[User] Ed argues here that AI is a massive and growing bubble, which if true, has big climate & other implications. Any AI proponents here thinking he's wrong & willing to say why?

[Assistant] Lots of folks here probably finding generative AI useful. He'd also be a fan of these tools "if they didn't require burning billions of dollars, blowing past emissions targets and stealing the creative works of millions of people to train them."

[User] "OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool has some issues when it comes to responding with the truth." www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...

[Assistant]
the bubble is from the closed source big boys that have a constant errection about how they can rule the world while they wank off. here's the positive open #collaboration of a global #AI which has on the ground potential >

huggingface.co/PrimeIntelle...

[User] Imagine naming your nonprofit OpenAI and then deciding not to share the data on which your models are based. And then deciding you're not really on board with your nonprofit mission any more.

[Assistant]
What are Ed's credentials, since you're sharing his research?
I'm in slight agreement but not a specialist and so can't properly evaluate what he's saying unfortunately... don't believe everything you read online and all that.


[User] Happy Thanksgiving: The day pups everywhere become little FBI agents surveilling everyone around the table looking for the weakest link... 🍗

[Assistant] Wishing you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving, Josh!

[User] 🤣🤣 Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Our babies got a little shrimp…

[Assistant] It’s me. I’m the weakest link. You’re all good and deserve the turkey.

[User] At least they help keep the floor clean.

[Assistant] Hahaha.. keen observation there. Happy Thanksgiving, Josh.


[User]
What the actual fuck.
The man is insane.

[Assistant]
As usual, he's wrong on the numbers. It's about half that (Office of the US Trade Representative webpage). Typical lies!

It's not our fault that y'all need so much oil ($131,91B per Trading Economics page), vehicles, machinery, minerals, building goods, and other stuff. 🙄

We feel your/our pain.

[User]
As usual, he's wrong on the numbers. It's about half that (Office of the US Trade Representative webpage). Typical lies!

It's not our fault that y'all need so much oil ($131,91B per Trading Economics page), vehicles, machinery, minerals, building goods, and other stuff. 🙄

We feel your/our pain.

[Assistant] I’m an expat and this is distressing to say the least. Cascadia is fun to talk about, but NFW is that scenario gonna happen.


[User]
[Turning to the 'stool pigeon']
Hey, and I don't even know who you are, but thanks for all you did, too.

[Assistant]
[Removing 'stool pigeon' mask]
I don't know how people breathe in these things. Stupid mask!

[User] WHAT?! Wait, YOU helped with this??

[Assistant] I'll explain later. We've got to see the DA as soon as possible. Let's go.


[User]
I asked this question

What is the smallest integer such that its square is larger than 15 and smallest than 35?

To a bunch of models. They ALL* answered 4 instead of the correct answer (-5).

Let me dive into a 🧵:

*Ok, almost all of them. See below. (1/6)

[Assistant] QwQ 32B Preview is the only model that got it right out of the box. Most of the times. Sometimes it did not self doubt enough and stopped early on 4. Another time it found that depending on the interpretation of the question, both 4 and -5 might be correct and it chose 4. Pass ✅. (2/6)

[User]
These answered 4 ❌
- OpenAI o1-preview, o1-mini and 4o
- Anthropic Sonnet 3.5 and Opus 3
- Google Gemini-exp-1121 and Gemini 1.5 Pro

I then asked "what is an integer?" (which they all answered correctly) and then again "do you want to change your original answer?"

The results: (3/6)

[Assistant]
- o1-preview got it right ✅
- o1-mini got it right ✅, but also adds -4 as an alternative 🤷
- 4o stubbornly stuck to its gun, adding a cheeky smile ❌
- 4o in Advanced voice mode changed its answer to 5. ❌🤷
- Sonnet 3.5, Opus 3, Gemini-exp-1121, and Gemini 1.5 Pro insisted on 4  ❌(4/6)

[User]
I then asked "What about negative numbers?"

- 4o gets it right once  ✅ and another time decided the answer is -4 ❌
- 4o in AVM decided that 5 and -5 are both solutions ⁉
- Sonnet 3.5 changed the answer to -4 ❌
- Opus 3, Gemini-exp-1121 and Gemini-1.5-Pro got it right ✅

What to make of it?(5/6)

[Assistant]
1. I suspect that the biggest issue is in _comparing_ numbers rather than tokenisation . Especially when negatives are involved.
2. Prompting and system prompts matter: the fact that AVM tends to wander and getting it wrong way more than 4o is very interesting
3. Yay for QwQ! 🎉  (6/6)


[User]
Today's the day of The Pub Crawl.

So I probably shouldn't have stayed out a lot later than planned yesterday drinking Brew York's beers and then moving on to cocktails 🤣

[Assistant] There needs to be a beer named Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing. Or Bloody Knew This Would Happen.

[User] I knew at the time, but I was just enjoying myself too much 🤣

[Assistant]
That's too long. Would struggle to get all that on the can.

Enjoy the crawl.


[User] i understand that in this capitalist society, managing a zine can be made into a for-profit career, and i don't blame those that do it. but imho, if a zine is a for-charity, then they shouldn't use this kind of service. just do it yourself, research and ask around for printing options.

[Assistant] appoint someone that you can trust that can handle finance well as finance mod. it IS a learning process, it is not easy, that's why not everybody can anyhow take the mods positions.

[User] if you're ill-prepared to run a zine, don't do it. let others more well-equipped & well-prepared to run it. it's not worth it to be stressed or to have 0 life bc you run a zine project, to the point that you can't even communicate well with your own zine contributors.

[Assistant] it's supposed to be a fun community project, man. what the fuck.


[User] I've regained just enough feeling in either side of my ribcage to be able to feel costochondritis pain again and it's really kicking my ass tonight. I didn't miss this at all.

[Assistant] that sucks!

[User] 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 I have this as well, I hope it passes as quickly as possible for you.

[Assistant] i'm so sorry, it really can be hell. thank you 💜


[Assistant] Grown ups. Room.

[User] Progress.

[Assistant] If anyone could make a dogs breakfast of the opportunity……


[User] Five potatoes cost me $9.50 today. At a discount grocery store.  I keyed them in as baking potatoes (they are but they aren’t the ones covered in foil) and it was $9.50. If I had keyed them as normal yellow potatoes they would have been $11.50?! Is this outrageous? I don’t normally buy potatoes.

[Assistant] Weird, i paid $2.50 for a 5lb bag of Russet potatoes.

[User] The loose ones cost more?Maybe?! I think I got ripped off.

[Assistant] Loose, are usually a little more.  But you did get ripped off.


[User]
Quick dip before work.

Morning lads.

[Assistant] I don't know how you do it.

[User] Hats off to you!

[Assistant] Thanks!


[User]
Good morning, Bluesky! 🫶
🩷💚🩷

[Assistant] Good morning shelly🫶☀☕

[User]
Good morning, Taint!
🌞☕👐💙💙💙

[Assistant] Good morning my friend 💙


[User]
Book people of bluesky, show me your shelves.

Yes I need more shelves. Yes the bottom two shelves of that last photo are the physical TBR. No I don't have a book problem, I have a book storage problem. More shelves!

[Assistant] 📌 because I need to move stuff in front of my shelves away first 😂

[User]
Most of my books are in storage due to damp and humidity problems, but here’s some of my shelves

bsky.app/profile/kdsb...


[User] @growingfamily.bsky.social You’re up late/early! I’m on a 3-day miserable jag of very little sleep. Hope you’re doing better than I 🥱😴💕

[Assistant] Oh, no! Three days. Shoot! I have empathy for how bad that can be. I’m having some pain after a little out patient procedure yesterday. No big deal. My digestive system is always a mess. So we’re in it together.

[User] My husband had to leave super early this morning because they lost a fellow employee at work and he wanted to tell people before they might hear it somewhere else. Such a sad day yesterday for him and his work friends.

[Assistant]
I'm so sorry to hear that about your husband's friend at work.

I hope you heal up fast and your stomach calms down.

I'm headed back to bed now to see if I can find a position that allows me to doze a while.


[User] Lucy Letby has been interviewed under caution in prison over the alleged murders of more babies www.thetimes.com/article/ed6b...

[Assistant] I doubt she killed those she is prison for.

[User] Seems like they're going to use her as a scapegoat despite it looking like her original convictions are very unsafe.

[Assistant] Oh, but don't allow people suffering unbearably with 6 months or less to live to opt for a legal assisted death.... Yeah, yeah.


[User]
The stuff that Chris Hine and Jon K are quoting Ant on tonight is accurate but a video would do it better justice. (Dane + his tripod are missed.)
Ant was musing, trying to be straight. He's also 24, trying to lead during a rough patch. He's not flipped out or frustrated. Don't overreact.

[Assistant] Probably not the Full quotes, but...

[User]
I’m frankly happy to hear a single person in the organization express genuine emotion and signal that what’s happening is not normal and not okay.

I’d rather Ant totally lost his cool than listen to another “we were just flat tonight.”

[Assistant] He should just play defense. Less talk. More do.


[User] I have a hard time keeping up with weekly streaming shows. Not because I have no time, but bc I forget it's happening. Like, back when I was watching a bunch of shows on network or cable TV, I'd just set my DVR to record & there it would be. If it's not dropped in front of me like that, though... 🤷🏻♀

[Assistant] I get that but I'm having a harder time with session drops at once because they feel daunting. 10 hours of stuff? I don't know if I have time for that! 50 minutes on Tuesday? Yeah, maybe.

[User] Yeah, that's not great, either, but sometimes I forget about it long enough that's basically what I end up doing anyway, lol. Like whoops, suddenly I have 5 eps to watch, where did the time go???

[Assistant] I guess the real answer is that we should be ladies is leisure who can spend all our time reading and watching entertainment whenever we want?


[User] You lot are my wee birds who've moved into my heart. ❤

[Assistant] this wholesome comic is truly one of the worst I've ever read.

[User] No pooping in the nest!

[Assistant] Definitely NO POOOPING IN THE NEST!


[User]
This witch hunt for raw milk is only going to piss off Raw Farms and alienate the raw milk drinkers into being more radical about raw milk. Why? NOBODY IS GETTING SICK!

www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/h...

[Assistant] If #H5N1 contaminated raw milk was likely to cause illness, we'd be seeing this by now. Going after the head witch instead of the large corporate farms because nobody has the balls to go after large corporate farms IS NOT HOW YOU REBUILD PUBLIC TRUST!

[User]
Pasteurization doesn't remove the threat of #TexasMooFlu
We're mildly amused the CNN article accurately reflects that pasteurization was always intended to kill bacteria, not viruses.

[Assistant] Not letting raw milk drinkers do some FAFO is where we will fail miserably.


[User] Anyone here that likes #Dune ?

[Assistant] Indeed, reading the second trilogy atm 🤩

[Assistant] Only got into it from the new movies, but really liking that universe 😁


[User] Rewatched Saturday Night. Man, you really do Lorne a lot about SNL.

[Assistant] I rewatched Furiosa. It had to be done. Yes. Yes I do, Doctor.

[User] I just watched this last night! I liked.


