Ice likes to dogpile people, as do many police. So hypothetic math... The average human has four limbs. That's an Ice Agent per limb as they hold the subject down. So that's 8 gloves touching one subject. 8 gloves per subject = death. Yes? Or?

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 3h ago

"The gloves must come into direct contact with the skin and are not effective through clothing or hair, the user manual states. The manual says no more than 2 gloves should be applied to a subject at one time & they should not be used for more than 15 seconds in many instances." Oh Jesus. Oh fuck.

Been watching people drag writers for being tricked into helping an AI company. And rather be mad at the corporation that presented them with an opportunity under false pretence they are mad at the writers. Writers who are against generative AI. Ugh.

To summarise a long story..my water had broken, I said I was in labour,& they preferred to show my a flat line from a fetal heart rate monitor than check the birthing canal & while they ‘effed around with that, I gave birth to a healthy, baby. It’s been over 21 years and I’m still angry

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 7d ago

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

This is delightful. The talent. The physics. The beauty.

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine@beautifulbizarre.net · last wk.

How beautiful are these handmade creatures by kinetic artist and paper sculptor Lucy Jean Green! #beautifulbizarre #papersculpture #art

2 months ago I gave myself permission to make bad art & took part in a pottery workshop. My body is not compatible with the art form but love to take part every so many years. Picked them up today and am DELIGHTED they actually hold liquid. And the fact they are wonky as hell gives me joy.

Taking responsibility for your own mistakes is a rarity for those with power, be it parents, governments, education & medical institutions, or corporations. It’s almost always those at the mercy of the powerful that are expected to be the bigger person and bear the brunt of the mistakes.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 2w ago

I wrote about the hotass mess that hundreds of recent law grads in Washington are going through for no good reason! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

I’m routinely amazed at how many parents do not understand that they are supposed to be the adults in the relationship. Yes, I have made many, many mistakes as a parent. That’s also being part of an adult-owning your mess. (Funny/sad how much this also applies to dog training.) 1/2

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2w ago

Probably more to do with the shitty parents if we're being honest

I’m still processing that someone thought it would be a good idea to cast Charlton Heston as Malcom X. Whole podcasting Baldwin is worth listening. But the Heston fact might have broken my brain.

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I ‘ve been sent a YouTube explanation of Titanium Court after trying to listen to my son’s perplexing attempt at describing it. I know have new appreciation of why he was struggling so hard to articulate the game. Also, I now want to play it despite knowing that would be the path to disaster.

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

I have a flash piece coming out that touches on this. How so many women my age and older didn’t realise that it might be possible to be both. So if we already knew we liked men then we couldn’t possibly be…and any acting on those feelings would be “dishonest.” Esp if you grew up in small town USA.

shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · 4w ago

on this day in 1995, scientists discovered bisexuality. happy 31st birthday to all my fellow bs

Celery vases - thanks to You’re Wrong About, I now know they exist. Human whimsy is fascinating.

25 year religious marriage anniversary is on the same day South Africa is telling all foreigners to leave. Kind of fitting, I suppose. Given all the shit I went through to get my residency status. And that BS is still a cakewalk compared to the US immigration system.

Everyone kept telling me to read the book. Eventually I read the book and was not pleased. And I feel VINDICATED. - Signed a chronically ill person with EDS, Fibro, Pots &… who is so tired of so much BS.

If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Episode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."

Aww, the article that led to our local stable holding a cake contest with the eldest equine as judge. (That pony is well over 40, possibly heading to 50. She’s a wonder.)

The Onion@theonion.com · 2mo ago

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

Demanded video footage of sharks body surfing. He claims they stopped when he pulled out his phone. I have now suggested he leave little treats on the shoreline. My suggestions of what these treats could entail might be categorized as slightly macabre.

Me: Currently, gently, trying to point out that no, dear client, I don't think the AI is going to save anyone time or money in this use case. Husband: Currently watching sharks body surf onto land because they can before returning to the shallow water. 1/

I interrupted today’s horse riding lesson to point out the sky. As I was on a horse, and my phone was under my air vest, I offer you photos another person took of the phenomenon.

Keep getting ads for the “bush buckle” - a faux-seatbelt that clicks in so you don’t have to listen to the beep-beep-beep while driving out in the wilds with no seatbelt. Meanwhile, any dog tether will do the same thing for a fraction of the price. Not that I recommend riding sans seatbelt.

In all seriousness, I don't think it is great that the orcas drove Great Whites away from their fav breeding spot. Even before the sharks were driven off, they were not known for bothering people. As for why the seals are now getting rather alarming diseases, I don't know. Ask a scientist.

Anyway, we are a well known surfing spot. Please, come visit, any time. The sharks are rarely here, the orcas prefer the deeper water...all ya got worry about is those cute, adorable, big eyed seals...

Tiah Marie Beautement@mstiahmarie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They once claimed marine life couldn't get rabies. My area said Hold My Beer and produced rabid seals. Then... seals w/ bird flu/HPAI. NOW? Seals with rabies & HPAI. Thankfully, orcas drove out the Great Whites, so the sharks won't be eating the seals... #CanOrcasHaveRabis or HPAI?

They once claimed marine life couldn't get rabies. My area said Hold My Beer and produced rabid seals. Then... seals w/ bird flu/HPAI. NOW? Seals with rabies & HPAI. Thankfully, orcas drove out the Great Whites, so the sharks won't be eating the seals... #CanOrcasHaveRabis or HPAI?

Another Mossel Bay seal tested for HPAI

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TC Parker (she/her)@tcparker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy Glorious 25th to all who celebrate Except Helen Lewis, who can do one

Oh yes, the “pushback” to get off because it used the phone line so nobody could get calls, and people actually cared about not being able to receive or make a call back then. But eventually we moved past dial up and that was GLORIOUS!

Abby L@abbylark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ugh there was pushback from my parents who kept punishing me for staying up all night posting online in forums about anime ;_;

The only “push back,” I recall was the reluctance of professors to accept online sources in a paper. You were supposed to go hunt down books. But it was considered wonderful for sparking curiosity.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3mo ago

some dope earlier this week tried to gaslight people by saying the pushback on AI mirrors the pushback when the internet went mainstream and no it fucking does not! people were excited about the internet! ffs it wasn’t 100 years ago, a lot of us were THERE

So one of the grooms made the mistake of letting me know his favourite thing to do in his downtime is to read. He is fairly new, so had no idea what he unleashed. Anyway, I look forward to hearing what he enjoyed in the 2 sacks I loaned out so I can better tailor the next load. Ha.

Link is the essential food fight missing ingredient. Link, you may be BlueSky gone, but you are still missed.

Jesper Haglund@jesperhaglund.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gods, the latest UK/US food fight is even more tedious than normal - someone with a lot of followers please suggest that Ghanaian jollof is better than Nigerian or vice versa.

Husband returned to Zimbabwe and then made the classic mistake of using Google Maps to direct his route w/o looking at real maps. He knows better but was tired and whoops. Thus, hilarity ensued. 1/

It’s good to have standards and boundaries in life, even when it comes to free drinks.

Thrinaga Battleheart 🏳️‍🌈🩷💜💙@thrinagabheart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Yes. See also: Rainier Bear, who got into a campground near Baker Lake in WA in 2004, and drank three dozen cans of Rainier beer - but tried one of, and subsequently ignored, any of the Busch beer the campers also had with them

I love this for us. And him.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3mo ago

For those of you already missing Stephen Colbert, he's resurfaced on community public access in Monroe, Michigan, and no, I am not joking: youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4