acro a. matica

it's the germans on that one! except fuchs is "fooks" so the "few-sha" pronunciation is just entirely muddying the waters

proving my age to a discord employee younger than my gmail account

!!!!!!! JOB JOB JOB FOR BRAWLS HELL YES

YESSSSSSS

They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.

We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.

a red and pink cross stitch on blue fabric. "everything I love causes carpal tunnel" surrounded by hearts, a needle and thread, and a skein of embroidery floss.

relevant to many of yalls interests.

yessss congratulations and good work, it's certainly a hard fkn lifetime to give up drinking

i'm in australia, where it is currently hotter than crowley's workplace! i hope those lovely treats were as delicious as they look.

Having reviewed my stocks, I’ve determined that I have fifteen copies of the Good Omens graphical novel, wonderfully illustrated by @colleendoran.bsky.social, to spare.

In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…

!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS

i am an entire adult who works with a team of entire adults. we are a telecom. we quote this WEEKLY. it's so good

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

oh i LOVE her!!

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/

Happy solstice to all you round-earthers out there.

💜💜💜

"will anyone read it". HOW LONG HAVE MOST OF US BEEN HERE FOR BRAWLS. come on, you don't hang out with lightweights lmaooooo

HELL YEAH, from a fellow cd-clinger-on. spin them tunes

Maybe if I sigh heavily enough it will produce enough force to propel me through this day

The horrors persist but so do I, but also could the horrors like. slow down perhaps

yes yes YES. i'm so glad you get to carry that around on your arm forever now!!

A Christmas tree festooned with two baubles that look like big cartoon eyeballs

Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding

Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree

the real answer should actually have been:
queen
van halen
dethklok
mcr
rush

but. the bit demanded

introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

queen
queen
queen
queen
queen

this is the WAY. signed, my five patterned cotton buttondowns, two identical pairs of black chinos, five identical undershirts, and 15 black band tees waiting for their turn at the weekend.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

oh u KNOW i'm Talking About Feelings

ten years sober and ten years in this job. both accomplished by a constant series of boring, sometimes painful, but ultimately better choices. every day one day at a time.

not bad tho. not bad.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.