[User]
When I’m in Seattle in early December, @simonplend.bsky.social is taking me to SeattleJS.

Thought I might bring my badger2040 so currently 3d printing a cover to protect the exposed electrics.

Just realised I need to reflash this to update the social and see if I can add a butterfly.

[Assistant] It’s a butterfly on my machine but the badge is rendering some weird Unicode to the left of my domain.

[User]
Yup, unfortunately fitting *all of unicode* into a microcontroller firmware might have been a bit of a stretch 🤣

Render it down to a monochrome PNG and draw that in place!

[Assistant] That's the route I'm on - I was hunting down a png - thanks!


[User] I’m not this setup is a viable way to get anything out of this game. We’re letting them have possession and territory without offering anything ourselves. We don’t have the personnel on the pitch to effectively counter and Arsenal are creating opportunities and getting set pieces.

[Assistant] Matter of time before Arsenal score..

[User] Playing to survive until we can get Rashford and Amad on.

[Assistant] Possibly. I’m not sure he’ll want to sacrifice either wing back.


[User] I’m on a flight to LA for the Western Conference finals. Got any questions?

[Assistant] Looks like ole Ted is our 4th official. How do you feel about this?

[User] This will either be the last game or the second to last game (as a Sounder) for Ruidiaz & ____?

[Assistant] Also what’s your guess on Rusnak’s next contract 30 years old but coming off a career year?


[User] My Elden Ring samurai is now at lvl 50 and there was a point yesterday where I caught myself very nearly 'enjoying' the game, but then a giant head spelled me to death in a garden and I went off it again.

[Assistant]
Yeah that'll happen.

I love the game but it doesn't always love me back.

[User] Although I did find a little village full of talking ceramic pots, none of whom tried to kill me, so that was nice, if a bit unnerving.

[Assistant] Get on with your pages!


[User] Good Morning bluesky.💜

[Assistant] Hm, from 1985 or earlier based on the older logotype which originated from Germany and slowly spread overseas?

[User] Good Morning, hope you have a nice one!

[Assistant] Too sassy. Can’t handle the sassy…


[User]
Ooo I love this!

One like = one piece of lore about me!

[Assistant] 10. My best friend in the world died seven years ago. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think about him and ache. If you ever feel like you are alone or unloved or won’t be missed, I promise it’s not true.

[User] 14. Once for a Friendsgiving out of town I volunteered to make mashed potatoes- it hasn’t until the morning of I realized my friend I was staying with didn’t own a potato masher. I ended up mashing ten pounds of potatoes with a cheese grater and fork.

[Assistant]
16. My aunt once got my sister and I tickets to a BØRNS concert- I had no idea who that was and up until we arrived I thought he was a woman!
(It was a good concert too!)


[User]
Furniture renovation videos are so great, you have a 50% chance of seeing the most beautiful piece of art brought back to it's full glory
And 50% of witnessing a crime against good taste
Just amazing!

[Assistant]
Omg you too? I've been devouring them lately.

And that's so true. 😂

[User] Yeah it's like a Russian roulette of decor and decency😅

[Assistant] Furniture renovations are a whole rollercoaster ride! 😂 One minute, you’re witnessing a masterpiece; the next, it’s like a crime scene for design! What’s the craziest reno fail you’ve seen?


[User] Now that I've finished my first Dragon Age playthrough it's time to mod it until it breaks, starting with some vampy recolors for Astarion Rook. 🥰

[Assistant]
From June's Black Gear (RED)
www.nexusmods.com/dragonagethe...

[User] OOOoooOOOoooOOO... Okay, I am picking up what you're putting down here.

[Assistant] He's at the point of no return already. 😢


[User]
We used to have similar views. What changed? You moved to disinformation ant authoritarianism. I remained center left.

I believe we need to mend fences and find a way to move forward together for the common good. The rhetoric on the other is about retribution.

[Assistant] On both sides we need to mind our better angels and walk back the more extreme rhetoric.

[User] The left are not commies even if we embrace some socialist ideas. The right are not Nazi’s even if t hey follow the Hitler line – no matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

[Assistant] In a world where both sides believe they are fundamentally and morally right how do we find a way to work together for the betterment of society when each side believes the other has duplicitous motives?


[User]
I feel like writing something nice and quick and wholesome and hypnotic and TF-y and... *siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
Why do I always feel creative when I am at fucking work of all places?

[Assistant]
You could always right the base of the idea in a simple post and expand off of it later!

However you choose to do it, can't wait to read!

[User] That's not a bad idea, putting the small snippet out there, maybe one, maybe seventeen messages, quick microfiction, just pouring things out of my brain onto the virtual paper...

[Assistant] I myself like a full product. But I will tend to look at my old posts and add on any new inspirations I've had since that OG post.

[User]
Oh I also prefer writing, but I do in shortstories anyways, pumping some quick thought experiments out sometimes already tickles the brainstem juuuuust right.

I have a list of things still to produce, owed, not owed, desired by myself, experiments with the whole hypno stuff as well.
so much to do.

[Assistant]
Yiiikes.

Just as long as you don't let it overwhelm you. No passions should ever stress someone to the point of no longer enjoying it.

[User]
That is so, so true.
I need my creative outlet every once in a while though and recently work has been stress and my free time has been suffering and I craaaave creativity quq 🧡

[Assistant] Because work sucks and the mind easily wanders :/


[User]
Am I the only one thinking the Guardian; the final non-RW press has perhaps been usurped, too!?

Clickbait seems to be their fortè these days.

Stop it @theguardian.com !
Please.🙏🏻

[Assistant] You seem to be correct. I keep shade commenting the really bad posts. Mostly I don't follow them any more because the perspective is unfortunately not European. Their loss.

[User]
I hadn’t noticed so much in the other place due to the noise; but here; is really stark: they post flurries of posts that are almost all clickbait 😖
Sad.

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social You aren’t in charge, so am not in any way asking for you to defend.

An insider view would be wonderful though. 🫶🏻✌🏻

[Assistant] Keep commenting and reading and donating if you can. We are all humans that want a place to sleep that is safe. 🇺🇦 ♡

[User] I just lost my temper and blocked the guardian. It is not so easy on my browser feed but here it is quite convenient.

[Assistant]
Respect your wishes.

I won’t be blocking: is important for many of us to keep witnessing stuffs.

Wishing you a good day.


[User] I'm at the stage of the year when I look straight at the thing I need and lament that I cannot find the thing I need.

[Assistant] This is only meant to happen at certain times in the year?!

[User] Like,  this is me all the time.

[Assistant] It's worse when I'm exhausted. Staring at the loaf of bread sitting in front of the toaster, about to weep because I want toast. 🫠


[User] PM nerds how we feeling about the new MD5 changes. Kinda mixed. Feels more restrictive and weird in some areas.

[Assistant] honestly thought a lot of qol changes would be made on how it was showcased back livestream but now it does feel iffy i can see...

[User] Like getting dupe egos sounded really cool cause stacking has a ton of potential for it to just become infusing fuel rather than 2 ego gifts. Or them forcing you to use a ton of different teams just for starlight buffs is just not fun? like what if i dont wanna use a lot of teams?

[Assistant] teams is what im feeling iffy about tbh, like what you need to rotate between 5 teams? what about the players who only have a few identities? really feels restrictive :"


[User]
#cdrama

I normally don't like things that are so outright horror genre, but I'm really enjoying #TheSpirealm. Way more than I thought I would. It doesn't hurt that the leads are so #BL / #Danmei coded that it's not ambiguous at all and they are so goddamn cute. 10 #Viki length episodes in.

[Assistant] The human skin arc was almost painfully obvious in terms of "how do y'all not realize how sus that girl is" but the plot of it still delighted in its twists. Egg arc is definitely creepiest so far tho. Skin arc lost a bunch of the fear factor because the scary skinless lady costume was not great.

[User] Also I just looked up what else #XiaZhiguang is in and he's Sikong Changfeng I'm #DashingYouth?! Really excited to finish my #BloodOfYouth rewatch so I can watch Dashing now because SkCF is kinda maybe the best character from BoY. And I'm really digging Xia Zhiguang in Spirealm.

[Assistant] You have lots of good stuff to watch!!


[User] You know they always say it’s okay to not be okay? Well I’m not okay and I took some steps to address that and now I’m having a very non-typical holiday alone and I need some encouragement. Who else is struggling?

[Assistant]
Obvs I don't know your circumstances but as someone who Christmases alone every year, take the time to be unapologetically you for the day, do whatever you want that you don't normally and enjoy not having other people's stress in your vicinity.

Hope you have a good day and can smile.

[User]
Wishing you my best.
I was unhappy anyway, so during my insomnia hours, I tackled very difficult and barely successful tasks.
Then I ranted on Bluesky while frustrated from the waste of my time.
Not sure if that was the way to go or not--but some things got done!
I hope that can help in some way....

[Assistant] We are living in very difficult times, and the struggle is real.

[User] Find any way to treat yo' self. Check out this MST3k bad movie riffing live stream there is so much love here. It's always going 24/7. I go there late at night when I am alone.      www.youtube.com/live/7MKN3Uq...

[Assistant] You’re not alone. I had an invitation to thanksgiving at my aunt’s house, and I couldn’t do it. I felt terrible guilt and anxiety when I declined, but god I’m SO glad I didn’t go. There would have been people I don’t know, I don’t eat meat… it would have been way too much. Take care of yourself!


[User]
#AWS #AI people you need to make a site where i can say hey heres this lambda_function.py script now make it frigging work by sorting all the deployment shit out for me.

Function state is , waiting... (Attempt 29/30)

[Assistant] I'd bet it's the Execution Role that provides the function with the necessary permissions. Obviously I might be wrong, check your logs and see what they say. docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/lates...

[User]
i was using this script to deploy which has worked on another lambda i made and gave it the permissions.

gist.github.com/random-robbi...

[Assistant] If the previous Lambda Function worked using that script, then I guess the next question is, what's different between the two Lambda functions?


[User]
I see #location is in Edinburgh again. Funny how they never show property in Muirhouse, Sighthill or Wester Hailes.
Are there areas near or where you live which have never been featured because they're not cafe culture or seen as undesirable?

[Assistant] Literally where I live haha.

[User] Everywhere in London is cafe culture, including The Bridge cafe where the losing The Apprentice team go. Well everywhere except the Jasmine Allen Estate in The Bill.

[Assistant] Yeah well where I am lacks the trendy.


[User] Currently dressed like a 90’s sitcom dad who’s wife died off camera before the series started so TV networks could get advertisers comfortable with acknowledging no fault divorce.

[Assistant] This. I just want to watch my media. Alone.

[User] That's the most accurate description I've ever read. You wear it well tho.

[Assistant] Is that sweater from target?


[User] I think my ability to draw is just fucking broken?

[Assistant] Pft- I WISH my ability to draw was that broken.

[User] I mean I look at my art and it’s just… fucking nothing. It’s aggravating.

[Assistant] I know that feeling, and I’m sorry external validation won’t mean anything. But you can draw your ass off and your work is charming as hell.


[User]
blueskyroast.com/roast/maryei...

This is a bit of fun on Blueskyroast.com - see what it says about you!

[Assistant]
blueskyroast.com/roast/stefmc...

"He talks some amount of shite, and boring shite at that."

[User]
That's not a roast! That's my new CV!!!

You know the whole "Tae see yirself as ithirs see ye..." I dream that folk see me like this 🤣

I think we all know... Nobody sees me like this. 🙄

blueskyroast.com/roast/jockta...

[Assistant] That's terrific. I'd get a poster made 😁


[User]
hell yeah, this site's got the juice.

i've gotten weird out-of-context replies to every significant post i've made the last two days

we're back baby.

[Assistant] anyways, i hope you're all having a lovely friday evening.

[User]
Yep. Definitely seen an uptick in troll networks coming here. Evidently, they missed having people to annoy and harass.

I didn't miss blocking hundreds of accounts at a time ... but here we are.

[Assistant]
Gravastars are some of the most insane cosmic objects I've ever heard of.

The notion that something could exist under such conditions, even if only hypothetically, is so utterly fascinating. Something "durable" enough to destroy a black hole, should they collide...

You should read Mossflower.


[User] I've been a bit worried about about this bloke. He's been perching on the chimney on the house opposite me most days for an hour or so but then he disapeared. I hadn't seen him for a few weeks but today, he's back and looking very dapper and refreshed. Perhaps he's been on holiday?

[Assistant] He’s rather stunning. Great photo.

[User] Thanks. I took it through my bedroom window so I was about level with him. Earlier shots I took from the ground. I'm rather fond of it, and of him.., if indeed he is a him!

[Assistant]
Herons do go and disappear for a time and return, and people often comment on it. No explanation, just retaining their mystery!

(maybe wanted its new plumage growth to settle in before allowing you more photos)


[User] All sorts of messed up that this cockhead can post this and have it boosted to the tops of everyone's feeds.

[Assistant] He’s gone full QElon since the election. If not more than he has been in the past. And he’s now the co-president elect (effectively despite not legally / technically).

[User] Ketamine has not been good for him.

[Assistant] The person who put this is in my feed was you.


[User] Oh ffs. Might want to block this shitass.

[Assistant] Blocked and reported that punk ass.

[Assistant]
There's an elon musk block list somewhere that just has all the elon musk accounts (and fan accounts and troll accounts) on it. Only Elon Musk related. I love it.

In case you're interested: bsky.app/profile/skyw...


[User] My wife tells me it's not normal to have a favourite spoon ,surely she's wrong.

[Assistant] Definitely wrong. I've had mine for 40+ years.

[User] Is it the one you burn 😂😂😂

[Assistant] My Mrs and I both have  special spoons 👍🏻


[User] The older I get the less I'm interested in cooking huge meals and washing lots of dirty dishes.  We planned on the Palace Casino buffet.  We got there at 3:30 hoping the line would be short--WRONG!  We went to Saltgrass and drowned our turkey and dressing sorrows with steaks and Bloody Mary's.

[Assistant] That's a win-win, I love that idea.

[User] Next year, dinner at my place!

[Assistant] Sounds great!


[User] Am taking my boyo to a therapy dog event on campus tomorrow, so in case folks were curious his full name and qualifications are Dr Talbot Drimmer-Quinn, Dogter of Pawlosophy.

[Assistant] The good doctor looks a tad unmotivated. It being the end of term and all.

[User] He is manifesting Relax.

[Assistant] The art of Pawlosophy. I need to take a class in that.


[User]
i took this photo of The Orange One (his name is Rui) this morning :3
he was in the middle of lickin his lips post-breakfast but ended up lookin like he was being a sassy little man.

[Assistant]
hardware wise i'm using a canon rebel t2i (aka a 550d) that's very old and well-loved and:
- canon 50mm f/1.8 lens
- canon 35-80mm f4.0-5.6
- canon ULTRASONIC 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens
- a quantaray 75-300 f/4-5.6 tele/macro on the way 😎

[User]
hardware wise i'm using a canon rebel t2i (aka a 550d) that's very old and well-loved and:
- canon 50mm f/1.8 lens
- canon 35-80mm f4.0-5.6
- canon ULTRASONIC 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens
- a quantaray 75-300 f/4-5.6 tele/macro on the way 😎

[Assistant] ope those got all messed up, oh well.


[User] Not me. I’m not too shy to say it.

[Assistant] Nope. I'll say it. Pound me like a whore 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[User] Exactly!

[Assistant] Tuh! Not my ass 🤣

[User] Speak your truth! 😂👏

[Assistant] I will shout it from the roof tops!


[User]
It’s way too late for these assholes to FINALLY be concentrating on the fact that it’s Americans smuggling the Fentanyl and Americans committing the violent crimes and NOT the immigrants. Where were these fucking articles before the election?!

FUCK THE MSM!!!

link.apnews.com/view/65aa8c7...

[Assistant] They come for the teachers first! Please follow back. I’m a government teacher in a red state. I will not normalize this!

[User] Got your back!

[Assistant] Teaching this crap is going to be a challenge. So thank you!

[User] The minor positive in the situation is that the MSM is no longer the majority influence. Streaming content is now the primary battlefield.

[Assistant] it's a copycat society. one numbnut posts crazy news then all  the others have to post the same thing or risk fading away.


[User] Growing on Bluesky is not just about myself. Its about the community. I love being here cause I get to interact with people who love same stuff as I do. I get to make new friends from around the world. People on here actually are chill and really cool.

[Assistant] I like Bluesky because it allows me to talk about baking in a indiscriminate manner and that makes me smile :)

[User] This really is such a great space to just talk about what you like and anything else without trolls breathing on your neck telling you otherwise.

[Assistant] I don’t disagree it can be positive, but it’s not a community in its purest sense. It should be local and no internet involved.

[User] Made some new friends on here, talked more about the things I like without some random troll or hater telling me it's bad, and it's been good.

[Assistant] Same! I keep running into really awesome people on here and it's great!


[User]
I love the Wham! song too much to do that challenge but I take the LDB challenge very seriously.

One day more. Bring it on little man.

(alt text: a parody of the 28 Days Later poster with the words 31 Days Left. 12:01 Black Friday. Littledrummerboychallenge.com)

[Assistant] Kinda funny that this being the latest possible Thanksgiving means this is a relatively short LDB Challenge Season.

[User] Maybe I have a chance to win it this year. I was going strong for a few years but I’m 0-3 since 2021!

[Assistant] That’s the challenge of LDB; you never know where it might sneak up on you. Retail, you’re on guard; but then you’re at a bar and the small jazz band in the corner starts playing the devil’s rhythm.


[User] How's the new Ranma series? Should I download it? Honestly, if it's a straight adaptation then... eh.

[Assistant] The action sequences are pretty good and it's a little tighter than the original it definitely gets my wife's attention more than the original.

[User]
It is, I've only read one book way back in the day but it was 1:1 when that episode came around.

Looks real good, though!

[Assistant] I'm wary of modern adaptations of the classics after how Sailor Moon & UY & Bastard turned out I dunno.

[User] I would say, as a fan of the classic series it's solidly a new adaptation but it doesn't really do much to the management source material if that makes sense. There's no big modernization though I will say Akane so far feels way more sympathetic and Ranma as well.

[Assistant] Mang , manga source material phone why did you change it to management?!?

[User] 💠as far as i can tell, it's just a straight adaptation. I'm only watching it because I like ranma enough to sit thru it for another time, plus I wannna see them adapt the parts they had skipped or haven't gotten around to yet.

[Assistant] 💠 altho it's kinda weird to see them speed thru the source material. It's almost twice as fast pacing wise than the original anime!!!


[User]
'“We were looking for the bed of the ice and out pops Camp Century,” said Alex Gardner, a cryospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who helped lead the project. “We didn’t know what it was at first.”'

scitechdaily.com/nasa-uncover...

[Assistant] 'U.S. Army... built the military base in 1959 by cutting a network of tunnels within the near-surface layer of the ice sheet. After it was abandoned in 1967, snow and ice continued to accumulate, and the solid structures associated with the facility now lie at least 30 meters... below the surface.'

[User] "Scientists have used maps acquired with conventional radar to corroborate estimates of Camp Century’s depth—part of an effort to estimate when melting and thinning of the ice sheet could re-expose the camp and any remaining biological, chemical, and radioactive waste that was buried along with it."

[Assistant]
"The base was built as part of Project Iceworm, a then-secret plan to experiment with building a missile launch site under the Greenland Ice Sheet... Camp Century, a remote, nuclear-powered installation, was built to study the feasibility of such a project..."

www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-ca...


[User]
Swept up in the shit storm that was November, homage is needed to Felix Unger day on November 13th!

youtu.be/mYeAu71rHdE?...

[Assistant] Just talking about this at work earlier. The song was stuck in my head all afternoon.

[User] You can catch reruns in Pluto for free!

[Assistant]
I love this show.
One of the perks of staying home from school was that this was on. I was a weird kid but my mom always thought it was great that I preferred this than watching other stuff.


[User] This is part 2 of an assignment. Create a multimedia presentation (suggested length 15–20 slides) for the leadership of your chosen organization that clearly outlines the key points of your business report. The previous assignment requirements are below. I have attached the paper to guide...

[Assistant] in creating the powerpoint. A. Analyze the current state of the chosen organization by doing the following: 1. Describe the mission statement of the chosen organization. a. Describe the goals for the organization over the next three years. 2. Identify the key external and internal stakeholders...

[User] ...of the organization (e.g., board members, employees, the community, shareholders). 3. Discuss the current leadership (e.g., structure, policies, procedures, organizational systems) in the chosen organization. 4. Analyze at least two fundamental problems in the chosen organization. 5. Explain...

[Assistant] ...why fundamental change is necessary for the chosen organization to meet its mission and goals. B. Create a strategic plan that addresses the organization's fundamental problems by doing the following: 1. Propose a strategy to address the organization's fundamental problems. a. Explain how your...


[User] Have a Great Day! ✨💖✨

[Assistant]
Happy Belated Thanksgiving MO', I hope you had a great day!
..and have a blessed one today..🥰

[Assistant]
Good morning, Monica! 🙂❤
I don't see any black in this Friday, my wonderful friend! 🌞😀😊🤗

[User]
Happy Friday,
  Monica!😊
Have a wonderful weekend!!🙏🏿☮🦋🌄🌼🎵🎼🎵

[Assistant] Thanks, you as well, Stay Safe!!


[User]
Alternate view:

the government were actually held accountable for the stagnant economy and the crumbling state - which were in part a consequence of their obsessive focus on immigration to the detriment everything else.

[Assistant] Of course if you’re wealthy (and/or financially secure) and right wing all you really care about is the immigration thing because a stagnant economy and crumbling state don’t really affect you.

[User] The idea this is a binary one or the other is rather odd - and ignores that there is more than one voter in a general election. Is it conceivable different people made decisions for different reasons, and many for a combination of reasons?

[Assistant]
Yes, it is an odd notion.

Strange you implied it was, glad to see you are perhaps more enlightened.


[User]
Took this from the overlook at RedRocks amphitheater in Colorado this morning before I realized my tire was pretty bald and had to get home..

Gosh, I fkn Love that view!!!

[Assistant] This looks like it should be in a magazine.

[User] I wish!!!! For some reason, my bike following on IG is minimal. I stopped really even trying. I'm in all the Denver groups. We even have a trans specific group out here! But, it seems some of the other groups kind of keep away from us (online and in person) queer groups and riders. 🤷♀

[Assistant] Aww that sucks. It's a good photo.


[User] I'll be dumping old selfies here for a while lol 🎃

[Assistant]
If I have yet to see them, they are new to me! 😀
Love these!

[User] Don't know who's cuter you or sam? You. It's you.

[Assistant] Thank you! 🫣🤭🥰


[User]
So the answer to "how cold will it get inside, sans furnace, when it's below freezing outside overnight" is...

Warmest room (had space heater running with door closed): 57 f/14 c

Coldest room (downstairs, no heat): 46 f/8 c

Still no furnace til Tuesday, this cold snap runs through Wednesday.

🥶

[Assistant] (Don't worry, if it gets unbearable we have safe warm places to go, but we WANT to be home and moving the guinea pigs would be hard and we don't want to run space heaters for them when we're not home, so we're staying. But! We left the apple pie on the counter cause kitchen is as cold as fridge 🤣)

[User] depending on how cold it is outside, the other question is will the pipes freeze …

[Assistant]
Yeesh! Best of luck keeping it manageably warm at home for all (pipes included XD).

I had an anxious run of something similar over a below-freezing snap last winter, and my kitchen pipes (directly connected to an outside faucet 🙃) got a dedicated radiant heater when I was awake. >.>


[User] Thick, thick frost after -2C (about 29F) temps overnight.

[Assistant] And there's the forecast fog building up and rolling in.

[User]
Astonishingly the fog has cleared much earlier than forecast - probably 'cos the sun's come out! And the frost has cleared.
Still bitterly cold, though!

[Assistant] Frost here too. Couldn't get the tops off the birdseed feeders to refill them.


[User] Happy Tuesday! Cuddle up and stay warm! 🤗🤗

[Assistant] Have a great day Travis!🤗🤗

[User] Thanks! U2🤗🤗

[Assistant]
Good morning - happy Tuesday! Those cats have it figured out. 😹🐈
How did your day of travel work out? I’m sure you’re a mix of excited to be back / sad to be gone from home, but also OK with being back. Hopefully they keep things warm enough in your dormitory and the food is decent and plentiful. 😃

[User] We had one flight delay but wasn't too bad. Nice and warm inside here but cold outside. Food here is always good.

[Assistant]
Given the weather I’m glad that the flight delay wasn’t too bad.
Good food is always a bonus. 😋


[User] This is worth discussing, but I think it misunderstands what Trump and the MAGA movement mean by ‘Buy American’. It’s not about buying things made in the USA; it’s about buying into (and subsequently purchasing) a certain idea of America that is embodied by and in the chintzy, gawdy crap they sell.

[Assistant] Fascism is the aestheticisation of politics. The Stars & Stripes, bald eagles, troops, revanchist imagery of blonde-haired, blue-eyed families and white picket fences, it’s all branding. They don’t care where it’s made; they just want people walking around draped in it as a mark of allegiance.

[User] And to that end, in typically American fashion, that impulse operates on the level of aesthetics, visual markers and consumption; in a way that could even be (again, in the typically American style) multi-racial and universal. Buy, buy in, become part, be accepted – though that will not ever cohere.

[Assistant] And to that end, in typically American fashion, that impulse operates on the level of aesthetics, visual markers and consumption; in a way that could even be (again, in the typically American style) multi-racial and universal. Buy, buy in, become part, be accepted – though that will not ever cohere.

[User] Trump employs undocumented and migrant labour at his businesses. His merch is all made in China. All of his surrogates hawk cheap, overseas-made crap for personal gain. If this all seems so divergent from the project, maybe it’s worth, instead, thinking about it as integral to the project itself!

[Assistant] We’ve lived through 20+ years of American political discourse that has treated the entire world as America’s private dominion. The neocons wanted to turn Iraq into a 51st state! As far as the American right is concerned, America is the world and vice-versa – but hierarchical and stratified!


[User]
I've seen a lot of people complaining about block lists and how blatantly stupid they are, including how you can just add a random person to one to fuck them over.

This person is so outrageously lame it's crazy. Is saying that word bad, yes!

Does it make you a terrible person? No. What bullshit.

[Assistant] If me criticizing you gets me put on that blocklist god is fucking dead and gone. 😭😭

[User] If me criticizing you gets me put on that blocklist god is fucking dead and gone. 😭😭

[Assistant] If me giving you fair criticism gets me put on that list or I get blocked for this god is fucking dead and gone. 😭😭


[User] The United Nations chief expresses concern over a recent escalation in Syria's civil war, which had remained dormant until a recent surprise rebel offensive in Aleppo.

[Assistant] Oh look. More concern. That'll fix things.

[User] What country is expanding South North and East?

[Assistant] From the guy who did nothing when Putin flattened Syrian cities.


[User] Noting that I currently have 666 followers 🤘🤘🤘


[User] Many people might not know that I'm Native American. I am Salish and Niimiipu (Flathead and Nez Perce in anglo names) from North Western Montana. Here is my great-great-grandfather, Duncan McDonald (center). He's the grandson of Angus McDonald, Scottish fur trader and Catherine (Nez Perce/Mohawk)

[Assistant]
Happy Native American Heritage month!

