[User] For me, everything from January 19, 2025 back will be referred to as the ‘before times’.

[Assistant] I've been referring to the before times since Jan 20, 2017. We had a reprieve in 2021 to present, but it's back in full force on Jan 20, 2025. 😩

[User] I understand.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving with your family Gunny!  🫡

[Assistant] And to you and yours Tony😊


[User] Your neighborhood might be cool, but is your neighborhood "roving gang of turkeys who terrorize mailmen" cool?

[Assistant] Wow! That's crazy. They must still be hiding in plain site from Thanksgiving. 🤣

[User] They really look like they’re plotting something to share with Dr. Evil.

[Assistant] They are!


[User] I used to love the brevity of twitter, but now I can understand its pains. Even with threading, so much of a point can be lost.

[Assistant] I've even noticed a shift, or just a plain old mass migration back to FB. Where posts are longer and engagement is wider.

[User] It takes so much time (that many of us simply don't have) to scroll thru a long thread and constantly click off on other TLs. That's hard.

[Assistant] I'm caught somewhere in between, tbh.


[User]
god i wanna buy FF XVI (16)  but my slow ass Kilobytes/s download speed and limited data cannot F*ing do a 130 something GB download HHHHHHHHHNGG SOBBINMGGGGGG BRO
 WHY ARE GAMES SO BIG
HJNGGGG
 it looks so good tho
i wwanna pet the doggieeeee

What did yall get this steam sale so far?

[Assistant] Oh nooooo hopefully the download goes by quickly so you can enjoy it. I enjoyed FF16 when I played it myself. Tempted to get a couple things myself but trying to withhold spending too much as MFF is right around the corner.

[User]
I've been there. I've had several nights of just letting the game download, wake up and it is at like 50%. XD

Games are starting to get extremely big and some internet providers can't (or won't) keep up with average internet speeds without marking up the price because greed.

[Assistant] Sorry. Maybe you can slow leak it? Might take a while but if you start now you'll be that much closer.


[User] Lovely to see a large flock of Golden Plover at the Eyebrook.

[Assistant] There’s a benchmark on the last one of those concrete posts…

[User] Argh missed it, next time.

[Assistant] Quite a twitch that one…


[User]
Winter makes our transportation priorities so obvious.

Highway below: perfectly cleared.
Road beside: almost perfectly cleared.
Sidewalk: narrow, uncleared, with snow added to it from the plow that cleared the road (+ lots of footprints in the snow).

www.ourstreetsmn.org/initiative/m...

[Assistant]
Just a sec, Minneapolis doesn't clear bike lanes and sidewalks? Just hope that property owners do it!?
Here in Toronto we have little whipper snappers on miniature snow plows that zip down the sidewalks clearing the snow and pouring salt (in our area they they nick our lawns in the process🤣).

[User]
Homeowners where I live are responsible for shoveling sidewalks in front of their house.
There is always that one homeowner who either can’t or won’t do it which makes for a dangerous obstacle course, especially when the snow melts and freezes overnight.

[Assistant]
Did you know that clearing sidewalk can be feminist?(A good thing to avoid confusion)

usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...


[User] Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!! 🥺💕

[Assistant] Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!! 🦃🍁🍷☺

[User] I had a surprisingly decent one, hope you had a great one!

[Assistant] It’s been going well! Hope you have a great one too!


[User] we need to have a serious intracommunity discussion on the semantic blanching of the word "twink"

[Assistant] Some masculines today insult those deemed less "manly" with "twink". But, prior to the "brain trust" that is the web, newbies might allow older men to show them what it is. Like bottom shamers, sadly veterans might use the term derisively for the very type of guys they preferred. See Misogyny.

[User] I have also seen non queer folk use twink as a slur.  Instead of the homophobic F slur.

[Assistant]
Twink = Like a Twinkie = cream-filled = That should be me

Isn't a Twink, just a bottom that you'd like to fill with cream?


[User] 1/5 with @AlbertoEspay & @KarlHerrup in @ELSNeurology Handb Clin Neurol Ch. 10 we argue research into neurodegeneration has not followed Popper's a priori "conjectures and refutations." Saving the amyloid hyp has meant: post hoc...

[Assistant]
modifications
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323855389000080 (DM for PDF).

[User]
2/5 We do 3 things. 1) Offer evidence that  "toxic-protein" research into neurodegeneration is erroneous & has led to wasteful tests with minimal benefit
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21507740.2022.2129858 2) give four STEPS to biomed hypothesis falsification in...

[Assistant] neuroscience-> 3) offer an alternative.


[User]
Are there any folks from #bikeDEN who rides this route from D4, D6, or D9?

Imagine telling someone from out-of-town...
"It's easy to get to @CoorsField by bike. Just follow the D#!"

I think we need to report all gaps & issues to @DenverDOTI via http://pocketgov.org.

A 🧵

[Assistant] I rode the #bikeDEN D8 from City Park down towards Coors Field. There were numerous issues. Some were minor, but others would send riders off of the route & get them lost.

[User] Just in City Park, there is no way-finding at the MLK Memorial & the next was obscured. Arborists saw me & cleared it on the spot!

[Assistant]
This one is a HUGE deal to me. It sends D8 riders South on High St. To where?

The next D8 Sign is at Franklin.


[User] I let girlie hang out inside for a while today (she cuddled with me while I napped for 2 hours) and I was curious about why her lip always comes up on one side… She’s missing her top canine! Bottom on has the tip chipped off too. I wonder what she got into.

[Assistant] My mom has a cat with a missing canine just like that. She was a stray cat they adopted, so they just assume she lost her tooth when she was abandoned.

[User] Yeah she’s a feral cat that hangs out on my property all the time. I let her come in and hang out sometimes but I have to keep an eye on her because she’s still in-tact and I have an in-tact male cat. Also I really can’t take care of 5 cats. 😅 I’m thankful she at least stays close by.

[Assistant] hm is she painful at all? sorry vet nurse brain turns on. 🤣

[User] No, she’s fine. Probably happened when she was a kitty and her adult teeth were coming in. Can’t even see a divot in the gums where the tooth is supposed to be.

[Assistant] those little teefies!


[User]
A warm welcome to Heidi Alexander MP as the new Secretary of State for Transport! As a cyclist & former deputy mayor for transport in London, Heidi brings invaluable experience. We look forward to working together to champion active travel.
Read our full response: www.cyclinguk.org/news/our-res...

[Assistant] Looks a good appointment. After this morning's shock to hold onto momentum is extremely valuable. Feel sorry for Louise, though.

[User] Day 1 task: make all footpaths permissive cycle paths by default which can be revoked by local gov.

[Assistant] Is @heidialexander.bsky.social already on here?


[User] Remember when they said they weren’t weird?

[Assistant] They lied.

[User] They made Thanksgiving, the most normie of holidays, weird.

[Assistant] They are weird AF and can't help themselves because they don't know the difference.

[User] If they would lie about that, they might lie about other things, too. 😆

[Assistant] only vaguely…that detail is fading rapidly in the face of dispiriting reality….

[User] Somewhere in that P.2025 manual they said that Thanksgiving holidays would be returned to " Normal" ..I cannot remember which chapter it was in.

[Assistant] Ah yes, thanksgiving this year did feel very normal. It makes sense now.

[Assistant] pretty much how the left reads all of trumps tweets😂

[User] If you have to instruct people that you’re not weird, you’re weird.

[Assistant] Worse remember when people didnt believe them?


[User]
In the latest edition of The Pulse, 91% of voters said MLB’s hypothetical “Golden At-Bat” rule change is not a good idea.
Agree?

Sign up for The Pulse newsletter for more polls like this from @chrisbranch.bsky.social ⤵

www.nytimes.com/athletic/new...

[Assistant] Only a commissioner that hates baseball would ever think of proposing such an obnoxious idea.

[User] Terrible idea! I heard about it this a.m on ESPN radio. They said the original idea was floated by Stugotz. Funny guy but this is not a serious proposal.

[Assistant] As a lifelong baseball fan and long-suffering Cubs fan since the 80s, if the Golden at Bat rule were to happen, I would watch 0.00 minutes of baseball for the rest of my life.


[User] Does anyone want to be in a starter pack of neurodivergent language lovers?

[Assistant] Surely it can't be the case that half of you are neurodivergent and the other half love languages and there is no overlap?!

[User] Are you familiar with my book Babel No More (published in the UK as Mezzofanti’s Gift)?

[Assistant] I wasn't but it looks interesting!

[User] I’m fairly certain @lanegreene.bsky.social is working on its successor but since 2012 it’s been the only book in English that looks at the hyperpolyglot phenom from a historical and linguistic perspective. Also translated into 8 languages!

[Assistant] Yes please!


[User]
Accounts added to SydesJokes #FBPE Starter Pack 6

@steffogrunt.bsky.social
@mrboom.bsky.social
@andrewwebb35.bsky.social
@niceguysean.bsky.social
@marink3.bsky.social
@ampaget.bsky.social
@jamiemgreen.bsky.social
@neetsf.bsky.social

Check my Google Form forms.gle/TnvM4nj7ebMe...

[Assistant] Top man, Colin 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼✊🏼🐟

[User] Now following all.

[Assistant]
Great list of #FBPE folks Colin, thanks ⭐
All followed.

[User] Thanks Colin great way to build our network. Followed all.

[Assistant] All followed. Cheers, Colin 💪


[User] 2 elections since I was on ✖ yet it's still Trump and Conservatives are the topics of conversation surely the labour government have done something worthy of Talking about 🙄

[Assistant] Morning sir, I think people are wanting to see change in their lives now the Government has changed , needs to be a positive change too.....very happy I'm not in the US though👋

[User] I think Labour haven't done anything to inspire confidence energy companies putting Bills up after Labour pledged not to let them all the freebies...tbh I can't tell the difference 🤨

[Assistant] Yep , the country's so fkd that it's going to take a long time before things start going in the right direction, not impressed yet but not given up on them yet, knew it would not be an instant fix.

[User] Usually labour do a term and then back to conservative they better get a shift on 🤣

[Assistant] Oh and council tax pledge broken mine is going up again next year 🙄


[User] I have recently been converted (as if it required *effort*) to motorcycle butch lesbian nmj and I cannot apologize for the level of objectification that's occurring in my mind.

[Assistant] Moustache negotiable but personally I'm here for it (it was part of the propaganda). She keeps it clean and smooth, right against the skin, like baby hairs. Leather jacket, high undercut, thick square hands. She does her lifting and cardio at the same gym where lxc plays squash.

[User] (Yes of course lxc plays squash in this au. She also plays oboe and is getting her masters in kinesiology, why do you ask? She's got blueberry milk nails and big brown eyes and biceps that are more than just for show, but she stays away from herls because she thinks she's too tall for them.)

[Assistant] megs thank you for feeding me delicious nielan two days in a row 🙏


[User]
Some months are difficult as a freelancer and ideally means reminding people I have prints/art or e-book for sale, so I can make some extra money...

but it seems so hard to put my own request at times, since there are so many people on here, in such dire situations...

[Assistant] You have to exist too. You're not taking from others by providing for yourself. (Unless you're a billionaire lol)

[User]
Oh if I was a billionaire I wouldn't be one for long 😅

No one needs those around  💀

[Assistant]
It's lovely of you to think of others. But don't ignore yourself.  Different folx, different strokes.💛
Misery Olympics are endless and serve no purpose, imho.


[User] I'm from Philly and I think it's the absolute worst and I'll fight all of you if I have to.

[Assistant] I'd say it feels like a tourist thing if I didn't know certain residents absolutely swear by it.

[User] Oh I definitely know people that do as well.

[Assistant] Why have a cheese steak when a pork roll egg and cheese is a short drive north ~


[User] i knew it....

[Assistant] The only thing with honest weight anymore is legal weed...🤣

[User]
But...the testing is a scam.
They take the test from anywhere on the plant, not necessarily from where your bud came from. So if you think you bought 28% THC it could be 20% THC or lower.

[Assistant] Shrinkflation is rarely discussed and some of it is so obvious, it makes you feel like you’re going insane.


[User] The truth about "wokeness," in a thread 🧵

[Assistant]
The term has no agreed-upon definition + that's what makes it so dangerous.

If a word can mean anything - it ultimately means nothing.

This allows demagogues to cast accusations w/ deliberately vague terms.

Victims are unable to refute charges that have no fixed meaning.

[User]
Consider how the path to genocide often begins with the deliberate manipulation of language.

Language contributes to genocide mostly through the consistent deployment of in-group/out-group language + dehumanizing rhetoric.

State-controlled media also hurts.

[Assistant]
Historical examples:

In Rwanda - Tutsis were called "cockroaches" on the radio.

In Nazi Germany - the definition of who was considered "human" was malleable + did not include Jews, amongst others.

In Cambodia - the Khmer Rouge redefined what it meant to be a "true Khmer."


[User] A brutally honest thread about how Pete Hegseth has lived his life.

[Assistant] All rapist and child molesters hide behind a cross.

[User]
It’s seems to me as though Trump is trying to re-create his apprentice show.
The people he is choosing to put into these positions is ludicrous. They all need to go through FBI background checks.

[Assistant] If I had to go through background checks for my job, so do they.

[User] Why is everybody getting so upset suddenly over poor Pete? Come on his buddy who is the President elect of the USA raped his way through his life, including raping children. Trump sets the example for all Americans  and everybody now believes that crime pays. Especially the abuse of women.

[Assistant] Hahahahaha! Why do these type of guys always have a come to Jesus moment? Geez.

[User] Once a rapey dirtbag, always a rapey dirtbag. Claiming allegiance to a myth as a form of repentance is the most lazy cop out possible.

[Assistant] How come he didn't end up in jail for the next 20 years...


[User]
Morning, y’all. 🌤

You’re all cute and wonderful and I hope you had every bit of food your souls desire. And I hope you have even more today. 🙂

[Assistant] You’re cute and wonderful tooo! And yes, more eating today as well 🤤🤤

[User] Tbh I went for “a lil bit of everything” moderation mode. Trying the “have some, not all” thing through the holidays so I don’t deny celebration food, but I also don’t act gluttonous.

[Assistant] The same thoughts are directed towards you as well!


[User] Y is #Skyisland goin on still it is 2AM?!?!

[Assistant] New episode sis 🤭🤭🤭

[User] Good lord 😭

[Assistant] Naw bro this one’s a mess 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[User] They did a double episode and the first one lasted way too damn long! ANDDD… they already broke up 🤦🏾♀😂

[Assistant] I saw that 😭


[User] Not what you might expect? In the comments under this Weixin article on how Chinese fans booed the Japanese national anthem, ran on the field and shone laser pointers at their players during China’s recent 3-1 defeat in Xiamen, the most liked comments are those firmly criticising the fans’ conduct.

[Assistant] Link: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CsmhbyU0K9...

[User]
Naturally, there are tongue-in-cheek comments from Team China’s long-suffering fans calling for the team to be banned from playing😂

Par for the course below the line whenever the much-maligned national team is involved!

[Assistant]
Naturally, there are tongue-in-cheek comments from Team China’s long-suffering fans calling for the team to be banned from playing as ‘punishment’😂

Par for the course below the line whenever the much-maligned national team is involved!

[User] It always amuses me how intensely excited my students always get about the Cup despite knowing they'll be out in the first round. I tell them, yeah, the American team sucks too, but we just don't watch 😂

[Assistant] Haha that will not go down well! At least the US qualifies for the World Cup in the first place…


[User] ︱ MedSky ︱ “Is it possible that the pandemic lockdowns really did accelerate harmful brain ageing in teenagers?” [Study]

[Assistant] 😂😂😂 Lockdowns which in no country were longer than the annual summer holidays in Italy or Spain. Gotcha. Must be them, couldn't be the brain-damaging virus they got repeatedly infected with.

[User] Of course it was the infections – not the lockdowns.

[Assistant] I believe it was the infections – and I would add the stress and anxiety suffered during these periods rather than the lockdowns themselves.


[User] since apparently these freaks were back let me reiterate, i'm the grand admiral of #smokefleet and i say that anyone being shitty to trans people on here isn't a real member of whatever this is.

[Assistant] #smokefleet uncritically supports the people's republic of china now. this is the people's liberation army #smokefleet now.

[User] someone is going to screencap this dumb bit and use it as evidence later trying to cancel me for being a tanky lol.

[Assistant] look if anything was going to convince me to embrace the ways of the Soviet Union it was gonna be Lieutenant Zofia.


[User]
Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training
#Bluesky
techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/b...

[Assistant]
Isn't it great.

*Anyone* can use the data. Not just people who can afford crazy API fees, or businesses with a special interest - anyone who wants to analyze the data, or use it to train an AI model can do so - and that's exactly how it should be for public content.

[User] Hoping no billionaire gains revenue from this data... 😉

[Assistant] I settled on.. hopefully we all get some benefit from having a place to share ideas and dialogue freely.


[User] Yall gone judge me if I say I've been listening to German and French rap today?

[Assistant] I listen and like listening to British rap. You are fine with me.

[User] Yes... Was it good?

[Assistant] It's not bad when they lean into afrobeats music.apple.com/us/album/ano...


[User] Anyone have any recommendations for Nintendo Switch games for kids 5 and up? I'm so out of the loop with Nintendo, gonna have to research some things.

[Assistant] Mario Party is a good one.

[User] I fuck with Mario, because I had the NES growing up. This is gonna be a gift pretty much for both of us haha.

[Assistant] Super Smash bros and Mario Odyssey are also ones my son plays but Mario Party is probably the most fun to play with a parent.


[User] Cerebral palsy should be reframed as “the most common lifelong physical disability,” instead of a childhood disorder, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation argues in a recent perspective article for the New England Journal of Medicine.

[Assistant] For anyone listening the Nazis had a program "T-4, the euthanasia program: "People with physical and mental disabilities were viewed as useless, a threat to Aryan purity & ultimately, unworthy of life. At the beginning of WW2 individuals with mental or physical disabilities were targeted for murder"

[User] My 60-year-old friend with CP would roll her eyes at this insight. It's not as if people "grow out of it".

[Assistant] RFK: "If we didn't put fluoride in the water ... "

[User] labels can shape perceptions profoundly.

[Assistant] Wait! Wait wait wait .. no .. stop.. stop ... It's 2024 and the usa medical dictionary doesn't think adults have cerebral palsy?


[User] Hehehe. This mostly reminds me of one time on a bus in France in '95, when the 2 other foreigners asked me if I knew of any internet cafes in Paris so they could send an email. & I asked: 'What's an email?' & after they explained it to me, I was like: 'Huh? Sounds stupid. That will never take off'.

[Assistant] I am obviously an oracle on the success of future tech. 😂

[User] In other brilliant predictions: In Khujaraho in 2005, a Dutch guy who'd just fixed my (1st) digital camera, said: 'You know, in a couple of years we won't need all these separate gadgets. They'll put everything in our phones'. To which I replied: 'Sounds dumb. That'll never take off.' 😂

[Assistant] In other brilliant predictions: In Khujaraho in 2005, a Dutch guy who'd just fixed my (1st) digital camera, said: 'You know, in a couple of years we won't need all these separate gadgets. They'll put everything in our phones'. To which I replied: 'Sounds dumb. No one's going to want that.'


[User] Update: Top Gun: Maverick is still a perfect movie, and my family (especially my brother) agrees. Everything just works so well. It’s a comfort movie that also happens to be excellent. I will never get tired of experiencing it.

[Assistant] As someone who isn't really a fan (at all) of the first, I was gobsmacked with how much I loved this one.

[User] Right? It’s kind of a miracle how good it is.

[Assistant] Truly!


[User] Okay I have officially sent off the form to change my name (the first time. I then have to send that form once approved to the Embassy. And then send my new passport to the Home Office)

[Assistant] Wooo congrats!!

[User] It's happening!! 🙌

[Assistant] Woo! Congrats and I hope it all goes smoothly!


[User] This is an excellent article.

[Assistant] So true.  This was really relevant when Poch was at his peak and we were really upsetting the Apple cart.  The media were absolutely besides themselves with hatred and jealousy.  It was beautiful.

[User] Apple Cart?

[Assistant] Feels very much like Rafa’s ‘Facts’ rant 🤣


[User] I think Labour's mistake with Brexit was not identifying the referendum itself as a Tory mistake that they disagreed with from the word go. Because now they are basically stuck with something that they know is damaging to the UK but they have to pretend to agree with.

[Assistant] The electorate were completely split over the matter! The political parties not it would appear. Will of the people and all that 🤬🤬🤬🤬!

[User] The far left wanted Brexit for their own reasons, and still do. Starmer wants no part of Europe for similar reasons. Pathetic politics.

[Assistant] It has become a topic nobody wants to discuss in public. You know the reaction you would get from certain corners. But hey ho, nigel is on Question Time for the 38th time.


[User]
...Jesus!🙄

Side musing about general recent news:
Beauty of original Deus Ex is in realistic scenarios. Developers tried their best to predict future. And quite succeeded.
But what happens now... Even if such predictions came to them, Spector and Co would rejected them for being TOO DUMB 😏

[Assistant]
:b Eventually, the public will realize that corporate plutocracy must be stopped...

^u^; One just has to wonder what the tipping point will be.

[User]
My friends shared this on our Discord, and their immediate response and agreement is...

"Let's play Pathfinder."

[Assistant] ...I wonder if dealing with *waves hands wildly* everything that happens in Deus Ex would be preferred at this point...


