Jean Aycock
@foxish49.bsky.social
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Fuck you, Montressor.
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Fuck you, Montressor.
@seananmcguire.bsky.social Hi! I picked up some nice ponies at a friend's sale - do you have a list of who you're still looking for?
July 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@seananmcguire.bsky.social Hi! I picked up some nice ponies at a friend's sale - do you have a list of who you're still looking for?
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I regret to inform you all that I have been allowed inside an art museum.
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I regret to inform you all that I have been allowed inside an art museum.
@tkingfisher.com sometimes I'm in the store and just think, "Dang, I miss KUEC."
July 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@tkingfisher.com sometimes I'm in the store and just think, "Dang, I miss KUEC."
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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
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there’s a reason bluesky is a retirement home for millennial posters - we grew up before algorithms and were not used to having content shoved in our faces unasked for
we chose to click on those terrible threads ourselves
we chose to click on those terrible threads ourselves
This is, in all seriousness, the biggest Millennial/Gen Z dividing line: whether your first social network pre- or post-dates facebook.
and honestly i’m still very much a forum poster at heart
June 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
there’s a reason bluesky is a retirement home for millennial posters - we grew up before algorithms and were not used to having content shoved in our faces unasked for
we chose to click on those terrible threads ourselves
we chose to click on those terrible threads ourselves
When you visit the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and all you can think of is @tkingfisher.com 's
LJ posts from decades ago! The agave! The cacti!
We've been trying to figure out if there's any possibly of keeping a Palo Verde alive in MS - perhaps a bonsai with its own dehumidifier?
LJ posts from decades ago! The agave! The cacti!
We've been trying to figure out if there's any possibly of keeping a Palo Verde alive in MS - perhaps a bonsai with its own dehumidifier?
May 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When you visit the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and all you can think of is @tkingfisher.com 's
LJ posts from decades ago! The agave! The cacti!
We've been trying to figure out if there's any possibly of keeping a Palo Verde alive in MS - perhaps a bonsai with its own dehumidifier?
LJ posts from decades ago! The agave! The cacti!
We've been trying to figure out if there's any possibly of keeping a Palo Verde alive in MS - perhaps a bonsai with its own dehumidifier?
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I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Why So Many MAGA Men Look Like Joe Rogan
The slim-fit uniform of grindset entrepreneurs and right wing podcasters can be traced back decades.
www.bloomberg.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
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Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
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TIMELINE CLEANSE: please enjoy this video of a 15-week-old puppy playing with a ball for the first time in her life.
April 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
TIMELINE CLEANSE: please enjoy this video of a 15-week-old puppy playing with a ball for the first time in her life.
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Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge
If you’re within five years of retiring, either before or after, you’re at your most vulnerable financially. Here are steps to weather the volatility.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
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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
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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
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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
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
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
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
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The same folks telling me to stop fighting against AI because it’s here to stay and humans are obsolete also told me ebooks were gonna be the end of physical books, the MiniDisc was the future of sound, I should invest all my money on NFTs, and crypto would quickly replace money.
March 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The same folks telling me to stop fighting against AI because it’s here to stay and humans are obsolete also told me ebooks were gonna be the end of physical books, the MiniDisc was the future of sound, I should invest all my money on NFTs, and crypto would quickly replace money.
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Just apply that to other small victories. Let people celebrate a goddamn butterfly without announcing that Trump will kill it.
If we are not allowed to feel any joy, what are we even fighting so hard for?
If we are not allowed to feel any joy, what are we even fighting so hard for?
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just apply that to other small victories. Let people celebrate a goddamn butterfly without announcing that Trump will kill it.
If we are not allowed to feel any joy, what are we even fighting so hard for?
If we are not allowed to feel any joy, what are we even fighting so hard for?
This is the best thread.
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is the best thread.
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The real story of Cassandra wasn't that she had magic powers it was that the bad guys test their strategies on those with the least power first and then execute them on a broad scale.
www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
What Musk's war on federal workers owes to Gamergate, the long-ago troll tantrum
Culture war for the stupid era kicked off with video gamers mad at ladies who have sex
www.salon.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The real story of Cassandra wasn't that she had magic powers it was that the bad guys test their strategies on those with the least power first and then execute them on a broad scale.
www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
www.salon.com/2025/02/24/w...
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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
Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.
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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!
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The headline of this story says it all. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Court documents show not only did Meta torrent terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel rig...
I wouldn't put that sort of thing in writing but I'm built different.
www.pcgamer.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The headline of this story says it all. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...