Maisie
@corblimeygvnr.bsky.social
Here for pre-/early modern history/tech/history-of-/early music/landscapes/trivia/cats/squirrels/monkeys/to be entertained. Civility fetish.
This is one of vanishingly few issues I've had a complete 180 on through listening and talking to lots of people. In an ideal world, where nobody profits from anyone's misery and we're not at the mercy of a web of corrupt, careless forces, yes. But in this one- no.
Let this short thread radicalize you.
Normand Meunier is a Canadian man with quadriplegia who accessed MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) after being left for 96 hours on a stretcher in the ER.
His requests for a specialized mattress were denied.
He wasn't turned regularly.
He developed bed sores so bad, he opted to end his life.
His requests for a specialized mattress were denied.
He wasn't turned regularly.
He developed bed sores so bad, he opted to end his life.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is one of vanishingly few issues I've had a complete 180 on through listening and talking to lots of people. In an ideal world, where nobody profits from anyone's misery and we're not at the mercy of a web of corrupt, careless forces, yes. But in this one- no.
An uncle whom I didn't particularly like and who liked to accuse me of being an "agent of Putin" has died, and somehow I feel guilty. Sorry mate. Sorry for being an agent of Putin. No hard feelings.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
An uncle whom I didn't particularly like and who liked to accuse me of being an "agent of Putin" has died, and somehow I feel guilty. Sorry mate. Sorry for being an agent of Putin. No hard feelings.
Every time I feel weak and hover over finally buying a hurdy-gurdy I can't afford they show me these things, which are not at all what I'm looking for but... do I actually need one?
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Every time I feel weak and hover over finally buying a hurdy-gurdy I can't afford they show me these things, which are not at all what I'm looking for but... do I actually need one?
It just looks so threatening
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It just looks so threatening
I'd swear a) I've heard about him dying about 4x and b) he's immortal
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'd swear a) I've heard about him dying about 4x and b) he's immortal
Actually starting to suspect age is a far bigger barrier than political dissidence/troublemaking, but I'm going to attribute all rejections to the last because it makes me feel cooler
In surprising news, having ever been a member of a communist party does not bar you from the first screening round
Did most of the Google data analyst course, for lols. Should I actually apply for this?
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Actually starting to suspect age is a far bigger barrier than political dissidence/troublemaking, but I'm going to attribute all rejections to the last because it makes me feel cooler
Reposted by Maisie
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/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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/...
Florence Nightingale feels like a bit of a weird IT girl to use in this ad
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Florence Nightingale feels like a bit of a weird IT girl to use in this ad
Seriously, remember all the libidinal smacktalk before he met Kim John Un? 5 minutes with him and it was all exchanging noodles and arranging playdates
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Seriously, remember all the libidinal smacktalk before he met Kim John Un? 5 minutes with him and it was all exchanging noodles and arranging playdates
Give this guy a year off ffs
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Give this guy a year off ffs
every new iteration of Gmail is consistently worse than the last
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
every new iteration of Gmail is consistently worse than the last
Utterly tired of Walter Scott's silliness but couldn't resist the cover
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Utterly tired of Walter Scott's silliness but couldn't resist the cover
Tfw a former professor is equivocating too hard about Epstein on the substack, and calling Giuffre a "known crank and a liar", and you start wondering if he's on the list
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tfw a former professor is equivocating too hard about Epstein on the substack, and calling Giuffre a "known crank and a liar", and you start wondering if he's on the list
The woke want to take these monuments away from us
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The woke want to take these monuments away from us
BRING IT. OPEN THE MOUND. CROSS SECTION NOW. SHOW US ITS BELLY share.google/y4HCbaXQNkBn...
Council gives go-ahead for demolition work at historic site
A neolithic monument which - legend has it - contains the remains of King Arthur's magical mentor Merlin will be restored.
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BRING IT. OPEN THE MOUND. CROSS SECTION NOW. SHOW US ITS BELLY share.google/y4HCbaXQNkBn...
It's a mass of contradictions but I'm going to try it. I'm going to start sidling up to men I already know, breaking into a wild-eyed belly dance and asking "May I meet you?"
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's a mass of contradictions but I'm going to try it. I'm going to start sidling up to men I already know, breaking into a wild-eyed belly dance and asking "May I meet you?"
I got a can of gold spraypaint for a single, unimportant purpose and now I know how Midas felt, I want to turn everything gold, it's consuming all my thoughts
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I got a can of gold spraypaint for a single, unimportant purpose and now I know how Midas felt, I want to turn everything gold, it's consuming all my thoughts
I don't know how anyone can watch those Trump press clips for long enough to mock them. The embarrassment is off the scale, blood pressure-raising, physically distressing to me
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I don't know how anyone can watch those Trump press clips for long enough to mock them. The embarrassment is off the scale, blood pressure-raising, physically distressing to me
Love is Blind feels like a corollary to the scandal of people falling in love with AI chatbots. All the same patterns: facelessness, overidentification, appeasement, mirroring. The difference being that you probably couldn't just ask any of the contestants to speak Old Norse on demand etc.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Love is Blind feels like a corollary to the scandal of people falling in love with AI chatbots. All the same patterns: facelessness, overidentification, appeasement, mirroring. The difference being that you probably couldn't just ask any of the contestants to speak Old Norse on demand etc.
Oh I think Cloudfarepocalypse has just done me out of a week's pay. That's nice
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Oh I think Cloudfarepocalypse has just done me out of a week's pay. That's nice
In surprising news, having ever been a member of a communist party does not bar you from the first screening round
Did most of the Google data analyst course, for lols. Should I actually apply for this?
Is everyone else getting goaded all over the internet to become a data analyst at GCHQ or just me? Because look I'm getting paranoid
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In surprising news, having ever been a member of a communist party does not bar you from the first screening round
Nobody but me remembers the barquette lady. She'd have her moulds at the ready and a little decanter of batter. I was never brave enough to try the green liquor that came with the eel caviar ones. If you were lucky there'd be melon balls on cocktail sticks...
Frozen morning and no bread in the house for toast. This is when I miss the old days when the Toast Man would be outside first thing, with his cart of sliced breads, shouting “Get Your Hot Buttered Toast”. And you’d rush out, choose a bread from the basket , and he’d brown it over an open flame.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nobody but me remembers the barquette lady. She'd have her moulds at the ready and a little decanter of batter. I was never brave enough to try the green liquor that came with the eel caviar ones. If you were lucky there'd be melon balls on cocktail sticks...
God I miss the Dall-E golden era
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
God I miss the Dall-E golden era
I find it remarkable how these men, in droves, are *convinced* that women are unaware that (education/intelligence/humour/etc.) make them unattractive to them, and they'd change it all if only they were told, they simply must be told
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I find it remarkable how these men, in droves, are *convinced* that women are unaware that (education/intelligence/humour/etc.) make them unattractive to them, and they'd change it all if only they were told, they simply must be told
I’m convinced I see landscapes differently enough to other people that it counts as some very weird neurodiversity. Part of it must be nurture, where you grew up, etc. But sometimes the difference in appeal is so strong that I must be seeing a totally different image.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I’m convinced I see landscapes differently enough to other people that it counts as some very weird neurodiversity. Part of it must be nurture, where you grew up, etc. But sometimes the difference in appeal is so strong that I must be seeing a totally different image.