[User]
www.wisden.com/series/new-z...

What do you mean Kane is actually one of the best batters in the world, Wisden?

Music to my ears after one too many "but he's just a home track bully" debate online. 🖤🏏

[Assistant] kane williamson is my absolute FAVOURITE - I have so much respect and admiration for him, and it's so odd that he gets so overlooked ??

[User] Because it's "just" New Zealand. We hardly ever feature in pre-World Cup discussions, only for people to go 'you shouldn't count out New Zealand' when we do make it to a semifinal. And Kane is just such a low-key character it's easy for him to get ignored 🙁 🙄🖤🏏

[Assistant] it's infuriating because new zealand offer so much talent across the men's and the women's game - I really admire kane's low-key character because he comes across as so real and earnest rather than a 'big' personality! 🏏


[User]
Question:
Do you celebrate Thanksgiving
1- Happily, looking forward to it.
2- No big deal, you go with the flow.
 3- Grudgingly, you dislike the bickering or fake hugs.
4- You don’t celebrate it.

[Assistant] 4. Gave both holidays up a dozen years ago.

[User] I’ve done it slowly (Stoped making a big fuss over them or turning them i to a big ordeal. Also compleat stoped cooking/serving traditional meals, which has made everyone happy) and my kids are pushing for me to completely let them go.

[Assistant] 2 with a bit of 3 sometimes.

[User] I’m right about there myself.

[Assistant] Understood! :)


[User] I don’t know what I was expecting out of this morning but it wasn’t a kitten jumping in my coffee and burning her foot🤦♀

[Assistant] Oh no! Is she okay?💕

[User] A little wet and bedraggled from the coffee and then the cold water rinse afterwards but already back to the zoomies. She’s running around on the leg that landed in the coffee cup. It can’t be that bad. 8 more lives to go!

[Assistant] So glad to hear that. 😊 Extra cuddles in order today- providing you can catch her in between the zoomies!😻


[User] Looking for artist starter packs....

[Assistant] Your DM is closed, please fix it, and then I'll share the details there...

[User] I'd be happy to help! let's we can discuss in DM?

[Assistant] Followed back, and DMs are now open! Sorry, new to BlueSky 😅


[User] Wowsers!! 🦊💙

[Assistant] Good morning Pers! Quite a moment yesterday! How’re you doing today? 💙

[User] Perishing cold!

[Assistant] Foggy here too. I’m going to venture out with the camera today. Hope my fingers don’t drop off 😂


[User]
Just walked past a woman wearing the Joy Division pulsar shirt on our dog walk.

Really tried my best to mind my own business. But she asked what my dog’s name was ….

Rookie mistake.

It started with my response “I like your shirt ……”

20 mins later, she now knows the how a pulsar is born.

[Assistant] You say “mistake” as though she did not want to know how a pulsar is born. 😂

[User] Did she learn who discovered pulsars?

[Assistant]
So, your dog's name is Pulsar, I hope?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSvC...


[User]
I do love the way that muscle gays are simple creatures. They just want more muscles.

And to touch muscles. And be around muscles.

I 100% get it.

I don’t desire the muscles myself. But muscular men? Yes please.

Muscular women too.

🫠🫠🫠

[Assistant] Next year I will go back to the gym to hopefully turn some buns into guns.

[User] I want tickets to the gun show!

[Assistant]
Muscles 🤩😻😳🫠

I'll be right back I got to go take care of something..


[Assistant] Such a nice view 😍

[User] Such a great POV 😍

[Assistant] thank you 🥰


[User] Even more valuable trophies obtained by rebels in Syria. Two loaded BM-30 Smerch heavy self-propelled 300mm MLRS.

[Assistant] Of all these weapon names "Smerch" is by far my favorite.

[User]
The aircraft might have been destroyed.
Can't tell so easily.

[Assistant] Both systems don't really look ready for use/driving to me. Like so many things that the rebels conquer. Assad seems to have invested a lot of money in his guard units, but has let the rest go to waste. He will not get a replacement for the next few years.


[User]
What's going on?

🦋 app notification exploded after two posts but X is mostly silent even.

Are we moving over or what?

[Assistant] That’d be great! 😉

[User] The trend is on BlueSky at the moment. Not sure if this is long term.

[Assistant]
I remember how "everyone" was moving over to Mastadon.
Will see.


[User]
To truly win me over as a lifelong follower, please go heavier on the Cat Beauty stuff like this.
I'll follow you anywhere.

[User]
I'm so glad to see you here. You just don't know. See my eyes?  😍 Those are red tears of joy....possibly blood.
I choose to believe in JOY tho.

[Assistant] I’m glad you’re here. I was sad when you went MIA from Twatter.


[User] I really felt the love today, y’all! A lot of the time my birthday gets overshadowed by the holiday so sometimes it can feel meh but today was a good one. I know it’s cliche but I really am #thankful for you all.

[Assistant] Happy birthday and much love!

[User] Thank you! ❤

[Assistant] Happy Birthday! 🎊

[User] Thank you Ivonne!

[Assistant] I hope you had a wonderful birthday!

[User] Thank you! I really did ☺

[Assistant] Happy birthday! Hope the pie worked out in the end.

[User] I got happy birthdayd earlier and was confused. I understand now 🥳 Happy Birthday late!!!

[Assistant] Hahaha oops sorry! Name twin probs 😂 but thank you!

[User] Hope it was a great one!

[Assistant] Thanks! It was ☺


[User] ♡ Interaction: Prayers ♡

[Assistant] All day, every day, any time of day, in the streets, in the sheets, in the kitchen to the floor, the woods to the oceans.

[User]
Should they play a game of collars?

Testing and teasing back and forth to see who gets control for the day.

It would also be a lovely bonding experience, yes?

[Assistant] Provide a kindle of kittens, pet the fur, then aftercare, for a pur.

[User] “Call me a feline one more time, and I'll jam my knot inside your female counterpart.”

[Assistant] “Guess you are within the Canid category then. A while my counterpart wouldn’t be against it, she wouldn’t be scared either.”


[User] I almost moved to Hawaii a million years ago. I love the Hawaiian Islands. The scent of the orchards and ginger permeate the air. The beautiful ocean and mountains. The aloha spirit exists where no one is a stranger. The comfort of the trade winds. The sound of the ukulele seems to be everywhere.

[Assistant] Sounds wonderful!

[User] Hawaii is beautiful. What stopped you?

[Assistant] Is was a boy girl thing gone awry.


[User] Just picked up Dead Island 2 online for like $20. Always looking for games to co-op with my friend. 😊

[Assistant] Nice pick up! It's a great game, think you'll have loads of fun playing it co-op!

[User] Thanks! Sweet, now I'm even more excited. We're playing Phasmophobia whenever we have free time now, but we might squeeze this game in soon. 👀

[Assistant] Excellent game! So good. 👌


[User] 1/10 Science has traveled far since Newton. Newtonian physics, rooted in materialism, provided a foundation, but quantum mechanics shattered the illusion of solidity. Planck, Bohr, and Schrödinger revealed matter’s true nature—waves of energy, interacting as probability fields.

[Assistant] 2/10: Max Planck, the father of quantum theory, famously stated, “There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force.” His discovery of quantized energy hinted at reality’s hidden fabric—frequency shaping existence.

[User] 3/10: Albert Einstein’s equation  unified energy and mass, confirming their interchangeability. Photons, the quanta of light, were shown to have no mass and exist timelessly, outside space. Light itself became a bridge between material and immaterial.

[Assistant] 4/10: Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle unveiled a deeper truth: particles are not fixed entities but dynamic waves of potential, vibrating in probabilistic patterns. This aligns with the Pythagorean view that reality is structured by mathematical frequency.


[User] How man Minnesota counties have been used as first names? There's at least 20.

[Assistant] I knew a Yellow Medicine in grade school.

[User] Their cousin was Blue Earth.

[Assistant] Sorry there isn’t a Steve county.


[User]
1, So, Fountains DC , Nottingham Arena.
Seen them twice at Rock City, before that we were too slow for the smaller tour to get tickets.
Each time I realised it'd only be a matter of time before they out grow a 2000 capacity venue.
Got pre sale tickets in April as intrigued if they could make ....

[Assistant]
2,....the transition to a big stadium. Due to a unexpected new hip we had to swap for seated rather than standing....
I'd forgotten how "corporate" these events are, 9 quid a pint..we sat on our seat, I thought, blimey where's me binoculars...2 bloke's squeezed past, one  £9 pint on the floor...

[User]
3, support were ok, band called Sorry, they did well but no big screen. Just stick figures
 Things started to fill up.
Lots of shouting and nudgeing my seat...I thought christ on a bike this isn't going to be enjoyable, nowhere for crutches etc, tension built up
It was like being in the south....

[Assistant]
4, stand at Pride park before a Forest game ...
It turned out to be great fun, most stood up , behind us were 20 or so under 18s at a guess, mostly female they sang every word, lots of tears and screaming,it annoyed to start with, after one ...


[User]
The 'ladies' have arrived @bsky.app .

I hope @moderation.bsky.app and for some @safety.bsky.app get a hold of this before it gathers too much momentum.

[Assistant] I had to block a bunch of what looked like porn and crypto bots yesterday. Tedious.

[User] The rise in this stuff is inevitable as popularity grows but it's v annoying.

[Assistant] If you hit the conversation button then the top right you can change the setting to only receive pms from people you follow or not at all. 👍🏻

[Assistant] You know Mary! 😉

[User] Everyone knows Mary, Tom, and that's half the problem.


[User]
I need the kids to clean up their rooms for the inspection on Monday.

What are chances that after three days of increasingly snarky requests for them to get to work, I end up doing it myself?

[Assistant] Large plastic bags work well for teenage cleanup. You clean it costs nothing, I clean it you buy back the bag.😂😂😂

[User] That’s still me cleaning the room.

[Assistant] This is true, but there is revenge to be considered.🤷🏼♀


[User] Need to read this thoroughly. Been doing this for years and still getting rather unsatisfactory results.

[Assistant]
It's a devilishly hard skill to teach yourself, isn't it? It relies so much on fine manual dexterity & technique - better to learn by being shown.

The world is crying out for a 'Fungal Microscopy Masterclass' YouTube series with eye-wateringly high production values. But who has the time?!

[User] I think the biggest problem is that there were no instructions anywhere when I first started. You had to teach yourself virtually completely. At least there is that decent book on Fungi microscopy now. Personally, I think I’ve got to a stage where I can get some nice images but…

[Assistant] I used to use a special microscope camera that only worked with Windows, and so I could measure everything with Richard Shottbolts software, but my old PC is so decrepit as I use Macs all the time, that I can’t use the camera or the software anymore…


[User] REMINDER: This page is a fun and safe space for ALL to appreciate the wonders of space and its mysteries. If you’re engaging with others in the comments (or with me), please be respectful. Save the rudeness or condescension for Twitter. It will not be tolerated and your ass will be blocked.

