Alec Story
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Alec Story
@astory.tilde.zone.ap.brid.gy
Software engineer, bad endurance athlete, leftist, medievalist. he/him.

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In any food that contains peanut (butter), it can be changed to sesame (tahini), and the resulting flavor will be different but equally valid. This is the Curry-Halva isomorphism.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I made him mashed potatos with pepper when we first started dating and he asked "is this spicy?"

No.

"Oh no it *is* spicy!"

"How. The pepper? The pepper? That's not even ... that doesn't even COUNT."
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Wikipedia has a cheat sheet of well-known tells for identifying generated text. (With an appropriate warning not to over-index on minor ones as absolute proof) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/AI_catchphrases
Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup/AI catchphrases - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Seriously though i’m biased because i’m a fiber arts sicko but if you want to see a c. 1500 masterpiece in paris i highly recommend skipping the mona lisa and seeing the lady and the unicorn tapestries:

- way less people
- rabbits
- you can get like 1 […]

[Original post on posts.rat.pictures]
June 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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LA is kicking off again. go, LA!! chinga la migra!
For the sixth day in a row, hundreds of anti-ICE protesters are marching through downtown LA in opposition to recent immigration raids.
June 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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[Tesla, NJ, 5k Purses]

I've written a bit before about the expensive purse and car scene that orbits the 'luxury' shops on Madison and 5th Ave. in NYC.

These are mostly young people 15-25 from NJ, The Bronx, Deepest Brooklyn, SI and Queens. They are mostly non-white.

The way it works is the […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
March 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM