This is actually another good reason not to turn on these "assistant" things at all (along with the other reasons). I want to only be speaking to humans so I can not fall into dehumanising habits.
This also happens between the network and showrunners/producers. I’ve occasionally been called in when a show is in trouble or shut down, and you’d be surprised the number of times we’ve identified, if not *fixed* the problem when I ask “what show do you think you’re making?” and the answers clash.
As a Christian, I don't think federal agencies should be referring to "Christ, our Savior" in any context. I don't need my government to validate my faith. That's why it's called faith. More importantly, my government shouldn't be invalidating the religions of other Americans.
first of all, no.
Graduating high school before ChatGPT is like having a brain made of recovered steel from warships old enough to not have been weakened by atomic bomb isotopes.
Allow me to regale / regael you with five of my favourite Irish words…
1. Ladybird = bóín Dé, or “God’s little cow”
2. Sea anemone = cíoch charraige, or “rock boob”
3. Bat = amadáinín, or “little fool”
4. Jellyfish = smugairle róin, or “seal snot”
5. Hedgehog = gráinneog, or “horrible little thing”
a gray cat lays down on a table with her feet crossed. her face is shadowed and she may be diabolical
if you encounter this cat at a crossroads and she asks if you’d like to make some sort of bargain, you may have many questions.
that is normal.
"how did she get here?"
"how does she talk?"
"why does she want my immortal soul?"
curiosity is natural.
but do not make the deal.
this is important.
Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.
I wonder when we'll be ready to talk about how schools are now full of gameified dopamine slot machine apps for learning times tables, science, even reading itself, that are priming an entire generation for gambling and gaming addiction.
I mean, it wouldn't be the weirdest thing we've seen in this Olympics. Have you been following the hot mess that is biathlon?
"Wuthering Heights" Cathy (the cartoon woman) and Heathcliff (the cartoon cat) stand on the Yorkshire Moors
"Wuthering Heights"
Give her what she really wants for Valentine’s Day: A bookshelf with a rolling ladder, a vintage bottle of Château Margaux, a basket of fresh pastries, and a candlelight meal where she can dine on the hearts of all who've wronged her.
Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?
That’s what talent is like.
Noah Wyle in the Pitt making a reference to leverage. Text reads: you realize i could be pulling a heist right now, yes? but no, i'm here, dealing with this shit, because of you. eliot could be getting annoyed by me right now while i wear a cool hat. but no. so make it worth it.
Whenever I see a pic of Noah Wyle in the Pitt all I can think of is this:
"The real romantasy is not sex and romance with dragons and fairies, but sex and romance without misogyny and gendered hierarchy" is a great line.
my library weeded a Marie Kondo book today. i think it’s what she would want. 📚
Graphic of Langston Hughes poem tired in black text against a cream background. Text reads; Tired Langston Hughes I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two— And see what worms are eating At the rind.
Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.
A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
A close-up of a robin with ruffled feathers. It's perched on an outstretched branch with a snowy background.
The morning after the night before...
Photo: Tamsin Holmes
Funny New Year’s resolutions are great, but I think the best I’ve ever heard is the person whose resolution was to be more comfortable. If something was lowkey bugging them, fix it instead of putting up with it. Use the softer towel, wear the nicer socks. If something hurt, take a fucking Tylenol.
Either libraries are defenders of rights to reading, privacy, and information - or we aren't.
Age limitations on access to information have no place in our libraries.
We've allowed this issue to fester for decades and been far too complicit in holding back rights from kids.
That has to change.
To be clear, the movement to ban books has never been about protecting our children. It’s about censorship, and about controlling what young people are allowed to learn and understand. Book bans routinely target stories dealing with race, racism, gender, and sexuality, especially those written by Black and LGBTQ authors. When these titles disappear from shelves, it’s an attempt to erase experiences, reshape history, and force a narrow worldview onto entire communities.
"To be clear, the movement to ban books has never been about protecting our children. It’s about censorship, and about controlling ... young people..."
Bingo!
time.com/7341120/book...
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Oh sweetie! (Sending hugs across the internet). Poor kiddo, hyper-empathy can be so rough and so overwhelming.
Hamster Princess by Ursula Vernon. Illustrated, whimsical. Fairy-tale level mild monster-dragon goings-on.
Also: what about nonfiction? Like reading cookbooks or reading about something else she enjoys outside of a story?
