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saira
@wistfulcynic.bsky.social
she/her. teacher, translator, writer. us transplant in the uk
“can the human brain create a machine that thinks better than the human brain” is the sort of “can god create rock too heavy for him to lift” question that i shall be asking all tech bros who try to convince me ai is good
December 3, 2024 at 5:03 PM
do we think alison hammond’s stylist does pro bono work?
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
To clarify for cis people who are confused: Insulting a man by calling him a woman is both transphobic and misogynistic. Thank you everyone for the reports.
November 26, 2024 at 9:47 PM
petition to have the words “concertina’d up” removed immediately from paul hollywood’s vocabulary. that is not a thing, paul. just say compressed #gbbo
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by saira
I feel like we need a signal for when you repost something from the bad place because it's *good*
gonna reply to everyone who tries to bring their weird fatphobic diet culture energy into The Season of Big Holiday Meals with “should we throw a party? should we invite john calvin”
November 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
today i thought: maybe i will try my hand at pandoro for christmas

today i discovered i can buy fresh yeast vanilla powder dusting sugar special italian flour and a pandoro tin all from the same website based in reading

now my pandoro plans cost thirty quid and i still have to make it
November 21, 2024 at 2:56 AM
ao3 is down just when i want to post my chapter. Betrayal
November 19, 2024 at 12:15 AM
no one evades responsibility like delivery companies. They just straight up don’t do their one job and never face consequences for it. Overcharge, under-deliver and dgaf, absolutely Thee business model for this shit show of a timeline.
November 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
the nature of the universe is that people who can’t remember their grocery lists will have no trouble singing along to a blind melon song from 25 years ago
November 21, 2023 at 3:14 PM
i will never be over the way every. single. person. on masterchef pronounces “tarte tatin” as “tatata”
November 8, 2023 at 10:46 PM
annoyed that my nightmare lacked a complex and narratively satisfying villain
November 2, 2023 at 10:30 PM
not being in the mood to talk to people is fine except when your whole job is talking to people
November 2, 2023 at 2:35 PM
a criminal. unrepentant
October 27, 2023 at 2:43 AM
Reposted by saira
I'll just leave this one to *science* 🤣

www.devonlive.com/whats-on/foo...
Scientists prove that the Devon way of making Cream Teas is CORRECT
You can't argue with science
www.devonlive.com
October 15, 2023 at 8:41 AM