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maybe only 20% back on my bullshit

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · Dec 30

"hey you haven't really done much since 2022"

well,

on crawling toward humanism (literally)

there's always a next season until there isn't

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 52m

i only want an LLM to summarize an email for me if it was written by an LLM.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 4h

Wild Rhododendron — Yoichi Nishino

Painting of a black and white cat sitting under a very red bush

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 18h

you're just jealous bc you only have one consonant in your name

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 18h

I don't trust anyone who refers to me with a diminutive after I've introduced myself with my full name, and been in a room with people who only address me by my full name.

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 23h

computer brain insisting that language is all syntax

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 23h

ms word insists that I should always write "like" instead of "similar to" because "more concise language would be clearer for your reader." all other idiocy aside these mfs do not understand anything about register, language in general

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 1d

today I learned that the Supreme Court has an owl mascot called Amicus

The Right Honourable Beverley McLachin, the Chief Justice of Canada, stands next to an owl mascot in glasses wearing a judge's robe

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 1d

i've said it before, i'll say it again: if you look at a landscape too long you turn into a nazi

Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1d

Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.

Title page of a collection of animal stories by Henry Williamson: TARKA THE OTTER, SALAR THE SALMON, THE EPIC OF BROCK THE BADGER, CHAKCHEK THE PEREGRINE.

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 2d

had a neighbour who was a staff sergeant in the Toronto Police Service who would wear a t-shirt that said "Police: the most successful street gang in history"

Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2d

police are gangs that we all collectively pretend answer to elected officials because the truth is scary

i'm not even properly an anarchist but i thought we all knew this

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 3d

sorry, who’s the ultimate authority of state police again?

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 5d

i found your halloween costume guys

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 9d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 5d

I'm thinking more about this and I think industrial music keeps re-evolving from first principles because the conditions that produced it are everywhere

The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Sep 1

Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 6d

"what if the PATRIOT Act wasn't enough of an overreach"

Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 6d

This is extremely bad.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 6d

there were a few years back then when UFC was about honourable sweaty men rolling around and punching each other in the head. RIP.

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 6d

Based on how the Saudis have been spending their money (e.g., in UFC), I assume their ultimate goal is to make all men under 50 into penniless incels who blame all of their problems on women having jobs, etc.

How the EA buyout diverges from the playbook

Analysts explain how the high-risk leveraged buyout will impact Electronic Arts and the video game industry.

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 6d

oh, bless your heart.

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 6d

hell yeah

pritzker is the only illinois governor who does not belong in prison

this is what people want to see their politicians doing!!!

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 7d

don't threaten me with a good time

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 7d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 8d

i saw this pic and immediately thought "damn ICE is setting donut shops on fire now?"

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 8d

not paying your personal guard usually is a good thing that ends well for dictators right

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Sep 1

Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 8d

YOU DON'T SAY

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 9d

ppl will tell you that you're "too old" at 30: they are wrong and dumb

pay attention to ergonomics at work

use good form when you exercise

learn a new language! learn to play another instrument!

seek out intellectual challenges bc you won't encounter them as much in your everyday life (probably)

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 9d

this makes the plot of Eyes Wide Shut even funnier.

it was already extremely funny because it was about Tom Cruise(!) in 1999(!!!) bitterly stalking around NYC because he could not get laid

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 9d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man