Aly S ‍📚🐈‍⬛🐈😸

Every once in a while the internet becomes that truly silly delightful thing it once was. Like this.

So I won't be on Discord any longer.

How to be a Writer.
1. Stare out of window at rain.
2. Experience a certain lassitude.
3. Contemplate the infinite.
4. Tea.

A seal point kitten with folded paws sitting on a lap looking like the cat who got the cream. Probably because she did.

A seal point kitten stretches and scratches on a scratching post sitting on a funky rug (that's honestly ugly but good at hiding the vomit stains).

I am so grateful for this little chaos gremlin. Even when things are dark and scary she brings joy and reminds me to be present.

I have determined that everything right now is All Too Much and it needs to be Considerably Less, so if reality could just dial it down a fucking iota or two, I think we'd all like that

Fun fact: when my glass is too full I rest it on my boob shelf & delicately tilt it back to sip from it. Honestly it's the only benefit to having a large rack. They're uncomfortable, you can't lay on your stomach, bras are more expensive, and when they're natual gravity is inevitable. That is all.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

Have you tried adding pumpkin? Or peanut butter?

A square pot with dirt and exposed cat grass seeds. A few seeds and didt are scattered on the top of the green cabinet. Books sit nearby and the sun is in golden hour.

This is going to be cat grass. Theoretically. I'll give you three guesses who is responsible but you'll probably only need one.

Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.

Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.

And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.

The system is rigged.

GROSS

I know what I'll be reading in August

terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/...

Excellent 🙌

Yup, get rid of the whole rotten apparatus. Rip it out from the ground up.

I wish I could turn Microsoft into a person so I could kick it in the nuts. "We are raising prices by $40 a year to pay for AI that you don't use and hate with all your being. Oh, you're going to buy the 'Classic' version? Great! Have fun downloading everything you already use because we're dicks."

YouTube video by Under The Desk News I’ll be commenting “ok, penguin 🫵😂” to all maga comments and boot licking posts from here out

That penguin died 🤣🤣🤣
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We can still abolish and persecute ICE, as a treat

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

A photo of the Chattahoochee River includes the words 'Ai steals from artists. It steals from authors. It harms the planet. AI 'art' is not art.' Because fuck AI, that's why.

I'm sick of my IRL acquaintances spreading shitty AI 'art' on Facebook like, 'Oh, it's just fun!' It's not fun. It's regurgitated plagiarism, and it's not art.

I stopped wearing them over a year ago for similar reasons plus mistrust around data and then found out most of them have some harmful forever chemicals in them / the bands that can be absorbed through the skin 😬 never going back now.

Good. We hate you. Everyone hates you. Even you hate yourselves.

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The inevitable point where AI is eating up the barf from other AI

YouTube video by JustSaySteven AI Companies Are Now Nervous About The Bubble

Thursday banana shirt good news only (pure luck I stumbled across this today)

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bugs bunny is making a funny face with the words hard no behind him . ALT: bugs bunny is making a funny face with the words hard no behind him .

me: *painstakingly turns off every Smart Feature in Gmail*
Gmail: DO YOU WANNA TRY GEMINI WANNA LET AI WRITE FOR YOU PAINT FOR YOU IT CAN KISS YOUR HUSBAND AND HUG YOUR CHILDREN IT WILL SUCK THE BEAUTY FROM THE WORLD AND STEAL YOUR SOUL AND LEAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIR BUT, HEY, IT SAVES TIME!
me:

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6:
Having a day job doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer. Writing for children doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer. Being unpublished doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer.
Oh, and there’s no such thing as a proper writer. Only writers, and those who don’t.

Text: Al Overview tm : Author Chuck Wendig's famous (and very much real) cat is named Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath, a distinguished feline known for wearing a tiny top hat, though Wendig often humorously exaggerates his cat's abilities and personality on his blog. • Name: Sir Mewlington Von Pissbreath (often shortened or called by other funny nicknames). • Claim to Fame: A regular feature on Wendig's blog, known for his "limited Cantonese" and general majestic (but often chaotic) presence.

I fucking did it

To recap: the two major parties refuse to rein in the reign of a demented sociopathic king who daily is marching us into both World War III and the next Civil War simultaneously because a Black president once made fun of him and also the Special Boy wasn't given the Shiny Golden Medal he covets

The world is too bright and too cold today. I will be hermiting.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 732:
When times are bleak, art shines a light. Shine on. You’re not alone.