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Keith Avery

@slabgorb.com

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I do things with my mind such as art, writing software, and crushing my own vertebrae I live in DC for no good reason (ok it's the museums) If you like my art please feel free to print it out. It is almost all digital.

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Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 29m

would love to see this attempt to be responsive

Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 33m

Once went to an Afghani restaurant and had a traditional pumpkin dish, and wondered the story of how that all happened

James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 8h

Given that anyone with a brain ought to recognise how many “national dishes” were impossible pre-Columbian Exchange, it’s nice to finally see pushback on the inherently ethnonationalist/racist claim that some cultures have “authentic dishes” and other “parasitic” cultures only “steal” them

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 23h

"The answer to the Great Question..."
"Yes!"
"Of how to follow up with someone you met in a bar..."
"Yes!"
"Is 'U Up?'" said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

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Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 16h

This but epilepsy

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 2d

With your extra mic arm

Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 2d

the cops always let you speak into the mic while they detain you

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Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 2d

Maybe the guy just has the one name like Madonna

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Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 2d

don't threaten me with a good time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "