Reposted by ethelmayethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026ChatGPT and OpenAI, They are no use to me, If I can't have a proper cup of copy in a proper copper copyright, I'LL HAVE A CUP OF TEA! 153
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don't either, but I have also never gotten (a symptomatic case of) anything I have been vaxxed for, including Covid and flu. Apart from some mild allergies, I appear to have a fairly Goldilocks immune system. Knock wood. 110
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Who's more likely to get stuck in a difficult financial situation due to an unplanned pregnancy, a poor person or a rich one? It's a mystery! 010
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026ChatGPT and OpenAI, They are no use to me, If I can't have a proper cup of copy in a proper copper copyright, I'LL HAVE A CUP OF TEA! 153
Reposted by ethelmaySeattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Washington State Supreme Court is in Play. In an very rare occurrence, 5 of the 9 Seats on the Court are up for election. VOTE! This is non-partisan race, there are clear differences in the backgrounds and views of the candidates, so it is VERY important for WA voters to make wise choices. 1118
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I looked up pictures and I have only the vaguest memory of ever seeing one in the real world. 000
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I know what an e-bike is. I am not 100% clear on what an ATV is. Hence I have a more informed picture on the former than the latter. I suspect I am not alone in this. 120
Reposted by ethelmayChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382889564
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"A passion à la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a (not TOO French) French bean!" 040
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He works in radio. He could be drinking anything for all we know, as long as it's off-mike. (N.B.: he's about my age. I was raised not to bring a drink to an interview, but my reaction was, "Huh, didn't know that had changed.") 030
Reposted by ethelmayI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Cold water and worms, bro a catfish 2217028
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Probably related to the fellow whom I saw walking around my neighborhood yelling "ENJOY YOUR MONEY!" Which, you know, fair. 0211
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My grandfather once ran for mayor (in a very small town) with the slogan "Cleaner water and more dogs." 070
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Also that should not be something you get around by paying a "service" to underpay your janitors etc. for you 0230
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Charles Chaplin, Jr., had a similar story about his father, but his father said it wasn't actually true. I don't think it's incredibly unlikely that such a thing could happen, though. 030
Reposted by ethelmayAdam Rakunas @rakdaddy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“I wish it need not have been so stupid in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such utterly stupid times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is not to be so utterly stupid and maybe work together so this shit doesn't happen again.” 0176
Reposted by ethelmayAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A big update to an important case: Alaska is dropping charges against a family of American Samoans it had accused of voting crimes. It should not be forgotten that Alaska inflicted enormous hardship and trauma, for years, for a simple, understandable mistake that the state itself helped facilitate.boltsmag.orgAfter a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - BoltsAlaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month. 4356125
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Eat-alls (was Beatles - okay, beetles are TECHNICALLY edible) 010
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026dear serious eats if you r out of capers can you substitute SHENANIGANS 001
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So, if it's only a few of them, you can fire their asses, right? Right? 031
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Pretty sure he was already sporting hair dye in the original series, never mind when this was filmed. 111
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I coulda SWORN that dude was dead (Giuliani, I mean). I wonder who I mixed him up with? 130
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Please tell me it makes a hen-laying sound when it dispenses! 140
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sounds to me like one of those job ads where everyone who knows the company snorts and says, "Clearly that's George," meaning they've decided who they want to promote into this position and wrote the ad around them because they're required to advertise the job publicly. 120
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Certainly, the word "strawberry" contains two Rs. I hope this is helpful, and let me know if you need any help with your future R-counting adventures! 011
Reposted by ethelmayEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And if they literally say "AI" can do your job, they are also relinquishing any claim to their own area of expertise, because "AI" doesn't refer to a coherent set of technologies but rather is used to wrap various different (usually janky) tech in a false veneer of magical functionaliy. >>thecon.aiTHE AI CONHow to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want 121242
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Unhomogenized pasteurized milk and cream in glass bottles is readily available in Seattle. I would buy it if it weren't always clogged with butter that won't blend back in. Really wish homogenized + glass was a thing. 020
Reposted by ethelmayTrent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 04/09/2026@courtneymilan.com I just pulled this from a post over on Facebook, felt like it might be info worth sharing... 16465155
Reposted by ethelmayMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Bravo @mapquest.com…. for not bending the knee! #LakeOntario-Now&Forever🇨🇦 757227815249
Reposted by ethelmayFunranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 28/08/2026[sighs deeply] Before feeding any of your research into any LLM, please check your grants and institution's information security/academic integrity policies. You may be surprised how very little of your work are allowed to let anywhere near the Plagiarism Engines. 718883
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I knew what they were, but I've never used them. I use dish cloths, a kitchen brush, or steel wool, depending on needed degree of scrubbiness. I haven't used a time clock since they looked quite different. 010
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My actual own fire alarms in the ceiling do this all the damn time. Spiders or dust or summat 020
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Oh, goddamn it. I use a XyliMelt every night so my CPAP doesn't completely dry out my mouth. I hope that's not enough to be significant. 000
Reposted by ethelmaySquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I just witnessed an ICE abduction in N Seattle, after following several black SUV's traveling almost double the speed limit I followed them to The Crown Inn where they stopped a man in a white work truck and abducted him I tried to raise the attention of cars and bystanders but most ignored me 20141751792
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"It is a good thing to eat your breakfast, but you don't fancy it's very good of you to do it." --George MacDonald 010
Reposted by ethelmayKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1193326736242
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That photo is so great. Such a sense of style to take advantage of the fashion for cut-out shoulders. 010
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Technically three and a bit (he died less than six months after the fourth election), but yeah. 010
Reposted by ethelmayDrew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com 156200208537
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I know a family whose regular send-off expression to each other is something like, "Bye-bye, don't drive into any bridge abutments!" 010
ethelmay @ethelmay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I think easily confused words shouldn't be taught together. Learn "his, hers, its, theirs" together and "he's, she's, it's, they're" together and it makes WAY MORE SENSE. 021
Reposted by ethelmayElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026Update: she went viral, so Amazon decided to get off their backsides and have a human phone her & restored her account. So your Zon account being deleted for no reason may be fixable, IF you manage to go viral about it 🤪 Like I said above (links & all 😉), plenty of Zon alternatives exist!tiktok.comCreatives, this has been a weird, WEIRD day. Amazon restored my publishing account. You know, the 14yo one they deleted? They restored it because of YOU. Community matters. Thank you. #amazon #kdp #k...TikTok video by Author Ruthanne Reid 3115
