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Mina the Husky (and her human)

@agburanar.bsky.social

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A Husky (she) and a human (he) (who translates her sass) (Parenthetical asides = human) If you're wondering about our politics, let's sum it up: NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE (99% of Huskies are anarchists; about 50% of their humans are)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 25d

Objectively, making me agree with both Tucker Carlson & Karl Rove in a single day isn't even in the "fifty worst things Trump has done" list, as far as actual damage to society/culture/the planet.

But as far as how icky it makes me feel, it's up there.

It's way fucking up there.

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 8h

(This is the old "when is it archeology instead of grave robbery" question updated for the future.

In the Horizon series, I'm ok reading journals because of the length of time (and the... situation between, no spoilers)

In Last of Us some of them are like a week old.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 17h

(I had a similar experience once, except that it was about the GPS constellation.

At the time I was working on some parts for the newest iteration of the satellites, so of course I lost perspective about how many people actually care about it.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 17h

(Awwww...

That's pretty close to how Newton did it (except that if Asimov saw him, she immediately pounce on his head to stop him getting uppies without her.

She stopped getting uppies when she decided biting ear lobes was hilarious. )

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry not sorry

Hypnotoad, from the cartoon series Futurama.

Text around him : ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(I always thought the 'most people aren't listening when you're talking, they're just coming up with their reply' thing was overly pessimistic.

But it turns out I just avoid people like that in meatspace so well that I forgot how many of them their are.

Those types love chatbots, I'm sure.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(This kinda goes with the techbro "use a computer to make it ok" theme.

Unlicensed taxi : bad.

Unlicensed taxi using a computer: great!

Lying to get someone to sleep with you : bad

Lying using a computer to get someone to sleep with you : great!)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(The bi flag being at the top of both sides has to mean something, right?

Bis are everywhere?

American bis are miserable while Korean ones are happy?

AI can't meme?)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(A big enough swing could flip some of them.

Several special elections this year went 20+ percent away from the 2024 results.

In NC for instance, most of the districts are 60% GOP, to maximize the number of seats they got. A 20 pt swing could be a real blue wave.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, there's a lot of them, but so many are so boring!

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(Though depending on how good various parts look, some people will definitely look twice - or thrice, or...)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(NGL I would probably fall for that line even if the person saying it wasn't as pretty as Engels)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(There are definitely some other states where it's still done.

The last wedding I went to in NC, one of the groomsmen brought a proper Mason jar full of moonshine, strong enough that it would noticeably evaporate at room temperature.

I didn't go blind so they must have run the still right. )

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(I maintain Dan Simmons's Hyperion series had the absolute coolest transhumanism I've ever read; anybody who wouldn't be on the Ousters side is not somebody I would trust on my side today.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(I dunno... John Waters is still alive, right?)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(And none of this "different time" BS, either.

Agents of the Spanish Crown investigated him for being too cruel to "the savages" in 1501.

Can you imagine how nasty a person needs to be for 16th century European nobility to go "hey, dude, you think maybe you are taking it a bit far?")

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(I always liked the music, though, but I was a huge metal & industrial fan BITD and let's be honest, those can shade into each other often enough.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 1d

(I have literally never been goth - I spent years wearing only the most obnoxious Hawaiian shirts I could find- and the only time I've ever felt unwelcome at a goth club was by some bartenders at a club where I'm pretty sure "be rude as shit to all customers" was their shtick.)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(There's lots of good mods on various subs, but there's still the overarching problem that the admins are pro-AI because they're getting paid to be.

I really hope the endless AI money spigot turns off before it corrupts too many more things. 😬 )

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(It now occurs to me that there's another case this applies to : engineer parents.

Like, looking at several of my coworkers who are fairly typical engineers in the "it depends" way.

But then I see their parenting style is the "answer from on high" stuff that was passe when I was a kid.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(Given Reddit's heel turn a few years back, I'm wondering if it's data collection for how to make better AI fakes.)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(It's infuriating to me because if someone did design margin the way they do Grand Unified Crackpot Theories they'd be laughed out of a design review. )

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(As an engineer who does appreciate nuance in non-technical situations, I always want to argue with this particular characterization.

But then I look at 95% of my fellows and... yeah, ok. You're basically right.)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(Didn't CA used to classify carpet sharks as wild animals (like as recently as 10 or 20 years ago) because there's lots of clueless people in government as well?

I seem to remember when I had Oppenheimer in 2003, finding out I couldn't move to CA with him without getting a license.)

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Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 2d

(Personally I wish my ADHD meds killed my appetite more.

Though honestly it's not appetite that makes me eat too much, it's the stress of *gestures broadly at everything*.)

Mina the Husky (and her human) @agburanar.bsky.social · 3d

(I am indescribably jealous.

My idea of heaven is a Chuck-E-Cheeze ball pit where 5% of the balls are replaced by ferrets.

(Non-recursive mind you))