mark 🎃
@gnostichippie.bsky.social
day shift nurse. recovering CVICU. go 🍁. staunchly anti-kidney. former Poster. war thunder forum leaker (arrested). he/him
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mark 🎃
@gnostichippie.bsky.social
· Oct 21
brief reintroduction thread:
hi, I'm Mark. I'm an ICU nurse. I used to be a very, very active poster on Twitter but 2020 ruined my ability to obsessively track daily news
hi, I'm Mark. I'm an ICU nurse. I used to be a very, very active poster on Twitter but 2020 ruined my ability to obsessively track daily news
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Sets for Batman Returns were kept very cold for the comfort of the real-life penguins involved. This meant that cast/crew repeatedly got sick during filming. The real-life penguins though would often fall in love with their animatronic counterparts or feel so settled that they began mating.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sets for Batman Returns were kept very cold for the comfort of the real-life penguins involved. This meant that cast/crew repeatedly got sick during filming. The real-life penguins though would often fall in love with their animatronic counterparts or feel so settled that they began mating.
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It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
checking a market opportunity
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
checking a market opportunity
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trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
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you can always judge a country by the quality of its trash. my next door neighbor put out a flat screen tv with a sign that says “works!” and it’s been untouched for three days. I can only imagine the kind of gang warfare it would have caused in early 90s russia
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
you can always judge a country by the quality of its trash. my next door neighbor put out a flat screen tv with a sign that says “works!” and it’s been untouched for three days. I can only imagine the kind of gang warfare it would have caused in early 90s russia
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
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First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
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today’s don’t build the torment nexus comes to us from the classic horror story don’t build the evil sentient toy
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
today’s don’t build the torment nexus comes to us from the classic horror story don’t build the evil sentient toy
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Part 142 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver In the 1850s
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver In the 1850s
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Part 142 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver In the 1850s
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver In the 1850s
charting "patient awake in bed, visiting with family, watching 'Roadhouse'" for the easiest work shift of my entire life
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
charting "patient awake in bed, visiting with family, watching 'Roadhouse'" for the easiest work shift of my entire life
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probably nothing that our 79 year old president Bruises who just got a MRI for no reason is busting into rooms he shouldn't be in to mumble about the afterlife
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump, 79, Crashes Wedding to Ramble About Heaven
The president made himself the guest of honor at a Mar-a-Lago wedding.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
probably nothing that our 79 year old president Bruises who just got a MRI for no reason is busting into rooms he shouldn't be in to mumble about the afterlife
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
I am prepared to vote for anybody who will stop this
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I am prepared to vote for anybody who will stop this
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just circling back on 1964 America's priorities
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
just circling back on 1964 America's priorities
nursing is nice insofar as I can tell my boss to fuck off and still be employed, but this also means a text or call on every day off to fill in bc we're so shortstaffed
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
nursing is nice insofar as I can tell my boss to fuck off and still be employed, but this also means a text or call on every day off to fill in bc we're so shortstaffed
I'm watching this playoff game right now and Washington is terrifying on attack
LIGHTNING QUICK⚡️
Rosemonde Kouassi goes COAST-TO-COAST and sets up Gift Monday for their FIFTH duo goal of 2025
Rosemonde Kouassi goes COAST-TO-COAST and sets up Gift Monday for their FIFTH duo goal of 2025
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm watching this playoff game right now and Washington is terrifying on attack
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[at the movies in a parallel universe where it’s all the same but jellied eels became the standard movie snack instead of popcorn]
aw man. an hour left to go and these eels are dry as hell. could really use more jelly. but what if i miss a good part
aw man. an hour left to go and these eels are dry as hell. could really use more jelly. but what if i miss a good part
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
[at the movies in a parallel universe where it’s all the same but jellied eels became the standard movie snack instead of popcorn]
aw man. an hour left to go and these eels are dry as hell. could really use more jelly. but what if i miss a good part
aw man. an hour left to go and these eels are dry as hell. could really use more jelly. but what if i miss a good part
remembering the period of time on Twitter where people pretended the Red Scare hosts had working brains that weren't thoroughly microwaved
"Nekrasova has made controversial statements in the past. In a 2023 New Yorker story, she was quoted as saying, “Francis is not the real Pope, we all know it. … You’re not gonna get rid of the Freemasons. You’re not gonna get rid of the Jews. They infiltrated the Church a long time ago.”"
Gersh Drops ‘Succession’ Actress Dasha Nekrasova After Podcast With White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
"Succession" actress Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by her talent agency, Gersh, after a podcast featured white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
variety.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
remembering the period of time on Twitter where people pretended the Red Scare hosts had working brains that weren't thoroughly microwaved
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
Dhalgren and A Scanner Darkly
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Dhalgren and A Scanner Darkly
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Ancient mosaic of a reclining skeleton, holding a drinking cup, with a jug of wine and bread rolls. The caption is generally translated as “Enjoy Your Life” ~ life is fleeting, so enjoy it while you can (Antioch, est 3rd century BC)
mymodernmet.com/skeleton-mos...
mymodernmet.com/skeleton-mos...
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Ancient mosaic of a reclining skeleton, holding a drinking cup, with a jug of wine and bread rolls. The caption is generally translated as “Enjoy Your Life” ~ life is fleeting, so enjoy it while you can (Antioch, est 3rd century BC)
mymodernmet.com/skeleton-mos...
mymodernmet.com/skeleton-mos...
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貓兒房，近侍三、四人，專飼御前有名分之貓。凡聖心所鍾愛者，亦加升管事職銜。牡者曰「某小廝」騸者曰「某老爺」，牝者曰「某丫頭」
The Cat Office employed three or four attendants to feed cats of recognized status. Favorites of the Emperor received promotions: males were styled “pages;” females, “maids;” neutered cats were addressed in the manner of senior eunuchs.
The Cat Office employed three or four attendants to feed cats of recognized status. Favorites of the Emperor received promotions: males were styled “pages;” females, “maids;” neutered cats were addressed in the manner of senior eunuchs.
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
貓兒房，近侍三、四人，專飼御前有名分之貓。凡聖心所鍾愛者，亦加升管事職銜。牡者曰「某小廝」騸者曰「某老爺」，牝者曰「某丫頭」
The Cat Office employed three or four attendants to feed cats of recognized status. Favorites of the Emperor received promotions: males were styled “pages;” females, “maids;” neutered cats were addressed in the manner of senior eunuchs.
The Cat Office employed three or four attendants to feed cats of recognized status. Favorites of the Emperor received promotions: males were styled “pages;” females, “maids;” neutered cats were addressed in the manner of senior eunuchs.