Reposted by Wendy QuallsVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026Re-posting this because from all the "yay Canada, this is good" responses, I see I didn't strongly enough stress the main point I meant to make, which is that well-intentioned efforts like this that rely solely on the honor system are essentially meaningless 511739
Reposted by Wendy Quallszoë @zo-e.xyz · 07/10/2026okay so this anecdote in Margaret's obituary has me crying because this is exactly what it's like being in tech and trying to anticipate failures and having men basically tell you you're being hysterical and then you have to fix it later 4561206
Reposted by Wendy QuallsRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 05/10/2026Accelerator Energies xkcd.com/3306/ 221805206
Reposted by Wendy QuallsChristina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 02/10/2026every couple of years a mainstream media outlet covers nerd shit like they're discovering a strange new animal in the woods. but those of us who live in the woods are like "oh that's just jerry. fuckin chill out." 27313
Reposted by Wendy QuallsThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/10/2026Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.comCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The FutureITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri... 272801384
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I “got stuck” behind the drawers today. Everyone had to come help me so I felt awkward telling them I wasn’t stuck, I was just being a little shit 693681275
Reposted by Wendy Quallsally @inaneenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Good news: Flint is feeling better Bad news: this means I've had to pull him out of the dishwasher and stop him from eating refrigerator magnets 191
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026my phone has helpfully categorized my photos of “child” (a picture of myself aged 31), “cat” (my dog), and “Pugwash Nova Scotia” (a place no one has ever looked for a photo of) 722013
Reposted by Wendy QuallsHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10135003786
Reposted by Wendy QuallsChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 i gotta focus. im shifting into soup mode 16855201
Reposted by Wendy Quallsally @inaneenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Love how Heated Rivalry has caused a deluge of hetero hockey romances because American publishers/studios looked at Heated Rivalry's success and thought "surely it is the hockey and not queer love that made this happen" 2387
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026chips: we put more air in the bag cookies: we put fewer cookies in the box fruit cups: we have bent the laws of time and space to fit 4 litres of juice in this 250ml cup. God himself told us "stop, that's too much juice" and then we flipped him off and added more juice. 541765224
Reposted by Wendy QuallsVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 29/09/2026A win on fair use: court rejects fair use defense of AI training 414248
Reposted by Wendy QuallsArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124972677
Reposted by Wendy QuallsAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026Adios from the public health trenches, where sometimes my best coping strategy is a little laugh— an ounce of prevention if you will 😉 As spotted on campus today, “what doesn’t kill you, mutates and tries again” So mask up, vax up, wash your hands & don’t give evolution extra material 😂 G’night🌙✨ 331484
Reposted by Wendy Quallsaslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 26/09/2026please allow this to serve as your annual reminder that foods made to be black by activated charcoal are likely to counteract any medications that you take around the same time, so be mindful as you consume Gothy foods/drinks this spooky season 👻 55430
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you adopted a feral cat to the inside and he keeps meowing maybe he just really wants to smoke real cigarettes. You don’t know what he was up to before 633297409
Reposted by Wendy QuallsButt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 26/09/2026I just feel like if you design a piece of technology and you're like "wow! This technology doesn't do what we want a lot of the time and we aren't really sure how it works!" that isn't a brag that's just a sign you're really bad at your job 26216
Reposted by Wendy QuallsButt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 26/09/2026There was a sex cult that formed in one long broken bugged out endless thread and at one point AOC popped in to say hi and people tried to get her to post nudes. 4482
Reposted by Wendy Qualls@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The numbers equal the population of a small town. Heartbreaking. 12911
Reposted by Wendy QuallsButt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 25/09/2026THIS. AI isn't "going rogue" any more than those exploding Samsung galaxy phones from 2016 went rogue. Human engineers poorly deployed a technology and there were negative consequences. The responsibility falls entirely on humans. 6332107
Reposted by Wendy QuallsLar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Editorial cartoon: I couldn't decide which idea I preferred so I drew them both. It's incredible how some politicians don't hesitate to embarass themselves. 32767292
Reposted by Wendy QuallsThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w… 503943640
Reposted by Wendy QuallsBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That's not vandalism, that's an upgrade 519116
Reposted by Wendy QuallsAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/09/2026G’morning, friends. It's Fat Bear Week!! 🐻 A entire week dedicated to some of the chunkiest bears around. Sometimes, life is just good. 🤎explore.orgMeet The Bears of Fat Bear Week - Explore.orgExplore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity and inspire lifelong learning. Watch nature unfold live right now! 39521
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/09/2026Thread. This was a journey. Literally. 3476278
Wendy Qualls @wendyqualls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excellent breakdown of what math you can do with something as squishy as Ao3 :-) 010
Wendy Qualls @wendyqualls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Welp, Oreo met another possum tonight. This one he brought inside and dumped on the dining room carpet. My wife and I took it back outside, but now we get to play the “will it wander off on its own or is it actually dead and we have to deal with it further before letting the dogs out again” game. 😬 130
Reposted by Wendy QuallsBrian Richardson @siliconchef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Reminder that a lot of IT and Cybersecurity folks are also in the furry community, so Tommy needs to watch what he says in public if he wants his printer to continue working... or if he wants his personal info to stay off the dark web. 141
Reposted by Wendy QuallsSeelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 23/09/2026<Attenborough voice> The death of a leviathan is always to be mourned, but the whalefall will provide food and shelter for the rest of the ecosystem for years 02413
Reposted by Wendy QuallsGod @thegodshow.com · 23/09/2026Thou shalt ban AI data centers. Thou shalt primary anyone not on board with banning AI data centers. 391627298
Reposted by Wendy QuallsBrian Richardson @siliconchef.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not sure this is the best take for a character famous for being an orphan #batman 131
Reposted by Wendy QuallsBill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Reminder… Hobbit Day is tomorrow! Save your appetites! 769691
Reposted by Wendy QuallsRandy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Facebook decided to remind me of my favorite post ever made about me. 2035041
Reposted by Wendy QuallsDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 19/09/2026So I guess THIS is why the anaconda craves the baked goods… 2276
Reposted by Wendy Quallsally @inaneenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026IDK how it's lost on so many of you that once we decide one group of people is worth sacrificing for political gain, we've decided *all* groups of people are worth sacrificing for political gain. 0104
Reposted by Wendy QuallsDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 20/09/2026It's one thing to have the option if you choose it, but the way that Apple's latest OS keeps pushing things like suggested replies to messages or "want me to summarize this? Want me to rewrite this?"feels like that tiny yappy dog going "what're we doing to day Spike, huh, huh huh?" 3263
Reposted by Wendy QuallsDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What’s a pirate’s favorite computer programming language? You’d think it’d be R, but their first love will always be the C. Happy talk like a pirate day!static.klipy.comSpongebob Captain Oooooh Meme ReactionALT: Spongebob Captain Oooooh Meme Reaction 915925
Reposted by Wendy QuallsChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026what a blessing today is. 86400 seconds and just ONE of them is worth more than a brain could ever truly fathom. AND WE GET 86400 WHAT THE HECK. so excited to spend them in interesting ways 131034
Reposted by Wendy QuallsEmilyingreen @emilyingreen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The universe must know things are pretty bleak if it’s giving us new cats. 041
Wendy Qualls @wendyqualls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dropped my elder child off for his first year of college a week ago. He was allowed to bring his cat as an ESA. I have now received approximately five thousand photos of the cat but none of anything else. 150
Reposted by Wendy QuallsJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/09/2026Inside of it is a faith hugger 1321664193
Wendy Qualls @wendyqualls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s been a long time since my kid’s dino crazy phase so I don’t remember names. Was there an herbivore who hung out munching trees in social groups and was too big/strong/poisonous to usually be a part of the predator/prey dynamic? Because if I were a dinosaur I’d just want to chill! 040
Reposted by Wendy QuallsThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 337185585076
Reposted by Wendy Quallselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150283941