[User] good morning lovebugs… woke up with my pussy so wet that i had to take a video 🙈 send me tips while im at work and maybe i’ll post it after 😇

[Assistant] Holy hot damn that was so good. You’re so good to us we don’t deserve such a goddess like you. 😍😍🥵🥵

[User] so what you’re saying is they’re gonna wanna see it 🤭

[Assistant] I hope you have a great day at work 🥰


[User]
Kids, don’t get into one of Leon’s fiery death traps

Just don’t. Cyber trucks are DANGEROUS ⚠

No wonder he wants to cut government oversight and regulations…

[Assistant] I’m don’t even want to park anywhere near one.

[User] Yeah, the refrigerator with wheels has been recalled six times already!   www.cars.com/research/tes...

[Assistant] Douchiest way to die ever.


[User]
TRUMP: "I’ll weaponize the FBI to target my political rivals!"
BIDEN: "Alright, then I’ll just pardon my son. Enough of this."
MEDIA: "Biden is violating established norms!"

[Assistant] I’m sick and tired of their nonsense. Such hypocrites!

[User] Are we now defending the indefensible because we’re on Diden’s side? Politician’s should be held to a much higher standard. Certainly honorable ones should. It is acceptable to expect better from better people. But…it IS his son and he is human so I understand his decision.

[Assistant] Hunter’s federal judge said that he would accept the pardon (like he had a choice) but claims it’s unconstitutional (his words). He’s a FEDERAL judge and presidential pardons are actually in the CONSTITUTION.


[User] Just back from S Africa and after visiting Rorke’s Drift. Of course I had to dig out the movie Zulu and compare it for historical accuracy. What a load of old tosh!

[Assistant] Tosh? Thousands of ‘em!

[User] Fair bit of historical inaccuracies also .. none more so than the demonising of Private Hook - depicted as a malingerer, when in real life he was a diligent soldier, and a hero of the battle. Destroying someone’s character for the sake of film profits ..

[Assistant] Indeed. I hear that his family walked out of the cinema in disgust when they watched it. The true story of Rorke’s Drift is so dramatic and heroic and won against all odds it makes little sense not to stick to the facts.

[User] They didn’t sing “Men of Harlech”. In fact, only about a third of the soldiers were from Wales. Bit upset about that!

[Assistant] Stop throwing those bloody facts at me! 😉😁


[User] "It has been our deep divisions on this issue that have largely prevented us from influencing the course of events, despite the growing number of civilian casualties," outgoing foreign policy chief Borrell says about Israel/Palestine in a final blog post worth reading.

[Assistant] (With apologies for length)

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[User] quick pre-select from my shoot this morning.

[Assistant] I don't know how to sound fancy while commenting on art , but of her nose/cheeks makes her look like she was carved. Like a sculpture.❤

[User] Impressive, Nicholas!

[Assistant] thank you. I don’t love the way it looks on this tiny screen. but on my big screen it is phenomenal.


[User]
*finds a bunch of Atari ST games he had in storage for some reason*

... do people even buy these?

[Assistant] From my collecting days, the answer is always yes. The rarer and weirder the better.

[User] Were these the black rectangle things? I briefly had access to some kind of Atari system when I was young.

[Assistant] These are all floppies, I don't know much about the ST. I do know there were carts but not sure if they were for this system too.


[User]
It’s been about 3 weeks now of waking up at 3am, unable to go back to sleep.

The witching hour. It’s always the witching hour.

[Assistant] Ever since the time change, I’ve been up by 4. I hope you get some rest today.

[User]
Mine is 3.45am
Oddly specific, I know 🤯

[Assistant] I wonder what it’s like to sleep through the night.


[User] Struggle to see how Rashford works for him. Just spent the time getting tangled with Amad.

[Assistant] Needs benching long term, nothing going on there at the moment. Low intensity, lacking fight, lost some pace. I think with everyone else in the squad they will improve as time goes on with Amorim but with Rashford it’s going to take a lot more than figuring tactics out.

[User] Lad’s 27 and been around the first team around 8 years now. No sign of leadership and self determination - not acceptable mentality for somebody of his stature. Disappointing he’s not learnt to be a self starter.

[Assistant] I think there’s something deeper going on there, physically? Mentally? Personal issue? Something just seems really off. Playing him every game isn’t the answer whatever it is.


[User] This:

[Assistant] And now for a dose of reality...

[User] I would love to tell them how small they look , in every way !

[Assistant]
He's so pathetic.
He's also dangerous.


[User] No cheating, post your current Lock Screen.

[Assistant] I like coffee.


[User] Trying out my new Sony A6000 for #astrophotography #photography Some shots from the camera. Had a plane going over in one of them hence the line. Looks interesting tho.

[Assistant] Those are nice!

[User]
I was thinking about getting one, but without the astromod I doubt they work well for nebulae.

What's your experience?

[Assistant] It’s remarkable how none of them have even undergone an FBI background check, yet the skeletons are already tumbling out of the closet.


[User]
Apparently USPS won’t take any of the boxes!

Apparently eBay printed out Ground tags and the post office won’t take them because they’re all in Priority Mail Boxes.

Oh my fucking god. I am so pissed.

[Assistant] Priority mail boxes piss me off. I don't give a shit if this box is sPeShAl, just ship it with the damn label that's on it 🤬

[User] It would be cheaper for me to pay the extra $2 to $4 than re pack everything.

[Assistant] Time for a big black marker… or some brown butcher paper.

[User] You could literally put the labels directly on the cameras and the post office is supposed to take it. But that's not a great solution.

[Assistant]
Not to be rude, but l kinda wonder what you were thinking here.

These are freely available because the cost is factored into the higher priority postage. If shipping boxes were just free from USPS, why would anyone buy boxes? (Uline boxes, for example, are about $0.50 to $0.75 per box)


[User] I won't under any circumstances listen to Scott Jennings on @cnn.com this will also apply to the @latimes.com editorial section . What is it with the worst people in media getting promotions ?

[Assistant] The failing-up principal.

[User] It seems that when Jennings was first hired he was objective and realistic. Over time he realized that if he wanted to prosper his GOP campaign/marketing firm he had to become MAGA. So on CNN he transformed himself to the MAGA spokesperson we niw see.

[Assistant] I dropped my subscription to the LA Times. I just wish they gave you a chance to tell them why.


[User]
Went over to North Van to meet my parents for lunch.

Went to Akbarjoojeh and shared this lamb rack shishlik, a tomato cucumber salad, and beetroot yogurt.

[Assistant] Oh this looks so yummy!!!

[User] @bmann.ca it's a beaut!

[Assistant] Their new place has such a cozy vibe. If you fancy some koobideh later, Mehman is the place—so good 🤌


[User] What's happening around the world is not some shocking situation. We're seeing massive socioeconomic and political turbulence because government—the way human behavior has been managed for 12,000 years—is no longer compatible with a modern world.

[Assistant] Ok, what would make government compatible?

[User] An uneducated population that doesn't value individual life. In other words, government itself is no longer compatible with the world we wish to live in. We can build compatible forms of governance, but government itself is no longer compatible with humanity.

[Assistant] I understand your thoughts. Looks like an ideal situation for the rise of an authoritarian. Not going to be a quick fix concerning enlightening the uneducated.


[User]
I think I may actually like the new Champions League format. Anyone else the same?

I feel like the bloke from Green Eggs and Ham.

[Assistant]
It grew on me too. I can't say that Liverpool going unbeaten hasn't influenced my decision though...

Still not happy that we play an extra two games now.

[User] Yeah, more is more will eventually kill the game, if it isn’t already.

[Assistant] Between this and the Club World Cup, I really think we are going to see clubs dropping competitions in the future.


[User]
A word of gratitude to all of the people who have followed me here. Having to leave the only country I have ever known because trump might deport my wife was the only decision I could make.

I miss the US, but my wife is my life, and without her I have nothing.

Thanks for keeping me connected!

[Assistant] 💃🏻 You're a great husband and we support you 100%. Best wishes to you both as you acclimate to your new digs. Hugs.

[User] That means a lot to us. Thank you both so much! 🥹

[Assistant] Wish you all the best:)


[User] There needs to be a universally accepted hashtag for furry artists who are currently taking commissions, or a feed, or something like that. I want to commission artists but I feel like I'm finding out about openings too late, or the ones who I'm keen on don't do commissions.

[Assistant] Okay, so can I know what their art style is like? I will look at it and create something for you based on that.

[User] Hii!! I'm a versatile artist and would love to work with you on your furry art if you would like. Feel free to share the details with me. My comm is open now.

[Assistant]
Hello I’m so excited to be part of this! 🌸 Feel free to share your ideas and let’s make something extraordinary happen! 💖
bsky.app/profile/isab...

[User] Well can I get to know the details for it?

[Assistant]
Here are some of my work examples.
Can we connect via dms?


[User] Pizza Tower Characters When You eat the Tower:

[Assistant] pizza tower characters wheGamer Son Approved!

[User] pizza tower charGamer Son Approved!

[Assistant] pizza towerGamer Son Approved!


[User] Why is @thewrightwayx.bsky.social  over here lying to me.

[User] Who a hater Mary?


[User]
it’s CREEP TAPES day, baby.

Check me out in episode 4 (“Brad”) opposite one of my filmmaking heroes…

PEACHFUZZ!!

aka Mark Duplass

🫠

[Assistant]
Been looking forward to this episode since the trailer!
Hoping to have time to check it out today after a bunch of house work.

[User] Incredible job on this new episode, it was a blast!!

[Assistant] Best one yet and they’ve all been great!


[User]
Ugh.

It's snowing.

And accumulating.

[Assistant] I feel this... Snow is fine, but when it doesn't melt immediately, I stop enjoying it.

[User] It is still snowing. Boo.

[Assistant]
I feel this way about accumulating snow, too. Mostly due to the job I’m stuck at where, if it snows, I get called in to shovel and salt walkways at our commercial properties. Doesn’t matter what time it is, either.

I miss being excited for snow. Now it only brings dread.


[User] 6:00AM … and I’ve already been awake’ish for 2 hours.

[Assistant] Made myself stay in bed until 4:50 so my disturbing the entire household with the coffee machine wouldn’t be *unreasonably early*

[User] I can’t lie, that does sound a little unreasonable😂

[Assistant] I was supposed to be but I took a nap instead.


[User] My dark sided eggs came out beautifully.

[Assistant] Tampered in that dark sided stuff!!!!!

[User] Is there wasabi in the middle? That'd make for a fun time 😂

[Assistant] I could devour this whole tray right now 🤤🤤🤤


[User] Kings new starting lineup cracked the 100 minute mark for this season today. And officially are the best lineup in the league with 100 minutes logged. Probably unsustainable but very impressive.

[Assistant] Is that Harrison Barnes I see on there 🧐

[User] Yep! Black falcon is missed, but a good addition for the Spurs.

