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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 11h

find me someone who previously wrote a "Bluesky's userbase isn't growing, here's why that's bad news for them"

I need them to write a "Bluesky's userbase is growing too quickly, here's why that's bad news for them"

2000 words in the Atlantic

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 14h

hot toddy

because a really good hot toddy is comparable to a really good hot buttered rum

but an *average* hot toddy is waaaaay better than an average hot buttered rum

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 16h

we need a tariff that prevents them from buying all the milk at the Bellingham Costco

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 17h

IMO, they're both in the top 5 of Brosnan Bond movies that lack an invisible car

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 17h

so realistic they had to compensate in TWINE with "bullet in this dude's brain makes him stronger until it kills him also Denise Richards is 25 years old and the top nuclear physicist in the world"

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 20h

"when I was in the KKK, I never saw *any* racism! it was just a bunch of normal everyday people who liked to dress up like ghosts and make bonfires out of lowercase-T-shaped pieces of wood"

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 20h

looking forward to "AI took my job" thinkpieces where the "job" was "posting engagement bait on x dot com the everything app"

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 1d

that's a great idea, if I were in the class I'd be thrilled to have it as an option

one possible tweak would be to present them as co-equal options, like A and B instead of "normal" and "alternate".

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 2d

it's an honor just to be selected for the antifa practice squad

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 2d

in addition to the environmental impact, the cost would make it infeasible for any real commercial passenger or cargo usage.

they're hoping for lucrative military contracts. even if it was never used "for real" there would be a steady stream of income from training flights and maintenance contracts

Rocket Cargo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 2d

the ASUS ROG Ally is the official gaming console of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 2d

hopefully one day Canada will have a baseball team of their own. I'd love to see the Winnipeg Pegs or the Vancouver Film Producers get a shot to play in the big leagues

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 2d

this infographic but add "came in fluffer - $100T"

bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 3d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8E...

stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 3d

you keep saying my diaper is full but obviously it's only three-quarters full. why are you trying to censor me?

stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 4d

I liked the overall message, that humans were excited to learn that aliens exist, but the aliens didn't give a single shit about humans or Earth, probably didn't even know we were here. our sun was just a navigational waypoint.

also don't forget about the microgravity hang-gliding

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 5d

The teams have stopped play and have joined each other on the field to sing Christmas carols

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 5d

they should give you a wristband if you're not driving and let you drink the whole game

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 5d

Pontifex Wet Beef Maximus

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 6d

let he who has never shot up a bank because some sunglasses told you the bank tellers were all aliens cast the first stone

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 6d

back in Thomas Jefferson's day you could only quarter soldiers a few at a time. they couldn't possibly have conceived of a building that could house hundreds of soldiers simultaneously

we need to ban high-capacity barracks

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 7d

the problem with the Human Centipede is that it was too linear

Riley @raaleh.bsky.social · 7d

… and then the agent says, “wow that’s quite an act, but what do you call it?”

stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 8d

oh hell yeah, this slaps

going back to rebel songs, you've probably already heard Chumbawamba's album of them, but if not these are all incredible:

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

English Rebel Songs: 1381 - 1984 - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 8d

I did not realize that "Warhammer 40k sea shanty" was a thing my life had been missing until just now

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYF...

WARHAMMER 40K SONG - "For The Guard" | Original song by @ColmRMcGuinness

YouTube video by Colm R. McGuinness

www.youtube.com

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stunt nuts @decafbeef.bsky.social · 8d

we need an alternate timeline Rambo Cinematic Universe

Guy Kills Cops Who Deserve It 8: This One Is In Space Somehow?