Andy Smith
@errantpedant.bsky.social
I project manage things, watch old anime, and drink gin.
Count of Monte Cristo & Dracula, Motherfucker!
Bonus: All 40 volumes of 3x3 Eyes, tastefully arranged.
Bonus: All 40 volumes of 3x3 Eyes, tastefully arranged.
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Count of Monte Cristo & Dracula, Motherfucker!
Bonus: All 40 volumes of 3x3 Eyes, tastefully arranged.
Bonus: All 40 volumes of 3x3 Eyes, tastefully arranged.
I don't mind if a site wants to have hold a firm line about death threats, even obviously joking ones. I do mind that every other bit of moderating here is biased and arbitrary by contrast.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I don't mind if a site wants to have hold a firm line about death threats, even obviously joking ones. I do mind that every other bit of moderating here is biased and arbitrary by contrast.
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in my house, we love the owl house. we love it even more now.
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
in my house, we love the owl house. we love it even more now.
Nothing like our mayor's concession speech to confirm we were right to vote him out.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Nothing like our mayor's concession speech to confirm we were right to vote him out.
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that's so weird like there wasn't a big interest in an inconvenience store
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
that's so weird like there wasn't a big interest in an inconvenience store
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if I HAD been in town today I probably would have asked outgoing Mayor Harrell why his budget for next year sets up a huge fiscal cliff for incoming ,ayor Wilson, using one-time funding for long-term needs and assuming nine-figure deficits starting in next year's budget cycle
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
if I HAD been in town today I probably would have asked outgoing Mayor Harrell why his budget for next year sets up a huge fiscal cliff for incoming ,ayor Wilson, using one-time funding for long-term needs and assuming nine-figure deficits starting in next year's budget cycle
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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It’s a mirror of the national discourse about how progressives have gone too far, Harris was too woke etc. A corrective to liberal excesses that never happened.
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s a mirror of the national discourse about how progressives have gone too far, Harris was too woke etc. A corrective to liberal excesses that never happened.
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Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
The story about the gun got buried, virtually nobody in any position of influence talked about it. The more significant element of this was money. The business class within Seattle really liked his harsh-crackdowns-on-unhoused-people policy, and they put a lot of resources behind his campaign.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
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DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
www.nwprogressive.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
We know from the snippets given in the novellas that Murderbot's beloved Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon is not a reference to the 2003 tokusatsu Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. But, hear me out, what if it was?
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We know from the snippets given in the novellas that Murderbot's beloved Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon is not a reference to the 2003 tokusatsu Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. But, hear me out, what if it was?
First thought that came to mind
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
First thought that came to mind
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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he just turned 41—he's going to learn how "necessary" ibuprofen is pretty quickly
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
he just turned 41—he's going to learn how "necessary" ibuprofen is pretty quickly
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Switching from a 30-year to a 50-year mortgage would slightly lower my monthly payment, but massively increase the interest owed over the life of the loan.
But, hear me out, switching from a 30-year mortgage to a 500-year mortgage …
But, hear me out, switching from a 30-year mortgage to a 500-year mortgage …
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Switching from a 30-year to a 50-year mortgage would slightly lower my monthly payment, but massively increase the interest owed over the life of the loan.
But, hear me out, switching from a 30-year mortgage to a 500-year mortgage …
But, hear me out, switching from a 30-year mortgage to a 500-year mortgage …
Shout out to zinsters in Portland, the only* fucking people in that city to mask up.
*Plus two bakery workers.
*Plus two bakery workers.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Shout out to zinsters in Portland, the only* fucking people in that city to mask up.
*Plus two bakery workers.
*Plus two bakery workers.
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Yep.
people bitch about woke media but if TOS was on today they would go to a thinly-veiled MAGA planet where the locals worshipped guns and then kirk would hit the orange dictator with a two-fisted karate chop before giving a lecture about how science is real and violence is bad
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yep.
Was not sure how I felt about more new characters being introduced this far into the Craft Wars series, but Arthurian Jeeves & Wooster and nepo baby Elle Woods are winning me over.
And Abelard continues to be the best boy, even if he might be on fire sometimes.
And Abelard continues to be the best boy, even if he might be on fire sometimes.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Was not sure how I felt about more new characters being introduced this far into the Craft Wars series, but Arthurian Jeeves & Wooster and nepo baby Elle Woods are winning me over.
And Abelard continues to be the best boy, even if he might be on fire sometimes.
And Abelard continues to be the best boy, even if he might be on fire sometimes.
On the one hand, this is *very* funny to me and I understand how they made that error. On the other, as someone who works in localization, a translator hired to work on a shonen manga really should have known this term.
I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On the one hand, this is *very* funny to me and I understand how they made that error. On the other, as someone who works in localization, a translator hired to work on a shonen manga really should have known this term.
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better paid developers who have work/life balance and no incentive or directive to engage in predatory tactics.
kinder fan bases that acknowledge developer mistakes without resorting to threats of violence.
a treasure of some kind behind every waterfall.
kinder fan bases that acknowledge developer mistakes without resorting to threats of violence.
a treasure of some kind behind every waterfall.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
better paid developers who have work/life balance and no incentive or directive to engage in predatory tactics.
kinder fan bases that acknowledge developer mistakes without resorting to threats of violence.
a treasure of some kind behind every waterfall.
kinder fan bases that acknowledge developer mistakes without resorting to threats of violence.
a treasure of some kind behind every waterfall.