Carpinche
@claiborne.bsky.social
art, politics, tech, science, philosophy, lil' jokes
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Me when thanksgiving meal is ready.
November 23, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Me when thanksgiving meal is ready.
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AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
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Rattling off this exact list at 3x speed when people ask what I'm thankful for youtu.be/Or-kOrPQ6JE?...
I’m sorry.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Rattling off this exact list at 3x speed when people ask what I'm thankful for youtu.be/Or-kOrPQ6JE?...
But will they still do drugs and fuck each other in the off-hours? Because then the experience just won't be the same
Disney has revealed a next-generation robotic figure of Frozen's Olaf that will literally walk, talk, and interact with guests around the World of Frozen lands at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland in early 2026. https://bit.ly/4okgGQW
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
But will they still do drugs and fuck each other in the off-hours? Because then the experience just won't be the same
Hot take: Most nonfiction books would benefit from being shorter
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hot take: Most nonfiction books would benefit from being shorter
Introducing myself from now on as "like all men but more so"
This whole Nuzzi excerpt reads like a stream of consciousness freestyle.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Introducing myself from now on as "like all men but more so"
I thought that I'd finally seen every Thai restaurant pun that could possibly be made, but fusion restaurants open up an exciting new universe of possibilities
Ate at a Thai/Jewish fusion food truck named L'Thaim and it was fantastic. Curry latkes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I thought that I'd finally seen every Thai restaurant pun that could possibly be made, but fusion restaurants open up an exciting new universe of possibilities
I've been thinking about this study a lot in terms of explaining how the left is perceived as more annoying and moralizing despite the right openly attempting a theocratic government. We frame most arguments in moral terms, and it's off-putting to those who don't share our morals (and many who do!)
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I've been thinking about this study a lot in terms of explaining how the left is perceived as more annoying and moralizing despite the right openly attempting a theocratic government. We frame most arguments in moral terms, and it's off-putting to those who don't share our morals (and many who do!)
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Me: So pumpkin spice is just…
Barista: Sawdust. Ordinary sawdust. The power of imagination made your latte autumnal
Barista: Sawdust. Ordinary sawdust. The power of imagination made your latte autumnal
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Me: So pumpkin spice is just…
Barista: Sawdust. Ordinary sawdust. The power of imagination made your latte autumnal
Barista: Sawdust. Ordinary sawdust. The power of imagination made your latte autumnal
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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Is this what it feels like to go mad
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Is this what it feels like to go mad
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Target greeters trying to lure us back:
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Target greeters trying to lure us back:
Great-looking charts, but those y axes really are something
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Great-looking charts, but those y axes really are something
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The children yearn for positive male role models
Nation's Young Men Honestly Just Making This Shit Up as They Go Along
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The children yearn for positive male role models
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
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JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
JD Vance's half-brother has lost by an overwhelming margin as he tried to become the mayor of Cincinnati.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval wins reelection.
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I hand over an invisible ‘Tree Of The Day’ award to the most charismatic tree I see on each of my walks. Here are just a few past winners of this esteemed but still largely unknown prize.
September 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I hand over an invisible ‘Tree Of The Day’ award to the most charismatic tree I see on each of my walks. Here are just a few past winners of this esteemed but still largely unknown prize.
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I still maintain they need a bashful member of the Wu Tang Clan
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I still maintain they need a bashful member of the Wu Tang Clan
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me: so, that's why i canceled disney plus. freedom of speech matters.
isaac chotiner: right. but you didn't cancel your hulu account.
me: that's correct.
chotiner: they're owned by the same company. you're aware of that, right?
me: yes, but it's not like — it's nuanced.
chotiner: sure, sure.
isaac chotiner: right. but you didn't cancel your hulu account.
me: that's correct.
chotiner: they're owned by the same company. you're aware of that, right?
me: yes, but it's not like — it's nuanced.
chotiner: sure, sure.
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
me: so, that's why i canceled disney plus. freedom of speech matters.
isaac chotiner: right. but you didn't cancel your hulu account.
me: that's correct.
chotiner: they're owned by the same company. you're aware of that, right?
me: yes, but it's not like — it's nuanced.
chotiner: sure, sure.
isaac chotiner: right. but you didn't cancel your hulu account.
me: that's correct.
chotiner: they're owned by the same company. you're aware of that, right?
me: yes, but it's not like — it's nuanced.
chotiner: sure, sure.
*throwing the first draft of my letter to my Senator and replacing all my carefully-reasoned policy arguments with explicit threats against their family*
Dems advertising that they are capitulating to threats of violence is not an especially smart plan even on narrow selfpreservation concerns
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
*throwing the first draft of my letter to my Senator and replacing all my carefully-reasoned policy arguments with explicit threats against their family*
It's our fucking flag too
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's our fucking flag too
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ooohhhhhh Project 2025 as in THIS year
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
ooohhhhhh Project 2025 as in THIS year