[Assistant] Plenty of Space for all!

[User] Safer than X that's for sure!! 🙏🏽

[Assistant] I love it! Thanks for all the cool posts!!


[User] I really wished we lived in a world, in which I could honestly discuss papers like this (and many others) and their implications for the accuracy of current climate models and policies based on them. But its all just going to degenerate in a shouting match, so I won't.

[Assistant]
If this was any other system, you'd look at it and say:

The system crossed a critical threshold about 5 Million years ago, *below* this threshold it became violently unstable.

Recommendation: Return to values above the critical threshold to stabilize the system.

But instead people start shouting.

[User]
Main reasons are:
1) Orogenisis (lots of new mountain ranges) leading to higher sequestration rates of CO2, lowering the balance point.
2) Continental drift closing connection between Pacific and Atlantic, preventing warm tropical water from reaching the north pole.

[Assistant]
3) Evolution of species adapted to even lower CO2 levels (C4-Photosynthesis), dropping the equilibrium even further.
4) Ice-albedo-feedback giving rise to extreme variations in global temperatures, by direct reflection of sunlight.

Nature is dumb and the system drifted to this precarious state.

[User] Just because our climate, before the industrial revolution, happened to be in the better part of the Milankovitch-cycle doesn't mean it was good. It's the same climate state that covered half of Europe and Northern America under kilometers of ice. It's terrible. It needs to be controlled.

[Assistant] Unfortunately, nobody wants to discuss it in those terms, because it goes against ideologies that either ascribe a holy status to the natural state that must not be changed or to the haphazard state of late 20th-century industrial technology they claim must not be changed either.


[User]
The witch is in the mood to be catty and judge.

💖+📸 for an honest rating of how she sees not only your muse but also your writing.

5 and above gain her interest.


[User] Just arrived at St James's hospital for day 1/20 of radiotherapy. Big shout out to all the staff who make what could be a depressing place into a cheery one.

[Assistant] I may be just a stranger on the internet, but I wish you strength, Tim.

[User]
Lesson learned from day 1:

Radiotherapy involves a lot of waiting around.

[Assistant] Hope it all went OK.


[User] 23 days off comes to an end! 🛫

[Assistant] I think you’re on 6674.  😂. Oh and BTW, you have winglets.

[User] I can verify that.

[Assistant] That we do!


[User]
Tried something, it didn't turn out quite right but still pretty.

M Teufl and M Amyntas in 0030.

[Assistant] these are so cute!

[User] Oh I ADORE the model on the right. And these are my pride colors 💖💛💙

[Assistant] Hot damn that glow though!!!!


[User] Russians. Jagers skirmishing to the front of the formed infantry whilst high command takes a close interest.

[Assistant] Lovely work here Von P.

[User] Thank you all. I paint my Napoleonic Prussian, Saxons and French but other contingents are pigmented for me. The pigmenter of my Russians was Greater Queeg - aka Brent Watterson. Sadly Greater Queen ceased commission painting when his daughter developed a serious medical condition.

[Assistant] But I will claim figure selection, choreography, basing, photography and anything else I can get my hands on!! 🤣


[User]
I’m working the Super Bowl yall & Kenny gon be there I’m so excited I might get to see him in person!

Whileeee getting paidddd😌

[Assistant] Periodddd sky cousin ! Congratulations 💯

[User] That’s just how imma be up in there😂😭 thank you🫶🏽🫶🏽

[Assistant] Ayyy I hope you have fun😛


[User]
To be expected: "Meta accuses Australian government of failing to consider young people’s voices with world-first social media ban." @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

[Assistant] And all of a sudden Meta cares about young people’s voices. Predictable greedy fucks. Certainly now that Zuck has kissed the orange ring, Meta should be shunned by all decent people.

[User] 16 is maybe a big much, but somewhere like 12-14 would be a good idea.

[Assistant] It's about time that elected institutions stamped on unelected self-serving outfits. May others learn and follow suit.


[User]
The other day, I was watching a video on Haskell, and the person said it had "a ton of uptake in industry", which I commented on sarcastically here. Then someone from Haskell's board showed up in my mentions to say, "But it is!"

I looked at the stats and was like... wow, it's overtaken Delphi! 😐

[Assistant] Looking for strangers being sarcastic and trying to convince or correct them is bad advocacy. In fact, disagreeing with strangers online is just kinda pointless, annoying, and a waste of everyone's time. You won't get very far trying to change minds one at a time.

[User] And like, no offense to me, but I'm nothing and no one with effectively no audience nor influence, so there's really nothing at all to gain by... I dunno... convincing me your statistical blip is "a ton of uptake."

[Assistant] Frankly, when someone with no following makes a mildly sarcastic comment, and a board member of the foundation hops in to correct it, there's almost nothing more you could do to make it look like there are only 5 people using your language. 🤷♂


[User] A reminder that the best perennial Christmas film that never was is the evergreen, Joe Mank's Sterling Hayden-starring CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964) scripted by Rod Serling. Hayden's best moment and full to the brim with Serling's righteous, honestly-won and heavily-worn, lessons for humanity.

[Assistant] Anything involving Rod gets an automatic 10/10 from me.

[User]
He did a Christmas movie???

I fucking love Bluesky.

[Assistant] Absolutely fantastic. Currently on HBO Max.

[User] Thanks! I've passed over great films just because they look like they're unlikely to be found easily.  Rod Sterling? I'm there.

[Assistant] It’s so worth it. Checked it out on a whim last year and fell in love with it.


[User] Let’s rewind… cousin???

[Assistant] Yes girl cousin 🥴😩

[User] Asking the important questions for us in the back.

[Assistant] Uhm the fact his response was not "nuh uh" is wilddddd! What in the Kevin Gates is going on here!?!


[User]
Alguém pra trocar links?
shopping.wiboo.io/indication/0...


[User]
Good morning! 💫

In just 1 day and a half, latest video has hit 500 views and become the most viewed video in my channel!

It's mindblowing! 🤯

[Assistant] Congrats! Let’s make that the minimum to the next ones. Any plans for a video “you must play AR games”? ;)

[User]
Thanks! 💫

Don't try amy AR games so maybe you can introduce me to them!

[Assistant]
Happy to do it as you can imagine!

Starting with mine:

New Fantasy - multiplayer action
apps.apple.com/us/app/new-f...

Devil’s Purge - Roguelike FPS
apps.apple.com/us/app/devil...

DM me and will send game keys.

[User]
Molt bé! 👏 I hadn't checked out your channel yet, really like the video. Reposting the link here for people that might have missed the original post: www.youtube.com/watch?v=il3j...

On shorter games, I've played Paratopic a while ago and it was a cool experience as well, very trippy!

[Assistant] Minishoot Adventures is also really cool. I played it for 13 hours or so and I still have some post game challenges to clear, so it goes a bit over your 10 hour threshold, but still a cool one to check out if you haven't :)


[User]
“You shall go to the ball”
Such a fabulous early CDV, from a photographer in København #Copenhagen #Denmark
Danish words for “Port of Merchants” From one of my #Victorian Albums in my collection #OldPhotos Family had pics taken in #Jersey & #Guernsey too.
📕Research for 2025🧐

[Assistant]
Today’s photo.
One of my followers on my Facebook page has recognised this lady as being Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales. The couple Alexandra & Edward married in a quiet ceremony at Windsor Castle on 10 March 1863.
Maybe my CDV was taken just before that event 🤔

[User] Hi! I had to look deeper into this. Not to dispute it. It’s Alix all right. The photo is not here but a number of Denmark’s royal family are including Alix in other sittings. Fascinating snaps. www.npg.org.uk/collections/...

[Assistant] I did too, fascinating to read about the photographers history. It’s always interesting to find out more 🤔


[User] So that's why under his tenure at the ICC, the only action they took with regard to Afghanistan was (via a technical document, rather than an announcement) to remove Test and ODI status from the exiled women's team (whose communication the ICC have repeatedly ignored).

[Assistant] Meanwhile as women in Afghanistan are banned from employment, education, and increasingly most forms of communication (by the people who forced those cricketers - the one's the ICC ignored - to flee), Greg was happy to increase funding to the Taliban backed board.

[User] I think it was under his watch that Scott Kuggeleijn got called up by New Zealand too. Presumably it would have been "virtue signalling" not to pick him.

[Assistant] I hardly think you can blame the ICC for the NZC decision.

[User] He was Chair of NZ Cricket from 2016-2020 before taking on the ICC role.

[Assistant] Ah I see, didn't know, cheers! Baffling decision that.


[User] I might try to do #Dragonmeet next year. I just haven't felt welcome or safe at any conventions in many years. Couple that with the mental and physical health issues I've had over the last few years and it just hasn't been a goer.

[Assistant] Giving it a go myself this year after missing it for same reasons. Struggling a bit, but trying to spite my ND/physical problems.

[User] Good luck. I've never been to the new site, so curious how the change is from going multi-day too.

[Assistant] Cheers, dealt with public transport which is 90% of the battle…


[User] Sometimes, the question isn’t whether we live or die, but how we find ways to feel alive—to connect, to breathe meaning into our days, to reclaim moments that remind us we’re more than just surviving.

[Assistant]
Connection is the part I find difficult to obtain.

When my mental health first got really bad, the people I considered my friends all deserted me.

I have 2 friends locally now, but as we are all disabled, it's difficult for us to support each other or even get to talk.

[User] Living requires effort, not just existence. We need to breathe life into the spaces between each day.

[Assistant] This is really well put. Idk how to get out of survival mode when so unwell but you’ve reminded me of some places to start 💕


[User] Been such a busy time, and just finished these two commissions! ✨🎀💖

[Assistant] They're awesome c:

[User] Thank you ☺ my back hurts so bad 😂

[Assistant] Omg 😱😱😱 they are so gorgeous 🥰 live the doggossss 💖✨ 💖


[User] Wild idea but maybe we should cook the raw milk.

[Assistant] Why has no one thought of this??

[User] I did hear once that heat affects bacteria and viruses by denaturing proteins or something. Seems like a useful concept.

[Assistant] This is what's gonna take oUT RFK Jr and all the wellness weirdos.

[User] It will take out more than them if it becomes human to human. All very well to check the cattle, but where do they get their food? Imported on to the farm? A guess.

[Assistant] Perhaps at a very high temperature for a very short period of time.


[User]
A question for #TeamRE lessons

Does watching online 'count' as going to Church? Why?

[Assistant] I think so, it is an active choice to join worship. There are lots of reasons why people can’t physically attend a church but still wish to pray.

[User] The United Reformed Church had a church that only exists online. It’s called YoURChurch yourchurch.uk. It’s recognised as a local church as the denomination - so yes!

[Assistant] That should say “has” - it’s very much alive!


[User] He’s just not right in the head!!!

[Assistant] Is that the Matterhorn in the background?

