Grumpy Fish
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Tired of Capitalism, tired of Fascism, and tired of being tired. 18 U.S. Code § 242 absolutist. they/them
I’m seeing a new allergist-immunologist and today he brought up this study about how much Astepro nasal spray, which I use daily, appears to decrease the likelihood of COVID, flu, RSV, etc. I have barely gotten a cold since I started using it but had no idea why. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.
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Mickey 17 asks us to suspend a lot of disbelief, and I have no problem with that for a sci-fi movie, but... (spoiler ahead)
My kid has zero physical textbooks and submits writing assignments via Google Classroom and somehow has a backpack just as overstuffed as I had at that age, just for the notebooks, which I bought at the smallest sizes on the teachers' supply lists. It's like Gates's Law for wide ruled paper.
A guillotine might fix me and therefore I should be allowed to purchase one with FSA funds.
victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social · 3d agoIs it possible the material conditions are depressing me? No I must just need to exercise more or something
After a couple of decades of wishing I had a magnet on a bendy stick whenever I dropped a screw somewhere difficult to reach, I finally remembered to buy a magnet on a bendy stick while I was at the hardware store. Please clap.
Every fucking time.
Mindy Weisberger@laminda.bsky.social · 4d agoFor years, a group of scientists in Copenhagen fed their research into Anthropic's AI models to write code and draft manuscripts. @carlzimmer.com reports that among their work were findings about new enzymes—which Anthropic recently "discovered" independently, according to an announcement last week
"Choosin' Texas" is the sort of "identity as aesthetic" kind of thing that white people who feel insufficiently represented in popular media can't get enough of, and ruined country music 25 years ago.
lowtax speedrun enjoyer@rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 5d agookay i listened to the “choosin’ texas” song rolling stone is whining about and had to turn it off halfway through the first chorus because i was running out of oxygen from cackling. weird al couldn’t write a parody this good
To prep for job interviews I've been vibe-coding a shared reminder app, which is the sort of composition of existing ideas that AI is quite good at, but it's extremely funny watching it contemplate the possibility that someone in my household might take my medicine or brush my teeth.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was so engrossing that it took me a while after leaving the theater to realize I had been reading subtitles rather than comprehending Mandarin the entire time.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 4d agoName your fav non-English speaking film.
I just got an almost certainly fake recruiter email, and I'm extremely tempted to fuck with them, but I can't figure out what the scam is yet. Anyone know what the hot recruiter scams are these days?
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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They should make a kind of alcohol that doesn't make you want to text people you know you shouldn't text
Are the weird background species in Tomorrow's Enterprise new, or did I just miss that in previous episodes?
My taste in music has basically stagnated since becoming a parent, but my neighbor is blasting Tool on our porch and it is very clear that it has improved since college.
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Do those pet speech buttons pay for themselves the first time they prevent an unnecessary vet trip, or do they result in more unnecessary vet trips when your pets sit on the "ouch" button by mistake?
The monthly Pixel update includes a theme that adds clips from the Harry Potter audiobooks as sound effects, in case you were wondering if Google has learned anything about how they treat their trans staff.
I've got a job interview in a few minutes, so I made sure to get a frozen coffee to weed them out if they're petty about things like that.
The Hasbara spin on this is going to be wild.
Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social · last wk.The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.
LLMs aren't made of neurology except in the most handwavey sense. They're made of narrative. That's why I started calling them text elementals: they're not human, they're most-likely-text generators we bent into living stories in a prose format centering the characters User and Assistant
Do sex cults have a right under the Free Exercise clause to collude in supplication to Roko's Basilisk? apnews.com/article/anti...
Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
A new lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google illegally agreed to slow their AI development. Filed Friday in the U.S.
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VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: It’s Fat Bear Week! I do love a fat bear 🐻 explore.org/fat-bear-week
Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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The tween wanted to make a robot costume for Halloween, and I warned her that people would think she's Bender, and she didn't know who that is, so I guess we're binging Futurama today.
an AI pause will not address the real issue confronting us: california
Our government is doing a lot of fucked up shit right now, but nothing better encapsulates the concept of "American Exceptionalism" than a sustained program of murder on the high seas, purely for propaganda purposes.
Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Trump administration's lawless killing spree at sea continues with a lethal strike on four more supposed "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean. Very real killing in a make-believe war. Outside of war the general term for premeditated killing is murder.
I thought of a podcast name so good that I would have been disappointed if it didn't already exist. Not only does it exist, but I already follow one of the hosts, previously unaware that he's a podcaster.
Occasional and unwelcome intrusive thoughts.
moby dickgirl@eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 2w agoThe dust to which all things return