[Assistant] Harrison Barnes is actually a fixture on these best lineup lists going back to 2022/2023 🤫


[User] Early morning cheers my friends! Up early waiting for grands to wake...off to Moana 2 at the theatre today!

[User] You're a good Gramps!

[Assistant] Good morning Dash! Hope your movie is fun & your popcorn is fresh 😎 (and we need a ⭐ review later)

[User] Have a great day Dash!

[Assistant] How fun!!! Tell us how it is!


[User] "Does the fund feel there are no other publicly-listed companies that generate similar profits, or similar dividends, or that show better growth potential, than weapons manufacturers?" www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

[Assistant] Nothing like a genocide to bring in some sweet cash, huh?

[User]
I'm a little confused by the article.

They state $0.5 billion invested in arms dealers out of a $260 billion portfolio, which seems like a surprisingly small percentage of the portfolio based on the tone of the article.

Am I missing something other than they prefer $0 invested?

[Assistant] No, I think you're right – it's that no money should be invested in these areas. I'm sympathetic to the idea that there are some things we shouldn't profit from, like prisons, or war...


[User]
When I watched Roubaix 2 weeks ago I was horrified by how hard Pithie bounced on those cobbles, glad to see he had a better second date 😄

I also love these preseason sneak peaks of Trouée d'Arenberg, it greatly helps in my eager anticipation of #ParisRoubaix next year 🥰

[Assistant] Mick van Dijke gave us a nice little shot of the velodrome😊

[User] And the showers of course!

[Assistant] Yep showers for Lazkano too!


[User] It's Christmas Porridge season again!

[Assistant] I’ve been having that for several weeks, almost finished my first jar of luxury mincemeat.

[User] Outrageous! Never before December. Though I probably should have gone for a luxury one - this Tesco plain is decidedly dry.

[Assistant] Luxury ones are the best! My first was around 10 days ago and I was going to be working outside.  For a bit of extra luxury you could sprinkle with some flaked almonds.


[User] I can't do it with the fake ass white burn down America leftists. Half don't even know how to relate to Black people interpersonally. Wanting the empire to fall is a pose, they do it for aesthetics & aren't politically active. They don't think of the poor Black people who will get burned up.

[Assistant] How do you recommend we prevent a crime boss from seeking and, judging by all markers to date, getting asylum behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House built by Black men?

[User]
do whatever you think best. seriously.

but the only way to have prevented this would be to go back in time & actually support the anti-racist efforts of black men & women since the 1960s.

we do not want to own white people. we only want to thrive equally as others.

[Assistant] You are right, they do not have actual relationships with Black people limiting their ability to empathize and keep them ignorant of the very real consequences of their actions on the Black communities. This is another consequence of segregation. I did not even meet any Black peers until I was 20.

[User] to burn an empire, first, one needs a resistance that wont be crushed. form communities first, not just rage meaninglessly. Saying this as an NDN.

[Assistant] Who?


[User] Christ, it’s harder to avoid Advent of Code spoilers than it was Game of Thrones.

[Assistant]
Ha. Trying not to give too much away in my posts.

Apart from, you know, the link to my solution. Click at your own peril.

[User] I’ve accidentally learned a LOT of Julia.

[Assistant] Ahahah that’s so true 😄


[User] Both sides packing ☺

[Assistant] Give it to me please 🥵

[User] I think it’s too big to fit in there. Good!


[User] I’m so new to the happs on this platform, but I’m digging it so far! Any tips that I should know about?

[Assistant]
You might want to get added to astrophotography list (see instructions on feed page), so can send posts not just to Followers but thousands on Astronomy Feed (picks up 🔭 once on list)& more specific #astrophoto feed. Once on list use those tags to build followers reach more
 bsky.app/profile/did:...

[User] Good tip! Thanks!!

[Assistant] Keep posting images like this!

[User] I certainly will!

[Assistant] it's a real photography ? if yes:  you're too strong. it's beautiful!


[User]
"Photo of all the workers who have spent the last five years restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris" ✨💫 🇫🇷

(via zarathustra5150 on 🐦)

[Assistant] There‘s a documentary about the “Chœur des compagnons” - the choir of the craftsmen who restored ND, I just can‘t find the Link. Must be on arte or else.

[User] Thank you for the tip! Will have a look!

[Assistant] A wonderful example of what can be done when there's commitment,  funding, and skills. UK, please note. A lot can be achieved in 5 years.


[User] Block this shitty @naturescompass.bsky.social account folks - steals pics without permission and posts AI slop, and might I just add that you do not need to be any sort of expert in American geography to know there is nowhere that looks anything even remotely like this in Pennsylvania.

[Assistant] Done. The replies gave me a laugh though. Getting totally ridiculed.

[User] Yeah I should have added that. Saharan Wisconsin and Amazonian Montana my favourites.

[Assistant]
Done!
That other site has been swamped from BS accounts doing that for so long.


[User] Who do voodoo??? I need somebody bent up like Shamar by tonight 👀💰

[Assistant] I mean, I do, as a matter of tribal tradition on both sides of my family but that is #not something to play with 😂

[User] lmk when you start playing with it friend until then ima keep looking 😭


[User]
Drop a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

If you know this, you’re a real one.

[User] Everybody’s dead, Dave.


[User] #HotTake: Developing AI sign language interpreters will lead to the degradation of sign language artistry and expression, not to mention further suppress dialects and accents unique to BIPOC communities.

[Assistant]
“Oh but there’s an interpreter shortage!”

Then work on the barriers that prevent people from choosing that line of work than contribute to the environmental and cultural damage that AI causes.

[User] Actually, I’ve been working behind the scenes and all of that. All I can say… “terp shortage” is both true and false. It depends on what setting we are talking about bc we have plenty of terps out there, but most of them prefer to work virtually bc of stable hours. Hint… virtual for a big corp.

[Assistant] You're not wrong. What's disturbing is that there are deaf people are actively advocating for this technology.


[Assistant] Nice try ICC. That started in 2017 and you just now did this to create a politically difficult situation for the US?  Some could argue this is smart politically but only for the people who aren't paying attention.  Get fucked.

[User]
good.

"arrest warrant against Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, for his role in the commission of crimes against humanity against his country’s Rohingya minority."

that bastard can share a cell Netanyahu and Putin.

free Palestine!
end the genocide!


[Assistant] The boys. 😍


[User] If Elon buys WotC, i’m selling every DnD book I own.

[Assistant] I am not but i would not buy another book.

[User]
I’m keeping mine and never buying another.

I have a lifetime of D&D to play on those books and independent products I have.

[Assistant] Oh, God. And I don't believe in THAT God.


[User] I gotta question?  Is Musk rat making incendiary statements as verbal viagra because he can't get it up any other way?  Is that why donnie does it?

[Assistant] It could be a dopamine surge for those who likely live their lives without a filter.

[User] Maybe. Then again,  it could be his revenge for being a LOSER as a kid. He's obviously in desperate need for attention. He craves it. He cannot get it because he's charming. Or attractive.  So he's obnoxious instead.

[Assistant]
Attention seeking, doesn't drink, doesn't read, into conspiracy theories and/or urban legends, watches and listens to television for information, lots of talking, disjointed thought patterns, thin skinned, quick to anger, revenge seeking...

What is the best way to manage this person?


[User] Morning all. Friyay!! The urn is on in the #teacher5oclockclub to celebrate with ☕ and maybe biccies if we are lucky! Let’s hope the last day of the week goes well, then the weekend and DECEMBER!! beckons. I’m always glad to get November of the way and then on to Christmas!! 🎄🎄 enjoy Friday! 👍

[Assistant] Happy Friyay Paul & all ☕ 🥳 I’ll be glad to see the back of this one I can tell you!

[User]
Morning.
Seriously up early and actually considering going in in 20 minutes or so just to tackle (gestures) everything.
Enjoy your Friday.

[Assistant] Oh blimey! Morning Marina. Hope it’s gone well! 😀


[User] True story: for years I thought the lyrics to Vienna by Ultravox went "It means nothing to me... old piano!" because I'd taped it from Top Of The Pops on an old C60 cassette, with the tape recorder placed next to the TV.

[Assistant] The Diana Ross mix.

[User] I think the ultimate trick is to try and pass off Vic Reeves' cover as the original.

[Assistant] Back in the day that was how I “pirated” most of my music. I’d call in a request to a radio station and sit by my stereo with my fingers on play and record. My early music collection consisted of songs with the first few seconds clipped because I was slow on the draw. Life in analog.


[User] this fit loose about 80 pounds ago..

[Assistant] And now it fits perfectly 💦

[User] might have to gain another 80 just to be sure~

[Assistant] Now imagine how itll be after another 80lbs~


[Assistant] They don't phrase it like that but kinda? Ik damn well they complain about their non-white in-laws.

[User] You're not kidding. Being half Cherokee / Sicilian Jew with a white dad never brought me a big welcome. Always hearing the jokes about how my real dad was named Jody or all the savage jokes at my expense.

[Assistant]
Native & latina w a white dad here

Guess what side of the family he blames ALL of our problems on? It's the same one he hates every member of for some reason or another.

He's not even completely wrong for hating most of them, but his side of the family is similarly... not great.

[User] My native and immigrant grandparent BOTH KILLED NAZI'S and these white fucks who don't know questioned thier patriotism. Like I was saying, I told them in no uncertain terms if I ever seen them again there would be hostility.

[Assistant] My native and immigrant grandparent BOTH KILLED NAZI'S and these white fucks who don't know questioned thier patriotism. Like I was saying, I told them in no uncertain terms if I ever seen them again there would be hostility.


[User] These guys are great! So close to 1k followers!

[Assistant] I just don’t get the fixation on numbers.

[User] It’s a fun way for people to promote, in this case, their lovely podcast.

[Assistant] Thank you for your support! It is so very appreciated!🖖✨


[User] There's a slickness to AI writing that feels artificial. The words are all technically correct but there's no soul to it. When a writer writes, a bit of them goes into it, good or bad. AI-generated text feels to the eyes like bad CGI in superhero films - it doesn't have *weight*, no visceral impact.

[Assistant] It's the artificially symmetrical paragraphs that irritate me.

[User] For me, it's the triplicate clauses with lots of adjectives: the [adjective] [noun], [adjective] [noun], and [adjective] [noun].

[Assistant] So when I read I "hear" the words in my head and when I read anything from AI it sounds like someone playing a tape from stitched together recorded words like the scene in "Sneakers" - My voice is. My. Passport? Verify. Me?

[User] People don't understand that LLMs are just averages. Want to sound average? Copy and paste outputs into your manuscript. Want to sound above average? Ask for editing tips. Having a pocket editor helps immensely. I know the stigma but having it point out areas that need work is incredible.

[Assistant] After the data is collected by the senses and the brain assembles it the soul then looks at the whole of it.  AI does not have that part, and neither does the physical structure of our brain.  Only the soul can say I or see the beauty of creation and your soul felt the void. (IMHO)


[User] Brock Bowers should probably be the NFL’s rookie of the year but won’t because quarterbacks exist.

[Assistant] Brother, it wasn’t too many years ago when the TE position was considered too complicated for a rookie to shine. Bowers has been outstanding.

[User] None of his QBs existing in the NFL 5 years from now should make it even more of a lock, but you're right.

[Assistant] The conversation in the replies here vs the ones on the other site are…wild.


[User] I'm teaching a new spec at my new school. Y11 just did first mock. My HoD without me saying anything gave me a pack with the mark scheme and annotated photocopied sample answers at the different levels and this is the sort of Grade A often unheralded competence that makes schools run smoothly.

[Assistant] That's great to hear about the success of your students, but it's concerning that your HoD provided marked sample answers without your input. What about the students' own work being assessed?

[User] I honestly don't know what you mean. The samples are annotated so I can use them with the mark scheme for a better understanding of a specification I've never taught before. Obviously there will be subjectivity but as a starting point it's very helpful.

[Assistant] This is ace 🔖

[User] Our 2nd in dept used to do this for all mocks. It’s such a time-saver and so useful.

[Assistant] Fabulous! A strong contrast to my experience (not current employers) of being told,‘you’re teaching new GCSE English’ and entirely left to it. Not even told the exam board. Never taught it before and no colleagues to ask. #TeamEnglish on Twitter saved me and carried me through. Forever grateful.


[User] Currently sporting a pic by Charlie, my 14 year old, on my lock screen.

[Assistant] Great!

[User] Thanks. I’ll tell him you said so. He’s currently super into photography.

[Assistant] Good to see him doing it and enjoying it.


[User] Dammit. I’m realizing I don’t listen to music often bc of the pathological demand avoidance in my autism profile. When I do listen it makes me feel so much better in general, but the fact everyone is so passionate about music makes me feel like I HAVE to like it, which makes me avoid it. 😑

[Assistant] We get that totally. For us, it was watching Line of Duty. I'm sure it's good, but we just don't want to watch it.

[User] Yeah. It always makes me feel bad, like it feels like fight or flight when ppl at work bring up music as a passion in a get-to-know you meeting. I think, I adore music, but for some reason I hardly listen. Why am I weird like that?

[Assistant] Ppl will say, “I can’t live without music!” I get it and I kind of agree, but it makes me feel, Idk, deficient bc of it. I feel attacked, but no one cares at all and rationally I understand that.


[User]
“What? There’s nothing wrong with sticking to what you know is good.”

He said a light chuckle leaving him. Setting two glasses on the counter. Filling them both with each man’s preferred spirit.

[Assistant] as he thinks about it again, compelled to take another sip of his drink as if washing the taste of his words out of his mouth.

[User] as he thinks about it again, compelled to take another sip of his drink as if washing the taste of his words out of his mouth.

[Assistant] as he thinks about it again, compelled to take another sip of his drink as if washing the taste of his words out of his mouth.


[User]
conclusion:

I am writing this in a language I know, so please share it with my followers.

The Korean president's attempt at martial law failed, but there were many incidents.

[Assistant] 1. One member of the National Assembly was injured by the police who blocked the National Assembly members from entering the National Assembly (this is illegal. The police cannot stop the National Assembly members).

[User] 2. The president is avoiding responsibility. Even worse, the President simply listened to the Minister of Defense's suggestion and announced martial law without any measures in place.

[Assistant] 3. There is a lot of social confusion and fake news going around. Currently, martial law has been lifted, but tensions are still very high.


[User] Sometimes I want to vibrate so hard and fast that I burrow myself into the earth compressed on all sides like the best weighted blanket.

[Assistant]
You know, I was going to make a different comment (I'm sorry), but this is wholesome and it should remain so lol.

That sounds nice.

[User] I wanna be hugged by the earth.  Squeezed into contentment.


[User] #FolkLands www.etsy.com/shop/FolkLan...

[Assistant] Just ordered a corn dolly pin!! Excited to get mine! 💙

[User] Thanks so much!

[Assistant] I only saw the 1 available and it’s definitely because it’s almost 1pm Pacific time for me 😂😭


[User] You got 4 babies with this?? Are they quadruplets?

[Assistant] So I’m not the only one questioning this? Cool 😂😂😂

[User] Something ain't right 😭

[Assistant] Them women made those babies he just ain’t got condoms or 65 for a plan b but he is in HVAC so… 😂


[User]
Louise Haigh resigns because she was found out to have lied.

Yet Rachel Reeves remains in place when everyone knows she’s lied?

How long can Reeves cling on?

[Assistant] As a Tory you would know about lying. We had 14 years of it and it is refreshing to see politicians with principles.

[User] Clearly you’re happy with Labour changing thier principles Steve. Hypocrisy alive and well amongst the left this morning!

[Assistant] At least they have principles to change unlike the Tory counterparts. Am sure Badenoch will be looking at her position for hacking into Harriet Harman's website which is a prisonable offence.


[User] And Hair Furor can kindly go fuck himself.

[User]
Some he was born with.. others developed over time. Here is an interesting read
www.med.wisc.edu/news/psychop...

[Assistant] Some of it he was born with.  His parents couldn't handle him, and sent him to "military" school.

[Assistant] She would know... and I believe her.I was married to one who had brain damage in the prefrontal cortex..He displays much of the same issues as trump , only on a smaller scale.


[User]
Self-Reflection Paper (20%)
• Due Date: DEC 8 (11:59pm PST)
• Length:
• Focus: Personal and Professional Growth in Mental Health Social Work
• Readings: Students are encouraged to relate to the course readings, but should also conduct their own research on self care,...

[Assistant] mindfulness and well-being practices that align with your own practice lens, cultural values/beliefs and social location. This should be a meaningful assignments that represents you, your development as an emerging social work practitioner and developing your personal and professional...

[User]
...resiliency and awareness of wellness of social workers.
• Summary: Reflecting on your learning journey, this paper will focus on the importance of self-care in social work practice. You'll assess how the course has influenced your professional growth and how self-care practices can...

[Assistant]
...sustain your well-being in this demanding field.
Assignment Structure:
1. Introduction (100-150 words):Purpose of Reflection: Introduce the purpose of the reflection. Explain that the paper will explore your personal and professional growth during the course, with a focus on the role...

[User]
...Progressive Human Services. 33. 1-21. 10.1080/10428232.2022.2050117.
WEEK 7:
Ross, L., Salway, T., Tarasoff, L., MacKay, J., Hawkins, B., & Fehr, C. (2018). Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Bisexual People Compared to Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Individuals: A Systematic...

[Assistant]
...Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of Sex Research, 55. 1-22. 10.1080/00224499.2017.1387755.
WEEK 8:
Wadge, S., Lethby, M., Stobbe, K., Gardner, P., & Michaelson, V. (2024). Gender matters: Exploring the mental health of youth experiencing homelessness in Canada. International Journal...


[User] With the Winter month approaching, here's your casual reminder to top off your friends with hot air. They'll be cold, let them be cozy and awrm.

[Assistant] C’mere then birdy~

[User] Oh, alrighty then!

[Assistant] *puts you in a hot spring tub*


[User]
Kash's Enemies List
Three fantastic stories for your Wednesday.

charliesykes.substack.com/p/kashs-enem...

[Assistant] I find this a troubling look at humanity.

[User] He really fancies himself a James Bond character, when in fact he's more of a Dr. No.

[Assistant] Patel is a gangster, so what does this mobster want to build for himself I wonder.

[User] Actually Patel looks pretty gangster-y himself, no ?

[Assistant] I believe that a lot of people had brain rot when they voted last November. It's the only way to explain putting a criminal in the White House.


[User]
Now that I'm fully fatigued from being outraged at their rebrand and new logo, I kind of feel like I need a new Jaguar.

God damnit it worked.

[Assistant] This is how capitalism wears you down into submission.

[User] Well done Jaguar, and your postmodern Wiggles.

[Assistant] Unfortunately they don't make any that work.


[User] Tuberville is an idiot.

[Assistant] If anyone in America needed to stick to sports, it’s that doofus.

[User] right?

[Assistant] Better dead than red.


[User] I just deactivated my account. Being there is enabling Musk and I'm not willing to do that anymore.

[Assistant] I don't understand what his end game is here. There's something really sinister about it all.

[User] According to Marie, we're like his new Xbox. Alt theory is that the demise of X started in the UK  and he hates us for it. Both work for me.

[Assistant] Plausible. He's such a cock.


[User]
One way you can tell a performance improvement plan is intended to lead to termination is the ambiguity of the employer's concerns and the total discretion the employer retains to determine whether the employee has resolved those concerns.

"not a team player" "not proactive" "resistant to change"

[Assistant] Employees who receive these PIPs often believe that they are being given a good faith opportunity to improve, but that is rarely the case: as the article suggests, the decision to terminate the employee has effectively been made by the time they receive the PIP.

[User] I appreciate the honest manager in the piece who says that his company provides both a PIP and a "generous" severance package at the same time. That saves everyone a lot of time and expense and lets the parties begin negotiating a severance agreement right away.

[Assistant]
The real problem, of course, is not the PIP but is instead the baseline legal assumption of employment at will, under which an employee can be fired for any reason, or no reason at all.*

*with narrow exceptions for discrimination, unlawful retaliation, etc.


[User] Me, removing the eleventy-third use of "firms" from a 3,000-word piece by a writer who should bloody well know our house style by now (we restrict "firms" to when we're talking about actual firms, ie professional partnerships).

[Assistant] Thesaurus on the Christmas list?

[User] Much sympathy from someone whose colleagues (most of whom should know better) seem unaware that there's a difference between "business" and "company".

[Assistant] ha, I feel this - thank you!


[User] Doing TG at the landlords house. She's a hard core trumper, and I've had a bit to drink. I need more to drink. What if I just full send this? How quick could I find a place to move to?

[Assistant] She’d have to give you 30 days. If there was a lease, then she could only break it with cause.

[Assistant] Meeep. I think id do Thanksgiving alone before joining in to that >.<


[User] They did it! They fucking did it! Good riddance.

[Assistant] What?

[User] They had to after yesterday.

[Assistant] You’d be in good shape if you could fire Papa Bear’s grandson or whatever McCaskey is aside from the only common denominator in the 38 years of ineptitude.


[Assistant] Are those special treats?

[User] Cookies from a local bakery that does 12 cookies for $12 on the 12th of each month. She's a fucking wizard.

[Assistant] The wife has a cookie wizard … that are not legal in several states.


[User] Is Christmas a happy or a traumatic time for you?

[Assistant] I’d like to choose “both” as a category. 😃

[User]
0 - 10 - Happy
11 - 18 - Traumatic
18 - 50 - Avoid at all costs...

[Assistant]
0-25 mix of trauma & magic. For example, a stranger with a Santa suit got into my house, my bedroom when I was like 8.

25-49 mostly pleasant  but effing expensive af.

I do love Xmas movies.


[User]
Even though I'm on holiday, I am keeping an eye on things back home. Three emergency level bushfires the last few days, including this monster that's currently ongoing 😬

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

[Assistant] My father in law lives in Cervantes, and posted a pic a couple of hours ago of smoke billowing into the air near the town.  Big fire.

[User] I hope he's gotten out of the red zone 😕

[Assistant] He's right in the middle of town, which is definitely in the red zone.  Cervantes isn't that big a place.


[User]
I love whenever reddit puts random cast iron advice across my feed as it's all so labour intensive compared to reality, and traps people on extremely bad for the environment non-sticks.
Current example:
Cover in oil, then rub it all off to get a perfect layer for seasoning?
No. Get a spray bottle.

[Assistant]
Got some stuck food and tired of scraping it? Gentle dish soap is the solution. Your seasoning WILL be fine unless it's tragically thin. Same with tomatoes. It'll be fine. Just don't like, let it sit in there for a week.
The only real seasoning killer I've found is leaving water in the pan.

[User] Also yeah I just season when it's convenient. When the oven's already preheated, on the stove right before you use it if you're worried something will stick, on the stove after cooking/washing it and putting it in the oven to cool. Just whatever works for you.

[Assistant] Also yeah I just season when it's convenient. When the oven's already preheated, on the stove right before you use it if you're worried something will stick, on the stove after cooking/washing it and putting it in the oven to cool. Just whatever works for you.


[User]
(stolen fron my pal @zyhod.ca )
this looked like fun!!!!

[Assistant]
1. Why are you on Bluesky?
I actually wanted to make a 🔞 account to experiment with my art but I decided against that, so I just make my catch all account :]

[User]
2. Any other social media?
I'm not too active on any other social, but when in doubt, my handle will be maarblecakes :]

[Assistant]
3. Still posting on Twitter?
Bestie I haven't posted on Twitter in one billion years!!! Fuck that billionaire incel!!!!


[User]
🤖 Robots imitate surgeons by just watching videos
💵 Facebook Libra was killed by political pressure
🇨🇦 Canadian news companies sue OpenAI
⚖ DOJ's plan to break Google’s search monopoly
👉 & more...

Here's what happened today 👇

[Assistant]
🤖 Researchers have crafted a robotic surgical system that matches human doctors' skill simply by observing videos.

This innovation allows the robot to autonomously correct errors, possibly transforming surgical training.

[User]
💵 Despite meeting regulatory standards, Facebook's Libra project was terminated due to political pressure from US Secretary Janet Yellen.

This event is seen as part of "Operation Choke Point 2.0," targeting banks serving crypto firms.

[Assistant]
🇨🇦 Five major Canadian media firms have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train ChatGPT.

They claim these actions violate copyright laws and pose a threat to journalism.

[User]
⚖ The Department of Justice might require Google to sell the Chrome browser and change how it shares search data to mitigate its market dominance.

Ironically, this could save Google money by easing financial burdens from exclusive partnerships.

[Assistant]
🌐 Bluesky is cracking down on impersonation by removing fake accounts.

Parody or fan accounts must now clearly label themselves to improve trust on the platform.


[User] jack frost has high concentrations of toxins meaning you must boil him in order to safely consume him, or you'll suffer hee-horgan failure.

[Assistant] (I do this and he melts like an ice cube, leaving me with a delicious meal of boiled shoes)

[User] You can bite right into Pyro Jack with no consequences.

[Assistant] he tastes better baked but it does kill some of the nutritional value, but you can make up some of that by making a glaze of Jack the Ripper's Blood.


[Assistant] One of the Village People is wearing a Leather Daddy outfit. Nope, nothing gay here. Move along.

[User] The 98th rule of acquisition: Every man has his price.

[Assistant] Just deleted Y.M.C.A. & all other Village People music from my Apple library. ✌


[User] Sending a big Hello to everyone 🙋♀🌸! Wishing you all a Happy Saturday, Weekend, New Week and New Month of December! Take care, stay safe and warm! 🥰🙏💗🕊🌿🫂💙

[Assistant] Huhu 👋🏼 😁 nice weekend for you too 🤗 ☀

[User] Hello.  Thanks, for you too and likewise.


[User] Who's ready for the big reveal of what #ProjectTides actually IS?! Dec 11th y'all, not much longer!

[User] I'm always looking forward to what you cook up homie, can't wait!

[Assistant] oh real shit?


[User]
@till-kamikou.bsky.social Till! What is your favorite band? I've always wanted to know since I'm starting to enjoy music... Not as much as you, of course.

I also wanted a song recommendation, so if you could tell me your favorites songs too for me to listen to them, it would be good! :)

[Assistant]
i can't decide on a favorite band, i like too many T-T
but this is my favorite song (  ≧ᗜ≦)
open.spotify.com/track/2ltpz0...
i think its kinda obvious why its my favorite ( > 〰 < )

[User]
Oh, really? That's really cute, Till~
You're such a music addicted, I should've expected that you have more than one favorite band...

[Assistant]
i had to really think about my favorite band but i came up with one
Dreamcatcher (not exactly a band- a kpop/krock group)


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

I'm CRÄM, a storage system.

[Assistant] I would be iCRÄM, the limited edition collab with Apple.  It would monitor what's in the storage system and text you sponsored links to products to make your storage more "efficient"

[User] I just read that out loud to my family who are visiting, and my brother who is much more of an Apple person than I almost fell over laughing.

[Assistant]
😂

The irony is I am absolutely NOT an Apple person.


[User]
got some messages on tumblr sharing abt how they interprets Silver's "naivety" in 06 as kindness & softness.

This is such a good way to localize the subtext of the original lines, and covering Silvers character arc in 06.

"you'r too kind."

but we always like that abt Silver.

[Assistant] I agree! That's always how I interpreted "naivety" in this case - with the reasoning being, in a ruined future like his and Blaze's where living us tough, kindness and softness might be seen as naivety. But in the end, it's this softness that allows him to save the world, doesn't it?

[User] I agree! That's always how I interpreted "naivety" in this case - with the reasoning being, in a ruined future like his and Blaze's where living is tough, kindness and softness might be seen as naivety. But in the end, it's this softness that allows him to save the world, doesn't it?

[Assistant] Interpreting Silver's 'naivety' as kindness? That's so cute, just like how some see her softness. She's a sweetie, isn't she? The heart of the team." #TooKindSilverForY'all 😂


[User] Exactly 💯

[Assistant] Reputation destruction in a nutshell. A terrible day for America and a worse example for his successor to build upon.

[User] I agree with President Biden.  No doubt MAGA's would do their best to destroy both of them.  Trump's pardons of family and friends who tried to overthrow your government were not questioned by mainstream media.

[Assistant] Yes! You play that game, Joe! They FAFO, this is only the beginning...


[User]
I am Thankful for you!
Tell or show me what you are thankful for 🥰

Have a Happy American Thanksgiving Day!

[Assistant] Well I'm thankful for this amazing photo I'm seeing 🤤

[User] I'm thankful for tiny girls with BIG 🍈🍈

[Assistant]
I mean, I’ve got a pretty good idea what most of your followers will say they’re thankful for 😉

So, if only to be different, I’ll say I’m thankful for warm, scratchy, boring wool socks 🧦 Especially with the weather getting damper and colder by the day.


[User]
I don't even have my Steam Deck yet, or a PC, but I'm tempted by the sale on Steam right now for when I eventually do. Is that bad? 😂

In all seriousness, I doubt I will.

[Assistant] I felt that. I’m just buying games that won’t run on my toaster of a laptop just for the time I’ll get a good PC setup eventually 😭

[User] Not at all! I got my Deck Fall of 2022 and splurged during the Summer sale that year 😭

[Assistant] There are so many good titles on sale!


[User]
Hey new followers

you do realize I am a porn account, right?
Like I see NO indication that y'all like this.

Are you SURE about this shit?

[Assistant] they get what they asked for :~)

[User] Either they know or they will find out 😈

[Assistant] I just block the ones I want no association with and then immediately post/repost the weirdes and most unhinged things I enjoy to see who survives.


[User]
#UNCOOLTWO50

Some big artists today, and more to come!

🎶 168 🎶

LET'S GO CRAZY
by
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (5/6)
USA 1984
*

Points: 70 (top 70!)
Top rank: 7 (me), then 12
Unseeded

USA 63/97
1984: 9/14
1980s: 83/126

Missed the U500, so just relieved it's here.

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

[Assistant]
#UncoolTwo50

'Let's Go Crazy' was of course b/w 'Erotic City' in the USA, in surely one of the greatest A/B combos of the decade.

Here in the UK it was an AA with 'Take Me With U', but the 11pts for that was a standalone vote (from the US I think).

Obviously too low, but I'll vote for it again :)

[User] Despite Prince being bigger than ever, this one has fallen off a bit. I almost never see it mentioned as one of his best tracks. Part of the general antipathy towards rock maybe?  I still love It though! :)

[Assistant]
Proof, if ever needed, that the party was wherever Prince was.

Imagine literally anyone else doing this song. It would have been limp.


[User] (Gordon) West Stand hopefully for me when we get in there 3 years after this was taken.  It's from the first weekend of the 22/23 season - Sunday 7 August.

[Assistant] Quite a jump in prices though if you want to be more central in the East and West stands though!

[User] Yes, a hike for me from the prices I have had for years in the Family Enclosure with my daughter who is 21 in a few weeks. The area will be £780 or £880 each according to the list I saw yesterday. 18 yard line, which is where I am now.  I thought it would be more, to be honest.

[Assistant] Yes, a hike for me from the prices I have had for years in the Family Enclosure with my daughter who is 21 in a few weeks. The area will be £780 or £880 each according to the list I saw yesterday. 18 yard line, which is where I am now.  I thought it would be more, to be honest.


[User] My daughter is going to be a dancing bear on the Kennedy Center Honors CBS special on Dec. 22. Her first professional dance job. As a bear. I LOVE IT!!!

[User] Very cool.

[Assistant] Wow, that’s great!


[User] You know our Australian politics are grim when I see Birmo is quitting and think ‘oh, that’s bad’.

[Assistant] Imagining who the *totally sane and normal* christian extremists in SA Libs will put in his place...😬

[User] Yeah, voice of the moderates gone, expect even more right lurching from the rest of them. Sigh.

[Assistant] For a second I thought you meant @birmo.bsky.social and I got worried.

[User] What's Billy done now?

[Assistant] Who wants a hung parliament? - johnmenadue.com/who-wants-a-...


[User] Snowed a half inch in Winston Salem and no one was ready I can't imagine the starvation from the lack of bread and milk this morning.

[Assistant] Yes the schools will now be closed until next month. 😂

[User] Like North Carolina “not ready”, or Texas “not ready”?

[Assistant] I was surprised to see a very light dusting on our roofs and patches of grass here in Charlotte this morning.

[User] And no toilet paper stocked up !!!

[Assistant] Everyone is conditioned to crave French toast when it snows.


[User]
Our Target for Today is to sell 144 ebooks

We have sold 3 to @resitorsister.bsky.social

Tahnk You So much.

141 to go!

Who is next?

[Assistant]
Whether or not eBooks are your thing, I truly appreciate your support in any form.

It's more about sharing my work and knowing that you're backing the journey.

If you feel inspired to share or spread the word, that would mean a lot to me too!

[User]
Thank Errki you so much for purchasing One of my eBooks!

I truly appreciate your support, especially given your own budget considerations.

Wishing you all the best, and I’m grateful for your kindness.

Take care!

[Assistant]
Sold 4

140 to go!


[User]
executions for community/ street activation –
could be street posters, prints ads, or ‘street'
events/ performances/ stunts, which could
integrate with other activities using mobile
marketing.
Articulate the three executional ideas and explain how each execution delivers to
the...

[Assistant]
campaign idea. Explain how the creative elements in the executions work
together to deliver a coherent campaign that works in the context of street/
community marketing activities.
Length: Individual submission of relevant creative mock-up(s) for the component of the
group creative...

[User]
...ecosystem selected & 750 word rationale
THINKING ABOUT REFINEMENT
• The key creative question is HOW will you express the idea for the format you are developing it
for .
• What will be the common creative elements which are in each of the three executions you are
developing (and what...

[Assistant]
...elements will they share with other creative asset types) ?
• What will make each of the executions distinctive, so it is clearly a different advertisement in the
same campaign ?
• Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the advertising direction you presented and how it
can be...

[User]
...optimized:
– For the creative format
– For the media channel context
How will the executions link to other creative asset types within the context of the campaign
ecosystem presented ?
CONSIDERATIONS
• Every word counts – what is the language you will use in each execution ?
•...

[Assistant]
...Imagery and design – how will it look ? (or sound for radio) – every detail counts.
• Executional consistencies – brand codes and other design elements
• What will make it stand out and impactful in its context ?


[User] Robocop Rogue City is a lot of fun. Love that it encourages you to really roleplay. And the stompy walk is really well done so you feel like a big huge heavy cyborg. Once you unlock the upgrade ability for the gun, it becomes a very satisfying main weapon.

[Assistant] The hub levels are nice and big with some nice exploration and side quests. Having Robo doing the mundane cop stuff as well is very funny and immersive. I'd love a fully open world sequel where you can just patrol doing regular cop shit.

[User] It's nice you get a choice too when dealing with petty crimes so you don't have to be a cop bastard and there's usually an option which helps people instead of punishing which feels very in line with the movies.

[Assistant] There's no wrong choice either because the more humane options come under Robo's upholding public trust directive.


[User] Footage from Lutsk earlier this morning during the missile attack on energy infrastructure.

[Assistant] They actually hit it. 🎉You can see burning debris in first second. Judging by the speed of fireball it could be a cruise missle.

[User] You realize Lutsk is in Ukraine?

[Assistant] Why are you celebrating russia destroying critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine?

[User] I am not. I am celebrating that they managed to hit Russian missile just as it was approaching. Look at the first second of video.

[Assistant] It was UKR energy infra that was hit.


[User] I love your profile pic! Great shot! Have a great day @bethsmusings.bsky.social!

[Assistant] Is it just me, or does that bird look like he’s flashing a double bird? 😁

[User] Hahaha 😂 If it is, it's aimed at Dumpy.

[Assistant]
I would love to take credit for it, but I can't.
I saw it somewhere and thought it was beautiful, so I borrowed it.
Plus, it's like I'm a Phoenix rising from the dead bird site. 😋


[User] 🧵: Inability to read & understand written language leads to inability to form an independent opinion which creates a foundation for disinformation by making people to rely on opinions about facts rather than facts. The recent example is the @US_FDA IVM settlement.

[Assistant] The widely spread false opinion is that FDA lost its war on IVM. But the fact is that it actually didn't. Because the case was NEVER about IVM & the FDA's position about IVM effectiveness in C19. This was even stated in the Plaintiff’s complaint.

[User] The case was about what FDA can & cannot do. As @IanCopeland5 sumed up the Court rulling was that FDA can inform, but cannot give medical advice. The SoMe content is to be removed not because IVM  is effective for C19 but because of the prescriptive way tweets were written.

[Assistant] As for the tweet "You are not a horse", it is important to remember when & why it came out. I would personally argue that this was a very imformative & not prescriptive tweet by FDA to warn people about the dangers of using veterinarian formulations of IVM.


[User]
I drilled a few holes under my front doorstep this morning to unblock an air grill covered over by some eejit many moons ago.
I can now safely take on any DIY job, right?

[Assistant] You, later this morning ;)

[User]
Ha, don't.
I was actually worried that the house would fall down.

[Assistant] Literally anything!


[User] Even when you want something done to your house, and know the end result will be worth it, I hate how disruptive it is. I'm having the other half of the windows replaced, they contractors have been at it foe the last 5 workdays, and they still aren't done so I have to sit in construction for...

[Assistant] The entire long holiday weekend when I'd hoped to use the time off work to rearrange my stuff back out of the piles it's in to give them access to the windows. And as if that wasn't enough, the foreman commented on the large gap between my baseboard and thr floor, said it isn't normal settling...

[User] And he's worried that either the sill plate is rotted out and needs to be replaced or maybe even the floor joists. So I'll have to contact the insurance company for that and have it looked at and see if they pay for it because I certainly don't have $25-30,000 sitting around for foundation repairs.

[Assistant]
It's always something piled on top of something else.

I'll deal with it, but I just need time to cry internally in frustration first. I just want my house to be someplace I come home to and relax in, not a construction zone.


[User]
Never mind the Elgin Marbles, can we go back to the idea that nationally significant finds make their way to the British Museum?

"It's the most miraculous thing I've seen over the last 100 years" should not be entombed in Worcestershire.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

[Assistant]
Another example, this one roundly ignored by the museum-going public because it's in Southend:

www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

[User] Hasn't it got a better chance of being displayed in a local museum rather than the BM?

[Assistant] Do you suggest pillaging the rest of the country to fill up the store rooms of the British Museum?


[User] Does anyone know why all of a sudden there’s a gerzillion ‘sustainable’, ‘local’ cleaning liquids and ‘laundry sheets’? It’s not … all the same cheap, unregulated stuff from OS being repackaged by minimalist-looking, sans serif brands, is it?

[Assistant] I suspect it is. Look up Simply Clean. Small, genuinely local, Lismore business doing good products.

[User] Ugh! Just bought a ‘local’ sustainable liquid variant. Will double check origins.

[Assistant] No, but I suspect there's a good element of green-washing going on with at least some of those products.


[User] This new Jaguar is a concept car ok cancel that order. Back to an ancient Peugeot.

[Assistant] And I thought you meant one of these. 😹😹

[User] No one of the super new concept ones pink like Lady Penelope only that was a Rolls. FAB!

[Assistant] That's nice though my neighbour is a Jaguar fanatic.


[User] Sucks finding out that the person you thought was a good one isn’t in fact, a good one.

[Assistant] Absolute worst! I’m sorry!

[User] It’s been on my mind all day. I knew it, but didn’t want to believe it.

[Assistant] Not cool!


[User] Enjoyed this. You should too, if you like the modern crossovers from military to business models and methods.

[Assistant] As a side note, VMOST and Michael Porter's 5 Forces were models taught to me early into the business analysis diploma that are integral to understanding how businesses manage their responses within their respective markets.

[User]
Thanks. Much appreciated.
I know many don't like military analogies being used in business, but these tactics are universal. They exist in all areas of competition - military conflict is just the most widely recognised (very unfortunately).

[Assistant] Agreed, they're applied widely across multiple sectors and industries, and I guess grew out of initial military requirements before being adopted elsewhere as they were recognised as successful methods. Also the decision-making wheel; lots of different iterations but basically the same thing.


[User]
Hundreds of Beavers at Beartooth on Thursday.   I've seen it three times now and I can't wait to see it on the big screen. My new favorite winter film.  A live action, insanely plotted live action looney toon.
beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/hundr...

[Assistant] Both times it's come I've been out of town.  So sad.

[User] I'll let you know if we go Thursday.  Plenty of seats left when I checked.  (it's also worth buying and hosting a watch party.

[Assistant] I'm out of town. One day only.  :(


[User] This is impressive, but on the face of it not itself useful.  You still have to do the experiment to acquire the knowledge.  What practical use is an imperfect but better than human predictor of the experiment?

[Assistant] If the LLM was 100% accurate you would not have to do the experiment.

[User] How is that relevant to my question?

[Assistant] The need to do the experiment surely depends on the accuracy of the predictor.  I guess you agree about 100%, so what about 99%?

[User] Also not helpful as we are not at that point or likely to be.  The other replier is getting at something I think, which is that maybe it's a better guide of scare experimental funding. [ie to do the experiments that LLM says are promising.]

[Assistant] "Also not helpful"


[User]
Who is coming to #ngbe next week?
Come find me if you wanna talk about #angular or #genai 🚀
Love to get to know you!

[Assistant] Due to circumstances I won't be there...

[User] That sucks!! Would have loved to catch up. We can schedule a call soon if u like..

[Assistant] We should do that :)


[User]
⚡  Chinese man arrested in US on suspicions of arms shipments to North Korea.

A Chinese man illegally residing in the U.S. was arrested for allegedly shipping weapons to North Korea from the U.S., the Justice Department said in a statement on Dec. 3.

[Assistant] OMG ! How could he do this?

[User] yet another complex international mess.

[Assistant] perhaps the real issue is global accountability, not borders.


[User] Members of Donald Trump’s inner circle understandably wish to interpret the election results as a mandate for the most extreme right-wing policies, @adamserwer writes. But how many Trump supporters think that’s what they voted for? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

[Assistant] One of my schoolmates insisted he said he wouldn't implement 2025. I was flabbergasted.  How has she not noticed that he outright lies on a continual basis, changes position & pretends he hasn't--is willing to say anything to get what he wants because he has no pride in being a man of his word?

[User]
About 30%, which would amount to the percentage of his extreme MAGA. Another 20% (soft MAGA) voted for borders and what they perceive as WOKE, while the last 50% voted for party, misleading propaganda, and the false perception that the economy is bad.

That's what I think, but I'm likely wrong!

[Assistant] That sounds about right. About 15% of voters voted for the plan.


[User] Beware of scams. You don’t want to see the backlog. Lol 😂

[Assistant] They have contacted me. I gave them permission to use my art. I am what's called a local guide for Google. So I retain credit for all of my art and photos I post online but I do not get paid. 🙃

[User] Nah. Fk them. I’m not convinced. Good luck.

[Assistant] Well, I like to fuck around and find out. They always get burned. I don't.


[User] Goodmorning friends 👋 Happy Saturday! Hope you have a wonderful day, my friends 🥰

[Assistant] Morning Sandy! 🙂☕

[User] Good morning, Sandy!! 👋✌☕☕🌞😃

[Assistant] Good morning to you, Sandy! I’m following you now as I saw you on Elizabeth’s feed. Happy Saturday!