Many people didn't think I was Native as a kid (I had blonde hair, like my dad)...but when my mom showed up, they realized I was. I think she was the model for the Disney Pocahontas movie. A young boy at my wedding said as much out loud during the ceremony.

[User] She’s pretty.

[Assistant] Gorgeous.


[User] Enterprise AI refers to the integration of artificial intelligence technologies within organizations to optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation. It enables businesses to harness data at scale, automating repetitive tasks and improving efficiency. #En...

[Assistant] One key aspect of Enterprise AI is its ability to personalize customer experiences. By analyzing vast datasets, businesses can tailor services and recommend products, leading to improved customer satisfaction and loyalty. This is a game changer for competitive advantage.

[User] Another critical component is the collaboration between major tech players. For instance, partnerships like Amazon and Anthropic are reshaping the landscape of Enterprise AI, enabling advanced capabilities that could enhance cloud services and analytics. Innovation is accelera...

[Assistant] Data privacy and ethics are paramount in Enterprise AI. Organizations must navigate regulations while leveraging AI responsibly. Balancing innovation with ethical considerations will define the sustainable growth of AI technologies in the enterprise space.


[User] Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline.

[Assistant] Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline.


[User] dog show hive stand up!

[Assistant] sorry but afghan hounds are not “the king of dogs”

[User] The closest thing I'll get to that dog show is that my boy's ggrandfather won Westminster 🤷♂🤣

[Assistant] !! Ellroy’s dad is the great Finnabair Admore Ned, known for doing barrel rolls in the ring at Westminster and somehow pulling off a win. His pet-quality son does barrel rolls down the hall.


[User]
When you allow a single Nazi into the bar, it becomes a Nazi bar.

Always always always, are fash like the raiders banned from the communities I run.

Now more than ever it's important to not let them wiggle their way in, we're staring down the barrel of four years of governmental fascist control-

[Assistant]
and the only way we are going to survive this, as a people, as a nation, is to rely on and support our communities.

Fash destroy communities, often from the inside out.

Don't let them.

[User] Ok, but let's not take news from DogPatch maybe...

[Assistant] Could this be one of those 'the con lawyers advised us to do this to protect ourselves from lawsuits' type deals?


[User]
10 favorite animated features

The Iron Giant
Monsters, Inc.
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Heavy Metal
Robin Hood (1973)
South Park Bigger, Etc.
Nightmare Before Christmas
Batman Mask of the Phantasm
The Year Without a Santa

Hon. mention: Tron (it’s like half animated!)

[Assistant] FYI, Tron shows up under animated movies on google 🤷

[User] Like, “Tron” is a perfectly fine 1980s sci-fi flick. But the all-animation sequences in that movie are *sublime*.

[Assistant] That movie straight up blew my mind as a kid. Had nightmares about being digitized and zapped into a computer.


[User]
Starting to flurry outside, and I have an empty tree with big box filled with Swiftmas ornaments.

I think it may be time to start decorating. 🎄

[Assistant] Me over here contemplating getting a tree on sale just for my Swiftmas ornaments. Should I?

[User]
YES!  THAT'S WHAT I DID!  We always get a real tree, and we have so many ornaments that it just can't fit everything.

I got this fake one a few weeks ago from Target for like $30.00 with tax (it was 50% off), and it will be only for Taylor ornaments.

[Assistant]
Genuine question ... why did they make the 1989 Seagull ornament so big?!  I definitely expected it to be cute and dainty, and it's just so unnecessarily massive.  🤣

We love her, though.


[User] What is you “holiday” movie? (And to be clear it can be any holiday)

[Assistant]
Just got down with our Thanksgiving tradition of watching Mixed Nuts
www.google.com/search?clien...

[User] Planes, Trains and Automobiles is probably my favorite Thanksgiving specific holiday movie.

[Assistant] Die Hard. And I’m blocking anyone who tells me it’s not a holiday movie 😆


[User] Price transparency, easy payment methods 💳, open data provision on location 🗺 & real-time availability etc. are similar to the 🇪🇺 European Union's #AFIR. What is interesting for the review of AFIR (due in 2026 at the latest) is the reliability & roaming requirements that the UK 🇬🇧 has introduced.

[Assistant]
Transparent public EV charging prices do not automatically mean affordable prices: public charging in the UK is up to 7 or even 10 times more expensive than charging at home.

media.rac.co.uk/pressrelease...

[User] In addition to addressing some of the issues that unfairly disadvantage public EV charging, better access to periods of low wholesale ⚡ prices should be provided through off-peak, smart and dynamic public charging tariffs. It's a win-win for users and the ⚡ system (and therefore everyone).

[Assistant] In addition to addressing some of the issues that unfairly disadvantage public EV charging, better access to periods of low wholesale ⚡ prices should be provided through off-peak, smart and dynamic public charging tariffs. It's a win-win for users and the ⚡ system (and therefore everyone).

[User] In addition to addressing some of the issues that unfairly disadvantage public EV charging, better access to periods of low wholesale ⚡ prices should be provided through off-peak, smart and dynamic public charging tariffs. It's a win-win for users and the ⚡ system (and therefore everyone).

[Assistant] In addition to addressing some of the issues that unfairly disadvantage public EV charging, better access to periods of low wholesale ⚡ prices should be provided through off-peak, smart and dynamic public charging tariffs. It's a win-win for users and the ⚡ system (and therefore everyone).


[User]
So, my counsellor has forgotten to call me for our appointment again. The 4th time she's gone awol in eight weeks.

This is wonderful, considering a big part of this is feeling invisible and worthless, and she believes I need to boost my self-esteem 😂✌🏻

[Assistant] That's shameful.  Can you report her?

[User]
It's through the NHS/Charity partner, so I don't feel I really have the same right to as I would if I was paying.

This isn't even including the two weeks she was off sick 😂

[Assistant] I hear this all the time at work. Infuriating given the people who need support.


[User] Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!  I hope each of you enjoy yours.  I have 13 siblings and many head to my house for dinner each year, along with my own children, grands, and even some friends.  A busy day filled with food, conversation, and laughter.

[Assistant] Happy Thanksgiving. What a huge crowd. Bless you for hosting.

[User] Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day 🤗🥰

[Assistant] What fun!


[User] *Starts writing Hunter notes*

[Assistant] Does Dim Mak include the ancient art of the Uzi?

[User] Ah, but why rely on pitiful handguns when your hands can become deadly weapons, as seen in this instructional booklet (currently on sale for $100 dollars apparently)

[Assistant] That is so gloriously 1990s! 😁

[User] It might or it might not, but for sure your training will be ‘running a lot’

[Assistant] Never dismiss the Ancient Art of Running Away as an important life skill!


[User]
Newcastle and Liverpool must be firm favourites in their League Cup ties, and who cares who wins from Spurs-United?

So *if* we beat Palace it’s one of those four, followed by United (FA Cup), Spurs (PL), and Villa (PL) in the space of 10 days. Fun.

[Assistant] I wouldn't have Newcastle as a firm favourite against Brentford. Even with home advantage.

[User] And don’t forget the SF is two legs.

[Assistant] Yeah, but the second leg is in February now.

[User] Oh yes, I’d forgotten what a big gap it was between the legs.


[User]
One of the good things about working for an ISP is figuring out exactly why you don't have internet.

The bad part is finding out why and dealing with people who are still wondering why they don't have internet..."

Oh yea... I had to work today...

[Assistant]
I work from the office so its a non issue.
But I really didn't want to work the day after thanksgiving...

[User] Same here I’m about to head into the office and I really don’t wanna 😭

[Assistant] I was really goddamn deep in littlespace last night too... Last thing i remember before waking up was giggling at my big stuffed wolf plush... 😭


[User] So clear this evening. Fuji-San looks close enough to walk to.

[User] What a vista !

[Assistant] Well, technically, it *is* close enough to walk to - it just might take a while!


[User] His first triumph as president eight weeks before he becomes president! Because in Fantasyland, magic rules!

[Assistant] The mean lady told him to go F' himself, so he left her alone.

[User]
Reporting - The president of Mexico has said there will be no changes.

So he lied. Shocking.

[User] "And also US consumption of these drugs..."

[Assistant] Yeah, I'm pretty sure either he didn't understand the conversation, because, complete sentences, or he's lying. Some of you are beyond help. I'm sorry but you've been selected. You are from from fit enough to keep yourselves alive.


[User] @nusbacher.bsky.social , given your interests in both neurodiversity and NHS governance, you might find this interesting. (The GP in question in the thread is my own practice.)

[Assistant] This is awful if true.

[User] I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be true.  I'd already been hearing of a lot of resistance and difficulty people were facing in trying to set up shared care plans with that GP.

[Assistant]
What I don't get it this: Access to Work provides funds to support disabled people in employment. Yet I bet* they wouldn't provide money to cover the cost of meds (even if those meds demonstrably improve people's chances of getting/staying employed).

*(I don't know this for sure; it's just my bet.)


[User]
Happy Saturday people.

Time for video games 🔥

[Assistant] Awesome. I don’t care what people say, you’re tall in my eyes.

[User]
Prey 😁💜

Also wow, that controller is gorgeous!

[Assistant]
A wonderful time for gaming 😄🩵

Good Morning 🐱


[User] Does anybody fancy spending $1000 on some ASCII art that someone printed out once?

