RF O’Shaughnessy
@rfoshaughnessy.bsky.social
Most likely not going to follow you back. Tired writer. She/they. Social media is a performance and I have forgotten my lines. I like knitting and Les Misérables
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Everyone remember: if a strange hot green dude bursts into your Christmas dinner, you DON'T have to behead him
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Everyone remember: if a strange hot green dude bursts into your Christmas dinner, you DON'T have to behead him
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
I really like the thoughts presented by this post and the one before it. However, I am a pedant at heart and know that Victor Hugo was not paid by the word and Les Misérables was not published serially. (Apologies for running off with this) 1/8
The "bedroom coders" everyone loves to romanticize were selling shareware. They were selling mail-order software. Victor Hugo wrote Les Mis as a serial for a newspaper and he got paid by the word, which is why it's so fucking long. Labor can only exist if society values its existence.
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I really like the thoughts presented by this post and the one before it. However, I am a pedant at heart and know that Victor Hugo was not paid by the word and Les Misérables was not published serially. (Apologies for running off with this) 1/8
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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.
I paid a little old Russian cobbler to resole some (barely worn) shoes that needed more traction. He was so sad to do it and ngl I mourned with him. But also I need to not slide across the tile floor at work if even the idea of water falls onto it so needs must
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I paid a little old Russian cobbler to resole some (barely worn) shoes that needed more traction. He was so sad to do it and ngl I mourned with him. But also I need to not slide across the tile floor at work if even the idea of water falls onto it so needs must
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
I love making French onion soup because it reminds me how delicious Gruyère cheese is. But also because I get soup at the end of the toil. But mostly the cheese
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I love making French onion soup because it reminds me how delicious Gruyère cheese is. But also because I get soup at the end of the toil. But mostly the cheese
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We’re still crowdfunding and we’re only at 17% we’d love to make Season Two and we can’t do it without you. Please help us make this a reality!
I NEED season 2 of @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social! Everyone go check out their kickstarter!
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We’re still crowdfunding and we’re only at 17% we’d love to make Season Two and we can’t do it without you. Please help us make this a reality!
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Personally I love seeing corny, cringy bad protest signs. Means the amateurs are activated
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Personally I love seeing corny, cringy bad protest signs. Means the amateurs are activated
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NO KINGS (except for me)!
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NO KINGS (except for me)!
I saw a leaf bug today and it was doing such a good job at resembling a leaf
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I saw a leaf bug today and it was doing such a good job at resembling a leaf
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This art is a year or two now but I'm still really proud of it. Pigeons!! I sell these lil guys as prints https://www.lackofa.com/shop
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This art is a year or two now but I'm still really proud of it. Pigeons!! I sell these lil guys as prints https://www.lackofa.com/shop
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Yes I do live under a rock, but there are books under here with me.
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yes I do live under a rock, but there are books under here with me.
My brother: someone flashed their brights at me earlier because I stopped at a stop sign
Me: were they from California?
Dear reader, my brother confirms they had a California plate. I laughed my head off
Me: were they from California?
Dear reader, my brother confirms they had a California plate. I laughed my head off
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My brother: someone flashed their brights at me earlier because I stopped at a stop sign
Me: were they from California?
Dear reader, my brother confirms they had a California plate. I laughed my head off
Me: were they from California?
Dear reader, my brother confirms they had a California plate. I laughed my head off
The torment nexus exists and it’s called trying to find anything on university websites. When I was applying for schools years ago, I considered one mostly on the merit of “their website wasn’t hellish to interact with”
August 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The torment nexus exists and it’s called trying to find anything on university websites. When I was applying for schools years ago, I considered one mostly on the merit of “their website wasn’t hellish to interact with”
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when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
I had to read some Richard Barnfield for a Queer Shakespeare class in college a few years ago and it has irreparably ruined my ability to spell shepherd. It’s shepheard now
August 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I had to read some Richard Barnfield for a Queer Shakespeare class in college a few years ago and it has irreparably ruined my ability to spell shepherd. It’s shepheard now
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*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
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reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
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If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
July 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
It annoys me to no end to look for an expensive academic work on eBay and find people selling the book for more than the publisher is. Disgusting
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It annoys me to no end to look for an expensive academic work on eBay and find people selling the book for more than the publisher is. Disgusting
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Why did TBQ just read me for filth?
If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness
I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.
July 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Why did TBQ just read me for filth?
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tbh I kind of think the increased use of language like "consume" and "content" about art and the experiencing of it is part of what led us to this shit timeline where everything seems disposable and people are happy to let a delusional robot do their writing for them
July 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
tbh I kind of think the increased use of language like "consume" and "content" about art and the experiencing of it is part of what led us to this shit timeline where everything seems disposable and people are happy to let a delusional robot do their writing for them
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hcommons.org is nonprofit and open to all, and isn’t that place that feeds your desk copies into an GenAI maw to make weird “podcasts”
July 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
hcommons.org is nonprofit and open to all, and isn’t that place that feeds your desk copies into an GenAI maw to make weird “podcasts”