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jenfilmsmith.bsky.social
This looks excellent. Not sure if I can read it just yet, though. I lost my dad to Alzheimer’s less than 2 months ago, and his last few weeks were... not good. It's a brutal and undignified disease.
mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5h
Writer-painter Josh Hickman, my friend since high school, wrote a powerful book about being his mother's caretaker during her decline from dementia. Reading it healed me after going through a similar experience. I recommend it to all caregivers. We carry it signed by Josh. mzs.press/SIGNED-Forge...
Screenshot of a section of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: She was… difficult," I have caught myself, sighing weakly, in unguarded and honest moment since my mother's passing. In fact, she was probably the most difficult person I've ever known. She was difficult to deal with, difficult to communicate with, and difficult, if not impossible, to please. When I asked about her by those who had never met her, she also remained somewhat difficult to describe. For me – especially the younger version of me – she was a frightening and enigmatic contradiction, only predictable in her unpredictability. She affected a misplaced aristocratic, even snobbish air, such that many, who didn't know her well thought her well educated, or perhaps some sort of blue blood, but she came from a poor, broken Canadian home and never attended college. She strive to appear polished and controlled, though she possessed a virtually unveiled violent temper. She was endlessly critical, overbearing and argumentative. She always acted as if she deserved better, no matter what she was getting. Where did all this come from? At times I still catch myself struggling to figure it out." Excerpt from forgetting, Josh Hickman's memoir about caring for his mother as she declined from dementia: "One evening, she rose from the couch to go to the bathroom, stumbled, wobbled for a long moment, then collapsed in a heap on the carpet. Horrified, I jumped up and examined her, trying to rouse her, but she was unconscious. Panicking, I dragged her by the armpits back onto the couch, noticing she had soiled her underwear. Yanking the underwear off and throwing them in the bathtub, I pulled her sweatpants up and stared into her ashen face. Was she dying? My mind raced as I tried to figure out what to do. For the moment, I handled things myself in lieu of calling 911. Remembering a brief conversation from months carlier, I recalled her vagucly mentioning she had been diagnosed with a heart condition, a diagnosis she had of course brushed off as "bullshit." She had been given a prescription for this which she wasn't taking. The ailment was atrial fibrillation, which can cause sudden tachycardia and subsequent fainting, My mind shot to the incident of her "falling" on the balcony and breaking her wrist. I hurriedly scoured her voluminous medicine closet, found the medication she had shown me, pulled a pill out, then tried to jiggle her awake so I could force it in her mouth. Her eyes finally opened after several tense seconds, widening as she stared blankly at me. As I yelled at her to wake up and take the pill, she gazed at me vacantly, as if she had no idca who I was. Was she having a stroke? My mind raced. I knew strokes were also possible due to blood pooling in the atrium, especially if one..." Excerpt from Josh Hickman's book Forgetting, about caring for his mother during her decline from dementia: "I had barely I finally informed my mother that she had had nearly two months to mentally and physically prepare herself for this last move, and the time had arrived. Still, she claimed that she hadn't understood that we were actually moving to the condo. She said she thought that was just an "idea." Forced to ignore her protests yet again, I told her she could wait on her couch, and I would do my best to have it packed last. I thought it might help her to actually see the boxes and furniture physically leaving the apartment, that it might aid her in comprehending the inevitable was actually happening before her eyes. I figured it might be best to depart the empty apartment together, mysclf, my mother, and Sammy driving last to the new place as it filled up with our belongings." The cover of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: The Trials and Tribulations of Caring for a Difficult Parent with Dementia. The cover on the photo shows the author's mother, a woman with brown hair, wearing a black pullover, holding the author as a toddler. He is reaching out to touch her collar. Behind them is a Texaco station in front of a shopping mall in Dallas in the 1970s.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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moara.bsky.social
Um desenho de um quarto escuro. Um personagem deitado na cama, olhando para cima, com expressão cansada e o relógio ao lado marcando 2:39 da manhã. Há um balão de pensamento que diz: "I have got to get hotter" ("Eu preciso ficar mais atraente"). (ChatGPT)
May 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
I have never felt so seen

