Kerry
@kerrypolka.bsky.social
known to one and all as a guy who is just around.
she/her, us/uk. current: london N19. previous: naarm melbourne, pōneke, portland (OR), bay area. cities are good! 🚆🕎
she/her, us/uk. current: london N19. previous: naarm melbourne, pōneke, portland (OR), bay area. cities are good! 🚆🕎
Went to Costco in the UK for the first time this weekend and honestly it was like teleporting to the US
ilu Costco
ilu Costco
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Went to Costco in the UK for the first time this weekend and honestly it was like teleporting to the US
ilu Costco
ilu Costco
delighted to have won the inaugural Wittertainment Peace Prize tonight, ty @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social truly honoured beyond words
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
delighted to have won the inaugural Wittertainment Peace Prize tonight, ty @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social truly honoured beyond words
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
One of my favourite parts of walking in a city is overhearing little drifts of conversations from others' very different lives - just on Sunday:
"Apparently he's an Anthony not Ant, which he only told me after TWENTY YEARS!"
"It was my mother's. I had them size it down. She had really fat fingers"
"Apparently he's an Anthony not Ant, which he only told me after TWENTY YEARS!"
"It was my mother's. I had them size it down. She had really fat fingers"
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
One of my favourite parts of walking in a city is overhearing little drifts of conversations from others' very different lives - just on Sunday:
"Apparently he's an Anthony not Ant, which he only told me after TWENTY YEARS!"
"It was my mother's. I had them size it down. She had really fat fingers"
"Apparently he's an Anthony not Ant, which he only told me after TWENTY YEARS!"
"It was my mother's. I had them size it down. She had really fat fingers"
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(living an unexamined life) yaaaaaay haha yay wheeeeee
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
(living an unexamined life) yaaaaaay haha yay wheeeeee
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day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Met a potential new friend tonight who was absolutely adamant that "Harvey" is "the most famous Jimmy Stewart film, no question", which is such a fully bizarre opinion I cannot help but respect it
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Met a potential new friend tonight who was absolutely adamant that "Harvey" is "the most famous Jimmy Stewart film, no question", which is such a fully bizarre opinion I cannot help but respect it
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“And you’ll never guess what happened Jerry! You know what’s in more wisdom? More grief, Jerry!”
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“And you’ll never guess what happened Jerry! You know what’s in more wisdom? More grief, Jerry!”
I had a joke about Yael and Sisera and tbh I think I nailed it
I had a joke about Jacob/Yisrael, but I really wrestled with posting it
I have a joke about Narcissus, but I’d be seriously dating myself
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I had a joke about Yael and Sisera and tbh I think I nailed it
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me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane
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The second hand appliance store pickled onion Christmas window is back.
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The second hand appliance store pickled onion Christmas window is back.
jonathan bailey going for that oscar in jaw acting
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
jonathan bailey going for that oscar in jaw acting
Our new indie rep cinema is doing a festival today titled "They Ate! Carnivorous Plants & Fashionable Humans"
man how good that is
man how good that is
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our new indie rep cinema is doing a festival today titled "They Ate! Carnivorous Plants & Fashionable Humans"
man how good that is
man how good that is
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jesus that kicker
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
jesus that kicker
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Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:
learned tonight that Stephen Sondheim, on the record, called VERTIGO (1958) "the most overrated piece of shit"
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
learned tonight that Stephen Sondheim, on the record, called VERTIGO (1958) "the most overrated piece of shit"
pitch black at 4:30pm! gross! no thanks!!!
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
pitch black at 4:30pm! gross! no thanks!!!
It is genuinely delightful how much people in the past also had incredibly terrible ideas that they wrote down
This afternoon my wife in her discontent sent me a letter, which I am in a quandary what to do, whether to read it or not, but I purpose not, but to burn it before her face, that I may put a stop to more of this nature.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It is genuinely delightful how much people in the past also had incredibly terrible ideas that they wrote down
dim sum dumplings with black, fresh coleslaw with white, braised with apple or red wine, cabbage and vinegar truly one of the GOAT food combinations
busted: meditations of marcus aurelius
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
dim sum dumplings with black, fresh coleslaw with white, braised with apple or red wine, cabbage and vinegar truly one of the GOAT food combinations
November 12th, 1970, 450kg of dynamite is placed in the sand on the leeward side of the 45ft deceased sperm whale, the resulting blast is recorded and broadcast on KATU
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
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"The relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora." You mean the one where you constantly hit me up for cash while telling me I'm not a real Jew and that I better not make any other friends if I know what's good for me? Yeah, man, great relationship there. Really worth maintaining
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora." You mean the one where you constantly hit me up for cash while telling me I'm not a real Jew and that I better not make any other friends if I know what's good for me? Yeah, man, great relationship there. Really worth maintaining
queueing today for the women's loo at a tourist site, participating in multilingual/sign explanations of
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
queueing today for the women's loo at a tourist site, participating in multilingual/sign explanations of
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc