How is AIPAC not considered foreign interference in elections? If I started the Give Lots of Money to Politicians in Exchange for Favorable Treatment of Albania PAC, people would rightly call that out.
We were looking up info about zodiac signs, and this is how someone starts her blog post about Capricorn sense of humor
I would simply not make a deal with the fae, but I guess Europeans are built different
Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 4d agoI love how Europop songs are always like "I am literally incapable of not dancing. Dance has kidnapped my children, and if I stop dancing for even a moment, they will be executed. This all began when I had a very sexual affair with the god of dance. Peace and love worldwide!"
Wait is Safeway not owned by the state? On what basis has their produce manager been invoking prima nocta then
I love the Bronze Age discourse this site has cultivated. We’ve got our Ea Nasir, we’ve got our takes on Homer. Let’s do Tower of Babel next.
If you’re thinking about becoming interested in sports and want to decide which teams to root for, here is a quick question to ask yourself: Would you rather suffer or be insufferable?
It’s quite remarkable that Nolan was able to make a three hour movie with just this post as the source material.
Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 2w ago
When I press ctrl-x, I feel the weight of the text in my hands, like holding a baby bird. Once I press ctrl-v the weight is lifted, like putting the bird back in its nest.
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 3w agoMust feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page
Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page
‘We violated the sacred rules that allow people to trust each other, and because of this the world is broken and people are suffering’ is a pretty timeless message
Honestly they would’ve been happier if they had just stayed pigs on Circe’s island
And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2mo agoI'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.
I refuse to believe that any piece of technology is conscious, except for my printer, which spends every second of its waking life thinking about how to make miserable.
I said to my husky, “Don’t sniff me in that tone of voice.” If you have a husky you know exactly what I’m talking about.
During the Barbie movie, after America Ferrera gives her a speech about how’s it’s impossible to be a woman, all the women in the theater starting whooping and clapping.
Boner Vivant@dougtilley.bsky.social · last yr.Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema? During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
I have no military background, but I was under the impression that modern warfare is more about logistics, strategy, engineering, and technology and is less about bigger man who screen louder win.
Whenever I read the words “in the country illegally” I change it in my mind to “had expired car tabs.”
Here’s what I wrote in my comment. Please leave a comment also.
Sarah Tuttle@niais.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is the link to make a comment about the proposed OMB rule change. This rule change does many things, most most centrally it effectively moves the power of the purse from the legislative to the executive branch. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... This is incredibly dangerous.
“I will only vote for a man if he can deadlift a giraffe,” I say to the pollster on the phone. I tell them I live in a diner in Ohio, and they take me very seriously.
Today my husband said, “I hate feeling happy when people die.” And yeah, it sucks that horrible people have power over us, and we have no control over removing their power, and our only relief is their death. I hate feeling happy when people die.
Well, now who’s gonna use shitty faux-folksy metaphors in an accent he probably has to practice in front of a mirror to explain why screwing people over is good, actually?
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to an unalive channel