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Holly Boson

@fireh9lly.bsky.social

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Writer, musician, critic. Honorary Doctorate in Experimental Eminemology from the Pompsomp Hills Hot Take Dept.

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · Dec 2

Holly scratches, ivy burns, pine trees leave used needles all over the house, chestnuts are spiky, poinsettias are toxic, the Christmas cactus isn't even a cactus, yew got Boudicca killed, and don't get me started on mistletoe (parasite, date rape apologist, implicated in the Baldr shooting)

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 2h

Why are Swifties always using the word 'joy' lately? Did a memo go around?

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 3h

Nobody seems willing to admit it but I really don't think you can separate the increasing coverage of gambling on video game websites from the mainstreaming of gacha and loot boxes.

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 5h

it's also promoting internet-based sitting at home slots stuff which is about the most depressingly addictive form of gambling. There may be valid overlap between gaming and gambling in some places but this cannot be justified

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 5h

google will really derank websites for relatively minor infractions but then allow a brand to pedal codes pages and guides for PEGI 12 games aimed at children right next to pages encouraging people to sign up to predatory online casinos with legally grey offshore gaming licenses lmao

Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 6h

Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)

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Even Spookier Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 8h

I would buy the entire Barbican estate to turn it into a nature reserve for harsh noise musicians

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 8h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Jessica @yamadoll.kawaii.social · 1d

this would have went so hard as a forum signature banner in 2004...

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 8h

If I wanted to quietly sit staring at a screen at a party I could do that at a real party

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 9h

Both Taylor and Eminem are constant main characters of far right conspiracies and assassination plots. They both get called Satanic robots and named in mass shooter manifestos as people who must die in the Turner Diaries World. You get this huge and people will project absolutely crazy shit on you

Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sorry to say this but this just happens to any artist who gets so popular that people who don't usually care about pop culture at all become fans. Racists don't act on consistent views, even on the ones they claim to hold, and appropriate things that aren't for them because they have no ideas

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Dave Moore @otherdavemoore.com · 15h

I didn't tell you my kid sat at the piano today and started going rhythmically down the white notes and I laughed and said "there's a Taylor Swift song that does that!"

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 15h

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 15h

The movie was one music video and then a lot of lyric videos and then the same music video playing again at the end. It's barely a thing

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 15h

I've already said I liked the Taylor Swift album but I was listening to the current chart and it reinforced to me 1) how much the three songs on there sound the same as each other and 2) how much they just sound like TTPD but with the addition of occasional observable melodies and actual basslines

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 19h

I was going to go to the The Life Of A Showgirl launch 'movie' because I had free tickets but Mum actually told me point blank to my face "no, Holly, do NOT go, you are better than that" so I didn't go and....... she was right

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 19h

(if you ever run into a Swiftie using the word 'ME!' in an otherwise innocuous quotation of her lyrics or whatever, they are a fully Kool-Aided Gaylor and should never be taken seriously)

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 19h

In Gaylor mythology, ME! was supposed to softlaunch her big coming out moment but the negative response to it forced her back into the closet. So the song found its fanbase

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 19h

Beyoncé will never fail because she will never put out a bad album. Taylor will never fail because even if she puts out a recording of her being sick into a toilet her giant cult fanbase will find a way to love it. But if Beyoncé ever DID put out a bad album she would, seriously, flop

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 23h

This profile has haunted me ever since it came out.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

GQ Profile Of D'Angelo Explores The Perils Of Being Sexy

Visit the post for more.

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 20h

As a vintage clothes shopper on a budget I used to wear a lot of clothes from this micro-era because they are so weird looking and so cheap you could buy them by WEIGHT

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 20h

I remember explaining to them that he dated Serena Williams because neither of them knew! I think to get in THIS career niche you have to be someone who even Boomers know and care who you are

Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 20h

Whole Lotta Red

Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 20h

My parents don't watch American awards shows unless I make them watch the VMAs with me, but they do watch the TV news where Eras, TTPD and TLOAS got covered next to stories about genocide and news about the budget

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