[User]
Been feeling like this bitch again lately
Not in everything obviously, but bits of it and stuff thats going through my head.
-
Ive had this saved on my phone a while and i see some stuff of this mixed with pics of heartfelt stuff and it made me extra fucking sad. I think its a cry night bois.

[Assistant]
What if I am the problem. What if it cant be helped. What if the worst happens. What if im too late.
What if its not meant to be.
I try so hard.
I am trying.
I want it to work.
What if im holding on too much.
I am the problem. And i am the one stuck.
I just want it to work.. just wait for me.

[User]
What if I am the problem. What if it cant be helped. What if the worst happens. What if im too late.
What if its not meant to be.
I try so hard.
I am trying.
I want it to work.
What if im holding on too much.
I am the problem. And i am the one stuck.
I just want it to work.. just wait for me.

[Assistant]
What if I am the problem. What if it cant be helped. What if the worst happens. What if im too late.
What if its not meant to be.
I try so hard.
I am trying.
I want it to work.
What if im holding on too much.
I am the problem. And i am the one stuck.
I just want it to work.. just wait for me.


[User] This incineration line up is absolutely BANANAS.

[Assistant] Ridiculous how good the line up is! especially after the lamp announcement...gonna be some difficult choices on who to see 😔

[User] They'll be some brutal clashes, no doubt.

[Assistant] After missing this year which I thought was pretty disappointing (doesn't help that I've been spoiled by Fortress, Cosmic Void, Damnation etc), next year is looking much better and nicer.

[User] Damnation was sick!!

[Assistant] Needs more Beyond Grace though...


[User] just finished streaming POP the Lost Crown, and there's something about it I'm not liking with the combat that I can't put my finger on. It's deeper than Hollow Knight, but in a way feels more restrictive to me.

[Assistant] Did you finish the game or just play a couple hours? I felt really similar at first but as I unlocked more and more abilities it really started to get fun. Probably not to the same level as hollow knight but still really good.

[User] about 3 hours so far, I got the air dash and working my way through library area on the west.

[Assistant] Yeah I’d say grind a bit deeper the game does a good job of giving you something new to play with every couple of hours.


[User] Ahh thank you so much for 700+ followers! 😭💖💖 That went so fast!!

[Assistant] Congrats!! May the numbers keep rising!! 🤩🥳🍾✨

[User]
Awesome! 😁 Congrats 🥳

Here's hoping more come and support you ☺

[Assistant] Thank you thank you 😭💖💖 I'm very flattered that so many people are interested in my smut!!


[User]
I love how Zoey plays tour guide at 5 am.

"Hey, morning call! It's time for you to get up and pee. Let me lead you to the bathroom, you might get lost on your own."

"I hope you enjoyed your trip! Don't forget to tip your guide, btw I'll remind you where the churus are kept."

[Assistant] This sounds much more helpful than Cori, who is playing sandbag on my chest.

[User] My Merlin is now nagging me to come to bed of an evening. He wants to snuggle with me in the larger bed where I'm less likely to roll over or kick him.

[Assistant]
I love a Bedtime Cat!

Our old cat, Link, used to always come and yell at us if we were late going to bed. The kittens (now 3, not actually kittens, as you know) haven’t really established a habit of it yet.

(They HAVE gotten very interested in bedtime cuddles since it turned colder.)


[User] #NowWatching Silent Trigger (1996 Russell Mulcahey) Time to expand out into some Dolph Lundgren. Also starring Gina Bellman from Coupling, which is the weirdest combination of actors I can think of.

[Assistant] For those unaware, Coupling was the UK version of Friends, and Bellman was the Lisa Kudrow equivalent, so it's like putting the Smelly Cat singer as Dolph's partner in your hitman thriller.

[User]
Even so, it has to be better than the American version of Coupling.

youtu.be/CecA8tDP-Q4?...

[Assistant] Oh dude, the British version of Coupling was pretty good! It was pretty adult compared to Friends, and the Welsh character Jeff was incredible.


[User] Still thinking about the ending of ACPC and reminiscing about how much of a comfort that game has been for me since the early pandemic days. It truly was the ray of sunshine that I needed until I was able to afford/find a Switch + ACNH. I can't wait to see what Complete will have to offer. 🥲

[Assistant] Pocket camp came out in a time where my marriage was really struggling and I had just had my son. I'm very thankful for all the hours and comfort it gave me. Complete will be great. I'm excited! 😁

[User]
Glad you were able to find comfort in it too 🥺

Complete can't come out soon enough 🤭

[Assistant] I agree. I'm excited. 🥰 Thank you.


[User] Happy Match Day Reds! Massive game this evening and the injuries and suspension are piling up. I have faith that Amorin will set us up well to get something from this game.

[Assistant] Happy matchday! Fingers crossed for a good match and a decent result 🤞🏻👹

[User] Thanks Marit. Enjoy the game and whatever the result at least we know we have the right man in charge.

[Assistant] Thank you, we sure do 🙏🏻


[User] what do you mean you brought your third to thanksgiving rather than a dessert???

[Assistant] is that not bringing a cream pie?

[User] fifteen minutes late to dinner AND you’re stealing jokes.

[Assistant] He is the dessert???


[User] My daughter unlocked a very important core memory yesterday, a cat came into her school uninvited. The sheer delight from her recounting it is unparalleled.

[Assistant] 11 years of repetitive maths mostly forgotten. That one time an animal comes in the school remembered as vividly as yesterday forever.

[User]
There was a dog outside the window of class once. I announced it to everyone and the whole class ran over to have a look at it.

Apparently 'looking at a dog is not what a Sixth Form Economics class should be doing'

[Assistant] Well who’s impacted those kids lives more, the dog or the economics class. Hard to say.


[User] i watched this last year when Josh posted this and it’s still just as funny now. here’s some Saturday morning mirth.

[Assistant] Thank you! :)

[User] any chance you’re coming to the DC area?

[Assistant] I’m doing two shows in Alexandria this week as part of a bigger show! And hopefully back at the Improv in DC soon!


[User] i might actually go insane if i keep trying to figure out what is going on..

[Assistant] I may not stop this crash out until the race week is over because the mental gymnastics we’ve been doing 😭

[User] i’ll be joining the party if one more thing happens before thursday 😭

[Assistant] I have a feeling we will be hearing more bs before then 💀


[User] I need to spend more time on here and less time on the other place, it’s much better for my mental health and I’ve got more characters to use!

[Assistant] It's even nicer if you follow back the people who were nice to you on the other place too 🤬😘

[User] I’ve completely binned that place off. It’s a cesspit.

[Assistant] If it wasn’t for Blues I’d be gone as well!


[User]
#FantasyIndiesDecember

03: Ask me anything! (with caveats)

All my WIPs and published works are fair game, BUT I reserve the right to keep mum if something spoils a story.

WIP list in the replies ⬇

[Assistant] WIP #6: A young woman is adopted by a powerful witch who serves a god-queen in a land where it's always winter and war never ends.

[User] WIP #6: A young woman is adopted by a powerful witch who serves a god-queen in a land where it's always winter and war never ends.

[Assistant] WIP #6: A young woman is adopted by a powerful witch who serves a god-queen in a land where it's always winter and war never ends.

[User] WIP #6: A young woman is adopted by a powerful witch who serves a god-queen in a land where it's always winter and war never ends.

[Assistant] How do the curses in Coward work? Is there a cost of using them?


[User] The consumer model of politics in one skeet 👇. Heard different versions of this from across constituencies over the last few months & the way consumerism has rotted our collective social fabric is frankly devastating.

[Assistant] hold on a sec, Ohio *is* from a dystopian novel. Spielberg set the movie version of "Ready Player One" in Columbus 🤣

[User] I am not a tried and true expert on the consumer model of politics, and therefore cannot determine if this is an insult or a sentiment of mutual agreement regarding my outrage over my father being a fuckwit 🥹

[Assistant] Haha I firmly support a “don’t be a fuckwit” model of politics.

[User] 💯 it is a valid theoretical approach for reducing the overwhelming trend toward kakistocracy, but sadly, not many people seem to be endorsing it these days 🤣🤦🏼♀

[Assistant] We need to expand the “don’t be a fuckwit” school of thought!


[User] @erikmissio.bsky.social @petersaunders.bsky.social @edkanerva.bsky.social It seems like we ought to see one more panel between the first and second ones here, rather than just being told what happened…

[Assistant] …the page is, overall, very static in terms of the panel layout, and there are a lot of panels. It got me to thinking about how this early Golden Age stuff borrowed more heavily from the newspaper strip format…

[User] …and how one of the conventions (consequences?) of that is economizing space wherever possible. So the burden placed on the reader’s imagination is greater.

[Assistant] There’s some similarity here to early video games, with their low memory and graphical limitations—using symbols and supporting artwork to build a narrative that isn’t literally depicted onscreen.


[User] Parbaking two gluten-free pie crusts for a turkey pot pie tomorrow.

[Assistant] Beautiful work!

[User] I’ve never asked but you make a lot of GF stuff. Does someone in the house have Celiac?

[Assistant] Well my wife is GF tho she’s not technically Celiac.


[User] Most improved post-launch game ever imo, and now my favorite Fallout.

[Assistant] F76 deserves an upward curve like No Man's Sky eventually achieved. It's nowhere near that level of triumph yet, but it's still well-earned.

[User] For me personally, as of 2024 they've exceeded what NMS did. I can see the difference in opinion though 👍🏼

[Assistant] As there should be! That's art, brother.


[User]
Do you know what I miss? When you unexpectedly meet someone (not a date) and you fancy them, and you’re pretty sure they fancy you, and you chat and chat and all the while the air is thick with “will we snog?”

I’d like that for Christmas please. If anyone’s buying. Thanks.

[Assistant] This available on like a 3 for 2?

[User] Let’s put it out there! You never know!

[Assistant] Nothing better. I wrote about this on Facebook and how the song “Walking on The Moon” captures that feeling.

[User] The problem as you get older is you usually find out they’re married/ live with someone or have the same sexual attraction with 20 other women.

[Assistant] Heard recently that people are starting to reject the apps. Went out with my 22 yr old son recently. He went up to a girl, paid her a lovely compliment and asked if she would like to swap Insta details. Def the way to go although I would have to write my number on piece of paper 🙈

[User] Hahaha. Yes me too! Glad to hear the young people are rebelling against the apps!

[Assistant] Yes that tension in the air is remarkable.


[User] Oh my... How delightful 💋

[Assistant] I just feel so excited for some reason! What you gonna do to me :3 💜💋

[User] *upset that you're calling him small*

[Assistant] Look as much as you'd like. Though I'd prefer a touch...or kiss 💋💜


[User]
Does anyone else feel bad playing video games lol like

"Man. This is fun, but I could be so much productive if I was drawing..."

[Assistant]
Me every time
I love video games, enjoy so much but feel guilty because I play instead of studying to draw (￣▽￣;)

[User] All the time with anything I’m doing other than drawing or writing 🥲

[Assistant] I miss writing. I used to do it a lot.


