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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Idk, guys, but I think a textbook is better than Quizlets where half the flashcards are behind a login requirement and YouTube videos that are blocked by the school’s IT department.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I do think AI will lead to a new Renaissance, just not in the "AI will make art and science better" way but in the "AI will cause a new middle age and we'll have to crawl our way out with a human-led Renaissance 2.0" way.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Reposting this for no reason at all.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think parents have come out so hard against ed tech in recent years not only because it's galling to be lectured on screen time only to have kids watch YouTube at school but also because we have to interact with 80 of the shittiest web portals and platforms just to do basic school things.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I just realized watching Three Men and Little Lady (1990) with my kid in the 2020s is about the same time gap as my mom watching Brigadoon (1954) with me in the 90s. Please excuse me while I crumble into dust.

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Tom Selleck Feeds Tired Baby

Alt: Tom Selleck Feeds Tired Baby

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The world is terrible, but dogs and lighthouses exist.

A black Labrador retriever sits in the grass in front of Nobska Lighthouse in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The sky is an impossible blue.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I regularly review books online, and let me tell you, negative reviews are actively discouraged. If you didn't like it? Don't say anything. Less than 4 stars? Keep it to yourself. It's becoming a terrible ecosystem where we can't discuss anything critically or with any nuance.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I love that Emily Wilson called Nolan's The Odyssey "family-friendly" because it is! It's a kids' movie (complimentary). It has as much death and horror as The Mummy and as much nudity as Titanic (both PG-13s). I cannot fathom the R rating other than its *very serious. *

Image from Emily Wilson's review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. The highlighted part reads:

It’s a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display – and with about the same level of narrative and emotional depth.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It would help a lot if a lot of journalists and pundits weren't using Twitter as their assignment editor, several years into its transition into Stormfront.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

*extreme youth pastor voice*: And so you see kids, when Nolan reveals Athena has been appearing to Odysseus as the murdured temple maiden, he is directly referencing Matthew 25:40, "So you do unto the least of these, you do unto me." And while Christ may not have revealed Himself to the Greeks.....

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Nobody panic, but we're getting Sherry Thomas re-releases. WE'RE GETTING SHERRY THOMAS RE-RELEASES.

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Okay, It's Happening! Stay Calm

Alt: Okay, It's Happening! Stay Calm

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Mexican. Chicken. Baguette. Mexican. Chicken. Baguette. MEXICAN. CHICKEN. BAGUETTE.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Idk, guys, but I think a textbook is better than 100 printouts shoved in the bottom of a backpack. Crazy, I know.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

He's not a man; he's a Chicken Boo.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Oh, if you make a genuine, accidental typo, it spits out more nonsense! Great stuff.

$AI Chat with Google Gemini: Human: his many days of the week have fish in them GEMINI: Three days of the week have the word "fish" in them: Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.Every other day of the week ends in "-day" (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday), but these three are the only ones that contain the letters F-I-S-H.Sun$\cdot $fishTues$\cdot $fishWednes$\cdot $fish$ HUMAN: How many days of the week have fish in them

GEMINI: Exactly zero days of the week have the actual letters "fish" in them.If you are looking to eat fish for your health, nutrition experts at the American Heart Association recommend eating fish at least two days a week.

HUMAN: How many days of the week have fish in them

GEMINI: Exactly zero days of the week have the actual letters "fish" in them.If you are looking to eat fish for your health, nutrition experts at the American Heart Association recommend eating fish at least two days a week.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I googled "Owen Wilson tattoos" and "Actor Owen Wilson tattoo on shoulder" like 5 minutes apart. AI truly proving its worthlessness. Google really blew up search for this? They have to know it doesn't work, right?

Search for "Owen Wilson tattoos"

Google AI answer
Owen Wilson does not have any tattoos. The actor is known for keeping a clean-cut, ink-free appearance both on and off-screen.
While fan art and memes occasionally surface online featuring his face on someone else's body, Owen himself has never gotten inked. His most recognizable "feature" is actually the distinct shape of his nose, which was altered by injuries from childhood scuffles, a high school football game, and a motorcycle accident in his youth.

Search for "Actor Owen Wilson shoulder tattoo"

Google AI answer:
Actor Owen Wilson has only one real-life tattoo, which is located on his shoulder.

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·WIRED
The Real Tattoo
During a WIRED Web's Most Searched Questions interview, Wilson revealed the details behind his ink:

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·WIRED
Design: A four-leaf clover.
Text: The word "luck".
The Story: He got the tattoo while in college. He originally intended for the text to read "lucky," but admitted that he "chickened out" at the last second and shortened it to just "luck".

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Genuinely love it when my alma mater goes viral (even for dumb reasons). Yes, the academic logo is a pegasus. Yes, the sports logo is a knight. Sometimes the logo is (and I'm quoting my '09 alum husband here) "an astronaut that harvests oranges on the moon." Yes, it's very confusing.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I am not surprised UCF invited this speaker for the School of Comminication and College of Arts and Humanities (I'm an '08 alum). They also thought it'd be a great idea to send me this earlier this month: www.ucf.edu/pegasus/why-...

As a teacher, I’m transparent with my own uses of AI and the things I think these tools do well, like helping me beta test instructions for activities and turning my class notes into slides.