[User] Geography is certainly not a strong point with this fucking melon ! 🙄

[Assistant] He's spearheading the Canadian invasion of Italy & Switzerland, who knew 🤷♂


[User] Always used to enjoy the NFL kicker who praised God after each successful field goal, but Jameis Winston throwing three interceptions and then, in the post-game interview, saying, "I'm praying for the Lord to deliver me from pick-sixes," is the absolute zenith of athletes invoking a higher power.

[Assistant]
The best bit is that, immediately afterwards, he says, "that's not me," when he is probably most famous as one of the most prolific throwers of interceptions in the last 20 years, having averaged more than one a game for his entire career.
bsky.app/profile/cjze...

[User] @theonion.com often does a good line in that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jodh...

[Assistant] Sometimes you've got to throw a pick six to find the Lord.


[User] I am far more concerned about what is going to happen to Social Security than I am with Biden pardoning Hunter.

[Assistant] Yes. This.

[User] Same. I think it’s gone.

[User] For real!

[Assistant] Well, trump and his cronies will work overtime to dismantle it or gut most of it. Feel better?


[User] I'm considering setting up a new Xhitter account just so I can bait the Muskrat and his turds. I think it might prove entertaining.

[Assistant] 🤔  Is wading around in anger and excrement ever a good choice / use of time?

[User] You're right, of course... I was having a childish moment... It's just all so ghastly! 😁

[Assistant] Personally, I'm not giving them the attention that they crave.


[User]
We can talk incessantly about why the election went as it did, but if you had to cull it down to two words, those would be DISINFORMATION and NORMALIZATION.
The institution that straddled both, was legacy media. They generally suck.
The good news: We're building something else. Bluesky is helping.

[User] Suggest read @davetroy about concerns about BlueSky. I am here but my eyes are open and think everyone needs to develop strong consumer suspicion of anything online that is “free!”

[Assistant] This is why:


[User] I can't wait to go home and get cozy while I play on my switch.

[Assistant] Whatcha playing?

[User] I'm playing Totally Spies! - Cyber Mission.

[Assistant] I just got a steam deck and modern portable gaming really is so cozy.

[User] How do you like the steam deck?

[Assistant] I love it so far! It’s perfect for any PC game I want to play with a controller, or just to sit by my window.


[User] I finally got around to watching the Martha Stewart documentary. The letters she used to write broke me. She really was vulnerable but only to the man that she loved & he dogged her in the worst ways imaginable.

[Assistant]
Figures. 😒

Good morning!

[User] Morning! & yep! She had some really great advice. I'm glad she put it out.

[Assistant] I just watched it, too. And those interviews with her- she's been through it and still feeling the effects of her dad.


[User]
This law is yet another excuse for virtue signalling rather than competent action. And for parents to project their bad parenting and weaken global privacy in the process.

It would not have been hard to make an actual safety law, yet this happened instead.

www.reuters.com/technology/a...

[Assistant] do you seriously think an age limit is going to stop <16s from accessing social media? Let's imagine it with (dangerous) ID verification - your kid can steal your credit card, they'll steal your ID. It's not a hard concept to grasp. That's before you get to all the other enforcement issues with it.

[User] do you seriously think an age limit is going to stop <16s from accessing social media? Let's imagine it with (dangerous) ID verification - your kid can steal your credit card, they'll steal your ID. It's not a hard concept to grasp. That's before you get to all the other technical issues with it.

[Assistant] just fyi, when you weaken global privacy, you're killing journalists and trans people around the world. dont you dare be mistaken. stand up for your most vulnerable friends.


[User]
Up earlier than normal this morning. Which means more tea is needed!

It's going to be quiet in work today with the US having Thanksgiving so there'll be lots of mugs of tea.

Send for tea. I WFH but I need to order more Barry's to get shipped here.

Tea... That is the post!

[User] You're wrong... It has to be Barry's. But it's ok to be wrong sometimes. 😜

[Assistant] Occasionally I am wrong 🤣


[User]
Project Component
Determine your mock airline's (AeroPacific Airways) monitoring and audit process. This discussion can include specifics on an audit plan and how you would measure and enforce an audit plan, specifics on airline operations, etc.
Refer to the core components of an airline...

[Assistant] audit plan. Include three to five core components that you believe are essential within an audit plan for airline operations. Discuss how the core components correlate to each other and benefit oversight within the organizational structure. Be sure to include a method of measurement for your...

[User]
...suggested audit process.

Also, include a summary on the mock airline's (AeroPacific Airways) monitoring and audit process to recap the key points for the reader.
You must incorporate the peer-reviewed article provided to support your viewpoints. (Analysis of fleet type impact on the...

[Assistant]
...threats and errors of an airline using Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA))
You may reference other attached articles/pdfs as well. Don't forget to cite your source(s)!
 Paper Requirements
•	Written in current APA format.
•	2-3 pages in length, not including the title page and...


[User]
Cool, because what patients really need are surgeons and anesthesiologists arguing in the midst of a procedure because the anesthesiologist is trying to rush the surgeon but the surgeon needs more time to do the surgery right.

The health insurance industry is TRASH.

[Assistant] Truly!!!

[User] One reason so many go “eh” when the CEO of the largest insurance company gets shot dead in the middle of the street.

[Assistant] This move by an insurer is simply depravity in the name of profits. Organized Medicine needs to take a stand against this policy.


[User]
Last night (just before Thanksgiving dinner was done) the hot water heater started spraying water in the mechanical room. B turned off all the water, then figured out how to turn just the cold back on. But no hot water after using every dish & pan in the house.

Anyway. The plumbers are here now. :)

[Assistant] Ack! Hopefully things go well with the plumbers.

[User] I'm hanging out with the dog while B "supervises" the plumbers. :) Seems to be going well.

[Assistant] Oh shit. I hope that gets fixed soon!


[User]
So what's on everyone's TBR shelf (to be read)? What books are you currently reading?

I'm pretty big into romantasy and currently reading Zodiac Academy Vol. 3.

TBR is:

-Lightlark
-Divine Rivals
-The Foxglove King
-Powerless

And a million more that are packed to move x.x.

[Assistant] Currently reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea again, since I frickin' loved the Disney movie. It's a bit of a slog in points but otherwise good. TBR is the Kyoshi Avatar novels and The Name of the Wind series of fantasy books.

[User] I’ve been wanting to find some good romantasy books to read. Any recommendations? 👀

[Assistant] I am currently reading four differently Isabel Allende books. Sometimes her books just grab ahold of me and won’t let go and some I have to work at. But it’s always worth it.


[User] What the hell is going outside of my house man 😂😂

[Assistant] They are looking for someone who makes blue ball jokes on bsky, you know someone like that by any chance, Sir?

[Assistant] Be careful, Sir, he's probably around here somewhere. Have a nice day!


[User]
What Is Life
@norway.bsky.social
@eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social
@dashhound.bsky.social
@nielshebsgaard.bsky.social
@heidiho521.bsky.social
@hlstockenstrom.bsky.social
@angie220.bsky.social
@bobstranix.bsky.social
@mccainsuzanne.bsky.social
@jeffst.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/QZCLI...

[Assistant] That was very interesting and a good lesson to learn. Thank you Jack. Happy Tuesday, everybody.

[User] Good morning Jack. Happy Taco Tuesday 🌮

[Assistant] This was a breath of fresh air. Truly insightful. Good morning everyone.


[User]
Verdict: Wicked good.

Review: As an adaptation of a beloved musical Wicked does very well, the music is great, the songs as set pieces are great, and the actors really get to act & add facial subtlety which is one of the film form factor advantages. >

[Assistant]
> Loved all the mains and they do justice to the musical overall, although Michelle Yeoh more speaks her sung bits.

The main trio is especially well-cast. Cynthia providing vulnerability and resilience, Ariana with strong comedic chops, Jonathan bringing bisexual disaster menace energy. >

[User] > but in this instance I wish they hadn’t hewed so close to the musical script because the stylized emotional flourishes that work great as shorthand on stage feel a bit rushed comparatively on film. They could have leaned into filmic conventions like montages for passage of time.

[Assistant]
> again this isn’t the fault of the actors, so much as a delineation of different strengths of stage musical bs film.

But if you don’t bulk out the dialogue, because it doesn’t exist in the musical, I think you gotta consider other options.

Still as an adaptation, would give it a 90% A-


[User]
                         " This is my choice, and it's the core responsibility of an officer - you're the one who has changed, Brother. "

                         𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥


[User] You can get all sorts of home-grown greenery at the arse end of winter if you plan ahead ... all of these were sown in early September in big buckets ... lettuces and radishes in buckets fared less well in the greenhouse!  Fresh carrots also overwintered, but didn't get bigger.

[Assistant] Best to store carrots grown through summer and harvested in the autumn in sand.  Spinach also overwintered well on the allotment under fleece and mustard greens also still going strong ... nine headed bird variety particularly successful.

[User] Taunton Deane perennial kale still full of leaves and they're at their best at this time of year.  Purple sprouting and Nine-Star perennial broccoli (more like cauliflower) should be coming through ... but all mine got massacred by rodents!  Grrrr!

[Assistant] I think the point is ... you can have home-grown food now.  But not by planting seeds.  Even the quickest crops like radishes sown now will struggle to come up as the temperatures are still cold ... and you'll only be getting them in 4-6 weeks which is mid May!


[User] I have failed to verify that I am human twice this week. Is this how it starts?

[Assistant] Do I need to tell you a paradox and see if you explode?

[User] It usually takes me at least 5 attempts to verify ad human...

[Assistant] It also irritates me how US-centric the picture ones are. We should start asking people to ID UK fire hydrants and see how everyone gets on.


[User]
Do any modders know if it's possible to add the bow to Lara's design in tomb raider remastered?

Not for her to use, but as a cosmetic piece for over the shoulder.

[Assistant]
I do wonder if any of the weapons, like the shotgun, the M16 or the MP5 could be used as a basis for a functional bow mod...

Even if it ends up being a bow that shoots bullets...

[User]
I do wonder if any of the weapons, like the shotgun, the M16 or the MP5 could be used as a basis for a functional bow mod...

Even if it ends up being a bow that shoots bullets...

[Assistant]
Omg now that's a thought 😂😂.

And ty for the answer, I know you're not a modder but this is what I was thinking as well. Either someone else can manage it or I can learn it, but I have no idea how I'd put one in lol.


[User]
A thing that I do that gets a surprising amount of pushback is not charging public schools when I speak with students there about sharks and marine biology and such.

Objections I've received include:

[Assistant]
1) "You're undercutting people who do public speaking for a living!"

I am a person who does public speaking for a living. About 1/3 of my 2019 income is speaking fees. It'll be slightly lower in 2020 (same amount of money from speaking fees, more from elsewhere)

[User]
2) "If you don't want money you should still charge them and donate the money!"

That's a lot more work for me since I do about 75 of these a year, and there are tax implications to doing things that way.

[Assistant]
3) "It's not fair of you to charge private schools when you don't charge public schools!"