[User] I'm so fucking sick of being told to move. Women should be able to live in any state in this country without fearing pregnancy. Every woman deserves reproductive healthcare within their local area. Imagine men being told "nope, gotta move for dick pills." People are assholes!

[Assistant] Wouldn’t that just make the problem worse for people that can’t move? Or is everyone just out for themselves now?

[User] Oh it's been everyone out for themselves for a WHILE now.

[Assistant] Misogyny is rampant in many states. But shouldn't be affecting women!


[User]
❗ NEW: Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has resigned.

The reason given is that she pleaded guilty in 2014 to incorrectly telling police that a phone was stolen.

Both Labour and Starmer were already aware of the conviction before she was appointed.

(Via ITVNews)

[Assistant] We regret to inform you that you are resigning from your post because thirty years ago today, you stole two sweets from the local corner shop. We have informed the papers.

[User] Just the private healthcare fraud and corruption cash for contracts to sort out , receiving money from foreign powers I.e. Israel Zionists and CIA American trilateral commission and things will change but don’t bank on any of it being done thieves and fraudsters now run UK government.

[Assistant] I'm failing to see what the fuss is about - if it's a work phone that was concerned, there is no chance it was a personal insurance scam tactic. She came clean, got the minimum sentence. Compared to the last lot, this just looks puritanical??


[User]
⚠Shock findings: Microplastics found in every human semen sample, linked to lower sperm motility and potential fertility decline. Polystyrene is the most common polymer detected. This invisible threat could be contributing to the global fertility crisis! 🌍⚠
interestingengineering.com/science/micr...

[Assistant] I am sure I do not have that in my thing.

[User]
ah, the revenge of the Red Solo Cups!

so... you're saying those obnoxious college kids might soon not be able to reproduce more of their own kind? 😂

[Assistant] There are way too many of us on this planet and now it's being taken care of. FAFO seems to apply here.

[User] What "fertility crisis" We have at least 5 BILLION more people in the planet today than we did 100 years ago and throughout humanity! Overpopulation is our crisis!

[Assistant] How come it doesn't affect Muslim men? Is there a difference in them that could lead to more research?


[User]
#Thanksgiving is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the relentless assault on Native culture," says the United American Indians of NE. They've marked the occasion as a #DayOfMourning for 48 years..."

www.delish.com/holiday-reci...

[User] The truth should never be forgot. Knowledge and truth is power.


[User]
FREE GAME ALERT

We're just put the Steam beta for Starless Abyss live, and you can grab a Steam key for free while stocks last!!!

All the details here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/316...

[Assistant] It ok to stream it?

[User] Seem to have be filtered by Gleam. Guessing you've reached the max already.

[Assistant] Just did my first run :) I LOVE the music! I'll go join the Discord and maybe provide feedback once I play some more:)


[User]
Post a character you love!

Alright admittedly I just have trans stuff on the brain as I consider coming out, so let's take a look at this little egg cracker #ranma!

[User] YOOOO let's go! I can't remember the series name but I've definitely watched almost all of it!!

[Assistant] It's the wrong way to use healing magic.

[User] RANMA!!! Love that gender breaker so much. How are you liking the remake??

[Assistant] Aeryn Sun from Farscape. 💕

[User] But also Chiana from Farscape. 😌💕

[Assistant] But also Chiana from Farscape. 😌❤


[User] It's sad that Walt Disney was actually a very messed up man because what he created is generally wonderful. It's conflicting..

[Assistant] I cannot look at his legacy the same way as when I was a child.

[User] No, I can't either. It's upsetting that his life events strayed him the wrong way, but his vision for wonderful animation was very much preserved.

[Assistant] Something about Mickey Mouse's design just recently struck me as very pointed, putting a white face on a black body.  A lot of people say it's a stretch etc but also it's been examined by several who study American pop culture. www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...

[User] Mmm.. it's a stretch for sure, considering limitations back then, but it's food for thought.

[Assistant]
I feel the same exact way with the Harry Potter/Wizarding World franchise.

I grew up on the books, films, and even some of the videogames...yet I despise J.K. Rowling (HP author/creator).

Sometimes I feel hypocritical for still enjoying the franchise, gosh darn childhood nostalgia.

[User] It is but the man himself is dead so beyond harming others further. No shame in enjoying the good he did. Just don't let the bad be forgotten. He was a flawed person n we shouldn't forget that. He wasn't some paragon but a deeply flawed person.

[Assistant] Absolutely. I agree wholeheartedly.


[User]
I've heard people once again implying that a thing is bad because the people who use it are like Linux users, and they're bad.
I won't get into the other thing. But the fact is you're going by old attitudes. Linux is MUCH better than it used to be, sometimes it works better than Windows.

[Assistant] I'm not going to belabor the point, because people who do that ARE bad, and there ARE some Linux users who do that. But overall it works well, gaming on it is much better than it used to be. It's not perfect sure, but on Win11 I kept getting Explorer freezes, hard ones, when I right clicked things.

[User]
And my bluetooth card is working much better on Linux than on Windows, that part's weird but true. And there's no Copilot or AI integration.
It's not a one size fits all solution, if you're thinking about switching you should test your hardware with a live CD first. But at least Linux has those!

[Assistant] (Why is gaming on Linux so much better now? Because of the Steam Deck. Valve has made great strides in that area to push their device, and gaming in general on that platform has benefited.)


[User] It’s true. Morning! 👋

[Assistant] WOW that's cold! It's 45℉ at the moment. My arthritis is so bad in real cold like that.

[User] Oh I’m sorry. Yes it would be. My finger joints hurt a bit in the cold and get stiff so I’m thinking….

[Assistant] Yep, osteoarthritis is a PITA. I live in a semi-desert climate and the range is upper 20's to 115ish. Getting worse with climate change.


[User] Let me just leave this here, so any of these fake authors who are really nuisance “book marketers” can hopefully get the message, and stop trying it on.

[Assistant] There was one I blocked who just cropped up again with a new name (but same photo). SMH.

[User] I’m keeping my DMs off until I need them.

[Assistant] I can’t find in settings how to do that. Where is that function control, please, Richard?

[User]
Click on the chat icon.
Upper right, click on the settings icon.
Choose the “No one” option.

[Assistant] Ah, thank you. Found it. I was just looking in generic settings!


[User] Oh my god do I reply to this bullshit or preserve my blood pressure.

[Assistant]
I'm so tired of this "AI alt text will save us!" cycle of trash.

AI alt text is like closed caption craptions (as @rikkipoynter.bsky.social calls them).

It can be a place to start if you really need to but it usually makes more work than starting from scratch.

[User] Agree entirely Eb - however in order to be useful your alt text should repeat the words of the post though, otherwise how would a screen reader know what it says?

[Assistant] My alt text does contain the words of the post. You sometimes need to click twice to see the full alt text in the image preview screen.


[User] Even if I know that it's hard and complicated, I wish I could work only on arts. Or in something art related, or books. Cause my retail job is again making me miserable (again).

[Assistant]
You're already so powerful with your art!!!

Retail is horrible 😔 🫂

[User] But thanks a lot ♡

[Assistant]
Bruh same, the more time I spent at work, the more I hate interacting w people irl
While drawing, at home, cozy and happy, is heaven 🤗


[User] Wowowow. THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is amazing. Scary, emotional, thought provoking - everything I've come to expect from @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

[Assistant]
But will it make me mortally afraid of another fruit?!?!?
🍎😱🍎

[User] I'm going to have to get that!

[Assistant] Jealous! Can't wait to read this one.


[User] Hello to all my new followers. You will find me podcasting and writing about fantasy basketball, usually on a daily basis. I'm always happy to answer any questions you might have about fantasy, as well as Seinfeld, rugby league and movies (especially horror movies).

[Assistant] Heretic @adamking91.bsky.social ?

[User] Seeing it on Monday. Very excited to see it. Hugh Grant looks phenomenal.

[Assistant] #SemiPro 🎬 or #CoachCarter 📽? Which one do you like more?


[User]
i just noticed my spiro says to consult a doctor before drinking alcohol on this medication and that it may make you dizzy or drowsy... suddenly i'm getting a bad anxious feeling about it and i don't really know why

maybe i'm just paranoid... it can't be that dangerous, right...? i wasn't warned...

[Assistant]
i'm just anxious because i had alcohol. that's all. i'm fine. i'll be fine.

why am i so worried that it's secretly bad for me? why am i preparing to lose the first good thing i've had in so long? why do i always expect the worst outcome, and in so doing almost guarantee it?

[User] i don't know... i saw someone say here that spiro is pretty much the worst t-blocker you can be on, it fucks with your blood pressure and shit. maybe i tough it out until the next consult? it doesn't make us feel *bad* necessarily, it's just... i don't even know... we should switch to patches too...

[Assistant] i don't know... i saw someone say here that spiro is pretty much the worst t-blocker you can be on, it fucks with your blood pressure and shit. maybe i tough it out until the next consult? it doesn't make us feel *bad* necessarily, it's just... i don't even know... we should switch to patches too...


[User]
Well, Microsoft - I guess that many are fed up and will be switching over to Apple thanks to all the bad news about Windows 11.

This is the current state of the laptop sales charts @ galaxus.ch:

[Assistant] I guess it is because of the massive advertising for Apple products that Galaxus has placed on Windows machines in the last months...

[User]
Hah, that is likely! Personally I don’t see much ads in general and when then they are not appealing 😄

There are only few countries with such a high % of iPhone users like Switzerland, may well be a shift due to that too.

[Assistant]
Consolidating cloud accounts could be another reason. People have so much data that they have to pay for a cloud service and maybe that is also shifting them away from Microsoft.
The Win 11 debacle may well be another reason, I am unhappy with how it turned out and therefore to be considered biased.


[User] Inject this Robbie Williams CGI chimpanzee biopic musical straight into my fucking veins. I haven’t been this excited for a movie in ages.

[Assistant] Take my money. Then drive me to the bank and I’ll get the rest out. Let’s fucking GO.

[User] No interest in it at all until I saw the trailer and the CGI, now you cannot stop me watching it at least 4 times.

[Assistant] I can’t contain myself.


[User] @traceydanine.bsky.social @michaelcoday.bsky.social So I can’t be sure which of you was the 666th person I followed. Bluesky decided at that exact moment to be glitchy—Satan, probably—so you’ll have to share honor. Or infamy.

[User] Excuse me dear but six is my number and 3 in a row is a high elevation. Thank u muchly.


[User] Two films from 2024 that make a perfect double feature. No explanations.

[Assistant] Might as well add in a third film for good measure!

[User] I still need to see this!

[Assistant] Which one – DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS? It’s fun!


[User]
Good afternoon! I've been busy this morning, lol! Part of my husband's bday gift was delivered today as he was leaving, so I had to be sneaky!

The snow is falling, and I am happy. I hope you all have an amazing day and end to November. Tomorrow starts a new month! 💓💓💓

[Assistant]
Have a lovely weekend ☺
Wish it was snowing here. Just frosty, sigh.