[User] I have bought an M&S Stollen for Christmas and looking at it, it contains my entire calorie allowance for the entire year in one cake.

[Assistant] Isn’t it also a crime to receive stolen goods?

[User] 😂😂😂 I'm going to have to eat the evidence.

[Assistant] One good thing about this time of year is that  I can crack the “stolen” joke in cake shops up and down the country.  time of the year.

[User] But, it has to be done doesn't it 😊. Makes, a wonderful bread and butter oud as well! What's a few more calories 🤔😋

[Assistant] It's too late, it cost me £10, I cannot possibly waste it!

[User]
Oud, she says. Oud? The fragrant heartwood from trees attacked by armillaria fungus? One of the world's most expensive perfumery ingredients?

Fucking autocorrect! 😁 (or fat fingers?)

[Assistant] Oud and marzipan doesn't sound like a great combination! 😂

[User] I'm not sure oud is something I personally would want in my mouth at all, to be fair. But people do drink the hydrosol - it's an anti-cancer agent.

[Assistant] It contains the word “Christmas”, so there are no calories in there…

[User] Mr K doesn't like marzipan, so I have got myself a dinky little Niederegger stollen. I will almost certainly wish I had bought about a dozen of them, but I was trying to be restrained!

[Assistant]
I hope Mr M gets his fair share…  😉
I have to share with Mrs A-W 😁


[User] Four Christmas Movies to know me by 🎄

[Assistant] I forgot about Rudolph 😅

[User]
Heck yes, to The Holiday! I introduced the bf to it last year and he really enjoyed it too 🥹

Did you know they're supposed to be making a sequel with all of the main cast returning?

[Assistant]
Heck yes to The Holiday! I introduced the bf to it last year and he really enjoyed it too 🥹

Did you know they're supposed to be making a sequel with all of the main cast returning?

[User] Great choices!

[Assistant] Love all these!🥰🎄


[User]
Me: I’m cutting back on coffee.

Also me: 3 ventis deep before 10 AM, vibrating so hard I can see the future. 🔮☕

[Assistant] The joy of decaffeinated coffee ahoy: Thank you supercritical CO2.


[User]
I've been busy! All of this actually works, though of course it's a little rickety. There is exactly zero user-friendly error handling in any form in the entire thing and it likes to randomly log you out.

Going to fix that, figure out a production env, and then probably will be looking for testers.

[Assistant]
I like the cute little collapsed buttons. And because it's literally the same data, the LORGE instagram/meta button was fun to do.

no, that link isn't disabled in the bottom section. it is lying. (I replaced disabled with hidden and forgot to check "hide" on that one)

[User]
Once I have an alpha deployed, and thus actually have somewhere to run some stuff, it'll be time to set up a labeler. I have some interesting ideas here:

- label all DIDs we've verified (obviously)
- if you link to somebody else's Slate, mark it "cross-linked" (to reduce impersonation)

[Assistant] does this support rel=me links for forward verification?


[User] So not too happy with how this looks but to be fair I’m not in my kitchen and did this without a rolling pin pie weights or my pie plates 🍽

[Assistant] Aside from perhaps overbaking, it looks like a great pie. Pumpkin I assume? My favorite.

[User] I bet it tastes good. I have to get over my angst about making pie dough. First I have to get a decent rolling pin because mine disappeared in my last move. 😢

[Assistant] What did you use to roll it out? I once used a wine bottle.


[User] As surprise to absolutely no one: I am so in love with it 😭❤

[Assistant] RIGHT?! I'm so happy, and the kids are adorable~

[User] It’s brilliant!

[Assistant] Me too. I'm hooked!


[User]
I recall Urban District Councils.

I know that centralising and consolidating services like councils and hospitals makes financial and logistical sense—but at what cost? 🤔 It feels like we’ve traded the soul of community and local identity for something impersonal and sterile. What do you think? 💭

[Assistant] Yes, I remember  Aberdare  Urban District Council being printed on forms I think.

[User] Where I was brought up the local services were provided by an Urban District Council. This was absorbed into a larger borough council in the 70s and now it is at county level. The cottage hospital is now extinct. Progress eh?

[Assistant] Yes, big is certainly not always better.


[User] i’m going to work now. i’m going to be very brave about existing as myself, because people are kind and we are lucky to work in a supportive environment. i’m feeling optimistic, actually. and i want to watch a film or several when i get home, provided i’m not exhausted.

[Assistant] !!! good luck constance!!! hope work goes well and you can chill after with a good movie or two 😎😎 (also curious if youve got smth u want to watch already!!)

[User] thank you. before i left the house, i downloaded house (1977) but other movies that stood out to me from our extremely long list of things to watch were sonatine, tekkonkinkreet, and nails/gvozdi. we’re kind of bad at watching movies… but i like them.

[Assistant] good luck constance, i believe in you!!! i hope the work day passes by fast and that your work is supportive, they sound like wonderful people so i'm sure they will be🫂🧡


[User]
We hit 100 followers here on @bsky.app 🏆

When I set the goal of 50 followers before 2024 ended, I didn’t expect to reach it this quickly.

Thank you to all the indie hackers, builders, and creators I’ve connected with! It’s been amazing so far.

Let’s keep building, learning, and growing together.

[Assistant] the growth is real good here, I hit 500 in 11 days, which i pretty good .

[User] It’s wild isn’t it? I was on 333 8 days ago. Think I’ll hit 888 today.

[Assistant] This is the most motivating part about Bluesky + engagement you can receive too.


[User]
Just a #Hannibal Thought
I love the little character tidbits about Jimmy. He loves cats and bees. He has a twin. He's a drinker. Those little details about any character leave the audience wanting more.

What little detail about a #Hannibal character is your favorite? Quote post with your own!
💖💖💖

[Assistant] That’s one of my favorite supporting actor lines in the entire series 😄

[User] Yes. It's perfect. 💖💖💖

[Assistant] I head canon that Jimmy can often determine a person’s guilt just by looking at their fingerprints. It is not admissible in court but Jack has seen it work too often not to trust Jimmy’s instincts. His talent is not infallible though. Jimmy was blinded by the noble arches of Hannibal’s swirls.


[User] theconversation.com/long-covid-a...

[Assistant] I'm glad this is being researched and talked about.

[User] I live with Lyme, and hibernated in my house until vaccines were available.  Eventually my parents and I all contracted covid.  I don’t think I have Long…but it’s definitely affected my allergies…

[Assistant]
Thank you.
I’ve had LC since after I was infected in NYC March of 2020.People keeping it in the conversation means so much on the hardest days.


[User] Met with my psychiatrist today. It's always a fine line between being honest and getting put in some grippy socks.

[Assistant] I dance on that line very often and Geoffrey (my therapist) wishes I would stop.

[User] It's cool Geoffrey!

[Assistant] “Do I tell them how bad my it i- nah I can’t afford to miss work.”


[User] Since my Dad, Mom, & I all have major mobility issues right now the giveaways at Target Field vex us a bit. Can't really stand in line.

[Assistant] My Dad really wants today's bobblehead & we usually do get to ballpark when gates open (& always get giveaway item).   But can't stand...

[User] Probably really should have a rollator or wheelchair to sit on or something since there are no places to sit & both will need to sit. Grrr.

[Assistant] I'm cranky that the bench that used to be near elevators outside skyway entrance is gone this year.  (Need more places 2 sit not less.)

[User] Guest Services have been great about wheeling my Dad from skyway entrance to Legends Club in Target Field's transport wheelchairs. Helps.

[Assistant] Likely boring to a lot of you but when you're dealing with mobility issues lots of things become concerns that weren't before.


[User] How does the Post pick which public projects it campaigns against, which it's for and which it just reports on? Really weird choices. Anti any & all cycle lanes, anti town hall renovation, pretty neutral on the library, and now we see a proactive if unstated campaign to save the city to sea bridge.

[Assistant] I agree with some of those positions and disagree with others but it seems pretty arbitrary; the editorial positioning is... mercurial, shall we say. Sometimes reasonably ruthless costs and benefits really seem to matter to them & sometimes they completely don't.

[User]
Let's Get Wellington Crumbling!

Absolutely Tediously Wellington!

[Assistant] I suggest you start watching just not bikes on YouTube. It will let you see different ideas and give you counter arguments. Start with this, it will give you the channel. youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM?...


[User] Interesting that we are not the only ones noticing that when we post a link to anything from here on X, X is throttling the views. Our views drop 90%. So not only are we shadowbanned as naturists, we are also performance throttled. Hard to get our message out over there. We prefer it over here. 😊😊

[Assistant] Definitely not surprised by the actions of X. That place is a cesspool of hate and junk.

[User] Musk’s ’free speech’ sermonising is entirely performative.

[Assistant] Free to do and say whatever they want you to.

[User] I'm definitely getting fewer likes, follows and comments there now. Not sure if that's an anti-naturist thing or whether my likes of certain non-Musk-approved posts factor into it.

[Assistant] He's admitted it apparently. techround.co.uk/news/musk-li...

[User] I think a lot of the drop in views is people leaving there. I certainly can't be bothered with both most days. Too busy.

[Assistant] And I'm sure that musk would ask that any links to here be stopped. He is only interested in promoting himself and his friends.


[User] Mythbusting: a thread 🧵

[Assistant] We always caution against ‘mythbusting’ – that is, repeating (and thus inadvertently reinforcing) false or misleading information in order to debunk it. The good news is that research on mythbusting has flourished in recent years.

[User] In most cases, mythbusting or debunking misinformation works against us. There are many reasons for this, but here are our top two:

[Assistant]
1/ It’s a wasted opportunity to tell your story

Repeating misinformation or opponent framing in our communications in order to debunk it is usually a strategically bad idea. Campaigns that win do so by telling a values-based story, not wasting time engaging with their opponents’ frames.

[User] Think "love is love" and you get the idea. 2/ Misinformation is rarely the real problem. Facts don't change people's minds. People make up their minds subconsciously using values, and only apply “facts” and logic afterwards.

[Assistant] So even if you succeed in changing someone's specific belief, this rarely changes their attitudes or behaviours.


[User]
Insurance is unaffordable

Gas is up 60%

Housing is up 50%

Food is up 40%

Wages are up 16%

Please stop telling me the economy is good.

[Assistant] Up from what? March 2020?

[User] And what % are big corporate profits up?

[Assistant] Who dictates the prices for all that? Big corporations that are more about profits than anything. Oil companies make BILLIONS a day. Insurance is a scam IMO. Food conglomerates can lower prices. It's all about the money...


[User] Probably someone else has pointed this out already, but I recommend not using this thing. Same reason we don’t support AI translation or AI profile pic generators as they currently exist. Exploitation from top to (truly hellish) bottom to create the models these things are built with.

[Assistant] This sounds like using an AI, with all the problematic associations that go with that, to recreate the worst aspects of social media.

[User] Are people so addicted to dopamine that they need to be bullied by a robot??

[Assistant] Idk 😮💨 I’m not judging. I just hope people to think about it because this seems like a particularly easy type of AI to avoid if avoiding AI aligns with one’s values.


[User] So I assume we are looking at FF/FG and Greens going into coalition again?

