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the editing test, the millipede surprise, and other ways we've mortified ourselves at work

It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 15 mortifying stories to kick off today. 1. The grunt I’m middle-aged an...

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My mind has wandered from the straight and narrow My mind has wandered from the flock, you see My mind has wandered The man just said so My mind has wandered I heard it on TV And the flock has wandered away from me Song: Insanity Album: Boingo

If Ray Bradbury came back as a zombie, the title of the story he would write would be "There Will Come Soft Brains"

@summerjackel.bsky.social this one's tailor made for you

Micro SF/F by O. Westin@microsff.com · last wk.

"People say it must be great to be so strong and free," said the werewolf, "but they don't trust you." "And wolves have their own packs," the witch said, "and you smell weird to them." "How did you know?" "We are many, us living in the between. All we can do is be ourselves, as well we can."

FISH WORSHIP IS NEVER WRONG

Ragnarok Lobster@amagire.bsky.social · last wk.

Edward Gorey was the GOAT.

Captain Awkward@captainawkward.bsky.social · last wk.

I post for the people who grew up wailing “ahhhh! ahhhh!” in perfect time with the lady slumped backward over a gravestone in the Masterpiece: Mystery! opening credits and still do it every single time.

Let's have a party There's a full moon in the sky It's the hour of the wolf And I don't want to die Song: No One Lives Forever Album: Dead Man's Party

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see.

AndaliteBandit@andalitebandit.bsky.social · 2w ago

Found this on Tumblr with the caption, "Saw a fire, stopped his car, got out and Madonna'd the fuck out of those flames". I want him carnally.

Hey @noahbrand.bsky.social remember when we did the X-Men Cabaret?

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky”@pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 2w ago

To get casual fans caught up, the new Avengers movie should start with all the characters doing a rap where they say who they are and what their deal is

'my grand/parents drank raw milk on the farm' no bunny, they didn't; grandma boiled it and the next generation didn't notice/remember, because it was one of the many unglamorous things women often did in the kitchen to keep people alive

kind of unusual to see one this perfectly ripe

To me, any Democrat who runs for President and doesn't begin by promising to fire everyone at ICE on week 1, cannot be taken seriously about anything else.

Have you seen my new house? Looks just like a doghouse Have you seen my new house? Someone saw it walking straight into the ocean Thought it was an ivory boat Let's take the whole day off Song: Whole Day Off Album: Nothing To Fear

ICE must be abolished AND PROSECUTED.

Imagine if the bar was high for men.

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

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Absolutely brutal thread. "A.i." in education is a fucking plague and anyone who pushes it on professors and students is betraying education itself. An act of abuse and betrayal to push this fucking cheating, lying, bullshit machine on anyone, ESPECIALLY in an educational environment.

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

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The "Piranha Madonna" shirt from Oingo Boingo's 1990 tours. I don't remember which concert I got it at but it may have been my first one at Great America. I lost my shoe in the pit and some nice person found it for me afterwards. I was 14.

The RAD Seed@theradseed.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Question I've never seen on here and I keep forgetting to ask: What the oldest tshirt you own?

If you guess this, you must tell me

Ragnarok Lobster@amagire.bsky.social · 2mo ago

sometimes I quote post stuff like this just so you can guess what it's a reply to. have fun!

Life hack from a marine biologist: When your blue sea dragons need a little snack, remember that they never evolved to swim, so you have to drive the Portuguese man-o-war around and pick them up like a little bus 🎥 by me during field work :)

Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:

Pictures of elegance, these borzoi boys

Summer Jackel@summerjackel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Borzoi Brothers Bite Ballet in: we're very fast! And now, the waltz!

Have you seen my garden? It is most peculiar Have you seen my garden? Nothing there that grows looks anything at all like plants I hear their voices Let's take the whole day off Song: Whole Day Off Album: Nothing To Fear

Just throwing it out there that the lane is wiiiiiiiiide open for a tech company to get insanely rich by just replicating the 2010 version of big websites like Google while explicitly stating that they hate AI.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Google Search as you know it is over "Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times."

Sarah Gailey: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the river of teeth Gailey: it's about the most dangerous game of all Stephen King: is it man? Clive Barker: what kind of question is that, steve? of course it's man Barker: it's always man Mary Shelley: phht

A LOT of people I know are listed as followers of Neil Gaiman's account here, and I'm certain that many if not all would be grossed out. If you think you've blocked him, best to make sure.

David Wynne@davidwynne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

If you look below for hidden treasure, Underneath another layer Are you hiding underneath the skin? Song: Skin Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel

On the quarter-century anniversary of Douglas Adams' death, please remember that the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation were a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came

Phillip Iscove@pmiscove.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yeah, because it fucking sucks! No one wants AI fucking with their entertainment. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...