Imagine if instead of regulating drone risks the normal way (which we did), we instead paid weird bloggers lots of money to worry about superintelligent dogs sprouting thumbs and using drones to kill us. This is pretty much how the US is approaching AI risks and regulations. My latest:

Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI

Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...

little-flying-robots.ghost.io

Finally, the champions who can take on Big Bill Hell's used cars and finally get no money down on a 2008 Kia

Rory🏳️‍⚧️🍉@rory-f.bsky.social · 2w ago

vampire bats are champion pissers, because they need to be able to shed all the water from the blood they drink, i think people should incorporate this into their vampire fiction

They're not just about books anymore. Don't go to Amazon or Audible; get *free* ebooks & audiobooks from apps with a library card! And they have all kinds of other non-media-related resources available to check out. Plus they're just a nice quiet place to go when you don't have anywhere else to be.

DC Public Library@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in.

Project Hail Mary and Backrooms were better

Blah, it's been an expensive month already and it's not even halfway through! But, it's money that's being spent on spending time with friends and music and stuff so... worth it

Got a new tool but the tip geometry is different so I kinda want to grind a new bevel. Freehanding it should be totally fine I'm sure. #woodturning #woodworking #bowls

I, for one, welcome our new giant cervid overlords

Climatologist49@climatologist49.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Local moose contacting home planet to initiate full scale invasion and global domination.

I want fewer magic sets, that take longer to produce, made by people who are paid more to make them, & I'm NOT joking.

I skip live episodes of podcasts. Something about either sitting through or skipping past the interminable audience cheering at the beginning and periodically through the episode is like being a cat pet backwards.

Balls, I forgot the hashtags #woodworking #woodturning #crafts

Polkageist (Pat W.)@p0lkageist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

More turned things, this time some votive candle holders. Maple, and plum with a live edge. Wax finish on the maple, and I have found that turned pieces take wax really well. Plum is sanded in oil and looks and feels amazing.

More turned things, this time some votive candle holders. Maple, and plum with a live edge. Wax finish on the maple, and I have found that turned pieces take wax really well. Plum is sanded in oil and looks and feels amazing.

shit shit shit I just ordered $250 worth of wood because I got an idea of bowls that I want to try to turn but I'm still pretty novice at turning aaaaahhhhh Time to make some mistakes

Getting the hang of the lathe. I like the pedestal base, or chalice base or whatever. Idk, I think it's fun to do #woodturning #woodworking #bowl

New pottery day. Check out this lovely big boy!

NEW MCMANSION HELL mcmansionhell.com/post/8178960...

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Howdy, howdy, folks. For many years (ten now, about which, more soon) McMansion Hell has featured many prominent and diverse atrocities from all over these great United States and sometimes beyond...

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Denali was out of the clouds Saturday morning at Denali National Park.

SHOP SHOES They're more stains and patches now than shoe, twisted and stanky

Iä! Iä! Plumbert fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Plumbert R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn

Making some sawdust, making some boards

Sometimes you ruin a dinner by experimenting. Had a nice salad instead.

Hive mind, my fiddle case is getting a little long in the tooth. What are good brands for hard sided cases these days?

1. Cholula (in spite of recipe controversy) 2. Tapatio 3. Sriracha 4. Frank's Red Hot 5. Tabasco I'm a basic hot sauce bitch :D

Laurasaurus@laurasaurus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Which 5 hot sauces would you take into space? Mine: 1. Valentina’s 2. Queen Majesty - the one with a wolf on the bottle 3. Secret Aardvark 4. Sriracha 5. El Yucateco - the green one

poast

Small nice thing: the coffee shop has The Cranberries playing

got new art put up today! my nephew won this painting ‘snerks’ in a raffle and i’m absolutely in love with it 🥰 artist: sacred layers by aviuk, an inupiaq artist from utqiagvik, alaska

Last Saturday of the winter holiday, I turned a bunch of pens. #woodturning #pens

One of the great tragedies of storytelling is the interpretation of the Dune Butlerian Jihad as a war against literal robots. It always struck me that the conflict wasn't against machines but one between radically different human societies.

@vicmmic.bsky.social birds for the bird posts

I’m sorry but I don’t have a sale today. My handmade pottery mugs are as cheap as I can price them without losing money. I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸 Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com

Ida Olson 🌱 Little Eden Pottery@idaolson.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I’m a potter and I make handmade mugs. Order early because I sell out fast for Christmas: littleedenpottery.etsy.com #pottery #art #ceramics #bsnm

Mmmmmm ☺️