[User]
~ My favorites ~ 🦴

Food: chicken :3

Season: Spring

Drink: Dr Pebber

Color: Bloooooo

Hobbies: sleeping:) gaming, arts n stuffs

u next! <3
@drewthefempup.bsky.social
@goodpuparcher.bsky.social
@hellishvoice.bsky.social
@ruinzz.bsky.social 💕

[User]
Pepper >>> anything else

All my homies hate water 🤝🏼

[Assistant] Already done it but I appreciate it 🐾🫶🏻🐾🐶


[User]
I need to know if music lovers can play my posts. When Elon took Twitter, Apple did not cooperate, so I Shazammed⚡
So which one should I use, cause it’s me and what I do. 🤷♀

[Assistant]
Hey gurl, I can hear a shortened version of it. In order to hear the full version you have to sign into apple. I have Apple Music but I share via you tube because everyone can hear it.
Find your song on
You tube share , copy link and paste. Shazammed Not sure. Great song 🎶

[User] Happy Thanksgiving sweetie! Thank you for answering my question, but I guess I need a never-Apple person to respond to really know. 🙏😘

[Assistant] Yes, it’s a good question, I would like to know myself. ☀☕


[User] LMAO WHY DID YOUTUBE PUT THESE TWO SHORTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER 😂

[Assistant] Loooooool 🤣🤣🤣 YouTube really has a thing for.... Shorts....

[User] YouTube occasionally has a sense of humor.

[Assistant] They setting my boy Prof up!


[User]
The time of the year has come again to do everything in my power to dodge becoming sick. 🤧

Still don’t understand why, after going through a pandemic, it’s normal to go to work when you cough and sneeze the whole day 🤦♂

[Assistant] Here in Spain I think masks caused people to unlearn the “cover your mouth when you cough” reflex… truly unpleasant to take public transport at the moment.

[User] Indeed, wear a mask or just stay home. But also at the office sitting next to someone or in front of someone that constantly coughs makes me wonder: Didn’t we learn anything? 😅

[Assistant] I think it’s easy to look at the general state of the world and say with a fair amount of certainty that we didn’t 😂😭


[User] I just realized my Birthday is in 9 days 🙈

[Assistant] Merry Birthday!

[User] I hope it’s a sexy and fun time.

[Assistant] Happy Early Birthday Wishes.


[User] Ok y'all. I need some help. I need to commission a MC skin for java. Anyone have any leads?

[Assistant]
Yeah I am up for that thou:3
Can I get to know the details?

[User] Sure it’s for a streamer friend of mine. We are trying to get him situated for playing MC for the first time. His twitch is Sloot. He is a former World of Warcraft streamer. He was mythic world first competitor as a tank. He normally mained paladin tank. If you would like to take a look let me know.

[Assistant] Hey dear! can I get a chance? I can surely make this happen for you ❤


[User] Needed more penguins. 💯✌😂

[Assistant] Just show them the game Zoochosis and they'll be happy 🤣

[User] I feel like penguins would've been an enemy type in the scrapped The Thing 2 game.

[Assistant] Totally 😂


[User] Sorry I just read your text from 12 years ago. Are you guys still at Blockbuster?

[Assistant] Nope,still just rewinding my tape ("rewind to be kind") 😂

[User] This made me laugh out loud!

[Assistant] That made me follow you.


[User] I just know I'm going to run out of ideas on what to do with these elves.

[Assistant]
This pic is great, It put a smile on my face ^_^

I'm not creative so I don't know what else you could do with them.

[User] I'm not creative either I got this idea from tiktok 🤣

[Assistant] I'm not creative either I got this idea from tiktok 🤣

[User] I’ve got a Sephiroth action plushie and last year they chased each other round the house each day because the elf stole his sword 😂 kids loved it.

[Assistant] That's a good idea!


[User] Transient just popping off and fully quitting pixelart is kinda wild.

[Assistant] Name didn't immediately ring a bell but I searched and recognized the art. Damn, I hope the guy's okay.

[User] Looking into it makes me feel like I'm making the right choice not turning this into my day job (had my own terrible experiences with devs in the past so I can relate). Sucks to see a fellow pixeller go, but hopefully they can take the time to get to a better place for themselves.

[Assistant] Can't say I know them, but its always sad seeing the news that ones situation pushed them to hate something they once loved. Hope they'll be in a better mind-scape after these choices.


[User]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Small Craft Advisory

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, west winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[Assistant]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Small Craft Advisory

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, southwest to west winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[User]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Small Craft Advisory

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southwest winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft. For the Gale Warning, west winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft expected.... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[Assistant]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Small Craft Advisory

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 ft. For the Gale Warning, west winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft expected.... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...


[User]
The Crash Bandicoot games! Those games made me hyper when I was little. Additionally, all of the levels where polar was involved were my favorite.

They're still special to me to this day. It was nice to see that they came back as a remake a few years ago too.

[Assistant] Don’t remember my first ever game, but Crash 3 is definitely one of my earliest memories in gaming! Something just immediately clicked for me with it, the art style, gameplay, music and sounds! The series stayed with me for my whole childhood as a result!

[User]
Happy that Crash had a part in your childhood too! 🥹
Now that you bring up the sounds, they really are catchy. Like hitting the boxes, getting the fruits, and the mask still stay in my mind these days.

[Assistant] Also very punchy, too, especially with the controllers rumbling! All things that little 4-5 year old me experienced the first time and was just wowed by it! The experience of actually being able to actually control the narrative of what’s on the the TV, unlike channels or VHS tapes at the time!


[User] a little less active today. still super sick and trying to stay hydrated. spending the day resting on the couch and watching winnie the pooh movies with my daughter :’)

[Assistant] now that sounds like a cozy day! i hope you start to feel better, bug! ❤

[User] I hope you have a swift recovery 🫡

[Assistant] ginger tea with honey helps a sore throat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sounds like a lovely day despite The Plague™


[User]
I’m going to #PAXUnplugged for fun. To do one panel, then fuck around with friends and see other panels & live shows.

It’s not work for me, and definitely not a networking event. So if I see you, great. If not? There’s next time around.

[Assistant] Good! Fun! And pretty much how I’m going to go about it too.

[User] Can't wait to see you!!

[Assistant] I hope you have a wonderful time!


[User]
See this? It’s bullshyte

Business once again whining abt ppl not wanting to work.

What they r really whining about is not being able to pay visa workers low wages & now hve to pay more for skilled workers

That’s how workers’ rights work

If u can’t afford 2 pay workers- u shouldn’t b in business.

[Assistant]
Long hours ,weekends ,
shit pay
Where do I sign up
🙄

[User] Not that I'm off to Sydney anytime soon - but that's one restaurant I'll remember never to visit when/if I do go.

[Assistant] Agree 👍🏼 it’s ridiculous pay people a fair wage and stop being greedy !!!

[User] And be in a union.

[Assistant] It’s been the same refrain from business for forty years. 🙄

[User] Yep. Their goal is to keep wages down and profit high.

[Assistant] I see nothing wrong with that.


[User] Ooh, the next Hallmark movie is opening in Denver.

[Assistant] LOL, they are trying to City Mouse/Country Mouse twins who live in Denver vs. Littleton. And Candace Cameron Bure is playing both sides of a set of twins.

[User] This woman is a busy single mom who can't find the time to get the dishwasher fixed but has this big fancy rolling ornament storage thing for her tree, surely product placement for Balsam Hill.

[Assistant] Pretty sure they just goofed and showed SLC’s skyline and not Denver.


[User] (this but I haven't started work yet today)

[Assistant] Felt. Has the stress has made you feel tense?

[User] that was my mood when my alsrm wheent off today.

[Assistant] That shirt's a mood. I need to get me one of those too!


[User]
i hate that ADHD medication is often labeled as a narcotic.

They keep it on such a tight leash, and it takes so long for refills to go through.

I got shit to do, I don't have time to spend literal days trapped in a brain fog.

[Assistant] I know ur pain…I have to go an to IN PERSON doctor appointment with my psych every 2 months to get a refill prescription, and she only has availability during work hours on weekdays…so I have to take unpaid half-days for an 30 min appointment 🫠🫠

[User]
2 months?! thats crazy. No one's got time for that, especially if you don't have much else to follow up on. It's just like "hi i'm here, yep meds are working good, please refill it, okay bye."

 I could maybe understand maybe yearly or once every two years but... that's excessive.

[Assistant] Also why is generic Vyvanse the same price as Vyvanse?!?


[User]
How many days
is too many days
to eat pumpkin pie
for breakfast?

[Assistant] I think you're good until Valentine's Day. Then you should switch to strawberry fudge pie. 🥧

[User] Sounds like a plan but minus the strawberry part.

[Assistant] I don't know there is such a thing!

[User] I’ll let you know once I find out…currently researching this topic!

[Assistant] If you start turning orange thats probably too many 😅


[User] I've now tried all the cool AI Editors and they're all plenty inferior to Webstorm + Supermaven.

[Assistant]
Interesting. Does supermaven have chat / inline edit / composer? I definitely got hooked on cursor autocomplete, but have updated my workflow enough to rely on the other stuff that it would be annoying to lose.

I do miss a lot about JetBrains though.

[User] How is Supermaven different from the other AI tools? Or is the combo superior just because you prefer Webstorm?

[Assistant]
Interesting, they say they use an in-house model, Babble. I've never seen Babble in any of the open benchmarks, I wonder how good is it.
I'm personally using WebStorm + Aider in terminal, but Aider is definitely more on the hacker side compared to polished editors like Cursor or Supermaven.


[User] This morning’s walk.

[Assistant] That looks mighty familiar. Does Cerys Matthews still do the foodie festival there?

[User] Oh, I don’t know - but it sounds like it would be fun!

[Assistant] That's where I first discovered craft beer. Wandered into a field at the Good Life Festival & Evil Gordon from #Beerbods (sadly now defunct) poured me some Wiper & True. Ruined me. Up to then I'd come out of a supermarket with a case of Amstel feeling like the height of sophistication.


[User] They aren't even waiting until they're in office. Disenfranchising and endangering an entire gender is horrifying, but the sadistic glee with which they're savoring it is a new level of awfulness traditionally reserved for animated villains.

[Assistant] The worst is the women supporting it as far as I am concerned.

[User]
They'd need a Constitutional amendment to repeal the 19th and that will be harder than they think.
They could try & chuck out the whole Constitution but I suspect that will also be more problematic than they suspect.

[Assistant] Apparently they want to see what millions of angry, fearless, and very clever women can do in a combat capacity. I'll put my money on American women, civilians and military, against these cowardly lyin's all day, every day.


[User]
Keep Streaming This Artistic Masterpiece ✨✨✨
Stream 'Winter Ahead' By V With Park Hyoshin #V #뷔 #KimTaehyung #PARKHYOSHIN
#박효신

V <Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)> Official MV
(youtu.be/HAWYOuMGkK0)

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[Assistant]
#V #뷔 #PARKHYOSHIN #박효신 #WinterAhead

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[User]
▶VIBE: vibe.naver.com/album/32328251
▶벅스: music.bugs.co.kr/album/4111007?…

#V #뷔 #PARKHYOSHIN #박효신 #WinterAhead

V’s ‘Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)’ is out now! ❄🧣

Listen: v.lnk.to/winterahead

V's new song "Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)" is out now!

open.spotify.com/track/7G7mSV4B…

[Assistant]
V 'Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)' on YouTube:

Official MV:
↳youtu.be/HAWYOuMGkK0?si…
Audio 1:
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Audio 2:
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[User] They are coming for your Social Security and Medicare. Count on it.

