Slow sensory processing is such a nuisance for greetings and farewells. If they say something unexpected the reflex response goes off before I can register and I feel like an idiot

I just realised the etymological connection between dystocia and the title Theotokos this last week during an obstetrics practical... very niche but also I *am* that niche so it feels like the kind of thing I should have picked up sooner

Oh hey, listen, just a quick word.

Do not do this.

Idea for a mockumentary: a candid investigation of the reality of secret societies that control the world. What's it's actually like to be a Secret Chief shivering halfway up a mountain in Tibet, and the realities of how challenging it is for the Illuminati, Templars etc. to keep track of everything

A painting of a chonky black and white cat by the Chinese artist Min Zhen.

I recently discovered the art of Min Zheng, a Chinese artist during the 1700s and this painting in particular.

#MinZhen
#ChineseArt
#CatsInArt

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Zhen

This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)

An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.

isn't one of the popular thanksgiving stories about how the native peoples of the land helped struggling strangers from another country?

A screenshot with a photograph of a light brown cat whose smooshed face has the effect of making him look grumpy. In the blurry distance is a drawing of this same cat, with a sadder expression. Under the photo, text reads: "Meet Gary, the cat who ended a friendship and cost $25,000 in legal fees" A calligraphic "I" (the logo of the Philadelphia Inquirer) is in the bottom right corner of the image.

Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.

Life tip: if you're laminating something you're gonna hang outside, cut the corners off before you laminate it, so that when you make holes for the string or pins or whatever you're using to hang it up with, the holes are just in the plastic and don't create an entry point for water into the paper.

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

SOMEONE SAYS TO MIKE JOHNSON: "THE BIBLE SAYS, 'HE UPHOLDS THE CAUSE OF THE OPPRESSED AND GIVES FOOD TO THE HUNGRY.” HE RESPONDS, "I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.".

Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.

let's get a whole sourcebook going

meatball: +1d8 to messiness, double modifier if target is wearing a white shirt

tomato slices: on a critical hit, sub explodes and each adjacent target takes 1d4 tomato slice damage

toasted: +1d4 bludgeoning damage

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

Meme showing six logical operators illustrated with jack-o'-lantern images. trick OR treat trick AND treat trick XOR treat trick NOR treat trick NAND treat trick XNOR treat

A police officer and a goose stand outside the driver’s side window of a stopped sedan.

"Let's take a gander at that license."
“I’m so sorry, my partner’s new.”
“Fuck you, Mike. It’s a good joke.”

another way to get a free drink from a bartender is to pick a nice nearby spot, show up regularly, tip generously, and don’t be a psycho. you’ll be getting lots of free rounds in no time and, as an added bonus, you are making new friends instead of debasing yourself into a two bit swindler.

Maybe in fully spontaneous prayer they just need more time to think what to say next?

They also love saying the name "Jesus" just way too much and at random. Maybe I could push them a little further and get them to recite the Jesus prayer to themselves whenever they're so moved

In the comms skills class last week they taught us how useful paraverbal communication is for making clear you're paying attention and encouraging a client to continue talking, but I think it would be disruptive if after every sentence the vet (and any nurses or students present) intoned "Truly"

I appreciate their enthusiasm, but the group I do a Friday Bible study with pause and everyone says "Amen" after every single line of a prayer, and that's way too much.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A lightning bolt with a branching pattern in the night sky, with power lines visible in the foreground.

God: Any other requests?

Angel: Ooh! Do a cow in sunglasses, holding a cigarette!

God: No problem.

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h • Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Still think Antifa isn't violent? Here's bodycam footage of Antifa founder B.J. Blazkowicz shooting a heroic member of ICE who was just trying to protect this great nation. Thank God we have Blazkowicz's girlfriend in custody.

this shifted something. you can't unsee it. "i don't want to get my shots!" why would you? you're twelve. "i want a robot that can draw star wars pictures and do my homework!" well, yeah, what twelve-year-old wouldn't?

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

Hank Green is angry, and his rage gives me hope
youtu.be/Vz0oQ0v0W10?...