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nothing like doing the laundry and two days later taking the shirts out of the dish towel drawer

Satirical news headline reads: This year’s poppies “extra stabby” to help Canadians appreciate soldiers’ sacrifice Above, a photo of Canadian poppy pins, with super sharp needles

What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

November Sky - Innisfail
R.F.M. Mcinnis
1980

A color photo of a man with curly dark hair and a mustache, wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and dark tie. He is looking directly at the camera against a plain blue background.

On this day in 2020, Alex Trebek died.
Born in Sudbury in 1940, he started in his career on CBC and would have hosted Hockey Night in Canada but CBC bosses didn't like his moustache. He went on to host Jeopardy! for 37 seasons, winning seven Emmys.

A fine example of "AI doesn't know anything, it just picks a statistically good fit for the next word/sentence, with no memory of the previous one." So this one forgets it's supposed to be shilling for pay-us-for-reviews and pivots HARD in another direction.

😂 only certain things in life are cats and fake bones

A flame point siamese cat cuddled up on a kitchen chair next to a hallowe’en wreath made of black twigs. The wreath has a skull on top and skeletal hands on the sides. The cat looks a bit caught out to be having her picture taken.

they’ve been cuddling all morning. i’m not sure how i’m going to be able to put the wreath away now.

During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited.

“More houses! More candy!”

Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):

“Can I eat the moon!?”

Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.

The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"

Was similarly delighted to mark a first year research report on Turnitin with the filename "can't"

Mood, as the kids would say.

illustration of an otter with a tie, a namebadge saying 'Steve' and a cup of coffee. Text reads: Do not seize the day. That only startles it, and nobody wants to deal with an aggressive day before coffee. Approach it slowly. Avoid eye contact. Maybe offer a polite nod. Act casual. If the day growls, starts making demands, or mentions shenanigans back away quietly and return to bed.

Advice to live by.

(also Emma Thompson is the GOAT)

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology “Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...

Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.

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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'

Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'

In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

Golden Spindrift
Katharine Burns
2024

Gina Bellman @Ginabellman I absolutely -definitely- positively was not in Paris Yesterday. #LouvreHeist. [A photo of Gina Bellman sitting in an ornate restaurant holding a wine glass and wearing a red beret.] (The joke here is that one of actress Gina Bellman's most famous roles over the last ten years is as a master thief, doing thievery.)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

Island, Elbow River Channels
Illingworth Kerr
1981

sherman, for the love of god!

Today, I had a 90-min discussion with another lawyer about one word in an agreement, because we’re that careful.

Good luck with the vibe lawyering!

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

The crow is adrift in comfort. A caption reads: sleep can't fix all the kinds of tired you feel. Build or find that wondrous snooze nest anyways!

The crow emerges from the thick blankets after a snooze. The caption reads: Because after sleep... it's always a new day.

Bed [4/4]

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

The photo depicts a person wearing a light blue garment with intricate embroidery on the shoulders. A prominent feature is a brooch shaped like a hand making a peace sign, positioned centrally on the chest. The background is a faded, neutral color, giving the image a vintage appearance. The person's hair is styled in soft curls, adding to the classic look.

Viola Desmond's story was forgotten for years until her sister Wanda Robson brought it back to light with Graham Reynolds.
Today, Desmond's civil rights fight is known nationwide, and she is on our $10 bill.
This is her story.

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I'm pretty sure I've been in meetings with execs that went exactly like this.

Feel free to chip in with how you feel about an account using AI imagery arriving on bsky with an "art project" that asks for links to cool content, fellow artists.

A treat? Idk I always need a treat ready and at hand when there is An Event happening in my main character timeline

How Ruby Went Off the Rails What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.

New: the world of Ruby has gone completely off the rails over the past few weeks. Developers suddenly locked out, corporate pressure, and claims of a "hostile takeover" of one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for the internet we all rely on everyday
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...

Every day, I do things. And yet, without fail, the following day, I am expected to do additional things. This is some bullshit