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I spend a lot of time at the doctor. 18+, it/they. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ and pro 🇺🇦,🇵🇸 🐸
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"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."
~William Gibson, Count Zero
~William Gibson, Count Zero
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November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Canadian here, but I often say "The US" or "The States" because, yah, North America alone contains TWO countries and "America" as a whole contains THIRTY FIVE SEPARATE COUNTRIES.
USA exceptionalism at it's best 🙄
USA exceptionalism at it's best 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Canadian here, but I often say "The US" or "The States" because, yah, North America alone contains TWO countries and "America" as a whole contains THIRTY FIVE SEPARATE COUNTRIES.
USA exceptionalism at it's best 🙄
USA exceptionalism at it's best 🙄
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Are you in the military? Are you concerned that the chain is command is fucking up and giving illegal orders? Call the GI Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling
Are you in the military or thinking about joining? Are you unsure of where to get reliable answers? Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487. Call for yourself or someone you care about Free and c...
girightshotline.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Are you in the military? Are you concerned that the chain is command is fucking up and giving illegal orders? Call the GI Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
girightshotline.org
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Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
Looked up “what mobile parking app do I need for <this town>” - AI summary on Google confidently gave me the wrong answer, which I ignored because **it is wrong a third of the time, about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING** (according to the last study I read.)
The shit just doesn’t work.
The shit just doesn’t work.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
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Cooked to perfection 🍗
Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar for Luncheon Magazine
www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/tabl...
Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar for Luncheon Magazine
www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/tabl...
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Cooked to perfection 🍗
Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar for Luncheon Magazine
www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/tabl...
Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar for Luncheon Magazine
www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/06/tabl...
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“I asked chatgpt…”
cool, I asked my invisible friend ted
cool, I asked my invisible friend ted
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“I asked chatgpt…”
cool, I asked my invisible friend ted
cool, I asked my invisible friend ted
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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BEGGING y'all to stop subscribing to patreons through the ios app. you can use the app to browse, but for the love of god use a browser when you subscribe.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
BEGGING y'all to stop subscribing to patreons through the ios app. you can use the app to browse, but for the love of god use a browser when you subscribe.
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Seen on the bike path
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Seen on the bike path
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Here’s some Neil Thompson art to make your Saturday a little better.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here’s some Neil Thompson art to make your Saturday a little better.
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It just occurred to me, as someone who used to work in a HIPPA compliant office, that Google's Gmail changes have almost certainly broken every significant privacy law in every country in the world instantaneously.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It just occurred to me, as someone who used to work in a HIPPA compliant office, that Google's Gmail changes have almost certainly broken every significant privacy law in every country in the world instantaneously.
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Check your Gmail & Google Workspace settings - I was opted in to all of this by default. No clankers!
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check your Gmail & Google Workspace settings - I was opted in to all of this by default. No clankers!
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I think what we're seeing here is the effect talking to a normal, likeable guy has on someone who has only talked to freaks like JD Vance and Stephen Miller for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I think what we're seeing here is the effect talking to a normal, likeable guy has on someone who has only talked to freaks like JD Vance and Stephen Miller for a year.
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The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
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So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
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PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
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Is it the last Amanita of the autumn? There has been a lot here in North Vancouver but how long can they keep going……#fungifriends
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Is it the last Amanita of the autumn? There has been a lot here in North Vancouver but how long can they keep going……#fungifriends
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Me looking at the news
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Me looking at the news
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People with allergies are just fucked, I guess
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
People with allergies are just fucked, I guess
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker