Michael
@hashizu.me
I saw this post this morning and have been haunted by it all day. I have sent so many people the wiki for mushroom ketchup today. I may never be the same
The word "tomato" in "tomato ketchup" is doing a bit of work, as there are other forms of ketchup, although these have more niche uses and markets.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I saw this post this morning and have been haunted by it all day. I have sent so many people the wiki for mushroom ketchup today. I may never be the same
Witnessed someone driving today with a can of soda in their hand watching TV off their phone mounted on the dashboard. Ban cars
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Witnessed someone driving today with a can of soda in their hand watching TV off their phone mounted on the dashboard. Ban cars
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day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
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Some sad personal news. I was going to host a party this weekend with the entire crew of the ill-fated HMS Terror. Unfortunately they just telegraphed me that my house is too cold for them so they'll be staying on the arctic ice. Thats what they prefer, given how cold my house is. Tuunbaq is a maybe
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Some sad personal news. I was going to host a party this weekend with the entire crew of the ill-fated HMS Terror. Unfortunately they just telegraphed me that my house is too cold for them so they'll be staying on the arctic ice. Thats what they prefer, given how cold my house is. Tuunbaq is a maybe
Completely agree and I will add--most of the time these images are incredibly distracting. The last time I saw a speaker include AI imagery in their presentation, I got completely sidetracked trying to figure out what the garbled text and imagery was supposed to be
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Completely agree and I will add--most of the time these images are incredibly distracting. The last time I saw a speaker include AI imagery in their presentation, I got completely sidetracked trying to figure out what the garbled text and imagery was supposed to be
My Northern Irish friend refers to my infant daughter as "the wee woman," much to the delight of me and my wife
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My Northern Irish friend refers to my infant daughter as "the wee woman," much to the delight of me and my wife
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Is the last song to enter the American Christmas song canon really "All I Want For Christmas Is You"?? What have we been doing for 30 years??
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Is the last song to enter the American Christmas song canon really "All I Want For Christmas Is You"?? What have we been doing for 30 years??
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Worst Cities in Oregon:
HM: West Linn
HM: Happy Valley
5. Lake Oswego
4. Lake Oswego
3. Lake Oswego
2. Lake Oswego
1. Lake Oswego
HM: West Linn
HM: Happy Valley
5. Lake Oswego
4. Lake Oswego
3. Lake Oswego
2. Lake Oswego
1. Lake Oswego
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Worst Cities in Oregon:
HM: West Linn
HM: Happy Valley
5. Lake Oswego
4. Lake Oswego
3. Lake Oswego
2. Lake Oswego
1. Lake Oswego
HM: West Linn
HM: Happy Valley
5. Lake Oswego
4. Lake Oswego
3. Lake Oswego
2. Lake Oswego
1. Lake Oswego
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Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
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You should be eating minimum one stick of butter today
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You should be eating minimum one stick of butter today
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
Great exchange in this technical Slack I follow
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Great exchange in this technical Slack I follow
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huge development in oregon rail public history, shoutout to victoria for making it happen
The Lewis and Clark Explorer, which connected Portland and Astoria from 2003 to 2005, now has an exhaustive Wikipedia article thanks to yours truly. Tagging relevant nerds/beach enjoyers: @fischer.bsky.social @evieevolving.bsky.social @spindlypete.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_a...
Lewis and Clark Explorer (train) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
huge development in oregon rail public history, shoutout to victoria for making it happen
Good morning to this license plate offered by the state of Tennessee www.tn.gov/content/tn/r...
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Good morning to this license plate offered by the state of Tennessee www.tn.gov/content/tn/r...
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Chainsaw Man is simultaneously worthy of serious discussion for its heartfelt look at society and cycles of abuse and dehumanization, and it's also like, a fantastic nonstop barrage of shitposts
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Chainsaw Man is simultaneously worthy of serious discussion for its heartfelt look at society and cycles of abuse and dehumanization, and it's also like, a fantastic nonstop barrage of shitposts
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what if we just took all of Phil Knight’s money
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
what if we just took all of Phil Knight’s money
Sure, Nike has awful labor practices in both its offices and manufacturing facilities, lobbied to change state law so it wouldn't have to pay more taxes, and funded an anti-transit PAC, but at least its profits enrich a complete dunce
Phil Knight has broken his own record for political spending.
Phil Knight Writes Record Check to Republican Legislative PAC
Nigel Jaquiss
www.wweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sure, Nike has awful labor practices in both its offices and manufacturing facilities, lobbied to change state law so it wouldn't have to pay more taxes, and funded an anti-transit PAC, but at least its profits enrich a complete dunce
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
I would love to know why, in the 90s, the people who localized Iron Chef for the US dubbed everybody in English except for Chairman Kaga (except for his opening narration)
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I would love to know why, in the 90s, the people who localized Iron Chef for the US dubbed everybody in English except for Chairman Kaga (except for his opening narration)