Many of the private schools I work with have budgets for hiring speakers, very few of the public schools do. And I never turn away anyone because they can't pay me.


[User]
"91% of animal studies [into disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis] were published after first-in-MS trial and 91% after official regulatory approval."

Yeah that's a pretty concerning finding…

doi.org/10.1016/j.eb...

[Assistant] "There may of course be valid reasons for conducting animal experiments post initial human trials or even post-approval, such as seeking deeper understanding of a drug's mechanisms of action – a commonly observed rationale in our analysis." (p. 13)

[User] "Nonetheless, some of the included animal studies aimed at translating already approved therapies for MS. […] It also seems that animal researchers might not always be fully informed about ongoing clinical activities or even a drug's official approval status." (p. 13)

[Assistant] Includes a nice reference to @simonlohse.bsky.social by the way :-)


[User] Favourite albums of the year? Gimme recommendations!!


[User] Cool. Now do Ukraine.

[Assistant] The exact origin and creator of the collage are unknown. However, it is frequently circulating on social media and platforms that are close to the Russian narrative of the Ukraine war.

[User] Important: The collage should be viewed from the perspective of Russian propaganda and treated with caution. It presents a one-sided and manipulative representation of the complex reality. The selection of images and headlines serves to convey a specific message and influence public opinion.


[User]
This holiday season I challenge every single one of us to check on a shut in senior.

Most don't have living family, so they are all alone.

Some without heat or enough food to eat.

The generation that gave us everything, the least we can do is put a smile on their face.
#KindnessMatters 💙

[Assistant] Great message. I have a neighbor that I will pop in on.

[User] Love you for this ❤

[Assistant] Your post just encouraged me to find this program in my area. What a great idea!


[User]
˗ˏˋ Background Pattern Tutorial ˎˊ-

🎥 Here's a fun and easy way in Figma to create cool background patterns and effects. I used this method in my latest freelance project to achieve the background pattern you see here:

[Assistant]
This background pattern consists of just two layers. How? I used a plugin called VGA Blurrific: (https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1362448437191640864).

Here's how ↓

[User] Begin by creating your background. I chose a simple radial gradient with a few subtle light blues and greys.

[Assistant]
Next, choose the material you want to blur. For this example, I used the company logo from my freelance project, Spara. However, you could use anything, even random shapes, to achieve similar results.

After this I played around with blending modes and opacity.


[User]
I cannot get my head around "liberal" friends favoring the people enslaving Black Africans right now over the democratic nation that rescued Black Africans from persecution to provide them full citizenship and equal rights. Jew hate is a serious mental illness.
www.blackpast.org/global-afric...

[Assistant] I helped make this happen when I worked for Federation in the late 80's/early 90's. We built a beautiful community center for the Ethiopian Olim in Petak Tikvah. It was an honor to be a part of their journey to the "Promised Land."

[User] THANK YOU!

[Assistant] They’re brainwashed & delusional. A friend of mine from high school - made Aliyah this year with her fam. She and I both went to the same high school and have encountered antisemitism from the same group of ignorant ppl. She wishes she moved there 20 years ago where she feels SAFE and accepted.


[User] Don’t mind me, just watching the playback of the War of the Rohirrim World Premiere and sobbing at all of the interviews with people I’ve loved for over 20 years.

[Assistant]
Seeing folks like Richard Armitage and Luke Evans being interviewed too really makes me realize how much The Hobbit films mean to me as well (even with their flaws).

This family just means so damn much to me. ❤

[User] Billy and Dom sighting!! ❤

[Assistant] LMAO, everybody else showing up looking older, and Cate Blanchett walking in saying “I’m immortal, bitches!” 😍🔥


[User] Let me be clear: we need a full boycott of Israeli unis. Will it be unfair to some academics? Probably. But let me remind you that all universities in Gaza were destroyed, and thousands of Palestinian scholars and students were killed. Decent Israeli scholars will understand it.

[Assistant] So can I ask how this is unfair to some Israeli academics? Like the guidelines that you linked to are about institutions.....

[User] I imagine that it may have an impact in terms of funding and access to international networks.

[Assistant] Boohoo tough for us.


[User]
Happy Thanksgiving Lounge family! For those hosting; I hope your final preparations go smoothly.

Today is the perfect opportunity to be thankful for the good things in our lives; a roof over our heads, food to fill our bellies, family & friends to share it with, good health & joy in our hearts. 💙☮

[Assistant] Good morning Michelle. Have a happy Thanksgiving day! Yes, grateful for food, shelter, a great job.  So much to be thankful for!!

[User] Happy 🦃 day Michelle!

[Assistant] And to you too Ann. I hope you have a lovely day. ☕🌞🌈🌻☮💙🦃


[User] This is very frightening.   2/3 of our mortgage is paid by my husband's social security.   What the heck are we supposed to do if they cut it?  Why do these guys have such a raging boners to make people suffer?

[Assistant] Wait until they empty out the nursing homes and put more than 62% of their residents on the street. Or mom and dad with alzheimers has to move in.

[User] I personally saw this happen when Reagan defunded mental hospitals. I was working in one that shut down. Some went to group homes, and some just got put on the streets. It’s why jail is about the only option other than homelessness now for them.

[Assistant] The purpose is to make people desperate. When you’re living on the edge you can’t rock the boat. You don’t dare do anything that can make you lose what little you have. These pricks don’t have to worry because they’re rich.

[User] I am scared as well. I just finished telling my son how I have a 10% chance of escaping unscathed from Trump's grasp. I'm disabled at 60 and live on Soc. Sec. Trump shouldn't be allowed to terrorize our Society.

[Assistant] Social Security is one-half of my income.


[User] Listen yall! I may be able to twerk soon! Learning at 36 is some shit but I might be able to do it 💃🏾

[Assistant] Proud of you!👏🏾🎂🎂👏🏾

[Assistant] Lmaooooo I love this gif 🤣🤣🤣🤣


[Assistant] ok maybe it’s the texas in me but what is there to explain? it’s a simple colloquial conjunction to not waste words or precious time. this is why i love language … it’s something that no matter what we try to do we can’t stop the evolutionary nature of how we communicate.

[User] this is how you know that english was originally germanic. because you get these long run on words that can cram a whole sentence into one word.

[Assistant] I understand German - but that is Dutch to me :-(


[User]
My current top 10 #MST3K episodes in no particular order:

I Accuse my Parents
Pod People
Hercules Against the Moon Men
Crash of the Moons
The Undead
Warrior of the Lost World
Escape 2000
Pumaman
Horror of Party Beach
Deathstalker III

Good mix of obvious and obscure choices methinks...

[Assistant] Deathstalker III: Deathstalker And The Warriors From Hell doesn't get nearly the love it deserves. It's hilarious from front to back.

[User] The riffs are above par and I actually have a fondness for the film itself, mainly because John Allen Nelson is basically made of charisma and Thom Christopher chewing the scenery is entertaining as hell.

[Assistant] For sure. I've watched the film on its own and its supremely entertaining even without the riffing.


[User] I'm rewriting an old Python project in Java, and the speed and accuracy of Java just astonished me. I mean, I know that Java is quite powerful, but seeing how obvious the difference was, something.

[Assistant] Initially, the Python code was written as a proof-of-concept, and was working nicely, but as the input size grew larger, it became ... inefficient. It's not about complexity, but more like about the compile-time inefficiency of Python.

[User] Yeah, I could've used PyPy, or implemented faster libraries using C extensions, but, to simply put, why? Instead, I can (and actually did) write Java with the same effort and get way better results, so... I don't know.

[Assistant] Personally, I've been an avid Python aficionado, however for real-life tasks, Python has it's disadvantages and strengths. To exemplify, for scraping the web, I'll always use Python; but for intense computing tasks, I'll probably look for other tools.

[User] I was biased against Java for a long time, due to old tales about Java being slow, or inefficient, however as time goes by, I see how wrong I am. Nowadays, Java is my favourite language to code in, and I pity the years that I wasted on C++.

[Assistant] With the Stream API, you can even benefit from the functional programming-esque things, and I've been a fan of those since the day I've started learning Haskell 2 years ago.


[User] If I wanted to read ridiculous exaggerated bad faith catastrophising garbage about France I’d read the Spectator.

[Assistant] I wish it was bad faith catastrophising garbage...

[User] It is. It is of course an issue but not what Politico are claiming. They were saying earlier this week that it would lead to a collapse akin to the Greek financial crisis.

[Assistant]
Speaking of Greece, if you can read French. Imagine if the government falls...
www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/...


[User]
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 15💙📚

[Assistant] I love this book!

[User] It’s a long time since I read it and it’s on the table, next to The Shipping News which I am now rereading! Your list has been wonderful to remind me of things to revisit! Thank you ☺

[Assistant] I loved this book! Now I'm reading the sequel.


[User] It's  all very well calling chiropodists losers, but it must be difficult staring defeat in the face on a daily basis.

[Assistant] It must be sole only.

[User]
I upset the therapist treating my shoe fetish.
I must have got off on the wrong foot.

[Assistant] Heel be rubbing you up the wrong way.


[User]
For the removal of doubt

This has FA to do with toilets or “safeguarding”

British law already permits any gender to use the toilets of any other gender. Men can legally go into women’s toilets RIGHT NOW.

This is solely transphobia, making life harder for 🏳⚧

www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/26/s...

[Assistant]
As Dr Goebbels correctly noted:

"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.. Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play"

Or indeed, passing populists.

Economic collapse brings social destruction.

[User]
As Dr Goebbels correctly noted:

"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.. Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play"

Or indeed, passing populists.

Economic collapse brings social destruction.

[Assistant] Which is evidently true. Remember when they said after the Shoah “We must never let it happen again”? Not only are they letting it. They are actively participating in it.


[User] Discourse about Kashtira Unicorn over at the other place is really starting to make things click into place on what to talk about in that followup to my previous handtrap article should be about: a discussion about anti-handtrap techs.

[Assistant] Like, if we're going to have decks regularly pushing between 1/3 to 1/2 of the deck being hts, then counterplays to hts are going to be a necessity when you can expect your opponent to likely have multiple hts. Kash engine, negates, the Triple Tactics cards are all just tools for that.

[User] Like, if we're going to have decks regularly pushing between 1/3 to 1/2 of the deck being hts, then counterplays to hts are going to be a necessity when you can expect your opponent to likely have multiple hts. Kash engine, negates, the Triple Tactics cards are all just tools for that.

[Assistant] BTW, I've been tracking the main decklists of the YCS Bologna Top 64 as they've come in and, uh, yeah, if people are playing 15-20+ handtraps perhaps it's perfectly fair to have something that counters it in the form of negations or punishments:


[User] Just don’t look like we will score,  if we played another 90 minutes. Seen this type of game so many times under Farke. At what point does he actually address the issues?

[Assistant] He’s unable to…I know it gets me told off but he’s holding back the best squad in the division.

[User] Agree completely. His inability to change a game is infuriating. 70 mins subs regardless of what is happening on the pitch.

[Assistant] And then all the attackers if that doesn’t work.


[User] I hope we eventually get some sort of 3D virtual world that's open source and decentralized, *without* cryptocurrency ties, that a good amount of furries actually use, but that's probably asking waaay too much, especially since I think most people care a lot more about fancy features than openness.

[Assistant] I'm working on this, but the intersection of features people want is nonsensical. They don't want someone stealing their avatar, but also don't want DRM, but also want decentralized identity via a public ledger, but don't want anything even resembling a blockchain, like... I just wanna be a bunny.

[User] It's also almost impossible to keep something open-source and still charge for it and have this be financially viable (there are only a scant few examples of this ever working in open-source). I think a more realistic target would be an open *protocol* with your choice of client.

[Assistant] And I'm working on this minus the 3D, and sometimes I think about trying to tackle 3D, but I think 2D is a huge part of why what I have even works as well as it does, both in regards to development and being approachable for users. And open, documented protocols are good too!


[User] Good Morning.◼⬛🟪⬛◼Happy Friday from Tuesday.🌹

[Assistant]
Good morning!
☕☕☕🍩

[User] Have a wonderful Friday Hunny. 🌹

[Assistant] Good Morning, Tuesday, Happy Friday🎩💐

[User] Good Morning and Happy Friday my friend!

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


[Assistant] Pure gold.

[User]
That’s 8 people out of 330 million people.

What are the chances of finding one of the .01% of a population of 330 million people in a population of 8 random people?

I’ll wait…..

[Assistant] I can't tell which one it is.


[User] Those of you who have nabbed yourself an Evercade Alpha or two, where are you putting/displaying them? Let's see some photos!

[User]
Mine's right behind me in my office, within easy reach of the rest of my collection.

Been running attract mode all day, enjoying catching a glimpse of it when I turn around.

[Assistant] Is that a modded 8bit do with a better stick? If so is that fairly easy to do?


[User] Mr. Prime Minister, here’s to strengthening the U.S.-Cabo Verdean relationship for years to come.

[Assistant] What happened Joe?

[User] Merrick Garland was a failure. You failed.

[Assistant] Did you know where you were at?


[User] Daily reminder that the sociopathic, megalomaniacal billionaire class hates us and wants to crush us like roaches.

[Assistant] Well,not completely just enough to keep us alive to make their products to keep them wealthy.  But not enough to rebel and take more of their piles of money.

[User] Good morning! And a happy Wednesday to you, too, LSD!

[User] The billionaires also plan to replace us ASAP with AI robots, so if they are allowed to continue to trample American democracy, our remaining days are going to be quite short...

[Assistant] Just call them oligarchs.  It's true, and they hate that label.  They want to think oligarchs are foreign guys in a country that's been rude to them, but...they're oligarchs.  Or in some cases oiligarchs, primarily in the oil bidness.

[User] They don't care enough to hate us. They just want us to obey and love them.

[Assistant] Say it again! And, say it as many times as necessary until it gets past people’s thick goddamned skulls!!! We are nothing but cannon fodder to the rich - just pockets to be picked and labor to be exploited. Nothing more.


[User] On December 4th the Supreme Court, in US v. Skrmetti will decide if it's okay to discriminate against people, specifically if they are a minority and minors.

[Assistant] And with the current court, the answer will be "of course it is!".

[User] Keep us updated please.

[Assistant]
Oh man! I thought we were not going back. What happened? 😞
Keep us updated.


[User] Is this sale gonna happen ??

[Assistant] 150 card aren’t a bad deal… but $86 for cards is better than $300…

[User] i’m trying hard to convince myself that 30 packs under $200 is a good deal 😵💫

[Assistant] I mean it sounds good idk ! My str8 friend convinces me ~


[User] leaving my laptop at work today so i can have an excuse not to work from home.🙏🏾

[Assistant] that is the plan.

[User] exactly.

[Assistant] You’ll be told to go and collect it. 😂

[User]
while my phone will be off? how?😭
they’ll catch me on monday.🙏🏾

[Assistant] 😂😂🤣 Wow.. Fairs..


[User] Thanks so much to @steveinskeep.bsky.social for inviting me onto Morning Edition. He's an absolute gentleman and an excellent interviewer. Also, getting to do an interview at the NPR studios was a dream come true.

[Assistant] As an American and Mother of an Autistic son, I love Eric Garcia. He's spot on about everything. Looking for resources is way more productive than finger pointing.

[User] Going on a little road trip today. Can’t wait to give this a listen!

[Assistant] Thanks so much. It's a quick listen.


[User] Struggling to get a refund for something that this Ali Express seller failed to send me, but IT SURE AS HELL WASN'T A BABY WTAF?!?

[Assistant] Oh no, I think I've stumbled across Amy Coney Barrett's online store.....

[User]
They offered to refund me $7.69 of the $23.90 I had paid.
YOU WOT, M8?! I rejected their hilarious offer.

[Assistant] Ali Express 'steps in' if it's not resolved in about 18 hours from now.


[User] I talk with @onemanrace.bsky.social about the oddities of our reality quite a bit, but I wanted to share something I sent to him earlier:

[Assistant] *when he said 🙄

[User]
I don't think I'll be surprised. I've studied the possibilities.

I think what will surprise me is how it all makes sense.

Because right now I don't see it.

[Assistant] Sounds like a convo I attempt to have every day haha.


[User] IT’S A CRUNCHY GRASS MORNING 🧊❤

[Assistant] Goob morning. Cronch.

[User]
Happy Thanksgiving Seamus and Murphy family!
Also, happy cronch!
🐶🧡🐶

[Assistant] We had our first crunchy grass this week!! I rolled in it.🤣🤣🤣😍


[User] Who has the best shoe game, me or my client? And whose do you think is whose?

[Assistant]
Love those brown shoes, especially with the chinos.
The blue shoes aren't me, but they are sharp! I'm betting yours are the blues.

[User] I’m the brown!

[Assistant] I love those brown shoes! Where did you get them?


[User] live from the five hole is recording tonight - any cretins who listen, please reply with your questions. thank you.

[Assistant] How long could you live without watching sports? @fifthfeather.bsky.social Greek oracle of the tea leaves… how do you read Poles’ presser vibe? If it’s true he wanted to cut Flus loose after the Pats game, is he merely a front office patsy and are George and TA still in charge of ruining everything?

[User] Do I have to watch the game Sunday?

[Assistant] Do the Cult still tour?


[User] Can we start a movement here to get people to stop posting pictures of Trump and Musk?

[Assistant] Please include screenshots of trump’s truth from truth, social or Twitter.

[User] And Vance... I've muted "Trump" and "Vance" and have noticed when people put their names on alt tags, the images won't load.

[Assistant] Thanks for the suggestion!


[User] Christmas events start today at my work 😢

[Assistant] Lucky you, mine started playing Christmas music early November 🙃

[User] Meanwhile I'm in the office blasting Christmas music by choice.


[User] What an awful miscarriage of justice for these people, one of them a child 😳 I hope they've all since been vindicated?

[Assistant]
Is this not the Guildford Bombing group? It says in the thread the convictions were overturned.

 I lived in England at the time of this and the Birmingham six overturning, and many believed they did it, but it was poor police work that led to this! Sometimes I kept my mouth shut.

[User]
Yes, they were eventually acquitted after many years and a sustained campaign on their behalf.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildfo...

[Assistant] Excepting the poor man who died in prison 😔


[User]
Good Morning Luvs~ 🤗💗🎶☕🌷☀🐾🍁🍃
Happy Friday! End of the month already! Make it count! Share the good, your smiles & laughter! Remember to take time to breathe, recenter, & continue. Glitches are only moments, not your whole day! Look out for our animal friends!
Be kind💗
Don’t be a donkey butt🤨

[Assistant] It's -29 right now. I really don't wanna!

[User] Have a great day Zee.☕🍁🍂💜

[Assistant] Good Morning Zee☕☕🥶💙 It’s pretty cold here this morning so will be staying inside for awhile. I’m all done shopping so no need to fight the crowds. I followed your daughter on here. Have a wonderful day Lovie💞

[User]
Good Morning & Happy Friday My Lovely! 🤗💗🎶☕🌷☀🐾🍃🍁
No thank you to the cold! 😂
Thank you for following! I appreciate you!

[Assistant]
Good morning and happy Friday!
Hope your day is wonderful!

[User] Good Morning Stace! Happy Friday! Thank you ! You too please!

[Assistant] Have a great day Zee! ☕

[User] Happy Friday Matthew! You too please! 🤗💗🎶☕🌷☀🐾🍃🍁

[Assistant] Good morning ☀ Zee…hope you have a wonderful Friday 💜💗💜


[User] (1) Soldering is fucking annoying. I don't like doing it. It's messy, it's hit or miss, and you get burned a lot. I wish that somebody would invent a "heatless solder" formula, like... I dunno, maybe some kind of "metal particle infused glue" (1)

[Assistant] (2) Like... super glue with metal particles, something I can just dab a little on a piece of wire or a connection and have it fuse it together like superglue, but also be electrically conductive... I dunno, I know solder is a thing but it's just too damn messy and frustrating and dangerous... (2)

[User] You'd better look into SMD soldering. Just apply soldering paste on your pcb, add all the components and put it on a heating board.

[Assistant] It's just some headphone wires, nothing super complicated, just that the wires are thin and i couldn't get solder to attatch to them....

[User]
Did yo use flux? It should help with solder sticking to it, it won't help with the burns :)
I struggled (and still struggle sometimes) with soldering, what I learned is to dip everything with flux first, it will clean contacts from the oxidation that can prevent bonding.

[Assistant] Hmm, well the solder I bought was "flux core" solder and I hoped that would help but apparently not. I didn't realize there was actual stuff you could dip the wire into to make it receive the solder easier.


[User] Happy Friday 🌅

[Assistant] Wow! Are these from today?

[User] Yeah from my bedroom 😂

[Assistant] Thats convenient 🙂👌


[User]
A universal hippocampal memory code across animals and environments

#neuroscience #compneuro

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

[Assistant] Thank you - this is very relevant to the work that one of my PhD students is doing (analysing our 2p data recorded across environments and on subsequent repeats of the same environment). I will bring it to her attention.

[User] Btw is Sara on bluesky? Please persuade her to join!

[Assistant] Maybe @aheadofthenerve.bsky.social knows that :)


[User]
The BBC chooses to include this man on list of 100 influential women.
Reminder that the BBC is currently fending off accusations of institutionalised misogyny over Gregg Wallace.

[Assistant] So influential I've absolutely no idea who they are.

[User] She is a woman. Do better. Stop being a bigot. I expected better from a Celtic fan.

[Assistant] That's a Man, being a Celtic Fan has nothing to do with me believing in Biology.


[User]
He could’ve said he was thankful for…

His garden…

Leaves…

Plants…

🤼

[Assistant] As long as he knows we are thankful for him, that's all that matters.