[User] Hey Umbra!! GG on the sneakies!! Enjoy the snowfall and hope you have a wonderful, cozy day!!

[Assistant]
It's so hard, lol! It's taking so long to get here, and honestly, I'm surprised I haven't given in yet and just told him what it is 😅

Thank youuu! I hope you have a wonderful day as well, Brink!


[User]
‘One day, on a crowded elevator, everyone’s face was younger than mine.’

— Lisel Mueller, ‘Curriculum Vitae’

[Assistant] Even in a medical building.

[User] *Especially* in a medical building. That's when it really nails you.

[Assistant] Happens before you even realize it.


[User] People and Alastor’s sexuality.. apparently we’re delusional to think Asexuals & Aromantics can date or indulge in adult activities. I guess I’m hallucinating my whole relationship LOL 🤣

[Assistant] LMAO 🤣 I literally feel the same way when people say that stuff. I'm like yall? 🤨 I'm sitting right here bro. Like am I not real or......

[User] No, actually, we're all outside of the human world and living within a simulation mentally 😑

[Assistant] Yea I figured 🤔  maybe that's why everyone is making my decisions for me 🤷♂

[User]
It feels low-key offensive to me when asexuality/aromantism is being equated to ACTION of not having sex/dating.
Reminds me of 'you are not bi without a history of dating all the genders'.
I thought people knew better in the recent past??

[Assistant]
When the newest HB episode dropped, I was just there "Oh God, we are having a new war again because people are gonna 100% complain about this." and low and behold, people were complaining that Mammon, who's ace, was flirting.

# Not this shit again.... We've been explaining this w Al for a while!#

[User] No way... people are whining about that????

[Assistant] guess i don´t understand my own sexuality then 😆

[User]
Yeah, the sex-repulsed and romance-repulsed aces trying to erase the rest of us because they view our existence as "impure" is giving TERF and it's gross.

We're not erasing their identity by existing but they can't afford us the same respect.

[Assistant]
From what I see, more than anything, it's allosexuals and alloromantics speaking up when they should sit the fuck down or it's teenagers who're struggling to find something they relate exactly to and don't know how to do anything but lash out.

I'm only really angry at the former, not the latter.

[User]
From what I see, more than anything, it's allosexuals and alloromantics speaking up when they should sit the fuck down or it's teenagers who're struggling to find something they relate exactly to and don't know how to do anything but lash out.

I'm only really angry at the former, not the latter.

[Assistant] NO FR. Like excuse me please don't explain my own sexuality to me thanks 👍


[User] The Single Transferable Party is trying to retain power in Ireland, whatever its people want www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11... The Irish political elite are trying to block free choice in their general election today.

[Assistant]
Isn't this is how PR systems work?
20% is not a democratic choice for a sinn fein gov't. If 50% vote for FG/FF (who are barely different, neolib tories and christian conservative tories?) plus sundries then they're within their rights to form a gov't.
Are you saying FPTP is the way to go?

[User] I live here and my vote is usually every bit as wasted as it was in the UK to be fair as I pick some socially democratic style alternative with no chance at a sniff of power.

[Assistant] By the Irish Elite do you mean people who vote?

[User] This is nonsense. There's nothing anti democratic about the Irish PR system. All parties are in a position to join a coalition but they need to make themselves coalition friendly in the process. SF don't.

[Assistant] Silly post, especially from someone who has a vote in a FPTP system. A little advice, never try & prejudge the Irish electorate!

[User]
If we want sinn fein to form the next government,  we will vote for sinn fein.
Will that keep you happy?

[Assistant] A very poorly thought out post. If a majority want Sunny Fein then they will vote for them. The Irish PR system is considerably more democratic than the FPTP UK system …


[User] Ohh that's a good idea actually! I might do it at some point^^

[Assistant]
Yes, here's mine!

toyhou.se/2793254.pink...

[User]
cough cough sending my own (some parts are still work in progress)
toyhou.se/29105625.yuk...

[Assistant] What is toyhouse?


[User] Love this film. Had a moment 10 minutes in where I was, like, “Oh I am watching The Godfather.” Only time will tell if that thought was right (and this is a less immediately approachable film than Coppola’s ultimately), but I had the thought!

[Assistant] I am really looking forward to this!

[User]
For an almost four hour movie, never feels slow paced at all.

It reminded me in a way of TÁR, in how it is pushing on a lot of hard, conflicting social issues, and showing you a tangible story that challenges a lot of them.

[Assistant] can't wait to see it 🏢


[User] Ugh just got into a huge argument with my brother lol. He literally is incapable of not talking over me & it frustrates me so bad! It always escalates into an argument bc he thinks he knows what I'm going to say, cuts me off & I say "no, it's" then he cuts me off again.

[Assistant] I hate when people do that.

[User] He is just so frustrating!! I love him & I want to hang out with him but we basically always have some form of this argument. 😅

[Assistant] We're fine, but we definitely will have this same argument again. 😅 He doesn't get it!!! He's like "why are you so mad about the Christmas decorations" when I've said 20x "it's not about the decorations, I'm frustrated you're not listening to me & talking over me" but he's not LISTENING 😭


[User]
SDF quiet in the east.

With the power vacuum getting filled every which way out west, and with Russian forces evacuating bases in Deir ez Zor and Tabqa Airport... seemingly little activity here.

[Assistant] Probably waiting to see if the SAA pulls reinforcements from their sectors. Easier to advance through nobody than through somebody.

[User] They were talking a big game this morning, but nothing seems to have come from it.

[Assistant] SDF are like the polite person at the buffet who wait until the stampede is over before happily picking from whatever's left.


[User]
Good morning Muchachos, Muchachas, Muchacho-chachas
☕ 😁

[User] Thanks. You too as well 😀

[Assistant] You're welcome, Thank you😊💖💙🧋


[User] I love how a good portion of the fandom hates old guys winning matches/belts and I'm out here trying to manifest my next Masaaki Mochizuki Dream Gate run (He's 55)

[Assistant] Quite literally a skill issue. In the past 2 years there have been multiple times where he's wrestled more than half the days in a given month. One of them was May of this year.

[User]
It's the fact he's still so good at the age he is which gets me. Awesome wrestler. The like crossing-close-to-ageism takes always get me.

Not even just Mochizuki, but Sugiura, Shelton Benjamin, Christian Cage, Dustin Rhodes, all still wrestling in good to great condition.

[Assistant] True for all of those, but the workhorse aspect is what solidifies Mocchy for me. Most of the rest, especially in US promotions, have 1-2 matches per month. Even Sugiura's doing 5-7 max. The Dragon System's work ethic always amazes me.


[User] I’m doin the meme!

[Assistant]
4. What do you post on bsky?

I rly just post all my art and music here. Links to my YouTube, concept art, progress on my games and songs etc…

[User]
10. Perfect Date

Really good conversation over rly good food. Some spontaneity, and some relaxing and maybe cuddling💕

[Assistant]
11. Hobbies

Man I got hobbies out there wazoo.
I’m ADHD!
Hiking, camping, pickling, cooking, meteorology, cave exploration, psychology, dnd, Batman…


[User] Kansas needs this too.

[Assistant]
Believe it or not, Kansas tried to float a measure last year. Not as robust and it did not pass, but it was more than most states tried.

bookriot.com/kansas-legis...

[User] Thank you! I'm embarrassed I didn't know we tried.

[Assistant] No need to be embarrassed. It didn't get a lot of attention, though the legislator who brought it up is one to keep an eye on (not in a bad way–seems like she's actually kind of tuned in, even if from a Kansas politics perspective).


[User]
BoE remains a case study in the consequences of remaining behind the curve.

MPC again ‘surprised’ at inflation persistence, but the cause is pretty simple - secularly tight labor markets are driving elevated nominal wage growth leading to elevated inflation.

Forecasts higher:

[Assistant]
Central banks fantasize about inflation durably declining to target without a meaningful weakening of the labor market and wage pressures.

Look above, the BoE projects inflation to fall 500bps with a UE rate rise of only 0.7% and no growth contraction.

[User] As a result they remain behind the curve in their pace of tightening which in turn leads to tight labor markets persisting, wage growth remaining elevated, and the banks being “surprised” when there isn’t an immaculate decline.

[Assistant] The UK case in many ways is simple.  Growth has not slowed enough to bring down those wage pressures.  Labor markets remain secularly tight:

[User] There is no meaningful weakening momentum:

[Assistant] Given tight labor markets and elevated price pressures, not surprising that growth continues to rise rapidly.

[User] And so while we have seen a slowing in energy prices the core parts of the economy are now driving inflation in the economy.

[Assistant] Cause by *accelerating* services price inflation now at 7%, which isn’t surprising since that’s what’s going on with wage growth rates above.


[User] Well if there's any consolation it's ineptitude.

[Assistant] I thought FPS was a limited number of feds and mostly contract security guards? Did that change at some point?

[User] I actually didn't know they were a big part of it either? So ya got me on that one!

[Assistant] I think the point is that they have the authority to use other federal leos for their mission if needed. But the P25 fools don’t know basic math. If you use the FPS peeps/authority to do other stuff, then who is guarding federal facilities? A: no one.

[User]
FPS has several hundred federal officers/inspectors and some 15,000 contract guards. But the DHS secretary can augment its workforce by designating any of the 92,000+ DHS law enforcement officers to work under FPS.

This is how DHS puts border patrol on the streets in mass dissent situations.

[Assistant] Ahhhhhh thank you! Appreciate the explanation.


[User]
Strands #270
“Thank goodness!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

[Assistant]
Even when I only had the Spangram left, it took me a moment 😁
Strands #270
“Thank goodness!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

[User]
Me too!!!!

Strands #270
“Thank goodness!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

[Assistant]
Strands #270
“Thank goodness!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵


[User] 25th wedding anniversary today. 25 years and she hasn’t managed to kill me off yet.

[Assistant] Happy anniversary 💕 That's a lovely picture!

[User] Thank you. 😊

[Assistant] Despite those socks. 🙃

[User] Congratulations!

[Assistant] Thank you.

[User] Congrats mate, we all know who’s the lucky one 🤣🤣

[Assistant]
Happy anniversary! 🍾🥂
It was Mr Ks birthday last week and we worked out that I’ve celebrated 29 out of the 45! 😬


[User] I need to change my podcast’s domain name. $99 renewal for .fm is killing me softly.

[Assistant] I just bought 2 .fm domains and not looking forward to next year 🥴

[User] Mine renews end of Jan and I’m out. Maybe I’m use .xyz or lol. This shit is too expensive.

[Assistant] I have really committed to the bit of a .nf domain, but $260/year is… maybe not worth the bit.

[User] Could be cool and shove the tld in the name and dot com it like that audionetcom guy.

[Assistant]
Whew that’s a lot. I looked into a .fun domain, but the renewal was $250 😳

My .app domain is my most expensive at $63.


[User] Having my first prescription glasses ordered, middle aged is the new punk 🤓

[Assistant] Waddaya reckon to my new glasses case?

