Shmick Shmoisen
@sshmoisen.bsky.social
Suburban Minnesota, south of the river. Coaching, Reffing, Hockey, Baseball and various other ADD fascinations, depending on the week.
Just popping in real quick to brag that I'm making my final student loan payment tomorrow.
20 years 11 months 2 weeks after graduating.
250 monthly payments.
20 years 11 months 2 weeks after graduating.
250 monthly payments.
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just popping in real quick to brag that I'm making my final student loan payment tomorrow.
20 years 11 months 2 weeks after graduating.
250 monthly payments.
20 years 11 months 2 weeks after graduating.
250 monthly payments.
I explained my stance on conspiracy theories on the previous platform but will do so here quickly: I enjoy reading conspiracy theories. I enjoy reading about them, the conversations surrounding them, and the psychology of them. I do not subscribe to them.
I am a conspiracy theory enthusiast.
I am a conspiracy theory enthusiast.
December 16, 2024 at 2:25 AM
I explained my stance on conspiracy theories on the previous platform but will do so here quickly: I enjoy reading conspiracy theories. I enjoy reading about them, the conversations surrounding them, and the psychology of them. I do not subscribe to them.
I am a conspiracy theory enthusiast.
I am a conspiracy theory enthusiast.
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baseball is amazing because some of the owners are participating in the most expensive auctions of all time while others are like "if toppings are extra i should be able to give you pepperoni and get a discount on this pizza"
December 9, 2024 at 3:40 AM
baseball is amazing because some of the owners are participating in the most expensive auctions of all time while others are like "if toppings are extra i should be able to give you pepperoni and get a discount on this pizza"
Dystopian Dakota County
December 6, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Dystopian Dakota County
Our news organizations are failing us to the core. It's all broken, from top to bottom.
Hm that’s one way to put it NPR
December 6, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Our news organizations are failing us to the core. It's all broken, from top to bottom.
So many Boomers on Medicare wagging their fingers at the rest of us for shaming our private health insurers.
December 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM
So many Boomers on Medicare wagging their fingers at the rest of us for shaming our private health insurers.
I'm not sure what I think of the collective response to today's assassination (that's what it was).
I don't think I've ever experienced this before aside from news of war criminals and terrorist deaths. Nearly every social media platform has the same sentiment.
I don't think I've ever experienced this before aside from news of war criminals and terrorist deaths. Nearly every social media platform has the same sentiment.
December 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM
I'm not sure what I think of the collective response to today's assassination (that's what it was).
I don't think I've ever experienced this before aside from news of war criminals and terrorist deaths. Nearly every social media platform has the same sentiment.
I don't think I've ever experienced this before aside from news of war criminals and terrorist deaths. Nearly every social media platform has the same sentiment.
it's not the heat, it's the humidity
December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
it's not the heat, it's the humidity
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Amazing day to make this utterly hideous announcement
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Amazing day to make this utterly hideous announcement
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Man with a Beer Jug, by Frans Hals, 1630, 📸 by @zachosterman.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Man with a Beer Jug, by Frans Hals, 1630, 📸 by @zachosterman.bsky.social
Preparing my ADD for tomorrow. Planning to ride a bunch of tiny serotonin highs with every checkbox while also not forgetting to put out the gravy or jello or cranberry sauce like in recent years.
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Preparing my ADD for tomorrow. Planning to ride a bunch of tiny serotonin highs with every checkbox while also not forgetting to put out the gravy or jello or cranberry sauce like in recent years.
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A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other
20 lb turkey.
Pulled from the freezer 48 hours ago to start thawing in the fridge.
Still hard as rock so giving it an hour or two timeout at room temp.
Pulled from the freezer 48 hours ago to start thawing in the fridge.
Still hard as rock so giving it an hour or two timeout at room temp.
November 25, 2024 at 7:56 PM
20 lb turkey.
Pulled from the freezer 48 hours ago to start thawing in the fridge.
Still hard as rock so giving it an hour or two timeout at room temp.
Pulled from the freezer 48 hours ago to start thawing in the fridge.
Still hard as rock so giving it an hour or two timeout at room temp.
Ah, so the bots and pron accounts are migrating now too.
November 25, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Ah, so the bots and pron accounts are migrating now too.