[User] Newsflash dumbass, leaves is plants!


[User] Pleased (& relieved) to have joined exodus from Twitter and made the journey to BlueSky. This is my first post and I simply want to share my life's work: fostering better relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims. This photo (from recent Woolf Institute conference) says it all.

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

[User] Welcome to Bluesky Ed. Great to have you here too.

[Assistant] What a wonderful life’s work!


[User] And yet some of our Left parties never learn the lesson 🙄

[Assistant] Labour had 37 seats in 2011. They should have stayed out of government, led the opposition and by now would quite probably be in a position to lead a government of the left.

[User] True though their behaviour in govt was brutally Right wing, so I'm actually glad they got wiped as they needed to learn a few major lessons.

[Assistant]
It's the hard choice every time: stay in opposition, possibly forever, or enter coalition to at least do something and then take the hit.

The real problem is that that 'something' has been vanishingly small of recent years.


[User] I definitely have a case of the Mondays. And I'm definitely letting my coworker answer all the emails that came in after I logged off yesterday. I definitely haven't put my shoes on yet after taking off my winter boots. I definitely would rather be home snuggling with a kitty.

[Assistant] And I definitely resent that I need to go up three floors at work just to have access to a toaster. I definitely want hot chocolate this morning, so much so that I definitely forgot how to walk to my desk. And I definitely don't know why I'm beginning everything with definitely.

[User] But i am definitely wearing one of my favorite pairs of socks, so there's definitely that.

[Assistant] And then I definitely got back to my desk and typed "definitely" instead of my password. 🤦♀


[User] Just followed all, Amy!

[Assistant] I'm.on that list.

[User] Sorry…missed you.

[Assistant] No…I followed you.


[User]
"I am scared to start a business."

Jeff Bezos dropped out of college and started Amazon with $7.

Here’s the #7 lessons you need to learn from him...

( THREAD )

[Assistant]
Start small

Amazon began in a garage, selling books.

Don’t wait for perfection, perfection kills progress

Start with what you have.

[User]
Think Long Term

Bezos didn’t focus on short term profits.

He prioritized customer trust and innovation over quick wins.

Jeff struggled for ≈ 9 years before it made its first profit in 2003.

[Assistant]
Putting Customers First

Every change came from one place: the customer.

In business, always ask yourself, “How can I make this better for my customers?” Give them more value, and watch your business take off.

[User]
Take smart risks

Bezos didn't gamble everything recklessly. He took calculated risks, such as expanding Amazon from books to other products.

Take chances, but consider the potential outcomes first. You don't need to know everything—just have a plan and be ready to pivot if necessary.

[Assistant]
Keep innovating

Amazon didn’t stay a bookstore forever.

Bezos was constantly looking for ways to innovate, whether it was introducing new product categories, faster shipping, or cloud services.

[User]
Surround yourself with smart people

Bezos knew he couldn’t do it all alone.

That’s why he focused on hiring talented, passionate people who believed in his vision.

[Assistant]
Learn from failure

Not everything Bezos touched turned to gold (remember the Fire Phone?). But instead of being discouraged by failure, he used it as a learning opportunity.

[User]
You don’t need millions to start a business.

You need a clear vision, a willingness to learn, and the courage to take the first step. Start small, but think big.

[Assistant]
The truth is, Bezos didn’t have all the answers when he started.

But he was committed to his vision and open to adapting along the way.

The key is to be flexible while staying focused on your long-term goals.


[User] 2003 called. It wants its CGI back.

[Assistant] That is awful, like some cheap AI render.

[User] I know NOTHING about this, but hate it already.

[Assistant] Is it actually being called “live action” when some of the crucial characters are just CGI? As though people of small stature don’t exist & could have played the parts.


[User] The new asylum stats show the impact of the Labour government unblocking the asylum system. More initial interviews took place in both August & September than during the last government's backlog clearance. In June there were 1,157 interviews - August there were 10,327 and September 11,540.

[Assistant] Ahead of the election, the Illegal Migration Act had pretty much shut down the asylum system. Labour undid some of that, meaning claims could be processed again. As a result, there were 7,604 decisions in September, which is up from 3,060 in June and 2,054 in July.

[User] because of the slow down in the asylum system, the backlog has grown. At the end of September 2024, there were 97,170 cases (relating to 133,409 people) awaiting an initial decision, 13% higher than at the end of the previous quarter (June 2024).

[Assistant] MHCLG stats also out today show that in the year to June 2024 more than 21,000 refugee households were given homelessness assistance by local authorities in England because they were being kicked out of asylum accommodation. Up from 6,020 the year before. That's a 252% increase.

[User] It can’t have been anything than a deliberate policy from the previous Govt to glue up the asylum system to create scapegoats and diversions from their lack of competence. Shame on them…

[Assistant] Zero coverage in our corrupt media though!


[User] Returned yesterday from a fun trip in UK and Belgium with my son. Was so tired I slept for 12 hours and my dog and cat were snuggled with me the whole time! I missed my babies so much and I think they missed me! This is right before I fell asleep when it was still light 😭

[Assistant] Best part of the trip!

[User] I love it when we return home and they crush us with their love 🐾

[Assistant] Looking at it, it looks cute.


[User]
ARLENE BUNCH ....
This racist pos name. United threw her off the bus & put her on a no fly list.
Shes a realtor from California. ....
ARLENE BUNCH....

www.threads.net/@nbcnews/pos...

[Assistant] She fucked around, now she can find out.

[User] Oooh, and google brings up her business info right in the sidebar. That's gonna sting.

[Assistant] This is the only way to hold some folks accountable for their deplorable actions. We don't have the stocks anymore, so at least we can post them here in all their hideous glory for the world to see their hearts on full display.


[User] J and I did competing punches. Can yall guess who won😒😒😒

[Assistant] the cranberry one, I hope!

[User] That was mine! And it lost 😒

[Assistant] SMH. also, have you seen your girl Kayla is back in the news 😃


[User]
Continuity alert!  🚨 😆😍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISB...

[Assistant] This is one of my favourite films of all time..

[User] One of the greatest family films ever made.

[Assistant] I didn't see it until my late 20's. A mate and myself had a whale of a time because the girls we were with were word perfect. They went to bed - we grabbed some more beers and watched it again!


[User]
11/29/2024 - Today's V-Bucks
30 V-BUCKS Today!

[Assistant] How are these obtained? From quests, or otherwise?

[User] They are on the map. For this specific one its in plankerton. Just look for an icon that matches this.

[Assistant] Alright, thanks!


[User]
I'm no big fan of 'I'm a Celebrity' but, last night, the scrap of dialogue which followed, when Maura Higgins told Richard Coles that she looked awful, was rather golden:

Richard: You look great, Maura. If I were Hetrosexual, I'd be kneeling before you with a bunch of roses.

Maura: Oh, Fadder...

[Assistant] Brilliant! 🤣

[User] Her calling him ‘Fadder’ everytime she talks to him is my absolute favourite thing 😁

[Assistant] It's great 😀


[User]
Good morning, troops.
Dull and dank out there but a cuppa with a friend I've not seen for months is on the horizon later, so it will brighten up considerably.
Enjoy your day.

[Assistant] Good morning.😊

[User] Enjoy yourself and have a good natter.

[Assistant] Back now. It was lovely, thank you.


[User]
I've been quietly reflecting on my 18-year-#sobriety milestone.

Years 1-4: I was a behavioral, psychological, & emotional MESSS.

It took me several more years to figure out who I was.

It's okay if you're newly sober-but overwhelmed.
Go easy on yourself.

CHANGE TAKES TIME.

[Assistant] It's worth it 💯

[User] Congrats on 18 years! That’s awesome.

[Assistant]
Wow this resonates.

Didn’t feel like I was on stable* footing until I was 5 years in…

*stable / stability maintained by meetings, meetings, and deep work 😬

Worst part was feeling everything.

Best part is feeling everything.

Congratulations on your sobriety and thanks for sharing the message.

[User]
1) 18 years. Hell of a streak you have going. Keep it up.

2) This is spot on in my experience. It takes longer than you think to adjust, and it takes your loved ones longer than you think (or would like) to believe you.

[Assistant]
Somewhere around 4-5 years I heard a loud noise and saw a blinding light.

Turns out it was my head popping out of my ass.

Things just kept getting better, day by day. ODAAT since Feb 28, 1992.


[User] I can’t read the article but I suspect I’d agree with it. Spotify just sounds as good as a radio and we’ve told ourselves that’s fine.

[Assistant] I read the article and while I agree with the sentiment, the tech details are horseshit.  She doesn't seem to understand how data compression works at all, and any reduction in quality, if real, probably has more to do with the audio output stages of the CD player and her phone.

[User]
As a former (ie no longer living alone) hi-fi nut, my hot take has always been that CDs sounded just fine compared to vinyl* but that most compressed and streaming stuff sounds like cack.

* Unless you had literally thousands of pounds worth of kit, in which case your CD player was also amazing.

[Assistant] I think everyone is focusing on the specifics of the article but more broadly speaking I think it's worth looking at how we've become fine with "just okay".

[User] Everyone to everything: "It'll do"

[Assistant] If it's cheaper/more convenient, either for the consumer or the supplier, then it'll find a place in the market.  And for most people, most of the time, "good enough" will do if there's a big payoff.

[User] This is why AI pictures are everywhere now despite them looking like glowing shite. Although I would argue it's not especially cheaper but if you can avoid asking someone for a service that can be very attractive to the customer.

[Assistant]
If I want a picture of my cat smoking a cigarette while driving an open-top Bentley along the Royal Mile, then yeah, eh-aye is a lot cheaper and quicker than commissioning an artist.
I don't much like the externalities or even the product, but that's not going to bother everyone.


[User] We got almost 800 Followers, so let's see if I can get some engagement on this!

[Assistant] 1. I'm here because I heard this place wasn't the cesspool that Twitter was and I just needed a fresh start. So far so good...

[User] 3. Nah. I kept it up to keep my username up (Although I couldn't change it from my "dead" username) but otherwise the shortcut is deleted from my phone and I only use it for content creators still on there. Please for the love of god come over here though.

[Assistant] 7. That's a tough one, as there are many words and I don't like to describe myself or boast. If I had to choose one that I think is "neutral", it would be "eccentric".


[User] Oh another Best Of 2024 list [eagerly clicks to see what order the same books/albums/movies will be listed in]

[Assistant] We need to do our own Best of 2024 list.

[User] I would like a best Steve/Steven/Stephen of 2024 list, please.

[Assistant] Any top ten movie list that doesn’t include Hundreds of Beavers is suspect.


[User] Nissan Chief Financial Officer Stephen Ma is set to step down from his position, people with knowledge of the matter said, marking yet another executive change at the Japanese carmaker.

[Assistant] Wonder will he be taken away in a packing case?

