Andy Smith
@errantpedant.bsky.social
I project manage things, watch old anime, and drink gin.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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Seattle in November
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Seattle in November
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I can’t imagine buying another Boar’s Head product for a long, long time.
Boar's Head has ANOTHER Listeria infected product, and this time it's cheese. I would not trust this company again without substantial changes.
www.eatingwell.com/boars-head-c...
www.eatingwell.com/boars-head-c...
Boar's Head Just Recalled Cheese Due to Listeria Contamination—Here’s What to Know
There’s an active recall on two Boar’s Head cheese products sold nationwide because of a Listeria risk. Read on for more information.
www.eatingwell.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I can’t imagine buying another Boar’s Head product for a long, long time.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
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Half of progressive politics is Knowing Who To Be Mad At, and a lot of you bitches are flunking the course.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Half of progressive politics is Knowing Who To Be Mad At, and a lot of you bitches are flunking the course.
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Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just calling the pope the antichrist and encouraging others to disobey Rome, the way totally real and not at all fake-ass Catholics do
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As I keep saying about folks trying to defend supporting JK Rowling through Harry Potter: "Fucking Skill Issue."
So many of us in the anime and manga fandom dropped Rurouni Kenshin like it was hot garbage when it came out that the creator was a pedophile, and that was 100% formative for many of us.
So many of us in the anime and manga fandom dropped Rurouni Kenshin like it was hot garbage when it came out that the creator was a pedophile, and that was 100% formative for many of us.
Someone defending their ability to love Harry Potter without supporting JK Rowling saying “if Toriyama was on the Epstein list, people could still love Dragon Ball”
1) that’s a hell of a hypothetical to suggest
2) based on how people reacted to Neil Gaiman this last year, I don’t know if I agree.
1) that’s a hell of a hypothetical to suggest
2) based on how people reacted to Neil Gaiman this last year, I don’t know if I agree.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As I keep saying about folks trying to defend supporting JK Rowling through Harry Potter: "Fucking Skill Issue."
So many of us in the anime and manga fandom dropped Rurouni Kenshin like it was hot garbage when it came out that the creator was a pedophile, and that was 100% formative for many of us.
So many of us in the anime and manga fandom dropped Rurouni Kenshin like it was hot garbage when it came out that the creator was a pedophile, and that was 100% formative for many of us.
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The 80's were 20 years ago. Just like the 2000's were also 20 years ago. I don't see why this is so hard to understand.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The 80's were 20 years ago. Just like the 2000's were also 20 years ago. I don't see why this is so hard to understand.
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
Failing the "tidy the basement without knocking a box if tiny nails to the floor" challenge.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Failing the "tidy the basement without knocking a box if tiny nails to the floor" challenge.
Received my FOUR replacement disks from the Diety Pair kickstarter. I wasn't a huge fan of Crunchyroll previously, but after this debacle I'm never dealing with them again.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Received my FOUR replacement disks from the Diety Pair kickstarter. I wasn't a huge fan of Crunchyroll previously, but after this debacle I'm never dealing with them again.
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Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.
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"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
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symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I am failing the "get the appliance website to only show me things in stock" challenge. What is the point of the In Stock checkbox if you're going to insist on showing me things I can't buy anyway?
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I am failing the "get the appliance website to only show me things in stock" challenge. What is the point of the In Stock checkbox if you're going to insist on showing me things I can't buy anyway?
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help i'd like to report my own murder.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
help i'd like to report my own murder.
Suddenly noticing that, while still they default to being turned on, I am able to remove the AI buttons from more and more places where they used to be baked in or required a little bit of hacking. Is it finally sinking in that we don't want this crap?
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Suddenly noticing that, while still they default to being turned on, I am able to remove the AI buttons from more and more places where they used to be baked in or required a little bit of hacking. Is it finally sinking in that we don't want this crap?
I am no pro gamer, but I am good enough at Hades 2 that walking into an instant kill last night made me madder at myself than I had been in a long while. The area is clearly marked, how did I setp out of bounds?
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am no pro gamer, but I am good enough at Hades 2 that walking into an instant kill last night made me madder at myself than I had been in a long while. The area is clearly marked, how did I setp out of bounds?
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this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
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it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
Normally the first time I make a recipe I follow it to the letter and make adjustments subsequent times. But I really need to not do that when they list an absurd amount of salt. This dal is amazing, but also salter than the ocean.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Normally the first time I make a recipe I follow it to the letter and make adjustments subsequent times. But I really need to not do that when they list an absurd amount of salt. This dal is amazing, but also salter than the ocean.
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Evergreen
listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Evergreen
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To add to the excitement, the shimpan department is reconsidering its position about Aonishiki's Ozeki promotion this basho, and will have a meeting BEFORE tomorrow's matches, to decide on criteria for it.
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
安青錦、豊昇龍に完勝 「自分らしく攻められた」 5場所連続11勝で大関昇進機運も
大相撲九州場所14日目が22日行われ、初優勝を目指す新関脇安青錦は豊昇龍を押し出し、両横綱と3敗で並んだ。
www.sankei.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
To add to the excitement, the shimpan department is reconsidering its position about Aonishiki's Ozeki promotion this basho, and will have a meeting BEFORE tomorrow's matches, to decide on criteria for it.
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
www.sankei.com/article/2025...