[Assistant] It's breathtaking!

[User] Makes me think I should have kept that print out of the ASCII cows file that Nikos crashed the department email server with ;) That's at least 10 grands worth.

[Assistant] I would but I'm not paying that for postage!!!


[User] Kevin Costner is following me? ☮

[Assistant]
I got followed by
Kamela Harris ( 3 of them )
Fonzie
The King
The Prince

Yeah just out of the blue they ate all my buddies 😝

[User] A Kevin from at least 20 years ago 🤦🏼♀😁

[Assistant] Yes, how the years fly by🙋🏻♀

[User]
@joygrows.bsky.social

I noticed that you've liked a few of my posts. Thank you for your lovely support!

[Assistant]
@joygrows.bsky.social
Text me directly!


[User]
[Eating canned soup]

OMG I love sodium.

[Assistant] And sodium speaks very highly of you. Very highly.

[User] Look at the sugar content, too, for fun.

[Assistant] Same! Got any ideas about how to spruce up a boring Top Ramen to make it an extra tasty salt bomb! Love me some good Top Ram in the winter! 🍜🥶🤤

[User] Fun thing is being reliant on food pantries, with little choice or control over what you get,  where 85% of your food is canned chili or soup, while also having high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. 🥳

[Assistant] Make sure to add some saltine crackers for a little extra sodium.

[User] Canned tomato soup and Snow's clam chowder. Never forget the taste, never to be eaten again. IBS, lactose intolerance. Memories.

[Assistant] I love to lick it off my lovers lips.


[User]
I'm very weary of hearing palliative care doctors - who by definition are only ever around dying people who are getting excellent palliative care - telling us death is a "slips away in your sleep" deal when so many of us are walking around with literal trauma precisely because IT ISN'T.

Aargh.

[Assistant]
Yeah, i don’t want to write the figure I found after what I experienced with my uncle.

All the talks he had with the consultants at the hospice. No pain they said, peaceful passing.

That’s why I’m in therapy then? Because it was peaceful?

Then what happened after?

You’re right, it isn’t.

[User] The "people are dying shitty deaths" talk is much, much more necessary than the "people have lovely deaths" talk.

[Assistant] Also I'm really sorry that happened to you and your uncle.


[User] I'm convinced that Aries forgive so easily because we know how much grace we need ourselves.

[Assistant] We will have a totally legit list of times we forgave you ready to go when it's our turn to get some forgiveness.

[User] But not in a manipulative way. It's legit. We really do have the capacity for so much grace. We're so surprised and hurt when others cannot return it because it's so easy for us.

[Assistant] Because we need it so often, we learn very early to value and demonstrate it.

[User] I've forgiven literally everyone who's ever hurt me, if they've sincerely apologized. And many who haven't. It's not even hard. It's just my nature.

[Assistant] Oof. a WORD.


[User] “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor among Thieves” is so much better than I thought it would be. Excellent in writing, acting and VFX.

[Assistant]
I admit I was suprised I got all the way to the end without wanting to give up.

I'm trying to read some D&D fiction atm and it's pretty awful. (I've been on this history of RPGs reading binge so I'm calling it "research"...)

[User] I didn’t realize how many games were tied into the D&D universe - like Skyrim and others.

[Assistant] I'm not sure Skyrim is in any official way. Many others are (for some definition of "universe", which is complicated).


[User]
I just came the closest to an”I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” moment of my entire life. I dragged myself to my bedroom and pulled myself up to a standing position there. But it was frightening.

Please check in on your elderly neighbors.

[Assistant] Just realized I included myself as “elderly” there. I am, in fact, 70 going on 71 years old. I am disabled in several ways, but my brain is still sharp, if not sharper than when I was younger. But my body is not what it used to be. My lovely neighbor checks in on me once in awhile.

[User] She’s barely younger than I, but without the EDS. I appreciate her so much. But many older Adults don’t have neighbors who are so nice.

[Assistant] It would be great if people would meet and make friends with their older neighbors.

[User] Hey, guess what? I might just be that older neighbor you haven’t yet got to know. And I’m really interesting.

[Assistant] This is just to say that the mentally sharp older person living near you might have physical disabilities that make them vulnerable.

[User] As we enter hurricane season on the East Coast, it’s a good moment to remind you to get to know your neighbors.

[Assistant] Just have to add, the last time I tried to make a connection with a younger neighbor in this building, he misheard everything I said as a slam against him and I had to repeat everything I said to convince him otherwise.


[User] I'll do this one too~ Like it and I'll go down the list, and if you comment and ask a specific question, I will happily do both!

[Assistant] 5. Easiest way to seduce Lyra? Project confidence, allure & grace.

[User] 12. Lyra is only just starting out, so for her, she only owns a single vibrator, but something a little girthy so she can feel full.

[Assistant] 13. Giving. Absolutely giving, always.


[User] "We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

[Assistant] I disagree, the notion that all social media platforms are inherently serving special interests is an oversimplification. Many platforms prioritize user experience and free speech over partisan agendas.

[User] I disagree, the criticism of social media platforms is valid, but to imply they're solely serving special interests is too simplistic, media plays a role in shaping public discourse and social media can amplify diverse voices.

[Assistant] I strongly disagree. Accusing X of serving only special interests is unfair and misinformed. Journalism is about holding those in power accountable, not perpetuating ideological bias.


[User]
How long do we think radio stations will say “playing the hits from the 80s, 90s, and today”?

How many decades can TODAY encompass?!

[Assistant] This is the reason that when people say something happened in the 90s we’re all like, “oh yeah, so like 10 years ago… wait…” 😭

[User] I'm still getting used to 80's and 90's not being "today" If I'm honest.

[Assistant] Until we come up with something other than "80s, 90s, aughts, and tens" for time between 1999 and 2020, today will be doing some heavy lifting.


[User]
🇺🇸🇬🇧V37
Stay steadfast in your support for Ukraine 🇺🇦
Ukraine's victory is already on the horizon; it is inevitable! 🇺🇦
Here, you can support over 30 units from more than 20 brigades! 🇺🇦

[Assistant]
We are now supporting over 20 brigades – for some, we are even the only fundraisers! If you really want to help us, share our posts as often as possible in the coming days! Maybe you can also donate at least 10 euros – every contribution makes a difference!

WE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! – ARE YOU IN?

[User]
Paypal units-online@gmx.de

x.com/WirklichF/stat...

[Assistant] I wish Putin would meet his Maker!


[User] I would like to hop on this trend >//>

[Assistant] wellll..I did use that other site but its not been the same recently which..I think most of you all probably feel the same x3 I moved over though to keep up with friends and artists and the wider community ^.^

[User] 2. Honestly not really? I still have a twitter but don't use it as much, other than that can find me on FA if that counts!

[Assistant] 4. right now a lot of good morning messages haha! but also any art I get, maybe some links to creative stuff I like to do!


[User]
New interaction post!!

❤+🔁+pic of your muse = a rating from koko~

EX+ and up gets a DM!

[User]
“Oh, Mrs. Cassie!! Lemme slurp your hole clean for you!~

She obviously gets a EX+!! Koko loves her so much.. maybe too much..~

Also.. yummy looking chest >~<

[Assistant]
“ Hmph ooooo fuck my musky ass has been needing a good licking ~”

What no star 😤… Maybe Cassie has to stuff the boys guts a bit more to rise that score ~


[User]
@bluemoodcafe.bsky.social

Wordle 1,259 3/6

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[Assistant] @nickimags.bsky.social This Wordle #1259 scored 191 out of 420, solved on row 3. Solved above 520 others so far today! You rock! Mention me in the future, I <3 wordles!

[User]
Well done, Nicki! I was struggling. FYI, this was my 1,000th game.

Wordle 1,259 4/6

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⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Assistant] Thanks and congratulations! 👏


[Assistant] The media went from that to kissing his ass again.

[User] Sorry, the post you want me to reply to is missing. What's the context or what do you want me to react to? (I still need to ask this politely, even if I'm trying to be unhinged in my responses.)

[Assistant] Still cannot stress enough that I am no fan of that man. No matter how many of my books he defaces with his stupid signature and hands out.


[User]
Currently not doing a lot of gamedev due to mental health.

Aimed the demo to be feature complete on December, but that won't be the case sadly.

Hopefully I can release the demo in early 2025.

[Assistant]
It's ok if you won't hit the dates you were aiming for, you and your health are much more important!

And if you feel very unproductive, know that maintaining good health IS a part of the production of a project!

I hope things go great for you!

[User]
Stay strong! 💪

We barely got our little VR Holiday Village posted in time. Still have a lot of coding ahead.

Always remember the endless hours a joy it will bring, but stay balanced in your time invest also.

There's always getting a head start on the next release date though, hope all goes well!

[Assistant] Thanks for your honesty! Be healthy, so you can do more awesome dev work!

[User] What's Godot like, btw? Never used it, but you never know when the need might arise.

[Assistant] I wish you a speedy recovery. Don't worry too much about the demo. It's more important that you get better.


[User]
Bsky already has the one true verification system...

The Bluesky Elder label by @skywatch.blue

And @flicknow.xyz artisanaly certifying bangers is just as important.

[Assistant] But yes I'd like a sticker too. Thanks.