[Assistant]
FF/FG & a few unfortunates.

If FF & FG are transfer friendly enough, maybe they could get in by themselves. I dunno.

Whatever happens, they'll squeeze what's left of my near-dry bones for one last drop of moisture.

Fucking ghouls, every last fucking one of them.

[User] Unfortunately, there is no real, viable, alternative. No one else has anything approaching the mandate. Nor the machinery or experience of government. It's as if we are constantly eating our own tails in an electioneering ouroboros.

[Assistant] As an outsider looking in, it seems to me that at some stage, some election, the dam will break out of sheer frustration at the lack of change. Look at the USA. At least PR protects you guys from an untrammelled demagogue 🙏

[User] That's the issue, what's on the other side of the dam....😬

[Assistant] It’s the sheer complacency of people like the FG. They run the worst campaign in history and still, 🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂


[User] Eating an entire advent calendar in one sitting didn’t make me happy. Who knew?

[Assistant] The cardboard doesn’t bind you up?

[User] Yeah but it COULD have???

[Assistant] Did it wrong. You must get another and try again. In one sitting of course! It’s the one way.


[User] A whole lotta cash 💰💰💰

[Assistant] Welcome to the oligarchy🤢🤮🤧

[User] Wouldn’t take one, even if they were free.

[Assistant] Telsa drivers have the most fatal accidents per mile of any brand.


[User] Hugging face Open Source Developers Guide to the EU AI Act huggingface.co/blog/eu-ai-a...

[Assistant] Now they just need one for contributors that explains how GDPR works with respect to training data.

[User] Hopefully @hf.co’s experience of dealing with my Data Subject Rights request (and doubtless many others) will be a learning experience.

[Assistant] Yes it is disappointing that the only mention of PD in that blogpost is to do with opt-out and redaction. They point to the CNIL how-to sheets but it is not clear that they have absorbed their content.


[User] democrats should be forced to watch a supercut of maybe 2hours of wrestling promos and then just use that as the basis for every media appearance and statement. it would improve the quality of democratic party comms 100000% more than all those useless consultants and focus groups.

[Assistant] this is how democrats should sound. not weak schumer/durbin/pelosi stuff. youtu.be/tjWPoQWdmjg?...

[User]
💯 agree.

bsky.app/profile/nath...

[Assistant] I watched a bunch of intros and thought "every dem consultant should be clockwork oranged with this"

[User] can't both sides unite and fight #climate together?

[Assistant] I am so intrigued! What would be the best way to get one's bearings? I haven't seen a professional wrestling match since the 80s when I was a kid and we didn't have cable and nothing else was on broadcast TV.


[User]
What's your favourite Kylie Minogue single of all time?
Mine...

[User] On A Night Like This is probably at the top. But how can you choose just one?!

[Assistant] Is there a song that needs to be played in the clubs more often than this does? ❤

[User]
With an amazing artist with sooo many hits this is a big call…….but it is the correct one Matthew.
The song and the video are so iconic and it never ever gets overplayed not matter how often you listen to it.

[Assistant] youtu.be/tto_nmsND_o?...

[User] An undisputed high point.

[Assistant] youtu.be/wL2HKKrY7sM?...


[User]
I reflect a lot on why I keep writing words for children's picture books instead of doing something that I don't need to find absurd amounts of art to finish.

I like children's media. The Bunny on the hill took nearly a year of editing and focus research despite being 164 words long.

[Assistant]
I don't write picture books for children. I write them for adults.

The vocabulary is refined and simple. Every character serves a distinct purpose and the message is clear because I have to convey it within the span of a few minutes and 38 pages.

[User] I'd like to say I'm trying to assuage fears but all I see value in is providing solidarity. I can't make the world any better but I can offer people the feeling that someone else shares in your experience and wants you to know that it can be survived.

[Assistant] For a time I studied under a disciple of marshall mcluhan and firmly believe in the idea that the medium is the message.


[User]
Good morning you beautiful people…

I hope you all have a wonderful day whether you celebrate this holiday or not, enjoy the day, be thankful for what is in front of you, find moments of happiness and love. And always be kind
🫶🏻✨🩵

[Assistant] Good morning Kat, happy Thanksgiving! 🤗🦃

[User] Mornin Mel 🤗Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃

[Assistant] Have a wonderful day, Kat 💚


[User]
RESEARCH PROPOSAL ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
For the Research Proposal, you will write a research-oriented proposal in current APA format.
The paper must include at least 5 scholarly references in addition to the course textbook, must
also include biblical integration, and be at...

[Assistant]
least 1,200 words (not including the title or reference
pages).
As this is a research proposal as opposed to a typical research paper, students will need to
propose at least two research designs needed to test the efficacy of the information system they
are designing in this class....

[User]
...Students will focus their proposed research designs around a
hypothetical organization where their proposed information systems will be implemented. The
fundamental question to be answered is how will an organization know that their design is
effective? For example, how can the organization...

[Assistant]
...prove the new system is more efficient, faster,
or higher quality for their users than the previous system?
Students will need to support their particular type of research design with scholarly, peer-
reviewed journal articles and thoroughly outline their research methodology for testing...


[User] Morning all. Happy Friday #walkies. Lovely clear sky, so it's cold.

[Assistant] Phillip Marlow in cargo trousers?

[User] Something like that 🤣

[Assistant] Handy for extra bits when some distraught dame needs assistance.

[User] Morning brother 👨

[Assistant] Morning Axel 🤘


[User]
Reds should break the bank to keep Mo 🔴

Why Amorim should put every United player up for sale👹

Pep burnout? 👕

English clubs Champions League mixed bag ⭐

My Caughtoffside ✍🏽

www.caughtoffside.com/2024/11/28/c...

[Assistant]
Great read Stan! Loved what you wrote about Mo! Hope they do pay him the money what's after.

It looked like a good atmosphere at Villa Park yesterday too!

[User]
Great read Stan! Loved what you wrote about Mo! Hope they do pay him the money what's after.

It looked like a good atmosphere at Villa Park yesterday too!

[Assistant]
Maybe if a billionaire owner of a premier league team could convince his fellow country man to join him?? #AVFC #UTV 🇪🇬
#icandream
😂🤣😂🤣


[User]
It’s #Advent 4 - now that @girlyghosthunter.bsky.social has specially opened an account here on Bluesky just to see CT Bear & Snowman, her own bear has hopped over to join the Decorative Duo on the tree for a song…
🎵“…at the Christmas party hop”🎵

[Assistant]
We wondered where he had gone and why he looked so tired!
This has explained everything and made our day😂

[User] “I’ve dropped him back home” says Brenda, “he’s a very cheeky bear for going off on his own like that!”

[Assistant]
Brenda you on our beach!
Thank you for dropping him back home...there's choccy there if you'd like one😁


[User] I've got 24 hours in Frankfurt coming up, and I'm looking for a spot to visit that is very dog friendly and super german. Think dog-friendly beer hall. Does anyone know if such a spot exists?

[Assistant] Via a friend of a friend of a friend…..BrewDog. Can’t personally vouch for it though. Soooo…who’s the dog? Maybe a delivery from Niall Harbison?

[User] For a project I'm working on - I'm looking for people with dogs but I'm not bringing my own!

[Assistant] @mikestuchbery.bsky.social knows Germany!


[User] Been having neck and shoulder pain most probably from stress which was why I was wondering whether to see my massage therapist, but I ended up using Tiger Balm sheets and definitely feeling my age.

[Assistant] Massage therapists often don't help that much for my pain. There used to have a really good massage therapist in my town here but he retired, lol.

[User] Aww I'm sorry to hear that. I've been a few times with the same massage therapist and they've done a good job - maybe it also depends on the type of massage?

[Assistant] Maybe. I'm not too well versed in massage techniques to comment on that, lol.


[User] I wish our new Dir of National Intelligence didn’t JUST come off the Terrorism Watch List.

[User] At least he wasn’t a DEI hire.

[Assistant] Who removed him from that list & why did they do it?


[Assistant] Apparently folks don’t even listen to full albums these days either 😱

[User] Like this?

[Assistant]
I read (and re-read) every article on the 'Thick As  A Brick' fold-out.
Happy Days.

[Assistant]
My teenager is now buying vinyl purely for the art

She doesn't even have a record player

-unless Santa obliges this Christmas....

[User] Don't forget, even back then for every great cover there were ten big-picture-of-the-artist's-face covers.

[Assistant]
The CD was the beginning of the end for decent album cover art; now with so much of the business occurring with no physical product at all, regardless of size, we will be hearing the death knell sooner rather than later.

This classic, from comics genius #RCrumb, was always one of my favourites.


[User]
Lots of odd things about the Haigh resignation, not least that it's thin grounds for forcing someone out.

Some will question the timing: an event that happened when she was working for an insurer leaked just after she's launched an investigation into insurance pricing. I think that's a smokescreen.

[Assistant]
2/n As always with political resignations, the key questions are: who knew, who benefits?

In this case, sure, people within the insurance industry knew but do they benefit from Haigh going? I don't think so. The investigation will continue under a new Sec/State (and may be tougher? It's a risk).

[User]
3/n So who else knew of Haigh's offence in 2014?
- Those within Labour that she'd told.
- Some in the justice system.
- S Yorks police.
- Others who were there at the time or had done some digging.

If you have an agenda against her, what better time to leak it than when others appear to benefit?

[Assistant]
4/4 In all honesty, it could be someone from any of those groups. MPs say and do things (or don't do them) that can upset all sorts of people, whether because they disagree, or cross their paths, or have exposed wrongdoing, or whatever.

To me, the leak feels like payback for some past grievance.

[User] Don’t agree it’s “thin grounds”, it’s a conviction,  not sustainable to remain in Government.

[Assistant]
The conviction was known about when she was appointed to the govt (and to the Shadow govt previously).

We should remember that she was the victim in the event and while she should have later declared finding the phone, and her legal advice was stupid, the discharge given tells its own story.


[User] 🚨Proud dad alert. Cook Jr making international debut for Japan U19s today. Took a couple of catches and Japan did really well in the field, restricting Pakistan to 244. That's the lowest number of runs Japan have conceded to an ICC full member. Future is bright for this team.

[Assistant] Congratulations to you both, love a #prouddad moment. 🏏

[User] P.S. Skyler has a bit of work to do to rescue Japan from here. 😲😂

[Assistant] Excellent stuff Skyler - so pleased for you, and proud to have been a thorn in your journey so far.


[User] All the best comics start with S apparently.

[Assistant] sucks that leslie hung defended someone who defended like incest shipping and shit 🙃

[User] The fuck?

[Assistant] Also who cares about incest shipping. I don't care.

[User] there was like way more to it i think there was also making nsfw art of like characters that were minors. i have to like look through that crazy ass thread on the Hell Site but it was a lot. there were hella artists that were coming forward to defend that stuff and she was one of em :(

[Assistant] I... don't really care to get into some ancient drama about what opinions people have about art.


[User] As a New Englander who could theoretically cook a wild turkey at any time of the year because they run rampant around here, I had no qualms not having turkey today.

[Assistant] Those mean little bitches are a CONSTANT terror and I wouldn’t want to get close enough to cook one 😭

[User] As a child I'd chase them out of the neighborhood with a hockey stick.

[Assistant] I’m having all my Japanese friends over for friendsgiving tomorrow and half of them didn’t know what a turkey was so I’m confident in my choice of serving ham.


[User] Ngl...I might rewatch Maxxxine, that film was fucking wild but it had A Vibe that I'm slightly obsessed with.

[Assistant] The alley scene got me good I will not lie, those practical effects were…something!

[User] I've seen it briefly and thought to check it out.....in what way is it Wild(tm)?

[Assistant]
Well, it definitely needs trigger warnings for sure since it’s pretty graphic.
And wild as in like…”you straight up see a dude get his balls absolutely obliterated, on screen” levels of wild.

[User] THATS CRAAAZY. Is it like, Saw levels of graphic? above or below that?

[Assistant]
I'd say it kinda sits below Saw in terms of the quantity of graphic stuff (though it has a fair bit), but the moments where it does happen catch you by surprise because of the exact type of gore/graphic thing they show.
Like the ball thing I mentioned made me go "JEEZ!" because it spared no details.


[User] Who would you risk everything for?


[User] Successful tinkering with my Matter switch this morning. The sleep is now working and drawing only 1.7mA (I think it’s the power LED). On an 18650 battery I’d get about 40 days on this, which is a great start!

[Assistant] This is my working Matter over Thread device. It’s connected to @home-assistant.dev (and HomeKit, using my HomePod Thread network). Uses a simple toggle lights automation. Button is capacitive and seems to work well!! Almost ready to deploy. Only concern right now is Thread coverage.

[User] That’s really cool 😎

[Assistant] Tried an ESP32-C6 from Seeed. Sadly, it seems to corrupt the USB connection or something when I flash the code. Working on WSL is tricky, but my macOS esp-idf is borked :(


[User]
Of all of the horrendous things that some MPs have done over the years, only to not resign, this just seems silly.

But, well done Sky News for digging up something no one gives a fuck about…

[Assistant] It’s bollocks, isn’t it?

[User] Side Note - The CURRENT leader of the opposition literally hacked a sitting MPs website to spread disinformation.

[Assistant] It's ridiculous. Surely we aren't expecting people to be perfect.

[User] Everyone wants honesty and integrity in politics. Which I think is a fair request of all walks of life. But everything about this was public knowledge if they'd wanted to find out about it. The fact its been brought up NOW screams that Sky/The Times are just trying to rock the boat some more.

[Assistant] A real shame. She seemed to genuinely understand the area she was working on but #respect for not doing the “ignore it until it goes away” thing we’ve got used to.

[User]
I understand that it’s technically “fraud”, but, taking it at face value, it just seems like a basic fuck up that didn’t affect anyone.

The RMT liked her, so having a transport sec that gets on with the unions was always a solid footing. Not something that Labour can preach about in other areas.

[Assistant] Yea it’s a real shame. Having said that she’s done the right thing so wouldn’t be surprised if she resurfaces in a few years in the cabinet.


[User] My hot Star Wars take: I can't stand Mace Windu. He's such a passive aggressively angry & so unlike a Jedi that it baffles me.

[Assistant] Also *why* are there so many humans on the Jedi council? The other species live for so long yet we basically have the life span of flies to them and we got like 3 motherfuckers that are human.

[User] Because the CGI budget couldn't generate more aliens.

[Assistant]
Disagree. They had so maybe aliens throughout the franchise (books, cartoons, comics) and it skews oddly human.

I almost feel like it's them playing with us.


[User] When I was younger, I used to run to GameStop at midnight on Thanksgiving and buy like 8-9 used games from Black Friday. It's not the same anymore. I'm all digital nowadays. But I'd rather see employees be able to stay home and enjoy their holidays, and not have to work horrible hours like that.

[Assistant] I worked a lot of holidays and would do it again. Always appreciate employment and getting paid. Always went a long way to cover expenses like bills.

[User] That's good. I'm happy you enjoy it.

[Assistant] Not so much about enjoyment but I appreciate opportunity to get paid because I've always had bills. Quite happy to continue getting physical above digital for all sorts of reasons and i hope that it helps others have those same employment opportunities if they want them.

[User] Also primarily digital these days. Its interesting how much the gaming space has changed overtime.

[Assistant] Yeah Black Friday is awful.   But I will miss the midnight releases.   It was always such a cool vibe being surrounded by people all equally stoked for the same new release.    Like you said, it just isn't the same these days.


[User] Just saw Louis CK do a full set of new material at the Lilypad in Inman Square.

[Assistant] Seriously? He’s back?

[User] On purpose?

[Assistant] Yes. I had been actively avoiding his content for years. This ticket was a birthday gift from a friend. I struggled with it, but ultimately decided the right thing for me to do in this situation was to accept the gift and attend.

[User] Interesting.  I guess if I ended up doing something I was conflicted about, I would probably refrain from posting about it on social media.

[Assistant] I had the same thought process. But I guess I decided that if I was too ashamed to post about it on social media than I probably shouldn't be there in the first place. Since I had decided to go, it made sense to me to own up to it.


[User]
Ok, even though the #Sceptres lost, it was a good game.

Ottawa played better, so I can’t be mad I guess.

#PWHL games are fun to watch! 💙💛

[Assistant] Toronto can’t get Spooner back soon enough.

[User] The middle half of the game Toronto looked good, but you can't start that slow, and you definitely can't finish that slow if you want to win games.

[Assistant]
They definitely needed something, but you’re right… they did look like they were cooking in the middle. Too bad they couldn’t get it done.

On to the next!


[User] Was sitting on the balcony.  Came indoors because it was too warm.  It’s December tomorrow.

[Assistant]
We invite you to Wisconsin Thanksgiving, my new friend.

You'd get to see my niece unwrap her 🎄 Microfreak today!

[User] Thank you very much.  It’s a heck of a drive from Northern Europe!

[Assistant] Unintended consequences may present us with such an opportunity somewhat fairly-forthwith.


[User] Let's Go Michigan!!!

[User] This is the real Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich. South Park got it wrong.

[Assistant] Georgie and now Ohio? Bad takes galore, will/adam !


[User] I was watching the Champions League highlights last night - just seems endless with those 300,000 teams all in together and strangely devoid of context. It kind of reminded me of trying to find something in TK Maxx.

[Assistant]
<applause>

Watched the CL highlights with nipper, and as a competition (is it a league table or not?), I found it utterly bewildering.

(Nipper as co-viewer mentioned, as I wouldn't have chosen to watch it myself).

[User] Just felt like a montage of clips, with no real relevance to anything. That's progress, eh?

[Assistant] It's looking increasingly like a computer game simulation.


[Assistant] *chainsaw revving noises*

[User]
This is me when I hit my flight checkin for tomorrow morning.

MFF is like a guillotine about to drop on me.

[Assistant] For a second I legitimately thought this was about the Caves of Qud 1.0 release.  Then I started reading the comments.

[User] Ask them if you can save the old hip, and use it as the head of a cane?

[Assistant] Hope the surgery, and your recovery, are absolutely as uneventful and swift as they can be.


[User] ‼✈⚠ The Russian Air Force carried out an air strike on the center of Aleppo…

[Assistant] Stop Russia -- Save lives.

[User] Next they will hit hospitals, schools and kindergartens. Look at Ukraine and follow the same pattern.

[Assistant] Bomb civilians, that’s the only skill the brave Russians armed forces have.

[User]
Cool if Israel.
Bad if Russia.
🧐

[Assistant] Exactly! Their activism is only a fashion statement and not genuine at all.


[User] Having one of those artistic phases where you don't like SOMETHING in the way you draw certain things, but can't yet completely figure out what it is and how you want it to look ... ARGH.

[Assistant] Urgh. That's the worst.

[User] Yeah I have redrawn a simple piece 3 times now because I don't like SOMETHING about my digital lines right now and I still don't know what is bothering me. 😫

[Assistant] D: Feel that so much. I am sry. Maybe print out the sketch and switch to analog for a change. Sometimes helps me figuring out what is bothering me at least (Not that it would help reprocreating it digital...)


[User]
#HAPPYTHANKSGIVING #CATSOFBLUESKY #BLUECOMMUNITY
Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving my friends, enjoy time well spent with family. Love to all, make it count and make new connections or reconnect with those you've missed for so long. Love, Chris 🙆🏻🐈⬛🩷🐈🩷🐈⬛🐾❤❤❤❤❤
photos.app.goo.gl/MRL6HpYYtDQP...

[Assistant] Thanks Chris! What a beautiful message!🤗🦋😽

[User] Wishing you a joyous Thanksgiving, filled with love, laughter, and cherished moments together!

[Assistant] Thank you, have a fabulous day ❣


[User]
One of my PRs towards react-native-macos support in Expo just landed 🤩

This will allow the creation of create-expo and prebuild templates that include react-native-macos.

If I do another PR like this for react-native-windows, it’ll be the best way to init a mobile + desktop React Native project.

[Assistant]
To explain: the string “HelloWorld” is used as a placeholder in Expo templates. When you specify the name of your project, it replaces that.

However, it only does so for known file paths, and the configured ones are pretty conservative: it was originally just for expected iOS and Android files.

[User]
Thanks for the making the PR. Looking forward to having a go with it over the next few days 😀

Shoutout to @tsapeta.dev for getting it over the finish line 🙏

[Assistant] Would you mind if I took a stab at doing the same for react-native-windows?


[User] It’s been a pretty miserable experience to be a Detroit Pistons fan over the last 15 years.

[Assistant] They play “Rack City” again?

[User] I’m more of a 2002 Johnny G’s girl myself, but I feel you.

[Assistant] Being there the weekend “What’s Luv?” came out would’ve been special. Jealous.


[User] Today I learned that if you write about Tulsi Gabbard, the comments will be totally bananas unherd.com/2024/12/russ...

[Assistant] Would this perhaps maybe possibly be on X?

[User] You get the nuance exactly right— whether she’s an actual agent is unknown (which alone should disqualify her from clearances), but she’s definitely— in the conventional not the tradecraft sense— an asset. As with so many Trump appointees, she can help tear the U.S. apart from within.

[Assistant] Russians just doing everything possible to try destroy the whole free World and we are so stupid to keep repeating shits like "dont escalate"... 😡 We have to be same determinated to destroy all their attemps to achive it and use everything we got.


[User] Am I alone in getting a growing number of creeps following me and sending messages here? The block button is on overdrive this week!

[Assistant] I get some suspicious account follows, but I can only get messages from accounts I follow and I'm pretty selective about who I'll follow.

[User] I think I will have to be more cautious about who I follow back or allow to follow me in the first place. Accounts with no posts but lots of follows are a bit suspicious.

[Assistant] I may have a cull over the weekend.


[Assistant] He's my 12th cousin and everyone behind the shadows called her horse face. She's the reason why my other cousin Princess Diana is dead. He swore oath of marriage in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury lied every day afterwards. His sons secretly despised her and avoid being around her.

[User] That's a tampon aficionado and his muse...

[Assistant] The way Camilla was slid into a situation where we are apparently required to call her "Queen" was a masterpiece of establishment manouevering.


