one thing I appreciate about cory is how you can be reading through one of his threads (which always enlighten) and then he drops a line like this
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 6d agoAnd also: the fact that you can use a statistical lookup table to predict what words someone is going to say doesn't mean you *understand* them, a fact that you will learn the minute that person says something *surprising*, like "I want a divorce."
This feels super accurate. Yes France, we're looking at you.
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 4w agoNOT DOLLY PARTON
[P] This is just one hell of a thread.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4w agoThis girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”
Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
*meredith brooks voice* im a mitch im mcconnell i help trump comma donald ive a turtle for a head im probably really dead
So the Clacton by-election is going to be a run-off between a clown solely interested in media attention via cheap stunts who plays a cartoon villain for social media idiots without the slightest interest in representing Clacton or doing the work of a parliamentarian... and Count Binface?
holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly
The Monarch Diaries@monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 4mo agoThey're using Rhino Pipeliner 5000, which freezes as sprayed-on curds almost exactly as it hits the surface. Won't flow out, flatten, and self-level like standard epoxy or paint would. Under standing water, the orange peel texture is a perfect scaffolding for algae, bacteria, and general bio scum
What remains one of the best life hacks I’ve ever learned: at any chain that has a phone number-based rewards system needed for discounts (CVS, Duane Reade, etc.), simply put in the local area code followed by 867-5309. There is always already an account. You will always get the discount.
Zanzibar the tortoise getting big scritches at Nashville Zoo:
Cautionary thread: do not confess to AI lawyers devised by professionally stupid techbros
Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 4mo agoOKAY, let’s do this, give the people what they want (with many thanks to all y’all who tagged me) NYAYAM is free to try, btw, you can just hit it up in the browser. That’s what I did.
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4mo agoTrump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits ft.trib.al/ePJ9DiF
Damn
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4mo agoA…stunning campaign launch. "My dad got cancer & my mom's employer collapsed. The executives got paid & the workers got screwed. She didn't have the heart to tell us, even when the bank took the house…when she took her own life, the eviction notice was in her pocket." @ahlmanfornebraska.bsky.social
Elyria, Ohio was to add fluoride to water supply beginning April 22, 1954. Over the next week, locals complained about change in odor & taste. However, due to an unannounced delay, fluoride had not actually been added yet. People ruled by agendas & hysteria, can you believe it?
Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