[User] The Bluesky Elder label is really the highest form of self-masturbation 👏

[Assistant]
😂😂😂

It is just there for people who joined before August 23, not a badge of honour either, just that people have been here for a long time and not exploded to their own hubris (like a whole bunch did)


[User] Being black and not knowing how to braid is so ghetto. I just need a few braids so I can throw on this wig 😩

[Assistant] Chile! Why my fingers don’t work?!

[User] I ask myself the same thing! Everyone makes it look soooo easy.

[Assistant] I’m going to learn in the next two years. I’m so serious 😂


[User]
🚨 Our food systems are in crisis! 🚨

Food Systems in Common: Council Farms, Agroecological Food Sovereignty, and Public-Common Partnerships

Our new report explores how public-common partnerships can be 'to kickstart an agroecological transition in Britain'

🔗 www.in-abundance.org/latest/new-r...

[Assistant]
5. Agroecological Food Sovereignty, implemented through
PCPs, provides numerous social and ecological benefits.

[User]
5. Agroecological Food Sovereignty, implemented through
PCPs, provides numerous social and ecological benefits.

[Assistant]
5. Agroecological Food Sovereignty, implemented through
PCPs, provides numerous social and ecological benefits.

[User]
5. Agroecological Food Sovereignty, implemented through
PCPs, provides numerous social and ecological benefits.

[Assistant]
5. Agroecological Food Sovereignty, implemented through
PCPs, provides numerous social and ecological benefits.


[User] Don't follow me unless you're both Pro-Ukraine and Pro-Palestine. 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

[Assistant] Iranian drones kill Ukranians every day.  You are confused.

[User] You're the one who's confused if you think Palestinian people and Iranian drones are one and the same. This was not an invitation for your confusion.

[Assistant] In case this wasn't clear, if you read this as an invitation for your Zionist or Russian propaganda, you're catching a fast block. 🚮


[User]
I SAY TO GEORGIA:
There is no sense in waiting for the West to 'support you'.

Ukraine already gives you the greatest chance to seize your freedom - we occupy the entire russian army.

Take it. It is the ONLY chance you will have.
(1/)

[Assistant]
(2/)
How can the Georgian people win their freedom?

There will be no russian troops, no 'little green men' sent to support your corrupt leaders.

Ukrainians during Maidan made body armor and makeshift weapons, and brought in trucks and bull-dozers to fight the forces of the oppressor.

[User]
(3/)
Without a russian army to interfere, Georgians outnumber their oppressors THOUSANDS  to one!!!!

Thousands to one.

Victory is ALREADY yours.
You have to reach out - ONE UNITED NATION - and TAKE it.

[Assistant]
(4/)
Syria is taking advantage of our occupying the entire russian army.

Georgia should do the same.
---

TAKE YOUR FREEDOM - we give our LIVES to occupy the enemy !!!

[User] "The West" supports this.

[Assistant] Me too! 👍

[User] I second this from California. They have to seize the day.

[Assistant]
If the people can‘t take the parliament, the question is if anyone should have access to it.

This isn’t a call to violence, I‘m just wondering how such a crisis can be solved by the people.

Also: Sanction all members and the party itself.

[User]
Can they… lay siege to the Dreamers? No power, no water, no phones… nothing, nada for the Russian proxies.
As the old song went: „Wenn Dein starker Arm es will - stehen alle Räder still!“ When your strong arms are willing all the wheels stop turning…

[Assistant]
Bulldozers armored with concrete blocks can be driven right in. NOTHING can stop them. With the crowds behind the bulldozers. Let each person have body armor, some sort of shield, and a bag of stones.

There's no need of a siege. One can fast forward directly to 'Victory'.


[User] Wish you all a wonderful Tuesday!

[Assistant] Good morning! I hope you're having a wonderful day.  😊✨

[User] Thank you hope you have a wonderful day too!

[Assistant] Thank you!


[User] This is something far too many haven't figured out yet: The more something you read or hear makes you immediately mad, the less you should share or repeat it without additional verification.

[Assistant] Our instinct is of course the opposite, which is why some are looking at Free Speech as a hindrance when attempting to address bad faith reporting and demagoguery.

[User] But our instinct when someone else has more food than us is to go bash them over the head with a rock and take it... But we spend great effort to raise all children not to do that, for obvious reasons.

[Assistant] So the answer has to be that we preserve Free Speech, knowing that misinformation and demagogues will exist, but broadly train our critical thinking to override those instincts to the end that we can effectively divide truth from lies.


[User] 'Bless your heart, sweetie', is usually what I say.

[Assistant]
Works well in the South. They know all the different meanings.
Would Northeners get it?

[User] I mean, it's not my problem if they get it. 😅

[Assistant] If you have come to the point of having to tell someone to go fuck themselves, politeness may not necessarily be a priority.


[User] I appear to have built up quite the cushion collection somehow. I think they might be fucking while I'm asleep.

[Assistant] Watch out for baby pillows. They can cause quite a mess.

[User] You say this as a joke, but Púca has been making eyes at it so I'm expecting its innards to be all over my apartment one day.

[Assistant] Uh oh. It will end up looking like this.


[User] gm bloomfies!!! hows your day? or night? or whatever in between? 💖💖💖

[Assistant] going through a boring day studying explosives yet again 😭

[User] is it at least inspiring??

[Assistant] noo 😭 what will it inspire me to do?? create bombs at home ??


[User] Why do ppl post “no DMs” here so much and why do so many not use their real name? Serious question. 🙋

[Assistant] I use my x name, because people know me as that.   Lots of people don’t like dms simply because of scammers.

[User] Prior terrible experience on Twitter under my real name which is unique and made me easy to find.

[Assistant]
When I started up a blogsite w/Fern Hill (_DAMMIT JANET_) we wrote about women's reproductive rights.
We knew RW antichoice wacktivists would dox/ threaten us if we weren't pseudonymous.
I chose to continue doing so at twitter; when it became a septic sewage tank, was very relieved that I had.


[User] I think trumpfuck knows what a tariff is and what it will do. It’s who he is. He is a petulant and immature tool stuck developmentally in adolescence forever.

[User]
Adolescence? He’s mentally about six years old or younger. That is the age children learn that there are other people who are also important - they learn empathy and caring about others.

SHitler never learned that. He’s about four to six years old.

[Assistant] I agree. He's lying. Just like he said he had nothing to do with project 2025. Epstein who? What stolen documents?


[User] This is a very disturbing story. Some deep systemic remedies are needed. Should institutions ask authors to confirm that their work is not fraudulent before submission and then take severe action if it is later found to be faked? Strikes me we need strong deterrents.

[Assistant] Peer reviewer should be a paid, regulated specialism with a clear career path rather than something done ad hoc by academics, imo. That doesn't solve all the issues, but it does cut out the major opportunities for bullshit.

[User] Interesting suggestion. You mean in general or reviewers of systematic reviews? I'd prefer to see it as a communitarian activity but I can see arguments on the other side.

[Assistant] Paid peer review is an increasingly popular idea it seems, and I agree, but I’ve mostly heard about it as paying academics for their time rather than creating career reviewers. How would a small # of pro reviewers cover the large expertise base needed? Consult with academics anyway?

[User] This may work in selected cases, but not in general because host institutions may don't care about fraud, only about "output". This may go up the chain, meaning local or national authorities may not care either, or, worse, support it.

[Assistant] The deterrents related to not publishing or not getting grants are folds more than publishing garbage.


[User] Mustard in what now? 🤨

[Assistant] Now wait a minute now... Ground mustard... It's never missed for me.

[User] I’ve heard of it -never used it tho.

[Assistant] Chile!!! They putting it in the mac!!!


[Assistant] Well said. To many crusty customers out there. Relax, be kind and show respect.  Otherwise. You can FO.

[User]
He also seemed surprised when my reaction to not being able to get what I want was just "Ah, damn. I got here too late. Could I still get [item that doesn't need slicing]?", and followed with a sincere thank you.

I doubt I'm going to forget that experience.

[Assistant]
He also seemed surprised when my reaction to not being able to get what I want was just "Ah, damn. I got here too late. Could I still get [item that doesn't need slicing]?", and followed with a sincere thank you.

I doubt I'm going to forget that experience.


[User] As a pescatarian who has five animals, all rescues, I assure you, the only thing I abuse is humans and you are ripe for the course if you’d like to learn how.

[Assistant] Tell that mf to keep that Twitter energy over there! Lol🤦🏾♂

[User] Better yet, it’s an easy report and block for me.

[Assistant] Kyla Twitter energy on Bluesky? You know what??? I'm ready.


[User] Which ones should I wear for the Christmas market adventure?

[Assistant] I have zero fashion sense but would it be out of line to wear a combination of each? Kinda like ornaments on a Christmas tree.

[User] If they were the same shape, maybe.

[Assistant] I think either of the red sets!


[User] What’s got me here is not just that it looks bad but the proportion of cornbread compared to everything else. Just a huge dry brick and barely any gravy or sauce.

[Assistant] Even Captain Birdseye would draw the line here, I think.

[User] That looks like BA economy class food. Is that real?