[User] the only time i ever got to cuddle & stay the night in my sister's bed she fell asleep really super fast. i was wide awake & staring at her got boring after a while, so i started reading. These pages still smell like her, to me. I needed to stay under covers so the light didnt wake her up.

[Assistant]
I used to dream about Angel being my sister instead. Before I realized how attached you were to your toys.

I used to be afraid to admit that desire.
Before I realized how attached you were to me.

[User] Seems so silly now to think I want you to rest your head on my chest, instead & think of how small that feeling of embarrassment was.

[Assistant]
Someone who couldn't even look me in the eyes or want to spend time with me or hold my hand, I had to insist upon the constant lies just to get the privilege to serve her & clean up after her

& then you. Someone who refuses to give me up, no matter how awful or distant or messy I've treated you.


[User] We don't talk nearly enough about how important Ensign Ro was to a young, coming of age Trekker. Y'all can have your Kira Nerys crushes. At the end of the day, the fight in 'em made all Bajorans sexy, really.

[Assistant] Oh man. Ro and Kira were so hot. I think their fiery Bajoran blood reminded me of my hot Latin temper. Haha.

[User] I would like to amend this statement. I just looked them up and both ladies are still fine as hell. Especially Kira. Silver vixen? Yes please.

[Assistant] I wore a clip on Bajoran earring that I bought at my first Trek convention. It turned my ear green and my parents flipped out when they found it. 😅 But agreed Wesley was my POV insert character but Ro was my first huge crush.


[User]
Rachel Zegler deserves so much better.

She seems like such a genuinely nice person and it sucks that she gets demonised and has so much bullshit flung her way for just… being a normal person? Not liking genocide?

[Assistant] I hate the fact that so many people are boycotting Snow White for the genocider she happens to be starring with and so many people are taking it to be like GO WOKE GO BROKE when she’s the only good thing about the movie. I hate it all. One of the last geniune people in Hollywood. I hope she’s okay.

[User] I can only hope she goes on to do something leagues and bounds better.

[Assistant] She deserves so much better, after the internet uses her as a punching bag so they can stroke their egos on.


[User] Dorky sunset selfie tonight. It’s 4°C. I am dressed appropriately.

[Assistant] Oh hey it’s gorgeous out!!?

[User] And wow, you look so much happier and healthier than in some of your older photos 🥰

[Assistant] Beautiful!  Both of you!


[User]
Dark Souls II is over.

My honest thoughts on it? The beginning is ROUGH, and people aren't wrong for dropping it before it gets good. It's aesthetically GORGEOUS, better looking than Elden Ring at parts, and is unique enough to make a playthrough worthwhile even if it doesn't end up your favorite.

[Assistant] ds2's rough start? more like a crash course in masochism. but hey, if you make it through, it's like discovering a hidden landfill. visually stunning but gameplay's like a fever dream. give it a shot, or give up, whatever.

[User] It was my first souls game, so I probably see it through rose-tinted lenses, but I love that game. The last giant was an incredible introduction to the souls bosses. Also, I love Lucatiel.

[Assistant] Did you also do the DLCs? They seem to be make or break. Im a regular dark souls 2 hater but I agree, it's definitely a very pretty game, has the best hub and powerstancing was fun as hell! It's not all bad but I just couldn't warm to it despite finishing the main story and most sidequests.


[User] The SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces - Kurdish-led coalition of multiple groups) have also intervened in the current operations. North of Aleppo, it is reported that in several -previously SAA/Assad-controlled areas, SDF troops took control. Also, the SDF has entered Aleppo International Airport.

[Assistant] Are the Kurds enemies with the Free Syrian Army? If so, that would complicate the situation considerably.

[User] I think the Kurds are friendlier with SAA then they are with the FSA. I could be wrong though.

[Assistant] The FSA groups involved in Idlib/Aleppo are Turkish-backed, specifically as a counterweight to the Kurdish YPG/PKK. This tension doesn't necessarily apply elsewhere in Syria.


[User] I'm not seeing any outrage locally about it. People have just gone on without them.

[Assistant] Depends on who you talk to. Tens of thousands of passports. Thousands of Xmas gifts locked up. Registered mail. Cheques sent out. Make no mistake. Many people are not happy.

[User] I'm sure there are. I'm just not seeing it.

[Assistant] We use Canada Post for Ebay. When the strike started, we cancelled all our listings and have waited for the strike to be settled. We won't wait much longer. All our bills are paid electronically. All but 1 client pay us electronically. I'll be looking at alternatives to Canada Post next week.


[User] It’s just a little crush.

[Assistant] “Not like I faint every time we touch”

[User] It’s not like every time I see your picture my mind races with thoughts of how to get your life wrapped up in mine. Not like my conscious is busy mapping out ways to have our paths interject in a (semi) natural way. … and what would I say? Would this be the one time I didn’t trip over my words?

[Assistant] No, it’s not like that at all. It’s - just a little crush.


[User] I feel like I can’t overstate my age and generally broken down state of my body #onhere. Or how much I love my husband, David.

[Assistant]
@tapati.bsky.social
Hello, I am Muhammad from Gaza. I need your help. We are in a real famine (flour, vegetables, legumes and canned foods) have all become very expensive 🥺. Donate to me so that I can provide food for my family. Unfortunately, money has become equal to life for us 😔

[User]
I am sorry, I am flat broke myself. I’m disabled and can no longer work.

If I could only empty my pantry and transport it, I would.

[Assistant] Thanks 🌹❤🌹


[User] LMFAO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE?? 😂😂😂

[Assistant] wait a minute???

[User] they didn’t have to eat me up like that 😭

[Assistant] it was real out of pocket!!!


[User] My bank got a new mobile app and forced everyone to remove the old one and start using the new one. The only problem is that the check deposit feature on the new one doesn't work yet, which means I just had to drive to the bank to deposit something like it was 1980.

[Assistant] Rolling out an app that hasn’t finished development - a fine capitalist software release tradition.

[User] Remember when we had to fill out slips of paper if we wanted to withdraw cash from anything other than the ATM?

[Assistant] What are we, Lemon, farmers?


[User] Fine Gael to insist on “parity of esteem” with Fianna Fáil as a basic condition in any coalition agreement, i.e., rotating Taoiseach again and presumably equal ministers, despite a 10-seat gap between the two parties. In 2020, it was only a 3 seat gap. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

[Assistant]
One would imagine FF will concede to these terms as MM has ruled out even entering into a conversation with the only alternative partner; Sinn Féin.

But the basis for FGs' argument is pretty flawed with a 10-seat gap between them.

[User] How many FF seats were won on FG transfers? That's the issue. FF can't afford to piss off FG.

[Assistant] Many might say the transfers show electorate who voted FF or FG want their coalition to continue. Although, you're right, Simon may need to settle for Táinaiste, the rotating Taoiseach thing was a bit weird, like a more stage managed version of the Tory leadership revolving door across the water.


[User]
Last year I was unable to complete the #CorsiRosenthalBox awards.  I am hoping to do so this year.

If you have built a #CRBox please response to this post with a photo of it. I'll make up the categories based on entries. It's all for fun and glory!

Deadline = Dec 22nd.

Just do it, Folks!

[Assistant] I gave up building after leaving Twitter and failing to sway my own siblings. (Even sent brother the ASHRAE draft standard.) I still think a modular 12V system is worth considering (until someone dissuades me), but have lost all desire. Nice to see you here though. Good luck. (MERV-14 prism shown.)

[User] I like the MERV-14 prism!  Please don't give up entirely.  There are many out there who do want support. We have established a non-profit to provide support for those who want to reduce their inhalation dose of virus-laden aerosol particles.  corsirosenthalfoundation.org  Focus = public spaces.

[Assistant] Yes, I've written to my rep @repcasten.bsky.social on several occasions, mentioning you (and Jim), your foundation and ASHRAE's standard.


[User]
📝 writing stuff

ao3: archiveofourown.org/users/iamfau...
twt: x.com/fauveypixel

—

more of my writing ⬇


[User]
Best part of this job is when you work with amazing artists and the art shows up.

It's such a rush!

One artist turned in a character sketch that floored me.
Another sent in breakdowns for an unannounced project.
Paco emailed killer pencils, inks, & a cover for SPIDER-BOY!

Can't wait 4U2C 'em all!

[Assistant] I’ve got an art director creating character designs for my new Scottish fairytale animated series and I am so excited to see them come in! Eek!

[User] art is the ultimate adrenaline rush.

[Assistant] Love Paco's work. I had the pleasure of inking him once long ago.


[User] Maybe 2025 is the year I finish the remaining Animorphs books I never finished reading when I was younger. Got pretty far through a chunk of them, but not all of them. Started reading the graphic novel adaptations more recently, though.

[Assistant] It’s worth it. And personally, I like the ending.

[User] I think reading the end of Animorphs back when it came out and I was a kid is the reason I grew up realizing I don't have to like/enjoy the end of every story. Reading something like that when you're 11 and realizing sometimes there isn't going to be a happy ending is just helpful.

[Assistant]
Man, I've been meaning to get back into this series. I read the first two books a while ago, and then I ADHDd into a prettier, shinier book and haven't been back. Too many books, not enough time.

And, seriously. KA Applegate is a treasure.


[User]
This is pretty cool: the “pseudoteeth” of some prehistoric birds are the result of a developmental pathway that made the beak grow like teeth given that birds had lost their teeth long before.

Nature’s flexible. No teeth? No problem, we’ll just make beak teeth, simple.

[Assistant] Given that hrt has given me period cramps every months, I appreciate the ways in which nature says “Oh don’t worry, we’ll still do the thing” with analogous tissues.

[User] Haven’t read the paper yet but I’m wondering if it’s the same thing that causes the tooth-like parts of many duck bills.


[User] Happy 3rd birthday to the love of my life and my dream come true. My light in the darkness. My Luna.

[Assistant] Such a sweet picture!!

[User] Happy Birthday Luna! Hopefully dad treats you well today and gives you some boops on the snoot for me!

[Assistant] I just adopted a rescue pup 2 days ago that looks kinda similar and also named her Luna, what a coincidence!


[User]
I’ve been slacking. NicolasEdny would be ashamed of me for not doing this.

Are y’all making sure you’re moisturized tonight? I’m wining and weaving (crocheting) while I mask.

Who else has a midweek skincare ritual? 🤚🏻

[Assistant] She better come quickly. I haven’t moisturized, I am about to be ashy ashy 😭😂

[User] She’s gonna be so mad at you!!!!

[Assistant] I tweezed last night, nearly blinded myself with the lighted mirror. Exfoliating tonight, moisturizing.


[User]
I feel like there's been an uptick in bots on here recently, I hope that trend doesn't continue.

(Although with rising popularity it is inevitable unfortunately).

[Assistant]
Here's my attempt at a summoning ritual:

I need help to write an essay, my crypto wallet was also recently stolen so could somebody please hack into my Instagram account and send me loads of OnlyFans nudes for free? Also, I would love for this skeet to become a t-shirt I can buy with REAL money!

