M. Dash

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Please remember when you swim in the ocean: 200 meters below you, there is a layer of fish that stretches all around the world. It is so dense, that when it was discovered during WWII it scared the navy so bad they bombed it. This is the ocean's thin inner shell of fish [🧵]

A skinny big-eyed brown lanternfish. Image by Emma Kissling from wikimedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanternfish

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

the real reason AI Chat Bots are popular is that it allows a normal person to have a rich person's experience: to give vague instructions to a subordinate and then tell them "no, that's not right" over and over until the subordinate finally guesses right

She argues in Italian She sings to you in French She yells at you in German In tones that make you clench The girl is complicated And very hard to please When you disappoint her She

A Korean actress in traditional attire looks intently at someone off-screen. The image features a caption that states "[stares in Japanese]."

He’s walked under a ladder Told his wife to calm down Saw a face in the sewer And talked to the clown He once finished a meal And swam right away He once met Chuck Norris And pointed out the toupee He’s taken expired Advil And torn tags from a bed He’s

A blurred image of a man wearing a hat and a light-colored shirt, sitting near a fence. The text below reads "MICHAEL NEWMAN, SURPRISINGLY NOT DEAD."

Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages: