pyra is so tired and cranky
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moon, June, all that she/they acab blm trans rights are human rights i'm very tired all the time probably older than your mum - occasionally nsfw 🔞
and they wonder why the Wicker trailer is popular. if you don't wanna be replaced by furniture, gentlemen, start bringing more to the table than furniture.
Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 19h agoI remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.
“I am happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you as a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”
OMG I got my @andreacwhite.bsky.social’s Good Omens art book today and I actually cried. It’s so beautiful
How beautiful are these handmade creatures by kinetic artist and paper sculptor Lucy Jean Green! #beautifulbizarre #papersculpture #art
AI verifiers are no friends to writers. They were built from the same stolen work as every other generative AI model out there… and the damage to authors is REAL. A beefy 🧵👇
Just passed the season’s first spirit Halloween, can’t wait to stop by to buy the most terrifying costume of 2026: bagged salad mix
1. Schools are now introducing AI without notifying parents, regardless of the negative affect on children's ability to think and function. If you have a child in public school in the US I strongly suggest a letter accompany them to school opting out of any and all AI use.
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
Almost *everything* you see in this format, whether infinite power cubes or solar powered houses for the homeless that fold out of suitcases or French "bread libraries" for the poor is liberal catnip bullshit by content farms. Stop being idiots. Thank you.
This book is an unbelievable feat of social research and theory. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Addiction by Design
An anthropologist traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tactics
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Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
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I'll tell you something else deeply meaningful to me today: @archipelagobooks.bsky.social is publishing Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It's the first translation I've sponsored, something I've wanted to do for a long time. When I read Soysal's "Dawn," I knew I wanted to see her other work in print.
Hey PDX we're about to have a Smoke Week, and AQI forecasts vary between 170 and 500 (2020 levels, remember that?) Get your air purifiers, seal up your windows, and cancel outdoor activities. You don't want to breathe this stuff in.
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Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d agoState of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...
Please hate gen AI even harder. You can do it. I believe in you. Do it for the planet. Hate the lazy, slop producing, environment killing, water draining, participation trophy seeking, poser creating, loser machine. Do it for humanity.
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Dot Porter@leoba.bsky.social · 5d agoDo you use digitized medieval manuscripts in any capacity? Do you have opinions about the metadata that describes them? We want to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our very short survey. Please repost and share with anyone you know who might be interested! forms.gle/sBPXAnoRhwe1...
People keep trying to run an “eugenics but for good” play and you really don’t have to do that.
A must-read for women who have or suspect they might have ADHD and for those who love someone who does:
NPR@npr.org · 3d agoFor decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
