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The good news is I finally got to pull out my fuzzy sweater at work. The bad news is, that's because the high today (in Colorado! In October!) is like 90, and the AC is raging.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still can't watch the sewer monster episode of The X-Files.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: Ugh why does my sinus itch so bad?? I better not be getting sick! Me earlier today at the barn: *makes joke about how well the ragweed crop is coming in*

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The GI disease kitten I couldn't save was named Woodstock. It's been over a decade and I've worked with probably thousands of cats since, but I remember him and I hope my donation helps another cat have a better life than he did.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just found mold on a mostly-eaten sandwich WHILE my cat was vomiting on the rug, and I just think that should be illegal.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I brought my coffee outside to drink on the deck (because why have suburban house if not enjoy suburban rituals), and it could almost be described as brisk out here! This is very exciting.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Professionalism is looking at the Fat Bear Week bracket with your boss during work hours, but not referring to any of the bears as a "boss bitch." Even if they are.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Apparently, it's going to be a "get heartburn from oatmeal" kind of middle-aged day. I miss my carefree youth.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is incredible. Peak internet.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just saw an older dude walk down the creek path fully reading a paperback. Just nose-down in a book, out for a stroll. Living the dream.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh yay I can stop watching it on YouTube! This show is so good it cured my fear of my flying (I watched it on a plane and forgot to be nervous).

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got so excited for fall (it was technically in the 50s when I left for work!) that I wore a cute sweater today. Had to ditch it within half an hour of arriving at work. Climate's haunted.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026

it’s nice to know that, as a nerdy and insufferable kid with good standardized test scores, I could really have turned out a whole lot worse

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My last job interview was in 2020. My cat attended. I got the job. It is so annoying to me that we still want to treat job applicants like they are being granted an audience with super special royalty.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I desperately need to know what KIND of worms. In the absence of an answer, I am going to imagine petstore mealworms. Like a hedgehog.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Got my updated flu and covid vaccines! Very appreciative of my state and my provider both being like "yeah, vaccines are good actually, vaccines for everyone!" Simple walk-in visit, nice chat with a nurse, protected. Done.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm so annoyed that I know what this is about (this time. Because also, evergreen).

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/09/2026

I truly do not understand what is happening with Lauren Boebert and I do not want to and am annoyed that I may be compelled to learn things just by existing.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think it's important to accidentally swallow a little toothpaste occasionally. To keep things interesting.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I ate too many vegetables and now my tummy hurts, the me story.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great, thanks, Jeopardy writers. Now I gotta explain this to my spouse.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I just booked an October weekend escape in the mountains at a place with no AC, and I'm only now wondering whether I will end up regretting that choice. It's October! Surely it will have cooled off by then! Nevermind that we just fully melted a glacier up there. October!

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026

honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care

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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges

For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Man, if I thought our AI overlords would treat me like I treat Bagel the cat, I would become a tech bro.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thought I had fixed the drawer situation, but this little mfer just proudly brought me the registration card for the microwave. Why is he so into this documentation??

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This buffoon broke into a kitchen drawer while we were at work, extracted the manual for the new microwave, removed the plastic wrapping, and neatly chewed off the corners of the plastic. He does this kind of thing, and our vet is not overly concerned, but COME ON, MAN.

An orange cat standing a stove, where he is not allowed, resting his front paws on a cabinet (illegally), and sniffing a microwave.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Listen. Apples dipped in honey taste worse than either apples or honey do individually. HOWEVER I believe my ancestors support me in dipping apples in chocolate syrup. They would have done it, too, if they had access to Hershey's Special Dark.

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"9/11 story" is a weird thing for me. I lived in NJ, not NY. I didn't lose anyone, but I couldn't reach my mom (working in NY) until 2pm. I think I remember seeing ash, but could I have? We weren't allowed to turn on the classroom TVs, but my journalism teacher tried to make us analyze the coverage.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

when I am god-empress of the universe it will be illegal for people to disable the ability to paste into a password field

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of newsletters by people who are otherwise not terrible that stay on substack and help them pay Nazis is astonishing.

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Why the weird vibe about data centers?” Because the companies. DO NOT. Play by the Rules. Visibly. Repeatedly. Pathologically. We are under no obligations to be marks.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 01/09/2026

I don't believe gen AI will ever be able to create fiction or art of any real merit. It's just using statistics to remix existing shit. But in the unlikely event that ever happened, I still wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Human creativity is joy & fulfillment even on the days when it's hard

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ugh. I got to play it exactly once, yesterday, and I guess that was my high score, low score, and only score.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This one hadnt made it to my feed and hit me pretty hard. Amazing @athenahollins.bsky.social

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Kir @librarytrying.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don't think I've ever shed tears over a celebrity death before, but all these Imagination Library posts got me. There just aren't that many people dedicated to doing genuine good in the world, and it's worse here now.

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 25/08/2026

if there’s a point to fame it’s to do what dolly parton did in the world

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