Day 5 of being absolutely slapped by a virus: I can see out both eyes again (swelling made it hard to see out of my left), skin no longer hurts, fever broken, strength slowly returning, but throat still swollen and sore to the point that speaking is difficult. Never forget that you are but flesh.

Copilot is the Zune of the 2020s.

Talcott@talcotts.bsky.social · yesterday

I love (“love”) how Microsoft has decided the reason no one uses copilot is becuase we just don’t know how great it is, so now when I open Word or Excel I get a bunch of example pop-ups in the corner showing me exiting basic functions I could always do, but now in the form of a question.

Con: i am sick and it’s gorgeous out Pro: i remembered i have a hammock

I am so sick and this made me laugh so hard despite myself. Must be the oxytocin in my fifth hormonal house.

Elizabeth Lopatto@lopatto.bsky.social · 2d ago

I see a lot of you talking about "dopamine" and I wish you'd go back to talking about your astrological signs because at least then you wouldn't be confusing yourself about a real thing

Be very certain to keep it cool and refrigerated and eat within 24 hours, however, as spoiled scribere has been known to cause severe scribarrea. In severe cases, this can lead to Anne Rice Syndrome, where out put is extremely high, but increasingly nonsensical.

Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2d ago

The only *guaranteed* piece of craft advice I can give -- I mean the advice that is universally applicable -- is that if you kill many other writers and eat their scribere gland (roughly the size of a black-eyed pea, so be careful not to damage it) then your prose will improve immensely

It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.

Oh Gomez. You short King, you’re my hero.

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 3d ago

Morticia and Gomez Addams

The AI disruption is not “like the printing press.” You had to be able to both read and to understand what you read to benefit from the “disruption” the printing press caused.

That “eagle” is the funniest AI shit I have ever seen

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d ago

Donald, just die on a toilet next week and I will forgive you for this ridiculousness.

Update: I has to scratch and I’m fucking bummed. I’ve been awake all night with a fever and am in no shape to run today and I am furious about it.

Laurence “eff rich people ” Fox@fox-e-laurence.bsky.social · 4d ago

I have a half marathon trail race tomorrow and am currently battling a small cold. Pray for me as I consume vast quantities of vit C, ginger, and chili oil noodles.

This could be me I want a salad. A cold crunchy salad. This is the longest I've gone without one & in the before times, i had salad twice a day So Fuck RFK, Jr

i think I'm going to start doing what cats do; just casually walk away from anything I'm not interested in.

I have a half marathon trail race tomorrow and am currently battling a small cold. Pray for me as I consume vast quantities of vit C, ginger, and chili oil noodles.

My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.

So, if you decide to drive without insurance or a license, and a cop pulls you over and seizes your car and says you can’t drive until you get a license and insurance for the safety of others… by the logic applied here, that’s… bad? Access to public spaces and work is predicated on acceptable

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 6d ago

These people are so tiresome. Get better hobbies.

In my next life, is it possible to be my own dog? Time isn’t linear, right?

I don’t know who needs to hear this but never in human history have those who burned books been the good guys.

I am in the funniest possible situation I am trying to go see The Odyssey but may not get there because of transportation delays

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

theonion.com

"Groceries too expensive? Have you tried eating like a medieval peasant?"

imagine getting dunked on by Playboy for being weird about women’s bodies

Playboy@playboy.com · 6d ago

What are the incel men up to over on X? Focussing on a quirk of women’s bodies most of us have never even thought about before now. Our take? "Making women mad and getting likes from fellow incels is all they have going for them." Read now: www.playboy.com/read/sex/the...

…it’s also people

It’s Nice It’s Different, It’s Unusual

Alt: It’s Nice It’s Different, It’s Unusual

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Jenny Doesn’t Know@jennydoesntknow.bsky.social · 7d ago

It’s eating at me that so many of you haven’t seen the movie Soylent Green

Everything is all fucked up, have a photo of Night returning, minute by minute, to the Yukon

If someone did this to me I’d open the emergency window and push them out.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Bad summaries of books I am currently writing: -oh shit queer werewolves are hunting cops and bankers gee I wonder why -critical minerals: powering your car or stinger missiles? -Heart of a Dog, but the patriarchy -god dammit capitalism, not again! -something terrible is happening here oh shit

Elliott Gish@elliottgish.bsky.social · last wk.

Bad summaries of books I am currently writing: - Patricia Highsmith wants to kill you - What if parasite but rich hottie - Oh shit oh fuck there's something in the lake - The March sisters star in The Grapes of Wrath (+ witches) - Oopsy doopsy we did a cult - Oopsy doopsy we did a cult (different)

I will never defend right or left authoritarianism but Frida Kahlo being a Stalinist specifically because Trotsky was a bad boyfriend is Hater Hall of Fame shit

The guy that they want you to be terrified of (Mamdani) is making sure kids in NYC are fed all summer and people have access to cheaper groceries, all while they take food away from kids getting SNAP. Just sayin, feeding kids should make you the good guy.