Curtis Retherford
@actuallycurtis.bsky.social
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A.I. needs to watch its back, I'm coming for its job.
Borrow tons of money with no chance of ever making it back? Kid shit.
Lie that I'm good at stuff that I'll never be good at? Doing it now.
Always be 5 years away from meeting my potential? Buddy, that's my life story.
Borrow tons of money with no chance of ever making it back? Kid shit.
Lie that I'm good at stuff that I'll never be good at? Doing it now.
Always be 5 years away from meeting my potential? Buddy, that's my life story.
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A.I. needs to watch its back, I'm coming for its job.
Borrow tons of money with no chance of ever making it back? Kid shit.
Lie that I'm good at stuff that I'll never be good at? Doing it now.
Always be 5 years away from meeting my potential? Buddy, that's my life story.
Borrow tons of money with no chance of ever making it back? Kid shit.
Lie that I'm good at stuff that I'll never be good at? Doing it now.
Always be 5 years away from meeting my potential? Buddy, that's my life story.
Found the most cursed part of BlueSky
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Found the most cursed part of BlueSky
Texted "stop" to opt-out of some marketing text and they texted back "STOP" to me. I guess we've opted out of each other. It was mutual
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Texted "stop" to opt-out of some marketing text and they texted back "STOP" to me. I guess we've opted out of each other. It was mutual
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
If they gutted USAID and public broadcasting without a second thought, the least, the absolute least, we can do is abolish ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
If they gutted USAID and public broadcasting without a second thought, the least, the absolute least, we can do is abolish ICE.
introducing a bill that requires that the ICE goons have to print low resolution pictures of their faces on their face masks
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
introducing a bill that requires that the ICE goons have to print low resolution pictures of their faces on their face masks
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
me finishing a zoom meeting
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
me finishing a zoom meeting
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
This is so awkward I thought I was following Orpheus out of the underworld but it turns out it was just some other guy wearing similar pants
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is so awkward I thought I was following Orpheus out of the underworld but it turns out it was just some other guy wearing similar pants
"No, you see, they killed James Bond. MY name is Bondjames Bond."
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"No, you see, they killed James Bond. MY name is Bondjames Bond."
It's crazy that Cleopatra lived closer to the extinction of the dinosaurs than she did to the building of the pyramids.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's crazy that Cleopatra lived closer to the extinction of the dinosaurs than she did to the building of the pyramids.
you: "sent from my iPhone"
me:
me:
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
you: "sent from my iPhone"
me:
me:
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
Buying babyproofing products is a great experience because you constantly have to wonder "should I trust this company that doesn't bother to spellcheck their ad copy and badly photoshops the pictures of their products with the life of my child?" (the answer is always yes: I have no choice)
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Buying babyproofing products is a great experience because you constantly have to wonder "should I trust this company that doesn't bother to spellcheck their ad copy and badly photoshops the pictures of their products with the life of my child?" (the answer is always yes: I have no choice)
Was reading a short story written in the 70s (printed in Harlan Ellison's posthumous "Last Dangerous Visions") and saw this fun little prediction
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Was reading a short story written in the 70s (printed in Harlan Ellison's posthumous "Last Dangerous Visions") and saw this fun little prediction
the "you have to tell me if you're a cop" people made their own license plates
@drsarteschi.bsky.social haven't seen this kind of sovcit plate before, with "do not harass".
September 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the "you have to tell me if you're a cop" people made their own license plates
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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The actual race against China is renewables and we are losing badly
September 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The actual race against China is renewables and we are losing badly
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LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all.
It's time to ground them.
It's time to ground them.
Ground the choppers
The LAPD's helicopter mania is both a policy disaster and a symbol of our malignant, badly functioning surveillance state.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all.
It's time to ground them.
It's time to ground them.
Was recently paid several million dollars to tell Democrats that they can no longer use the following terms, because they may offend Republicans:
winning elections, social security, representation, transgender, gender, homosexual, heterosexual, government, Constitution, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC
winning elections, social security, representation, transgender, gender, homosexual, heterosexual, government, Constitution, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC
August 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Was recently paid several million dollars to tell Democrats that they can no longer use the following terms, because they may offend Republicans:
winning elections, social security, representation, transgender, gender, homosexual, heterosexual, government, Constitution, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC
winning elections, social security, representation, transgender, gender, homosexual, heterosexual, government, Constitution, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC
A class from the king of podcasts?!?! A chance to make your own Eurovangelist to Zyxx podcast! (or a different podcast, are there more than 2 podcasts?) Wow wow wow you gotta jump on this
I'm teaching the basics of podcasting in a six week online class starting September 20th! Podcasting's given me a lot over the years, and I knew essentially nothing about it when I started. Check out the link for more info.
jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...
jeremybent.com/podcasting-c...
Podcasting Classes – Jeremy Bent
jeremybent.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A class from the king of podcasts?!?! A chance to make your own Eurovangelist to Zyxx podcast! (or a different podcast, are there more than 2 podcasts?) Wow wow wow you gotta jump on this
Reminds me of this video either @therobstern.bsky.social or @khealywu.bsky.social showed me ages ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CE...
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reminds me of this video either @therobstern.bsky.social or @khealywu.bsky.social showed me ages ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CE...
my 1-year-old daughter every time Paddington is on screen
August 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
my 1-year-old daughter every time Paddington is on screen