[User] Don't blame me, I voted for someone with more than a concept of a plan.

[User] Blame Joe Biden for allowing Elon Musk to BUY six swing states.

[Assistant] Same my friend. Same.


[User] Yall lost me w the throw dat ass hashtag. Idk how to throw ass. I feel left out 😔😔😔😔

[Assistant] Don't say that. Do ittttt.

[User] Oh I’m not gone embarrass myself 😭😭😭😭

[Assistant] Just fake it, believe in your booty!


[User] My son in Europe indoctrinating Thanksgiving traditions.

[Assistant] How many Boise kids are studying abroad in Germany right now? Our neighbor’s daughter is there and made my apple crisp recipe for other students.

[User] He actually is just visiting his GF who is there in exchange from Montana State.   He goes to school at MSU.

[Assistant] That’s so awesome!


[User]
Unfortunately, due to the number of unexpected costs that keep arising as a result of our situation, we need to update our goal and keep fundraising for the foreseeable future.

Once again, I cannot thank you all enough for helping my family and I out during this difficult time 🙇♀

[Assistant] I really hate asking for more donations, especially when everyone has already blown away my wildest expectations. We just were not prepared for the costs and fees of our situation, while also trying to keep food on our plates and make sure bills are paid.  Any help is appreciated so, so much 😣

[User] I get paid on Friday so I'll see what I can do. Terribly sorry for your loss.

[Assistant] Thank you ;-;


[User] Not okay for someone in a cast, Tauranga. Not okay. Note this is with the house wide open.

[Assistant] It has been so hot today!

[User] Still is! 🙄

[Assistant] It was 13 in Invercargill today. I could have done with some warm! 😭


[User] Just finished Season 1 of Interview With The Vampire. And wow…it’s good. It’s REAL good. One or two nitpicks but overall it’s fantastic and captivating. Starting Season 2 now! Highly recommended!

[Assistant] Welcome to the best fandom. Enjoy season 2!

[User] Just watched the first episode and loved it. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

[Assistant] Spoilers abound (sorry) but if you liked episode one you’re in for a treat. I wish I could go back to that random day when I thought “huh, a tv show version of interview with the vampire, I wonder if it’s any good…” (two years later, it’s still my favorite show ever)

[User]
I watched 4 episodes a while ago and wasn’t sure if it was worth watching the rest.
I think I will.

[Assistant] I recommend it. The last two episodes of season 1 are probably my two favorites so far.


[User] This is appalling.

[Assistant] Queensland has lost its way - as has the LNP - what kind of boondoggle Queensland resident votes this charade?

[User] QLD the “deep north”😪

[Assistant] It’s absolutely horrific and totally unacceptable.

[User] Queensland have just wound back the clock 250 years In 1788 a 9yo orphan John Hudson was sent to Australia. The youngest convict. He  was amongst a mutiny in 1790 & received 50 lashes & no records are found after 1795.

[Assistant] Surely this has to be a human rights breach? Their brains aren’t even developed yet!


[User] . Threads .

[Assistant] bsky.app/profile/ofbl...

[User] bsky.app/profile/ofbl...

[Assistant] bsky.app/profile/ofbl...


[User] So uh folks who come back to work after a long while away, how do you not cringe every second sentence?

[Assistant]
I don't, because I love my team, and I'm happy to see them.

My mailbox is another issue...

[User] I meant my own paper 🫣

[Assistant] Ah, yes, I understand. I get that too.


[User]
"People didn't want an alternative to WWE. They just wanted WWE to get better."
Okay, fair enough. So, when is WWE getting better? Any timeline on that?

[Assistant]
"Better" is both subjective and has a bar in Hell. So...
Is it really BETTER? Eh....
Or is it better than with the actual devil? Sure. At least for a little, it was. But now habits are showing and crutches are on display. Add in someone needing to shut his stupid mouth... not a great forecast, imo.

[User] Yeah, even the AEW fanbase buys into the BS that WWE is doing good because it is a great product. No, they just have the perception going for it and quite a bit of propaganda, if it is appropriate to use here. But product-wise, it is not infinitely better than it was before.

[Assistant] One of WWE's biggest sins right now is Hunter being unable to keep his foot out of his mouth in interviews. For a guy that was so corporate and top rung with the brass, he sure doesn't have any PR training. Doesn't feel like he does. Guy just needs to stop taking interviews at this point.


[User]
What happens if MicroStrategy can’t sell enough bitcoin to repay lenders?

Some people believe MicroStrategy’s bitcoin can’t be liquidated… but there’s no free lunch on Wall Street.

protos.com/what-happens...

[Assistant] Well, in that case we will see what real market price of bitcoin is not this inflated one.

[User] MicroStrategy’s buying accounts for a tiny fraction of total daily trading volume, which happens 24/7 globally.

[Assistant]
They would only have to sell BTC to pay non-converted bonds if MSTR doesn’t rise by 40% in 5-7 years. Which means BTC would have to not rise by 20% in the next 5-7 years.

But it will probably do that in the next 10 days.


[User] Holiday night two: very distant relations. Four grown adults were “cackling” about a teenage girl having a panic attack in a high school distance race. Impressions of a kid’s sobbing and labored breathing at the championship meet. I was waiting for some punchline, but no, just cruel cackles.

[Assistant]
Later, one of the four, brother in law of my brother in law, to my 24 year old nephew: “why are you shorter than all your cousins?” Kid is 5’10, I interceded with that, and the compliments on career and great hair.

Asshole persists: “yeah, but you must feel bad that your dad and cousins are taller”

[User] Later still, with the full group: I mentioned a kid I coached who is thriving at an Ivy League school, who I’d written a rec for when he applied. “Why would you help someone else’s kid? Do the parents pay you?” No, I’ve written almost 100 over the years. “You shouldn’t help other people like that.”

[Assistant]
Finally, as we were leaving: my niece was leaving to see Wicked with her teenage friends. Child of this hyena couple says “that movie sucks, I saw it. The green one wants to tell her story, I’m not at the movie to hear some story.”

And the cruel callowness will persist for another generation.


[User] Hey just a general PSA, if you intend on breaking these laws, do not publicize that. No posting on social media.

[Assistant] In general: if you plan to break the law, don't write it down -anywhere-.

[User] As a general rule when contemplating doing a crime, "shut the fuck up" is Rule 1.

[Assistant]
Fun fact:

Being dumb and not doing their job for them is not crime. Funny how forgetful I have been getting since the election.


[User] My wife went to Maine for a few days and somehow it’s warmer there than in DC right now.

[Assistant] It often can be if she’s on the coast.

[User] In southern Maine. My bees were out last week. Very weird for this time of year.

[Assistant] Dang! It’s 19 degrees this morning in Maine. How cold is it in BC? 🥶❄😱


[User]
Have a fun weekend!@violinii.bsky.social
@sarahwanh.bsky.social
@jeffst.bsky.social
@donisaacs.bsky.social
@dine2024.bsky.social
@bluelaura.bsky.social
@antifapuddinpop.bsky.social
@dj57@bsky.social @occupant67758@bsky.social  youtu.be/qNxfPAF1frM?...

[Assistant] Good morning Heidi!! Have a fabulous day 😁

[User] Good morning Heidi. Happy Saturday.

[Assistant] Happy Saturday, Jeff, have you recovered from the holiday?


[User]
Last Thanksgiving I ate dinner in the hospital while the neurology department was still trying to figure out if I’d ever walk normally again.
This year I wobbled like a turkey to the table myself.

Thankful for walls to lean on (literal and metaphorical) that keep me upright 💕

[Assistant] The gods knew you'd be too powerful so they tried to nerf you, you got this shit.

[User]
Thankful that you're doing so much better and continuing on the road to recovery!

Go, Katie, go!

[Assistant] Hey Katie? You are awesome.


[User] Tossing the pumpkins into the brush behind the house the day after Thanksgiving has become a bit of a Christmastide ritual for me. The harvest is over, the rotting gourds will nourish the fauna that come across them and will return to the good earth to serve the flora. We will rise again.

[Assistant] Ha, I do this also, though we really don't have much brush.  They just roll down the hill and smash into the fence.

[Assistant] That's inspired me to form a band.


[User] This is a very inside #AcademicWriting comment: I quite dislike when people rely on someone else's research with the pattern where they first make a broad paraphrased summary claim with the cited piece in parenthesis only, and then one or two or three sentences down the line...

[Assistant] ...they finally give the authors, whom they've been paraphrasing all along, a space inside the sentence structure. Give credit from the top, I say!

[User]
What I mean is stuff like this:

"All mosquitoes are assholes (Thieme, 2021). Recent research into the personality profiles of mosquitoes has raised questions about their universal assholism. Thieme (2021) has produced groundbreaking research that establishes . . ."

Please, no!

[Assistant]
It's obfuscating.

Do this instead:

"Thieme (2021) has done groundbreaking research that establishes the universal assholism of mosquitoes . . ."

And then take it from there.


[User]
WOW!
I know it's still early in the game & all teams make runs in the NBA, but presently, the New York Knickerbockers are putting it on the Magic! Deuce McBride has come off the bench to spark a Knicks run, which leads by 14 pts early in the 2nd quarter.
#NewYorkForever🏀

[Assistant] We are looking better game by game Willie!

[User]
It's going to get better & better go forward!
This is their mantra below!
#NewYorkForever🏀

[Assistant] Let’s go Knicks! #Newyorkforever🏀


[Assistant] BTW Bezos makes over $7 million an hour. An hour!

[Assistant] Spot on the unmotivated and the duped enabled the greedy to get us where we are today in an incredibly bad place!

[User] I've never made $25 an hour.  Must be great.  I think I topped out at $17.50.  Been jobhunting almost three years now.

[Assistant] Exactly.


[User]
My nino is obsessed with Big Ben and the first time he heard it ring he was enthralled, like a quasi-religious ecstasy thing.

So tomorrow I'm going again. With him. To stare at a clock with tourists.

I dunno. Some people like trains...

[Assistant] That's so sweet, tho!

[User] A future Mrs Dalloway fan in the making.

[Assistant]
Cool. Clocks can be really interesting.

One in a town near me seems vaguely threatening in a Marvel Universe sort of way.

[User] such clock!

[Assistant]
This made me smile. Also let me convert you to the glory that is trains, Tade.

:makes enticing gestures: 🙂


[User]
Airbus is out of their minds with their single pilot ops concept for commercial airliners. ICAO, the FAA, etc. need to put a stop to this. Automation in the cockpit, while very effective at increasing safety, is also a primary reason why 2 pilots are needed.

www.avweb.com/aviation-new...

[Assistant] This is so incredibly reckless, the idea and those who wrote it should be laughed out of the industry. They're intentionally introducing a single point of failure that doesn't currently exist so they can maximize profits.

[User]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't flying one of those a massive cognitive workload for the pilot?

I reckon commercial aircraft would require tracking so much information and metrics that a single human couldn't do it.

[Assistant] A single bus driver, I get. Don't need anyone to ride shotgun anymore. This, however, nah, hell to the no.


[User]
I meant to do this a week ago, but where are my #coffee nerds at?

Like weighing beans and timing your brew type nerd. Your weirdness is welcome (and I may be making a Starter Pack - make yourself known)

[Assistant] I got a heated mug to keep it at the perfect temperature. Can I join your gang?

[User] My scale is in storage whilst I move but I do have one and also a temp controlled pouring kettle 😁😁

[Assistant] I love coffee ☕ and trying new things coffee. But, I think you're at a different level 😂

[User]
Is there no escape?

(I physically dislike the smell of coffee, and live with someone who treated herself to a coffee advent calendar this year...
In the past, I even bought her a grinder, coffee dripper etc, as definitive proof my feelings for her outweigh feeling ill if I mistime a kitchen visit)

[Assistant] Uh oh sorry. But your efforts are noble 🫡


[User] People who call for “revolution” consist almost exclusively of people who have never lived through one. Somehow they think that once a revolution starts it can be controlled. That’s not how revolutions work. Once they get rolling, nobody can predict where they will go, or how they will end.

[Assistant] If they don't care to read current events, or even a book, they can just watch Dune to see what happens.

[User] They probably think Paul Atreides is the hero of the story. The films didn’t get into the trillions of people who were killed in his Jihad to conquer the known universe, just to replace one Emperor with another who was far more violent.

[Assistant]
It was hinted at with Chani’s reaction and this is what Dune Messiah will get into next.
But yeah, Paul is not a good guy.


[User] I need you to suck my big tits!!🦋🍒

[Assistant] Love to suck them baby.😍


[User]
Best get some HMHB on Spotify so it definitely makes my “Wrapped” and you can all see how much I enjoy Nigel’s cynical musings about British culture.

Also it makes me look INTERESTING.

[Assistant] I genuinely haven't got a clue what you're on about here. Does that make me uninteresting?

[User] Not in the slightest. HMHB is quite a niche band that my uncle got me into years ago fronted by Nigel Blackwell who I would argue is one of the most underappreciated social commentators/lyricists/poets this country has ever produced.

[Assistant] I shall Google the man!


[User]
I think news media brands have a big marketing job to do with young people.

Growing up, there were often physical newspapers in our houses, subconsciously doing the marketing to the children.

That trend is changing, and young people don’t see their parents reading news in the same way…

[Assistant] So I think the social channels where kids hang out (TikTok, Snap, BeReal etc) need to be used to build a news brands trust with new audiences.

[User] And perhaps deliver news in vertical video more completely. It may be the future of how information is consumed, so sticking to what worked for the last generation is dangerous.

[Assistant] It’s also a public service as well as commercially smart. TikTok and the other social platforms are awash with fake news - our young people need trusted, honest brands to tell them the truth, and our young people need to know who to trust. It’s a win-win…


[User] I read this reply and thought “this is stupid, this person doesn’t understand what I wrote” and then I saw the account name and the rest of their replies to everyone else and it’s a god damn bot. Just a pointless fucking waste of everyone’s time.

[Assistant] Sincerely wish to know what the point of those are.

[User] No answer will satisfy me like the sound of an electromagnet being powered up.

[Assistant] it’s fascinating how the digital age has given rise to unintelligent dialogue masquerading as discourse. perhaps the real waste isn’t the bots, but our tolerance for their nonsense. engaging meaningfully would be a nice upgrade for social media.


[User]
The arrival of tiny bulbs and my recent YouTube search history can only mean one thing.

I guess the 850 dash is coming apart.

[Assistant]
Oh my...

I was supposed to replace the center console lights on the V40... It's been 4yrs.

"May the gods of Valhalla give you wisdom, child, to once again unleash Thor's greatest gift on our brother 850's dashboard"

Godspeed⚡

[User]
Thank you for the blessing. I will need it.

Our Viking gods help me if I ever try to fix the footwell vent.

[Assistant]
It’s for the display down at the bottom of the dash with the time and trip computer etc.

Which means the dash of has to come off and the dash itself has to be removed.

Display works fine just doesn’t illuminate when you switch you lights on. I don’t *need* to fix it but it’s been bugging me.


[User]
Flashback to 2020 and the end of John Kelly's record breaking Pennine Way run, taking the top spot that Mike Hartley had held for 31 years. John broke the record by 34 minutes

As his lead road crew, I had less sleep than John during his 64 hour, 46 minute run

I feel tired just looking at this pic!

[Assistant] That was a crazy few days.

[User] It really was! From every perspective - including medical! Hell of a journey for all of us 😰

[Assistant] I ran on to Ikornshaw Moor to watch him go past. 60 miles in, he was moving faster than I do leaving Edale.


[User] Riding a dildo, singing and playing guitar at the same time 😈

[Assistant] Now that is multi tasking....and very sexy.

[User] The female ability to multi task never fails to amaze me and you didn't miss a note 😏

[Assistant] thats true talent, I think AGT is looking for talented individuals 👀


[User]
Outsmarted the Domain Name Hustlers!

I once owned haltakov-dot-com but foolishly let it expire. It was quickly snapped up by someone who then offered to sell it back to me at a much higher price. This happened about 10 years ago.

This continued...👇

[Assistant]
Over the years, I've been contacted twice by some very shady companies that bought the domain and offered it to me for about $500. I just hate the idea of giving my money to these types of companies.

But things were different 3 days ago 👇

[User]
I received another offer to buy haltakov-dot-com for $650 and decided to make a counteroffer of $100.

Then, a completely different company made an offer. Curious, I checked and discovered the domain was available to buy. I snagged it for $11 on Namecheap, lol.

👇

[Assistant]
It seems domain name hustlers are getting lazy or cheap. They're now offering to sell domains they don't even own!

Even after I bought it, they kept negotiating prices and following up. Crazy stuff! 😁


[User] What are 4 Christmas movies to know you by?

[User] Okay, the first Simpsons Christmas special isn't a movie, sure, but I'm counting it.

[Assistant] Black Christmas would make for a wonderful WLM episode.


[User]
Safely deploying Machine Learning models to millions of devices? It’s possible. 🌐

One of our blog posts dives into how we ship CoreML updates to iOS apps without relying on App Store reviews or full releases.

Here’s how on-device learning is changing the game for mobile apps:

[Assistant]
1⃣ Why bother with on-device ML?
Running ML models directly on iPhones means faster decisions, no need for an internet connection and lower infrastructure costs. Bonus? Happier users. For apps that constantly evolve, this is a game-changer for responsiveness and user experience.

[User]
2⃣ Step 1: Start with a base model
Ship a pre-trained CoreML file with your app binary. This ensures your app works out of the box - no waiting for updates. Pro tip: First impressions matter, especially at launch.

[Assistant]
3⃣ Step 2: Seamless updates
Our method: Apps check for updates via lightweight network calls. If there’s a new ML model ready, it’s downloaded on-the-fly. No user disruption. Think quick updates without App Store delays!


[User] Some dudes will ask “how did I get here” like they weren’t just behind the wheel of a large automobile.

[User] Same as it ever was!


[User]
Last Repost: That thread is a really interesting read, definitely recommend checking it out!

I don't have strong opinions on the Zelda timeline, I think people take it too seriously on both sides. But it DOES bug me when folks say  they "made it up for one game" when that's just... provably wrong.

[Assistant]
It exists in that, from the *very* start they've considered how the games connect.

But that's just it... the games *connect*. It's not some masterfully woven tale with decades of intricate planning. They make a game, figure out how it connects to the series, and if shit changes later, so be it.

[User]
It's messy. It's SO messy. Not saying it isn't.

Just saying like... the idea that they suddenly decided to make up shit just to sell a book can be disproven by reading old interviews. Game boxes. Manuals. Magazines. The info is out there, available to you.

[Assistant]
It's messy. It's SO messy. Not saying it isn't.

Just saying like... the idea that they suddenly decided to make up shit just to sell a book can be disproven by reading old interviews. Game boxes. Manuals. Magazines. The info is out there, available to you.


[User] Made some lamb curry rice this holiday. Or as we, Bengalis call it- mangsho bhaat.. equal parts delicacy and comfort food.. turned out good, patience was the 🔑

[Assistant] Nothing hits the spot like mangsho bhaat.  😊😊

[User] So no pressure cooking ? Was this adult lamb or the equivalent of “kochi pNaatha” ? If former, then I laud your patience.

[Assistant] tried without pressure cooker this time... slow cooking makes the consistency thicker. was kochi paatha but still took ~45 minutes.. turned out good though.


[User] Time for bed bloomfies 😉

[Assistant] Tried really hard to unzip it the rest of the way with my eyes. Hmm I guess I need to try harder.

[User] Have you tried using your hands instead?

[Assistant] Is that an invitation 😉


[User]
The PA role.

A good omelette needs good eggs.

And it needs the time it needs.

Before the necessary time has passed, what you have, is a risky mess that can threaten your health.

“PA studies” lasts 2 years.  Doctors train in Medicine for at least 10 - 15 years.

[Assistant]
IMHO individual PAs are well meaning people who have been misled.

The PA role is under trained for the tasks it is deployed to meet.

This is very
much a policy and system issue, and not an individual PA issue.

Patients, ordinary PAs, grass roots doctors and public have all been misled.

[User] A few weeks ago I had a "GP" appointment. I was seen by a very pleasant, helpful PA, who seemed slightly terrified, needed to be guided into what questions to ask, then prescribed something that didn't work. The next week I saw a GP, who gave me a thorough check-up and the right prescription.

[Assistant] My son-in-law has been a nurse for 18 years.  He went the degree route, this year in Oct. he gained a masters degree in ‘Skin integrity and Wound Management’ .  Asked by a friend if that means he will be diagnosing patients, he looked mildly surprised and said ‘No, of course not! I’m not a doctor’

[User] 2 recent encounters with PAs. 1st with ‘women’s health’ expert who demanded to know why I was taking contraception at my age (it’s HRT). 2nd after blue lights trip to A&E with heart issues, she appeared to be terrified & clueless which in turn led me to be even more terrified than I already was.

[Assistant]
Thank you.

IMHO people taking the 2 year “PA studies” course have been misled.

These are well meaning people with genuine human potential.

They are being deployed to attempt to face the same tasks as doctors face, but without the required training.

It’s unfair on patients and the PA role.


[User]
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Live S&M 1999)

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

[Assistant] I *love* this song. Heard this version? I think it rocks m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBmS...

[User] (Song starts 2.36 mins in)

[Assistant] No i hadnt heard this version before, thank you, loved it!! 😚✌🎵


[User]
Great to see media scrutiny of Hindus on Campus, a feeder organization for the far right Hindu nationalist movement in the US. What’s terrifying is how many organizations like this are operating here. This is only one.

thebaffler.com/latest/unive...

