David Fry
@davidfry.com
Corvallis, Oregon -- gardening, brewing, chickens, dogs, composting. Making cool technology work just a little bit better today than it did yesterday. Just settling in here. Owner @tanuki.team. Always uses alt text. #a11y
This thread is depressing, but it makes me appreciate my daughter's AP Literature teacher so much more. He has them write essays in class in old school blue essay books. There's no AI and no spelling or grammar checkers, so it's a true representation of the student's ability to think and write.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This thread is depressing, but it makes me appreciate my daughter's AP Literature teacher so much more. He has them write essays in class in old school blue essay books. There's no AI and no spelling or grammar checkers, so it's a true representation of the student's ability to think and write.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Belinda Carlisle
Tim McGraw
The Highwaymen
Bob Dylan
Tipper
Belinda Carlisle
Tim McGraw
The Highwaymen
Bob Dylan
Tipper
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Nine Inch Nails
Prince
Willie Nelson
Twenty One Pilots
Sesame Street (4 kids)
Nine Inch Nails
Prince
Willie Nelson
Twenty One Pilots
Sesame Street (4 kids)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Ramones
Iggy Pop
Jesus and Mary Chain
David Bowie
Rolling Stones
Ramones
Iggy Pop
Jesus and Mary Chain
David Bowie
Rolling Stones
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen
Belinda Carlisle
Tim McGraw
The Highwaymen
Bob Dylan
Tipper
Belinda Carlisle
Tim McGraw
The Highwaymen
Bob Dylan
Tipper
We had ham for Thanksgiving instead of turkey this year, so tomorrow I'm making Avantis-style Italian sweet bread for the most amazing ham and cheese sandwiches ever.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
We had ham for Thanksgiving instead of turkey this year, so tomorrow I'm making Avantis-style Italian sweet bread for the most amazing ham and cheese sandwiches ever.
Today's soup is Super Big Ramen with 138% of my recommended daily allowance of sodium.
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today's soup is Super Big Ramen with 138% of my recommended daily allowance of sodium.
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I’ve run consistently the last 10 years without any serious injuries.
Here are 10 tips I recommend:
1. Start slower than you think.
2. Keep your easy days easy.
3. Walk when you need to.
4. Strength train every week.
5. Do strides (or something hard).
6. Build a shoe rotation.
Here are 10 tips I recommend:
1. Start slower than you think.
2. Keep your easy days easy.
3. Walk when you need to.
4. Strength train every week.
5. Do strides (or something hard).
6. Build a shoe rotation.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’ve run consistently the last 10 years without any serious injuries.
Here are 10 tips I recommend:
1. Start slower than you think.
2. Keep your easy days easy.
3. Walk when you need to.
4. Strength train every week.
5. Do strides (or something hard).
6. Build a shoe rotation.
Here are 10 tips I recommend:
1. Start slower than you think.
2. Keep your easy days easy.
3. Walk when you need to.
4. Strength train every week.
5. Do strides (or something hard).
6. Build a shoe rotation.
You never know when you're going to need this incredibly specific meme.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You never know when you're going to need this incredibly specific meme.
Hi guys!
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hi guys!
I'm convinced that the only thing holding our democracy together is that there are simply too few people with the willingness and the skill set to make fascism happen. A qualified prosecutor would still lose the Comey case, but it wouldn't be this quick and embarrassing.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm convinced that the only thing holding our democracy together is that there are simply too few people with the willingness and the skill set to make fascism happen. A qualified prosecutor would still lose the Comey case, but it wouldn't be this quick and embarrassing.
Philips Norelco says their new shaver is Powered by AI, and this is only slightly less dumb than the cartoon about AI peas. Presumably John's goal here is to have his face shaved, which he can either track on his phone, or using the more traditional technique of just look in the mirror, John.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Philips Norelco says their new shaver is Powered by AI, and this is only slightly less dumb than the cartoon about AI peas. Presumably John's goal here is to have his face shaved, which he can either track on his phone, or using the more traditional technique of just look in the mirror, John.
You get 16 years worth of "oh how cute, baby got a letter in the mail" and then senior year of high school comes around and they fill the mailbox every day.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You get 16 years worth of "oh how cute, baby got a letter in the mail" and then senior year of high school comes around and they fill the mailbox every day.
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this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
this is theranos-level fraud, but everyone with the power to do anything about it is on the take, apparently
Applebee's and a lot of fast casual are likely to be next. Inflation in general, and health insurance sticker shock in particular, are going to convince a lot of families to forgo dining out.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Applebee's and a lot of fast casual are likely to be next. Inflation in general, and health insurance sticker shock in particular, are going to convince a lot of families to forgo dining out.
This is a deleted scene from The Good Place.
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is a deleted scene from The Good Place.
Heading out for more pickleball in a bit. It may be a poorly attended affair. I'm having trouble convincing my regular crew that playing indoors on a gym floor will be fun.
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Heading out for more pickleball in a bit. It may be a poorly attended affair. I'm having trouble convincing my regular crew that playing indoors on a gym floor will be fun.
Sad news in Corvallis -- the owners of Rice 'N Spice had their home burglarized and lost their life savings. They are such nice people. (NYT gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/w...
While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sad news in Corvallis -- the owners of Rice 'N Spice had their home burglarized and lost their life savings. They are such nice people. (NYT gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/w...
We got our sticker shock today -- we'll be paying $3000 more for health insurance next year!
SNAP cuts and furloughs are reducing consumer spending by billions. And this month millions of American families will get a huge sticker shock from health insurance rates without subsidies. This winter is going to get awfully bleak.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
We got our sticker shock today -- we'll be paying $3000 more for health insurance next year!
I made a very creamy potato soup for dinner tonight, just a great meal for a cool fall evening.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I made a very creamy potato soup for dinner tonight, just a great meal for a cool fall evening.
Oh no! With version 4, my AI peas have too many fingers now. Or toes. It's not clear.
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Oh no! With version 4, my AI peas have too many fingers now. Or toes. It's not clear.
"We hung out with him, despite knowing he was a pedophile, because he was such a brilliant guy."
The brilliant guy:
2. visiual system cohernant image . fft . equivament. . for sound. making coherentt sound. . ? does it make coehernt concept. ?
The brilliant guy:
2. visiual system cohernant image . fft . equivament. . for sound. making coherentt sound. . ? does it make coehernt concept. ?
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"We hung out with him, despite knowing he was a pedophile, because he was such a brilliant guy."
The brilliant guy:
2. visiual system cohernant image . fft . equivament. . for sound. making coherentt sound. . ? does it make coehernt concept. ?
The brilliant guy:
2. visiual system cohernant image . fft . equivament. . for sound. making coherentt sound. . ? does it make coehernt concept. ?
OK so WTF is up with Jeffrey Epstein's double commas? Why do so many awful people have weird shit about their capitalization and punctuation? Is that why all the other cranks think he's so smart? Oh look at Jeff ,, such a thoughtful guy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
OK so WTF is up with Jeffrey Epstein's double commas? Why do so many awful people have weird shit about their capitalization and punctuation? Is that why all the other cranks think he's so smart? Oh look at Jeff ,, such a thoughtful guy.
"Feckless" is certainly the word of the week.
Media, business, politics, you name it -- this country is led by weak, feckless cowards. Our elite, our best & brightest, our leaders, are fucking pathetic. That's the problem. One more bit of evidence isn't going to change that. Feh.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Feckless" is certainly the word of the week.
I played pickleball today on a glorious fall day and it was fantastic. I hit my first ATP! I lost that game, but was stoked I got an ATP opportunity and didn't choke.
(ATP is 'around the post' for my non-pickleball friends, when the ball is hit wide so you can go around, rather than over the net.)
(ATP is 'around the post' for my non-pickleball friends, when the ball is hit wide so you can go around, rather than over the net.)
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I played pickleball today on a glorious fall day and it was fantastic. I hit my first ATP! I lost that game, but was stoked I got an ATP opportunity and didn't choke.
(ATP is 'around the post' for my non-pickleball friends, when the ball is hit wide so you can go around, rather than over the net.)
(ATP is 'around the post' for my non-pickleball friends, when the ball is hit wide so you can go around, rather than over the net.)
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Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
Every time I remember that Tim Kaine exists, it reminds me of my fervent but unprovable belief that Hillary probably would have won if she'd chosen any running mate more exciting than him. But she thought she had it in the bag so she chose a boring loyalist who did nothing to boost the ticket.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Every time I remember that Tim Kaine exists, it reminds me of my fervent but unprovable belief that Hillary probably would have won if she'd chosen any running mate more exciting than him. But she thought she had it in the bag so she chose a boring loyalist who did nothing to boost the ticket.