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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just learned that in Isan, Thailand, Western foreigners are called “mangoes” and I can’t say I really mind that.

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Reid Southen @rahll.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

A gentle breeze rocks the house of cards.

Article screenshot: Adobe's stock drop highlights a fundamental disconnect over AI. Adobe's management team is bullish on the AI opportunity in creative services, but Wall Street is growing impatient on the revenue Runway.

A chart shows Adobe is down 16% the past five days, a sharp decline and loss of $87 a share.

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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Sun Fragments

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Whenever I see this come up, it reminds me of Twitter on Jan 6. There was the expected shock and outrage and a few jokes, and one little corner of LawyerTwitter going “Oh no you morons, stop incriminating yourselves!!!”

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

If you're ever told to be outraged about anything having to do with health insurance and the sole source of the outraged framing is the American Society of Anesthesiologists, just move on because you're being played like a fiddle by the major cause of out-of-network balance billing

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I remember seeing Sweet at on a convention panel once, and there was a lot of talk about inspiration and what kinds of work artists like to do, but he was all "Nope, don't care what it is. You pay me, I'll paint it."

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I will never, ever get over this.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Post an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens, below a picture of a police car outside a school, cordoned off with yellow tape.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

In a rare alignment, the First Sunday of Advent *is* the first of December, so the “Advent” calendars are actually accurate this year. One less thing for me to annoyed about. Until next year.

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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 27/11/2024

I love me some good memes.

A full size truck hauling an extremely large yellow Lego. The text at the top: The final weapon of mankind. To deal with Godzilla.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Here at Bluesky I’ve collected a bunch of lovely SF/F folks who generally don’t like religion, a bunch of Catholics, and a bunch of random strangers that seemed interesting. I will now feel awkward about posting absolutely anything.

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TiredLiam @tiredliam.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Every year I am politely puzzled by this American holiday which appears to just involve… eating dinner?

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Am I going to have to go back to using Linux again? Sure, there were some good times but it was a lot of hassle too. But all this AI garbage…

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

(avoiding timeline suppression on other social media) are you a friend of... you know... the cerulean stratosphere

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One way I've found to add variety my feed is to follow non-Americans. Then I hear all about their crappy politicians instead of just my crappy politicians.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Nobody’s sure why my new baby immune system decided to attack my, uh, head, but steroids seem to have settled it down for tonight at least. I’m still a mess but grateful for what reprieve I can get. Of course my sleep schedule is a joke now. Hello, Europe.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Changed the font in my Kindle app and it’s like I’ve traveled to an alternate universe

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Because I love you, BlueSky, I will share my favorite picture from traveling in 2022: this sculpture of a winged iguana with two zombies fighting on its back, in the town square in Nuremberg

Wider shot of the described sculpture, showing brick pavement and quaint shops around a black metal sculpture

Close up of the sculpture, showing the gold and black striped iguana, and the two zombie figured, one strangling the other, both partly skeletal.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 18/11/2024

A colleague on Slack: "Is anyone else having trouble logging onto X?" Me: "Technical or moral?"

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Gonna whoop it up tonight with a chocolate Ensure, two Tylenol, and a Xanax. 🎉

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Being kind to people who can’t do anything for you.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Updated all my Apple products today (to delay the intrusion of Apple Intelligence as long as possible). Adjusted settings, etc. Nothing really fun to do. I remember when Apple updates included cool new wallpaper at least.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Is it cool if I post videos here?

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Weird blurry half human half bald eagle face overlaid with the text: “Gaslighting me doesn't work because I already don't trust my memory and I don't care what actually happened”

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

I tried to turn off my phone for a while but it grew tentacles, turned itself back on, and forced open my eyes clockwork orange style.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

STOP THIS IS A CUTE ANIMAL PIC CHECKPOINT. PLEASE SHARE A MINIMUM OF ONE (1) CUTE ANIMAL PIC BEFORE PROCEEDING. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO PRESERVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THIS SITE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. This chipmunk at a national park that was very good at begging

An extremely round chipmunk on top of a granite wall

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Not saying he’s not a freak, but I watched the video and he’s only talking about banning yellow dye #5 (tartrazine).

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Aw, I got someone starting to try the “I want to buy your art” scam on me. I’m not an artist.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

If you see this, post a picture taken in the mountains #photography

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Usually the first Tuesday of the month is the biggest day for new book releases, but I'm seeing an awful lot of them being postponed for a week or two. 🤔

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

With everything going on, I’m going to buy myself a little treat, and by little treat I mean all five seasons of Fringe.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Deciding who I trust more, between Apple and Amazon, is a really sad calculation to try to make. At least Google is clean out of the running.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Pretty much my feeling on the matter

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

So. Many. Books. I'm not going to say too many books, because obviously that's not a thing. But. So many. So much work.

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

So is Megalopolis like Jupiter Ascending but for boys?

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Think I might have, at long last, found an email signature I want to use: Best, Laurel Amberdine This email was composed without the use of AI

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Laurel Amberdine @amberdine.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Fascinated watching the battle between Amazon and AdBlocker. Little counter clicked up and up until it got over 100 and now it shows an infinity symbol. And that's with a VPN in my router blocking ads and trackers!

An icon for AdBlocker Ultimate showing a red shield and a counter that says 94.

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