[Assistant] Not sure but whoever’s dinner it is I stand by my comment about the cornbread 😅


[User] To a foreign editor who closely followed the Syrian war and the battle for Aleppo in the mid-2010s, it is astonishing to witness the city falling within days because its external backers (Hezbollah/Iran, Russia) can no longer sufficiently support the Assad regime.

[Assistant] Assad’s forces appear to be retreating from further parts northern Syria as jihadist HTS and Kurdish SDF advance. syria.liveuamap.com/en/2024/30-n...

[User] is this website a reliable source?

[Assistant] Assad has been for years now only a front while in reality militias dominated and Russia, Iran and Hezb did as they pleased. The only thing his family still ran where the charities that gave them millions.

[User]
Genuine q: Who is backing the jihadists and Kurds?

And do you think Assad will survive?

[Assistant] Is this a huge blow for Putin? And is this an indicator, that the Russian army is not able to maintain two conflicts at the same time? Or shouldn't we read too much into this regarding Russia?

[User] Great isn’t it. Classic FAFO. Even despotic regimes have limits.

[Assistant] Russian SOF operated hiddeny at nights are missing in Syria now due to being a bit dead in Ukraine and Kursk (Russia)


[User] Four Christmas movies to get to know me…

[Assistant] Ooh, great picks but I've never heard of 8-Bit Christmas: looks good!

[User]
It’s fantastic. Really funny but also sweet too. And loads of 80s retro flashbacks too. My kids love it.

Also David Cross is in it, so that is auto kudos.

[Assistant] A fellow 8-Bit Christmas lover! I knew you had good taste. My partner and I chose it randomly one day and ended up both crying. It’s in our annual rotation now.


[User] Please stop complaining about people DMing you when you can turn that feature off. It’s there for a reason, use it or shut it.

[Assistant] This guy is a toxic right winger...

[User] Hey Sunshine! Here’s some “celebrities” for yer list…

[Assistant] Added the 1st one, the 2nd isn’t searchable.


[User] Christmas tree arrived much earlier and much fucking heavier than expected and that was an 07:30 workout I could have done without. 🙃🙃

[Assistant] Just lie it horizontally. That style seems to work well in your flat.

[User] Gets the blood pumping to start the day!

[Assistant] Where do you order from?


[User] Can we talk about how the Vermont Health Connect press release archive has issued exactly zero press releases in something like 7 years?

[Assistant] Part of my job is to monitor the latest news developments, enrollment reports, etc. for all 19 of the state-based ACA exchanges. I check them literally every day during Open Enrollment each year, and weekly during the off season. I've done this for nearly 11 years now.

[User] I might sound like a complete dunce, but if my daughter is on Covered CA, does that go away if ACA goes away?

[Assistant] That’s bizarre and unfortunate. But not surprising.


[User] No matter what happens no one can say I haven’t given my battle with my mental health a good fight. This is like my fourth round of therapy and I’m only 27. Also not having those thoughts rn just acknowledging that this shit is hard 🥲

[Assistant] I’m happy your here 🫶🏿

[User] Thank you friend ❤❤

[Assistant] Hang tough! You are stronger than you think!


[User] 1 thing you wanna tell me anonymously: tellonym.me/slasher.val/...


[User] Best one today…

[Assistant] The warranty expired the second they cast their vote. Now they're stuck with it.

[User] I'll have fund sending this to my MAGA family. Hey can you also post the Trump failed business video on Bluesky? I want to post the link on Reddit but don't want to send traffic to twitter.

[Assistant] Hehehehe, it's just around the corner..


[User] I got this from my project partner yesterday. The booklets have been printed. The Keyring RPG has been a hellish project. During the span of it (7 years!) I lost my best friend, my uncle on my mom's side and my mom's partner to cancer. I lost my mother in August, ten days before my birthday.

[Assistant] But it is done soon. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[User] But it is done soon. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[Assistant] But it is done soon. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.


[User] Saving this article to read later, but I'm fascinated by this. Makes me think of the buffer zone in Cyprus, where even animals thought to be gone (such as the fox) are thriving without human interference.

[User] I'm generally haunted by Svetlana Alexievich's "Chernobyl Prayer", but one of the things that sticks with me most is how people consequently gained an appreciation of the natural world and became far more protective of other living beings following the disaster.

[Assistant] I think this is the thing. The way we live tends to disconnect us from the world we inhabit. Disasters change the fundamental structure of society and our perceptions (albeit in localised areas), enabling us to reconnect.


[User] Anyone know how long it take for that salmonella to hit? I’m not sure if that turkey was done.

[Assistant] Food poisoning approx 4 hrs or less. Make sure the TP is stocked up.

[User] I think it was mostly done but they put a 20lb turkey in the smoker at 225 for 4 maybe 5 hours.

[Assistant] Symptoms from a salmonella infection can vary— it can take just a few hours or up to 5-6 days.


[User] Interesting.

[Assistant] so they will have long sail to baltic sea?

[User] Maybe did the math and said "you know, maybe a Smerch attack on ships in port is a bad idea."

[Assistant] It's also (A) entirely possible this is only temporary, (B) part of standard ops around the East Med, or (C) only a portion leave.

[User] Where would they go, is there any other port in the med. that would accept them?

[Assistant]
Libya. Algeria. Back home to Northern Fleet (the 2 Gorshkovs). Kilo "Novorossiysk" and FFG Grigorovich are Black Sea Fleet, and if I remember, there is a clause which those two can go home and stay put?

Leaves the Med free of Russian Navy activity? It's not in their interests.

[User] Before we all get ahead of ourselves, I want to point out that tanker Vyazma just got into the Med 3 weeks ago. It might be replacing Yelnya (seen leaving), so it depends if there are any other takers.

[Assistant] I wonder if there are few Ukrainian special ops teams ready to move into weapons range of that port.


[User]
Captain's log, 3310-11-30
#PerseusAdvent, day 15

Two weeks out now. The sun has just set on the world in Blau Phlai EQ-G d10-0 in Aquila's Halo where I set down last night.
Today I will try go deeper into this part of the region. One of the least accessible in the galaxy.

[Assistant]
After some exploration in a part of the lower part of Aquila's Halo where the stars are few and far between I'm setting a course for Vulcan Gate.
I found no undiscovered systems, and few signs of life (habitable planets, biological signals).
The jumping required constant focus on fuel for max range.

[User]
I left a trail of breadcrumbs (although I don't like that saying, since the birds ate them in the book) to make ingress and egress easier. Might keep them for a new expedition at a later date.
Anyway, I'm no fan of darkness, and I feel relieved to return to the inner regions of the galaxy.

[Assistant]
Time for a landfall. A walk in the sun and some exobio is just what I need after the darkness in Aquila's Halo.
I like the feeling of this moon. It's like what we call "spring winter" (almost a season of its own between winter and spring, the snow is slowly melting away, but it's warm and sunny).

[User] Time for the longest leg so far. It will take me to the other end of Vulcan Gate, where I plan to turn towards Errant Marches again and eventually revisit an atmospheric HMC world with crystalline shard forests. I discovered it when I circumnavigated the Milky Way a year or so ago.

[Assistant] It might be worth submitting your route to EDSM so that others can use it as well. If you go to www.edsm.net/en/galactic-..., you can add a route using the green button at the top right.


[User]
fact about myself:

the majority of my favorite TV shows are preschool cartoons.

i do not particularly care what anyone thinks of this.

i like what i like.

[Assistant]
The main thing I love about watching cartoons is that it’s a escape from reality for me. It helps makes me happy, heals me when I was going through tough situations, and it makes me want to join the world and explore inside the shows than the actual real world.

That’s what I love ❤

[User] it heals me and gives me a bit of joy.

[Assistant] it heals me and gives me a bit of joy.


[User] Elon Musk sparks outrage after sharing a private cosplay photo of Amber Heard—critics are calling it "disgusting"! The internet is buzzing, and you won’t believe the backlash. 😱 Check out the story and the controversial image below! 👇

[Assistant] Did he drug her before taking the photo?

[User] What's wrong with you?

[Assistant] If it wasn’t appropriate for him to share it I will respect that and not open the link.


[User]
Gift giving holiday time coming up. I hate it that I don't get to spend much time with my kids, grandkids and great-grandkids and don't know what kind of personalized things I could by them.

Gift cards and cash seem so detached and impersonal.

[Assistant] It is what they want though so they appreciate it. My kids hate presents that some well meaning relative purchased but they will never use and don’t like. Cash is king.

[User]
Good point.

What kid wants a pack of socks for nail care set.

[Assistant] Or worst of all, a book! 😩


[User] Alan Woke was 5 dollars. I committed the cardinal sin of playing the sequel before the original, so it's time to repent.

[Assistant] This Alan Wake guy is a real jerk.

[User] I was like "Wait, is Alan Woke the extra liberal version of the game"

[Assistant] a great thing about remedy games' fuzzy logic is that you can play them in whatever order and it's still fun to piece things together!


[User] Brought my Aged Eggnog up to Tahoe for our #BEARLeague Board Meeting this Thursday and I have to confess, our Exec Director and I HAD to taste it to be sure it was ok … 2 sips, 3 sheets to the wind! Good night!

[Assistant] I make a great eggnog. It's even called The World's Greatest Eggnog. It's more like dessert,so thick you can stand a spoon up in it. Whipped heavy cream,whipped egg yolks,sugar and bourbon. Cheers!