I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
moviessilently.bsky.social Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 7d
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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digofreitas.com
Em pt-br tá como "Recursos Inteligentes".
DESATIVEM!
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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nifflas.bsky.social
Whenever I see variations of the "Dependency" comic by xkcd (xkcd.com/2347/), I always feel it's actually more like this:
An edit of the xkcd comic "Dependency". In this version, it's just a heap of collapsed blocks scattered everywhere. Also everything is on fire
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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msilt.bsky.social
viciada em assistir o gato que ama ser aspirado
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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elinhas.bsky.social
Vai se fudeeeeeee
dreaddbound.bsky.social Dread @dreaddbound.bsky.social · 22d
The animation change half way through is killing me
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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startupdareal.bsky.social
startupdareal.substack.com/p/so-entende...
Só entendemos a importância quando é tarde demais
Não sabemos do que vamos sentir falta lá na frente
startupdareal.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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gayracula.bsky.social
isso inclusive me lembrou dessa carta do Kurt Vonnegut.
"we are here on Earth to fart around"
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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kiswanson.medsky.social
Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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janus.bsky.social
sorry for the instagram text wall but rarely do i see this point being made so clearly and so strongly
Instagram post by eli1ah with black text on a yellow background: “I'm pro documenting tings. I'm against the idea that if I step into a venue (or now just go outside) I'm opted into being someone's content in perpetuity. I'm against randoms filming people they don't know and posting them to humiliate. I hate having to accommodate someone wanting to 'get their shot' while I perform. I hate watching artists and seeing 6 camera people on stage moving around them. I hate being on slide 17 of a festivals carousel on Instagram enjoying a moment of peace photographed without my consent. Written and oral story telling can do so many things images can't, especially now we are swamped with them. Please use these devices more.”
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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coprodu.to
Toda empresa que cria sistemas web deveria pelo menos passar por cima do OWASP Top 10 com seus funcionários - uma lista das 10 vulnerabilidades de segurança mais comuns em aplicações web. Por isso vou fazer uma thread para cada item da lista.

Hoje vou falar sobre o item 10: SSRF.
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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moara.bsky.social
precisamos baixar e salvar os vídeos antigos porque o YouTube vai passar IA em todos (pra upscaling), temos que preservar a qualidade de 2 pixels de grandes clássicos como este

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUaC...
Mogwai - The sun smells too loud
YouTube video by Simon Lillqvist
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
I was transfixed and impressed by this movie. I can scarcely believe it even exists--that's how bold the story is.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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vepo.dev
Achei meu livro listado como referência de um curso. 😎

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October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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1ilhas.bsky.social
Morning, my friends!

about.gitlab.com/install/
Download and install GitLab
Download, install and maintain your own GitLab instance with various installation packages and downloads for Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Google Cloud and more.
about.gitlab.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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micaelsilva.com
Ele começou nesta auto escola de BH
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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lolennui.bsky.social
Tweet that says “i do not want to save to onedrive. i want to save to the documents folder. on my computer. that i have. in my house.” And it’s quote tweeted by @old_ric with a still of Hank hill talking to someone at the counter of a computer business center
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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joanna.news
Anna Calvi e Perfume Genius fizeram um cover da tristíssima canção I See A Darkness, do nêmesis da Joanna,
Bonnie "Prince" Billy

youtu.be/57z_tFA52Xo?...
Anna Calvi - I See A Darkness (feat. Perfume Genius) (Official Video)
YouTube video by Anna Calvi
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October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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socksthewolf.com
Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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mckenziewark.bsky.social
I like to read writing by humans because humans die. A writer used part of her life to write and I’m using part of mine to read it. The finitude is key to it being an art.
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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zanestheargent.bsky.social
All Robots & Computers Must Shut The Hell Up 📵📵📵 To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To ➡️And I Will Never Speak To You⬅️ I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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steinmakesgames.bsky.social
There's really only two file formats
Calvin and Hobbes comic. Dad explains there's only two types of file formats: .txt and .zip #programming #software #softwareengineering
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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margadambrowski.bsky.social
Joana, G.H., Ana, Macabéa. A mulher que não queria ser autobiográfica – quero ser bio – está espalhada em várias personagens que ajudaram a forjar o mito do monstro sagrado. Prepare sua melhor reverência para saudar um furacão: com vocês, Clarice Lispector. Vem de fio! +
October 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM