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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1h

nobody complains about airplane food anymore because boeing killed them all

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 13h

The "you wouldn't download a car" screen but it reads "you wouldn't scrape all the art ever made and use it to create an Anime titty generator"

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Idle @hatesnicethings.bsky.social · 2d

Cat person? Dog person? It’s all good until you tell me you’re a people person. That’s fucking gross.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

woody allen should play the mcguffin, and it should be rebootable because it makes sense when your mcguffin is capable of comedic nervous breakdowns

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 1d

Wanna feel old? The bug from the "Virtual Insanity" video is dead now.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

from "Nothing in the Dark"

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

the only difference between a scoop and a ladle it turns out is scale and thermodynamics

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

The idea is not trying to convey a zero-sum game, only the absolute worst possible interpretation of the slogan is.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

yes

Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

getting parasocial with posters is so weird, at least obsess about someone actually hot and famous

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

no but i have car condoms

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

I've been on linux now for 151 days. It's not bad really, I was pretty apprehensive but with steam for gaming, all the other basic shit it was just there to start with. With KDE Plasma it even looks pretty familiar which I like appreciate.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

if they keep getting shittier maybe they're in line for a bailout

Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

"i need to buy new garbage bags in order to throw away my garbage bags" is not a great feeling

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

trying to delete

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Touched grass today and can't say I was much changed by the experience. Which probably means I was already cool and normal prior to that

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Heidecker is so good at this.

WHAT an incredible experience getting to perform at the Riyadh comedy festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty’s generosity. I’ll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

At this point I've thoroughly settled for being able to create something useful, at least I can try to solve someones problems creatively, and some times that's good enough.

Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.bsky.social · 1d

It is a shame that the people you're trying to explain this to will never have the attention span to stick around for the explanation, and the slogan has now been so decoupled from the idea that you have to spend ages defending yourself from allegations from absolute braindead fucking morons.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

Incredible things are happening in the self-awareness and political literacy spaces

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”

@lasvegassun.bsky.social
lasvegassun.com/news/2025/oc...

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 1d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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