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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 2d

Legitimate jump scare.

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 2d

regret to inform you all that we have another one

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 3 bedroom flat for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom flat for sale in Dolphin House, Smugglers Way, London, SW18 for £1,750,000. Marketed by Knight Frank, Battersea

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, it's a relief that even rich people have a hard time finding a new place... even if it is for very different reasons 😆

Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 2d

It feels weird seeing aesthetics based on Windows Vista because, I apologize, but the OS wasn't all that pretty and it worked so bad lmao.

I had it for many years and yeah.... nah, 0/10.

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Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 2d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 2d

In Catholic school I was told masturbation’s a sin. When I asked what it meant the teacher said “playing with yourself alone.” Naturally, I thought I’d go to hell for playing alone.

I’m not surprised this article suggests porn problems are often a result of religiosity, rather than true addiction.

JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 2d

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2d

Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby up on his hind legs with his forepaws braced against the outside of a brick building, seeming to sniff and investigate the tip of a small stick that a white person off camera is holding against the wall.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 2d

this is arguing with people in the quotes but there's no length a book "should" be. some need to be short. others need to be long. and a long book is not a failure of editing, because the goal of editing is not inherently to make something short

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 2d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 2d

NOISE BOYS BACK ALRIGHT 🕺

Make Some Noise @makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social · 2d

🔊 TONIGHT! The season 4 premiere of Make Some Noise launches on Dropout at 7pm ET / 4pm PT!

Starring host @samreich.bsky.social, and guests—The Noise Boys:
📢 @joshruben.bsky.social
📢 Zac Oyama
📢 @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

me:

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 2d

😔😞

Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.

Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Nov 8

cryptonature on tumblr:

"Learning to delete/mute/block before a negative comment takes root in your mind is a modern survival skill. If you're going to wander the overgrown countryside of the internet, you need to develop a quick eye for ticks.

It's deeply tempting to respond to the "well, actually," to the cruel assumption, to the unjust accusation, to the odious viewpoint. It's tempting because you're defaulting to the etiquette of dinner conversation. This isn't a dinner conversation. Someone is shouting at you from a moving car. Turn away."

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Sep 25

"The cruel hands of fate" as a caption for Moo Deng the Thai baby Pygmy Hippo being picked up by a zookeeper and looking positively mortified.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Feb 15

$eternal-fractal on tumblr: "Can't express how stress free being open minded is. Some lesbians use he/him? Oh cool. Some people have people inside their head and sometimes it's fictional chars? Sick your brains like a pirate ship they're all working to run. Some people like being treated like a pet dog? Bark bark bro. Being fat isn't unhealthy but a perfectly normal type of body to have? Kinda beautiful how different we can all be. Something doesn't make any fucking sense? Cool, an opportunity to learn. And even if I can't figure it out it's cool we still have mysteries today." owenthetokencishet replies: "It's just... idk man. People are weird. Being a person is weird. Society is weird. The universe is weird. Rather than having to "normalize" everything, just accept that some people are weird. So are you. Nothing is normal. the rules are all made up. I once saw a Klingon pushing a baby stroller down the street in toronto. The world is a weird place, man. Just roll with it."$

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Nov 11

"When ur havin a hard time but ur best friend is there for u[sic]"

[Image is of a nice red cat who has folded his front paws around an outstretched index finger. So cozy.]

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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🧢 @kulugary.itch.io · 4d

Learning p5.js week two: Marching Squares

#development #p5js #learning #learning-p5js

kulugary.neocities.org/blog/learnin...

Learning p5.js week two: Marching Squares

Week two of p5.js experiments: implementing the marching squares algorithm in JavaScript to generate procedural worlds from simple values.

kulugary.neocities.org

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 4d

Fifth Episode!!!

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 4d

Hello!!!

This week I bring you a new Let's Play of Cooking Simulator: Shelter DLC!!

With a very Halloween spirit, we are working with Mutants at the Stelder Camp!

youtu.be/br1SiYAGGmE

Tags: #CookingSimulator #Gaming #IndieGame #CookingGame #PCGaming #Youtube #LetsPlay #NoCommentary #Silent

Cooking Simulator + Halloween Month: Shelter DLC!! Working for the Stelder! (Silent Let's Play!!)

YouTube video by Aleth The Silent Gamer

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 4d

Hello!!!

This week I bring you a new Let's Play of Cooking Simulator: Shelter DLC!!

With a very Halloween spirit, we are working with Mutants at the Stelder Camp!

youtu.be/br1SiYAGGmE

Tags: #CookingSimulator #Gaming #IndieGame #CookingGame #PCGaming #Youtube #LetsPlay #NoCommentary #Silent

Cooking Simulator + Halloween Month: Shelter DLC!! Working for the Stelder! (Silent Let's Play!!)

YouTube video by Aleth The Silent Gamer

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 7d

big burger head

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, getting chin rubs by the cameraperson. His eyes are closed, and his face is relaxed as he enjoys being pet. His left canine tooth points out from behind his cheeks.

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 6d

speak of the fish and he appears

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes, laying on the arm of a gray recliner chair. He looks up at the camera with a relaxed expression. His back paws and one front paw are tucked towards his body.

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Eli-Aleth @elialeth.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely lmao. And who decides who is high caliber?? I just.. ugh, yeah, gross.

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