How do you feel about marketing messages via text from brands you like?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/SbMT4h/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I like it
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/SbMT4h/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">I do not like it

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He is now pissed at me because I expressed my disappointment. He won’t tell me what his motives or goals are for it.
I am so god damn bummed.

who called him Jeff Bezos and not Lex Loser

One of my friends/co-workers put out an AI slop book. I'm so angry I could cry. I knew he loved AI but I didn't know he would do this shit.
He previously asked me for writing advice—he was shocked to learn I wrote all my books by myself. He didn't know the difference between fiction and non-fiction.

oh good, we’re ALL depressed. fantastic.

gang, it’s so weird. I manage my workplace’s social media and now that account’s feed is just a constant flood of #HeatedRivalry content WEEEEEEIRD.

TIL: the best birthday involves going to a work meeting, trying to slide your chair in and falling onto your butt in front of your coworkers.

Imagine being 3 Canadian bands and doing a tour together in 2026 and going “hey, we should do a SINGLE date in Canada and 17 dates in the US.”

Do British cartoon characters get £ symbols over their eyes when they're thinking about money?

ten years ago today no one clapped

sorry you’re telling me Gaston, as a child, ate 48 eggs every morning?

œuf.

if an arm of tattoos is called a “sleeve”, does that make a leg of tattoos a “pant”?

She was a real one.
youtu.be/bUGKJ13RQq8?...

Shane just said, “Yeah, no, yeah.” Now I know it’s really a Canadian show. #HeatedRivalry

My local bookshop understands their audience.

TIL: that it is still legal to look at a newborn and go “We’re naming her Dorothy.”

How… how do I contact a service to let them know their ZenDesk customer support emails aren’t getting through?

Iceland:

Oh no. The MMC in this romance novel… he wears a red baseball cap. And it takes place in a traditionally Republican part of the US.

It happened again.
Ill. Immediately ill.

I did a 3x3 mixed media thing for a local art supply store exhibition.
“If You’re Cold, They’re Cold — Let Them In” #mixedmedia #art #artsky

Wanted to read this sweet Pride & Prejudice spin-off before the TV adaptation comes this year, and now I have.
VERY Austenesque. It gives middle sister, Mary, guts, a brilliant mind, and a satisfying happy ending. A bit long for my taste but definitely a great read for any #JaneAusten fan. #booksky