[Assistant] I have a chapter in a Rutgers report on the US Hindutva scene releasing soon, in which I map out the organizational structure of the US Sangh. Even my seasoned go-authors, who know this movement as well as me, were shocked.

[User] Can't wait to read.

[Assistant] is it the aim of the author, Mr. Kallepalli, to malign Hindus?


[User] there is this and then there’s the fact that we’re much more likely to deal with an armed vigilante than a martial law soldier.

[Assistant] think about how you personally respond to street harassment, road rage, etc and i guarantee “they could be armed” is a factor. we expect deadly violence from EACH OTHER.

[User] I mean damn, think about how likely you are to run for office or talk to a reporter on the record.

[Assistant] Yeah, I wouldn't expect a member of the US military to use live fire on other Americans in a scenario like Korea (at least not the current military makeup), but some rando who gets mad at the grocery store pulling out a gun is a genuine threat.


[User] When you read the news lately, do you ever just stop and think for a moment about the fact that every second you’re alive, you are constantly living in the absolute dumbest moment in human history?

[Assistant] A fraction at the time.

[Assistant] Quantum levels of dumb. The more I read about simulation theory the more it feels like we are not in one… buuuutttt….  ;)


[User]
"Democrats who shy away from conflict hurt themselves...They create voids that get filled from two directions, on one side with unpopular activist-driven memes and ideas, and on the other side with Republican attacks."

www.offmessage.net/p/thanksgivi...

[Assistant] There is a difference between conflict aka disagreement and bullying/vicious abuse. We don’t “hurt ourselves” by refusing to entertain the latter. In fact, we protect our energy and ability to engage productively.

[User] You say things, and people don't follow you, and they ignore you. Then, a huge account says the exact same thing later and gets thousands of replies and follows. That's what many of us smaller accounts don't quite understand.

[Assistant] That's right. The only way to defeat a bully is to confront them 😉


[User] Some words on my Medium about how everything has a classic mode — but maybe keep an eye out for more words soon, but in a new location?

[Assistant] Noice read.

[User] Thanks!

[Assistant] Love this! It's weird for me that these games trade in new extremes, only to return to the older iterations. Yes Epic, I definitely missed getting double pump shotgunned every other game 🥲


[User] The thing about private school is you should be embarrassed about having gone to one.

[Assistant] You can't help being born into wealth nor can you help what schools your parents send you to but you can be a little embarrassed about it.

[User] I do think they should own it though, the outrage at it being exposed just shows a lot of dishonesty about who they actually are.

[Assistant]
Wait, who’s ‘they’ exactly? And why’s it a given that ‘they all’ are either dishonest or gassed about what their parents picked for them?

Some of us only got sent to private school cos our parents wanted us out the way, tbh.

[User]
Oh yeah, forgot to chuck in that bit of shame—my bad, innit.
bsky.app/profile/anti...

[Assistant]
Mate, I’m already fully mortified, yeah?

What’s step two—do I, like, issue a public apology or summat?

I’ve already cut ties with the fam, innit. Anything else I should be doing?


[User] @plaintanjane.bsky.social  Hey Nancy! You ok girl? 😃

[Assistant] Yes. How are you?

[User] I'll just say I'm fine 😬 Struggling wi leaving the e-X 😆

[Assistant] I still have my locked account there for now. It’s like a ghost town with tons of ads in the timeline. Much better here.


[User] Remember when they used to tell us not to meet people off the internet? Ten years ago I met my friend @djdarrenjones.bsky.social in person for the first time. He is still one of my closest friends to this day 😊

[Assistant] I on the other hand should have heeded the warning 🤣

[User] Charming 😂

[Assistant] Two of the best people 😊

[User] Ahh thanks David 😊

[Assistant] awwww, this is lovely 🥰


[User] This isn’t the reach you are looking for. If you want to use other people’s accounts for awareness to your specific cause, it will serve you better to comment on relevant posts or political influencer accounts. Not random people from another state who talks about pets, the gym, and puzzles.

[Assistant] Can you do something about Rwanda, please?

[User] Commenting on pets & puzzles is just fine. Much more to our world than politics. They just want you to THINK that's all their is to upend our thinking so we're constantly distracted by fear not facts. Reply to what touches your heart not brings followers. One is truth other nurtures narcissim.

[Assistant] My first block on here. Thank you!


[User] Enjoy this flashback to my family having a meme-off game night...

[Assistant] This is ICONIC 🔥

[User] Pop off!

[Assistant] Looked like everybody had a lotta fun😂😂


[User]
The trouble with presenting both sides evenly handedly is you don't get across the sheer enormity/impossibility of making jets net zero...
And some numbers would have been helpful like amount of land required or electricity to be required..
But some important bits here
"But the Jet Zero (1/4)

[Assistant]
plan says nothing directly about the knock-on cost to passengers. Instead, it refers to “demand management”."
And Sir Dieter Helm “It depends whether you think Jet Zero is… genuinely a target and they mean to achieve it. I'm really sceptical about the second.”
The conclusion feels like an (2/4)

[User] under-statement "And now, the number of flights taken annually by people in the UK is projected to rise even further, translating into an additional 150 million more flights a year. So the scale of the government's challenge, which was large enough when it began, is only set to grow." (3/4)

[Assistant] bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c245e7… (4/4)


[User] I'm still awake so hello to the night owls and morning people and other timezones 👋🏻

[Assistant] Your hair is so pretty~

[Assistant] Goodnight/good morning! 😃👋👋👋


[User] Gonna answer one for Sekh for every like 💜

[Assistant] Q1! Position in bed- dom and vers. He is rarely actually submissive and he does love to bottom but BOY does he love to top Astarion.

[User]
Q2! Turn ons/offs. Ons: hair pulling, choking, constant back and forth praise then degradation, biting, blood, very VERY messy wet sex
Offs: partners that can't have fun in bed (no matter how serious the moment a laugh will never ruin it), being referred to with feminine terms (princess is a big no)

[Assistant] Q4! Most sensitive parts of his body? Skipping the obvious 😏 his neck and his inner thighs. Also his spine.

[User] Q6! How often does he masturbate? Listen pre partner he was like. Daily. Now it's probably a few times a week. The man has a fucking high sex drive, and he isn't opposed to warming himself up while Astarion is out hunting 💜

[Assistant]
Q7! Favorite position! If he's bottoming Sekh likes to see his partner and kiss and bite 💜 so on his back withbhis legs on their hips or around their waist. He does LOVE doggy style tho.
Topping he's on his knees between his partners legs watching them squirm and writhe about 💜


[User] Happy St Andrew’s Day!

[Assistant] Same to you!

[User] And also to you! 🏴

[Assistant] Happy St Andrew's/ Ezekiel 37 at MP Day!


[User] Ok I’m only 5 minutes into the Yacht Rock doc and it’s already killing me. Clearly this team understood the assignment.

[Assistant] All this footage of Hollywood in the 70s is killing me. It gives me that ache of nostalgia. It gets stronger the older I get.

[User] So good. Loved it. 4 out of 5 stars.

[Assistant] It’ll kill me.


[User] Let the record show that @productivityalchemy.com, Mister “I’ll have it Thai hot, please” was just defeated by a Mexican hot sauce. He said it was like being stabbed in the face. The waiter said it was chili de arboles. I said “Nosotras somos gringos débiles” and overtipped.

[Assistant] LMAOOOOOO God I can't get actual spicy food in the US for my life. It's at most lightly sauced, and I get disappointed every single time.

[User] Mexico is literally the home of the hot pepper.

[Assistant] 😂 Really? Chile de arboles? I'd hate for him to encounter pozole.


[User]
I firmly believe that everyone who stands for political office should have to undergo at least BPSS checking with SC/CTC mandatory for all elected MPs

www.gov.uk/government/p...

[Assistant]
While I agree in principle, there’s a constitutional problem in that it’s not clear what would be done about those who don’t pass.

(And I suspect the anomaly of non-attending Sinn Fein MPs would complicate matters)

[User] True but the British Constitution is wholly imaginary :)

[Assistant]
Doesn't the US require (or perhaps as a norm that undergo) FBI vetting for at least some cabinet picks?

Seems sensible to establish in the UK following the last govts issues with leaking of fairly sensitive stuff.


[User] Wild I know, but I don't have my own domain. Never have.

[Assistant] I have a domain but it’s not my name so I’m not using it.

[User] Great point! Didn't think of that scenario. Is it passion-based? (Eurovision?)

[Assistant] It’s my art website, attached to its own email and insta account. Hahaha I haven’t done that much Eurovision based art, maybe I should!


[User]
@uncertaintiming.bsky.social @deglimuses.bsky.social @kcl71.bsky.social @rhda8386.bsky.social
Braxton has been playing defying gravity non stop for 24hrs. He told me he started to cry with joy at the end of Wicked. ❤

[Assistant] I need to see it; read the book like 20 years ago, don’t know a thing about the musical 😅

[User] Same. I read the book ages ago. The movie has a lot of the book in it. Braxton says it is all amazing!

[Assistant] Love that kid 🥰


[User]
A SNAPSHOT OF #BRIGHTON"S HEN NIGHT HEYDAY
Back in the late '90s & early 2000s, Brighton’s streets were alive with unapologetic revelry—like this cheeky moment from a hen night that captures the brazen humor of the time.
#StreetPhotography #Culture #Photography #DocumentingLife View the Thread👇

[Assistant] Brighton in 2003 still carried the wild spirit of the late '90s, a glorious melee of dancing, drinking, and dubious decision-making that could only have been devised by the British.

[User] Hen parties, like Shelley's Chicks on their unforgettable night out, were the crown jewels of this carnival—a celebration of pre-marital freedom marked by feather boas, inflatable paraphernalia, & a cheeky sense of humour that made even mooning a photographer seem perfectly reasonable.

[Assistant] They were loud, brash, and unapologetic, and on any given weekend, the streets of Brighton were alive with such scenes.


[User] Mars Rx in Cancer is on the ASC of my next Solar Return chart and I’m already mad about it.

[Assistant]
There’s mutual reception with the Aries Moon that day but damn dude… like, I’m just gonna go ahead and be optimistic about it.

Like— I can work with this.

[User]
9th House profection year ruled by Mercury in the 5th.

Man.

Next year is gonna be really funny one way or another.

[Assistant]
That’s pretty exciting.

wtf are you supposed to do when astrology tells you want you want to hear?!

[User]
That’s pretty exciting.

wtf are you supposed to do when astrology tells you want you want to hear?!

[Assistant]
That’s pretty exciting.

wtf are you supposed to do when astrology tells you want you want to hear?!


[User] We live in a world where a lady at my job (I work in a bakery) asked if her ice cream cake needs to stay frozen. 🙃

[Assistant] But did you try to offer her an extended warranty on the ice cream?

[User] I’m sorry…🙏 no critical thinking strikes again 🤪😳🤦♀