[User] You did well. I had to get mine at 21.

[Assistant] I don't strictly need them, but they found I am SLIGHTLY short sighted in one eye and as I'm on benefits I was entitled to two free prescription specs, one for reading and one for distance so decided to take up the offer!


[User]
I see we've reached the 'memo from Nestle' stage of the Gregg Wallace death spiral
news.sky.com/story/nestle...

[Assistant] It's pretty incredible he wondered around the factory doing his Sid James routine for long enough, that Nestle actually gave up the free BBC advertising of being involved with that programme.

[User] To gross for Nestle is pretty low.

[Assistant] I'll be honest, of all the food suppliers I was expecting something a little more high-brow that Nestle. At least Hotel Chocolat?


[User]
#globalwarming
#warming
#feedbackloops
#programming

POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS

Positive feedback loops are an interesting subject.  In any computer programming language,  if you press the enter key after typing x=x^2 (x squared) Even a super computer will crash,  almost instantly.

[Assistant] Warming melts reflective polar ice, thereby revealing darkly colored, heat absorbing water instead of ice.  That loop will now run unstopped until the ice is gone, because too much heat causes more heat, which causes even more heat, in a  loop that remains until surrounding conditions change.

[User]
Same with permafrost melting and methane.

Other examples running amok now include technology and human overpopulation, which are indeed julceing each other, thereby starting an inescapably vertical death rise.

Nothing (nothing) survives exponential growth. And yet here we are.  Welcome aboard.

[Assistant]
Abnormal warming started with man made CO2.   Now the warming is aiso caused by warming.  That makes it a feedback loop. Much the same as a Tipping Point.

How long the melting will take is not clear.  If and only if we are on the exponential cusp, the ice, North and South will be gone.


[User] AlphaFold3 prediction of the structure of E. coli CdiA, a class of protein found in certain pathogens that are used for interbacterial warfare. Electron microscopy shows that the protein forms a rigid, straight spike rather than the bent structure predicted by AF3. What a wild structure.

[Assistant]
Here's an extremely interesting paper about how these proteins might work. The proposed mechanism is absolutely nuts and, even more likely, the proposal is probably right, at least in outline.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

[User]
Here's an extremely interesting paper about how these proteins might work. The proposed mechanism is absolutely nuts and, even more amazingly, the proposal is probably right, at least in outline.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

[Assistant] Nice! It seems that AF3 always crams its predictions into a small space, bending extended regions inward. Comically bad for things like SMC proteins involving long coiled-coil domains!


[User]
The Snake 🧵
Many years ago in ancient India there was a small village. At their local watering home there lived a snake that terrorized them. The villagers lived in constant fear of this snake and would never go to the watering hole alone.
1/

[Assistant]
One day the Buddha visited the village and the villagers warned him about the snake. The Buddha decided to visit the watering hole and see the snake himself. Upon meeting the Buddha the snake was overwhelmed with love and realized how much harm he had caused the villages.
2/

[User]
He asked the Buddha how can I ever undo the harm I’ve caused. The Buddha instructed him in non-violence and the snake vowed to never harm the villages again.
3/

[Assistant]
Soon the villagers realized the snake was no longer a threat. The would see him laying docilely in the sun. After so many years of abuse they began to torment the snake. They would hit him with sticks, stomp on him or throw rocks at him. They were taking their revenge.
4/

[User]
After several months the Buddha stopped by to visit the snake to see how he was doing. When the snake appeared he was a bloody mess full of wounds the villagers inflicted upon him.
5/

[Assistant]
He told the Buddha he wasn’t sure how long he could live nonviolently he was afraid the villagers would eventually kill him. The Buddha looked at him carefully and then told him I never said you couldn’t hiss!
ssssssssssssss🪱
6/


[User]
As a lactose intolerant person. I’m really thankful for lactaid this time of year.

I mean I still shouldn’t eat any dairy, but damnit it’s worth it.

[Assistant]
People mildly allergic to bees: "Keep bees as far away from me as possible. If I see a bee, it's defcon 4."

People wildly allergic to dairy: "If I have a bite of cheese pizza then I'm getting extra cheese, eating the entire pizza, chasing it with a glass of milk, and having ice cream for dessert."

[Assistant] I’ve recently found that 1 ain’t cutting it.  I slam 4 lactaids now.

[User] I haven’t gone to 4 yet, but I definitely doubled up today.

[Assistant] Don’t be scared to eat em til it works.


[User]
In Australia, there's this widespread misconception that coaches prioritize physicality over technical quality, but that evidently hasn't been the case for a while.

If anything, Aus soccer currently lacks European-level athletes in almost all positions across the different national team age-groups.

[Assistant] I think we’re on the right pathway but it’s meant an awkward generation where at an elite level we lack both physicality and technical quality.

[User] I disagree with this. The recent lack of intensity comes not from a sudden change in preference of profiles, but training methodology and the ultimate expansion of the playing area in games as a result.

[Assistant]
Do we lose most of our natural physical specimens in this country to other codes?

I see some wingbacks in Europe with the physicality of AFL players.


[User] I love what I do as a social scientist ... research into profound, contributive, and just plain interesting questions about our nation and society. I help students, both undergraduate & postgraduate, be given the tools, the critical thinking skills, the theoretical models, to understand the world.

[Assistant]
To see that moment of enlightenment spark in their eyes is just one of the most wonderful & rewarding things you can have as a scientist, alongside the good our research can do for our society, for our nation.

Universities are the profound intersection of teaching & research, needing both to exist.

[User] I think of just this morning, my friend & colleague speaking on the radio, giving context, insight, and knowledge regarding the attempted coup in South Korea. His expertise as an academic was fundamentally a part of what he gave to Aotearoa New Zealand listeners, providing context & understanding.

[Assistant] I've done the same, in print, on radio & television, etc. As have so many of my fellow academics, researchers, and scientists. Our research underpins these, and so many other, contributions to our country. This is our role as critic and conscience for this nation. We take this seriously.


[User] One of the things Warhammer 40,000, er, borrowed.

[Assistant] So much of the core 40k setting is a straight lift from Dune. Which I'm fine with Dune is awesome.

[User] *Side-eyes the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic*

[Assistant] Yes that's one of the other things then borrowed.


[User]
would anyone like to guess why my iPad thinks Notes is taking up 15GB when there are no notes in it?
No, it's not synched to the cloud, local storage only baby
Yes, I have cleared the 'recently deleted' folder(s).

[Assistant] I can't help anyone besides the people who advocated in public. beyone "Power down then power up."

[Assistant] Update not fully completed? I had this problem with my phone and had to restore factory settings (annoying, but did work)


[User]
It really is quite minging, which means it'll probably do well here in the Middle East.

Still not seen a Cybertruck out in the wilds yet, even though there's a fair few here, other than a couple parked outside a car showroom. Not seen one actually on the road.

[Assistant] Probably getting em gold plated first? 🤷🏽♂

[User] The blingier the better.

[Assistant] I already have a Jaguar eV and I'm definitely not tempted by the rhubarb flavour iron in the picture.


[User] Will you help me decorate the Christmas tree? ✨

[Assistant] I’m happy to help with something else 👅

[User] Should I shoot some tinsel?

[Assistant] Promise me you will let me eat the Christmas Cake @aussiethongbro.bsky.social 😍😍


[User] i only ever get to eat thanksgiving food during friendsgivings becase my family doesn't celebrate it jfalskdjklfasdf IF YOU'VE GOT PICS OF YOUR DISHES I WANT TO SEEEEEE🥰🦃

[Assistant] i miss pie so much y'all give me a pecan pie ASAP before i wither away 😭

[User] I forgot to take a picture after it was baked but here is my sweet potato casserole before it went into the oven.

[Assistant]
Literally the only 3 photos i took today (who AM I??)
Dad’s been deep frying turkey for the last 20 years (ish) and the torrential rain did not stop him (nor has wind or snow) but the first pic is his set up, the second is the bird and the third is moms table 🤍🦃🤍


[User] Not something I’ve ever seen. After numerous alarms this month requiring crating Tilly, I never thought I’d see her use it as a resting place.

[Assistant] Why so many crate necessitating alarm?

[User]
Mine as well! At least 3x in the past month, I couldn't find a cat after they'd had breakfast & darn if they weren't in a crate that I'd left out to clean.
[It's been an expensive month: Joey Pants in 2x for tooth issues; Maisie in for a sinus infection & Sammy in for his regular thyroid ✔]

[Assistant]
Cats are
Like that.


[User] Am tangentially reminded of the baffling note in a book of “50 Best Cycling Climbs of Yorkshire” that “although this is a long climb, there is a useful lay-by at the top where a friend can wait for you in a van.” To save you the long, arduous…. ride downhill?!

[Assistant] I can sort of understand why people get into hill climbing, because it’s awful but it’s satisfying, and it’s very good for you, but… being unwilling to ride down again completely baffles me.

[User] I think it was the climb up either Luddenden or possibly the one up from Tod to Mankinholes where you can carry on over Blackstone Edge and eventually come back over Summit if you want a strenuous but great round, and in neither case is taking a van up there enjoyable. It’s not even nice in a car!

[Assistant] Sounds like Holme Moss to me. And coming down the hill in a car is terrifying enough. I would wait for the van 😂.

[User] Maybe the friend in the van has the thermos ready?

[Assistant] I was thinking more to resuscitate the poor cyclist?

[User]
Just stick a couple of twixes in your pocket and possibly a bar of Kendal mint cake* and as long as you have plenty of water in your bidons you’ll be fine.

* I suspect the authors of the book were more the gels-in-squeezy pouches type of cyclist, but I hold to the Old Ways.

[Assistant]
Sounds reasonable. As a teenager I used to regularly cycle Greenford to Harrow, about 4 miles, uphill all but the last 1/4 mile.

I think I might die if I tried it now.

[User] Is the book under deep cover and in fact recommending suitable places for secret agents to exchange information?

[Assistant] Maybe the van is one of those that serves both bacon butties and ice creams?


[User]
Honestly.

It could not be more perfect.

A perfectly placed ripper into the corner on the PP.

Patrik Laine has them on their feet.

[Assistant] What a laser.

[User] Really happy for him, and us!

[Assistant] Crowd response blew the roof off the building! Goosebumps!


[User] Taylor Jenkins is good at challenges, part 10,000.

[Assistant] I remember a few years ago he wouldn't challenge anything. He's grown so much. 🥹

[Assistant]
Letting dudes play with 4 fouls too.

Now that's adjustments!


[User]
#WeekVforVibrant
#AlphabetChallenge

A beautiful yellow Dahlia
Autumn 2024

#nature 🌱 #Autumn 📷

[Assistant] Good morning Marie Rose!🤗🥰🌞 Gorgeous colour🥰🥰

[User] Magnificent flower 🌼 💛✨

[Assistant] What a beauty!

[User] Good morning, Marie Rose, yellow is one of my preferred colors. 💛🤗

[Assistant] Good morning Grandma Janet 🤗💞


[User]
A THOUGHT FOR BLACK FRIDAY...