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Aaron Taylor asked PJ Fleck at B1G media days about his challenges at DB and PJ said Charles Woodson used to call him Harry Potter when lining up against him
November 23, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Aaron Taylor asked PJ Fleck at B1G media days about his challenges at DB and PJ said Charles Woodson used to call him Harry Potter when lining up against him
Found water by the water heater this am. A steady drip from the pressure relief valve. Turned water off, drained. Tried to refill but valve wouldn't reseat. Called a pro, estimate for a $65 home visit + $150 repair, or a trip to the store for a $25 valve and borrowed a 60-year-old pipe wrench.
November 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Found water by the water heater this am. A steady drip from the pressure relief valve. Turned water off, drained. Tried to refill but valve wouldn't reseat. Called a pro, estimate for a $65 home visit + $150 repair, or a trip to the store for a $25 valve and borrowed a 60-year-old pipe wrench.
me, seeing what this new Kendrick album is about
a man is sitting in the back seat of a car with his mouth open .
ALT: a man is sitting in the back seat of a car with his mouth open .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:02 PM
me, seeing what this new Kendrick album is about
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this is the key insight
threads assumes that people are coming to a platform like twitter/bluesky/threads to see the same sort of influencer content as instagram, and what people are actually here for is the content of Very Online sickos
you have to make a platform the sickos want to post on
threads assumes that people are coming to a platform like twitter/bluesky/threads to see the same sort of influencer content as instagram, and what people are actually here for is the content of Very Online sickos
you have to make a platform the sickos want to post on
so I think their mistake was that they identified (correctly!) that algorithmic timelines are good for Not Very Online People, who are the majority of people online, but Very Online People prefer non-algo TLs and, crucially, they're the ones doing most of the posting, and they bring people with them
pretty amazing to see meta double down on algorithmic timeline for a year with threads, watch Bluesky grow very quickly, and then immediately make some changes to directly emulate Bluesky to cut that growth off
v curious if they squandered their head start
v curious if they squandered their head start
November 22, 2024 at 4:02 AM
this is the key insight
threads assumes that people are coming to a platform like twitter/bluesky/threads to see the same sort of influencer content as instagram, and what people are actually here for is the content of Very Online sickos
you have to make a platform the sickos want to post on
threads assumes that people are coming to a platform like twitter/bluesky/threads to see the same sort of influencer content as instagram, and what people are actually here for is the content of Very Online sickos
you have to make a platform the sickos want to post on
Might roast a small practice turkey this weekend.
I'm already craving gravy.
Me cravy gravy.
I'm already craving gravy.
Me cravy gravy.
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Might roast a small practice turkey this weekend.
I'm already craving gravy.
Me cravy gravy.
I'm already craving gravy.
Me cravy gravy.
my tween daughter, while listening to blink182 in my car, told me that their lyrics are like the boy version of Taylor swift songs.
She didn't mean it as a roast because she's a swifty through-and-through but hooboy did it burn a little.
She didn't mean it as a roast because she's a swifty through-and-through but hooboy did it burn a little.
Okay okay, let’s turn the tables, folks: when were you roasted by your KID for your music taste, rather than your parents? Shared a couple of examples here and there but I’m sure there’s more.
100% this. me trying to play a Redd Kross song for my then 7 yr old "yep that sounds like something YOU would like..."
November 21, 2024 at 5:18 PM
my tween daughter, while listening to blink182 in my car, told me that their lyrics are like the boy version of Taylor swift songs.
She didn't mean it as a roast because she's a swifty through-and-through but hooboy did it burn a little.
She didn't mean it as a roast because she's a swifty through-and-through but hooboy did it burn a little.
how long do we have to scroll through people reposting twitter's greatest hits until we get to original content?
November 21, 2024 at 4:48 AM
how long do we have to scroll through people reposting twitter's greatest hits until we get to original content?
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Reconnecting with the Twitter homies on Bluesky
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Reconnecting with the Twitter homies on Bluesky
calling these "skeets" is almost enough for me to delete the app.
November 20, 2024 at 5:27 AM
calling these "skeets" is almost enough for me to delete the app.
PokGo, mapmyride, Strava, Snapchat locations and face filters, geospatial data on every photo taken with a smart phone, ring doorbells, google nest cameras, roombas, smart appliances, smart watches
PLUS constant audio recording
PLUS constant audio recording
Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2024 at 5:25 AM
PokGo, mapmyride, Strava, Snapchat locations and face filters, geospatial data on every photo taken with a smart phone, ring doorbells, google nest cameras, roombas, smart appliances, smart watches
PLUS constant audio recording
PLUS constant audio recording