Rose
@rosearethusa.bsky.social
Seattle witchy plants and books and nonsense
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“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
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AI is a cancer.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
AI is a cancer.
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My “London is falling” moment: some company called Until has hung giant shiny letters spelling out their name in a curved window on Charing Cross Road so the UNT really stands out as you walk down and nobody, not one of you, has added a C.
For shame, London. For shame ☹️
For shame, London. For shame ☹️
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My “London is falling” moment: some company called Until has hung giant shiny letters spelling out their name in a curved window on Charing Cross Road so the UNT really stands out as you walk down and nobody, not one of you, has added a C.
For shame, London. For shame ☹️
For shame, London. For shame ☹️
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
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Looking up reviews for travel wet wipes and -
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Looking up reviews for travel wet wipes and -
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I was practicing Folsom Prison Blues for my first karaoke outing and I accidentally sang “I’m stuck in Wholesome Prison,” so…
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I was practicing Folsom Prison Blues for my first karaoke outing and I accidentally sang “I’m stuck in Wholesome Prison,” so…
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Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
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Okay, what singers have a nickname based on their signature song. I’m thinking the Piano Man, the Candy Man (as opposed to the Candyman, a supernatural murderer who is nonetheless less morally dubious than most members of the Rat Pack) and the Gambler. Anyone else?
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Okay, what singers have a nickname based on their signature song. I’m thinking the Piano Man, the Candy Man (as opposed to the Candyman, a supernatural murderer who is nonetheless less morally dubious than most members of the Rat Pack) and the Gambler. Anyone else?
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got my adhd upgraded to ad4k
December 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
got my adhd upgraded to ad4k
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a duck that does crimes
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Found the best named law ever on Jane Austen's wiki
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Found the best named law ever on Jane Austen's wiki
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Mark Zuckerberg earned just $1 at Meta in 2024. Elon Musk made $0 at Tesla. They're not alone. A tax law professor explains how the ultrawealthy legally avoid income taxes while their wealth grows by billions annually. buff.ly/updvY1r
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mark Zuckerberg earned just $1 at Meta in 2024. Elon Musk made $0 at Tesla. They're not alone. A tax law professor explains how the ultrawealthy legally avoid income taxes while their wealth grows by billions annually. buff.ly/updvY1r
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"he hacked us with a CLAM?"
Invasive quagga mussels are killing off lake ecosystems in the US and Europe, and are now in Northern Ireland.
Yet every time invasives are mentioned, someone says "But it's all just nature."
They're *wrong*: invasive species are one of the worst HUMAN impacts.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet every time invasives are mentioned, someone says "But it's all just nature."
They're *wrong*: invasive species are one of the worst HUMAN impacts.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"he hacked us with a CLAM?"
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You should also read this if this era is triggering all kinds of feelings about your family that make you want to run away from your own skin.
I've said it before, but the key text I keep returning to for understanding this era is Merrill Markoe's essay on narcissism, because that post today is a textbook example of what she calls The Narcissist's Credo: "I'm the piece of shit the world revolves around."
Enough about You: My Explanation of Narcissism
Because Understanding can be a Good Strategy for Getting Through the Holidays.
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You should also read this if this era is triggering all kinds of feelings about your family that make you want to run away from your own skin.
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growing up every adult on the planet was telling us that even the hint of cleavage or a red solo cup would blacklist us from the labor force forever and now we have like every powerful white man taking pictures on pedophile island and not a whisper of consequences
[At an Epstein event] Hey man can you not take a thousand pictures of me?
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
growing up every adult on the planet was telling us that even the hint of cleavage or a red solo cup would blacklist us from the labor force forever and now we have like every powerful white man taking pictures on pedophile island and not a whisper of consequences
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The NY Times needs to recuse itself from covering the news. It's too close to the story.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The NY Times needs to recuse itself from covering the news. It's too close to the story.
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
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Took me a moment to spot it.
Your annual reminder to be careful when choosing your fonts.
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Took me a moment to spot it.
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It is easy to watch this stuff and conclude that we need to rid ourselves of Government by Alcoholic Podcasters but harder to take the next step: realizing that we need to rid ourselves of the system that led to Government by Alcoholic Podcasters.
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It is easy to watch this stuff and conclude that we need to rid ourselves of Government by Alcoholic Podcasters but harder to take the next step: realizing that we need to rid ourselves of the system that led to Government by Alcoholic Podcasters.
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Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
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I just spent an intense few minutes pissed off at telephones for how they acted back before we put them in their place. They invaded our homes, demanded their little shelf, then fucking yelled at us until we paid attention to them. How dare you, you jangling piece of plastic shit! HOW DARE YOU!
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I just spent an intense few minutes pissed off at telephones for how they acted back before we put them in their place. They invaded our homes, demanded their little shelf, then fucking yelled at us until we paid attention to them. How dare you, you jangling piece of plastic shit! HOW DARE YOU!
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You couldn't make a movie like The Holiday today. We didn't have video stores anymore.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
You couldn't make a movie like The Holiday today. We didn't have video stores anymore.