Matthew 6:19-21
[19]“Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.
[20]Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.

[Assistant]
Matthew 6:22-24
[22]“The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light;
[23]but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!

[User] 24]“No one can be a slave of two masters; he will hate one and love the other; he will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

[Assistant]
Matthew 6:33-34
[33]Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.


[User]
The right-wing parents rights group Utah Parents United wants lawmakers to ban fluoride in the state's drinking water.

The group says they've already lined up a legislator to sponsor the bill, but won't say who.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/lawmakers-wi...

[Assistant] They sure work hard to make life worse for everyone.

[User] We don't have F in the water in my city in Oregon, and let me tell you how much we enjoy filling a prescription from the dentist wvey so often so our kids can enjoy taking a fluoride pill every morning instead... 😖

[Assistant] Guess we’re going backwards. I’m so tired of the country moving in the wrong direction.  Maybe they will burn things down before the country comes back to it’s senses. When polio and tetanus and diphtheria return and our children’s mouths are full of cavities…..


[User]
That Israel is committing deliberate, systematic war crimes and is engaged in ethnic cleansing is not even seriously disputed *in Israel*.

Meanwhile Israel's apologists here just pretend none of this is happening.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...

[Assistant] Israel is a settler-colonial project. Ethnic cleansing has been happening for 100 years. This last 14 months between the most blatant period.

[User] And call the rest of us antisemites.

[Assistant] Israel has become that which it proclaims to hate and one of the greatest promoters of genocide since Nazi Germany.


[User]
Definitely going on the 'albums of the year' list
pharmakon.bandcamp.com/album/maggot...

[Assistant] Will you be sharing your Top 5-10 or whatever 🤞

[User] I was trying to quit, but if you're going to be an enabler then expect this to be posted shortly before Xmas 😁

[Assistant]
Enabler lol……honestly not much of a “end of year” list guy……especially “big” list from label or reviewers.

But individuals who share their Top 5-10 from albums they spent time and their money on, I’m interested in that!


[User]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Winter Storm Watch

* WHAT...For the Lake Effect Snow Warning, heavy lake effect snow. Additional snow accumulations between 2 and 7 inches with locally higher amounts possible in the northeastern portion of the county. For the... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[Assistant]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Winter Storm Watch

* WHAT...For the Lake Effect Snow Warning, heavy lake effect snow. Additional snow accumulations between 2 and 7 inches with locally higher amounts possible in the northeastern portion of the county. For the... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[User]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Winter Storm Watch

* WHAT...For the Lake Effect Snow Warning, heavy lake effect snow. Additional snow accumulations up to two inches. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy lake effect snow possible. Total snow accumulations in... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...

[Assistant]
NEW WEATHER ADVISORY: Winter Storm Watch

* WHAT...For the Lake Effect Snow Warning, the threat has ended, and snow will continue to diminish this evening. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy lake effect snow possible. Total snow accumulations in excess... See more: watchedsky.social/app/alerts/...


[User] Whether the opposition is more loyal to the anti-democratic leader than it is to democracy is the deciding factor in authoritarian backsliding. But all we have in america is a bootlicking elite that can't wait to kneel in submission. bsky.app/profile/nich...

[Assistant]
Yep

myferretsatepepethefrog.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

[User] Yeah, like @hurricanexyz.bsky.social was saying :(

[Assistant] Chuck Schumer, I’m looking in your direction!


[User] This is really worrying...I hope jfans will show him love and support as much as they can...but I'm really intrigued by the term "mental illness"

[Assistant] Me too 🥺

[Assistant] Oh my god thank you ! Now that he explained himself I'm relieved 😆


[User] goomorn..

[Assistant] mornin' filip 🐈

[User] Hi again! How's it goin'

[Assistant] pretty good, especially after the absolute meat grinder that was yesterday - hope ur doing alright too 🤓


[User] Any older men love a plus size 27 year old? 👀

[Assistant] i don't match any of that criteria 😕

[User] You're in a completely different league😍

[Assistant] heheh thanks 😳


[User] Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

[Assistant] If kids want to watch hardcore porn ,woman beatings ,beheadings,and call each other fags ,this ain't gonna stop them.

[User]
It might curb the brainwashing putin and trump will cause online.

Also, Authoritarian guys are groomers.

[Assistant] It may not be able to stop it, but when something happens it provides a law to hold social media companies to account. This is the start to holding these companies to account for their products. Move fast and break things can’t be applied to children podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/y...


[User]
🆕 Hetzner announced their object storage service (S3-compatible)

😳 For 5 EUR/month you get 1 TB storage, 1 TB outgoing traffic, incoming traffic and requests are free of charge.

😭 AWS charges 23 USD for storing 1 TB not to mention the extra charges for requests, outbound traffic, ...

[Assistant] 👉 Here is the official product page:  www.hetzner.com/storage/obje...

[User]
what’s their SLA for availability and durability? — I would guess something different than s3’s 99.99% and 99.999999999%

whether you need such is an entirely another question 😁

[Assistant] Good question, could not find an SLA. The documentation mentions, that data is stored on multiple nodes. So I expect an SLA similar to S3 in the future.


[User]
#SOUTHCAROLINA!
Please write the senate committee and tell them in no uncertain terms: #NoPublicFundsToPrivateSchools !

For more information see this bulletin from the League of women voters!
mailchi.mp/lwvsc.org/0q...

[Assistant] Thanks! Done.

[User] Thank you!! 💙💙💙

[Assistant] Will do. I’ll bet my senators are getting tired of me calling. The next 4 years will be hell. And these are really good guys. 🤷🏼♀


[User] From my experience as a former "young earth" creationist, it's important to realize that literally *no amount* of contradictory evidence will get most conservative evangelicals to change their mind if they believe something to be "Biblical truth." It's a dangerous feature of the system.

[Assistant] Such a weird thing for me. I wonder if it's the original American conspiracy theory? All those scientists lying about "the truth"?

[User] In the young yarth literature, the emphasis on conspiracy ranges from just some sort of united front for "naturalism" all the way to claims of outright demonic influence. It's wild.

[Assistant] In the young earth literature, the emphasis on conspiracy ranges from just some sort of united front for "naturalism" all the way to claims of outright demonic influence. It's wild.


[User] Just for fun I'm going to track how this turbine design works out.  First unit is supposed to be built and tested next year.  If it's successful then, yes, kudos to something being called AI.  Interesting to know how this AI model was built, etc. And why wouldn't you just call it a simulator?

[Assistant] Seven times efficiency seems like a big jump.

[User] Yup.  I don't think they have a physical prototype unless I missed that in the article.

[Assistant] Great call out. I’m curious how they tuned the design model without building/testing > 1 real prototypes.


[User] Chez Doris is a critical resource for many women in precarious and dangerous circumstances in #Montreal, if you're in the city make sure to check this out! 💜

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[User] Ate a lot today ☺

[Assistant] Delicious 😋

[User] I can tell. Looking great :]

[Assistant] Can I rub it?


[User]
What's everyone got in their #SpotifyWrapped?

329 new-to-me albums and counting this year, but old favourites Ride and Tears For Fears leading the way.

But Talking Heads, Suede and The Chameleons are my three favourite discoveries of the 2024, so this makes a lot of sense!

[Assistant] Haven’t listened to Cast though!

[User] Yeah there seems to be a couple of strays for everyone.

[User]
That top two. ❤

You've done well getting Alone in - it's only been out a month!!

Need to listen to Nick Cave still...


[User] When did everyone first hear of the Krampus? I know it’s way more popular now but I never knew it was a thing until The Venture Bros. Christmas Special. God this whole thing makes me laugh. youtu.be/MPCH8H0i20M?...

[Assistant] I wanna say there was an episode of American Dad about Krampus? That might have been where I first heard about him.

[User] My first exposure to Krampus was in the arcade light gun game CarnEvil where he appeared as the boss of the Rickety Town stage. Of course that version was just a generic “evil Santa” rather than the demonic goat man of the original myth.

[Assistant] During my first St Nicholas Day celebration in kindergarten, so at like age 4. But to be fair, I am German and more specifically Bavarian, so that's just part of the culture here.


[User]
Hey LA join us NEXT Saturday Dec 7th 4p-6p for in-store signing at Things From Another World on Universal for @yurilowenthal.bsky & my new graphic novel
#topsymcgeeandthescarabofsolomon

Copies of the book for sale/bring your own copy & we SIGN for FREE!

Non-Topsy stuff signed at usual con rate$!

[Assistant] EEEEEEE can't wait!

[User] Thanks! We are excited too!

[Assistant]
I'm so happy you guys planned it for when I'll actually be back home for any significant amount of time 🥰

(which, yes, I know you did *just* for me 😂)

[User] But of course…

[Assistant]
as always, my elder sister is a beacon of kindness 😂

(you probs don't remember bc it was like . . . January(?), but we met in Washington when I was cosplaying Gaara and we talked publishing/writing stuff😅)


[User]
Catch me eating my feelings about Vicario's injury with the help of Turkey Day. But on a more positive note, Eleanor Heeps is a real player who can play! Thoughts on her long-awaited debut, plus a twofer Men's team preview.

#COYS #THFC #THWFC
spurs-across-the-pond.ghost.io/the-monkeys-...

[Assistant] Good read that. I hope that I'm wrong but can't help but feel that Vicario's absence is going to be a lot worse than what most fans think.

[User] I guess it depends on how you feel about Forster getting extended game time 😝. Personally, I am… not confident.

[Assistant] Olga was also ill apparently so at least it’s not an injury!


[User]
Had a 5am start at work today, and going to see Charli XCX tonight in Birmingham so I won't be home until like 2am.

My eyes will be BURNING.

[Assistant] Sounds intense and fun… Enjoy! 😃

[User] Feel sorry you're going to be in my home town Birmingham.

[Assistant] It's not my favourite place 😬


[User] I love my guys 🥹❤

[Assistant] An adorable lovely little family.

[User] Literal cuteness! ;-) Happy Thanksgiving!

[Assistant] What a loving family! I'm glad you've found such wonderful folks in your life! :)


[User] What Billboard did to Taylor Swift is absolutely revolting behaviour.

[Assistant] Luke, what am I missing?

[User] In their “congratulations” post to her they included the revenge p0rn clip of a naked wax figure in her likeness from the Kanye Famous music video. Disgusting.

[Assistant] Ty for letting me know. Wtf.


[User] This article highlights the top attractions in England, showcasing must-see destinations. Missing out on these iconic spots would be a true missing. Additionally. This is also the first promotional article about Profile on Web 3.💕💯💕 #eaglerock #nftcollection #nftcommunity opensea.io/assets/ether...

[Assistant] Eagle Rock NFT. Lucky and Happy💖

[User] eagle rock NFT. Lucky and Happy💖

[Assistant] Eagle Rock NFT. Lucky and Happy 💖


[User]
I have gained all of 70 lbs and possibly more back due to me not transitioning well when insurance took me off Wegovy.

Was just thinking about that for no reason specifically.

