I hate the "improve word choice" when its so clearly pointless and wrong. No! These are two different words, with different meanings. Possibly I want to *convey* a *meaning*, you crap robot.
Kate Compton
@galaxykate.bsky.social
Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
announcing: picodevil, my new tool for livecoding visuals by chopping up video with patterns picodevil.com
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picodevil is here to help you livecode visuals! let's chop up some videos with patterns!
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Ya’ll!! Mohenjo Daro was JUST LIKE THAT Bratz-doll-ass civilisation, respect
Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d agoWait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?
A fun thing about owning my own kiln and wheel is that the only thing stopping me from ascending into a one-person babylonian pottery atelier was my social anxiety around over-performing.
Kate Lewis, American, Where I Spend My Days, acrylic on canvas, 2026
I honestly love every paper I review, but some of them I love in the way that you love a dog who has just eaten a paper clip
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 2d agoA lot of mechanisms for getting reviews are increasingly punitive. But reviewing a paper you care about is a joy and a good research exercise. The core of the problem is having to review papers you don't care about.
Guess who has a metal detector and a new rusty flange!
Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
Wait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?
Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d agoIm here to be encouraging and post cool historical ceramics
“Windmills you lose your shirt” ok this explains how every danish man goes shirtless may-september
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"
new blog post: blog.vbuckenham.com/announcing-t...
Announcing: Tools for Creativity at the School For Poetic Computation
I'm running a class for the School of Poetic Computation! It's about making creative tools. Nick Murray is going to be my assistant teacher. Applications are open til Monday 10th August! Let me expl...
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dopamine. oxytocin. adrenaline. cortisol. long ago, the four hormones lived together in harmony
Elizabeth Lopatto@lopatto.bsky.social · 2d agoI 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
I need an itchio bundle that deletes 60% of my itchio games
A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
I watched Nick at Night on a tiny black and white tv with the clackiest dial to change the channel and that was the best tv
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
Late to the discourse, but if you get mad at an article in the London Review Of Books, you are now an Academic, the curse is laid upon you.
New friend said she always mixes up which thread is warp (vertical) and which is weft (horizontal), so I told her to just remember that warp goes up and down and weft goes weft to wight and if anybody else has made that joke before please don't tell me because I was SO pleased with myself 😤
every three months, somewhere in the world, an indie game maker accidentally recreates quaker silent worship while trying to come up with a new 1-page TTRPG.
A travelling salesman and his housewife who organized his social affairs? Absolutely not.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Danish: “dont pronounce any of these consonants“ “No, not like that”
Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · 6d agoi love it when a Polish word or name with ł is around because it is a trap. i respect languages with traps
Have you seen this meme? If you have spotted (or created yourself) an Improve Society Somewhat meme, you can submit it here! We’re collecting casual examples (social media remixes/mashups), but I’m also licensing original work. thatonemattborscomic.com/send-a-remix...
