergePHP. Advisor of CoderDojoKC. Plaid Belt in Kung Fu movies. Connoisseur of dad jokes. Perpetually behind in #DafYomi. Him/He
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Gen Z sees what was taken from them
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Gen Z sees what was taken from them
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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TIL where the infamous "I GUESS" reaction image came from and. I can't bear this burden alone
December 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
TIL where the infamous "I GUESS" reaction image came from and. I can't bear this burden alone
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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Wish you all a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and don't forget to check the weather before you head out. weather.gov.
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wish you all a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and don't forget to check the weather before you head out. weather.gov.
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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Lol
- Housebroken
- Great with kids and adults
- Thrice-divorced
- Masters in English Literature
- Marxist
- Loves to cuddle
- Great with kids and adults
- Thrice-divorced
- Masters in English Literature
- Marxist
- Loves to cuddle
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Lol
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it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
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Who doesn't like the concept of "adversarial poetry"? Interesting discussion of LLM #cybersecurity vulnerabilities. #AI
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time
Hacking the planet with florid verse.
www.pcgamer.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Who doesn't like the concept of "adversarial poetry"? Interesting discussion of LLM #cybersecurity vulnerabilities. #AI
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
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I have this box. OK, it's really a tub. OK, it's really a room.
Someday, I'll get around to organizing it.
Someday, I'll get around to organizing it.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have this box. OK, it's really a tub. OK, it's really a room.
Someday, I'll get around to organizing it.
Someday, I'll get around to organizing it.
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
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Tales From The Keane Compound #597
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tales From The Keane Compound #597
Some of the images are really wild. Like the scientist in the open cockpit of an early airplane holding petri dishes on sticks to collect atmospheric samples of life.
Progress in #science is rarely smooth.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Some of the images are really wild. Like the scientist in the open cockpit of an early airplane holding petri dishes on sticks to collect atmospheric samples of life.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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"School Supplies"
I look forward to when this comic, which I drew a couple years ago, will no longer make sense.
I look forward to when this comic, which I drew a couple years ago, will no longer make sense.
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"School Supplies"
I look forward to when this comic, which I drew a couple years ago, will no longer make sense.
I look forward to when this comic, which I drew a couple years ago, will no longer make sense.
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Just learned there is a “drag queen Grateful Dead” tribute band called Bertha, and they look/sound so much fun!
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Just learned there is a “drag queen Grateful Dead” tribute band called Bertha, and they look/sound so much fun!
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If you told me this was a satire about what an animal farm movie would be, one where all the animals do DreamWorks face, I would believe you 100%
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Animal Farm | Andy Serkis | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 1 | Angel
YouTube video by Angel
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December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you told me this was a satire about what an animal farm movie would be, one where all the animals do DreamWorks face, I would believe you 100%
youtu.be/g8wLmj9SiKM?...
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.