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"Cyberpunk is a Hello Kitty Claymore mine."
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kuyajaypi.bsky.social
Tired of seeing AI on pinterest?
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Ok some folks said yes so 🧵

(Keeping in mind we spend every single day at the beach and value comfort and essentially make it our living room LOL)
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Jul 6
My mom and I spend about a month down the shore every summer and have spent years perfecting our beach gear. Are people interested in what we bring?
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Jul 6
Down the shore
July 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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scalzi.com
I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs.

I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all

gifcities.org
GifCities
gifcities.org
June 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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xkcd.com
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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krissychula.bsky.social
This is high art
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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mightygodking.com
Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating
" On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change. It's a seismic shift. At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans. We do know that we can't absorb this kind of cost increase without raising prices. We've done our best over the past few years to shield players and retailers from the full brunt of rising freight costs and other increases, but this new tax changes the equation entirely. Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math. Some people ask, "Why not manufacture in the U.S.?" I wish we could. But the infrastructure to support full-scale boardgame production – specialty dice making, die-cutting, custom plastic and wood components – doesn't meaningfully exist here yet. I've gotten quotes. I've talked to factories. Even when the willingness is there, the equipment, labor, and timelines simply aren't."
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
This is a very clear and concise explanation for forwarding to confused friends and family members.
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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clairezagorski.bsky.social
Hey hi

The government sold a man into slavery in El Salvador

They now admit they messed up

And are refusing to figure out a way to get him back
April 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
charlesonmambo.bsky.social
How long before we see news reports about the Coast Guard intercepting Ovosubs?
March 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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nellucnhoj.bsky.social
4 panel comic P1: An anthropomorphised version of the comic you are looking at runs through a set of doors. Despite their lack of a face, they look panicked. P2: They reach a desk, behind which another comic person sits. The latter points off to their left. P3: the original Comic Person is now standing in a tiled corridor, speaking to another Comic Person (also containing a recursive version this comic). They hold a clipboard in their left hand. P4: we are now staring at a hospital bed, on which another Comic Person is curled up in pain. The original Comic Person stands over them, looking mournful.
March 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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lasrina.bsky.social
Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
Slashed zero (0̸), a representation of the number 0 (zero) to distinguish it from the letter O Slashed letter 'O' (O̸), a representation of the letter O to distinguish it from the number 0 (zero)
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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rrookstudio.bsky.social
Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.

If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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gregpak.net
One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.
hand drawn protest sign showing the doge dog with a rainbow border and words around it reading "fake agency / much illegal / very data breach / such treasury / unelected / very coup / wow"
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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tkingfisher.com
If you know even a tangential bit about tech, this will rightly terrify you.
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 4
So on this question of “doxing” of Musk gizmocrats, I was talking to staffers to today detailing one of the gizmocrats who is largely on his own rewriting the code base of one of the US governments most mission critical computer systems. And as it was described to me the staff programmers …
February 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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scalzi.com
OpenAI right now
Scene from The Princess Bride where Vizzinni says "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen"
January 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
Jesus Christ the first four months of 2025 have just been brutal, haven’t they.
January 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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secondlina.com
Time to post this again as we enter the seasonal temporal blind spot.
December 23, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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jongraywb.bsky.social
How to filter out AI Images in Google Image Search.

Sharing this with my students so I figured I'd also share it with everyone here.

Hopefully this image is still relevant given Google's changes. Save this on your computer or phone and refer to it as needed.
HOW TO FILTER OUT AI IMAGES IN GOOGLE IMAGES When you type something add the following minus keywords: -ai, -prompt Since AI movement increased highly in 2022, use "before:" like before:2021 (VERY effective) The following keywords will affect and should decrease amounts of AI imagery appearing on your search. Create, not scrape!
March 27, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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nome.bsky.social
I know it flies in the face of canon, but my personal head canon is that the Borg Queen is a modern invention, one that is a specific response to encountering and assimilating humans.

The Borg assimilated us, and in return, we made them shitty.

Here's the idea 🧵:
a dark background with the words we are borg written on it
Alt: A cubic space ship, surrounded by gas clouds. "We are Borg."
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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camw.ing
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.

I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.

If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part: "The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop." Here's the whole paragraph: We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
A library with a hidden street! Very cool! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The forgotten street found behind a hidden library door
The passageway gives a glimpse of how Edinburgh looked centuries ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 7:54 AM
charlesonmambo.bsky.social
There should be an upside down heart button so we can mark things as "I too hate that."
November 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM