I prefer the term Artificial Person myself

Everything is gender except gender which is class

posting is free and good therapy is expensive

Are you telling me there's not one actual slob in the state of Maine with leftist leanings? They're out of slobs? On every fishing boat in Maine? Fuck out of here

Two Boston restaurants, The Dubliner and Carrie Nation, charged customers a 3% service fee & failed to distribute the proceeds to wait staff.

My office stepped in, & now they'll pay over $422k in restitution and civil penalties.

I'll always take action to ensure workers get every dime they earn.

Good morning, west coast darlings! We've got a limited edition, today ONLY sweatshirt for you:

Screenshot of headline that reads, "Haitian man living in Boston dies in ICE custody, family says." Full text linked in reply.

I’m calling on ICE to investigate the death of Emmanuel Damas, a Massachusetts community member who died in ICE custody after being denied timely medical care. His family, and dozens of families like his, deserve the truth about ICE's treatment of their loved ones. ICE must be held accountable.

It’s a special kind of headfuckery. I left the ordination process almost four years ago, and the moral injury I experienced from it still makes my daily life very difficult.

That's not true. But Tokugawa Iemitsu issued the Sakoku Edict in 1635, closing Japan's borders and rigorously limiting international contact, to avoid an interview with Chotiner

As an aside, this mindset is often described as "lean" because you skip the "waste" of low fidelity work.

Buddy, no. Low fidelity is not the waste. Work in low fidelity is what prevents the high detail work from being waste. Lean is when cheap-as-free sketches are all you need to avoid that waste.

The mistake is confusing detail vs fidelity. Vibe prototypes let you add a lot of detail quickly, just like how component libraries do.

But all of that detail is essentially distraction and waste. Showing off your tasteful drop shadow on the card view is not stress-testing the merit of the solution

“Damas first told Florence staff about his toothache Feb. 12 & was given only ibuprofen …”

“’He was complaining for almost two wks straight, until he collapsed & got septic from the infection,’ Ellis told the Star. He was transferred to a Scottsdale hospital sometime last wk …” #AbuseofPowerWatch

I so want this to be a dirty joke.

You wouldn’t be the first

Maybe I smoked too many joints rolled from Bible pages and that's why god called me.

the other thing about firefly is that large swathes of it have aged like milk and the sf/f crowd clamoring for its return is not ready for that conversation

I'm so glad she wrote this. The portrayal of her in this series is, to me, indefensible. She deserves an apology from the filmmakers and FX.

And if you hear yourself saying you portrayed a real person (who's alive!) in a particular way to manipulate your audience, please go improve.

It is so fucking soft

child prodigy?? this prominent bluesky poster is 36

YAK YARN UPDATE

Finished: a folded brim hat. Heavy laceweight Yak inside, sportweight extra fine merino outside. Handspun, hand-dyed, improvised pattern (I looked at Musselburgh & a couple similar patterns on Ravelry, thought “oh yeah that’s how it’s done,” & cast on).

ok I need 4 more now

Evergreen sentiment

BRB, filling out my Baudrillard apology form

this is difficult to articulate but i think the present "war" with Iran is almost unfathomably disturbing because of the way it was just presented to us on a plate. it's barely caused a ripple. half the coverage here is about people holidaying in Dubai, the other half is just "this is happening"

Fiber content: I realized I didn’t specify in the listing. The fiber will be 100% Corriedale top roving. It’s a great medium-soft fiber, comfortable for next to skin wear for me and most people. From UK flocks by way of The Woollery’s online store.

Half a kilo of wool—500 grams, a little over a pound—is about what I can dye and spin up at one go. Gauge varies (lol) but it generally works out to about 1250-1400 yards of fingering to sport weight yarn—enough for a shawl, a sweater for a petite person, or a family of hats.

Custom Handspun Yarn by Journeyman Fiber Arts Auction item 'Custom Handspun Yarn by Journeyman Fiber Arts' hosted online at 32auctions.

Let’s raise some money to defend our neighbors and our values! Thanks so much to everyone who has bid on a custom colorway of handspun yarn! A few details below:
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Something else: When asked about DEI, he meanders off into talking about how much Target gives back to the community. This is a tell. DEI is not charity.

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

Custom Handspun Yarn by Journeyman Fiber Arts Auction item 'Custom Handspun Yarn by Journeyman Fiber Arts' hosted online at 32auctions.

Also; holy shit, the bidding on my handspun yarn is up to $260! That’s incredible!! Thanks for helping support justice and peace for our neighbors!!

www.32auctions.com/organization...

I’ve been eyeing these sashiko dishcloths. In the age of AI it seems to me that using beautiful, handmade goods for mundane tasks is one of the ways I can defend my humanity. Also the little geometric designs are so SOOTHING

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“Cottage type” is right there but I’m calling it, it’s mine