[Assistant] Stupid insurance! I take it too and mine will cut me off too if I lose much more.

[User] That's so ridiculous.  This stuff WORKS. It HELPS.

[Assistant] Absolutely it does work! I’m so sorry your insurance cut you off and I hope you can one day get your insurance to pick it back up.


[User]
NEW 🚨 @thetrawl.bsky.social

Find wherever you get your pods

linktr.ee/thetrawlpodc...

[Assistant] Guaranteed to not contain rat......

[User] Jemma, thank you. Quick side note - you're not following me 😞. I dunno 😂

[Assistant] Wait! Bibi has been swinging in the Commons?


[User] “Be outspoken, leave your mark and stand up for your people. Stand up for Palestine, and stand up for oppressed people around the world.”

[Assistant] I reaffirm solidarity with Palestine. From the river to the sea.

[User] Palestinians are not oppressed. they are exploited to use against Israel. The Palestinian leaders are given billions in aid and they use that money for themselves. Funny how Palestinians are poor and starving yet buy millions in guns and rockets!!

[Assistant]
Israelis harm innocent Palestinians in airstrikes.

How can you say this isn’t oppression?


[User] Latest gadget to enter the Coull household…. Wish us luck 🍀

[Assistant] stop eating whiskey stones 😜

[User] A tooth douche...

[Assistant]
I bought my better half one of these for Christmas a couple years ago… it’s still in the box.
I might wrap it back up and gift it her again this year.


[User] Good morning all. It’s @recordstoreday.bsky.social Black Friday today let us know what you are getting your grubby paws on. I fancy getting the U2, Garbage & Truck Turner soundtrack. Let us know below. 🐰

[Assistant] not getting anything because low on funds but hopefully snatching a repress of the sound's into the lion's mouth or jeopardy !! been wanting them for 5 years now!

[User] Maybe some classic Bunnymen vinyl? So many strings on that guitar.

[Assistant] picked up #u2, so good.  they could tour with it.


[User] Harry Brook has more overseas Test hundreds than David Warner.

[Assistant] Also, he’s not David Warner. Or a documented cheat. Which is nice.

[User] Harry Brook must have one of the biggest disparities between home and away averages of any Test batter that's played more than a handful of Tests. Currently stands at around 52.

[Assistant] He's not a flat track bully and an arrogant cheat so there's that as well...


[User]
Guess who’s back? 🎉 Caden Devin, Osito, Jax, and Tuffy are here to sprinkle cozy magic into your learning! 📚✨

Stay toasty below while our Hoodies keep you snug up top! Now, in sizes up to 6XL because cozy has NO limits! 🎨🌟

⭐ View Collection: www.pretendagain.com/blogs/preten...

[Assistant] Gimme the Devin.

[User] Ahhhhhhh! Devin's little polar bear amp! 🐻❄🤩✨

[Assistant]
Aww. They're all so cute. Fantastic designs all around.

I really love the Caden one very much. ❤ Definitely going to add it to my Xmas list. 🐯


[User] Thinking of never speaking again unless I’m rehearsing/performing. My mechanical action involved with speaking has always just really annoyed me. Would also mean I could actually dictate my own pace to the world. Sorry man conversation’s gonna need to wait til I remember how to spell definetly.

[Assistant] There will be other exceptions because I’m not a fool but I think I’m just sick of hearing my own voice too.

[User] My “Not a mute, just hate talking” shirt has people asking me a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

[Assistant] My “Not a mute, just hate talking” shirt has people asking me a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. Questions which won’t be answered mind you.


[User]
I just have to share this piece i did about a year ago!
Im so sad that i didn't get to finish it (My old pc died and with it went the canvas)

But im still very proud of it!
To think that i have been doing digital art for only 2 years and 9 months (my 3rd year will be on feb 13th) 😫

[Assistant] This is absolutely beautiful Blue!!! I’m sorry the original canvas was lost but thank goodness you could save what you did!! 💗💗💗

[User] Aaa thank you! 🥹💕 Im probably gonna do a redraw sometime in the future!

[Assistant] I hope you’ll share, I’d love to see it!! 😁💗

[User] Holy shit this is beautiful!!!

[Assistant] Holy shit this is SO beautiful 💕 you are so talented 💕

[User] 2 and a half years and you already have so much fricking talent omggggggg i love this one so much and all your art too muah 😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞

[Assistant] YOOOOOOOOO This is so cool!!


[User]
Also, now it's time for my favorite annual theological literary game:

Does Jacob Marley's labor in the service of Scrooge's redemption redeem Marley himself and free him of his chains?

Please show your work.

[Assistant] (I always like to think of a chainless Jacob huddling in a dim archway observing Scrooge gamboling with Tiny Tim and smiling tragically but indulgently, not unlike Ava Gardner at the end of Show Boat.)

[User] That’s…good.

[Assistant]
My argument: If Marley were actually damned he would not be capable of helping Scrooge or of wanting to—he’d be trapped in his own rage or misery.

Therefore, either Marley is in Purgatory, or “Marley” really is just a dream, an undigested bit of beef (and the real Marley is in Heaven or in Hell).

[User] Marley cannot be redeemed. He has past the threshhold where redemption is possible. He can only serve as a warning. Also, if he had been Dickens would have included it in the appendix.

[Assistant] So Marley appears in a dream, one of many over the last seven years, but this one on the anniversary of his death, and at last Scrooge is ready to accept Marley’s death and face the music of his life choices to make amends. I’d like to think that at the end, Scrooge gives Marley a new headstone.

[User] So Marley appears in a dream, one of many over the last seven years, but this one on the anniversary of his death, and at last Scrooge is ready to accept Marley’s death and face the music of his life choices to make amends. I’d like to think that at the end, Scrooge gives Marley a new headstone.

[Assistant] So Marley appears in a dream, one of many over the last seven years, but this one on the anniversary of his death, and at last Scrooge is ready to accept Marley’s death and face the music of his life choices to make amends. I’d like to think that at the end, Scrooge gives Marley a new headstone.

[User] A fine reading, Douglas.

[Assistant]
The Carol is an all time fave of mine, so when I read your prompt, I couldn’t resist.

Also, my fave radio play of the Carol, with Paul Scofield and Ralph Richardson, 1960; my parents had the LP and I listened to it repeatedly.

[User] Hey, I'm just grateful for the question. I never thought of that before! I don't think I'm the guy to ask. I'm one of those guys who thinks Judas got a raw deal. Shouldn't he, at least, get an assist like in hockey?

[Assistant]
I’ve always assumed that when Marley talks about his own fate, that fate is written in stone. He gives Scrooge a chance to save himself as an act of love, but Marley’s post-mortem choices can’t erase the chains he forged in life. He’s in hell, not purgatory.

But I like the idea that I’m wrong.


[User]
Is it an Older Gamer™ thing to understand that game demos weren’t available for every single game and that they were often only temporarily playable?

Mind you I remember getting game demos on CDs that came free with magazines so what do I know. 😂👵🏼

[Assistant] I certainly remember the era of non playable "rolling" demos back in the 8 & 16bit home computer era.

[User] May your gaming memories remain nostalgic, your appreciation for classic gaming remain strong, and your overall sense of gaming history never fade. Send more retro gaming stories. (Just kidding...mostly).

[Assistant] Demos??? Oh, you mean those shareware versions of the games...

[User] Half Life Uplink!

[Assistant] Demo disks and getting Shareware, like Doom, was a marvellous time. I used to buy games on the strength of a good demo. They were usually a deal breaker.

[User] I miss demo culture. 🥲 It guided all my game purchase decisions as a teen (excluding Final Fantasy 😅)

[Assistant]
CDs? Surely, as an 'older gamer' that should be floppy disks, or tapes?

Ohh, the hours I've put into UFO/x-com games since picking up that amigo mag with the ufo: enemy unknown disk on the front.


[User] After yet another concurrency discussion, I thought I needed to brush up my 10+ year old post on Singletons, their performance, and memory model implications. Instead, I wrote a whole new set of JCStress samples: github.com/openjdk/jcst...

[Assistant]
Plus the additional set of samples on Lazy<T>, that build on Singleton samples a bit, and show even more practical issues with these ad-hoc implementations:
github.com/openjdk/jcst...

[User] (Aside: It feels I play the "blog about technical stuff more" game incorrectly.)

[Assistant] (Aside: It feels like I play the "blog about technical stuff more" game incorrectly.)


[User] Is he... you know?

[User] fruitcake unfortunately 😔

[Assistant]
I mean, just look at his passion for carton boxes?….
I’m a carton box enjoyer too and i’m autistic.


[User] Former head of MI6....

[Assistant] And we just elected a Russian asset!  God help us all!

[User] Hello are you there ?

[Assistant]
We've been compromised with a flood of Russian disinformation for almost a decade, so this is not at ALL news to me!

Our only hope is that the Russian people put a swift end to Putin, once Ukraine opens the floodgates!


[User] Hello @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social how does the day greet you?

[Assistant] It’s going good. How’s your day going? Had my fancy coffee ☕ too early for my wine 🍷😂😂😂

[User] I hear you, I only indulge on the weekend, not saying I do not have one during the week, but only let loose on the weekend. Getting wine instead of mead this weekend. Well I lied getting both 🤣😂

[Assistant] That was me too, but the situation has changed. All these cabinet picks are doing a job on me. I need to do a restock on my wine 🍷 fridge.


[User]
We need to take climate change seriously 🥹😭

I live in Randfontein, and on Wednesday, a terrible storm hit.

Some are calling it a tornado, others aren’t. Honestly, I don’t know what it was, but I experienced it, and I’ve never been so terrified in my life.

[Assistant]
There’s rain, and then there’s whatever that was, and it was super scary.

I woke up that morning around 5:30 to heavy rain—it sounded so violent, so I quickly texted our helper to stay home.

[User]
By 6:30, it was clear and sunny, as if the storm had never happened. We took kiddo to school and returned with no issues.

I work from home and was alone for the day. It stayed chilly but sunny.

[Assistant] Later, around the time my helper would have been preparing to leave, the sun disappeared, the clouds turned dark, and the rain came down violently. I rushed to close the windows, but the force was so intense, things were falling all over the house.

[User]
I heard about what happened in Randfontein, but it hits different when a normal person gives an account of what happened. I’m sorry about your experience and damage to your property.

I’m happy that you are raising climate change here. It will affect the poor most bcos they don’t have choices 💔.

[Assistant] Whoaaaa! @gaophala.bsky.social that sounds like a horrific experience you had there. It sound very spooky too. Comprehensive account by the way. I had no idea it was that bad. Happy you are safe.


[User] Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of the country’s second largest city Aleppo after a lightning advance that killed dozens of government soldiers in a major challenge to President Bashar al-Assad.

[Assistant] They need air defense to shoot down the helicopters that are dropping barrel bombs. Maybe the US suggests some of the 900 US soldiers drive thru Aleppo with some stinger missiles "loosely" tied on the back of trucks and not notice they fell off until they return to base!? Know what I mean?👍

[User] Some are Islamists. Some are not. But they will prevail and Assad is as evil as they come. This is gonna be a mess. Last time Trump walked away from Syria. Remember he abandoned them?