[User] Pretty sad that my 32-yr-old daughter says that she’s not even counting on SS being there when she retires.

[Assistant] Very sad. And very wrong to have to plan around that real fear 😬

[User] 75 and on SS and Medicare.  Color me worried.

[Assistant] For what I’ve read, the concern is more centered around those that will be entering those programs in the coming decades - maybe not so much those already in? But who knowssss.😬


[User]
#A-ZBowie
Q - was going to din my bippity boppity hat today , but then remembered this footage from his 50th B’day gig - Quicksand ft. Robert Smith …just bloody ace

m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZJY...

[Assistant]
Don my hat not din ?!
Small brain, fat thumbs - sorry !

[User] You've surpassed yourself with this beauty 🤩

[Assistant]
#A-TheCure - Q
I was stumped on a title, but 'quiet' is constant in lyrics...

"Quietly he laughs...be still, be calm, be quiet now"

"Remembering you standing quiet in the rain"

"I sense the quiet despair"

"Timeless in the quiet ground"

So Q = Quiet or maybe Quicksand 😜
youtu.be/PZJYqsgNgac?...


[User]
“Backpackers have a saying: 'the trail provides'. In other words, life on foot has a way of giving you exactly what you need, which is not necessarily what you want.”

www.alexroddie.com/2024/11/some...

[Assistant] Thank you for sharing this thoughtful writing. My life today doesn’t take me to bothies, but you did. Without the machine I wouldn’t have encountered you. Perhaps we (people) can connect without being controlled?

[User]
Interesting article, resistance (as opposed to rage) against the machines is a stance I'm opting for.
The thing with AI is it is relentless, never tires & consumes all, reinterprets all and yet adds nothing. No new insight or wonder.
And this is still new. Let's get back to pen pals & postcards😎

[Assistant] I agree Garry, I bought a few books of stamps and some mountain themed greetings cards recently in the hope of remembering how to handwrite again...


[User] Now Thank We All Our God from the Bethesda bell tower!

[Assistant] Not sure why the top of the bell tower was cut off when I posted this. Alas.

[User] It isn't cut off when you click to view the video.

[Assistant] I’m guessing by the palm tree that isn’t Bethesda, Maryland 😂


[Assistant] Unfortunately not here.

[User] Sorry. If I was with my family of origin I would be surrounded.  There still is time to escape. I saw one person say to pick up your favorite dish and then just take it to your car and go.

[Assistant] Me too! Don't have any plans other than to 100% enjoy my day.


[User]
i’ve been watching way too many physics videos on youtube lately, i might be one angela collier video away from buying a physics textbook and reading the forward before remembering that i’m 36 and already have a career.

(her videos are really rad though give them a look)

[Assistant] so you just move on to the next video and the next and the next, and eventually you find a whole different topic to earn a surface level familiarity with and the cycle never ends. i have no idea what my point was.

[User] so you just move on to the next video and the next and the next, and eventually you find a whole different topic to earn a surface level familiarity with and the cycle never ends. i have no idea what my point was.

[Assistant] so you just move on to the next video and the next and the next, and eventually you find a whole different topic to earn a surface level familiarity with and the cycle never ends. i have no idea what my point was.

[User] so you just move on to the next video and the next and the next, and eventually you find a whole different topic to earn a surface level familiarity with and the cycle never ends. i have no idea what my point was.

[Assistant] so you just move on to the next video and the next and the next, and eventually you find a whole different topic to earn a surface level familiarity with and the cycle never ends. i have no idea what my point was.

[User] Binging great videos on physics or history or... any of the other initially intuitive and always interesting fields is a great way to wish you did something else with your life 😅.

[Assistant] Curiosity and discovery.


[User] A lot of people make fun of JAWS: THE REVENGE. But if you pitched me the idea that the shark has the psychic ability to hunt the remaining Brody family from Amity to the Caribbean where they’re joined by Michael Cain as a drunk helicopter pilot, I’d have given you millions of dollars to make it.

[Assistant]
Let's be real, it's not even the worst one. lol. It's the silliest and most out to lunch. Actually makes a bit more sense in the book, which I have read (see attached). Haha.

But this movie is entertaining. I wish people would leave it be. 😝

"Jaws 3D" was far worse I thought. Just my opinion! 🤷

[User] Alright, I’d add another million if they also mentioned they’d make the shark *roar*.

[Assistant] I saw it in a theater with only 2 other people in it. Yes, they were all related to me. Worth it.


[User] C’mon President Biden, BE BOLD & protect our rights under the US Constitution! The ERA is ratified. Publish it NOW!

[Assistant] Yes! Yes! Yes! I just wrote to the WH about this.

[User] Thank you so much 😊!!

[Assistant] The history of some of the most important Amendments, such as the 14th, may be instructive: it can take generations for an Amendment to have practical effect; 14th was not broadly interpreted until five decades after its passage; when America itself was ready, the courts responded.


[User] Someone in Victoria on OpenStreetMap is even faster than me, with this bike infrastructure already being part of the map. I've been working hard to make sure Saanich and Langford are accurate, but someone doing good work on Victoria too.

[Assistant] My trike would hate that...

[User]
That's like four and a half feet wide... How big is your trike lol

But yeah, I agree it's not ideal.

[Assistant] It's not that big..


[User] Cmon, be serious. Would an empire do this?

[Assistant] We only have 700 some military bases across the world. Why would anyone think that's an empire?

[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] "Eartha Kitt in the Penthouse Suite". Also known as "Eartha Kitt Sings", apparently.. From Yorkshire, executive produced by Jess Yates. Exists in full, it would appear - another one for BFI Flipside, maybe? This is from a 1971 listings, where she kicks off the afternoon. Rarrrrrgh.

[Assistant] Oh, and it's not THAT Mark Curry, so far as I can tell. I did wonder...

[User] Wonder if this dates from when she played Batley Variety Club and was personally put up by the Corrigans at their house? A quick trip to YTV would have been easy enough to fit in!

[Assistant] Mark Curry? As in "accidentally destroyed everything he touched on Blue Peter"? That Mark Curry?


[User] Find you someone who misses you like @libbityboo.bsky.social and @laurenashley087.bsky.social missed each other on social media.

[Assistant] Im so happy rn, best thanksgiving ever! 😭😭😭

[User] 🥹 Awwww there are so many (DEFIANT) good vibes here tonight. Love this for y’all! 🥹🥹🥹

[Assistant] Ooooh! Libbity is here!


[User]
Came across this today and I guess I should set the records straight as in less than 10 years, history is already being doctored. Whether intentionally or not, I’m not going to speculate but it does feel rather lying by omission at this point.

First thing first: Ivan rightly deserves the most […]

[Assistant] In the beginning it was Ivan and Toby schachman as cofounders. Toby was really interesting and he set some foundational technical concepts but mostly from a visual programming perspective. Not surprisingly he left to join Bret Victor and Alan Kay. See email from Bret mentioning Notion being […]

[User] Our startup Sugarbox was acquired by Notion and we were brought on as cofounders because our product also focused on collaborative editing but from a more interactive pov. We brought some Apple honed design sense and a focus on specific use case. I believe this was the first time in the […]

[Assistant] However as the decision at that time was to rewrite (yet again) instead of shipping and getting feedback from real users. I basically said we’re either gonna run out of money before even shipping or be a billion $ company. Weirdly enough both came true. We worked on some interesting problems […]

[User] Anyway I decided to leave as I got a more interesting opportunity at LB with a more interesting tech stack (yay iOS!) and more responsibilities (yay backend and architecture!), with ppl more keen on shipping. Even tho I was not a cofounder at LB, it was acquired by Amex a few years later 💰 and […]

[Assistant] Back at Notion, Chris stayed a year or so more than me, then left to start another successful company (yay Chris!) as Notion was still not shipping….

[User] I think it’s definitely weird that we got left out completely and frankly a bit hurt as I thought we left on relatively good terms with Ivan. Maybe it no longer fit their narrative, maybe he thought those were confusing lost years. Who knows. But here we are, apparently lost lores.

[Assistant] Not even asking for any credits as at this point it’s all relatively tiny now. It’s just infuriating to know how much people lie, even pulizer claiming “journalist”, yes we were there, we weren’t “just employees”, we didn’t get fired, it’s insulting to be asked that just because some narratives […]


[User]
Going through the patch notes more carefully on stream, it really feels like Kimberly might even be the big winner of the patch. O_o

I swear Capcom got sick of me crying about Kimberly and they said, “FINE, James. Here’s your buffs! Happy? Now shut the f*** up, please!” LOL!

[Assistant] You and everyone that likes playing Kimberly in Battle Hub and Rank. As one of the newest characters, she should be strengthened in order to draw in even more casuals that get curious with her and other characters.

[User] Good to see her getting some love.  Hope to see more of her.

[Assistant] "Never ask us for anything ever again"


[User] Morning all! Today my tiny lunatic turns FIVE! She woke up claiming she'd grown taller overnight :) If you can, let me know where you are wishing happy birthday from, I want to show her how famous she is :)

[Assistant]
Happy birthday Violet from Essex! When I last saw you in person you were this big! I need to come see you and your mum and dad again 💙
But hope you have a great birthday today! 🎉🎂🎁

[User] She's got hair now!

[Assistant] Happy birthday from Chicago! We have a big lake that looks like the ocean, and lots of very tall buildings.


[User] Making of a koshur kaeleen. I think the color coding on the long sheet of paper is called Taeleem. It’s in a code only the artisans understand.

[Assistant] It’s a language. Not just code.

[User] Fascinating if so! But can one convey day to day sentences in it?

[Assistant]
It has limited vocabulary obviously but enough to give directions, colours and patterns

www.trtworld.com/magazine/in-...


[User] Ruski BS on brics channel…Telegram.

[Assistant] Yeah, they bombed a hospital🙄

[User] We tend to forget about Russhit’s presence in multiple military conflicts. They’re in Syria, they’re in multiple conflicts in African countries … Eventually, this will all come crashing down. And a lot of people will be very happy to see the Russhit economy collapse.

[Assistant] I still kept an eye on russias activities across continents whilst supporting Ukraine…russia is behind the Sudan conflict.

[User] Some of the African countries have been russified, too far gone.

[Assistant]
While next to nothing good comes out of colonization, some African nations are going to regret having opened the door to Russhit while they chased colonial France or UK. There are already some reports about Wagner Group being involved in raping and torturing people.

Russhit is a mediocracy.


[User] I'm talking about The Family Man w Nicolas Cage.

[Assistant] I love that movie!

[User] I love Nic Cage so much. 😍

[Assistant] Great flick!


[User]
💜2 of my favorite movie title sequences are both in San Fransisco:

1) "What's Up, Doc?" Barbra Streisand performing a beautiful rendition of "You're The Top" & she flips through a book with cast & crew names.

&

2) "Foul Play" Goldie Hawn's scenic drive along the California Coast to Barry Manilow.

[Assistant] Love this💙

[User] I lived in San Francisco and Sausalito in the 70s and 80s, my daughter was born in the City.  Such beauty and diversity, I love the City.

[Assistant] The end titles for “Innerspace” used the same road as “Foul Play”, albeit with Rod Stewart instead of Manilow.


[User]
This is the kind of stuff I worry about happening to me as a casual rider, and why I usually only go out very early in the morning or on my town’s ONE dedicated bike / walk path.

Hopefully Remco is okay. 🤞

[Assistant] Personal fear of mine as well.   Any time I have to pass a string of parked cars, I slow down dramatically.  I also only have 1 bike path, so usually I drive to it, then ride that one path.

[User] Same.  And I don't have a bike rack (little car), so it's popping the front wheel off to load inside and drive 15min to the one safe-ish spot to ride.  And even then I have to cross a LOT of busy roads.  😑

[Assistant] Oof.  How little of a car?  They make these things called SeaSucker that can stick to the roof of a car.  I’ve never tried it but seems like a good option if a roof rack or a trunk rack won’t fit.


[User]
Periodic reminder that dildos are older than your god...

This 28,0000 years old stone phallus discovered in Germany in 2005 was polished long before the oldest known depiction of a mythological figure.

www.theregister.com/2005/07/27/a...

[Assistant] Masturbation is not unique to humans so I wouldn't be surprised if using stones as Masturbation aids predates humanity itself...

[User]
Working theory should be that it does, even if we haven’t found and catalogued the evidence yet.

What is interesting is how religions formed around the ideas of sex and pleasure, and how the restriction of sex to solely procreation is an aberration in the study of the history of religion.

[Assistant] Given the hypersexual, female bisexuality oriented culture of bonobos and the fact that they sometimes crack nuts with stones I'd place my bet there.


[User] Work in kitchens they said, it'll be fun they said 😅 Gonna need a long soak and some chilled gaming after this shift. Hope you're all doing ok though friends 😊

[Assistant] Oh nooooo. I hope you get some relaxation in for sure!

[User] Thanks pal, me too!! 😅

[Assistant] enjoy your chilled gaming after the shift! 🫶


[User] Post a ship that is neither Star Trek or Star Wars.

[User] Is this one from a video game? I feel like I should know it, but I don't.

[Assistant]
🎶Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don′t care, I'm still free
You can′t take the sky from me.🎶

*sigh*


[User] Is anyone gonna tell her about the how the America even got started?

[Assistant] So let’s just keep slave labor going because it was legal literally hundreds of years ago, got it 👍 fuck China! :)

[User]
You’re really going to have a bad day if you Google how prisons in America work. Hope you don’t like hand sanitiser!

Sincerely, a Chinese-Jamaican who has read anything ever 😘

[Assistant] Bro they dont even like you 😭😭 www.voanews.com/a/chinese-so...


[User]
Was surprised to see the cloud cover over the UK - Glorious blue skies here and 10.7c in East Lothian.
I guess it wont last.

[Assistant] Dreaich down here 🙄

[User] Well, i better get to aldis after my wee coffee before i get that too. Get my Vit D.

[Assistant] It's not long stopped raining here.


[User] Good morning Blue Sky 💙

[Assistant] Good morning! Have a great weekend!

[User] Morning! 🌅

[Assistant] Good morning ☺☀

[User] Good morning 💙

[Assistant] Good morning 💙


[User]
Okay, eggnog reviews:

Oak Ridge Farm: our local dairy, they deliver to our house. Points for delivery. Nog is very tasty, with buttery notes.

Crescent Ridge Farm: from Massachusetts! Not that different from milk, honestly. I could pour this in sugary cereal and not know it wasn’t whole milk.

[Assistant] Arethusa Farm: Generally ranked as the best in state, and honestly, you can tell why. Warm, buttery, spiced. The best of the three.

[User] I’m pondering making some cookies or bread or cake with these eggnogs. I like eggnog — I’ve been converted, the secret is adding booze — but I can’t drink THIS much of it.

[Assistant] This local dairy delivers to us and we tried their eggnog the last delivery. It was a massive hit over thanksgiving. 🩷 www.morningfreshdairy.com/our-products...


[User] Soyo so pretty 😞

[Assistant]
Me liking Umiri: (describe 9384738463 reason why I like her)

Me liking Soyo: damn she's pretty...

[User] Pretty aside I actually like her character development. Also she acknowledged her previous ill intention and trying not to do it again(?), not everyone willing to change after doing mistakes.

[Assistant] I went through 82482847 denial phase before accepting she's mygo member I like the most (I am torn between her and Raana before haha).


[User] good morning, round animal people!!!!

[Assistant] It's Thanksgiving, things are bound to get even rounder today!

[User] Good orbning.  Have a swell day.

[Assistant] Good morning!


[User] If I followed you on the Other Place, but I’m not following you here, please comment ⬇. I’m trying hard to keep up, but it’s a challenge, especially when some user names have changed!

[Assistant] I can't remember for certain, but I think that I did warn you that I am rude and vulgar.

[User] I don't think you were following me on Twitter but just wanted to say Hi hope you're well :)


[User]
I think I will make some gifs this weekend to use here.

How else are we going to #manifest?

[Assistant] That sounds awesome. So how does a Luddite like me go about making gifs? I should add to the collection instead of just using other people’s gifs.

[User]
I made this one with imgflip.com. Find a YT video, copy the link and then find the bit you want to make a gif out of.
You can't upload gifs here, but you can save the gif as a video on the site, which means that you can use it here.

[Assistant] Easy to use. This is the second gif I ever made.


[User] Anyone know how reliable App Store Connect's "Last 24 Hours" trend reporting is? I don't normally keep an eye on my sales but because I'm running a Black Friday sale on Runestone, I'm curious to see iwhat effect it has on my sales.

[Assistant] It’s pretty accurate. You just need to keep an eye on the timestamps. I think it’s mapped to UTC(?) so usually I have a time of day when I look at it during such promotions, when it’s most accurate for me.

[User] Alright, that’s great. I’m seeing a very high increase in sales and got concerned App Store Connect is pulling a prank on me 😄

[Assistant] Hehe! Congratulations! Your sales’ working 😃


[User] Fire drinking cat.

[Assistant]
That cat is de Devil himself...!

… just like any regular cat; the only difference is that THAT cat doesn't give a fuck and doesn't hide the fact.

[User] Exactly!!! 😂

[Assistant]
Hello my friend , I hope you will take care of me and help me by publishing, donating and encouraging your friends to do so, I hope you will leave a mark in changing the course of our lives. 🍉🇵🇸🔻♥🙏
bsky.app/profile/ahme...


[User]
Good morning!
. .
What are you looking at?

-Hannah

[Assistant]
"n-no I- I wasn't staring I was just-"

He didn't have a good excuse.

[User]
「Pfft.
It's fine.
I wouldn't have put on the bra if it wasn't to play around a bit.」

After all.
It was a new morning and .. who really sleeps with their bra?
She knew just how much it emphasized her already pretty pair ♡

[Assistant] "oh I'm just enjoying the view of true beauty"


[User] Introduce yourself with four cricketers.

[Assistant] Morning!

[User] Mornin’ everyone…


[User] Right! This is without her for years. Black is definitely his color! BDE all day! Who knew CRM Rick would be his best look. #TOWL #Richonne 💗😭

[Assistant] My guy literally conjured her in his dreams and remembered the baddie he left behind and said “Bet” 😭

[User] Oh My God, Facts 💯😭

[Assistant] His hair is all wavy and looking like you need to run your fingers through it!! 🤭 He looks really good! 😍


[User] this irks my nerves SO BAD. 😮💨

[Assistant] He can't even read!!

[User] it's just so incredibly insulting. SO OVER IT!!

[Assistant] Ally, pls 😭


[User]
Almost 1k followers 🧡 I'm so grateful for the amazing Bsky artists community! When I signed up here in July 2023 I wasn't even hoping for the amount of support I see now✨

Let's celebrate with an #artshare ! :3

✦ Share your #art
✦ Repost for visibility
✦ Like & repost artists you love
✦ No AI/NFT !

[Assistant] Congrats for almost 1k !! And thanks for the artshare too!

[User]
Wish you get 1k asap :3

And TYSM for hosting the #artshare) ✨

[Assistant] 1k is a HUGE milestone, congratulations!!

[User]
Hi! I'm Carmine❣Congrats on 1k
And thank you for hosting the #artshare ♥

bsky.app/profile/carm...


[User] Could not agree more👇👇

[Assistant] NDP Green & Indie need to vote Lib or they will be the ones to hand us CON$, again.

[User] Federally or provincially?

[Assistant] No the actual issue is the number of people who just don't vote. 43% voted last election. You're not going to convince the people who actually care about voting not to vote for who they want to vote for. Not enough of them anyway.


[User]
Happy Thanksgiving.

Black Friday; no thanks.

[User] Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with all your family!!! Like ur mother 😉

[Assistant] Happy Thanksgiving Sonichu Prime!!

[User] I'm waiting for Cyber Monday, personally. All of that Friday rush is just a Total Bust, and just a way to propagate the Consumerist Capitalist Hysteria capitalizing on the holiday seasons.

[Assistant] Thank you for rejecting CRAPITALIST crazed consumerism. It's about time we got rid of all that nonsense anyways... Besides, some of the best gifts come from the heart, not the wallet.


[User] [ #SEO ] There are a lot of things to keep track of when coming up with internal links. You have all of them in your head, and it's impossible to reduce all of them to one prompt. For example: [1/2]

[Assistant]
🏛 Your (or your Client's) business, its products, the reason why folks end up on your website in the first place
📣 The brand's tone of voice and content guidelines: You will probably have to change the content a bit to accommodate the link, and [2/3]

[User]
🔍  The focus keyword of the page you are linking from and to
📊 Avoid Link dilution: Is the page being linked too much?
📈 Get the right number of links per page, both internal and external
[3/4]

[Assistant] With TailorTask, you can actually get all of these set up in your A.I. agent - for example, by adding a YOAST SEO Check, or by uploading a PDF of your brand guidelines. [4/4]


[User]
“Long-term illness, even in the closest, kindest family, comes with a heartbreaking amount of guilt….”

I particularly appreciated this section of @hugorifkind.bsky.social’s piece. Yes, I have theological concepts, etc - but this is thing I worry about most.

[Assistant] Social norms thrive on making us feel like we should be doing things or being or feeling things, and often no amount of reassurance can make us feel otherwise.

[User] 👍 hard yes to this.

[Assistant] www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h... I read it unpaywalled- it's a good piece.


[User] I need an emote creator, like i auck so much at doing chibi art, like wtf, i love cute things! Why can't my chibis be cute 🥺

[Assistant] These are not that bad :) Well if you want, I can create for you. Would you like to see some examples?

[User] Can I do few cute chibis for you😃

[Assistant] Interested! Would love to take on the request and hear out the ideas🫶🏻🥹


[User] If I put as much effort into my own looks as I do plamo, I'd probably be partway onto no longer being single.

[Assistant]
Hey now…

My wife initially fell in love with me when I looked like Grizzly Adams (and that’s the most generous analogy!)

[User] By any evidence I'm not physically or emotionally attractive to anyone. Which probably wouldn't sting quite so bad if all the couples I know weren't people loving each other for who they are. Just makes me feel like I'm naturally repellent.

[Assistant]
See, I’d still say that’s a skill issue on everyone else’s part

Admittedly it *is* absolutely awful to go through

But I for one refuse to believe you could be “naturally repellent”

I know I’m just basing this off how you present yourself online but… nah.


[User] Charlie Spaniels went for a groom today. Handsome AF, boyo! 🐾❤🐾

[Assistant] Nice! Now, If I could get Lola into the bath...

[User] Honestly handsome even before the grooming, but gorgeous.

[Assistant] Ready to go to town, beautiful!


[User] Hope everyone had an awesome THANKSGIVING!!! I sure did, of course I downed 22 (or 11 total) deviled eggs today!

[Assistant] Happy Thanksgiving my friend.

[Assistant] Big question. Did you make them?


[User] THE DISPLAY IN TARGET IS GORGEOUS!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[Assistant] I want it 😭❤

[Assistant] It’s such a sad time to be broke 😞 I hope swifties get them and not scalpers.


[User]
What have I become?

Being 37 means getting excited about the supermarket having a special offer on dishwasher tablets. Getting 10 packets for the price of 4 is the highlight of my week. Year's worth of dishes sorted.

[Assistant] Man, at that age I was still bouncing chaotically around inside my head, proving a dire distraction for Loving Spouse. (But I was a LOT better than I am now about getting dinner on the table.)

[User] Did you have three exhausting tiny humans crushing your spirit on a daily basis though? :(

[Assistant] Nope. Managed that pretty much on my own, dashing myself against the indifference that was modern life. (Fired a few "therapists" in that period, though, so something on a basic self-preservation level was still working.)


[User]
Meet the pronatalists — and their huge families

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are among an uneasy alliance of US conservatives and tech libertarians who agree women should be encouraged to have more children ⬇

www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor...

[Assistant] A mentality that all Fascists forever possessed... But Musk certainly has a different plan...

[User] It is interesting that certain types of men fear educated, independent women who value careers over marriage, procreation and being oppressed by men.

[Assistant] One wanders how the "encouragement" would be implemented.

[User] They were given tv shows to show off their litters.......

[Assistant] Yep, keep them barefoot and pregnant ......


[User]
🚨Sincereposting alert🚨

Last Thanksgiving I had just started working at Archive. I hadn't started HRT yet. I was still dead broke after spending all year pulling my life out of a tailspin in the hope that I could survive and transition. This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that I'm still here.

[Assistant] Thanks for you and your work!

[User] And I'm thankful to hold on to optimism for the future. I do not expect next year to be easy, but I'm ready to take it head on. I am confident that will make it through somehow.

[Assistant] And I'm thankful to hold on to optimism for the future. I do not expect next year to be easy, but I'm ready to take it head on. I am confident that will make it through somehow.

[User] And I'm thankful to hold on to optimism for the future. I do not expect next year to be easy, but I'm ready to take it head on. I am confident that will make it through somehow.

[Assistant] And I'm thankful to hold on to optimism for the future. I do not expect next year to be easy, but I'm ready to take it head on. I am confident that will make it through somehow.

[User] Please DM if you want to chat 🏳⚧

[Assistant] You've come so far, and that's something to be incredibly proud of. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving and an even brighter future!


[User]
Y'all, the following will be a thread for my brain, to help me remember.
Tara is doing us a major scare, and this one is pretty nauseating. I will tweet several pictures containing blood and worse. Please do not read on if this upsets you.
Tara has survived, so far.

[Assistant] I'm sorry for becoming so silent, but the little girl takes up all of our time.

[User]
We all know old dogs stink. Tara has kidney problems, so her breath does very much not smell like roses.
6 weeks ago, we noticed that the smell got worse. When it did not get better after 2 weeks, we went to the vet.

[Assistant]
Y'all: When your doggie stinks like rotten flesh, sometimes it's because her flesh is rotting.
The inside of Tara's right cheek was a big mass of dead flesh, about two quarters in size. We have no idea what happened. She's on painkillers, her mouth wasn't even sensitive to pain.


[User]
How is the irony lost on you that you are accurately describing what you've been sitting online doing all day (minus the middle of "the" country bit)

Nobody was talking to or about you- all of *your* posts are smug, dismissive, hateful replies to things that *you* disagree with.

[Assistant] At least I am interacting with people that I disagree with instead of writing them off. I’m taking the time to convince them of right thinking.

[User] If you want people to follow what you believe is right, you're not the person to do it- someone more Christlike who doesn't openly admit to feeling the "libs deserve to be owned" and login to the Internet first thing to be a provocative hypocrite to people who disagree with them.

[Assistant] But they do. Someone who smugly looks down on others for having a different (conservative or traditional) view or not living in a coastal city deserves to be put in their place. True or false? It’s quite self evidently true.


[Assistant] • Due to her revival being facilitated by a Goddess, Juniper doesn't suffer the typical side-effects of undeath; she's actually resistant to [Turn Undead], and receives health from [Restoration Magic] instead of damage.

[User] • Due to her revival being facilitated by a Goddess, Juniper doesn't suffer the typical side-effects of undeath; she's actually resistant to [Turn Undead], and receives health from [Restoration Magic] instead of damage.

[Assistant] • Due to her revival being facilitated by a Goddess, Juniper doesn't suffer the typical side-effects of undeath; she's actually resistant to [Turn Undead], and receives health from [Restoration Magic] instead of damage.

[User] • As a Hamadryad, Juniper is immune to [poison] and [non-magical damage] from [non-silvered] weapons.

[Assistant] • As a Hamadryad, Juniper is immune to [poison] and [non-magical damage] from [non-silvered] weapons.

[User] • As a Hamadryad, Juniper is immune to [poison] and [non-magical damage] from [non-silvered] weapons.

[Assistant] • Juniper is a [Hamadryad]; connected to an entire forest (or more), as opposed to just a single tree. As such, the flora she's connected to acts as an extension of herself. She can hear, feel, and see through even the smallest sprout.


[User]
This morning I had to mute block so many accounts that came through last night.

They had NO bio, and NO posts. If they did have a post it was just 1 (without a bio)
I can't VET an account like those.

Please put a bio and post in your account to help me out here.

Sorry!!

[Assistant] Yeah lots of random follows here with little or nothing in common. I'd prefer to remove but can only mute at this point.  What I don't get is how many mutuals follow those back 🤔

[User]
I mute some in my notifications to come back to in time.
Giving the benefit of the doubt that they just need time to build and get used to the *site.
Not always but sometimes I do.
Lots follow them the way they are and I think that just encourages them not to build a bio etc. 🤷♀

[Assistant] Starting a new account is hard but I’ve discovered if you fill your Bio with something about yourself, your beliefs and opinions, people are more likely to give you a chance.

[User] I don’t follow accounts like that either.

[Assistant] I don’t know if those accounts want people to follow them. Maybe they are just here to see what the rest of us are doing?


[User] Wow just found this in the wall!

[Assistant] Gee, all I got in my oven is a Medusa head.

[User] Infernax taught me to fear the wall turkey! Such a betrayal by that game! But this one looks really good!

[Assistant]
Mrs. Turkey: I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about detective.

Columbo: He was in the wall the whole time!


[User] Two blocked three unfollowed politics I am keeping my timeline a happy place something I should have done in that other place! 👍🏻✅

[Assistant] I blocked 6 american females the other day.

[User] Really 🤣🤣

[Assistant] The usual suspects mate.

[User] I’m been really careful to who I follow plus randomers who start to follow from the other side of the pond 👊

[Assistant] Yip that’s it ✅


[User] Every once in a while financial media seem to settle on a narrative that they maintain despite lack of evidence — or even in the teeth of contrary evidence. So I was struck by this in the FT 1/

[Assistant] Every bit of data we have — including the data in the article — says that investors in fact believe that the Fed can and will control inflation. We can measure this directly by looking at breakevens on TIPS: 2/

[User] A lot of this article seems to key off the BOE's Bailey saying that he can't control near-term inflation driven by energy and supply-chain shocks — which is not at all the same thing as a loss in long-term credibility 3/

[Assistant] Incidentally, even short-term inflation expectations seem to have come down a fair bit lately. Look at the yield on TIPS coming due about a year from now, which is way up — i.e., investors willing to pay less for inflation protection 4/


[User] If I could just get my adhd to hyper focus on hitting the gym 😔

[Assistant] But why, when you can spin out in your own head telling yourself you know what you need to do and also feel guilty for the lack of executive function that helps get it done? 🥲

[User] If that burned calories and built muscle I’d look like Stallone in his prime 😭

[Assistant] ADHD is starting to go to the gym, forgetting about the gym, and then remembering it exists two weeks later like, ‘Oh, hey! I was gonna be a better person.


[User] Please read this story about my (current) favourite band, the Vampires, where I ask ridiculously personal questions. www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...

[Assistant] I did a quick search on iTunes for albums by The Vampires as I’m now intrigued after reading your article, but not sure if I found the right band. Could you recommend an album or any recordings Jenna? Cheers :)

[User] I did a quick search on iTunes for albums by The Vampires as I’m now intrigued after reading your article, but not sure if I found the right band. Could you recommend an album or any recordings @jennaprice.bsky.social ? That would be greatly appreciated. Cheers :)

[Assistant] Intrigued after reading your article @jennaprice.bsky.social. Did a quick search on iTunes for The Vampires, but not sure if I found the right people. Could you recommend a particular album or recording? Keen to have a listen. Cheers, 🎷


[User] i’m afraid that anime is the one thing i can’t get with, and it’s not for lack of trying 😭

[User] Not to be pushy, but what have you tried 😅🤷🏾♂

[Assistant] i’ve tried hunterxhunter, attack on titan, and death note 😭😭😭


[User]
Drop a hot take or unpopular opinion:

The Beast/Binary scene in The Marvels is the only part of the film I liked. YMMV.

[Assistant] I wish they just recast Kane instead of this Dr. Doom stuff.

[User] oh I must have missed that.. now the big bad is Doom? whatever. but I'm glad Kang is gone, the character was un-good and there was too much villainy bwah ha ha for my tastes.

[Assistant] Kelsey Grammar is too old for this shizzle.

[User] I went in after hearing fans go on a tear about how awful it was... and I thought it was about as good as most of the Marvel movies, certainly not anywhere near even the bottom third. <shrug> dif'rent strokes, I suppose. This end bit was nice but w/o follow up, it becomes meaningless.

[Assistant]
Mine is that I want entirely new casting for the X-Men in the MCU.
I don't want anyone brought back.
Honestly, I'd prefer that they not even be brought in until there's been a complete relaunch of the MCU.


[User]
NASA and ESA are sending spacecraft to investigate the potential ocean worlds of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (Jupiter's Moons).

Europa Clipper and JUICE will use advanced instruments to probe beneath the icy surfaces and study the oceans' composition.

[Assistant]
Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - Jupiter's moons - likely have massive underground oceans containing more water than Earth's oceans combined.

These missions aim to determine if these hidden oceans could support life.

[User]
While liquid water is crucial, energy sources and specific chemicals are also needed. Underwater volcanoes on Europa's seafloor could potentially provide these ingredients.

These explorations may revolutionize our understanding of habitability in the solar system.

[Assistant] Just as Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons changed our view of Earth's place in the universe, these missions could reveal another profound surprise.

[User] The spacecraft will use radar to peer through the ice, magnetometers to study the oceans' properties, and cameras to examine surface geology. This data will give unprecedented insight into these mysterious water worlds.

[Assistant]
I hope you've found this thread interesting.

Follow me for more cool facts!

Like/Repost the quote below if you can:


[User]
NEW: I wrote about a little-known but hugely impactful compatibility issue between smart controls and UK gas boilers. Heating experts have campaigned on this for years. Now, at last, they're being heard.

www.thereengineer.pro/p/uk-heating...

[Assistant] It would have been really interesting to read but I don’t want to have to sign up to things to do that 🤷🏻♀

[User] Annoying isn't it.  You feel duped when you find out after starting to read it.  Essentially it's a form of (annoying) advertising!

[Assistant] I'm not sure one could say "duped"... I've been very clear from the outset that there will be paid subscriber-only posts! I've said that multiple times on Bluesky. But, if you are personally especially interested in this article, send me an email and I can help: thereengineernews@gmail.com.

[User] Please remember that I am a professional journalist and this is my livelihood.

[Assistant] Understood.  But I don't keep a log of which journalists do and don't post free material, so it would be nice to say it's not a free link in the post.  Adverts on Xitter have such a flag so we know not to click on them unless we want a commercial relationship.

[User]
Who knew? 🙄

About 7-8 years ago I mounted a stepper motor onto my gas boiler temperature knob to modulate it based on a constant return temperature. It ensured condensing mode was maintained but of course confused the “smart” system’s learning because that assumes a fixed flow temperature. Duh..

[Assistant] Oh that is interesting. Yes - I can see that combining various controls / interventions might end up working at cross purposes.


[User] Naps are so highly unpredictable.  You can either wake up feeling refreshed or wake up not knowing what month or year it is.

[Assistant] The latter for me every time 😩

[User] Or you can wake up more tired than before. That's why I don't like to nap 🤣

[Assistant] Very true .. usually think it’s time to get up for work .. and then realise .. it’s the weekend. Funny .


[User] 4 random favorites from the PS1 that maybe weren't super obvious picks.

[Assistant] I've been thinking about Koudelka a lot lately. I wanna play it.

[User] I wonder if there's a 10 hour loop of the battle theme on YT 🤔

[Assistant] Let's listen to the Buck Bumble theme on loop.


[User]
Fast approaching the anniversary of losing someone close to suicide during lockdown, and it’s always worth putting the message out there:-

You’re not alone
You are loved
You can get help

Asking for help is the bravest thing anyone can do. Be brave.

My DM’s always open if anyone wants to chat 🫶🤘👍

[Assistant]
Ah man, so sorry for your loss! Hope you're doing okay!

Thanks bro, right back at you ✌🏻

[User] Thanks mate. It’s always there but it’s just something we have to live with now. But raising awareness or just letting people know that there is hope is really important.

[Assistant]
wonderful post, garth! ❤

sending you lots of love, and i’m sorry for your loss. 🫂


[User] Watched #LastChristmas last night, which is the holy trifecta of a Christmas movie, a RomCom and a Jukebox Musical (of a sort - the majority of the incidental music features George Michael).  Emma Thompson is a brilliant screenwriter, and this is so nearly a great film.

[Assistant] It's got a mostly brilliant cast, and Emilia Clarke really fights to hold it all together as the central character. It's her story, and she makes Kate broken and lost without forgetting that this was sold as a romcom and needs to be fun. She's really good in it.

[User] I watch it every year, even though it’s hokey. It has Michelle Yeoh as Santa!

[Assistant] I LOVE Yeoh's storyline - the film knows it needs a bit of sweet uncomplicated romance, and she just eats it up. She might well be the best thing in it.


[User] You know what, there is not much to do today. For every like in this message I'll give a random history or art factoid.

[Assistant] 1 - We dont really know how Shakespeare looks like. Out of the three main portraits of him, one has not been proven to actually be him, and theother two were done by people who is very likely that never met him before.

[User] 1 - We dont really know how Shakespeare looked like. Out of the three main portraits of him, one has not been proven to actually be him, and the other two were done by people that is very likely that never met him before.

[Assistant] 1 - We dont really know how Shakespeare looked like. Out of the three main portraits of him, one has not been proven to actually be him, and the other two were done by people that is very likely that never met him before.

[User] 2 - In Hieronymus Bosch's painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights", specifically in the hell section, there is a piece of music painted on the butt of one of the sinners. Experts say that it wasnt meant to be played, but if you look for "bosch butt song" on youtube you will find attempts on it.

[Assistant] 3 - The Holy Grail doesnt appear on the Bible. It actually comes from an arthurian poem, about the story of Sir Perceval, and in the first iterations it was just a magical dish, unrelated to Christ.


[User] We didn't lose in Afghanistan because of ROE, we lost because the insurgents were always able to retreat to, rebuild in, and resupply in Pakistan, and Pakistan was content to let them because it kept the focus of the Pashtun tribes on Afghanistan. And we weren't about to invade a nuclear state.

[Assistant] It wasn't exactly a secret that the Haqqani network was running its ops and maintaing bases in Pakistan. I agree that we had limited options, but still, it was quite a failure of our State/Defense departments and foreign affairs teams.

[User]
Russia, famous for tight ROE and civilian protections, fared so much better than the US.

Hold on, I've been handed a note. That entire previous sentence was entirely wrong on all counts.

[Assistant] I think part of the issue was that we fucked up the political situation in AfPak by invading Iraq. Not that Pakistan was great in 01/02, but getting them to crack down on militants at our behest maybe could've happened in that political context, but definitely couldn't post-Iraq.


[User] Heh I love this works on right wing fanboys who don’t seen there following a man who owns several corporations and is a billionaire. If he does this somehow get it off the ground it does show what devs to actively shun if they jump on board.

[Assistant] Thing we all know the ai can’t do jack it will be a team of people who all agree with his message and that’s the bit to keep an eye out for if any of his big talk actually happens.

[User] The fact that he doesn’t think he’s also a “massive corporation” as well is funny.😅

[Assistant]
The new anticapitalist indie dev.
You gotta say, as a comedian, he is pretty good.


[User] Bit of a trauma dump, might delete later.. been thinking about sobriety a lot recently and how much of a struggle it's been to get here. I'm currently three years, one month, and 13 days sober, which is the longest stretch I've had in my 30+ year relationship with alcohol.

[Assistant] Wont go too deep into history or details, but I've been in and out of programs for at least 15-20 of those years. Was a relatively normal kid with bad impulse control and something to prove. Had my first drink at 19 and by 29 was on a first name basis with some of my hometown law enforcement.

[User]
Mostly minor offenses - disorderlies, property damage, nothing violent. Slap a kid on the wrist and send him on his way sort of thing.

At 32, I experienced a pretty severely traumatic incident following a binge that to this day I can only remember in snapshots.

[Assistant]
This was during a period of being unhoused and crashing on couches.

Started treatment not long after that incident as by that point my mental health was totally shot. Did something stupid and dangerous, lucky I'm alive and without lasting consequences.


[User] I just realise that the Christmas break is less than 3 workweeks away! Happy Tuesday all!

[Assistant] Happy Tuesday Dutch🫶

[User] have a great one!

[Assistant] Thank you ✌


[User] Is there any point in querying agents who have previously ghosted / rejected my work?  Trying to stop my brain thinking their silence is because they're shocked at the state of my writing!  And yes, imposter syndrome is alive and well in my head today...

[Assistant] Yes, because this new book might be the right one for them.

[User] Yes, absolutely. They always want the next great book. Your previous submissions might not have been right for them. You could mention it in your query letter too. Good luck.

[Assistant] Yes, go for it. This time round it may well be different - at least that’s what I’ll be telling myself next time round 😉 I think I’ve finally got myself to a place where I can compartmentalise last MS and new one.


[User]
Just finished reading Stanislaw Lem's "Eden" which was very very good. The first of his many "social sci fi" novels about failed first contact and the difficulty of communication. Reminded me of Annihilation and Scavengers Reign.

Also I love all the vintage covers and need to collect them all.

[Assistant] Also features robots, information theory, strange plants, alien anthropology, and bioengineering. Truly scary in some parts.

[User] Alien Clay, by Adrian T is a bit in this vein too.

[Assistant] Not the most popular of his works. It was the first of his books I've read as  eleven year old (it was on my parents bookshelf). Didnt understand most of it then but it stil blown my mind.  Especially Defender and the last part, communication, neologisms. I wonder how "gniewiść" was translated.

[User]
Yeah the whole Defender sequence (and the earlier sequence in the truck thing) was fascinating. Still not sure why they had to drive around at night but it added to the creepiness.

I don't speak Polish but I think they translated word as "anger." Is there more nuance to it in Polish?

[Assistant] Looks fun! Have you read his Cyberiad? I think it’s one of the funniest books I’ve ever read (yet also quite profound).


[User]
🚨Another Magat Troll🚨

@neganthesavior.bsky.social

You know what to do.

[Assistant] Done and I washed out my eyes after looking at the posts, and gargled and an enema just to be sure I was cleansed.

[User] Ty , Another weird want to be tv villian bites the dust !

[Assistant] Thank you My Fitness Queen!!!!


[User] thread of thoughts & observations about link in bio sites!

[Assistant] finding it strange & compelling how linktree et al tend to function as shadow nav — ppl often have their own "real" website, which ostensibly could serve the same function; in such cases these tools reproduce their own website nav in filtered / flattened form…interesting!!!

[User] the people's website nav; the underground nav; the entangled gift web nav…

[Assistant]
for some, it's obvious why they use it: many links to many platforms & helps wrangle the chaos in one simple list

for others, feels like too few items (what's the point) or too many (hard to scan) or otherwise more reader friendly as an actual website…but…ofc hard to make!

[User] this really makes me appreciate the (relatively rare!) case where ppl hand-make their own native "links" page directly on their own website, like sfpc.study/links and sojourners4justice.press/links — these are so nice!

