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narrowly avoided buying myself a pair of pajama pants “because I only have pajama sets” like “parts of a set can be worn separately”
December 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
narrowly avoided buying myself a pair of pajama pants “because I only have pajama sets” like “parts of a set can be worn separately”
“sensory overload from sound” is the same genre of problem, wdym i need a nap because “too many people weren’t talking to me at once”
not being ambidextrous is the fakest sounding thing imaginable. oh, I have to use the arm that hurts to wipe the bottom of the cabinet under the kitchen sink because the other arm “doesn’t feel good at it”???
December 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“sensory overload from sound” is the same genre of problem, wdym i need a nap because “too many people weren’t talking to me at once”
absurdly long line at the Spectrum store and it’s 90% men for some reason
employee just came out and switched the TV from the Spectrum ad montage to ESPN
incredible crowd control tactic ngl
employee just came out and switched the TV from the Spectrum ad montage to ESPN
incredible crowd control tactic ngl
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
absurdly long line at the Spectrum store and it’s 90% men for some reason
employee just came out and switched the TV from the Spectrum ad montage to ESPN
incredible crowd control tactic ngl
employee just came out and switched the TV from the Spectrum ad montage to ESPN
incredible crowd control tactic ngl
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![Comic. [Top panel: Long-necked dinosaur with red X over it.] [Bottom panel: two smaller dinosaurs the same shape except their neck isn’t long, while in the background there’s an extremely long neck criss-crossing the frame like a snake. Green check mark in center.] [caption] Thanks to modern paleontological reconstructions, we now know that most sauropods had short necks, and all those extra vertebrae belonged to the sauropod colony’s queen.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigjcepbb3hjlvpjzmj6msuydmem6gdakkl5svr4kh4q7qi3c4m2fu@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I don’t need to catch the flu from somebody at the grocery store so I can feel like it’s 2019. That’s just me.
This country has speedrun pretending the pandemic never happened and that any caution is foolish.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
When the next big disease comes, it won't just be the CDC that fails this country. The people will fail each other.
As a disabled guy, this burns me up. We deserve better from each other.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I don’t need to catch the flu from somebody at the grocery store so I can feel like it’s 2019. That’s just me.
UPDATE, someone just came downstairs as I was walking into the bathroom and they’re either an elder emo or a nonbinary person or both. Her adult child perhaps???
okay so it’s this old lady in a house she clearly bought when she was newly married and hasn’t redecorated since and she has three very yappy dogs and I feel like Anne Shirley in the one book where she teaches school out of town and lodges with an old woman
I now get to stay in an Airbnb situation that’s like “a room and a bathroom in someone’s house with a mini fridge, microwave, toaster oven, and shared laundry” for the next 6 weeks in Missoula
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
UPDATE, someone just came downstairs as I was walking into the bathroom and they’re either an elder emo or a nonbinary person or both. Her adult child perhaps???
okay so it’s this old lady in a house she clearly bought when she was newly married and hasn’t redecorated since and she has three very yappy dogs and I feel like Anne Shirley in the one book where she teaches school out of town and lodges with an old woman
I now get to stay in an Airbnb situation that’s like “a room and a bathroom in someone’s house with a mini fridge, microwave, toaster oven, and shared laundry” for the next 6 weeks in Missoula
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
okay so it’s this old lady in a house she clearly bought when she was newly married and hasn’t redecorated since and she has three very yappy dogs and I feel like Anne Shirley in the one book where she teaches school out of town and lodges with an old woman
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
update: Kya and the kids have successfully crossed the border into Canada!
December 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
update: Kya and the kids have successfully crossed the border into Canada!
it takes less time than you might expect to sweep and mop an entire three-bedroom apartment
I will either learn nothing from this or learn exactly the wrong lesson from this
I will either learn nothing from this or learn exactly the wrong lesson from this
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
it takes less time than you might expect to sweep and mop an entire three-bedroom apartment
I will either learn nothing from this or learn exactly the wrong lesson from this
I will either learn nothing from this or learn exactly the wrong lesson from this
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December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Also, even if you've had the flu this season, get vaxed! There's more than one flu type circulating. Flu A and flu B are both out there, and though A is dominant right now, B will likely pick up later, and yes, you can catch both in the same season.
