Kee Hinckley

Oh Dog, it's worse than I thought. I can no longer log into the site either. They changed the algorithm.

You know what I love?

Sites that won't let me unsubscribe because they think my email address is invalid.

The same email address that I used to subscribe.

Because the idiot who wrote the unsubscribe page had a different set of rules for what a valid email address was than the person who wrote […]

Got to love those dark patterns.

The only way to keep your Microsoft office 365 family subscription from including copilot, is to cancel it. When you do that it will then show you that you can get the classic version without copilot. But if you just try to change your plan, that's not an option.

We used to have Republican judges who were principled, just not all of them had very good principles.

The current situation in the Supreme Court puzzled me for a long time, until I came to the conclusion that we have five justices who basically do not believe in democracy. That's their […]

As many of you know, a handful of Dem Sens have voted on a CR that keeps the government funded until Jan 30, which would end the shutdown. For those watching for anti-trans provisions, there are none in the CR.

Senate Vets-MilCon, Leg, Ag minibus bills for FY26 have no riders.

@MonaApp Auto-translate is great, but it needs a) an indication that it happened, and b) a way to show the original.

Apple gives me the option of turning on fall detection only during workouts. And I get that. If I'm going biking or something, that's the perfect time to have fall detection.

On the other hand, if my workout involves self-defense. I want the opposite setting. Turn off fall detection during […]

Apple's voice to text is definitely getting worse as it gets more AI-ish.

It mishears me based on probability of words I use. And I tend to use words that aren't common in casual conversation. Then it looks at that and tries to make syntactic sense of it in the sentence. And as a result I have […]

A bathroom with dark blue subway tiles, a bathtub, a window with sheer curtains, a ceiling light fixture with a gold leaf and branches motif, and wallpaper with a blue and white leaf motif. All the metal fixtures are gold. A green plant hangs in a corner.

A bathroom with dark leaf-patterned wallpaper, a mirror with wooden frame above a white sink, and a wooden ladder shelf near a window with sheer curtain.

A cozy nook with a brown easy chair, decorative pillows, and a mural featuring a lush, Persian fairy-tale landscape with trees, waterfalls, and buildings.

The image shows a gold ceiling with surrounded by walls with decorative Persian mural, a light fixture, a window with blue sky and greenery outside.

Daughter: So I took a day off and sanded and plastered and painted and wallpapered the bathroom and reading nook.
Me: 😮

The Pitfalls of Sleepmaxxing Technology might help you sleep better, or go haywire.

"A Jetsons vision of the 21st century did not include Mrs. Jetson stuck in an upright and locked position because her bed could not connect to a data center in Northern Virginia." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/10/sleep-technology/684702/

Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social) Attached: 1 image TIL that milkshakes were originally alcoholic with whiskey as one of the ingredients. After the 1900s, milkshakes began to use syrups instead and the name changed its meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1oit0ep/til_that_milkshakes_were_originally_alcoholic/

Next time I'm at an ice cream store I'm asking for one of these. @todayilearned https://noc.social/@todayilearned/115455181789274598

The illusion itself is not the core concern. Those discussing ChatGPT often invoke its distant ancestor, the Eliza “psychotherapist” chatbot developed in 1967 that produced a similar illusion. By modern standards Eliza was primitive: it generated responses via simple heuristics, often rephrasing input as a question or making generic comments. Memorably, Eliza’s creator, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum, was surprised - and worried - by how many users seemed to feel Eliza, in some sense, understood them. But what modern chatbots produce is more insidious than the “Eliza effect”. Eliza only reflected, but ChatGPT magnifies.

"Everything New is Old"

#AI #Eliza #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AIPsychosis

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115448507160484274

A fun thread. Also an awesome comment about Shades of Grey.

If any of Lia Smith's friends wants to talk to me, I'd love to uplift her story and her life. DMs are open.

@erininthemorning.com Way to make it all about herself.

@futurebird 😳😬😁 Fair enough. Where you source your spruce gum does matter :).

Some respite for trans kids in Queensland with the Literal Nazi Party's directive which banned prescription of puberty blockers being found unlawful in court. The ruling hinged on procedural grounds, not the merits of the law, however. (Not ticking the correct boxes on the Fuck Them Queers form)

@futurebird Spruce Gum was a thing when I was a kid in Maine, not sure if it's still around. Although really all you need to do is find a spruce tree.

RE: https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/115448044274192432

Those frog costumes have long roots.

It had an amazing run.

Nisus Probably Moribund https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/10/27/nisus-probably-moribund/

My wife just leveled up on comments about my mother.

"I'm pretty sure this is not her last incarnation."

USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.

1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.

Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.

It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.

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Post from Jie (they/them) Seeing the absurd electricity usage by AI after growing up in the 90's surrounded by campaigns telling us not to leave the lights on when we leave the room, to save power and help the environment ... like ... I cannot begin to explain how much this breaks my brain.

For me it's even worse, because i not only got that in the 90's, i also grew up in the 70's during the oil crisis. Speed limits were lowered to 55 mph to save gas, fuel efficiency standards were first introduced, President Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed […]

[Original post on chaosfem.tw]

@emptywheel.bsky.social It's hard to imagine something more libertarian than a government bail out. Dog knows that every time a libertarian has tried to run a company it needed a bail out, so of course it happens to countries too.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GrumpusNation/115443380680376823

This is sweet and lovely all the way through.

With Apple's new translucent interface, did they change something about the bottom of pull down menus on iOS? I feel like I always knew when there were more items on the menu if scrolled it. But with the new UI I am constantly thinking that menu items have disappeared, only to realize that I can […]

❝ Transgender people are twice as likely as their cisgender peers to serve in the military historically. The military is the largest employer of anyone in the United States. So, this military ban represents the largest layoff of trans people in history. There are an estimated 4,200 trans people […]

There's such a thing as too much anti-fraud protection.

I tried six times to order a replacement part from Braun's website. Each time I'd get a confirmation of the order, followed immediately by a notification that it had been canceled.

I finally get on customer support and they dig into it […]

Harvard’s Dismal Grad School News Is Just the Tip of a Very Bad Iceberg Grad school's been grim for years. But it's always possible for things to get worse.

A reavel advisory for the #USA - especially for those in search of higher #education .

https://slate.com/life/2025/10/harvard-trump-graduate-school-admissions-pause.html

‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity

The German company whose furniture lift was used in the heist at the Louvre, launched a tongue-in-cheek ad about their product

‘When you need to move fast’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/german-firm-campaign-lift-louvre-heist-bocker