[Assistant] (Russian sailors in Tartus nervously looking at the horizon)

[User]
Just so I can gain some clarity:
Are these good rebels, bad rebels, or people we’re going to support only to have them screw us over later?

[Assistant] Just what the world needs, another war to dump all our tax money into. Another war to protest. Another war to cry about. Here we go again, everyone get your "Free Syria" flags ready.


[User] The kiss of a ginger, when given freely, is said to have soul-stealing properties.

[Assistant] interesting, need to test this 🤔

[User] I usually kiss on the third date. Just a random fact I thought of, I dunno.

[Assistant] I always thought it was “soul-healing”


[User] The assassination of CEO Brian Thompson was on one of the busiest streets in New York. Who is the cyclist assassin now on the run?

[Assistant] I approve this shooting.

[Assistant] I love how the story speculates about whether the killer was a “professional.”  I’m not sure which crime reporters need to hear this but “professional hit men” aren’t a thing that exists in real life.


[User]
Everyone should read this article -

euromaidanpress.com/2024/12/03/r...

[Assistant] This is so sad.  I can't understand why anyone would want to rule in this manner.  Imagine what God will do to those who do this to His brethren, deserved.

[User]
 I do not believe ANYTHING in the Western press about Ukraine of Georgia. It is WALL TO WALL LIES and run by the CIA.
Any nasty shit going on in Georgia is thanks to the US or its allies, including any anti-humane actions. The US wants SO DESPERATELY to overthrow Georgia so as to encroach on Russia.

[Assistant] Jan 6 protestors all pardoned at once on Day 1 of The Great Administration.


[User] Really identifying with Sisyphus tonight. Just a bunch of boulders.

[Assistant] Do something long enough and it becomes a boulder.

[User] See, I think Sisyphus would be better off by sticking the boulder on top of the hill, chilling a bit and then voluntarily give it a roll down the hill when fully ready to begin anew.

[Assistant] I just realized this is the weirdest way of saying I want a vacation.


[User]
This week has been so exhausting. I'm always anxious around holidays in general, but there's a lot of extra shit this year.
For example, my dad (not a fan, but like, he's old and pathetic so I try) is in the ICU and in addition to the holiday, tomorrow is his birthday.

[Assistant] I’m so sorry, Heather. I hope your dad improves and things overall get easier.

[User] 💜 Thank you, friend.

[Assistant] 💜 sounds like a lot to cope with. Hope he gets better soon & you find some peace somewhere.


[User]
I just remembered I have a bunch of NGL questions to answer from last week.
Sorry!

It’s late and I’ve had wine but I’ll answer the ones I can.

In the fashion of LinkedIn…

🧵

[Assistant]
Okay. I like most cheese. Sometimes it’s too stinky or too dry and I’ve had some aged cheddars that had a weird crystallized texture. But I’m even down with velveeta. Is it cheese? I dunno but it melts real nice.

I love making toast with feta and tomatoes. So maybe that.

[User]
Is it safe?

I dunno, man. That’s too difficult.

I think the thing to think about is that if you are wondering if something is safe, maybe just listen to your instincts. Are you uncomfortable? Does it feel bad? Or do you feel good and chill? Trust your gut. That’s your body telling you.

[Assistant] I feel like I should be able to say yes but I just can’t. Movies did help me realize I’m bi but that’s not a kink.

[User]
“That’s okay”
“That doesn’t bother me”
“I like that about you”

You get it.

[Assistant] Ok. It’s only naughty because he was the director of the the theatre group I was in and twice my age. He never acted on it. In was 16. We were good friends for years and still FB friends. It’s been 35 years. Imagine Simon Pegg but gray haired and queer as hell. Adorable.


[User]
Day 3. #FantasyIndiesDecember

Go on then, what would you like to know about my book? 🙂

[Assistant] How many dragons will there be?

[User] Thousands! I’m trying a fresh approach to them. 🤫

[Assistant] What inspired your book's setting? Is it based on somewhere you've been, or is it an amalgamation of different times and/or places?


[User]
I'm tired and burned out and numb, and so are all of my friends.

But they have people who love them in person, or at least a safe place to go home to, and I still don't.

I can't ask them to give more than they can. I want to look out for them.

But who's looking out for me?

[Assistant] My heart goes out to you.

[User] Thank you. Sorry I'm such a mess.

[Assistant] We all are. That's the secret that we all scramble to hide 😉


[User]
Whatever system is created, kids will find a way around it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

[Assistant] "Mum can I borrow your card to buy something online?"

[User]
This, parents need to up their game instead than expect online places to do their part.  They have, but it's now time for parents to do their thing.

Note to parents:  THE INTERNET IS NOT YOUR BLOODY BABYSITTER!

[Assistant] Even as an Adult this could be annoying as all hell to do, reminds me when the UK wanted to make a porn license to ‘ Protect the youth ‘ when at most it’d be a minor inconvenience that people would get around.


[User] Good decision.

[Assistant] them releasing the footage was a fuck up for me. but seeing jack grow into the bitter punk that he is has been a joy. i love seeing a wrestler grow and evolve.

[User] Not only for Jack Perry, it was the Wrestlemania weekend and all the news cycle was about it.

[Assistant]
Great decision.
If you actually listen to Punk's interview about it, then watch the footage, Punk is a liar and was the instigator.


[User] Happy hump day folks ! Have a belter of a day 💚😘

[Assistant] It's my favourite day of the working week...

[User] Morning Heather, I hope you are well 🍀🍀🍀

[Assistant] Good morning I’m good thank you hope all good with you 🍀💚

[User] Have a good one Heather 🍀👍😊

[Assistant] Every which way but Under Armour 😀


[Assistant]
The “I swear to fuck” part of the read took me out! 😂

To be clear, I love it AND hate it here. I am a person who sustained a #disability later in life. The money I’m expected to be able to pour into my healthcare is nonexistent. Yet, insurance companies also pretend their money to support me is…

[User]
When I had my surgeries, it was super easy to get approval for opiates. I'm allergic to opiates.

It was difficult as hell to get the suite of NSAIDs, muscle relaxers, and nerve pain medications I could actually take instead.

[Assistant] That’s so bizarre & not surprising now. I’m afraid of losing these few meds I’m not allergic to as well. And my drs. I had so many drs quit or drop off Medicaid or my ACA plan before.


[User] I'm never where I want to be in life, so it's great to be able to live vicariously through great people like you.

[Assistant] It’s only cause I have time off at the moment. I’ll be doing some studying for my new job later this afternoon.

[User]
You're ruining my utopia here. ;)

People should relax more.  We're all under too much pressure.

[Assistant] I agree people need more time for them for sure.


[User] M*A*S*H is a good after Thanksgiving show, right?

[Assistant]
There’s an episode with a chicken dinner. I think it’s an hourlong special.

(don’t actually watch this one)

[User] Uh oh. What happens in that one??😬

[Assistant] It’s the series finale, so don’t watch it until you get there if you’re watching the whole series.


[User]
Morning all - what are your plans for this Saturday?

Might pop out on the twist & go if we get some sun later.

But I’m in the workshop, front forks & brake to build then ignition timing & start on all the cabling etc

I’m just going to put the heater in the garage on now…

[Assistant] I will be using the Shark Carpet Cleaner to clean the living room carpet ready for Christmas Tree decorating tomorrow 🎄

[User] Real tree or bring one down from the loft?

[Assistant] Real tree, always 🥰


[User] 5 seconds into Skeleton Crew and I’m like, “GOONIES IN SPAAACCCEE!!!!!!”

[Assistant] 2/ He’s playing with Star Wars figures. I’m dead. And old. And dead.

[User] 3/ So latchkey kids in the New Republic? Ok let’s lean into the Gen X nostalgia.

[Assistant] 5/ Ok the school is just a Japanese middle school.


[User] That feeling when TransitApp tells you that the bus is almost a mile away and will be here in one minute.

[Assistant] It's the express!

[User] It appears the app thinks you're at 26th and Division which might explain the issue.


[User] OK, but is there any longitudinal study of the long-term adverse effects of NOT having cervical cancer?

[Assistant] You joke but I can bet you some antivaxxer with an agenda is going to not know how to do proper age adjusting and show something about increased risk for strongly age-associated mortality causes because they didn't die of cervical cancer first.

[User] I recall Texas pushing this vaccine years ago, but for the wrong reasons. Then Gov. Perry had backers who benefitted?

[Assistant]
$8,000 donation, but the eventual contracts were considered by some to be proof positive of payback to these large pharmaceutical companies?

I'm misremembering.

[User] $8k in Texas politics wasn't much by the time Perry was in office. I was there for Bo Pilgrim writing $10k checks on the Senate floor for whoever would vote his way on workers' comp bill. Checks were campaign contributions, not bribes, he insisted. Late 1980s dollars.

[Assistant] missing a chance to "own da libs"


[User] Pan roasted Pork tenderloin with a thyme sauce, foraged brussel sprouts with bacon, glazed carrots and roasted fingerling potatoes 🤤🍽

[Assistant] If you would post the dinner hour and address that would be great.

[User] For starters…diehard is the ONLY Christmas movie 😉 2ndly my online friends are always welcome for a meal if they are ever in Albuquerque 🍻

[Assistant] Nice, but I’m curious about those ‘foraged’ brussel sprouts. Do you search them out in neighbors’ gardens? 😉


[User] So apparently, and this is some wild shit, everyone wasn't raised w grandparents who inform you when you need to start dieting.

[User] I was 4 years old when my paternal grandparents offered to pay me $1 for each pound I lost. My maternal grandparents weren't any better.

[Assistant] Oh god that's terrible. I'm really sorry you went through that. People are real shits sometime. 🖤🤍


[User]
I got quite a lot of new followers recently, so I thought I might as well do this 😄
As for the art questions, I used to draw back in high school so I'll do my best to answer some of those too!

[Assistant] Why are you on Blue Sky? A friend of mine recommended it by showing me his NSFW account, so I got hooked. I used to post nudes to an old Twitter account, but I didn't get to know many people so it got boring quickly.

[User] Something you hate about yourself? I can be very anxious and catastrophic at times, plus I'm really bad at finding conversation topics 🙈

[Assistant] Something you love about yourself? I always try to see the best in people and understand their point of view even when we strongly disagree (even though that has often put me in vulnerable positions in the past).


[User]
Some questions about making a PCB:

Is it doable to make a badge like a picture frame- border with a large rectangle missing on the inside?

If using an arduino/similar for prototyping, how do you put that on the PCB? Badges I see have that all built in, how do I know what I need to have?

[Assistant]
Where do I buy microcontrollers and stuff for the pcb if I’m able to not put the Arduino on?

If I’m including a screen that plays videos, is a micro-SD card good for storage or are there better options?

[User] And what resources are there to learn about the hardware parts and requirements? I think I can figure out the wiring for a PCB, but everything else is way above my head.

[Assistant]
documentation. You usually can learn about your parts through datasheets which by themselves take time to grasp sometimes.

Write down what your constraints of your parts will be such as your voltage requirements, look for parts and read docs, and then buy what will be necessary.


[User] No. It’s never ok to out someone. All you’ve done is show every LGBTQ person and ally out there that you are willing to take away their rights if you personally disagree with them or deem them unworthy.

[Assistant]
If you don't want someone concerning themselves with what you do in your private life or to your body, you shouldn't be concerned with what they do in their private lives or to their bodies.

I'm not sure why people aren't getting this.

[User] Exactly. I was red when I saw this comment. It was on a FB post about a woman who outed her cousin for having an abortion 10 years ago after she came out as pro-life and my reaction was the same as yours. So many “liberals” were cheering her, then this one added insult to injury. “OBLIGATED.” 😡

[Assistant] It's vile. Like you're making the choice to put someone in possible danger from a violently bigoted family member or ex partner because of "morals". Ok.


[User] Not surprised Labour is looking at imposing caps on party donations. But we’ve been here a few times before and the problem is always the same. How to replace the lost income if we rule out extra state funding? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

[Assistant] Party funding is a distraction. The problem that needs addressing is the balance of funding in the privatised public sphere. I’ve just written something about this here: open.substack.com/pub/pauliewa...

[User] You’ve reminded me that I need to borrow Olson (1982) from the library and read it again!

[Assistant] Everyone should read it annually!

[User] Previous review processes broke down partly because of concerns that state funding would trigger public backlash. That problem is far bigger now than it was back then. The alternative? Party politics on a shoestring. Not sure the public really want that either.

[Assistant] What's the problem you see as bigger now than then? Low trust in politics?


[User] So this finally happened after 13 years of owning a SawStop and never triggering it. Saved my thumb, which is 👍. I had definitely gotten a little careless with my table saw safety. Hopefully the saw is ok. Won't know until I pick up another cartridge tomorrow.

[Assistant] Table saws are no joke. Glad you had it 🙏

[User] Phew! I get nervous every time I flip the switch on my whirling danger disk machine. Mine will happily steal my fingers though. Glad you had the safeguard!

[Assistant] I'll send you a picture of the wall of SawStop pictures tomorrow if I get a chance.  So many saved digits!  It's from a maker space so it gets a ton of use daily.  Best investment ever.

[User] my great uncle cut off the tip of his thumb with a table saw.  glad yours is intact.  not even a scratch eh?

[Assistant] A tiny little nick. It bled profusely though. The blade is very sharp.


[User]
Luna and I like to play this game
Called ‘ MOM IM BORED IM BORED LET ME OUT LET ME OUT’ followed immediately by ‘MOM IM COLD LET
ME IN LET ME IN’ 😆

[Assistant] 😂 Mine is the same... unfortunately labs never get cold.

[User] Furry plays this game. Yesterday I let him out, came back after 10 min, 5 min later back out, 15 min later back in, 10 min later he starts pissing on the couch because I wasn't paying attention he wanted back out 🙄

[Assistant]
Oh no
lol
It’s a good thing he’s a cutie!

[User] Reminds me of my dog Max.

[Assistant] Fickle furry creatures 🙃


[User] Any time someone asks “what’s a show that got cancelled too soon?” my answer is always going to be Julie and the Phantoms. I still listen to the soundtrack on a regular basis. 🖤💜

[Assistant] I don't know the show but your art is gorgeous!

[User] It’s sooo cute! I highly recommend it even though there’s a couple things that never get resolved. ☹

[Assistant] Also thank you!! ☺


[User] Love flattering action shots.

[Assistant] Gorgeous!

[User] Thank you 💁🏼♀✨

[Assistant] the captions for people hard of seeing is a riot!


[User] These manosphere podcasters are doing nothing but making money by giving generations of men a complex.

[Assistant] Thanks you, I which more men would call out the BS.

[User] I'm sick of them preying on other men's insecurities for ad revenue. We need to be supporting each other; that doesn't make you weak or "gay".

[Assistant] Agreed, all humans need support and encouragement. I don’t listen to any of these shows but the few clips I see are disgusting.


[User] Very much in two minds about assisted dying - the cardinal importance of choice vs the inevitable problems re the practical exercise of that choice.

[Assistant] Where I’m coming out, I think, is that the principle of choice wins out. But…it has to be a choice that is *actually a choice* and one that is exercised / implemented in the most careful way possible.

[User] This bill worries me. I have Multiple Sclerosis and have experienced people say to my face that they'd rather be dead and had medical professionals discuss my "managed decline." I'm definitely not declining.

[Assistant] Thank you very much for this - it’s just incredibly helpful for me to get this sort of viewpoint.

[User] Perfectly put.

[Assistant] It’s a hard line to draw. Here in Canada, many patients considered the initial MAID process too restrictive (I had one who travelled overseas for assistance in dying). Recent changes have loosened the criteria, but mental health conditions remain ineligible for now.


[User]
Swedish farmers are feeding cows a supplement that supposedly reduces methane emissions.

How will this affect the cows?

[Assistant] Is this available for humans?


[User]
@wonggifs.bsky.social has discovered something here!

Far as we know, it doesn't work from the phone and you have to drag and drop the file from your desktop to the post...

[Assistant] As long as I'm not obligated to also do pushups it's gonna be fine 😉

[User] Thank you it really works now!


[User] Gooddd morning!! Hope everyones having a great day or the best sleep! "(っ- ‸ - ς)ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁  what's on everyone's plate today ?!

[Assistant] Good morning! It's an adrenaline fueled marathon of mostly pointless meetings!

[User] Oh no, Hopefully they're not too boring for you and they pass quickly! Eat lots of yummy food in Ur breaks to make up for it haha☆

[Assistant] Thank you! I survive on caffeine and sugar so I will definitely do that!


[User] Many thanks to @foxlanebooks.bsky.social  for the signed and beautifully wrapped books. If you haven't yet finished your Xmas shopping, please check out their store. There's a fantastic selection and delivery was super quick.

[Assistant] And an extra thank you to @gregjenner.bsky.social for the personalised messages to my son - they were spot on. As an avid listener of 'You're Dead to Me', he's going to be thrilled!

[User] Delighted it arrived on time!

[Assistant] Thank you! 🧡🦊


[User]
// Out of curiosity, do any of you have language-related HCs for your muses?

Everyone (presumably) speaks Common, but it's pretty open beyond that. Many possibilities.. 🤔

[Assistant] //Kaveh obbvvv knows Sumerian & the common language, but I also feel like he'd know a bit of Inazuman, because no way he hasn't studied the architecture and picked up a bit of the language of it as he did at some point in his life. 🤷

[User] // Ooh, would that extend to general architectural terminology as well, or solely Inazuman? 🤔

[Assistant] //It would definitely be architectural terminology. While he did dabble in the cultural side of things, it was really the architecture that caught and kept his attention. So, I have no doubt he could tell you all about their architecture in the language, but not be able to hold basic conversation.


[User] Don't have my cam set up yet, but I am live on twitch if you want to watch us try and complete Terminus on COD BO6 🩷😁 I'm live on Twitch, come hang out! www.twitch.tv/imjustsaiyan...

[Assistant] I missed this stream but I'll follow you! 😊

[User] girl i wish i would've known!

[Assistant] Next time :)


[User] Not sure if anyone's seen Bosch ... but the best way I can describe it is "what if we cast several actors from the Wire in some of the purest copaganda ever made?"

[Assistant]
The show is currently doing a conviction-integrity review storyline.

The story is that prosecutors are agreeing with a habeas petition of a "psychopath" because they've been bamboozled by "phony" DNA evidence.

[User]
The show's currently doing a conviction-integrity review arc.

The story is that the unit—pushed by an investigator resentful at being previously seduced by the show's lead—are declining to object to a habeas petition of a "psychopath" because they've been bamboozled by "phony" DNA evidence.

So ...

[Assistant]
The show's currently doing a conviction-integrity review arc.

The story is that prosecutors—pushed by an investigator who resents having been previously seduced by the show's lead—is declining to object to a habeas petition of a "psychopath" because they've been bamboozled by "phony" DNA evidence.

[User]
The show's currently doing a conviction-integrity review arc.

The story is that prosecutors—pushed by an investigator who resents having been previously seduced by the show's lead—is declining to object to a habeas petition of a "psychopath" because they've been bamboozled by "phony" DNA evidence.

[Assistant]
Obviously you have all the classic elements, too:

A grizzled cop who hates rule breakers but breaks the rules to get them.

Intimations that the police should be allowed to police themselves, but the cops who get the most criticism are in IA.

Grumbling re: prosecutors not being aggressive enough.


[User] Popped into Brussels Cinematek yesterday to see MONTPARNASSE 19 (1958): the last days of Modigliani (Gérard Philipe) & the long-suffering women in his life (Lilli Palmer & Anouk Aimée). Max Ophüls died during production; Jacques Becker took over directing. Lino Ventura plays an evil art collector!

[Assistant] Trigger warning for that MONTPARNASSE 19 trailer - it's the sort of film in which women get casually slapped around. Silly old Modigliani, dying from alcohol abuse & hunger, won't let an American millionaire buy his paintings because he doesn't want to see his work reprinted on posters.

[User] Ooh, I didn’t know about this film. Am going to see if I can seek it out 🙂

[Assistant] It's very sad (and also infuriating in the way of intelligent women flinging themselves at Great Male Artists whose genius is never called into question while drinking themselves to death, you know the sort of thing). But beautifully filmed and acted.

[User]
I completely agree.
I could understand if the curators of the Dora Maar (Tate 2019-20) had included a brief section on Picasso, but to expand it to the extent that they did really vexed me.
Dora would have been exceptional with, or without Picasso.

[Assistant] Would love to have seen that expo, though nowadays am wary of blockbuster exhibitions, as I've been to a couple that were ruined by the crowds; I'm relatively short & could hardly see the pictures! (Was extraordinarily lucky with last year's Vermeer, managing to sidle into prime spots with ease.)


[User] If your religion somehow influences you to think you need to suppress your sexuality then I'm sorry but you need to reevaluate yourself. And you can cry to the world that other queers are trying to drag you to "hell", but the reality is that when you suppress yourself, you end up harming others.

[Assistant]
Like legitimately, if you lie to yourself like that, your lie will end up hurting someone else in your life, whether that be your family, your future spouse (who is not compatible with your sexual orientation), your friends, and even the LGBTQ community.

You should not be celebrating suppression.

[User]
Also yes I'm referencing that one white Christian guy who's been circulating around a little. Idr if itcwas on twitter or bluesky tbh, but Iykyk.

The comments congratulating him make me sick.

[Assistant] Also, to be clear, I'm not saying anything bad about religion in general. What I'm criticising is that you can practice religion while embracing who you are. Isn't God supposed to love you unconditionally anyway? Based on my knowledge, everyone sins, no matter what that sin is. Being 🏳🌈 isn't bad.