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The other day a woman at a bar introduced her dog to me as "Soup Dog, like the rapper" and I was fully content to believe there was some rapper I'd never heard of named Soup Dog. What a great name for a dog, and a rapper.

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donut shaped?!!! how cool!

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oh my word what a perfect potato

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Friday is officially FUN FACT FRIDAY. Hit me with your fun facts!

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"Mogul" as in a banking mogul comes from the Indian Mughal empire! I had no idea!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Incredible stuff from Cards Against Humanity, who is now building a monument to interfere with SpaceX.

Why do you keep calling Elon Musk “a sad little bitch with no friends”?

Great question! (1) He is sad, (2) he is a bitch, and (3) he has no friends.

Did Elon Musk spend his 47th birthday alone, with no friends?

Yes.

Did Elon Musk beg Jeffrey Epstein for an invitation to his island, but get rejected?

Yes.

You’re saying that even the world’s most infamous pedophile didn’t want to be Elon Musk’s friend?

Yes.

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I cut one off at a rotary today. Felt good

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I use google assistant to do three things: 1. set reminders 2. set timers 3. add things to my shopping list I tried out Gemini for a day a couple months ago, and it was unable to do at least one of these in the day I used it. That makes it useless to me.

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Forgot alt text: A screenshot from an email that says "We’re writing to let you know that the Google Assistant on your mobile device is being discontinued, and Gemini—our next-generation AI-powered assistant—is now the assistant experience on Android."

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Have we had discourse about this yet? I'm so fucking mad.

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Hermione, Texas Granger @misterfungi.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

the Wikipedia entry for axolotls reads like a Cake song

Their heads are wide, and their eyes are lidless. Their limbs are underdeveloped and possess long, thin digits.

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You mean American as in from the Americas? or from the United States?

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ooo, ok, I've got some! Transmetropolitan Ender's Game Stranger in a Strange Land I think those are the only on my "definitely good" list by "definitely bad" people. Various other classic scifi books/authors are close to making the list, but if I start listing them to list gets too long quickly

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A proper double rainbow here in Somerville

Two rainbows, one fainter than the other, over rooftops and greenery

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It can still make Hoziers, right?

Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

bsky.app/profile/drbe... is a strong contender though

Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

From a human importance perspective, I've seen a couple takes that the evolution of eukaryote cells was extremely implausible and may be the "great filter" from the Fermi paradox. So let's go with that!

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm caught up on today's Tour de France stage and I'm starting to feel like collarbones aren't a good idea for professional cyclists

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Now that we're all done with world cup, let me tell you about this thing called the Tour de France. It's on for another week!

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I dunno, it's pretty hard to fit more than 4 people in a bed at once, I could see that being a limiting factor

Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why is the sky in Somerville suddenly yellow? Are there wildfires nearby or something?

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I have had multiple half hour conversations with my dad about the pros and cons of various ways of getting between Boston and eastern Mass. It's a cute way to connect with the boomers

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I thought he was already out?

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

aw, I'm sorry to hear that

Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

if you wanna learn, Esh is right near your shop and has tumbling classes :D

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Glad to hear Boston and Glasgow have finally agreed to a ceasefire

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Mushrooms are magic. These shiitake grew from nothing in like 3 days

a hand holding three shiitake mushrooms, each with approximately palm sized caps

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I am a fan of neither basketball nor New York, but the joy coming out of Knicks fans right now is the best.

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(not that that contradicts anything either of us have said, but I figured someone might notice that and think it was the same process as the other pocketcasts AI transcripts)

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fwiw, I think the transcript actually is ai generated, but it's generated somewhere on the coolzone/iheart side, not by pocketcasts, and then included as a tag that pocketcasts references

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yeah! I see tags relating to transcripts! omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e...

omnycontent.com

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Amy @ahailes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Just glancing through my feed, it looks like Behind the Bastards might. At least, for me, in PocketCasts, their transcript doesn't have the AI generated for-plus-users-only tag

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(jk, enjoy your sports, I'm just bitter 'cause we keep eating shit in the sports rounds at trivia)