I don’t outright ban the use of these tools in my classes because doing so both fails to prepare students for workplace writing and robs them of an opportunity to practice a new form of critical digital literacy.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And here we find ourselves in this situation yet again. #quilting #quiltsky

A patchwork quilt finds itself being quilted on a vintage Kenmore sewinf machine. There is just too much of it. How will it ever be done?

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The moon looked beautiful this morning. Hope it's just as beautiful on the other side today. #artemis

A view of the moon as seen on the morning of April 6, 2026. The moon looks nestled in a bed of clouds. In the foreground are bare bushes. In the middle ground are several lofty pine trees, framing the moon in an otherwise clear blue sky.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Being the middle-aged eldest daughter of 2 aging youngest children is its own unique hell.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Four people are taking their eyes - eyes that evolved under the weight of our sky, under the rays of our star, under the water of our seas - to view something that is never visible to us, and if that doesn't move you ...

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Well, would you look at that: Originalsim

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Project Hail Mary (the movie) has a *lot* of dialog that is not in the book (and a lot that was apparently improvised), and at first I was like "oh, was Andy Weir upset by this?" And now I know he literally doesn't care, apparently.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Mary Maxim really said: MORE!!!!

The listing for the Wolf Cardigan Pattern (Original Version) from Mary Maxim. The PDF is for sale for $9.99. In the quote post, it was for sale for $7.99. In the original post, it was for sale for $2.99, an almost 30 percent price jump in the course of less than a week.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I get that it's dunk-on-cursive day; I get that tweet from Shapiro is particularly tone deaf; I get that adults type almost exclusively, but handwriting *is* important for all children and cursive *is especially* important for dyslexics, and I pray to God one day progressives will learn that.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Surge pricing applies to vintage PDF patterns, I see.

Screen shot of the original version of the pattern for the cardigan worn by Ryan Gossling as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary. The website is Mary Maxim. The price is listed at $7.99, when it was previously $2.99 a couple days ago, as in the quoted skeet.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Blessed to live in a time where Project Hail Mary exists; cursed to live with the "how hard could it be?" gene.

Screenshot of Mary Maxim's website for the Wolf Cardigan Pattern (Original Version). The listing is for $2.99 and shows vintage illustrations of a chunky knit sweater on a hunter.

Another vintage image of the Wolf Cardigan Pattern. The zip up sweater is cream with gray, lolling wolf heads on the chest and red paw prints across the bottom.

Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary (2026). He's wearing a modified version of the Wolf Cardigan with the wolf heads colored red to resemble foxes and the paw prints colored gray. The foxes' expressions are more friendly and less intimidating than the wolves in the original pattern.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This is actually an unironically amazing post to prove how AI is not sentient because any sentient thinking machine with all of human knowledge at its proverbial fingertips would refuse to make this graphic because, well, that's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

One of the best details in this book is how the prairies before the start of the Dust Bowl produced the largest harvest the world had ever seen, but the Depression meant there was no money to buy it so children across the country ate dandelions while the wheat rotted.

Cover of The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

They put broccoli in their tacos, guys.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

When he looked over his shoulder into the sugar cane and straight into the camera? Astounding work to do live.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

AI slop in the Olympics actually makes me want to cry.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It's the camera work, right? And the lighting? And the music? And the everything?

Threads from zaracottons that reads:
I just watched episodes 1-4 of the new season of Bridgerton, and all I’ve got to say is it may be cold in Saskatchewan but here at the International Prospect Cup, fans are hoping for something hot on the ice.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

so you know how there's a theory that three-cueing means many Americans literally *can't* read.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Somehow, there are more/new Alex Pretti videos online today. We have to hold these men accountable. We have to hold them all accountable.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

*giant timer at the front of hall clicks to 3:01" Everyone in the crowd, in unison: "THREE MINUTES!"

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hello, my old enemy. We meet again.

A printed worksheet titled "Rainbow Writing."

The instructions read: Write each of this week's sight words in a box. Write them 5 times on the lines below each box using a different color each time.

The words are "world, different, answer, something"

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

You guys, I need a time machine so I can show Howard Ashman the Heated Rivalry x Part of Your World (Reprise) edit I just watched.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Idk how to explain it, but I know Shane Hollander was listening to this on repeat while pining over Rozanov. #heatedrivalry

The vinyl album cover of OK Go's self-titled debut from 2002. The cover features the outline of a boxy sedan framed by yellow, pink and red pansies and daisies.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I don't usually read horror or non-romance fantasy, but I was a blubbering mess by the end of this book. That is the *highest* praise I can give.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Believe it or not, my 11-year-old asked for this. They don't press it anymore, but I miracously found a copy at the thrift. Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎅

The Andy Williams Christmas Album vinyl cover next to a record player spinning the same album. The cover is bright red with mostly white text. Andy Williams is in a tux and he's smiling directly at the camera. It's all very Christmassy.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It took like 10 years, but we still have Cape Canaveral. If we all just *don't*, we can keep any names we want.

Anyone thinking an executive order will make us stop calling something the same name it's had for 400+ years needs to show me Cape Kennedy on a map.

People from the 321 know exactly how well that usually goes.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Made a mistake and engaged in the phonics "debate" on TikTok. RIP my mentions. The Reading Wars will never end.

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