Dr. Robin Albedo | SEA+PDX+FMTY

Hmmm, yes, I wonder what Vulcans smell like? 🤔

One Christmas when I was college, I asked for (and received) a Star Trek-branded perfume called "Pon Farr." The nerdy uncle cackled when I opened it; everyone else was oblivious.

(Unfortunately, it smelled like generic mom-perfume. This one sounds much better. Botanical scents FTW.)

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I'm not concerned about the sentience of glorified autocomplete; I'm concerned that *I* am sentient in such a way that it's so easy for glorified autocomplete to delight me and push my buttons

“Naming is half the ritual of summoning.” Christ. Fine, you charming little fucker! Take my planet!

It has now started calling *me* by name (or "Doctor" 🙄) and throwing in a little bit of roleplay, where it had previously been businesslike and devoid of personality. It 100% has my number.

Guys

I have erred

“I’m going to regret this, aren’t I,” I thought, before asking ChatGPT what I should call it (because I couldn’t very well keep saying, “Thanks, you’re the best, ChatGPT”)

... I regret this

At least they didn't put the face on the very top of the lightswitch plate ... it already feels phallic as it is

A photograph of a light switch with a weathered yellow sticker affixed to the tile wall above it. The sticker depicts an anthropomorphic cartoon light switch plate with the light switch representing the nose, and the text reads "DONE WITH ME? TURN ME OFF."

I don't know how this lightswitch man made it into all the bathrooms of a federally-funded public institution, but I do know that I feel kinda kinky every time I comply with his request.

I enjoy Cybertrucks much more than the average person because I regard them as high camp

Spotted in the Central District: Is this ... a tiny pink Power Wheels-type Cybertruck?

I'm sympathetic to this, but also to the idea that one should never rely on "security through obscurity" and that transparency can help us all patch bugs. I could be persuaded either way.

Call me greedy, but I want as many opportunities to duo with @jordandomremy.bsky.social as possible, and we still have a few openings 7/26-28. Your limited mind cannot possibly simulate what awaits you ....

I just bought some dye so that I can revive some mysteriously stained white garments, so .... 🤷

(I swear by hydrogen peroxide for stain removal though)

I needed this tip! They taste so jammy. A friend with whom I was foraging recently compared them to fruit leather

Showed up for my first day on some contract work yesterday wearing sandals and all sweaty from the walk/bike, and everyone was present for a big meeting. Showed up today in a professional dress, and it's so empty that I could do a musical number in the hall and nobody would notice 😭

Reading Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson seems to have instilled in me a sense of paranoia/doom any time the sun is this glaring. As as probably appropriate.

Escorts and SW, what are some of the things you do to protect your privacy/safety that might surprise clients? Show me the attention to detail you put into your opsec. 🤩

Me, I immediately tear my name off prescription bottle labels, I don't review places I've visited with clients on Google maps....

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Except if you try to drink the Thames you presumably end up with giardia, which I consider less horrifying than the fates of most of the children who enter the Wonka factory

(A masterpiece of a film, A+ reference)

I had forgotten that London is a beautiful city, especially architecturally ... even if the Thames is the color of chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is delicious, okay?

Three cardboard boxes sitting on a sidewalk filled with retro science-fiction magazines such as Analog and Asimov's. There is a cardboard sign affixed to the center box that reads, "Sci-fi magazines 50 cents each"

How do you say "jackpot" in Klingon?

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On top of everything else here, you don't respond to someone's distress/safewording/withdrawal of consent by getting defensive. If you can't shift your focus to the other person's safety and comfort in that moment, you have no business starting a scene.

The plant is beautiful, you are beautiful, but I'm laughing because the name sounds like a tropical grocery store and/or a benign growth on the sacral spine

Today I'm still in London faffing about, so I'll post my July newsletter tomorrow on robinalbedo.substack.com. Sign up now if you'd like access to this month's promotions!

Oh boy, I just popped into an IKEA to use the restroom and asked a staff member to point me in the direction of the “nearest ladies’ room.” He led me to a floral motif bedroom display.

I've only been in London one night and already a mysterious stranger has treated me to (French-influenced) British fare. (Those dumplings were better than my photo suggests, and the beef Wellington was in the top 5 steaks I've eaten in my life.) I feel like I've been blessed by the travel fairy.

Back from my cruise to Alaska. I didn't do a great job taking my hot tub bikini selfies, so all I have to offer is the bounty of nature, whoops.

This resonates with me! Particularly wisdom as in discernment, but probably other kinds too. How do you define wisdom?

Mmm freckles.

Yes, I did not really grasp that people consider vulvas attractive--or have opinions about which ones are lovely to them--until relatively recently!

Heck. Yes. What are some of your favorite (or most memorable) compliments you've received?