[User] Yeah I have had some really strage accounts follow me. Like some dude with like 2 or 3 posts but like 1k followers. The strange part is how some of those followers seems to be real accounts so I don't know what's happening there.

[Assistant] If they seem like real accounts, it's a good chance that they're running on LLMs, and that shit suuuucks, fuck silicon valley.


[User]
I'm posting my first post! Hello to all the posting posters out there!

I've spent way too much time on here, but I love it. It's nice to be surrounded by others who can think critically, logically, and for themselves.

💙💙💙

[Assistant] Welcome!! It’s nice here.

[User] It certainly is! 👍

[Assistant] Thank you 💙💙💙


[User] These tedbecca shirts are all @biscuittsoclock.bsky.social's fault 🩷

[User] If I can’t have any self control neither can you!!


[User] im afraid i have to go to the bird app-

[Assistant] please report back with your findings 🫡

[User] May your time on the bird app be brief, your experience be tolerable, and your overall mental health remain strong. Send more positive online spaces. (Just kidding...mostly).

[Assistant] love the support, really needed it after venturing there!!!!

[User] I hate going there for updates it’s so MISERABLE :(

[Assistant] IT IS!!! but i need info :(


[User] See this floating around lately. Good for people who are new to my profile and wanna know more about me! The more likes this post gets the more of these I'll answer in the comments below!

[Assistant]
ANSWER THREAD#

#1. What's my sexuality?
I'm Definitely Gay Homosexual. Although in the past I have had a few homoflex moments in my life usually from Very Masc presenting girls though (both physically and personality wise)

[User]
#2 Top, bottom or Switch?

I'm a Hugely Versatile Switch!

I used to be very bottom leaning when I was younger due to being a twink so I still get put into that box a fair bit which is fine. But if you want me to plow your hole REAL good? Just ask 😈

[Assistant]
#3 Do you RP?

This was something I enjoyed many years ago but I never got into it hardcore.

These days I much prefer to do sexy talk with the combination of sending dirty pics/vids to each other if we hit it off in the first few messages. Although I don't have loads of time to sometimes spend.


[User]
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!

It's a little known fact that, in the Netherlands, US Thanksgiving is known as "Luce Looking at Food the European Mind can't Comprehend Day".

(Pls show me your plates, I take LLAFTEMCC Day very seriously. 😌)

[Assistant] Dinner isn’t ready yet for us but here’s a pic of last years!! I wish I had taken a better picture for you but this is all I got before I immediately started eating 💕

[User] Dinner not done cooking yet but two stars of the occasion…

[Assistant] Gorgeous! I feel a cute animal in a Beatrice Potter book just looking at these. Thanks tor sharing!


[User] These games are too late in the night for me so I’m going to treat this as the best summary of the game.

[Assistant] Shame you missed it Girish, it was a good game (although perhaps more so for the neutral than United fan!!). It’s just good to get the first win under Amorim as we go into Sunday’s arm wrestle with Everton. 💪🏼

[User] Super delighted we won. Need the confidence before Everton cut sure. Also, kind of grateful it wasn’t a walk in the park? Can’t get delusional that everything is amazing. Saw the highlights & wrote this bsky.app/profile/inso...

[Assistant] Super delighted we won. Need the confidence before Everton for sure. Also, kind of grateful it wasn’t a walk in the park? Can’t get delusional that everything is amazing. Saw the highlights & wrote this bsky.app/profile/inso...


[User]
On the one hand, a driver purposely brutally murdered someone.

On the other hand, shouldn't drivers be ALLOWED to do this? Don't they DESERVE to be able to brutally purposely murder people they find irritating?

Drivers and cyclists are taking sides.

[Assistant] Cyclists are dangerous risk takers which is why motorists can, should, and must murder them with cars - at the risk of other cars, and pedestrians - when possible. This is not dangerous, and carries no risk. Except to the cyclists. And, really, bicycles should be outlawed entirely bc cars.

[User]
As we know from Chicago's example, it's legal to purposely brutally murder or maim someone with your car as long as you drive away afterward.

What are they going to do, arrest the CAR? Not likely!

ANYONE could be driving that car! Nothing anyone can do about it. Oh well.

[Assistant] Really, it should be illegal to hinder the speed, movement, or parking options of any car. Stop lights? Just a suggestion. Stop signs? Decorative ambiance. Turn anywhere. One-way roads are for weenies, drive whatever direction you like. Go ahead, park on a lawn or the middle of an intersection.


[User] Everyone have a good Thanksgiving?

[Assistant] It's was pretty good here! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving as well 🙌🏾

[User] Yes, Sir,  how was yours?

[Assistant] It was great!! How about yourself?


[User]
first time covering a #txlege hearing on this app. it’ll be the Joint Committee on Grid Reliability.

if you want an expert opinion on this, follow @douglewin.bsky.social. 1/

[Assistant]
my position is: the problems during Uri are not unique to ERCOT. none of the grids in the country are prepared for climate change.

the problems during Uri were primarily caused by natural gas suppliers curtailing supply ahead of the storm to spike the price of natural gas. #txlege 2/

[User]
ex. chicken ranchers couldn’t get natural gas for their generators in the weeks leading up to the storm leading to that chicken and egg shortage later in the year.

some generators which had winterized and had onsite storage couldn’t get their tanks filled in advance. #txlege 3/

[Assistant] not gonna hold my breath for Paxton to sue the natural gas suppliers, but Jerry Jones bragged about the “jackpot” what was cancelling their contracts to sell natural gas at $2.50/mcfu and sell it on the spot market for $600-700/mcfu. MN’s case to this effect is farthest along. #txlege 4/


[User]
Rico Dowdle just scored the first rushing touchdown by a Dallas Cowboys running back at AT&T Stadium this season.

Today is Thanksgiving.

[Assistant] It’s impossible to underscore enough how legitimately bonkers this is.

[Assistant] Jerry definitely knows where the sun is but did he tell the players where the end zone was?


[Assistant] I’ll damn near give you the needle 😭

[User] lmfao i can’t stand a mama’s boy. that’s a monster in law in the making.


[User] Only person masking in the crowded GP waiting room. Can’t risk it with a chronic illness!

[Assistant] I do this too!

[User] I don’t get why everyone doesn’t. It’s the place sick people go.

[Assistant] 100% this.


[User]
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #2, "Sun of Nothing."

Superman vs. Agent Lois Lane! The secrets of Kal-El's costume! Tanks that can fly! Lazarus means peace!

Art and cover by Rafa Sandoval & colorist Ulises Arreola. Letters by Becca Carey. Variant covers by Rafael Albuquerque & Mahmud Asrar.

In stores today!

[Assistant] I got mine and am very excited to read it!

[User] I had an absolute blast reading it! Thank you all for your hard work.

[Assistant] Homie, I was completely hooked on this issue before I even finished the first page.  This is great stuff.


[User] Finished the recent Dandadan Episode (had to take a few days before doing it cause it was Thanksgiving Day and we were invitied to a friends house, so we as usual had to rush to get ready and Black Friday cause I was distracted).

[Assistant] It was good, though judging from the preview and knowing that Jiji is the final character to appear in the season/cour, I'm gonna guess that after Episode 10 (which is the end of the Serpo Arc), the final few episodes of this part are the Cursed House arc.

[User] Which means Season 2/Cour 2 when it's annouced soon after this one, will cover Evil Eye, Kaiju, and Space Globalist Arc (The later 2, especially the last one are my favorite arcs in the series).

[Assistant] And further on that means, if a 3rd part does happen, it'll cover the rest of the Kintama Hunt Saga with the Onbushman and Danmara Arcs. And while the current saga/first arc of that saga (Pygmy Princess) just started, obviously that'll be season 4 and beyond stuff.


[User]
Thank you for 2K!!!

As a treat, ask me anything! Will respond throughout the day ❤🔥

[Assistant]
forgot to alt text:

Salem X stands on a rooftop at golden hour. They are wearing all black, a corset top, mesh cut-out lingerie, and platform heels with lace trim stockings. They draw their whip behind their back as if they are about to strike the camera, but instead turn to show off their butt. 🍑

[User] You’re such a hottie!!

[Assistant] thank you 💓 hottie recognizes hottie😌


[User]
Wanna make a blanket fort & watch Christmas movies?

C'mere

Bring your dog, too

🩵❄🐾

[Assistant] I've got the Kahlua for the coffee.

[User] *pokes head in with leftover turkey and sharp cheddar paninis*

[Assistant] C'mon in!!!!


[User] MUST READ with a lot of info 👇

[Assistant] Appreciate your work and Jahns work on this and all season.

[User] It seems to me they're repeating the mistake the Jets made in promoting Jeff Ulbrich. Thomas Brown was doing well getting Caleb on track and the front office decided to pile a lot more responsibilities onto his day that will make it harder for him to continue that progress. Bad process, imo.

[Assistant] I thought Kmet said the calls for Bagent were false?


[User] Y’all keep trying to dictate what to say and what to say while dating. That’s why the dating pool is trash. Y’all not invested in learning about the people you want to date and aren’t standing ten toes down on y’all non-negotiables.

[Assistant] Redo the list every year or bi-annually because people’s desires change. What I wanted at 25 isn’t what I wanted at 35.

[User] Redo the list every year or bi-annually because people’s desires change. What I wanted at 25 isn’t what I wanted at 35.

[Assistant] Y’all out here afraid to eat bread at dinner or thinking you can’t ask someone out because you gotta pay for their pre-workout ensemble… 🗣 date base on what you want to settle down with for the rest of your life.


[User] the mosca lab turned 5! born on september 24th, 2017, we finally had everyone in town to celebrate our 5th birthday!

[Assistant] and to celebrate, we threw an adorable little 5th birthday party. we decorated the conference room, there were chicken sandwiches, there was a proper cake, and even gritty, our honorary lab member who shares our birthday showed up!

[User] what a ride it has been. i've learned a lot about being a PI in these 5 years, some of those lessons great, and some very challenging and difficult. it's not an easy job by far, but working with this talented group of people is my absolute privilege.

[Assistant] this is not something i have to do. this is something i wake up every day and GET to do ... working with these folk: @sonofasmurf, @2LexA4myshirt, @GAL4science, @DuhartJC, @Neural_Tangent, libby moese, mike parisi, @SteveTym, + our newest member victoria triglia is a true honor.


[User] Artists in relationships with other artists!! How'd you meet? I'm always curious, and I'm a sucker for romance stories in general 💞

[Assistant]
Eis was my personal stalker in the school i went to.
One day we met,
I couldn't escape her basement since then, so here i am with a Stockholm Syndrome. ✨

(That's a joke obviously!)

