William H. Devereaux

I wish I could click Like more than once. "The shame of it burns from a very young age." Truly.

I can only tell you that once you've found Updog.

Deerly beloved,

Guys, the rapture happened, but actually only deer qualified for it

wearing my women in stem t-shirt on international women’s day to celebrate the fact that i was given that and a reusable water bottle instead of equal pay

We're running out of TLAs

(Three Letter Acronyms)

I've actually softened some of my views on gen AI in recent months, but the inability of the enthusiasts to understand this point Faine's making remains a major sticking point for me.

You cannot expect popular buy-in for a tech that you're literally saying will replace the populace.

The cover of a coffee table-ish book: Boulez in Bayreuth The Centenary 'Ring' (also in French and German) The cover photo shows a man in an old fashioned looking suit standing in front of some kind of building (lit in orange) with a bunch of smoke in front of it.

This post sent me down the rabbit hole. I just got this from the library.

No, autistic people are not ‘mind blind’ – here’s why The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – and it’s time to move on.

The idea that autistic people lack "theory of mind" or are "mind blind" is not only malarkey, but is based on shifting goalposts—meaning that when autistic people passed ToM tests, researchers changed the criteria. TY @travislacroix.bsky.social:

theconversation.com/no-autistic-... #neurodiversity

It's so true.... I tell my techs, "nobody calls the Help Desk because they're having a good day."

Page of forever stamps with a picture of Alex Trebek and a jeopardy style Answer reading “this naturalized US citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! For 37 seasons”

Spouse who is an immigration lawyer just got the world’s greatest USPS forever stamps for his mail

And installed on concrete.... none of this soft grass or sand.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Yeah, in the beginning I felt like it was vulgar but clever satire. After the first couple seasons or so it was just plain mean.

Everybody giving the wrong answer is banned.

Daylight Saving Time hits hard when you have an 8:15am church service.

It's been 13 days since it snowed, and the last morsel of snow, which was still there this morning, melted some time this afternoon.

The BIG DUMB WAR CYCLE HAWKS ITCH FOR BATTLE IT WILL BE A SPLENDID LITTLE WAR! 9/11 FALSELY INVOKED I'M SURE THEY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HIJACKERS. BOOSTERS OF PREVIOUS WAR ALL OVER TV BOMBS AWAY! MILLIONS PROTEST AROUND THE WORLD AND ARE IGNORED THIS WAR IS BUNK TOO PATRIOTISM OF OPPOSITION QUESTIONED SUPPORT OUR TROOPS YOU TRAITOR WAR A BLOODY DISASTER WITHOUT END WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN? CONVENTIONAL WISDOM FORMS THAT WAR WAS A MISTAKE, BUT NO ONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE HOW'D WE GET INTO THAT MESS? BEATS ME!

This week's comic: The Big Dumb War Cycle

Glad I made my cheesecake crust last weekend.

Burt Ward and Adam West, in partial costumes, “climb” a building with their Bat-ropes. Sammy Davis, Jr. opens a window to chat.

Rehearsing with Sammy Davis, Jr., in “The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes” (1966).

Yeah, I grow my own pseudoephedrine in my back yard.

where are the nimbys explaining how oil prices aren't actually about supply constraints

20% think we need to have a dialogue with the 38% to understand their legitimate concerns

But how was anybody supposed to know that a man who lies every time he opens his mouth was lying this time?

Soldier's Tale trivia: When I watched the animated version from 1984, I was surprised to see the name René Auberjonois on a picture of a poster for the original 1918 production. Turns out he was the grandfather of the actor of the same name, and he did the sets & costumes.

posting is free and good therapy is expensive

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

Member schools of the Atlantic Coast Conference will now be required to be located in states along the Atlantic Coast.

That’s fabulous!

Graduation from kindergarten, right?