Ruin a book by adding a word: Podcast Interview With The Vampire
🏳️⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her]@alexandraerin.com · yesterdayRuin a book by adding a word: Finnegan's Wake Board
Autistic Max
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🏳️⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her]@alexandraerin.com · yesterdayBack in the halcyon days of Twitter, I had a thread where I described the process of hiding a mic and transmitter on a woman’s body when she was wearing, well, let’s just say it left nothing to the imagination. I used that to show why I wasn’t afraid of being a Me Too accusee.
Among the excuses, people who will gladly endorse that rape is bad will become the semantics police when others argue what rape is. Or they’ll introduce ambiguity when it comes to consent. Or expect victims to behave in a manner contrary to human nature.
“Fully developed brain” is more an idiom than any fact backed by science. There was a recent study that suggests the adult brain stage begins at around 32. I don’t think anyone will seriously argue a 28 year old isn’t a full fledged adult. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 4w ago"Your brains stop developing at age 25" was a press misrepresentation of a study. They wanted to see if brains continued to develop after adolescence, so the study was capped at age 25. A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
When I was a kid, I learned that dinosaurs were giant cold blooded lizards. In the last 30 plus years, we now know they’re more like giant warm blooded chickens.
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 4w agoTyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, new study confirms www.popsci.com/science/tyra...
Make a band edible: Creedence Cookie Revival
Skellyton 🦇@infinitefinite.blog · last mo.make a band edible: OREO Speedwagon
One line I see about AI is, "It's here and it's inevitable. It's gonna replace your jobs like photographs replaced portrait painters." That's the exact comparison they use. Except it didn't. daily.jstor.org/did-photogra...
Did Photography Really Kill Portrait Painting? - JSTOR Daily
While some viewed photography as a competitor for their customers, Dutch portrait painters reaped the benefits of the emerging medium.
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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖@enbykaiju.itch.io · 2mo agoYour friendly neighborhood giant monster here with a reminder to back up all your important work Right now Don't put it off till later, get those things you can't do without backed up And while that's happening, go get a drink of water & take your meds Take 5 minutes of your day to self care 💾🦖💜
Funny story: So I was arranging time to call a friend in Houston, I’m in Seattle. So I said I’d be done with my morning errands by 8 Pacific, 10pm Central. She said, “I hope you meant AM!” I took five minutes before replying, “No I meant 10pm in Bangkok.” Why am telling this anecdote? 1/10
Downplay a book or movie. Idle Chat With The Vampire.
Icarus 🎃 Dumpsterfire@pluperfectidiot.bsky.social · 2mo agoDownplay a book or movie Lowered Expectations
In the House, members can assign proxies to vote for them. However in the Senate, the Senator themself must be present to vote. Mitch being absent is bad for the Republicans who already have a slim majority, because it is one less vote they can count on. So this is a good thing for Democrats.
Forbes@forbes.com · 3mo agoIt is unclear when the Kentucky senator plans to return to Congress.
Has anyone given a shit what Carville thinks in the last thirty years? Cool, you helped a cool charismatic candidate who played the saxophone and was part of the inspiration for Sonic The Hedgehog win against an unpopular incumbent who also faced with a strong third party spoiler 30 years ago.
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 4mo ago‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries
Michael Jackson: 🎶I’m starting with the man in the mirror… Chronically Online Vampires: That’s ableist dude.
Paywall free version. This is actually a very good article about the problems with AI in non-fiction publishing and how there really aren’t any policies around it. Rosenbaum doesn’t come off any better in the full text. archive.is/202605281126...
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Jonathan Bernstein@jonbern.bsky.social · 5mo agothis is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...
Why did Charlie Brown quit his job? He was tired of working for peanuts.
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .
Alt: Fozzie Bear at a microphone, mouth wide open and arms spread, looking back and forth at an audience after telling a great joke nobody is laughing at.
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Did you hear about the Star Trek fans who got scammed? It was a Khan job.
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .
Alt: Fozzie Bear at a microphone, mouth wide open and arms spread, looking back and forth at an audience after telling a great joke nobody is laughing at.
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Why is there no Star Wars baseball? Because the umpire strikes back!
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .
Alt: Fozzie Bear at a microphone, mouth wide open and arms spread, looking back and forth at an audience after telling a great joke nobody is laughing at.
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Did you hear about the bread that could write articles? Probably not. It published under a naan de plume.
Fozzie Bear Performing Stand-Up Comedy
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I do this as well. There’s a few benefits. One, clients appreciate you looking out for them. Two, your colleagues will kick you work down the road. Three, the emotional satisfaction of helping a friend.
Dr Malice@atarbuck.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe best advice I ever got when I started freelancing was, if you have to turn down work, always suggest someone else who could do it. I have been so lucky to benefit from that over the years.
If you need a laugh, I have jokes both old and rare. These jokes will give you a terrific double wocka!
Autistic Max@maxiemoosie.bsky.social · 2y agoHow does Aerosmith stir fry? They wok this way!
In retrospect, Bender’s too cool to represent AI. I mean, he’s a debaucherous kleptomaniac with an absurdly high carbon footprint who barely does the task he was designed for… Okay, maybe I was spot on.
Autistic Max@maxiemoosie.bsky.social · 2y agoI made something.
You know back in the day, Michael Jackson released his own video game on the Genesis. Ironically, he couldn’t beat it.
Fozzie Bear Performing Stand-Up Comedy
Alt: Fozzie Bear at a microphone, mouth wide open and arms spread, looking back and forth at an audience after telling a great joke nobody is laughing at.
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