[User]
"We in America" is a collection of prose, poetry, and photograph.
.
Please download it as my gift to you..
.
donslist.net/WeInAmericaD...
.
Here is the title piece:
.
We in America
.
We cling to platitudes
because they’re easy
and we long to believe:
.
we who count the dead
on a scoreboard.

[Assistant] How is it his fault people don’t want to buy Nissan cars anymore?


[User] Global hedge funds and private equity firms are gravitating toward Japanese companies in a bid to unlock as much as ¥25 trillion ($165 billion) in undervalued real estate.

[Assistant] It's a mad, mad, mad world🔥

[User] Private equity is an absolute scam. Do not allow those cannibals in Japan.

[Assistant] Buy and hold is the penultimate position in commercial real estate if you can weather the storms. Kudos to the Japanese economy for playing the long game! That's what happens when your government has vision and welcomes new money from foreign investors instead closing your borders! Hint, hint!


[User]
Why does almost every review of a Mac focus on editing videos or “creative” content.

Other use cases also exist.

Heck if it wasn’t for #AI we probably wouldn’t even have “influencers” clustering Max Minis.

How about a review for the rest of us though huh?

I need a new MacBook. Confused. 🤔🤷

[Assistant]
I've still got a Mac Mini M1 and I love it.

I am considering the M4, but I actually don't like the form factor and would have preferred it in the original mini form factor.

[User] Why don't you like the new form factor? I replaced my 2014 "server"-class Intel Mac mini (difference is that it had a bay for a second drive) with a mid-range M4 mini right after it came out, and I love it! Small, quiet, immensely powerful compared with the previous one, and does everything I want.

[Assistant]
I think it's because i'd kind of got attached to the size of my M1 mini, and the fact I can buy a dock for the M1 mini that fits on top of it and looks nice - Yet the M4 mini isn't the same size/dimensions mainly.

I don't care about the power button location, I barely turn mine off.


[User] Deciding you want to make a pie and then making said pie out of nuts is actually crazy. A whole nut pie? All the delicious things you can put in a pie crust and you chose pecans?

[Assistant] 😩 what did a pecan pie do? What happened? 😂

[User] No fr! The disappointment I felt after realizing pecan pie was just nuts and sugar was intense. Pecans are good but I’m not eating them by the forkful 🫤

[Assistant] It’s unhinged, really.


[User]
The best building internationally according to RIBA is… social housing

And rightly so! 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà, by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, show us the standard we should be aspiring to in ALL housing

www.dezeen.com/2024/11/27/p...

[Assistant]
It is, indeed, a magnificent job.

bsky.app/profile/arti...

[User] That off-the-shelf product they’ve used for the balustrades is genius.

[Assistant] I like it yet it's a tad bright with a slight hangover 😐


[User]
Anybody ever used Manchester Piccadilly train station to drop off before ?

1. Do you pull in were the taxis go on the loop to let passengers get out ?

2. Is it free or contactless payment to exit ?

Thanks in advance, being autistic really sets the anxiety wild sometimes when the unknown awaits.

[Assistant] Yes, you drive through the loop with the taxis and then take first right (drop-off/pick-up) or second right (short stay car park.) I think it’s free as long as you stick to a time limit.

[User] It's right next to the taxis on Fairfield Street. And it's the same entrance as the taxis but it splits into two separate set down areas.   And free for drop offs(I think 10/15 minutes limit).

[Assistant] I always dropped off the other side. It’s a while ago but it was easier. There is a door to the left of the platform.


[User]
@profbriancox.bsky.social
Space question - could black holes just be supermassive neutron stars? It's always bugged that they're described as hitting critical mass and "turning into" a new thing we don't understand. Could they just be super dense neutron soup hidden behind an event horizon? Thanks!

[Assistant] We don't know what's inside the event horizon of the black hole. It might be something like a neutron star that's just a little below the surface, or it might be compressed down into an actual singularity. It's theorized that a neutron star could siphon enough material to become a black hole.

[User] This all makes sense, and of course we'll likely never know. It just seems unlikely to me that if a neutron star sitting just below critical mass accretes, in theory, a few extra grams, it 'collapses to an infinitely small point' rather than remaining the same structure, only hidden due to gravity.

[Assistant] Just imagine that the event horizon of a neutron star is just shy of the speed of light. And then a little more material falls in and the event horizon expands out and now not even light can escape. But we just don't know, maybe can't know.

[User] Yeah no I know this, I did astrophysics at uni. My point is that beyond the event horizon needn't be some wacky world where everything we know about physics changes. It could well be the same phenomena just without us being able to see it.

[Assistant] Oh yeah, so it's interesting that astrophysicists don't really care. The math works when you assume it's a singularity.


[User]
Governments that are Chalk & Cheese👇🏼

In Tory Govts it would have been brushed off & seen as reason for promotion ie Badenoch having hacked Harriet Hartman’s website 5 years earlier 👎🏼

But in Labour Louise Haigh quits as transport secretary over historic crime 👍🏼

Nice to see professional standards❗

[Assistant] When stuff like this happened under Johnson the MP concerned was promoted to Chief Whip. I'm waiting for Farridge to say something. James McMurdock!

[User] A "historic" crime, which is spent and no longer on her record.

[Assistant] If she hadnt resigned then we all know the MSM just wouldnt have let it go!! Professional standards not double standards!!👍🏼


[User]
They say the secret ingredient to good sci-fi world building is a barely disguised fetish, yet I see very little of our community represented in the forefront of sci-fi literature.

If nobody else wants to be the Frank Herbert of ABDL, I’m gonna have to step up 😤

[Assistant] I'd do it but I'm scared of people wondering about all the regression scenes in my work…

[User] I'm bottlenecked by not being a good writer it's so hard to keep a story going 😭

[Assistant] I was writing something sci-fi which I then turned into a comic but after a period of financial difficulty I had to stop said comic.  And I just never picked it back up.


[User] 1 stars reviews suck but it’s the first one I’ve had about it not being a free app. Is worth replying to this?

[Assistant] I clicked the link in your profile and nothing is showing up. Are there really no apps under your name? I'd like to see what you've made.

[User] From my experience, I have found that replying nicely to these kind of 1-star reviews and providing context is more often than not positive and can in a lot of cases turn the review around.

[Assistant] Thanks, hopefully it will in this case 😀


[User]
Part of me wonders if I should just make a seperate account for all my #DragonAge #Veilguard postings since I know most of my FFXIV following probably doesn't care about them.
I'm honestly just afraid to get wrapped up in that fandom again.

[Assistant] If you hashtag your posts and add them to your bio, followers can look at just those posts by pressing on the hashtag in your bio. So FFXIV fans could just look at your posts tagged with FFXIV dpfor example.

[User] Yeah, I do try to use the two tags in my original post, at least (along with the occasional #RookPosting & #RookSanji), so my content is there for people to see or not as they desire.

[Assistant] Yeah... There are a lot of problematic people in the #DragonAge and #Veilguard fandoms. I try not to be one of them but there is probably someone out there that thinks I am.


[User] So jealous of all the Reds out in Newcastle right now, this is your reminder to use contraception, I have to stay at home with my kids instead. 😂

[Assistant] I hope you’re very, very sad later, but I’m not going to hold my breath 😂 😘

[User] If the result goes our way tonight there may be a few scouse geordies conceived tonight...

[Assistant] Much more fun without.


[User] Came across some old pictures of unprotected boreholes for old wells found in Hoosier National Forest, an obvious hazard that many people may not know about. They are very hard to see. Managed to unlock a new fear with this discovery. I know of about six of them in various areas.

[Assistant] My unfounded fear of quicksand has just popped in to say HAHAHA SUCKER LET’S CALL THIS INDIANA QUICKSAND & now I can’t stop thinking about it.

[User] Good lawd, quicksand is on my list as well.  I stepped onto what I thought was a sandbar, sunk to my knee.  But I kinda want to drop a magnet down to see what's down there.

[Assistant] Oh I totally understand that impulse!


[User]
Just because she’s been away doesn't mean the gob would miss out on flaunting her “humble” gifts.~

Late night fun and addition for #thighthursday ~ ✨

[Assistant]
To put a gift to use is admirable.
To put two gifts to use... is moreso. ❤

[User]
More importantly, she’ll always be a gift that keeps on giving.

Winks.~✨

[Assistant] "the goblin is quite curved... possibly the most curved we have yet to meet"

[User] “Now that’s a compliment, thank ya kindley.~”

[Assistant] "of course we are mostly curious if you would like to visit for a meal~"


[User] Next year's winter gloves will probably be something similar to these.

[Assistant] I like the brand, but I'm not paying half a grand for the jacket.

[User] I'm not paying that though, not that there is anything actually wrong with the price, it's competitive, I just don't want to shell out that kinda cash for gloves.

[Assistant] I bought some Klim gtx. They don’t last long, as for waterproofing.


[User] One shelf kinda down, like so many more to go. I had to stack shit behind the front facing stuff 😔

[Assistant] I see those Pokemon cartridges hiding there 👀

[User] I have so few left 😭I used to have them all, but my sister convinced child me to sell them to gamestop 🥲 i only got left with one from each series. So like for example: no more ruby and saphire only emerald 💔

[Assistant]
Nooo the dreaded GameStop trade in credits 😩

Back before COVID (before the prices shot up to the stratosphere) I was collecting a bunch of Pokemon games. Peep the GBA/GBC collection 👀


[User] Girls und Panzer das Finale still has no news on part 5... it's okay, it's only been 7 years since it started... I waited 14 years of Rebuild of Evangelion, +10 years for Beet the Vandel Buster... I can do this...

[Assistant] Seems like the Princess Principal movies aren't over yet either... wonder how they are.

[User] I've only watched the first one but I enjoyed it quite a bit as a "and here's another mission the girls did". Will probably check out the other one (ones?) that are out so far some time early next year.

[Assistant] I remember thinking the show kinda ended in a strange way (like it was suddenly rewritten?), so I hope the movies address it.


[User] wait until yall realize disney isn’t in los angeles or orlando 😂

[Assistant] Fr Anaheim is the furthest thing from LA.

[User] orlando and lake buena vista are only 25 minutes apart.

[Assistant] Yeah I've been once and remembered it being something like that. LA is like 40 mins from Anaheim lmao.


[User]
Getting started with @temporal.io on my local machine was easy. Now I'm trying to actually deploy it == painful.

Using auto-setup and postgres Schema migrations complete ok and then the container returns an 'unable to read schema version' error.

Huh, but you've just configured the schema?

[Assistant]
Every time I try to actually run it for production I recoil at the complexity I am bringing in.

I think if the most complex thing you have in your arch is temporal you might not need temporal.

[User] To be honest I actually think it might be something with me using Neon DB  🤔 the infrastructure itself doesn't seem complex at all. Single binary, single database. Pretty simple really.

[Assistant] Isn’t that why cloud services are the best? 😉


[User] // I found my favorite video from years ago. Why I don't put my irl relationship business in the internet in NO form.  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Assistant]
THE MAN'S A CHEATER BUT HE FINE.

