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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 3d

Noticing the wonderful things & people in your life is a useful, sustaining habit, AND no one ever made the world a better place by telling themselves they have no right to feel low because others have it worse. There's zero moral hazard in self compassion. You're not plundering a finite stash.

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · 9d

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 11d

Got some stickers printed for my drills and drivers translated from the Spanish version of "righty tighty, lefty loosey" - "la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera"

I got more than I needed so have listed them in my shop: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page...

Drill/Driver stickers - The Right Oppresses / The Left Liberates | SPELLING MISTAKES COST LIVES

Set of 6 stickers. 2cm x 4cmEnglish translation of "la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera"

www.spellingmistakescostlives.com

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · 27d

I mean, the same way you or I are limited edition

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · 27d

Kathleen brought her copy in (the copy is a 001/001)

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · Sep 24

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Sep 16

One tvtropes-fueled wiki-walk later and I am today years old learning why the computer in #SpaceShipping is named AU/NT/1E.

In my defense, I've never actually seen the Alien movies.

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Sep 11

Kind of a Danny Elfman in Happy-aah face

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Windy City Print Shop @windycityprintshop.bsky.social · Sep 6

Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.

Sam Fryte @samwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.”

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Sep 6

RAINBOW NOTCIS SHE'S

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Aug 30

🎵 Time to get down on your knees / open up your Glacier Freeze

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Aug 29

Circuits, Aug 29, 2025
By Jacob Land
Edited by brooke

A note from the constructor
I love FACE THE MUSIC next to PLANT THE SEED, which is a nice Brooke touch.
Best is always when the phrases SWITCH GEARS, like the way PLANT is used in three totally different contexts.
I think it's hard to SAVE FACE when you FACE PLANT.
-- Jacob Land

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Aug 29

What even is this ai-aah note, lol (image in reply, spoiler for 8/29 puzzle)

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · May 11

[flips baseball cap, sits backwards in chair] you might think genAI is "all that" but you know who ELSE created something from very little [starts preaching the feeding of the multitudes]

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Shinji16 | Brendan @shinji16.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Sunday everyone! We're diving into the Early Access for PROJEKT GODHAND on my RED, so come say hi! #S16IIDX twitch.tv/shinji16

Twitch

Twitch is the world

twitch.tv

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · May 3

Captain Netsuha

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Apr 26

This is supremely silly. I will be taking no further questions. (unless there are further questions)

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👻 {rem @postes.zip · Apr 21

youre laughing??? de poopst ass dout and you're laughing??????

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · Apr 21

luxembourgish is not a real language, i refuse to believe it

luxembourgish language article with the headline "de poopst francois ass dout"

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Apr 3

LRR: Lentils, Rice & Rigatoni

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Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Mar 26

Massive lampshade, unconnected blinds, or overly folded modesty screen?

Andrew O @azurehaights.bsky.social · Mar 25

get stickshipped lol

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · Feb 21

if they think that by privatizing everything public i love and use they'll get me to spend money with those private companies instead then they don't know me at all. i once drove to another state to buy public cheese. all they'll do is make me more annoying

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Blue 🌸 @bluefolf.bsky.social · Jan 20

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Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · Jan 20

an unexplored angle in V:tM is vampire elders bioaccumulate transition metals, industrial solvents, and ddt.

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