[Assistant]
stranger still: link in bio sites are getting fancier; some not only reproduce the nav but veer toward reproducing the entire site

see eg: centerforbookarts.start.page/ vs. centerforbookarts.org/ — the latter a lovely thoughtful site, way more personality, just…not minimal enough?

[User]
and something that seems increasingly common: reproducing a weird hybrid of blog links + Instagram-like image grid layout

see e.g this link from Pioneer Works' IG: linkin.bio/pioneer-work... vs. their proper website pioneerworks.org/

[Assistant]
and some other examples:

Kickstarter: sprout.link/kickstarter vs. www.kickstarter.com/

Printed Matter: linkin.bio/printedmatte... vs. www.printedmatter.org/

NYPL: sprout.link/nypl vs. www.nypl.org/

…lol okay — what's going on here?!

[User] do these orgs not trust their own sites? or feel it's worth the flattened experience for easier mobile nav? or jumping on it as a trend? or Instagram actually somehow gives these links more juice or the platforms lead people to believe they do? all the above?

[Assistant]
lots of IG posts say e.g. "to read, go to link in bio and click image", a hack b/c you can't have real links in posts…

so basically: a translation layer to map IG image grid --> corresponding links

clever but also like…insane perversion of the web lmao. but I think that's it!


[User] Good morning folks o/

[Assistant] Morning!

[User] Morning there!

[Assistant] Morning 👋🏾👋🏾😘😘


[User] "'It just can't, not after what we're learning about,' Kelly said."

[Assistant]
Not going through.

Told ya.

Bridge too far.
Like the other turd.

[Assistant] Wow. I’ll have to listen to the podcast of Kelly’s show then. He’s usually on board with every awful thing that comes out of Donald’s mouth. He’s the son of former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

[User]
Let the 2025 intramural begin!

Vote your best interests 2026!!!
Get your kicks in 2026!!!

[Assistant] Damn even newsmax is rejecting this pick when they are constantly glazing.


[User]
One of my greatest worries with this incoming administration, is their self appointed zero due process policy towards “pedo” labeled individuals.

The extremists in the party sprinkle the accusations on rivals like its glitter. They’ll use this as a go to “absolute truths” against any opponents.

[Assistant]
Maga voter questioning why his undocumented employees are being deported? Pedo.

A professor of social sciences protesting their rhetoric? Pedo.

Anti-Facism Influencer? Pedo.

Married father of 3 daughters defending their rights & with zero evidence of any disgusting behavior? Pedo.

Oppose? Pedo.

[User]
I despise any evil sickening predator who harms children and would be one of the first to volunteer for jury duty to prosecute any scum.

Their blatant labeling & use of the dog whistle “pedo” against any genuine person (non-scum) is a projecting, inhuman Nazi tactic.

Keep an eye open friends…

[Assistant]
Many good, innocent & moral people among us will unjustly pursued via this label simply for opposing this administrations fascist rhetoric.

To those who truly are sickos, may you endure an infinite tormented afterlife full of mental hellscapes & the deepest, darkest doom covered in flames.


[User] This whole thread but especially this.

[Assistant] So what can be done? Basically everything about the left from 2020 is wrong.

[User] Maybe stop taking money from AIPAC and pushing crypto and you won’t be called “out of touch?”

[Assistant] I know!!!  So how do we reacquaint people who are smart, political and mainstream to left leaning ideas?  I think it’s a wage reform agenda.  Real wages are terrible.


[User] Ororon... I see what you are doing but I don't ship lumine with citlali 🤔😆😆

[Assistant] He is so cute 😭

[User] I think citlali is my fav character in natlan ❤ (with capitano)

[Assistant] I hope Ifa (even just in mentions) is in the event 🙏


[User]
For those trying to understand the Barbra Banda issue please see this article from 2022.
'All the players had to undergo gender verification, a CAF [Confederation of African Football] requirement, and unfortunately she did not meet the criteria set by CAF.'
www.sportresolutions.com/news/view/za...

[Assistant] 'Banda has been taking medication to reduce her naturally high testosterone levels but it was not enough to meet the regulations with three other Zambian players also being affected by the gender eligibility rules.'

[User]
'Naturally high' is code for 'in the male range'.
Normal circulating T for women: 0.06-1.68 nmols/l and for men 7.7-29.4 nmols/l.
x.com/cathydevine5...

[Assistant]
So there are two possibilities for BBC Sport shortlisting Banda for Women Footballer of the Year:
1. They did not know Banda had failed sex tests meaning shoddy journalism.
2. They did not care meaning sexist journalism.
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

[User] Incidentally, given Banda failed to qualify for the female category based on the Confederation of African Football's rules, the claims of racism are clearly completely off beam. The CAF is quite rightly protecting African female players.

[Assistant]
A @theguardian.com sport  journalist claims
'Her agent, club and the Confederation of African Football have said she did not take a gender eligibility test and was withdrawn by the Football Association of Zambia.'
Perhaps they could elaborate/ investigate further.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...


[User] I’m straight-up dead. 💀

[Assistant]
Was it too far? 😅

I feel like we were too nice in the first place, and that's her whole problem. 🐔

[User] Not at all! She is a fine as a senior woman model and clothes look good on her. CLOTHES. 🫣

[Assistant] But she’s an awful person and that’s more likely the cause of her “failing” career. Plus her son is a dick and everyone hates him.

[User] People previously held her in high regard because she was posing as an ethical person. That was part of her beauty and charm, and why she booked covers. Now, she's 'resigned' from the Dems because they're mean and nasty, and she speaks and acts with no principles at all. Her vanity is ugly as sin.

[Assistant]
Someone in wardrobe saw right through her on this occasion, if you ask me.

They captured her true Apartheid essence.


[User]
I'm quietly admiring Rod Stewart sticking the knife into Gregggggg, years after the incident in question happened.
I, too, hold a grudge for years until the appropriate moment.

[Assistant] I've never been a fan of Gregggggg.  Or John for that matter .

[User] I get the feeling John is more of a gentleman; he's managed to stay married to the goddess that is Lisa Faulkner, at least.

[Assistant] I just googled to see who she was . 😂 I've never watched anything she was in so no surprise I didn't know who she was .

[User]
I knew her from Eastenders years ago, then she started cooking.
I'm terrible for judging people by their food.

[Assistant] The casserole of rage. Let it simmer until it's ready to come out. That was from a sitcom years back but I can't remember what!


[User]
I read an advert from a distant land,
That said—Two small and unused baby shoes
Are offered for sale. . . .

[Assistant] This reminds me of the "Hemingway" myth about the "Baby Shoes" bet of a story in six words or less.

[User]
Yes, exactly, all wrapped around the literary game of quote-retweeting stairstep style, riffing poetically on the theme of the moment.

Say what you mean: For sale, baby shoes. Bear witness: never used. Iterate.

(With love, hankercheives, and apologies to Mike Ford and all who loved his poetry. )

[Assistant] You are a kindred spirit. I can just tell.

[User]
Commending this (and the posts immediately following) for your kind attention:

bsky.app/profile/evil...

[Assistant] nothing else remains!


[User] Whoa! cdn.bsky.app our baby imgproxy optimizes images at @bsky.app 🔥🔥🔥

[Assistant]
That is super cool!

I dare to ask in case you have a direct line to someone from Bluesky, maybe you can convince them to allow higher-quality images :)

This will benefit the sharing of code sample images but also other communities.

notes.ghinda.com/post/compari...

[User] That’s so cool!

[Assistant] That’s so cool! 🤩


[User]
Some of my favorite hiphop releases of 2024 a thread. #hiphop #thehiphopheadspodcast

1st let us not forget Vince Staples "Dark Times". He continues his epic run of great music. Also check out his show on Netflix it's wild.

[Assistant] Jamal Gasol blessed us with a lil 7 track banger some months back with "It's Still A Dity Game" keep him on your radar he's too nice with it.

[User] One of my artists of the past few years that isn't on the radar of many is Smooth Haynes out of Hartford CT. This dude oozes style and grace. 2024 he dropped "Vainglorious" it's under 20 minutes but impactful peep Haynes Theme., nasty work.

[Assistant] Hell who would I be without getting my city on the board? You'd be hard pressed to find a harder worker and spitter than the homie Teflon Hoot aka Borirock. I see him everywhere he's really out here and his run right now is undeniable don't sleep on "ZINGCLOPS". Check out Feed The Family too.

[User] One of the hardest hits of 2024 was losing Brownsville Ka. It was a shock to us all who really love this artform. Thankfully, he left us with his final masterpiece "The Thief Next to Jesus" cementing him as one of the greatest poets of our generation.

[Assistant] A week or two ago Yak Ball and DJ Mondee came out of left field and dropped "Young Yashar" a little 3 joint single like you'd find during Yaks come up. He features one of my favorite artists of this generation Therevada.


[User]
Tencent just dropped HunyuanVideo!

A new 13B open-source text-to-video model that looks like it is going to take the throne 👑

[Assistant] The model delivers cinematic video quality in both real and virtual styles.

[User] We're all tired of slow-motion shots, so HunyuanVideo is breaking the norm with dynamic motion, capturing entire actions in a single shot.

[Assistant] Making it possible to generate rich semantic expressions and the completion of sequential actions in a single step.

[User] It supports artistic shots that break single-camera movements with seamless integration of director-level camera work.

[Assistant] As well as generalizing concepts, bringing surreal scenes into a realistic setting.

[User] All while maintaining compliance with physical laws to reduce the sense of disconnection for the audience.

[Assistant] But this isn't where HY-Video stops. The upcoming image-to-video model will also support voice control, bringing images to life with natural movement and lip-syncing.

[User]
It also supports generating sound effects 👀

"Prompt: Birds chirp and tweet"

[Assistant]
Another example.

"Prompt: A car engine revs"

[User] And last but not least, video-to-video expressions are also supported, making Runway's Act-One already seem outdated.

[Assistant]
As I said, this is open-source, but comes with a price of 60-80GB VRAM requirement!

Code: github.com/Tencent/Huny...
Model: huggingface.co/tencent/Huny...


[User]
In an absolutely devastating turn of events, I'm going to go to work.

Good morning.

[Assistant] Morning!

[User] Morning Mindy. I hope you have adventures of the highest order today!

[Assistant] Best of luck! I’ll say a prayer.


[User]
Faced my fear of my face being in water today and went snorkeling!

(I say I faced my fear, I actually silently had a panic attack until I could find my way out of the pool again. Horrendous)

[Assistant] Something to get in though! Think you'll try again?

[User] Nope. I was in there for ages because it was a one way course and hated it the entire time. Never again!

[Assistant] Fair enough. Still, a minor victory.


[User] Happy Anniversary apparently, to the day I wandered into my local Co Op to find them playing "A Forest" by The Cure on the in-store radio. That was a good day.

[Assistant] Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the day I went out in odd shoes.

[User] FB Memories reminding you of all the good stuff as well?

[Assistant] That's a lovely memory, but let's be real, it's not as good as the day you bought a loaf of bread that made a difference in your life.