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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 15/09/2026

this is in iOS 27. could nature be healing? are Easter eggs returning to software? (probably not at least to the first one, I don’t think we’re un-ringing the “computers woven into the very fabric of our lives” bell)

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 28/08/2026

has outsourcing your thinking to stochastic text generators destroyed your capacity for independent thought and now your stochastic text generator is refusing to order a pizza for you? Papa John’s AI pizza assistant can help!

Suggested uses of Papa John’s “AI pizza assistant”, “Lou AI”:

- “Family night: ‘Order dinner for family & friends’”
- “Ordering for vegetarians? ‘Help me create a meat-free order’”

Suggested uses of Papa John’s “AI pizza assistant”, “Lou AI”:

- “Pizza party: ‘I need to feed a group of kids’”
- “Order on a budget: ‘Build an order that fits my price range’”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 28/08/2026

thank god we have AI so now we can recreate the experience of having to wonder whether your pizza order was heard, understood, and entered correctly without the inconvenience of a human being on the other end

Screenshot of the Papa John’s app inviting me to “tell Lou AI my order, and we’ll build it for you and apply any available deals”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 28/08/2026

I have no illusions that I am or ever was meaningfully in touch with popular culture but few things drive that notion home harder than fast food collaborations with people I have to google to find out who they are, like this at Dunkin

Screenshot of a card in the Dunkin app advertising “Alix’s Earle-y Riser Meal”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 24/08/2026

I was actually going to read to the end to see if the article somehow redeemed itself, only to find out that it’s paywalled, so I’m just going to assume it’s fishing for people to subscribe to hate-read the rest of it

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 01/08/2026

I feel like a hypocrite because I find pandering nerd-"culture" mashups to be eyeroll-worthy at best but at the same time I also think shit like danny dorito is hilarious, even though it's ultimately not especially different in spirit

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 06/07/2026

I feel like bill watterson probably has already used the internet, and it was probably only for about 15 minutes, until he saw something that made him react like cornelius in this achewood strip. watterson probably used a baseball bat or a golf club instead of a cricket bat though

the Achewood strip from December 7, 2007, "Philippe's king equipment", in which Philippe is wearing a very monarchical getup including a genuine ermine robe, the money for which he got by naively corresponding with a pervert. upon learning this, Cornelius's reaction is to smash the computer with a cricket bat

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 17/04/2026

I have some bad news for you

screenshot of a google image search for the phrase "if the hardcore band's guitarist looks like this you are about to die in that pit", demonstrating that this is not an original thought

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 30/01/2026

*wednesday addams voice* are they made from real selena gomez

A pack of Selena Gomez Oreos. The text "OREO SELENA GOMEZ" appears prominently, overlaid on a pair of headphones that have Oreos in place of drivers; the Oreo cookie headphone drivers feature Gomez's autograph instead of the usual Oreo design.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 13/01/2026

🎶 from the back to the middle and around again 🎶 I’m gonna be there till the end

A frozen pizza box with a callout reading “100% REAL CHEESE”.

Less relevantly to the reference, it also says “EXCELLENT SOURCE OF CALCIUM” and “EXCELLENT SOURCE OF CALCIUM”, along with other standard food packaging markings and indications.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 08/01/2026

in all seriousness I started taking B-complex and iron supplements and it’s helped but also I seem to be constitutionally incapable of getting a reasonable amount of sleep. it’s not insomnia, I have no trouble actually getting to sleep, I am choosing to do this to myself

A screenshot of a graph from Apple Health showing that I’ve gotten an average of four hours and 50 minutes of sleep per night over the past six months.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 06/01/2026

occasionally I am reminded that the corporate headquarters for Denny's is (a) in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and (b) an enormous brutalist concrete slab that if not for the Denny's logo would probably not look out of place in any Soviet-era Eastern European capital

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 19/12/2025

it’s even worse than that, she looks like a *remastered* Oblivion NPC

Majorie Taylor Greene, spokesperson for the Oblivion Potato Face Syndrome Foundation

The Oblivion NPC Earana, from the remastered version of Oblivion, having a similar face shape and features to Marjic The Greenering

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 14/11/2025

is this what the rock was cooking?

Screenshot of the Domino’s Pizza menu showing the People’s Pizza.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 18/10/2025

dammit now I gotta close a tab every time I open a new one. or close 351 of them and then do the same thing

A screenshot of Safari on my phone showing that I have 420 tabs open. The screenshot is cropped to just the very bottom-most part showing the new tab and done buttons and the private mode switch.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 18/10/2025

they should sell these during the day too they’re really good

Doritos Late Night tortilla chips, loaded taco flavor

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 17/09/2025

womp womp. guess I won't be playing the new skate, at least not on my PC

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 05/09/2025

oh no, donkey kong is a conservative comedian

A screenshot of Donkey Kong Bananza. Donkey Kong is standing on a platform with a banana symbol, and a button prompt reads “🅑 Punch downward”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 18/07/2025

I'm pleased to report that you can be a robot girl in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

A screenshot of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 showing a custom skater with tattoos that create the appearance of damaged skin revealing robotic anatomy.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 14/07/2025

snitches get stitches, Starbucks

A notification from the Starbucks app that says “Did someone say secret menu?”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 09/07/2025

I’d like to actually read this and engage with it but each paragraph fading in as it scrolls into view was so incredibly distracting I couldn’t make it past the first couple paragraphs. (I scrolled fast for the recording to make it even more obvious but even at a normal speed it’s bad)

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 27/06/2025

hi, red state queer here. don't make me tap the sign

A meme with two paragraphs of text:

"ignoring and writing off southern states as unsalvageable due to regressive policies does nothing to help those fighting against such policies, and only aides further regression"
and
"your neighborhood isn't better just because it has brick oven pizzas and craft breweries".

The text is set in the Hobo typeface, with the first paragraph being a shade of purple close to lilac with a black outline, and the second black text with a white outline. The background is a gradient from a darkish yellow at the top-left to seafoam green at the bottom-right. To the left of the first paragraph and above the second one are a pair of morel mushrooms and a possum with a raised middle finger wearing a cowboy hat. In the bottom right, below the first paragraph and to the right of the second one is a plate of cornbread squares. In the top right, above the first paragraph, is a cast iron pan.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 19/06/2025

again, the worst thing about subscribing to blocklists is that occasionally they rob you of the satisfaction of manually blocking people

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 18/06/2025

1950s trans woman describing the respectful fetishist she had an encounter with:

A box of “Swell Chaser” dark roast blend coffee capsules from Cometeer.

Other text appears on the box that isn’t relevant to the pun, describing the flavor notes of the coffee and its origins.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 13/05/2025

George Lucas ass character naming

"The team threw a Hail Mary to George, saying the game would have more credibility if the apprentice had a 'Darth' title," a Force Unleashed team member says. Lucas agreed that this situation made sense for Sith royalty, and offed up two Darth titles for the team to choose from. "He threw out 'Darth Icky' and 'Darth Insanius.' There was a pregnant pause in the room after that. People waiting for George to say "just kidding, but it never comes, and he just moved on to another point."

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 11/05/2025

when you have enough members in attendance at the sex workers’ union meeting to conduct official business, call that a

“Whorum”, spelled with tiles from my hand in Wordfeud, a game resembling but legally distinct from Scrabble.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 07/05/2025

UPS insists on calling their trucks “package cars” and yet in their app they say that they don’t yet have the “parcel” for which a label has been generated. which is it, UPS, are they packages or parcels? package cars or parcel cars??

“UPS doesn't have possession of the parcel yet.
Estimated delivery date will be available as soon as we get the parcel.”

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 04/05/2025

aw damn I really didn’t want to have to play a David Cage game again

A screenshot of CARROT Weather on iOS, showing “Heavy Rain for Next Hour”.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 10/04/2025

I've seen at least two tech youtubers review the Light Phone III lately and not one of them has addressed the fact that their logo CLEARLY SAYS "JIGHT". how can I be expected to take the Light Phone seriously when no one will admit that it's the Jight Phone

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 13/03/2025

opening the internet to commercial use was a mistake

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 24/02/2025

the question so often asked that it has its own section in the wikipedia article on the song: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'd_Do_...

Meat Loaf said the question, "What is 'that'?" was one of the most common questions he was asked. He felt the message in the lyrics was clear, but Steinman had expected they would cause confusion. In his 1998 VH1 Storytellers special, he explained the lyrics on stage using a blackboard and a pointer.

In each verse the man describes things he would do for love, such as "I'd run right into hell and back", followed by a promise of something he will never do, such as "I'll never forget the way you feel right now." He then declares again that he "would do anything for love, but [he] won't do that." "That" refers to whatever he promised he will never do, making the declaration "I won't do that" a simple repetition of the promise.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 06/02/2025

just 16 days ago it was snowing

Screenshot of the current conditions in CARROT Weather. It’s sunny with a temperature of 74°F (23°C) and a wet bulb temperature of 64°F.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 03/02/2025

could someone at @microsoft.com explain what this preview image is meant to represent or evoke because to my immature ass it looks like a highly abstracted form of someone indicating penetrative sex (👉🏻👌🏻). but even when I fish my mind out of the gutter I don’t see how this says “meetings” or “events”

A screenshot of the preview card for an embedded link on Bluesky. The link is to “Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams”. The preview image looks like a highly abstracted representation of sexual penetration.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 03/02/2025

I did not hit her, it’s not true! it’s bullshit! I did not hit her, I did not! oh,

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 13/01/2025

I know coffee is acidic but it’s not usually “instantly curdle my half-and-half” acidic (and yes, I did drink about two-thirds of it like this. I didn’t want to waste it. the half-and-half passed the smell test so I figured it’s fine. the coffee did taste very slightly off, though)

Close-up of the inside of a cup of coffee. White flecks of curdled half-and-half are visible on the surface of the coffee. Rings indicate where the level of the coffee sat between sips.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 24/12/2024

clearing out unread texts, I just noticed that when I had shake shack two weeks ago, they never texted me when my order was ready. I must have hung too loose. fortunately not too loose to get my order though

A screenshot of a text message on iOS.

Tue, Dec 10 at 7:02 PM

Shake Shack here: Hang tight, we will text again when your order is ready.

The sender is not in your contact list.
Report All Messages

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 04/12/2024

the more things change, the more things stay the same

A screenshot of a Tumblr post:

Posted by yesterdaysprint:
[image of a newspaper clipping reading "The saying, 'Life is just one damn thing after another,' is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap."]

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, February 21, 1947

Reblogged by katherinestasaph, who added: "mood"

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 28/11/2024

transparent electronics are trendy again which is cool and all but when is this aesthetic going to experience a renaissance

An AKAI PJ-11 portable stereo. It is small, boxy, and bright red. A cassette player occupies most of the front face of the stereo, with the frequency chart for a radio tuner to the right of the cassette door. The attached speakers are rotated at an angle to demonstrate this feature of the PJ-11. Standard cassette transport controls and audio controls (volume, bass, treble, etc.) are on the top face of the stereo, with the transport and audio controls oriented at a 45-degree angle.

A Sony HitBit HB-101 MSX computer. Like many 1980s home computers, it is a single integrated unit with a keyboard. The chassis is bright red, a color reminiscent of sports cars, with a dark gray inset for the keyboard, which is a Japanese QWERTY keyboard and differs somewhat from a modern PC keyboard layout; it has light gray alphanumeric keys and smoky gray modifier keys, along with a four-way d-pad/joystick. Five function buttons in an orange color are on the left part of a raised portion of the keyboard inset above the main set of keys, along with another set of four and a power button on the right.

A Sony FH-7 Mark II portable stereo. It is very boxy and (mostly) very red, with a small strip of ivory highlighting controls on the right side of the front face of the stereo unit. The boxiness of the design is accentuated by the speakers, which have apparently square drivers (likely just decorative fascias) visible through the mesh.

An ITT Schaub Lorenz clock radio. It has a two-tone red and black body; the black portion contains the clock display (identifiable as a vacuum fluorescent display from its telltale turquoise blue color), the radio tuner, and controls, which include sliders for turning the radio on or off, selecting the frequency band, and setting the volume, and for turning the alarm on or off and choosing what is displayed on the clock. The snooze button at front left is large, semi-cylindrical, with linear knurling.

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Alex I. Thymia @maia.computer · 25/11/2024

these tax relief scam callers have just totally given up any pretense of looking remotely like legit calls, haven’t they

Screenshot of the full-screen incoming call screen on iOS. The caller ID name is shown as “Scam Likely” with a phone number of +00000000000.

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