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Man, I wish I could take NSAIDs. Dealing with swelling/inflammation after my procedure last week, and all I can do is Tylenol and ice 🫠 Stupid Crohn's

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anyone have experience using alternate assistants on Android? Setting reminders through Assistant has been a major boon to my ADHD management, so I really don't appreciate them ripping it away unless I give their AI access to all of my data...

Tap to unlock the full power of Gemini

Try all Gemini features in the app, such as image and video generation. ->

I can't set reminders right now because the reminder feature isn't connected. You can turn on Google Workspace or related extension settings in the Gemini app to enable this.

You haven't turned on Gemini Apps Activity. Turn this setting on so Gemini can help with more of your requests.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please get your vaccine boosters!

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ok, that was fun. With the exception of DRP (we never did a physical release) and Zoombinis (who knows where it is), I still have the original boxes/media, too 😅 I don't care that two of them are unplayable dead MMOs. I'm not throwing those away!

"My 9 Games
The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am"

Then there's a 3x3 grid showing the box art and names of 9 games. From left to right, top to bottom:

Myst
Homeworld
Pokemon Red
Drunken Robot Pornography
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Creatures 3
Earth & Beyond
Star Wars Galaxies
Myst V End of Ages

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My Home Assistant just discovered some neighbor's smart toothbrush. And while I'm *not* going to do something with it... I kinda want to know what I *could* do with it 😅 Same as when someone nearby got smart lightbulbs. It was tempting.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We have finally figured out how to play Gin. This is way more fun than 2-player poker.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This recovery has been way less of a pain than I expected from stories I've read online. Which means I did too many things today thinking I was mostly fine, and now I'm regretting it 🙃

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chris balser 🖤 @doomfunk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i really like crawlers and would've wishlisted this in a second if I hadn't seen this thread (please read the thread). i know a lot of my mutuals are also retro rpg enthusiasts, so, heads up.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against CVS which you may be a party to" OK... "Submit a claim. You are entitled to UP TO $5" *squints at email* "or UP TO $10 if you do a bunch of work for it" Yeah, go fuck yourself.

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L A R S 🕯️🦉👁️ @underalls.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

When my mother told me “anything is possible,” I didn’t realize she was making an existential threat

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've had CS 5.5 all these years, but I only just figured out that Adobe Encore is a DVD/blu-ray builder. Which, I mean, *is* convenient because my mom wanted a DVD of some old home movies she had transferred 😅

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very stressed leading up to it, and my vasovagal bullshit decided to show up right at the beginning. But it went well. Hopefully recovery is quick.

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roscone @roscone.com · 24/09/2026

This is a great guide to all the ballot questions in MA this year I'd especially emphasize voting No on 3 and 5, personally.

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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Disable gambling ads:

Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Sponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Manage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have a medical procedure tomorrow. It's supposed to be minimally invasive, take it easy for a week, very low risk of complications. But, of course, you see people talk about the complications because the people who had none don't post about it. So my brain is just catastrophizing 🫠

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

VR makes me sick so it's unlikely I'll ever try the Steam Frame, BUT I think it's a shame Valve abandoned the awesome haptic trackpads they had on the Vive and the early Steam Controller prototypes for thumbsticks. Thumbsticks break my brain, but these things were so intuitive and fun.

An early Valve Steam Controller. It has two large round pads on either side, with a couple concentric raised rings. There are 4 buttons with letter labels, a grid of 4 square buttons in the middle (unlabelled), and 3 more buttons along the bottom.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've been having a hankering for DBZ after many years, but the show is such a slog to get through. Decided to try Dragon Ball Kai, and it's so much better. Scenes and dialogue are snappy, things move along, whole chunks of filler episodes I vaguely remember are totally gone. It's great.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

TIL "over 9000!!" was a translation error in the english dub (but not any other dub) and the line was supposed to be "over 8000" I find this endlessly amusing, but also a little unsettling 😅

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Was stopped in traffic earlier. Saw what looked like police lights coming up behind me. A car comes up behind with flashing red/blue lights (on the inside) and then starts a police siren and veers into the opposing lane to go around all the traffic...

