Amanda M. Melito
@amandammelito.bsky.social
in my defense i was left unsupervised.
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denmark rocks bc theyll notice that only 80% of their population is currently laying in the grass in a park with a six pack of 8% beer reading a book while on a 3 hour lunch break from work making $50/hr selling croissants at a cafe called GOBBO or FLUUZ and their government will spring into action
Confronting what its culture minister called a "reading crisis," the Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25% value-added tax.
Facing a ‘Reading Crisis,’ Denmark Wants to Make Books Cheaper
The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
denmark rocks bc theyll notice that only 80% of their population is currently laying in the grass in a park with a six pack of 8% beer reading a book while on a 3 hour lunch break from work making $50/hr selling croissants at a cafe called GOBBO or FLUUZ and their government will spring into action
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The thing about the Diddy verdict and the budget bill is that you can and should take both of them seriously. Powerful men getting away with violence isn’t a distraction from Trump and his administration. It’s the same thing powered by the same rhetoric and logic of abuse
the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The thing about the Diddy verdict and the budget bill is that you can and should take both of them seriously. Powerful men getting away with violence isn’t a distraction from Trump and his administration. It’s the same thing powered by the same rhetoric and logic of abuse
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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.
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if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
being a baby was probably cool. being a large person is more work, but it ain’t bad sometimes.
May 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
being a baby was probably cool. being a large person is more work, but it ain’t bad sometimes.
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
got a new job! can’t talk much about it rn but let’s just say it comes with a really cool hat.
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
got a new job! can’t talk much about it rn but let’s just say it comes with a really cool hat.
black smoke = we don’t have a pope
white smoke = we do have a pope
grey smoke = we might have a pope
red smoke = stop for the pope
green smoke = go pope go
yellow smoke = watch out for the pope
purple smoke = grape flavored pope
orange pope = glad i didn’t say banana pope
white smoke = we do have a pope
grey smoke = we might have a pope
red smoke = stop for the pope
green smoke = go pope go
yellow smoke = watch out for the pope
purple smoke = grape flavored pope
orange pope = glad i didn’t say banana pope
May 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
black smoke = we don’t have a pope
white smoke = we do have a pope
grey smoke = we might have a pope
red smoke = stop for the pope
green smoke = go pope go
yellow smoke = watch out for the pope
purple smoke = grape flavored pope
orange pope = glad i didn’t say banana pope
white smoke = we do have a pope
grey smoke = we might have a pope
red smoke = stop for the pope
green smoke = go pope go
yellow smoke = watch out for the pope
purple smoke = grape flavored pope
orange pope = glad i didn’t say banana pope
freud: so, i’ve come up with this new technique to treat human mental pain.
everyone: wow, cool! will it make us happy?
freud: well no, but it’ll return you to a normal state of unhappiness.
everyone: wow, cool! will it make us happy?
freud: well no, but it’ll return you to a normal state of unhappiness.
May 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
freud: so, i’ve come up with this new technique to treat human mental pain.
everyone: wow, cool! will it make us happy?
freud: well no, but it’ll return you to a normal state of unhappiness.
everyone: wow, cool! will it make us happy?
freud: well no, but it’ll return you to a normal state of unhappiness.
in honor of sigmund freud’s birthday, think about every mistake you’ve ever made and completely suppress it.
May 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
in honor of sigmund freud’s birthday, think about every mistake you’ve ever made and completely suppress it.
i forgot jesus died today… i knew the vibes were off.
April 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
i forgot jesus died today… i knew the vibes were off.
VICE be like: “This Slovak Commune Is Harboring Pangolin Traffickers Who Use Their Scales In A New Street Drug Called ‘Mucky’ Popular Among Day Laborers In Moldova”.
April 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
VICE be like: “This Slovak Commune Is Harboring Pangolin Traffickers Who Use Their Scales In A New Street Drug Called ‘Mucky’ Popular Among Day Laborers In Moldova”.
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Altman is using Studio Ghibli’s popularity very specifically to push users into OpenAI’s paid tiers, and presumably neither Ghibli the company nor its artists will be compensated in any way.
Studio Ghibli-style AI images are melting OpenAI's GPUs confirms Sam Altman
Studio Ghibli-style AI images are melting OpenAI's GPUs confirms Sam Altman
Studio Ghibli-style AI images are flooding social media, pushing OpenAI's GPUs to their limits 🎨💻
www.tweaktown.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Altman is using Studio Ghibli’s popularity very specifically to push users into OpenAI’s paid tiers, and presumably neither Ghibli the company nor its artists will be compensated in any way.
the concept of “you should still care about problems that don’t directly affect you personally” is apparently lost on many people.
March 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
the concept of “you should still care about problems that don’t directly affect you personally” is apparently lost on many people.
on this day in 44BC, julius caesar looked around and said, “kind of a weird vibe in here”.
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
on this day in 44BC, julius caesar looked around and said, “kind of a weird vibe in here”.
californians/liberals be like:
March 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
californians/liberals be like:
requiring everyone’s clocks to be the same is communism. let the free market decide what time it is.
March 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
requiring everyone’s clocks to be the same is communism. let the free market decide what time it is.
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This is how they be talking to you in the pawn shop after offering you $40 for your PS5
February 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is how they be talking to you in the pawn shop after offering you $40 for your PS5
partner: you’re taking up my entire side of the bed.
me: every border implies the violence of its maintenance.
me: every border implies the violence of its maintenance.
February 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
partner: you’re taking up my entire side of the bed.
me: every border implies the violence of its maintenance.
me: every border implies the violence of its maintenance.
it turns out not being depressed requires a baseline level of healthy delusion which i simply lack.
February 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
it turns out not being depressed requires a baseline level of healthy delusion which i simply lack.
texting “hahaha” is kind of aggressive… and like, i can’t imagine feeling that happy about something except garlic.
February 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
texting “hahaha” is kind of aggressive… and like, i can’t imagine feeling that happy about something except garlic.
how is even one person happy on this planet? remarkable to not ever hate it here.
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
how is even one person happy on this planet? remarkable to not ever hate it here.
if i seem quiet during a date, it’s because i’m thinking about the time french composer erik satie wrote a play called “cancelled” and the play was cancelled after opening night because people saw the sign and didn’t show up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
if i seem quiet during a date, it’s because i’m thinking about the time french composer erik satie wrote a play called “cancelled” and the play was cancelled after opening night because people saw the sign and didn’t show up.