b0wser
@b0wser.bsky.social
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logically sound, neurologically janky
logically sound, neurologically janky
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@b0wser.bsky.social
· May 12
“I don't know how much value I have in this universe, but I do know that I've made a few people happier than they would have been without me, and as long as I know that, I'm as rich as I ever need to be.”
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
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I once told an American pal that the RCMP horse parade officers get to keep the horse. But that’s also what the ceremonial retirement rifle was for, at the end.
The other Cdns immediately backed it up. “Yeah we just don’t talk about it because it’s like their own personal Artax moment”
The other Cdns immediately backed it up. “Yeah we just don’t talk about it because it’s like their own personal Artax moment”
From at least 8 years ago. As an Aussie, I’m pretty up with the lingo, and I’d never heard this phrase before this post. It was nearly universally adopted shortly thereafter because this post speaks absolute truth about Aussies.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I once told an American pal that the RCMP horse parade officers get to keep the horse. But that’s also what the ceremonial retirement rifle was for, at the end.
The other Cdns immediately backed it up. “Yeah we just don’t talk about it because it’s like their own personal Artax moment”
The other Cdns immediately backed it up. “Yeah we just don’t talk about it because it’s like their own personal Artax moment”
HOCUS POCUS
THERE’S PIZZA ON YER FOCUS
THERE’S PIZZA ON YER FOCUS
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
HOCUS POCUS
THERE’S PIZZA ON YER FOCUS
THERE’S PIZZA ON YER FOCUS
idolatry is self-defeating
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
idolatry is self-defeating
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Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Max loves you and believes you deserve time to rest and recover.
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Max loves you and believes you deserve time to rest and recover.
Microsoft can stop calling it AI
as if the onus for improving quality and usefulness is somehow on the critics or the consumer
Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026
In closing comments of 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an update on the company's mindset for 2026 — shocker, it's all about AI.
www.windowscentral.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Microsoft can stop calling it AI
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Bikes “turn humans into this hyperefficient terrestrial locomotor because they make being on land more like swimming,”
Another way to describe the absolute joy of freewheeling down a hill on a bike!
Another way to describe the absolute joy of freewheeling down a hill on a bike!
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Bikes “turn humans into this hyperefficient terrestrial locomotor because they make being on land more like swimming,”
Another way to describe the absolute joy of freewheeling down a hill on a bike!
Another way to describe the absolute joy of freewheeling down a hill on a bike!
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Reminds me of the drummer in Unleash The Archers doing an acoustic version of their power metal magnum opus.
youtu.be/wRP9Hkz9qHQ
youtu.be/wRP9Hkz9qHQ
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - Apex (Live Acoustic Version) on CTV News
YouTube video by Unleash The Archers
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Reminds me of the drummer in Unleash The Archers doing an acoustic version of their power metal magnum opus.
youtu.be/wRP9Hkz9qHQ
youtu.be/wRP9Hkz9qHQ
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Tolkien was onto something with dragon sickness. All of these billionaires have more than they could ever use, and yet constantly thirst for more. It very much is a sickness. They are broken people.
Tolkien also very much drew on the folkloric idea that a dragon’s ill-gotten hoard is a corrupting force above and beyond simple gold, even long after the dragon is dead and gone, and the healthiest response is to walk away from it, a conclusion no techbro can make about their own ill-gotten wealth.
Remember Erebor, the mountain where Smaug killed the dwarves and stole all their money? And then every nation in the world fought a bloody war to try to get their money back?
Techrbos named their new bank after it.
Techrbos named their new bank after it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tolkien was onto something with dragon sickness. All of these billionaires have more than they could ever use, and yet constantly thirst for more. It very much is a sickness. They are broken people.
a happy dog is god’s perfect creation
December 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
a happy dog is god’s perfect creation
and bruv still *hates* diapy time
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
and bruv still *hates* diapy time
gosh I wanna do kissing
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
gosh I wanna do kissing
With Canada eliminated from the #SpenglerCup, I’m now cheering for the NCAA Selects
Their goalie Joshua Kotai is an Abbotsford local and I see his dad at all the time at Abby Canucks games
Their goalie Joshua Kotai is an Abbotsford local and I see his dad at all the time at Abby Canucks games
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
With Canada eliminated from the #SpenglerCup, I’m now cheering for the NCAA Selects
Their goalie Joshua Kotai is an Abbotsford local and I see his dad at all the time at Abby Canucks games
Their goalie Joshua Kotai is an Abbotsford local and I see his dad at all the time at Abby Canucks games
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Sorry, I don't think you appreciate how profoundly f*cked it is to look up who has been chirping about buried American military nuclear waste in Canada and again see you're the only one. I'm not bragging, it's disturbing, crazy-making.
🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸 Is 2026 the year that a Canadian mainstream news outlet covers the nuclear waste the Americans buried at the former Goose Air Base, now CFB Goose Bay, and the Canadian Armed Forces won't talk about, out of fear they'll upset our dear neigbour? Stay tuned. ☢️
a bunch of barrels are stacked on top of each other
ALT: a bunch of barrels are stacked on top of each other
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sorry, I don't think you appreciate how profoundly f*cked it is to look up who has been chirping about buried American military nuclear waste in Canada and again see you're the only one. I'm not bragging, it's disturbing, crazy-making.
nachos are salad
Settle a debate for me. I maintain that Nachos are pasta. @ndgree.bsky.social thinks they’re pizza.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
nachos are salad
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I sent this video to my friend and she got mad at me
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I sent this video to my friend and she got mad at me
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Engineering Lego Cars to Climb Increasingly Tall Walls. I love these iterative Lego engineering videos. [kottke.org]
Engineering Lego Cars to Climb Increasingly Tall Walls
I haven’t gotten my Brick Technology fix in awhile, so here’s a video featuring a series of more and more capable Lego vehicles climbing over taller and taller walls. As I have written before, here’s what makes these v
kottke.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Engineering Lego Cars to Climb Increasingly Tall Walls. I love these iterative Lego engineering videos. [kottke.org]
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
po-tay-toes
boil ‘em, mash ‘em, put ‘em in a fuckin’ stew
boil ‘em, mash ‘em, put ‘em in a fuckin’ stew
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
po-tay-toes
boil ‘em, mash ‘em, put ‘em in a fuckin’ stew
boil ‘em, mash ‘em, put ‘em in a fuckin’ stew
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
tabloid shit
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
tabloid shit
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JFC people I KNOW the post office has been forced to stop accepting govt money and be self supporting. The point is, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. It should not be expected to turn a profit or break even! It is constitutionally a government service! You have not discovered a gotcha!! Stop snottily QTing!
It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
JFC people I KNOW the post office has been forced to stop accepting govt money and be self supporting. The point is, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. It should not be expected to turn a profit or break even! It is constitutionally a government service! You have not discovered a gotcha!! Stop snottily QTing!
“have another donut!”
is the new
“get the fuck outta here”
is the new
“get the fuck outta here”
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“have another donut!”
is the new
“get the fuck outta here”
is the new
“get the fuck outta here”