this mf trying to tell you that calling someone “bombastic” in the 90s ended up with “Bomber” and not “Shaggy”

Jarrod Baker@jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d ago

interestingly enough this claim on Wikipedia does not cite a reference. sounds legit tho

interestingly enough this claim on Wikipedia does not cite a reference. sounds legit tho

why do the people who run websites and applications seem to have so little insight into what actually makes their products good and interesting

I’ll be the judge of that

instead of having a personalised artwork created for you by AI you could always just play with yourself. it’s basically the same thing & a similarly small number of people want to see you do it

I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends

this is my new favorite diagram

do we reckon being glazed by an AI chatbot is more appealing to someone with imposter syndrome or someone without it? because I’d lean towards the latter

I hope the council staffers whose jobs are on the line and the community organisations who had their funding cut for 2026 find some solace in the fact that at least we get to keep the Begonia House and Khandallah Pool, truly the jewels in Wellington’s crown

in case anyone wanted to know how long the opera Manon is

tonight I went to a Business Event & can report that Business Men continue to wear Bad Suits and Ugly Shoes and Smug Faces

The used booksellers were trying to figure out wtf was going on a while ago and I was afraid it was something like this.

Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival@theharvestmaid.bsky.social · last wk.

Why is everything so transparently evil now?

Nobody wants predictive data models to stop working for the people in medicine. Or translating ancient Pompeii texts. Or the other ways we were already using it. We want it to stop replacing workers, killing the environment, and stealing from artists. Hope that clarifies.

today someone got in touch with my workplace to say they did not have email so needed to come and carry out their transaction in person. the channel they chose to deliver this message? a Facebook comment

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · last wk.

They're coming for your children www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/jk-r...

Know the signs, enroll online: vote.nz

I come back to this tumblr post again and again

Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social · last wk.

Nobody wants predictive data models to stop working for the people in medicine. Or translating ancient Pompeii texts. Or the other ways we were already using it. We want it to stop replacing workers, killing the environment, and stealing from artists. Hope that clarifies.

kids, i have something exciting to tell you. I just financed a cybertruck through x the everything app. also your mom left

Why wasn’t Odysseus accurately covered in feathers

I have things to say about the accuracy of Ant Man

Ethan Kocak@ethankocak.com · last wk.

I have a personal belief that the more a person is a nerd for something: dinosaurs, The Odyssey, etc, the less likely they are to enjoy a popular entertainment version of that thing.

where is the app that will scan a barcode then tell you if the brand is owned by private equity

post a perfect album from the 90s that wasn’t the one you posted last year or the year before that or the year before that or

old posts never die

Jarrod Baker@jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2y ago

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains

so this trend isn’t quite on an annual cycle then

Jarrod Baker@jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t grunge

In case you were wondering what decade it was, this won’t help: System of a Down and Faith No More just announced a tour and the youths are wearing stonewashed cargo jeans

Not only will Greece go to your country and kill all your people, but what’s worse, I think, is that they’ll come back 3000 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made one of their soldiers feel sad.