I transed my gender & have been using a new account, follow @monstera-d-liciosa.bsky.social instead

Added some depth & shadows to my "This place is not a place of honor" homepage. Much better now.

vartan.dev

me stoned in bed with my fluffy gray cat nimbus on my chest.

Nimbus sleeps against my body practically every night and still gets annoyed at me for having the audacity to shift slightly every 10 minutes until I fall asleep.

We both know its gonna happen little buddy and you stay anyways ❤️ . #cat

Anyone want tickets to Weird Al in Sonoma tonight? I can't attend anymore, have 2 tickets.

I'll say it again: it's amazing how many Americans who enjoy dystopian science-fiction media are also proving themselves to be 100% on board for signing over most of their cognitive function to technological tools run by sinister, giant corporations.

I think I dislocated my shoulder while sleeping; my shoulder has been sore the last couple days for no reason. :(

Very unexpected/awesome collab and an ethical profit model?! Looking forward to my new fart shirt.

Top 3 lunchmeat along with soppressata and prosciutto

New Berenstain Bears mandella spelling unlocked

Me today after replacing my coffee grinder and making a bunch of espresso shots that aren't wayyy watered down.

*scribbles notes* more expensive steel and insufficient economic incentive to build steel mills is good.

Is this an apples to apples comparison where the human is given the same prompt as the LLM? Clearly the LLM has been influenced to speak more casually / use slang. Seems fairly meaningless without better context on the setup of this “test”

AI has ushered in a golden age for lazy untalented shitbags.

just heard someone call coding by hand "old-fashioned, traditional methods". gonna kms

they need to invent a coffee that makes me give a fuck on a Monday

I can’t decide whether the term “vibe coding” is too cringy or appropriately cringy.

Similarly, why would it be hard to wipe a phone? Factory reset is in settings for every phone I've ever seen.

Maybe the issue is migrating the sim.

iMessage screenshot. Sam: I hated how those guys turned into dragons Matthew: Did they? I don’t remember that Me: Sam are you an American pop rock band formed in 2008, based in Las Vegas, Nevada? because i think you imagine dragons i don’t remember that either haha

iMessage screenshot: Sam: Okay I looked it up I remember the end of the r game you are at their monestary And a good dragon and a bad dragon show up and have toss Good dragon wins But I thought the grey beards could turn into dragons Michael Vartan: the only way to fight a bad dragon is with a good dragon don’t believe me? google “bad dragon inflation”

"Bad Dragon Inflation" in Skyrim

Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.

king ramses from courage the cowardly dog, poorly altered to look like he's holding a whole slab of pork ribs. Underneath, it is captioned, "Return the whole slab of pork ribs".

ordering in tonight

It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.

"Chud" can refer to several things, including a derogatory term for a person, a 1984 horror film title, and a film review website. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Derogatory Term: "Chud" is sometimes used as a derogatory term, particularly in online contexts, often with antisemitic connotations. C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers):

Google Search/gemini is hallucinating that "chud" is antisemitic. so dumb.

I'm so excited to have found some local Lahmajoun.

I'm starting a little side project to make navigation in static sites super fast.

vartan.dev/yoink/

It's pretty much just a demo right now but I hope to integrate it with static site generators. #webdev #programming

Gulf of Hubris Check out my custom Gulf of Hubris map created with MapQuest!

Neat

gulfof.mapquest.com?name=Hubris

(for lack of alt text: A map of the Gulf of Mexico except it says "Gulf of Hubris")

"Continue your replacement plates application", email screenshot dated feb 25. It says to complete the application by feb 24, the previous day. Full text: Replacement Plates Application Thank you for providing your information. To continue with your Replacement Plates application, please use the "Complete Online" button below. If you do not complete the application before 02/24/2025, you will need to start the process over again. Reminder: The Internet Explorer web browser is not currently supported for an online Replacement Plates application. To avoid submission errors, please submit your online request using another browser (i.e. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari). Complete Online Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail account is not monitored. For any questions or assistance regarding this form, please contact DMV at 1 (800) 777-0133.

me: my license plates were stolen, can I get a replacement?
dmv: I'mma need you to fill this out by yesterday

does this guy think the “gilded age” is a compliment?

In the based ment. Straight up strokin’ it. and by “it”, haha, well. Let’s justr say my brain chip

saw it posted yesterday and people were saying it’s fake