Kirk
@yosemiteham.bsky.social
IT guy. Married with cats. Interests are sci/med, bass guitar, ham radio, photography, books, & travel. Gen X. Atheist. Liberal. Potty mouthed. Will snark for food.
Tonight’s @taskmaster.tv advent calendar puzzle broke me. We had to get clues, and even then we couldn’t figure it out. Better luck tomorrow.
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Tonight’s @taskmaster.tv advent calendar puzzle broke me. We had to get clues, and even then we couldn’t figure it out. Better luck tomorrow.
The Most Gen X Man in the World - Dos Equis Ad
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hey @kpsinging.bsky.social : What ever happened with your ceiling fan light problem? Did you get it solved? Randomly popped into my head while looking for light bulbs tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hey @kpsinging.bsky.social : What ever happened with your ceiling fan light problem? Did you get it solved? Randomly popped into my head while looking for light bulbs tonight.
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I have some bad news about your most recent Black Friday purchase, the AI Pervert Toilet.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I have some bad news about your most recent Black Friday purchase, the AI Pervert Toilet.
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Absolutely this. The idea that 20% of a student body couldn't be disabled is an expression of ableism (not understanding disability) but also an implicitly normative statement -- that 20% of students shouldn't be disabled.
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Absolutely this. The idea that 20% of a student body couldn't be disabled is an expression of ableism (not understanding disability) but also an implicitly normative statement -- that 20% of students shouldn't be disabled.
“I wasn’t consulted.”
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“I wasn’t consulted.”
This is amazing.
Per a new report, Kash Patel refused to exit his plane without an FBI jacket, but the only one that would fit him was a woman’s jacket. Then he demanded SWAT patches for it. www.scribd.com/document/958...
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is amazing.
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🎶 So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Yippee kiyay, motherfucker. Now I have a machine gun. 🎶
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎶 So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Yippee kiyay, motherfucker. Now I have a machine gun. 🎶
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
Introduce yourself with five concerts that you’ve seen:
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Love and Rockets
Peter Gabriel
Steel Pulse
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Love and Rockets
Peter Gabriel
Steel Pulse
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Vampire weekend
Guster
REM
Indigo Girls
AJR
Vampire weekend
Guster
REM
Indigo Girls
AJR
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Bruce Springsteen (x46)
The Rolling Stones (x3)
The Who (x2)
James Taylor (x2)
Tom Petty (x2)
Bruce Springsteen (x46)
The Rolling Stones (x3)
The Who (x2)
James Taylor (x2)
Tom Petty (x2)
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts that you’ve seen:
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Love and Rockets
Peter Gabriel
Steel Pulse
Pink Floyd
John Denver
Love and Rockets
Peter Gabriel
Steel Pulse
Thanks to all of the healthcare workers who are working today. I know it can be a thankless job, but I'm thankful you do what you do, and appreciate you even if it seems like some of your patients (or their family) doesn't. Thanks.
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thanks to all of the healthcare workers who are working today. I know it can be a thankless job, but I'm thankful you do what you do, and appreciate you even if it seems like some of your patients (or their family) doesn't. Thanks.
How I’m rolling up to Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
How I’m rolling up to Thanksgiving
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Gen X remembers how this played out in the movies, except this time without Matthew Broderick.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Gen X remembers how this played out in the movies, except this time without Matthew Broderick.
Poor guidance counseling. Ended up in a career I don’t like because I’m good at it and the money was good. If I won the lotto I would quit and never look back.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Poor guidance counseling. Ended up in a career I don’t like because I’m good at it and the money was good. If I won the lotto I would quit and never look back.
Mom ended up in the ED this morning. Whacked her head HARD falling out of bed. No breaks or bleeds, so we’ll call it a win, but it’s rough with octogenarian parents, always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Mom ended up in the ED this morning. Whacked her head HARD falling out of bed. No breaks or bleeds, so we’ll call it a win, but it’s rough with octogenarian parents, always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Really enjoying this one.
“Pluribus,” Vince Gilligan’s much anticipated follow-up to “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” asks the question: What if everyone else’s paradise is your personal hell? https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/dpzLhB
The Obliging Apocalypse of “Pluribus”
The new sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist can agree on.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Really enjoying this one.
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Well THAT was a crappy night’s sleep. Ugh. At least it’s Friday. Happy Friday everyone. We’ve got this.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well THAT was a crappy night’s sleep. Ugh. At least it’s Friday. Happy Friday everyone. We’ve got this.
At the rate we’re going, in a few years I’ll be going to a cash-pay health spa which is staffed by doctors and nurses who treat mild pain with acetaminophen, give vaccines, and other fringe medical interventions.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At the rate we’re going, in a few years I’ll be going to a cash-pay health spa which is staffed by doctors and nurses who treat mild pain with acetaminophen, give vaccines, and other fringe medical interventions.
Good tip for anyone using Gmail.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Good tip for anyone using Gmail.
WTAF
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
WTAF
Shout it from the rooftops: AI is a plague on humanity. Full stop.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Shout it from the rooftops: AI is a plague on humanity. Full stop.
Shit, is this because I was 8 minutes late to work?
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shit, is this because I was 8 minutes late to work?
The neighborhood kids circle the cul-de-sac in those little battery powered cars. One of them has a “radio” in it that plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a loop. I hope they don’t grow up to be murderers, because that’s the vibe it gives off.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The neighborhood kids circle the cul-de-sac in those little battery powered cars. One of them has a “radio” in it that plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a loop. I hope they don’t grow up to be murderers, because that’s the vibe it gives off.