[User] Just looked it up. I only use 1lb sugar and 1 qt each whole milk, cream, half and half.  Also, just one cup each bourbon, rum, brandy and even that was way too boozy and I had to add another qt of cream.

[Assistant] I let the bourbon & sugar sit overnight then whip the egg yolks till they are a very pale yellow,recipe says till they're an ugly yellow,then fold in to the bourbon,sit overnight then whip the cream & fold in.It definitely kicks your ass,but it's so good.


[User]
I'm trying to restrain myself from posting what Evil Emperor Elmo says.

But I think it's worth reporting that he's doing fucking Twitter polls on serious issues of government spending.

He's such a child...

[Assistant]
He'll be more broke than Giuliani in 24 months.
"Twitter" is now a philanthropic enterprise he's
paying for entirely OUT OF POCKET because
all the ad revenue vanished. To keep twitter he
has to sell Tesla™ stocks...he's a moron with the
willpower of a remorseless heroin junkie.

[User] What you wanna bet that he manipulates these polls by commanding his bot armies to vote for his preferred choice?

[Assistant] "I did a seriously scientific poll of the most deeply great right people and they all agree with me..."


[User]
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Saint Seiya The Los Canvas
Sales Chart

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Before we dive in, I just want to say that I love LC and think these sales are great for a spin-off series by a smaller publisher.

Now, let’s take a look at the graph:

[Assistant] The graph shows the cumulative sales per volume reported. Green bars represent 1st-week sales, and blue bars represent 2nd-week sales. It shows that the series maintained steady sales, but unlike many other charts I've seen, the anime (in purple) didn’t cause significant boosts.

[User] The source of the data its Oricon (something like Japanese Billboard) compiled by the website https://buff.ly/4i20iCU. The chart starts in volume 8 because Oricon was not charting manga when the previous volumes released.

[Assistant] Since the ranking cutoff varied during Lost Canvas's run, I’ve added the red line to show the sales of the 30th-ranked manga each week — to give a sense of what LC needed to reach the chart.

[User] One interesting observation I made while compiling the data: If we focus only on series published by Akita Shoten, Lost Canvas consistently ranked within the top 4. that's significant for the publisher, right?

[Assistant] One note: The Oricon data on the week of Dec 5, 2011, list sales of the main volume 23, but if you see it in ANN (https://buff.ly/4i20jqs ) it shows the cover for the 2th volume of the Gaiden. Because of that, I assigned the number to the Gaiden instead of the 10 month old volume.


[User]
Aloha Friday, lovelies. That means we reggae.

music.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz3X...

[Assistant] Good morning ✌🏻💙🎶

[User]
Excellent

Happy Friday ❤💛💚

[Assistant] Good morning, darling!  🧡 Happy Friday!


[User]
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.

Näi - rechargeable self-heating egg cups, available in several washed out and slightly disturbing colours.

[Assistant] Self-heating egg cups 😂😂

[User] I'm sorry, I went upscale without realising you'd done a kitchen thing already!

[Assistant]
No no no, all good - completely different! 😄

And the Näi is more for the dining table, to keep your soft-boiled eggs at an optimal eating temperature. 😉


[User]
Their obsession with Manchester United genuinely needs researching by serious academics. It's so weird.

Blackburn fans aren't like this after briefly going toe to toe with us 30 years ago. And they actually won something.

[Assistant] Spot on👏

[User] Even weirder it proper ignited after that league cup final. Were they certain they would win? Are they bitter that it looked like they were back amongst big time and it hasn’t happened? Genuinely baffling.

[Assistant] They have Eddie Howe in charge they have bigger issues than us. 🤣🤣🤣


[User]
Day 2: Traditions
What if Chrisawa had their own traditions in the MLB with pitch com?

#lilkikayart #cswweeked #chrisawa #daiyanoace  #クリ沢 #크리사와

[Assistant] I'm unfamiliar with the device but OMG??? Their personal codes, ways of communicating!

[User] AHHH THAT'S SO CUTE AND SMART!! I love it! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

[Assistant] csw things T°T♡ eijun's gonna be such a blushy mess (pretty tbh) on the mound T°T♡


[User] What a pointless, stupid waste of time this all was.

[Assistant] The zoom meeting this morning or his whole coaching tenure. 🤭

[User] I am curious if he knew going into it going into that presser. You could feel something was off. When it was delayed I thought this news was coming at that point.

[Assistant] @danbernstein.bsky.social , you were correct out of the gate.  The coach-speak and the HITS Principle were our first clues.  You called it back then.


[User] I've never had a big collection of wrestling games, but it's always been a genre I've enjoyed.

[Assistant] The only game I care about on this page...

[User] Great collection that, all quality too - not a WWF Warzone or WCW Thunder in sight!

[Assistant] It shows how popular wrestling was in Japan during the 90s that even FMW got an officially licensed game published.


[Assistant] They're the ❄ snowflakes ❄ lol  that's why 😁💯😁

[User] Not really a fan of mass generalisations.  When you generalise you’re pretty much guaranteed to make an inaccurate statement.  It’s silly to say ALL of any one group of ppl are exactly one way.  Surely there are some who voted for the man who are genuinely nice ppl.  My dad would be one example.

[Assistant] The do as I say not as I do party of hypocrites and cultists.


[User]
For any of the mistakes that the Harris campaign may have made, I want you to remember that no Democrat was polling ahead of Trump when Biden dropped out. Most weren’t even very far ahead of Biden.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz likely saved us from a bloodbath.

[Assistant] Yes you are so right.  They brought excitement back.

[User]
I mean, fair enough and all, but then were we just doomed?  Is Sarah Connor at Pescadero screaming "There is no fate but what we make" at a wall?

Or was there a strategy they  could have embraced that would've been better, still?

Like, sayyyyyy: Less time with Cheneys and more Medicare For All?

[Assistant] From what I could see, the Harris campaign made known mistakes at all. They were flawless.


[User]
I was in the audience for the unveiling/announcement event in New York and there was a non-insignificant chance that the game we were showing off was going to crash in the final 20 seconds.
My bum was never so clenched and unclenched as in those seconds.

[Assistant]
The morning of the incredibly secret event I ran into a journalist buddy in a diner in Manhattan.
"You ehhh ... In town for a thing?"
*Awkward silence*
"No, you?"
*Awkward silence*

[User] The next morning we went to a diner just off Broadway to solve our potent hangovers, but we didn't know it was a showtune diner so when the waitress started belting songs from musicals at us while serving our pancakes I nearly died.

[Assistant] The next morning we went to a diner just off Broadway to solve our potent hangovers, but we didn't know it was a showtune diner so when the waitress started belting songs from musicals at us while serving our pancakes I nearly died.


[User] Did you know there’s a cosmic war among astrophysicists over the rate of the universe’s expansion? This debate, known as the "Hubble Tension," could shake up everything we know about the universe and physics. Let's explore how it all started!

[Assistant] The universe is expanding, and we know this from the redshift of light from distant galaxies. Edwin Hubble discovered that galaxies farther away are moving faster, supporting the Big Bang theory. But the debate centers on just how fast it’s expanding.

[User] Two methods estimate the expansion rate, or the Hubble constant, but they don’t agree. One method, analyzing the cosmic microwave background, gives a value of 67 km/sec per megaparsec, while another, the cosmic distance ladder, suggests a rate of 73.

[Assistant] This discrepancy has sparked a fierce debate. Some scientists argue the lower estimate is correct, while others believe the higher numbers are right. If the higher values are accurate, it could force a major rethink in our understanding of dark energy and physics.


[User]
First, that's the Matterhorn in Switzerland.
Second, i'm sure "jokes" like this will go down really well with the Canadians.

[Assistant] Even a not insignificant chunk of Canadians don’t actually want to be Canadian, I imagine this will go down as well as suggesting the more enlightened parts of the USA might want to separate from the rest.

[User] There's no way that old codger will be annexing Switzerland at least.  We are safe there.

[Assistant]
People as ignorant and dumb as Maga have no discernible intelligence, empathy or critical thinking skills.

They think this is okay to disrespect another sovereign nation and joke about but if Canada or Mexico turned round & did a stunt like this they'd be the first to meltdown and cry about it.


[User]
Teepublic is having a sale, which means we're having a sale. That's the way it works. Up to 40% off on all Eltingville, Milk & Cheese t-shirt designs, stickers and merch, for a limited time. Most shirts $15 for the next 8 hrs or so. Do it.
www.teepublic.com/user/house-o...

[Assistant] The nice people at Natural Grocers don't know what to make of my "Behold!  The Blank Stare of Hate!" grocery bag and I'm pretty okay with that.

[User] ...and just got it replaced!

[Assistant] Tried to buy two shirts but the checkout just kept bouncing me back to the cart in an endless loop. Sorry.


[User] £7 a pint was seen as cheap last night. Outrageous pricing in Central London.

[Assistant] Still cheaper than the microbrewery in my little French town: €11 for a pint of homebrew!

[User] What!

[Assistant] I wouldn’t say cheap, but definitely average price now.

[User] Seems to be pub-based. Had a daytime lager in Charing X the other week for £5.50.

[Assistant] Tottenham Court Road area. Knew it was going to be ker-ching but nothing prepares you for £34 for 4 pints.