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Avid sock-knitter. Writer (SFF). Tea-drinker. Creative chaos person. Ace. She/Her. Begeisterte Sockenstrickerin. Autorin (SFF). Phantastin. Teetrinkerin. Kreative Chaos-Person. Ace. Sie/ihr. Bi-lingual German-English. Deutsch/Englisch.
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Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
Better do. Labubus are just creepy and ugly. But people are losing their mind over them. Manufactured hype. Same as with Beanie Babies years ago.

And yet there are people convinced they will turn into true collectors items.
Even though I've been knitting for years by now, I don't really think of myself as an advanced knitter. But I just looked at a pattern for socks and thought "Okay, that's easy." The pattern says it's for "advanced knitters". 😮

I might have to rethink my own skill-level?
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I wonder when the “AI-first” companies realize this cancer is turning off their customers and turning away prospects, and start freeing themselves from slop. I want to see “GenAI free” labels on software packages, like we have “GMO free” labels for foods.
Labubus are ugly Monchichis. And you haven't missed anything by not knowing and completely missing the hysteria surrounding them.
Right up there with all the techbro Nazis using Tolkien for their companies or gushing about Star Trek.
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The most surprising thing about becoming a vendor at a renfaire is how few #Discworld fans I encountered. I thought I would discover more kindred literary spirits, but alas it is not so...and so I have all five of these available: ko-fi.com/builtbybittle
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#ankhmorpork #terrypratchett
A blue wooden sign that reads "Ankh-Morpork Post Office"
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Little Eggie! A little mushroom painting I did yesterday because I could.
Photo of a watercolour painting of a cute mushroom creature. A big round yellow orange cap with white spots. A big smile on their face and a little snaggletooth
No. But doesn't the USA have laws?
Oh, right, the US Supreme Court just decided that the president is immune and can commit crimes.

I don't think the rest of the world is in a position to help you. Sounds hard, but you, you as in the people of the US, might have to do that on yourself.
If the US isn't handing over a member of the military, why do you think they would arrest and hand over a president? Current or former? I doubt you'll find a Democrat willing to go that far.
And you'd need someone to do the arresting. There are open warrants for Putin and Netanyahu. Trump hasn't arrested either of his buddies.

Netanyahu was in Hungary, and Orban didn't have him arrested.

The US will never hand over a president. Otherwise there would have been a Bush/Cheney-trial.
The USA doesn't recognize the ICC and has stated numerous times that they would never hand over a member of the US military for trial.
As long as AI can't differentiate between mo(u)ld (the kind that grows) and mo(u)ld (the form thing), I think human translators will be needed.

And don't even get me started on formal and informal language. Or word-games. And cultural aspects.
@altekuenste.bsky.social Schau mal. Nutzt du auch Pilze? Bzw. kennst du diesen Pilz? Die Farben sehen schon ziemlich toll aus, gerade die Rottöne.
All of this yarn was dyed with one species of mushroom, Phaeolus schweinitzii, commonly known as the dyers polypore. What a variety of color from one mushroom
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By the morals of their times,

Slavers were hated by those they enslaved
Rapists by those who they raped
Murderers by the survivors

The morals of the past are the same as today. Assholes are assholes
I just love the frogs.
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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A little treat before the spooky days begin 🎃🤍
Uraltes Thema eigentlich. Wer nicht ausbildet, bzw. Einsteigern eine Chance gibt, hat in ein paar Jahren ein Nachwuchsproblem.
Der Economist liefert einen neuen Datenpunkt für die These, dass Unternehmen Berufseinsteiger durch KI ersetzen. Und in ein paar Jahren fragen sie sich, wo die erfahrenen Angestellten bleiben, die Fehler der KI reparieren können. Es ist so kurzsichtig.

www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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Unbekannte haben mehrere Hühner in einer S-Bahn Richtung Köln ausgesetzt 🐔
Drei Hühner auf Stroh, die in einem Art Abteil mit mehreren Sitzen und einer Glastür abgetrennt zum Rest, in einer S-Bahn vor sich hin leben.