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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 1h

I just miss the days when you could be overcharged once for a piece of software instead of monthly

josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 1h

You were right Harry. If they’re willing to drop it $30 to keep you then $30 is just a fraction of what they’re overcharging you

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 1d

I mean @knowledgefight.bsky.social has been doing this for years

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 2d

oof

josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 2d

I've had to reach out to two different professionals for this video and in both cases the hardest part is explaining the project I'm working on, because even if I *could* explain it no one would believe I'm taking this seriously. Because the things I take seriously are truly, truly stupid

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 3d

We are our own cinematic universe

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Sam (Afterthoughts) @afterthoughts.bsky.social · 3d

If you subscribe to Josh and not me (or vice versa) then you are not fully experiencing the dumb shit we make

josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 3d

In the unlikely event that there are 24 people who follow me that aren’t subscribed to Sam yet, what are you doing? Go subscribe!

Sam (Afterthoughts) @afterthoughts.bsky.social · 3d

Me trying to pretend I’m not refreshing this every 10 minutes

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 3d

Listen I will tell everyone on the internet that you know nothing about thwomps

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 3d

In the unlikely event that there are 24 people who follow me that aren’t subscribed to Sam yet, what are you doing? Go subscribe!

Sam (Afterthoughts) @afterthoughts.bsky.social · 3d

Me trying to pretend I’m not refreshing this every 10 minutes

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 4d

Why do we even have journalism anymore? Do we even have journalism anymore?

Donald Trump did not “lose” the Nobel Peace Prize any more than you or I did, good grief.

people.com/trump-loses-...

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan Politician María Corina Machado After Repeatedly Saying He Wants the Award

President Donald Trump has lost the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. The recipient of the award was announced on Friday, Oct. 10.

people.com

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 7d

Deleting this paragraph about whether a rutabaga can be an airline pilot (with citations to three different government resources and the Code of Federal Regulations) because i have begrudgingly decided that it is not needed in this video about the role of AI in education. o7

A paragraph from a word processing file: "Surely, you might be thinking, there are rules against a rutabaga being an airline pilot. But I’m 100% sure that Federal Aviation Administration does not have a “rutabaga policy.” What they do have is requirements that prospective pilots earn a series of certificates, which requires a bare minimum of 250 hours of flight time, as well as a bunch of other stuff, all of which is enumerated in Part 61 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations which does not include the word “rutabaga” anywhere."

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 8d

a lot of RPGLit and fanfiction work that way by default, too. There have been a few books that I’ve read in book form and then realized “huh, this reads like it was serialized” and then it turns out it was

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 10d

I think often about the inverse to Clarke’s famous observation: if sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, it follows that sufficiently basic magic is indistinguishable from technology.

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 11d

oh jeez katie were you not issued a bingo card

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 11d

I genuinely cannot think of a post-XP feature that has improved matters

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12d

we will retvrn to XP before the decade is out

Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 13d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12d

we will retvrn to XP before the decade is out

Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 13d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 11d

Chat, can I get away with using “please understand this as shitpost and not attempted scholarship” as my email signature for work

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12d

I just made this up right now and did not do an extensive search of SCOTUS 25nd amendment case law, if it exists, so please understand this as shitpost and not attempted legal scholarship.

Also I left off prohibition and its repeal.

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 13d

I know that this essay will be good. I know that when it all comes together my argument will be compelling and interesting and engaging and maybe even persuasive. But also I look at my script and see things like this and like, man. Fighting an uphill battle with what i'm like.

A heading in a word processing file: "Dog Sports Are Real But Dog Sports Can't Hurt You"

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 14d

I think my favorite thing about Alex Easton (of @tkingfisher.com’s Sworn Soldier books) is how thoroughly and enthusiastically ka loves a neurodivergent weirdo. Ka just wander around looking for people with special interests and say “infodump on me please.” We weirdos need more characters like that

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 15d

she comin

Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 16d

Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology

Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 15d

I love that your response was not “that’s a silly idea” but “alas the law prevents me from executing that silly idea,” thank you

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 15d

I am just starting What Stalks the Deep and I don’t know what is going on yet but I have this sneaking suspicion that @tkingfisher.com is retelling Ted the Caver

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 18d

This is a great and inspiring (even hopeful) video by @afterthoughts.bsky.social. It's part of an ongoing series, which is also recommended.

Change-Makers: Opposing Fascism In Daily Life

YouTube video by Afterthoughts

www.youtube.com

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josh (with parentheses) @joshwithparenthes.es · 21d

it's great! and not just because pillar is one of the nine fans of my goofy movie content. i'm constantly amazed by the extent to which pillar is able to take a complex political topic and make it personal in a way that also makes my understanding of the topic feel more meaningful

Pillar of Garbage @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social · 21d

New video live premiering on YouTube in 4 hours from now!

youtu.be/oWAV5z8ERGA?...

YouTube Bad

YouTube video by Pillar of Garbage

youtu.be

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 21d

This video is very good, actually. Watch and share:
Change-Makers: Opposing Fascism In Daily Life

h/t @afterthoughts.bsky.social

Change-Makers: Opposing Fascism In Daily Life

YouTube video by Afterthoughts

youtu.be

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