Kerry
@kerrypolka.bsky.social
known to one and all as a guy who is just around.
she/her, us/uk, N19. previous lives portland (or), naarm melbourne, bay area (ca), pōneke. cities are good
she/her, us/uk, N19. previous lives portland (or), naarm melbourne, bay area (ca), pōneke. cities are good
pitch black at 4:30pm! gross! no thanks!!!
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
pitch black at 4:30pm! gross! no thanks!!!
It is genuinely delightful how much people in the past also had incredibly terrible ideas that they wrote down
This afternoon my wife in her discontent sent me a letter, which I am in a quandary what to do, whether to read it or not, but I purpose not, but to burn it before her face, that I may put a stop to more of this nature.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It is genuinely delightful how much people in the past also had incredibly terrible ideas that they wrote down
dim sum dumplings with black, fresh coleslaw with white, braised with apple or red wine, cabbage and vinegar truly one of the GOAT food combinations
busted: meditations of marcus aurelius
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
dim sum dumplings with black, fresh coleslaw with white, braised with apple or red wine, cabbage and vinegar truly one of the GOAT food combinations
November 12th, 1970, 450kg of dynamite is placed in the sand on the leeward side of the 45ft deceased sperm whale, the resulting blast is recorded and broadcast on KATU
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
the explosion launched chunks of whale nearly a fifth of a mile, some large enough to damage vehicles
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
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"The relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora." You mean the one where you constantly hit me up for cash while telling me I'm not a real Jew and that I better not make any other friends if I know what's good for me? Yeah, man, great relationship there. Really worth maintaining
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora." You mean the one where you constantly hit me up for cash while telling me I'm not a real Jew and that I better not make any other friends if I know what's good for me? Yeah, man, great relationship there. Really worth maintaining
queueing today for the women's loo at a tourist site, participating in multilingual/sign explanations of
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
queueing today for the women's loo at a tourist site, participating in multilingual/sign explanations of
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
1) there is no paper
1b) I have tissues if you need them
2) the reason no one is using the second toilet is that it is really gross
just could not IMAGINE caring if anyone involved was trans!!
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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I know it can feel like elections in places we don’t live don’t matter but y’all it is so fucking rough in these streets for queer kids rn and every single one of these victories is going to keep more of them with us so they get to be queer adults 💕
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I know it can feel like elections in places we don’t live don’t matter but y’all it is so fucking rough in these streets for queer kids rn and every single one of these victories is going to keep more of them with us so they get to be queer adults 💕
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
look I'm no branding expert but I possibly would have called these something else
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
look I'm no branding expert but I possibly would have called these something else
oh hey it's Donald Sutherland, the weed-smoking professor in Animal House!
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
oh hey it's Donald Sutherland, the weed-smoking professor in Animal House!
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I can't recall another political candidate who seems this genuinely delighted to be among his desired constituents in my whole life. Not all of the other candidates have been insincere or undelighted even!
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I can't recall another political candidate who seems this genuinely delighted to be among his desired constituents in my whole life. Not all of the other candidates have been insincere or undelighted even!
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summoning circle:
🕯 🕯
🕯 dodgers 🕯
🕯turn down invite 🕯
🕯️to White House 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 dodgers 🕯
🕯turn down invite 🕯
🕯️to White House 🕯
🕯 🕯
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
summoning circle:
🕯 🕯
🕯 dodgers 🕯
🕯turn down invite 🕯
🕯️to White House 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 dodgers 🕯
🕯turn down invite 🕯
🕯️to White House 🕯
🕯 🕯
catching up on the highlights and this was SO good, guys what a game
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
catching up on the highlights and this was SO good, guys what a game
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Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
September 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
public transport is wonderful, there is a 20-year-old Batman across from me on the London overground cradling an open bottle of Tesco white wine and asking his friend Zorro in italian if he looks ok
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
public transport is wonderful, there is a 20-year-old Batman across from me on the London overground cradling an open bottle of Tesco white wine and asking his friend Zorro in italian if he looks ok
I'm deeply enjoying British attempts to do Halloween, like the "Spooky Soup" I saw in cafe yesterday or these valiant attempts by M&S. Why is it spooky? Why is the ketchup "haunting"? What makes it a Halloween persimmon? I love it
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I'm deeply enjoying British attempts to do Halloween, like the "Spooky Soup" I saw in cafe yesterday or these valiant attempts by M&S. Why is it spooky? Why is the ketchup "haunting"? What makes it a Halloween persimmon? I love it
Watching "The Last of Sheila" and ahh the lapels
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Watching "The Last of Sheila" and ahh the lapels
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673
The pan over to Chewbacca made me laugh out loud with joy
frog and chewbacca dance to brass solidarity band, the band formed by community members around george floyd square, at no kings minneapolis
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The pan over to Chewbacca made me laugh out loud with joy
we literally have a famously Jewish football fan club and it is Tottenham
It seems pretty antisemitic to accuse all Jews of being Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to be honest.
October 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
we literally have a famously Jewish football fan club and it is Tottenham
I know many people who are not obviously awful or deluded who use ChatGPT and Copilot, and just realised they are mostly using it to search for relatively simple information that should be easy to find, but isn't, because there is so much dreck online and search engines don't help any more.
October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I know many people who are not obviously awful or deluded who use ChatGPT and Copilot, and just realised they are mostly using it to search for relatively simple information that should be easy to find, but isn't, because there is so much dreck online and search engines don't help any more.
"Hedda" (2025) was great fun, esp Nina Hoss' Eileen Lovborg who is about 500% more interesting than Eilert and gets some great material to get stuck into (from a few scenes offstage in the play)
Sorry but Tom Bateman is too handsome for Tesman! needs to be a big loser or at least loser adjacent
Sorry but Tom Bateman is too handsome for Tesman! needs to be a big loser or at least loser adjacent
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Hedda" (2025) was great fun, esp Nina Hoss' Eileen Lovborg who is about 500% more interesting than Eilert and gets some great material to get stuck into (from a few scenes offstage in the play)
Sorry but Tom Bateman is too handsome for Tesman! needs to be a big loser or at least loser adjacent
Sorry but Tom Bateman is too handsome for Tesman! needs to be a big loser or at least loser adjacent