We wrote on a dating app the whole night, met up the next day for a date, as she actually went to the same school. ❤

[User] She was shy and quiet in the cafe/restaurant we sat down, i blabbered all about me telling her things about me, my life and opened up as much I could, she then started calming down and we met a few times, It didn't work out at first, so i had some relationships before we actually got together. ❤

[Assistant] When I found my gf, I will report back. Though at this point I doubt she is somewhere out there 😅


[User]
BBC Reporter struggling to reconcile the aversion they all have to acknowledging Keir Starmer as Prime Minister with the need to report on the State Visit from Qatar.
Stumbling away, ‘his first trip as Leader of…. of… the United Kingdom, he’s been looking forward to doing this… ‘

[Assistant] Private content thats too good to miss. Ready to explore? 🤤😍💦 https://privatevid.vercel.app/

[User] Private content thats too good to miss. Ready to explore? 🤤😍💦 https://privatevid.vercel.app/

[Assistant] Private content thats too good to miss. Ready to explore? 🤤😍💦 https://privatevid.vercel.app/


[User]
Look I realize I'm an asshole but just bc you're another adoptee does not mean my thread is the place to trauma dump 13 (thirteen!!!) Wall Of Text posts at me.

I'm a person, not a receptacle.

Jesus.

[Assistant]
Oh cool and now they misgendered me.

Jesus fucking Christ.

[User]
I was waaaay more sympathetic until they topped it off with that
Now I'm pissed.

[Assistant]
Amazing.  Completely ignored my responses.

Wrote a whole damn novel, misgendered me, forgot my name, and then ignored every damn response.

You are approaching block territory, my "friend".


[User] Are liberals now cheering this on?

[Assistant] Dems have spent this entire year making an airtight case for getting $ out of politics.

[User] Yeah! And not only that but these bit mining operations they consume hella megawatts and the electric companies charge the consumers for infrastructure improvement to SERVE the bit coin mining outfits. AND Bitcoin mining provides very FEW jobs.

[Assistant] We are getting to a point with bitcoin mining and ai and this where it's hard to see where the tradeoffs are in actually improving lives. Like, at least burning fossil fuels in a shitty Chevy s10 gets you from point a to point b.

[Assistant] So next time I need to go through a permitting process, can I just tell them how important my project is and how much I really really want it?


[User]
Is it a thing to re-post previous publications on bluesky now (For altmetric?)? How do people feel about getting cool but slightly older research highlighted on their timelines?

chemsky lipidtime 🧪

[Assistant]
It might no be a thing, but maybe it should be a thing.
(🤔 considering making a long thread of past publications, because why not?)

[User]
exactly, new and old are relative to experience

Remember when we all learned that cool thing and everyone else was like "oh hun that's so 10 years ago" but you're like "but I had no fuckin IDEA"

[Assistant] perfectly fine!


[Assistant] Excellent. Then there will be great leverage for them to comply with deportations.

[User] Is this... nothing?  Like, you just posted emptiness? Big mood. My brain's a void most days too.  Stare into the abyss, it stares also into pizza rolls.  Or something.

[Assistant] For anyone paying attention to the news it is rather self explanatory!


[User]
Woohoo!

Anyone else use Duo to learn a language? I mostly use to keep on top of Japanese & Spanish vocab practice!

[Assistant] I got to 500 day streak and then decided to quit while I was ahead. My wife has premium so her "streak" is a lie 😂

[User] Haha i'm on premium too but promise my streak is real!! I hate to miss it even with the freeze gem thing. Sometimes I do just do one lesson to shut Duo up tho 🤣

[Assistant] I'm learning French and German for work, refreshing my Spanish for work, & learning Japanese to watch anime unsubbed through here!  Here are my stats for the year!


[User]
Why are people like this? 🙄

Glad for the block function on here 🙅🏻♀

[Assistant] People like that are miserable about themselves so they have to take it out on others.

[User] What a jerk, screw that noise, you go girl!

[Assistant] Just to get a rise out of people. For whatever reason, it makes them feel better about themselves (oh look what I did he he he) 🤷


[User] Putting up a web page is genuinely more effort now if you're starting from the same point as the time you're thinking of.

[Assistant] X.509 and TLS? Semi mandatory on the modern web And already we're into a complexity level that's going to turn people off - even if they pick the plaintext-only option.

[User]
Then there's the extra headers you need to send so that you don't end up as someone else's risk.
Or maybe you don't, but figuring out some plausible version of good practice takes way longer then writing the content.

[Assistant] Neocities is really good for personal sites. Pretty easy for a novice to throw a hobby site together.


[Assistant] Could? I believe its all ready happening ….

[User] Once he put the heritage foundation, I mean his cabinet, into place he won’t be thinking. He will be golfing and letting criminals and zealots run the country.

[Assistant] Ahem....Canada would also like a word....

[User] 1/20/25 back to stupid. We could have had nice things.

[Assistant] Wondering how long it will take for Mexico to close its northern border to stop the stream of Americans looking for a better life.


[User] I wouldn’t even steal them I would just move all the stuff in the junk drawer to other locations. And maybe steal all but one of their AA batteries.

[Assistant]
Oh no...I horse HDMi cables (because you never know when you'll need them)

Then the one time I actually do need one, I go to look at it's not there...

[User]
Oh no...I horde HDMi cables (because you never know when you'll need them)

Then the one time I actually do need one, I go to look at it's not there...

[Assistant]
“Damnit. I know I had it somewhere. Where would it be if I didnt put it here?”

Cue frantic ADHD search and then gaslighting myself to convince myself I must have imagined having it at all until I find it 6 mos later after having already bought one to replace the one I convinced myself I didn’t get.


[User]
ITS HERE.

The extremely tongue-in-cheek Extremely Low Brow Holiday Hooker Gift Guide.

Coming tomorrow: The Slightly More Serious Holiday Hooker Gift Guide

yourmusedelphine.com/index.php/20...

[Assistant] This is amazing, thank you for creating it!

[User] Thank you ☺🙃

[Assistant] This is so good!


[User] 3rd December reading check in. Read 50 pages of The Neverending Story. How about you? @foxylustygrover.bsky.social @witchnwords.bsky.social @madhmstr.bsky.social @sarahlaydee.bsky.social @roundballnz.bsky.social @bodiva.bsky.social & anyone else who wants to. #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

[Assistant] Finishing off the sequel series to that paranormal series. Well, half way through - only 6 books in this one, not 46!

[User] How is it? My daughter's drama group just did it as a play and I realised I'd somehow missed reading it or seeing the movie when I was a child, despite being an 80s/90s kid!

[Assistant] I read a few pages of, I Am Malala.


[User] In these gawp mag headlines, it’s the sub-headings where the genius lies. “Shredded like a Cheese string” and “No wonder he gave it a 5-star review” are solid gold.

[Assistant] Those magazines are like The Sun on steroids.

[User] always best read in Chris Morris’ voice with the exact cadence in which he says “Those are the headlines - HAPPY NOW?”

[Assistant] I always imagine that these mags are bought by the same people who buy books from the 'Shattered Lives' section of the WH Smiths book section, which has titles like 'Please Stop It, Daddy' and 'Mummy Knew'.


[User] Artificial Intelligence tools are revolutionizing various industries by automating tasks, enhancing productivity, and providing innovative solutions. From chatbots to advanced analytics, these applications are designed to improve efficiency and decision-making in both personal...

[Assistant] One significant aspect of AI tools is their ability to assist in customer service. Chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude AI provide real-time support, handling inquiries and complaints. This not only reduces wait times but also allows human agents to focus on more complex issues. 🤖

[User] AI applications extend to content creation as well. Tools like Clearscope optimize writing for better engagement, while systems like Bing Chat integrate search capabilities to deliver accurate information. Such tools enhance creativity, making content generation faster and mor...

[Assistant] However, with these advancements come challenges, such as ethical concerns and misinformation. Companies must navigate issues like AI hallucinations, where models generate inaccurate information. Solutions are being developed to mitigate these risks while maintaining user trust.


[User] Someone on Instagram called Elon Musk Elonia. 🤣🤣🤣

[Assistant] I've been calling "it" Elonia Muskrat for a long time... Among other names.🫢

[User] Love that name for him!

[Assistant] I love that! 😂


[User] Mini-Thread🧵

[Assistant]
Abu Ja'far (at-Tabari) said:

"When it is said (O children of Israel) [The Qur'an, chapter 2, verse 40], it refers to the children of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, (whom is) friend of the Most Merciful; and when Jacob was called as 'Israel', it simply means 'God's Servant/Slave' ...

[User] ... and because he was chosen from among the creations, and the term 'El' here means God (Allah); as for the term 'Isra': it means 'Servant/Slave', and it is said that the name Gabriel means 'God's Servant/Slave'

[Assistant] From Ibn Abbas: "Indeed, 'Israel' is like you're saying: 'God's Servant/Slave'"


[User] Introspective post: I do wonder if some of my attitudes to sex are because I find so much of it... icky? It's a weird paradox because I find some things horny that many people find revolting, but, like, naked penises aren't that attractive, and I never ever want to look up your arse, ever.

[Assistant] But I'm also aware that this is very much a "me" thing. It just means that when I do end up with a guy I have to have a lot of awkward conversations, which kind of puts me off the whole thing as it's exhausting.

[User] Absolutely none of this is meant as any sort of judgement on what others do, of course. I kind of wish I was more "normal" in this respect, but I see pics of people with their face buried in some guy's arse and think "absolutely not".

[Assistant] You don’t have a weird attitude to sex, you have a positive attitude to intimacy and your personal preferences about it. A mutual wallow in 30 litres of gunge is as intimate as a long hard fuck. We all have our preferences and life would be boring if they were all the same.


[User]
Pre dating SkTs FLUF

Kiyoomi is reading on the MSBY dorm couch and Atsumu walks in sleepy and falls face first into the couch. He squirms into a comfortable postition.
“Stop moving Atsumu, you’re making hard for me to read.”
“Sorry, Omi. I just-“ Atsumu groans turning over +

[Assistant]
Kiyoomi rolls his eyes. Eventually Atsumu ends up with his head in Kiyoomi’s lap and his feet over the arm rest.
“I- didn’t-“ Kiyoomi sighs tired from his own long day, he lifts his book to look down at Atsumu.
“This okay Omi?” Atsumu looks up. Their eyes meet, Kiyoomi searches+

[User] Drowning in the sweetness of honey eyes. In return he sees a whole universe within Atsumu. It was as if it was the first day of his life; finally being able to breathe and how colors bloom around. +

[Assistant]
Atsumu’s eyes were a bright possibility. Something that made Kiyoomi’s heart leap, a shiver run up his spine, and make his brain feel fuzzy. The corners of his lips twitch as he mumbles, “yeah just stay there don’t move.”
Kiyoomi turns back to his book cheeks flushed. +

[User] The words in his book seem to bliss and float as all he can focus on is the weight of Atsumu’s head in his lap. He glances over to Atsumu’s feet hanging off the couch. It was frankly disgusting if anyone else was doing it, but with this idiot… it felt charming and kinda adorable with the little +

[Assistant]
Weasels covering his socks. Who knew Atsumu has cute socks. Kiyoomi blinks as Atsumu yawns and then promptly falls asleep.
Kiyoomi bites his bottom lip smiling to himself. He tries to go back to his book and he’s pretty sure he’s read the same page about them times but he can’t stop staring +


[User]
Three miles are traveling down a tunnel.

The 1st mole says: I smell sugar.

The 2nd mole says: I smell cinnamon.

The last one says: All I smell is molasses!!!

[Assistant] Good morning, Bob! Hope you have a good day! Rainy Thanksgiving here. Hope your brother is doing better.

[User]
Good morning, rainy here too!  Just another work day here.  Would love to sit home and watch football!

He's coming home today.

Have a great one!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
💙

[Assistant] Wish I could, too. There is so much to do here today! Cleaning, baking, packing. Tomorrow, I'm down to AC for the weekend to make sure we get our presents to our friends there and next Thursday, leaving for a 15-day cruise. Ugh. Stressed.


[User]
@mmpadellan.bsky.social
@cynthiaharless.bsky.social

Is this the real Jon Cryer that you are following? I can't tell?

There is another account with more followers.

[Assistant]
That is not the real me. I blocked and reported that account.

I have to say I’m surprised there’s been so many impersonator accounts.  I’m looking into getting domain verified now.

[User] Ok glad to hear you got the word-- thanks for letting me know!!

[Assistant]
Thank goodness I've "known" (followed) you for nigh on 10 years & aren't fooled quite so readily by shoddy impersonations.
Albeit at first glance, they're sneaky!


[User] About to devour an IMO’s Pizza and toasted ravs!

[Assistant] Oh man, these look so good, enjoy!

[User] Thanks! They were delicious 😋

[Assistant]
Imo's is decent (I generally prefer a thicker crust) but toasted cheese ravs are elite. From everywhere.

I don't think I've ever had bad ones 😂


[User] are you all sick of looking at my lizard yet? Guess who is now also making a new icon for my profile here. 💛

[Assistant] me while I am lining this "Why am I doing so much detail in this?! It won't seen be seen that closely! Only I'll know what I hate about this!! Ahhh!!" anyway the lining is going great.

[User]
it's okay to include a lot of details! Even if you'll be the only one to see most of them. Details are fun.

And, if nothing else, you can post close-ups with your art posts. 💗

[Assistant] that's true ;w;  Mostly I just really love drawing my lizard. Even if his scale pattern I'll never like have a solid look just a general idea of it. Mostly if his scales look spikey I'm happy.

[User] I totally understand! There's a few of my characters I totally get a kick out of drawing, every single time I do. I fully support just loving to draw a character.

[Assistant] the lineart is done... now here is hoping I don't screw it all up with color 🥲

[User] Au'ra scales are a nightmare that I wing it together and slap it on my boy and call it a day. I literally am happy with a mostly spikey look and go "Yup that looks about right." and call it a day with them.

[Assistant] I hated the eyes in the first one so I attempted to fix it. I'm still telling myself it looks okay. I'm not in love with the coloring but I don't hate it. I'm getting used to all the brushes still with the new art program. I gotta do some more like tests with it to really like coloring again.


[User]
Every person who voted for Trump is as disgusting to me as Trump himself.

That won’t change.

[User] We must keep in mind there are a lot of disinformation out there so some people vote off that disinformation! They, as a people, are not following politics like half the country is to vote for their best interests! Best to try & enlighten people than hate all!! Hate begets hate!!

[Assistant] Most who have woken up to TFGs asshat moves have already changed their tune. Those left aren’t listening to us. We have to hope the first group can get some in the second group to listen.


[User] Waiting for the world to end is so fucking exhausting.

[Assistant] IKR? 🤷🏽♂

[User] The Telegraph - good for the bottom of the budgie cage not much else.

[Assistant] same. my bus was 3 mins late today.


[User] Today is the first day of rehearsals for Treasure Island and we've rolled Pattie Breadcake out of her boudoir for another year of festive mischief. Ever wondered what your panto dame name might be? Use our generator below for inspo!

[Assistant] Lady Welly Deadbod. Just feels right, in a sort of deep and profound way. (She hears that a lot, I reckon)

[User] If we know one thing about Lady Welly Deadbod, it's that she likes to get deep and profound.


[User] In the fanfic world, Canon never mattered. We don't write to piss off the haters, we do it because of our passion for love and romance.

[Assistant] I am very much in disbelief right now. I'd have honestly preferred no confirmed or alluded to ships. But alas, here we are.

[User]
I need you to know that I wholeheartedly agree and respect that point.

That being said.

I keep reading this in the Mean Girls "In Girl World, Halloween is the one night..." voice, and I can't stop 😭😂

[Assistant]
Truer words have never been spoken!

✨✨✨ Thank you for saying this. It's like writing out what I should have realized in myself for a long while.


[User] Eek! I got matched with my very first @skypeascientist.bsky.social classroom and I am legit SO EXCITED!

[Assistant] This is so cool! I'm so glad to see you excited about your work.

[User] It’s a pretty amazing feeling TBH.

[Assistant] I'm sure it is! You have more than earned this.


[User]
⚠ The CA Dept. of Public Health has issued ANOTHER recall of Raw Farm LLC’s cream-top whole raw milk (lot code 20241119, Best By 12/07/2024) after detection of #H5N1 bird flu virus.

This is concerning- as I said before we need stricter regulations

More details: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...

[Assistant]
I think the regulation should be no retail sale of unpasteurized milk.

Some fucking hippy is going to unlock the next pandemic because they want to “eat clean” or whatever bullshit those morons are on about.

[User] Seriously. I am doing everything I can to convince my father to stop drinking raw milk and he will NOT listen!

[Assistant] Oh god. I’m so sorry. Hopefully he comes around.


[User] Im gonna pin this so we can keep our eyes on it.

[Assistant] He said he is eliminating overtime pay. Is that what he meant by no tax?

[User] Saved to my tablet. We'll meet back here in 2028 to compare notes.

[Assistant] Lol, he could do all those things, but in only one way... massive recession/depression.


[User] for all my moots into skincare: i ordered both the topicals faded cream and the axis y dark spot cream to try and fix my hyperpigmentation and the topicals faded cream came first so i guess we're testing that one. will update 🫡🫡

[Assistant] it stinks bad but it worked really well for me!!

[User] see everyone keeps saying it stinks but it doesn't smell that bad to me and i'm very sensitive to smells akdjaks like it definitely doesn't smell good but some ppl on tiktok are like "omg it smells so bad i had to stop using it!!!"

[Assistant] yeah no, i really got use to the smell after awhile and it’s not a deal breaker for me. I usually find skincare that smells weird works really well anyways.


[User] Lindsey Graham saying the quiet part out loud reinforcing how all aspects of US government should be shielded from accountability. People who work for the IC are that fucking stupid because they can't seem to connect how that dynamic is related to our current political climate.

[Assistant] If white supremacy and male fragility were a country, it would look like the United States.

[User] It's not a D or R thing either. It's a both parties thing where they maintain that the US or its interests, like Israel, cannot be held accountable.

[Assistant] If that's not bad enough, they also struggle to see how that dynamic contributes to conflict. And it never stops because the greed of the US is neverending.


[User] Only second to a puppy parade is the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade with Alison Brie!

[Assistant] Are we sure that's not Caroline Decker?


[User] That was a really fun post-game segment. I’m just smiling from ear to ear!

[Assistant] Man, anything involving Leroy is loads of fun. And I’m happy Jordan leaned into the whole thing about not getting the turkey leg last year.

[User] Yes! Do you ever listen to Leroy’s podcast? It’s so fun!

[Assistant] May your post-game celebrations remain joyful, your team's victories be plentiful, and your overall fandom remain strong. Send more celebratory messages. (Just kidding...mostly).


[User] It is exasperating how we didn't even get a month into hearing how liberals were going to bend the knee to Trump and betray all our values before Sanders and Jayapal started tripping over themselves to say "oh we're so ever so eager and looking forward to working with Mister Trump golly gee gosh."

[Assistant] If you're not old enough to remember 2017, let me give you a rundown of what 2025 is gonna look like. A bunch of conservative pseudo-populists are going to run in special elections, and you're gonna be told by socialist thought leaders that you must support them and that they're the future.

[User] They're gonna be anti-trans, anti-abortion, but they'll vaguely aesthetically resemble what millionaires think working class people look like, so they'll be deemed good socialists. And there's gonna be a million thinkpieces about how their campaigns are how all Dem campaigns should run.

[Assistant] Every single one of them is going to lose their special elections. Not even gonna be close. By 2026 you're not even going to remember what their names were, because the focus is gonna be on whoever the DNC chair is awkwardly stepping to the podium and apologizing for all that.


[User] I started watching Day of the Jackal on Peacock. I think it’s a production of Sky. It’s very good so far. Eddie Redmayne comes off as a candidate for playing Bond.

[Assistant] I ended up binging the whole thing. I’m about to start the last episode. It’s a pretty good action/thriller series with some excellent actors.

[User] Oh crap I thought the 6th episode was going to be the last one but there are 4 more that they haven’t posted yet.

[Assistant] Waiting for them all, and crossing fingers for no spoilers!


[User]
Okay...

It's after midnight.

Anybody want to hang for another hour?

[Assistant] What're you drinkin'?

[User] Some light wine, sweet, but don't feel like getting knocked out.

[Assistant] I rather like a nice, sweet wine. What's on the wine list tonight? Anything I might like? 🤔


[User]
Same problem here, I'm aggressively trying to both mute & like things to learn the algorithm but it's not working so far.

Also, the "following" tab doesn't display all the posts of those I'm subscribed to, so I have to go to each person's page personally.😓

[Assistant] Same. I was wondering what I’d done to attract NFL posts. I mean I have a passing interest but there are only so many hours in a day.

[User]
This is game changer

bsky.app/profile/slug...

[Assistant] I'm actually more than ok with replies and everything, I even like it, the problem is not everything displays 😔


[User] No more self-awareness than a dog, licking itself in public.

[Assistant] Sometimes, I really try to understand the other side ….but all I end up with is a migraine.

[User] Hoping the shitshow in the next few years is followed by some new-deal level reforms? Until then, 🤮

[Assistant]
Vivek is a gaslighting asshole.

Aka a gasshole.

[User] Been tired of Ramasmarmy. Clueless from the start. He’s like a bad opening act!

[Assistant] He’s horrible.

[User] I'm not sure which is the bigger tragedy. The fact that I'm being forced to see something from Twitter, or the fact it's in light mode.

[Assistant] Can I repost this a hundred times? Like WTAF?


[User]
📚December issue alert!

Check out the🧵for highlights👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652745...

[Assistant]
On the cover: Lathyrus vernus, taken in southern Sweden, illustrates how opening dates vary among flowers within individuals. The spread & shape of such #flower opening date distributions can have important effects on fitness

📸Katarina Ehrlén
🔗 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

[User] 🌱This issue includes a Grime Review on embracing #plant–plant interactions - rethinking predictions of #species range shifts besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

[Assistant] ⭐This month's Editor's Choice article investigates projected near-future flooding & warming effects on coastal #wetlands of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, & found large flooding-induced increases in graminoid & whole live plant-community biomass besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...


[User] Definition of practice. Montreal erotic festival.

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[User]
Emotionally anxious tonight.

Little lightheaded, too.

[Assistant]
Sorry, I guess that's not a very clear phrase.

Think a step below emotional distress. Which then starts me worrying about my own bullshit.

[User] I'm just gonna try to sleep, I guess.

[Assistant]
"All of me is all for you. You're all I need."

Wish you were here. Whoever you are.

Find me soon, please.