tobyontour
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a cartoon of homer simpson sitting on a couch holding a stick
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson sitting on a couch holding a stick
media.tenor.com
Currently thinking of how to create a Jira template detailed enough to use as a prompt for Cursor. Then just need a script to set off an agent and create a PR, one button to accept, and then run the CI/CD pipeline. Should get me closer to the Homer dream. #cursorail
Two bands you’ve never heard of but could have been huge if they’d had the right promotion:
Stellar* - A NZ band much like Garbage. They soundtracked my first bout of backpacking.
Bobgoblin - Power pop with some thought behind it. Found their CD for a dollar in a basement in Reno; brilliant.
Stellar* - A NZ band much like Garbage. They soundtracked my first bout of backpacking.
Bobgoblin - Power pop with some thought behind it. Found their CD for a dollar in a basement in Reno; brilliant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Two bands you’ve never heard of but could have been huge if they’d had the right promotion:
Stellar* - A NZ band much like Garbage. They soundtracked my first bout of backpacking.
Bobgoblin - Power pop with some thought behind it. Found their CD for a dollar in a basement in Reno; brilliant.
Stellar* - A NZ band much like Garbage. They soundtracked my first bout of backpacking.
Bobgoblin - Power pop with some thought behind it. Found their CD for a dollar in a basement in Reno; brilliant.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone https://theonion.com/americans-demand-new-form-of-media-to-bridge-entertainm-1819576756/
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone https://theonion.com/americans-demand-new-form-of-media-to-bridge-entertainm-1819576756/
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
I wish you could filter out the low quality crap on social media networks. Currently Bluesky has the best ratio of quality/crap but it’s about the third or fourth network I’ve moved my dopamine chasing too and I’m fully aware that this will fall too.
Social network software probably isn’t difficult…
Social network software probably isn’t difficult…
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wish you could filter out the low quality crap on social media networks. Currently Bluesky has the best ratio of quality/crap but it’s about the third or fourth network I’ve moved my dopamine chasing too and I’m fully aware that this will fall too.
Social network software probably isn’t difficult…
Social network software probably isn’t difficult…
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
@curiousscutter.bsky.social Pouring water from the kettle into a cup with a tea bag in it, and seeing that the water stays pale because you forgot to boil the kettle. But as a service.
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@curiousscutter.bsky.social Pouring water from the kettle into a cup with a tea bag in it, and seeing that the water stays pale because you forgot to boil the kettle. But as a service.
Until someone does this with the Police Academy films, I’m not impressed.
So I'm going to watch all the Predator and Alien films. In chronological order according to setting.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
a close up of a predator 's face with red lasers coming out of his eyes
ALT: a close up of a predator 's face with red lasers coming out of his eyes
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November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Until someone does this with the Police Academy films, I’m not impressed.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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My son is on blockers legally from before the ban and we did everything they told us to do and now we are being threatened with social services if we don't allow them to "safely withdraw" medication. They admit that the impact will be "stark" for our kids but they are going to do it anyway.
"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS threatens GP practice over trans care
A GP practice in Brighton and Hove is currently under investigation for legally providing gender affirming care to trans teens
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My son is on blockers legally from before the ban and we did everything they told us to do and now we are being threatened with social services if we don't allow them to "safely withdraw" medication. They admit that the impact will be "stark" for our kids but they are going to do it anyway.
Yes Instagram (and other dumbing down social media sites) if I want to start a conversation with another adult this is how I want to do it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yes Instagram (and other dumbing down social media sites) if I want to start a conversation with another adult this is how I want to do it.
“DNS issues” are the “that would be an ecumenical matter” of IT.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“DNS issues” are the “that would be an ecumenical matter” of IT.
If you deport someone - for whatever reason, giving them £500 to get on their feet when they land is just humane (especially when it’s a small proportion of the costs to deport them).
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you deport someone - for whatever reason, giving them £500 to get on their feet when they land is just humane (especially when it’s a small proportion of the costs to deport them).
Has anyone questioned the funding model for Paw Patrol? All those gadgets and expense for generally minor incidents can’t be government funded. Adventure Bay can’t have anywhere near enough of a tax base to fund a tower that big.
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Has anyone questioned the funding model for Paw Patrol? All those gadgets and expense for generally minor incidents can’t be government funded. Adventure Bay can’t have anywhere near enough of a tax base to fund a tower that big.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
Half of America voted for this. Blame them, not the leader they chose.
“Nothing will be torn down.” — Karoline Leavitt
“It won’t interfere with the current building. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” — Donald Trump
“It won’t interfere with the current building. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” — Donald Trump
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Half of America voted for this. Blame them, not the leader they chose.
Imagine a world where the washing icons on clothing were matched with the icons on a washing machine’s controls.
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Imagine a world where the washing icons on clothing were matched with the icons on a washing machine’s controls.
Just muted the word “Legos”.
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just muted the word “Legos”.
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Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who robbed the Louvre?
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Who robbed the Louvre?
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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Is there any reason why people at the place that I work have started using the word “surface” as a verb instead of “display” that I’m missing? Is it some trend I’ve missed out on? I want to display a title on a page, not surface it.
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Is there any reason why people at the place that I work have started using the word “surface” as a verb instead of “display” that I’m missing? Is it some trend I’ve missed out on? I want to display a title on a page, not surface it.
Being a liberal kinda guy, I wasn’t expecting DEI to be ruining my Sunday afternoon like this.
October 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Being a liberal kinda guy, I wasn’t expecting DEI to be ruining my Sunday afternoon like this.
Thanks to a loss of appetite and subsequent loss of weight due to Covid, my BMI is now in the healthy range.
I don’t feel healthier, but them’s the facts.
I don’t feel healthier, but them’s the facts.
October 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thanks to a loss of appetite and subsequent loss of weight due to Covid, my BMI is now in the healthy range.
I don’t feel healthier, but them’s the facts.
I don’t feel healthier, but them’s the facts.