My spouse, me, and our 10 year old son all got the flu vaccine at the start of the season—it’s not too late 💪💪💪
NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Also, even if you've had the flu this season, get vaxed! There's more than one flu type circulating. Flu A and flu B are both out there, and though A is dominant right now, B will likely pick up later, and yes, you can catch both in the same season.
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This tech is inappropriate for police use!
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
A test with a binary result that can’t distinguish between someone who just snorted street amphetamines and someone who took a prescribed dose of Vyvanse that morning is just disability discrimination wrapped in the thinnest possible layer of pseudoscience.
Beyond breathalyzers, San Diego police can now field test drivers for drugs
The SoToxa device tests for cannabis, opioids, methamphetamine and more.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This tech is inappropriate for police use!
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
It can’t distinguish prescribed stims from illegal ones.
It can’t know if you’re impaired by opioids or feeling normal on your daily methadone.
And given how long cannabis stays in the body, it can’t know if you’re currently baked or smoked last weekend.
washing my face with bar soap before family pictures like “has testosterone gone too far”
December 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
washing my face with bar soap before family pictures like “has testosterone gone too far”
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A big reason we don’t have UBI is because it would be good for everybody. Most in charge are willing to waste a lot of money and resources specifically to immiserate people and perpetuate an underclass.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A big reason we don’t have UBI is because it would be good for everybody. Most in charge are willing to waste a lot of money and resources specifically to immiserate people and perpetuate an underclass.
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People are so loud in hotel hallways, none of them have enough impulsive midwestern silence or ex catholic shame
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
People are so loud in hotel hallways, none of them have enough impulsive midwestern silence or ex catholic shame
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Kennedy is now upset that tortillas have added folate, calling this a war on poor families.
(1) Added folate has been present in starch products for ages
(2) It's a water-soluble B vitamin
(3) It's the low-cost form of the thing he was swearing treats autism (leucovorin is folinic acid).
(1) Added folate has been present in starch products for ages
(2) It's a water-soluble B vitamin
(3) It's the low-cost form of the thing he was swearing treats autism (leucovorin is folinic acid).
December 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Kennedy is now upset that tortillas have added folate, calling this a war on poor families.
(1) Added folate has been present in starch products for ages
(2) It's a water-soluble B vitamin
(3) It's the low-cost form of the thing he was swearing treats autism (leucovorin is folinic acid).
(1) Added folate has been present in starch products for ages
(2) It's a water-soluble B vitamin
(3) It's the low-cost form of the thing he was swearing treats autism (leucovorin is folinic acid).
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elder holland died so im bringing back this meme i made when he was crying about the gays in a speech he made
December 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
elder holland died so im bringing back this meme i made when he was crying about the gays in a speech he made
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oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
imagine how much emotional damage you could inflict on Kaladin Stormblessed by showing him Disney’s Hercules (1997)
December 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
imagine how much emotional damage you could inflict on Kaladin Stormblessed by showing him Disney’s Hercules (1997)
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Since we get 1 for each movie, I nominate pippin for all 3! For Fellowship, I agree with Foz. For Towers, a quiet one as Treebeard steps out into the deforested part of Fangorn, right before Treebeard’s dialogue. For RotK, a resigned one when Gandalf tells him they can’t leave Minas Tirith.
The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Since we get 1 for each movie, I nominate pippin for all 3! For Fellowship, I agree with Foz. For Towers, a quiet one as Treebeard steps out into the deforested part of Fangorn, right before Treebeard’s dialogue. For RotK, a resigned one when Gandalf tells him they can’t leave Minas Tirith.
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I have puking since about 1 am and I'm not doing good. Since I can't sleep, I updated my wishlist. Anything helps.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I have puking since about 1 am and I'm not doing good. Since I can't sleep, I updated my wishlist. Anything helps.
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The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”
I think it’s extremely funny that Heated Rivalry canonically includes the Sochi Olympics, you know, the one where every Russian was on enough performance-enhancing drugs to kill a small bear
December 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I think it’s extremely funny that Heated Rivalry canonically includes the Sochi Olympics, you know, the one where every Russian was on enough performance-enhancing drugs to kill a small bear