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The number of posts I see around asking "is anyone else sick? Is there something going around? I'm super sick," and my fav, "people seem to be sick, is it worth getting vaccinated?" Meanwhile the covid wastewater numbers just keep going up and up again 🫠

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very excited to see how this tattoo heals :O I love how vibrant the colors are!

A tattoo of a sun design on my wrist. It is yellow on one side and red on the other, with reversed colors in the center.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/09/2026

I love that "BREAKING: in solidarity against genocide, [blank] is also pulling out of Ed Sheeran's tour" is a real genre of post now.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Desiccant beads in my 3D printer were totally full of moisture, so I took them out and baked them to reset. I forgot to pour them back into the bottle last night. They are already completely moist again 😅

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don't want to have to think about AI at all.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/09/2026

fuck this country. if you're uninsured, a goodrx coupon will bring the flu shot down to about $30 to $40. (you'll have to match the coupon to the particular flu vaccine that pharmacy has). many pharmacies will not proactively offer to look for a coupon for you, some will. 🧵

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The same people who continue to make a big deal about 9/11 didn't give a shit when more people were dying daily from Covid. So, I can't really find it in me to give a shit about their 9/11 nonsense.

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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The weeks after 9/11 were filled with unhinged Islamophobia and any claim that we were completely united explicitly places them on the outside of who you consider to be American

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So glad we did Brimfield yesterday and not today because, woof, the humidity :O

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I mean, I knew King Richards had gone massively down hill, but AI advertisements for a pot store is a hell of a choice for a ren faire... www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...

reddit.com

From the massachusetts community on Reddit: Tons of AI at King Richard's Faire (just a few of the instances)

Explore this post and more from the massachusetts community

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you see this post a not quite Star Trek.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yaaas, Barber conceded! We are free of both Jehlen and Barber, hopefully for good!

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Based on this screenshot, it sounds like the gameboy game was *way* better than the PC game 😅

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

MA Folks - if you voted by mail, be sure to check if they received your ballot here - www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote... If mail shenanigans happened, you can still vote in person tomorrow.

sec.state.ma.us

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

MA Folks - if you voted by mail, be sure to check if they received your ballot here - www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote... If mail shenanigans happened, you can still vote in person tomorrow.

sec.state.ma.us

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Dead Man's Online @spadetheskeleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Heads up windows 11 users, microsoft now has this setting enabled by default. Be sure to disable it :]

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

*looks around at all the frogs @vered.bsky.social and I have amassed since this happened to us in ~2022* 👀

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You say that like it's a bad thing 😅

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's always funny to me when small businesses disable right clicking on their site to stop you from saving their images, which also triggers if you try to right click on text. As if it isn't completely trivial to save the images anyway. It just annoys customers.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s normal, when someone reaches a venerable age and passes on, to talk about legacy and impact. I think it’s equally important to talk about harm. This is missing from current retrospectives. This piece sets out a strong theory. hyperallergic.com/what-the-art...

hyperallergic.com

What the Art World Doesn't Want You to Know About Yayoi Kusama

A new publication tries hard to reinvent Kusama as a champion of racial equity despite her troubling record of anti-Black statements.

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My migraine med just decided to bump from $25/mo to $100/mo *with* insurance. So that's exciting. Don't you love capitalism? Isn't it great?

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sun is out - my body can't regulate the heat and I konk out fast Sun is down - the mosquitos swarm me (but my partner never gets a bite) I guess I'll just never leave the house 🫠

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Elliot B @taniith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I refuse to believe any real person actually does the way on the right

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

While we’re eulogizing Tim Curry, PLEASE take care not to devalue the life he lived after his stroke and complications. Yes, it was devastating, but he had reached a peace with it, worked hard in rehabilitation to reclaim things he loved.

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