Thanks for the asthma attack, I laughed SO hard.

[User] //🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm crying..so happy I found this video.

[Assistant] // it's growing worse because everyone wants attention and validation for every little thing that go wrong. Relationship privacy dang near don't exist anymore.


[User] Now I kinda wish I spent more time with BOTW and TOTK because narratively the idea that another imprisoning war happened thousands of years after the rest of the games is fascinating to me.

[Assistant]
Not that the timeline is to be taken that seriously 🤔 But aren’t those 2 games part of a separate/split timeline?

So we haven’t seen exactly what happens after? Or did I misread the post 😔

[User] They are thousands of years after all the games, what timeline is left to the imagination. TOTK is a direct sequel to BOTW and these two games are the most recent era of the Zelda series.

[Assistant] Ah gotcha, I think I was on a different page. I was referring to this pic from the Nintendo Museum that popped out a few months ago.


[User]
I love Bluesky because I just saw someone say they finished S2 and need Armand to die. The post has been up for 14 hours and no one has tried to eat OP alive.

(Armand is my super blorbo deluxe but hating his ass after S2 is very normal and valid.)

[Assistant] After Claudia and Madeleine of course it's normal. And I've stanned that horrible little man since like 94' 😂

[User] I feel like all the vampires done a level of badness in their lives so you could all justify that. Having to like put one over the other over their actions is bit silly.

[Assistant] That's very much not what this is about, though. The S2 finale reveals that Armand played a MUCH larger part in Claudia and Madeleine's death than he had Louis believe all that time, and that Louis was also meant to die. So being mad at Armand specifically after S2E8 is very normal.


[User] Smallest boy getting admitted to hospital in the middle of the craziest week of the year? Sure, why not?

[Assistant] Oh no!! Sending huge hugs and love. Hope he's able to come home quickly.  💙😢

[User] Oh no, I hope he is better soon!

[Assistant] Oh no! I hope whatever is going on is better soon and he's home quickly! Sending love. ❤


[User]
What an absolute arse. I know it's not as though destroyed a Picasso or Renoir, but what a total waste of money which could have been used to do some good in this world. How many homeless people could he have helped get off the streets?

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

[Assistant] Why on earth did he buy it then? He could have got a lonely single banana from the supermarket. Was it just  showing off, like Boris and his pals burning notes in front of homeless people?

[User]
It's exactly what you suggest, a bored rich man trying to stave off his boredom by showing the world just how much money he has to waste. It's nothing more than a willy waving competition for men with more money than sense.

I can't think of an example of a rich woman behaving like this.

[Assistant] This stunt is all about ego, not Art. 😒

[User] wouldn’t you trust the artist to use that money to help people more than some crypto bro?

[Assistant] It's a fair point that the artist might make better use of the money, but I guess there's no guarantee that will be the case.


[User] What, none of the Wallace & Gromit films? Also, The Secret of Kells. 😍

[Assistant] What no Muppets Christmas Carol!

[User] That’s neither animated or stop motion. It’s puppetry. 😊

[Assistant] Ah missed the animation bit - still one of the best films of all times!


[User] I can do a mean copy of the Burger king spicy bean burger that they no longer sell here and haven't for years. We've got fucking paneer instead.

[Assistant] I miss that burger. You can’t even get the Waitrose spicy bean burgers any more. And BK ditched the plant burger replacement.

[User] WTF?  I found a recipe on the internet and it's bang on. Those and beetroot burgers are my faves to make.

[Assistant] It might have been this one. www.guiltychef.com/recipes/burg...

[User] Oh and you absolutely need the plastic cheese. I use the stuff from Viva.

[Assistant] Ditch the lettuce too.


[User] Royal Rumble tickets are SECURED. Plane tickets are BOOKED. My inner child is ELATED.

[Assistant] Oh hell yeah, that's so exciting!

[User] Tickets are so expensive these days too. 😭 Hoping I’m able to snag Mania tickets too since it’s in my city!

[Assistant] I'm jealous, you're going to have such a great time! We're in AZ so Vegas is not a hard trip to make at all + my birthday is in April which had me ready to justify splurging on Wrestlemania tickets. But, then I took a look at the prices and lol...


[User] Really interesting how Silver Lake are slowly increasing their stake in City. Up to almost 25% now, and a whole new chunk of cash into the CFG coffers. Almost as if they aren't concerned by the PL charges and how they may effect medium term value of club.

[Assistant] Is it we need more cash injection for the cfg? Or is it the Sheik will eventually sell the club to silver lake?  Interesting really what the long term plan is?

[User] Can't see a world in which they sell the club, there's no point. They don't need the cash, and it is one of Abu Dhabi's most high profile and successful investments.

[Assistant] is there room for a more cynical view? abu dhabi invested $2bn in silver lake relatively recently. silver lake have just invested €800m into abu dhabi tech. they do a lot of business. if it wasn't our own club, might we think these parties are two cheeks of the same arse?


[User] Might be going home tomorrow cos I want my mum and my dad just asked if I want seafood pasta for dinner.

[Assistant] With respect to your parents that is the food of El diablo.

[Assistant] The incredible Jan will sort everything out.


[User] Bring it on!

[Assistant]
1. One Piece

I can’t think of any story with such dedication to worldbuilding and character development. One that balances wacky humor with gutpunching drama. And it’s not even finished! Somebody better check on Oda!

[User]
2. Cowboy Bebop

Such an iconic show with a memorable cast of characters, animation, soundtrack and voice acting. If you haven’t seen it, I cannot recommend it enough.

Bang.

[Assistant]
3. DanDanDan

This new series is balls-to-the-wall insane with spontaneous scenarios, energetic fights and funny characters!


[User]
Another interesting question I just found.

Well, one of the answers was more interesting saying that INCOSE is a start but then:

• Get a good mentor

• Get exposure and get to know people personally

• Be open to change.

[Assistant] I agree: getting into INCOSE is a great start. And can provide value when you know how to use the membership. And don't hold back and actually ask for support and help. You'll find most are happy to help.

[User] But getting a mentor is the best thing you could ever do for yourself. Your future self will thank you. It's an investment in bettering yourself that can shave off years of your professional development and career. Get places faster!

[Assistant] Btw: if you're a member of INCOSE you can get mentorship too for free. Though I recommend getting a mentor within your organisation too to show you the ropes of how the day to day's are working in your company.


[User]
Bingjiuchuchu... 😔

Thinking about the divorce AU, which will get finished with a happy ending and those two dorks together again, I promise... the first night Binghe cooks a proper dinner for Shen Jiu again, the two of them sitting shy at the table together...

[Assistant] SJ unable to stop himself from tearing up at eating his husband's cooking for the first time in five years... Bing kissing the corners of his eyes to comfort him 🥺🥺🥺

[User] They've spent five years apart and so much has changed, and sometimes navigating their new relationship feels more raw than when they were teens. But they really want to make it work this time... the first night they just lie wide-eyed in bed holding hands, unable to sleep...

[Assistant] Until Binghe just wraps SJ into his arms and doesn't let go all night, SJ pressed to his chest and hearing his heart beat like crazy...


[User]
Ugh, feeling so extra fucked up and like my body going very wrong. Worst time of day too as everyone is off to bed and it's got me scared to be alone. 😣

I'm so so so past being able to deal with this all the time.

[Assistant] I mean, I extremely - EXTREMELY - want to stop feeling so unbelievably sick all the time. But possibly I want to stop feeling terrified all the time even more.

[User]
Ok, that's not true. If I had the choice I would 1000% chose not to feel sick anymore; I could learn to deal with just terror & anxiety.

But if I have to chose between sick and sick+terrified about how sick I am? I'll drop the terrified, please.

[Assistant] That sounds really hard to deal with, Amber. I'm so very sorry that you have both. Sending love. ❤


[User] I’m the answer to life, the universe, and everything!!! Or, my age is. So here are some things I’ve learned 🧵:

[Assistant]
1. Wear sunscreen. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists.

Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now.

[User]
2. FUCK IT. WE BALL.

This has also been known as YOLO, but sometimes if you get too rash, it can be FAFO.

But don’t be afraid to take a chance. Love spent is never wasted. Don’t trap yourself in the cage of “should.”

[Assistant] 3. It isn’t just what you say, it’s also how you say it. Is it true? Is it important? Is it kind?


[User] Day of the Jackal keeps threatening to be really good, except every episode the writers have to throw in at least one thing that demonstrates starkly that either they're not thinking, or they don't think we are.

[Assistant] They made a TV series out of it? I love the original movie. Never saw the remake.

[User] It's a "modern reimagining" that at least tries to keep with the spirit of the original, but the further they stray from the source material the less plausible it becomes.

[Assistant] I'll still give it a go at some point and report back. :)


[User]
It's time! The icicles of kino are falling off the trees after the past days rains!
if you see what looks like puddles of blood or chocolate under a gum tree, it's likely to be excess sap shed by the trees. This sap is very pretty, and has indigenous uses including craft and medicine.

[Assistant] The sap is part of the tree's immune response, and smothers potential pests at sites where the tree is vulnerable. It's kinda like the whole mosquito trapped in amber thing, except it hasn't fossilised.

[User] I thought that was a bird....

[Assistant] it does look a little bit like a fairy wren dipped in toffee...


[User]
Ypres: The Immortal Salient. In this episode of my Old Front Line podcast from 2023 we look at the four years of the Great War in Flanders and the battles around the city of Ypres, in what became known as the 'Immortal Salient'.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

[Assistant] Thanks Paul.  Brilliant!

[User] I'll definitely have a listen. My great uncle was KIA on the 26th April 1915 near Ypres. He was in the Northumberland fusiliers. I'm trying to find out as much as I can about the action he was involved in.

[Assistant] I'm presuming it is one of the Territorial battalions which were in action close to Wieltje? As part of the Second Battle of Ypres?

[User] Yes, that's correct. He'd only been in Europe for 5 days before being killed. I know he's buried at the Seaforth Cemetery (cheddar villa)

[Assistant] Will definitely take time to listen. My cousin, Harry Mallon Sellers, was an American from New York who enlisted w/the CEF, May 1915… he died at St. Eloi, April 20 1916. I have a short story about him simmering on the back burner until I can give it the time it deserves to polish & publish.


[User]
Would you tell someone if you'd won the lottery, would you keep it a secret?

One lucky ticketholder has just won a total of 177 million pounds, making them the third biggest National Lottery winner ever.

If that was you, would you go public?

[Assistant] No. The amount of people who would come out of the woodwork to try and claim a share would be ridiculous. People who you haven’t seen or heard from in years. No thankyou. I’ll share it with people who mean something to me.

[User] Would not announce the amount, but would be honest about a win. Would also give up my job and get back into teaching without any TLRs, and probably only 3 days per week.

[Assistant] Not fully, no, I would make up a smaller number, enough to make lifestyle changes believable.