Susan B. Shoppin
@checarina.bsky.social
Carina is a ridge in the sagittal plane of the trachea where it splits into the two primary bronchi. | #BlackLivesMatter | #FreePalestine
Pinned
on the subject of needing money: I'm selling a bunch of stuff on Poshmark (poshmark.com/closet/checa...) and Mercari (www.mercari.com/u/checarina/)
mostly women's clothes and accessories + makeup & skincare
use my referral link to get $10 off:
posh.mk/lmUy56tnMKb
merc.li/PmqJfMhdb
mostly women's clothes and accessories + makeup & skincare
use my referral link to get $10 off:
posh.mk/lmUy56tnMKb
merc.li/PmqJfMhdb
US friends: reminder that I have a bunch of clothes, accessories, & beauty products for sale, and I'm looking to offload lots more in the next few months in anticipation of an international move. now is the time to make an offer and get some dealz
B༙྇l༙྇a༙྇c༙྇k༙྇ F༙྇r༙྇i༙྇d༙྇a༙྇y༙྇ i༙྇s༙྇ e༙྇t༙྇e༙྇r༙྇n༙྇a༙྇l༙྇
It’s been weeks in the uk now and they don’t even celebrate thanksgiving!
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
B༙྇l༙྇a༙྇c༙྇k༙྇ F༙྇r༙྇i༙྇d༙྇a༙྇y༙྇ i༙྇s༙྇ e༙྇t༙྇e༙྇r༙྇n༙྇a༙྇l༙྇
The greatest gift I ever gave my parents was finally moving out of their house. In fact, I've given them this gift several times over the years, and it makes them happier each time.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The greatest gift I ever gave my parents was finally moving out of their house. In fact, I've given them this gift several times over the years, and it makes them happier each time.
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being very poor at the holidays as radical resistance. sure send me more emails throw away more targeted ad dollars on me you stupid corporations I’m not buying shit
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
being very poor at the holidays as radical resistance. sure send me more emails throw away more targeted ad dollars on me you stupid corporations I’m not buying shit
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2015: it’s Black Friday!
2025: it’s Black Friday week!
2035: October is the start of Black Friday quarter!
2045: *gun to head* Black Friday starts December 26th
2025: it’s Black Friday week!
2035: October is the start of Black Friday quarter!
2045: *gun to head* Black Friday starts December 26th
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
2015: it’s Black Friday!
2025: it’s Black Friday week!
2035: October is the start of Black Friday quarter!
2045: *gun to head* Black Friday starts December 26th
2025: it’s Black Friday week!
2035: October is the start of Black Friday quarter!
2045: *gun to head* Black Friday starts December 26th
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"Black Friday week starts-" that's it, pack it up, we're done here
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Black Friday week starts-" that's it, pack it up, we're done here
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now, more than ever,
do not, under any circumstances, keep me in the loop, fill me in, or bring me up to speed. i do not wish to know
September 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
now, more than ever,
lmao evergreen
she's not even that hot, she's just blonde
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
lmao evergreen
I do not and will never know the difference between Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox
if you attempt to explain it to me I WILL block you
if you attempt to explain it to me I WILL block you
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I do not and will never know the difference between Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox
if you attempt to explain it to me I WILL block you
if you attempt to explain it to me I WILL block you
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shopkeeper: greetings, traveler! can I interest you in an ointment? a liniment? perhaps some salve or balm?
customer: I'm really looking for more of an unguent
shopkeeper: ooh, sorry, fresh out of unguents. best I can do for you is a poultice of some kind
customer: I'm really looking for more of an unguent
shopkeeper: ooh, sorry, fresh out of unguents. best I can do for you is a poultice of some kind
April 2, 2024 at 6:47 PM
shopkeeper: greetings, traveler! can I interest you in an ointment? a liniment? perhaps some salve or balm?
customer: I'm really looking for more of an unguent
shopkeeper: ooh, sorry, fresh out of unguents. best I can do for you is a poultice of some kind
customer: I'm really looking for more of an unguent
shopkeeper: ooh, sorry, fresh out of unguents. best I can do for you is a poultice of some kind
gonna peddle unguents
Trying to decide on a career for when the economy crashes and we return to the ancient times. I'm leaning toward soothsayer but I'm also open to banditry
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
gonna peddle unguents
update: ate too much kimchi fried rice
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
update: ate too much kimchi fried rice
made a kimchi fried rice, what do you think
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
made a kimchi fried rice, what do you think
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god inventing the human neck: this is gonna fuck em up so bad lmao
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
god inventing the human neck: this is gonna fuck em up so bad lmao
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Dubai chocolate this, Dubai chocolate that, some of you ought...to buy...um...hold on I'm still workshopping this one
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dubai chocolate this, Dubai chocolate that, some of you ought...to buy...um...hold on I'm still workshopping this one
one thing I hate is when the world lies shrouded in darkness
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
one thing I hate is when the world lies shrouded in darkness
Duolingo: learn to lose friends and annoy people in multiple languages
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Duolingo: learn to lose friends and annoy people in multiple languages
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i documented the progression of tofu's sleepy smushface over the course of an hour last night
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i documented the progression of tofu's sleepy smushface over the course of an hour last night
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This time on Sunday is great for affirmations & goal setting.
By which I mean limbering up to let vague existential disquiet descend into the certainty that life so far has been a pointless, humiliating failure, with all the jaunty inexorability of a slinky pouring arse over arse down a staircase
By which I mean limbering up to let vague existential disquiet descend into the certainty that life so far has been a pointless, humiliating failure, with all the jaunty inexorability of a slinky pouring arse over arse down a staircase
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This time on Sunday is great for affirmations & goal setting.
By which I mean limbering up to let vague existential disquiet descend into the certainty that life so far has been a pointless, humiliating failure, with all the jaunty inexorability of a slinky pouring arse over arse down a staircase
By which I mean limbering up to let vague existential disquiet descend into the certainty that life so far has been a pointless, humiliating failure, with all the jaunty inexorability of a slinky pouring arse over arse down a staircase
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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I hate AI hype and I blame the grifters for pushing it everywhere and deliberately confusing the public understanding of what "AI" is, but seeing 500 "I turned off [machine learning features] and now all my [machine learning features] are gone!!" posts is driving me to the brink of despair
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I hate AI hype and I blame the grifters for pushing it everywhere and deliberately confusing the public understanding of what "AI" is, but seeing 500 "I turned off [machine learning features] and now all my [machine learning features] are gone!!" posts is driving me to the brink of despair
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Also goes back to @fasterandworse.com's point about how the more products make explicit claims about what they are for, the more they are accountable for doing that thing well. The ambiguity around what AI is supposed to be & do is a deliberate attempt to evade that accountability.
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Also goes back to @fasterandworse.com's point about how the more products make explicit claims about what they are for, the more they are accountable for doing that thing well. The ambiguity around what AI is supposed to be & do is a deliberate attempt to evade that accountability.
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
Be the content you wish to see on the timeline.
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Be the content you wish to see on the timeline.
to do something even more diabolical, right
right
right
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
to do something even more diabolical, right
right
right
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Jack has fully entered cozy season. He will return your call next April, thank you for your patience 🧶🐈⬛
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Jack has fully entered cozy season. He will return your call next April, thank you for your patience 🧶🐈⬛