OptionalMorrison
@optionalmorrison.bsky.social
Sometimes a pony gets depressed
The Dog travels with me when I travel for work. We have fun together. Tonight was a big oyster roast in Charleston and now she is very very tired. And this hotel room looks very staged somehow. Nighthawks at the Diner ass lighting
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The Dog travels with me when I travel for work. We have fun together. Tonight was a big oyster roast in Charleston and now she is very very tired. And this hotel room looks very staged somehow. Nighthawks at the Diner ass lighting
If you see someone stealing food or perishables - no you did not
A husband of one of my employees asked if we were going to have security at our distribution later this month and our consensus was “If you need food so badly you have to steal it, you are welcome to it.”
Imagine paying folks to protect food from the poor.
Imagine paying folks to protect food from the poor.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you see someone stealing food or perishables - no you did not
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
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Rejected Glade Scents For October:
•Wet Flannel
•Hummus
•Calvinist
•Dollar Store Detergent
•Grandma's Corgi
•Burning Hay
•Milk Aisle
•Bête Noire
•Ballpark Frank
•Wet Flannel
•Hummus
•Calvinist
•Dollar Store Detergent
•Grandma's Corgi
•Burning Hay
•Milk Aisle
•Bête Noire
•Ballpark Frank
September 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Rejected Glade Scents For October:
•Wet Flannel
•Hummus
•Calvinist
•Dollar Store Detergent
•Grandma's Corgi
•Burning Hay
•Milk Aisle
•Bête Noire
•Ballpark Frank
•Wet Flannel
•Hummus
•Calvinist
•Dollar Store Detergent
•Grandma's Corgi
•Burning Hay
•Milk Aisle
•Bête Noire
•Ballpark Frank
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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These are the fantasy problems of a fictional world. One where the billionaire's fears of being taxed are more terrifying than people going hungry. Where affordable housing is more terrifying than a sexual predator in office.
lyz.substack.com/p/we-are-tra...
lyz.substack.com/p/we-are-tra...
We are trapped in an imaginary crisis
The make-believe problems of 2025
lyz.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
These are the fantasy problems of a fictional world. One where the billionaire's fears of being taxed are more terrifying than people going hungry. Where affordable housing is more terrifying than a sexual predator in office.
lyz.substack.com/p/we-are-tra...
lyz.substack.com/p/we-are-tra...
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All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
July 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
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If you are a regular person I want you to stop calling the police on small time, nonviolent criminal behavior.
You see a person smoking in a park, doing graffiti, or skateboarding? You shut the fuck up.
Because it isn't a ticket anymore.
It's full on slavery.
The GOP is doing slavery now, by cop
You see a person smoking in a park, doing graffiti, or skateboarding? You shut the fuck up.
Because it isn't a ticket anymore.
It's full on slavery.
The GOP is doing slavery now, by cop
July 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If you are a regular person I want you to stop calling the police on small time, nonviolent criminal behavior.
You see a person smoking in a park, doing graffiti, or skateboarding? You shut the fuck up.
Because it isn't a ticket anymore.
It's full on slavery.
The GOP is doing slavery now, by cop
You see a person smoking in a park, doing graffiti, or skateboarding? You shut the fuck up.
Because it isn't a ticket anymore.
It's full on slavery.
The GOP is doing slavery now, by cop
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southernequality.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
CRITICALLY important job opening--
full time--
remote with 3-5 days/ mo in Asheville, NC--
southernequality.org/tyepdirector/
full time--
remote with 3-5 days/ mo in Asheville, NC--
southernequality.org/tyepdirector/
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Yeah
@meganhunt.bsky.social
This you? A state Senator said this? Unbelievable.
This you? A state Senator said this? Unbelievable.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Yeah
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Finally, a beer that authentically captures the taste of boot.
Brewery honors 150 years of Asheville Police Department with special lager
Green Man Brewery has unveiled a new beer, Blue Light Lager, to pay tribute to the Asheville Police Department, which was established in 1875.
wlos.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Finally, a beer that authentically captures the taste of boot.
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On this day, 103 years ago, New York City Police Patrolman William Deans succumbed to his fatal testicular damage.
www.discourseblog.com/p/100-years-...
www.discourseblog.com/p/100-years-...
100 Years Ago A Cop Was Kicked in the Balls So Hard He Died
A profound moment in history, remembered.
www.discourseblog.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On this day, 103 years ago, New York City Police Patrolman William Deans succumbed to his fatal testicular damage.
www.discourseblog.com/p/100-years-...
www.discourseblog.com/p/100-years-...
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I for one am happy to go without fluids if it means I can have a computer summarize wikipedia pages in the manner of a concussed racist.
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I for one am happy to go without fluids if it means I can have a computer summarize wikipedia pages in the manner of a concussed racist.
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Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
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I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
But if a few people in masks start lighting stuff on fire? Then you have news. This creates an *enormous* attentional advantage towards the most violent and chaotic kind of protest.
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
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"You look like your wife gives unenthusiastic handjobs!"
June 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"You look like your wife gives unenthusiastic handjobs!"
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the hong kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.
June 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
the hong kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.
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If your first instinct to a community defending their friends, families, and neighbors from murderous fascists looking to kidnap them is to say, "Maybe they should be more polite about it," you're probably not on the side you think you are.
June 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If your first instinct to a community defending their friends, families, and neighbors from murderous fascists looking to kidnap them is to say, "Maybe they should be more polite about it," you're probably not on the side you think you are.
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"Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism".
June 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism".
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Everyone knows that elderly cancer patients make the best senior government officials
May 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Everyone knows that elderly cancer patients make the best senior government officials
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𝒩𝒶𝓅…
…Like No One Is Recording
𝒢𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃…
…Like You've Never Been Poor
𝒞𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃
…Like No One Is Voting
𝐿𝒾𝓋𝑒…
…Like Hell Is On Earth
…Like No One Is Recording
𝒢𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃…
…Like You've Never Been Poor
𝒞𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃
…Like No One Is Voting
𝐿𝒾𝓋𝑒…
…Like Hell Is On Earth
71 year old congresswoman Debbie Dingell caught sleeping in hearing room this morning.
May 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
𝒩𝒶𝓅…
…Like No One Is Recording
𝒢𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃…
…Like You've Never Been Poor
𝒞𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃
…Like No One Is Voting
𝐿𝒾𝓋𝑒…
…Like Hell Is On Earth
…Like No One Is Recording
𝒢𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃…
…Like You've Never Been Poor
𝒞𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃
…Like No One Is Voting
𝐿𝒾𝓋𝑒…
…Like Hell Is On Earth
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Nothing reinforces what a joke everything is more than everyone wearing a dress shirt and no pants on Zoom for three years
May 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Nothing reinforces what a joke everything is more than everyone wearing a dress shirt and no pants on Zoom for three years