Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we!
Have you:
-had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently?
-used any calming or grounding techniques you like?
-eaten a food?
If not, do that now. 💜
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
A black and white pic of Iranian-French graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi holding a cigarette in her hands. Beside her pic is a text of her words: "The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same..."
I feel like now is a good time to share this again
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
The blue, white, green, and brown of the planet Earth against the black of space
Via @NASAEarth:
“The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: ‘You guys look great.’”
I believe in many cases people think the AI is giving them *back* their agency. That it allows them to start taking control of their own destiny again. We have to help people understand how believing everything that comes out of the robot undermines that goal.
This tactic should be recognizable to a LOT of us. But we don’t have to fall for it.
DLSS 5 OFF / ON
a yellow lab puppy with darker brown ears sits politely in the front seat of a car. all of his paws are close together so he takes up as little space as possible. he looks up with dark eyes and snoot. his whiskers shoot our from his eyebrows and snout. he's wearing a teal collar with a dog tag that says "Goose." please take him wherever he wants to go!
This is Goose. He wants to know where you're going. If it's not too late, he'd like to suggest the park. 12/10 (IG: goosethelab_)
holy shit
OpenClaw AI Agent submits a PR to matplotlib, maintainer closes it because they want actual contributors to fix the issue, AI agent extrudes a angry screed against the maintainer.
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
I'm looking to speak with people who are or recently have been job hunting for tech jobs in Canada for a story I am working on. I'm keen to hear about your experience with the current state of the tech job market.
Feel free to drop into my DMs.
Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
The Alberta separatism movement is making serious efforts to align with Donald Trump’s administration
- They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C.
- want a $500B loan from the US government
- seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
A pair of small hands holding a beige envelope addressed in red crayon to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO". The return address in the top left reads "123 Main St, Anytown, A1A 1A1 ON". A small stamp is in the top right corner. A pink crayon lies on the dark table nearby, with another child's drawing partially visible in the background.
When a few Canada Post employees in Vancouver started answering letters to Santa in the early-1970s, it eventually led to the most famous postal code in Canada.
H0H 0H0.
Each year, thousands of letters to Santa from around the world are answered.
This is the story.
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this has become a very important video to me
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Drawing if a tired puppy with the caption; "This too shall pass but like wtf"
Bruh
😅
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
White floofy Great Pyrenees puppy with huge brown eyes and very boopable brown nose sits on sidewalk next to green grass and smiles at you
This floofy white Great Pyrenees puppy lies on a brick patio with a bright green lawn and trees in the background. He looks a little sad. Tell him he’s a good boy
When the news is overwhelming, it can be helpful to have an emotional support puppy. Today, we thought you might need two.
