The in-house AI being confidently wrong at me about my own job is both hilarious and bleak.
Patron saint of knife-sharpeners & librarians
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The girl with the boom. she/her https://poppotluck.substack.com/
Just mistyped "shutdown" and "shitfrown" and I am feeling very grateful for the invention of automatic spellcheck.
Thinking this morning about fidget spinners and drop spindles and how there were probably kids in the ancient world who were like, "Auntie, I'll spin the yarn. It's fun."
thinking about buying a new notebook. does anyone know which notebook will fix whatever is wrong with me this time
There is one culture writer I used to like who now has such a bleak worldview that I find myself wishing for their sake that they'd maybe take a little break from the internet.
ALL of the escalators in my silver line station are broken, which is so great on a day when it's 1000% humidity.
I think it's kind of shitty for people on her team to try and make this about fandom when it's very obviously about her health
Vulture@vulture.com · 3d agoAriana Grande will be leaving the public eye after the Eternal Sunshine Tour wraps, her reps say. The statement cited ‘endless, ongoing public scrutiny’ as a motivator.
I thrifted this dress and paid more than I usually do ($19–I know; big spender) bc it’s a brand that retails for ~$200. I cannot imagine how pissed I’d be to have paid retail price only to get fabric that was basically paint stamped. Shit, I’m annoyed for my $20.
So what's everyone listening to lately?
My advice on this subject is to think about who you dated when you were 23 and then shut your mouth.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.If this website were even 1/1000th the woke antifa mob I was promised we'd be having a months-long, Odyssey-level crashout about Olivia Rodrigo dating a random private equity guy.
Oh right, it’s Leo season again. Everyone TAKE COVER!!!!!!!
All my poor husband said was "Oh wow, that translator haaaaaated the movie" and he got treated to a ten minute rant that boiled down to:
Dudes in Boston used to call her “Jules” because Evan Dando referred to her as such in interviews. I’d tell them it doesn’t matter how many of her shows or Tower Records & Newbury Comics in-stores you got to, you don’t know that woman.
Albumism@albumism.com · last wk.Happy Birthday Juliana Hatfield! album.ink/JHatfieldHBD
I knew I was going to have a kid with ADHD, and I was confident that I could manage their educational experience and everything would be fiiiiiiiine. (I got kicked in the tits by the emotional dysregulation.)
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · last wk.Hey parents of bsky: What are some theories of parenting you were very confident in right up until you had your own kids?
As a neurodiverse person who works with a bunch of neurodiverse people: this attitude annoys the crap out of me. You live in a society. Make some scripts about the weather and the baseball team and get over yourself. www.askamanager.org/2026/07/i-ha...
I hate small talk -- can I just not make any?
A reader writes: I am in an office five days a week. I can make some degree of small talk, but I’ve identified my chattiest coworkers so that I can avoid them in common areas. They always have to make...
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I'm gonna have to mute "The Oddessy" aren't I?
This week’s collage might be judging you a little bit.
I do this all the time and it makes me feel like a Patron of the Arts.
Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is
Leo Season is always a good time for my fam--we got some much-needed good news today, woo!
I would also scream all night if I had to bunk next to that creep.
Louis 〓〓@louishenwood.bsky.social · 2w agoAndrew Tate No contact with the outside world Except Twitter X
The commenters, as per usual, are wildly insulted at the insuation that parents generally give bad job searching advice.
Ask a Manager@askamanager.org · 2w agoI am working really hard not to give my daughter any college admissions advice because I know my knowledge is 30 years out of date. Also because my mother still gives me job advice like, "Can't you just walk in and ask if they're hiring?" www.askamanager.org/2026/07/my-m...
my mom said my email to a hiring manager looked “self-pitying and weak"
A reader writes: I’m currently looking for my first job outside of college, and I recently got rejected without an interview from a job that would have been great for me: local work related to my degr...
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I know I'm getting old, but $30 for a cheese pizza is still an insane price, right?
Security got to see me do a l'il primal scream in the elevator just now. Probably a good thing I'm taking Friday off.