Ted Scarlett
@reverendted.bsky.social
Co-founder of AVA. I post of words, birds & nerds. I juggle, play banjo, & enthuse about science. My dog Shorty McMorty is a very good girl.
At this point, every app that asks me for a rating by interrupting my use of the app…gets one star.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
At this point, every app that asks me for a rating by interrupting my use of the app…gets one star.
@newsweek.com will there be a headline about it if it turns out to be wrong? Otherwise, this really isn’t news is it? It’s just entertainment.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
@newsweek.com will there be a headline about it if it turns out to be wrong? Otherwise, this really isn’t news is it? It’s just entertainment.
In addition to using me to train autonomous vehicles, am I not also training machines how to answer correctly the very "Are you human?" question being posed here?
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In addition to using me to train autonomous vehicles, am I not also training machines how to answer correctly the very "Are you human?" question being posed here?
There was Asian street food served by Algerian proprietors in Athens, Greece.
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
There was Asian street food served by Algerian proprietors in Athens, Greece.
hey, @microsoft.com ... do you know why this image matters?
August 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
hey, @microsoft.com ... do you know why this image matters?
@microsoft.com - Would be nice if these pop-ups for updates on Mac OS did not steal focus from an active window. It's super disruptive.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
@microsoft.com - Would be nice if these pop-ups for updates on Mac OS did not steal focus from an active window. It's super disruptive.
I refuse to wear "nuclear pants."
August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I refuse to wear "nuclear pants."
How much numb could a numb chuck numb, if a numb chuck could chuck numb?
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
How much numb could a numb chuck numb, if a numb chuck could chuck numb?
Why is SSA trying to market this bill?
What pressure has been applied to the agency?
Since when did a government agency “applaud” any legislation?
What pressure has been applied to the agency?
Since when did a government agency “applaud” any legislation?
July 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Why is SSA trying to market this bill?
What pressure has been applied to the agency?
Since when did a government agency “applaud” any legislation?
What pressure has been applied to the agency?
Since when did a government agency “applaud” any legislation?
Is Switzerland kind of shaped like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is Switzerland kind of shaped like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Any app that pops up a rating while using the app...gets one star.
Doesn't matter if I like or hate the app. NPS appeals should *never* interrupt the user.
Doesn't matter if I like or hate the app. NPS appeals should *never* interrupt the user.
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Any app that pops up a rating while using the app...gets one star.
Doesn't matter if I like or hate the app. NPS appeals should *never* interrupt the user.
Doesn't matter if I like or hate the app. NPS appeals should *never* interrupt the user.
Super bad form, @googlechrome.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Super bad form, @googlechrome.bsky.social
One indicator that your experimental lime tree pot is not draining adequately is the appearance of unexpected but not entirely unwelcome mushrooms.
May 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One indicator that your experimental lime tree pot is not draining adequately is the appearance of unexpected but not entirely unwelcome mushrooms.
Many thanks to @robynhitchcock.bsky.social for coming to entertain us in Salt Lake City (with @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social, too!).
Here is a moment from "A Day in the Life" among an audience of rapt and eerily senescent fans.
Here is a moment from "A Day in the Life" among an audience of rapt and eerily senescent fans.
May 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Many thanks to @robynhitchcock.bsky.social for coming to entertain us in Salt Lake City (with @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social, too!).
Here is a moment from "A Day in the Life" among an audience of rapt and eerily senescent fans.
Here is a moment from "A Day in the Life" among an audience of rapt and eerily senescent fans.
Even with the help of my trusty George Lakoff Metaphor Decoder Ring, I cannot fully decipher this headline. Come on, @marketwatch.com.
(cc @george-lakoff.com, because I invoke thy name)
(cc @george-lakoff.com, because I invoke thy name)
May 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Even with the help of my trusty George Lakoff Metaphor Decoder Ring, I cannot fully decipher this headline. Come on, @marketwatch.com.
(cc @george-lakoff.com, because I invoke thy name)
(cc @george-lakoff.com, because I invoke thy name)
There seems to be a bug in Apple Maps...
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There seems to be a bug in Apple Maps...
3 minutes until US market opens.
TFW...
TFW...
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
3 minutes until US market opens.
TFW...
TFW...
At my company AVA, I started saying, "I'm on it like a bonnet."
Soon, there was an emoji in Slack.
Now it's shorthand to confirm, "Yeah, I got this."
Soon, there was an emoji in Slack.
Now it's shorthand to confirm, "Yeah, I got this."
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
At my company AVA, I started saying, "I'm on it like a bonnet."
Soon, there was an emoji in Slack.
Now it's shorthand to confirm, "Yeah, I got this."
Soon, there was an emoji in Slack.
Now it's shorthand to confirm, "Yeah, I got this."
Why is it that in 2025, Microsoft Outlook/Exchange cannot detect when a scammer sends huge-ass graphic of a Paypal invoice? Or that something like this is illegitimate.
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Why is it that in 2025, Microsoft Outlook/Exchange cannot detect when a scammer sends huge-ass graphic of a Paypal invoice? Or that something like this is illegitimate.
Stoat. Short-tailed Weasel. Ermine. Mustela erminea.
February 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Stoat. Short-tailed Weasel. Ermine. Mustela erminea.