ofc I don't judge you for being in the same place with it that I am, but it's a little disquieting that *nobody* seems to have any suggestions, especially since my social circles broadly tend to consist of people who value information accuracy. guess this is a pretty widespread problem right now...
As I do every year on 4/20, I will be following the Jeopardy! interview segment tonight by saying “Dream blunt rotation. Now let’s get back into the Jeopardy! round.”
I got back into juggling (apparently now called "flow") last year and discovered that the stores I used to go to in Seattle and Portland are shut down and pretty much the only way to physically test props before purchase is going to festivals. I am Grumpy about it
I hope the fact that this got zero response is because I posted on a weekend and not because *none* of you have a good system for sourcing reliable news
can't say I'll miss the work, but I will miss paying my bills! I'm a Lammy-nominated editor with an academic background, someone please hire me to edit words written by humans
for the last year or so, my job required me to spend about 20 hours a week comparing genAI output to the training data it's based on, and I cannot emphasize enough how much that shit is straightup pulling entire sentences verbatim. we have not BEGUN to see the extent of the lawsuits
okay I REALLY need to sort out my news consumption situation, I'm spending way too much time trying to verify with increasingly useless web search tools. please drop recs for a) trustworthy independent news sources with strong factchecking & b) tools you use to assess specific articles or sources
again I have no idea how CJ feels and perspectives on this obviously vary widely, but I would still have felt this way when I was doing the she/they thing
idk how CJ feels about it but I personally would get pretty strong dysphoria from someone referring to themself as a lesbian specifically in reference to lusting after me
“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,
I must listen to the birds.
And in order to hear the birds,
the warplanes must be silent”
- Marwan Makhoul
why are birds the only animals that have a whole associated hobby where people collect sightings like pokemon? like I know people go on safaris and whale watching tours and stuff, but I've never heard anyone lose their shit over crossing off their 1000th whale. what if I wanna see every mustelid
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.
“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Riding the NYC subway with my extremely smiley firstborn was a great way to witness the inherent goodness of humanity. I remember a very tough looking gentleman shaking his head and muttering “I guess I’m having a good day today“ after my infant son beamed at him
when you post this should I be mentally pronouncing it as "go Ms" or are y'all just saying "goms" as one syllable now?
a two panel meme panel 1 - geordi signalling 'no' with the text data centres and images of data centres Panel 2 - geordi signalling 'yes' with the text "data centaurs" and a crudely edited image of the character data from star trek pasted on top of a centaur
do you ever wake up at 3am and think "shit that's a good idea, I better write that down so I can share it later on"
Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!
A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly
Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way
oh nice! hope you enjoy it :D
My white dog with black spots looking almost like she is going to smooch this kissy faced white koi that also has black spots. The koi is coming to the surface and Penny is pulling g at the leash leaning over this shallow concrete rim to a koi pond at the Biltmore estate.
Spots recognize spots.
Dachshund-mix is half asleep on a red armchair, his head and one ear propped up on the armrest. One eye is shut, one eye is squinting, and he has the tip of his tongue out in a blep. He looks super out of it.
What a mood, Bagel
#DailyDoggo
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)
It also occurs to me that something people need to start talking about more is that a great deal of modern tech ISN’T convenient. Being bombarded with ads is inconvenient. Paywalls are inconvenient. Forced broken AI is inconvenient. Constant unwanted updates are inconvenient. Being unable to fix…
to be clear I also think this is a shitty business model! people should be paid for their labor! just sayin I get where people are coming from when they go along with it, there are a LOT of institutional and cultural pressures at work
nooooooooooo
I am also confused—what part of what I said implies a limited audience?
ime pretty much every sentence beginning "scientists don't want you to know" contains zero actual facts to conceal
this is why any sentence beginning "scientists don't want you to know" is utter horseshit
to all the people currently jawdropping over the fact that academics write for The Conversation for free: wait until you find out what we get paid for actual journal articles! (negative money. scientists pay the journals to publish our research)