Charles Bergquist

Just remember that even though the president gave the usual pardon to the turkeys, they can still be brought up on state charges

A screenshot of a Google image search AI result explaining that the image is a completely black square, and that no information could be extracted. It then goes on to give the tech specs of an imaginary dell laptop that could have been in the black square

Thank you Google image AI result for giving the detailed tech specs of a laptop you did not see

Everyone talks about AI 'hallucinating' but I think this is an especially egregious example

A screenshot of a Google image search AI result explaining that the image is a completely black square, and that no information could be extracted. It then goes on to give the tech specs of an imaginary dell laptop that could have been in the black square

Thank you Google image AI result for giving the detailed tech specs of a laptop you did not see

Why are vehicles used by movers called the 'moving van' even if they are trucks, but ice cream vehicles are called 'trucks' even if they are vans

If we need to have the weather reporter stand outside in the hurricane, I think the analysts can endure a little green screen

A little checkbox on substack that says 'By posting this I agree that the nation can fire me directly into the sun if necessary'

We should realign national space policy to prioritize developing the capability to fire certain people directly into the sun when necessary

Brb, having Letterman redo the 'Uma/Oprah' introduction bit with Loomer and Schumer

Are you a fan of the various aquarium jelly cams? I find them very soothing when stressed

Back in the day we could only achieve this by putting an incorrect tape into Teddy Ruxpiin, truly we have made great advances

This is some of the new research Dr. Patapoutian describes in this interview!
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I've decided I am going to turn my life around and take a new approach.

I'm going to click 'yes,allow' every time a web page or app asks to allow notifications

Folks I am sorry but we need to stop this discussion right now

Those Epstein emails clearly have a very official warning at the bottom about not disclosing them

We are all violating that

Thank you for your attention to this matter

So just so I have this straight, the bunch of horrible emails we are all talking about rn are NOT the ones that the admin is trying to block the release of???

there are other emails that look worse than these?

I will wait for the audiobook version of this magazine

I know you often say 'is there any thing they can not do' but maybe they have found a thing potatoes can not do

Also there is a family here wearing ugly Christmas sweaters and a set of red/green 'naughty/nice' caps. It is Nov 10

I once thought nail clipping was the pinnacle of 'why would you do that in public' grooming offenses.

I am in an airport gate waiting area. There is a woman across from me tweezing her husband's eyebrows and ear hair.

"We have obtained a promise from Lucy that she will consider holding the football appropriately at a given date in the future."

I chose 'lemonade' in the restaurant order app. It then informed me that popular options were 'water' and 'sugar.' Offered to let me choose my base.

Should I have gotten my lemonade made with oat milk, no sugar?

Thanks to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and the University of Miami team for letting me join! We caught and tagged 2 sharks!

Selfie with Charles

Today @cbquist.bsky.social of @scifri.bsky.social joined us for a day of shark research!

Sending whatever the opposite of the Welcome Wagon is

IT IS SO ORDERED with extra cheese, for pickup

Whatever happened to really rich people being Patrons Of The Arts

if I had a kajillion dollars I think it would be so fun to call up a favorite band and ask to commission a song or two.

Why can they not do that

Will that be before or after we get the taco trucks on every corner? Still waiting for the taco trucks.

Mmm. Tacos.

Have any of the online image meme generators created a 'loopy tacky gold script on White House wall' function yet

because I have a lot of words I would like in gold script there but also, I am lazy

Unrelated, but the way the gold whatzit over the door does not align with the center of the door window panels is making me twitchy

If you are in line to rage, rage against the dying of the light, STAY IN LINE