Impudent Strumpet
@impudentstrumpet.bsky.social
Translator, blogger, wanna-be inventor, random internet stranger
She/elle/sie/ella/ona
Location: Toronto
http://impstrump.blogspot.com
She/elle/sie/ella/ona
Location: Toronto
http://impstrump.blogspot.com
Trying to remember: movie or TV show that I saw in the 90s (may well be from an earlier decade) where a comedic character kept pronouncing the W in "sword"
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Trying to remember: movie or TV show that I saw in the 90s (may well be from an earlier decade) where a comedic character kept pronouncing the W in "sword"
I've talked before about how many of my real-life people have decided to step back from social media.
One unexpected side-effect of this is people who have historically been more woke than I am (in the original sense of aware of injustices etc.) now seem to be less woke than I am.
One unexpected side-effect of this is people who have historically been more woke than I am (in the original sense of aware of injustices etc.) now seem to be less woke than I am.
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I've talked before about how many of my real-life people have decided to step back from social media.
One unexpected side-effect of this is people who have historically been more woke than I am (in the original sense of aware of injustices etc.) now seem to be less woke than I am.
One unexpected side-effect of this is people who have historically been more woke than I am (in the original sense of aware of injustices etc.) now seem to be less woke than I am.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
Another example of how AI creates more work for people who aren't even using it
It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Another example of how AI creates more work for people who aren't even using it
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Show me one of the best moments in all of television
Bruce Wayne talking to Batman, this moment just is classic and think about it more than I probably should
Bruce Wayne talking to Batman, this moment just is classic and think about it more than I probably should
Bruce Wayne / Batman Has a Conversation With Himself
YouTube video by loomyaire
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Show me one of the best moments in all of television
Bruce Wayne talking to Batman, this moment just is classic and think about it more than I probably should
Bruce Wayne talking to Batman, this moment just is classic and think about it more than I probably should
And the frustrating thing about this, as someone who (I'm pretty sure) can still think clearly, I'm increasingly being called upon to clean up after it.
Which is way harder than my actual job.
Which is way harder than my actual job.
I increasingly think the pandemic is a gaping wound and generative AI is a Band-Aid
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
People seem unable to think clearly due to trauma and lingering effects, but here's a shiny toy that will compensate
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
And the frustrating thing about this, as someone who (I'm pretty sure) can still think clearly, I'm increasingly being called upon to clean up after it.
Which is way harder than my actual job.
Which is way harder than my actual job.
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"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
Two Dots forced an update on me today and now just won't load
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Two Dots forced an update on me today and now just won't load
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This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
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Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Toronto, Canada!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Toronto, Canada!
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
After I went vegetarian, I discovered that some of my aunties can't see non-meat food.
I would pile my plate high with veggies, salad, sides, potatoes, bread, basically everything but the actual meat.
And aunties would keep saying "You're not eating anything!"
I would pile my plate high with veggies, salad, sides, potatoes, bread, basically everything but the actual meat.
And aunties would keep saying "You're not eating anything!"
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
After I went vegetarian, I discovered that some of my aunties can't see non-meat food.
I would pile my plate high with veggies, salad, sides, potatoes, bread, basically everything but the actual meat.
And aunties would keep saying "You're not eating anything!"
I would pile my plate high with veggies, salad, sides, potatoes, bread, basically everything but the actual meat.
And aunties would keep saying "You're not eating anything!"
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
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Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
I can't find the origin of this Charlie Brown meme and it's making my brain itchy
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I can't find the origin of this Charlie Brown meme and it's making my brain itchy
And yet, if you can't afford to buy a home, they'll judge you for having a smartphone
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
And yet, if you can't afford to buy a home, they'll judge you for having a smartphone
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They're actually trying to make this argument?!
WTF happened to, "Millennials can't afford to buy a house because they keep buying iPhones and avocado toast"?
New phones are just more expressive versions of old phones. There's no innovation anymore except paywalls on things we had for free before.
WTF happened to, "Millennials can't afford to buy a house because they keep buying iPhones and avocado toast"?
New phones are just more expressive versions of old phones. There's no innovation anymore except paywalls on things we had for free before.
"Device hoarding" lol. Do you have any idea how much phones cost? Upgrading is expensive and produces a ton of e-waste!
If you want to talk about hoarding, the conversation should be around billionaires hoarding wealth!
If you want to talk about hoarding, the conversation should be around billionaires hoarding wealth!
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
They're actually trying to make this argument?!
WTF happened to, "Millennials can't afford to buy a house because they keep buying iPhones and avocado toast"?
New phones are just more expressive versions of old phones. There's no innovation anymore except paywalls on things we had for free before.
WTF happened to, "Millennials can't afford to buy a house because they keep buying iPhones and avocado toast"?
New phones are just more expressive versions of old phones. There's no innovation anymore except paywalls on things we had for free before.
Yet another example of how one party's decision to use AI results in a bunch of pointless work for the other party.
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yet another example of how one party's decision to use AI results in a bunch of pointless work for the other party.
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
The sheer amount of labour this editor had to do to *not* get a real writer with a useful pitch, in a world where so many actual real writers are looking for work!
A movie that takes place where you're from
(Actually a TV show but more a propos than any movie I might have chosen)
(Actually a TV show but more a propos than any movie I might have chosen)
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from
(Actually a TV show but more a propos than any movie I might have chosen)
(Actually a TV show but more a propos than any movie I might have chosen)
This one is delightful! old.reddit.com/r/Unexpected...
Absolute Cinema !
reddit.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This one is delightful! old.reddit.com/r/Unexpected...
A weird thing my brain does since my head injury is there's an element of dread in opening up any package that arrives. I fear the emotion of being disappointed by the contents (doesn't fit, broken, etc.) and therefore am reluctant to open it
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A weird thing my brain does since my head injury is there's an element of dread in opening up any package that arrives. I fear the emotion of being disappointed by the contents (doesn't fit, broken, etc.) and therefore am reluctant to open it
I've seen some people saying that if you turn off AI settings on Gmail, it doesn't filter your spam any more.
As a data point, I turned off the "Smart Features" settings ages ago and the "Workspace" settings yesterday, and spam is still getting sent to the spam folder
As a data point, I turned off the "Smart Features" settings ages ago and the "Workspace" settings yesterday, and spam is still getting sent to the spam folder
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I've seen some people saying that if you turn off AI settings on Gmail, it doesn't filter your spam any more.
As a data point, I turned off the "Smart Features" settings ages ago and the "Workspace" settings yesterday, and spam is still getting sent to the spam folder
As a data point, I turned off the "Smart Features" settings ages ago and the "Workspace" settings yesterday, and spam is still getting sent to the spam folder
Just watched the Lupita Nyong'o / Sandra Oh Twelfth Night. I would have gotten so much more out of it if I'd seen that kind of Shakespeare adaptation early in high school!
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just watched the Lupita Nyong'o / Sandra Oh Twelfth Night. I would have gotten so much more out of it if I'd seen that kind of Shakespeare adaptation early in high school!
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@ontariohealth.bsky.social should never charge for giving this vaccine. The cost savings alone should justify broad adoption of the vaccine for adolescents (male and female) & adults alike.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A killer disease that should no longer exist
The existence of an effective HPV vaccine should have meant cervical cancer was stamped out. Instead, it’s the fastest growing cancer in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@ontariohealth.bsky.social should never charge for giving this vaccine. The cost savings alone should justify broad adoption of the vaccine for adolescents (male and female) & adults alike.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...