vermilionink
@vermilionink.bsky.social
"Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti."—Sophia Loren
Spent my afternoon arguing that genius isn’t limited to STEM fields and that it’s unfair to discount human brilliance just because it’s expressed through the arts and well…….
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Spent my afternoon arguing that genius isn’t limited to STEM fields and that it’s unfair to discount human brilliance just because it’s expressed through the arts and well…….
Making a note to leave my bike helmet on the next time I go into Court St Pastry for cookies. Not every Italian-American needs to double-park to get our sfogliatelle!
Right wingers & reactionaries lost when Brooklyn’s Court Street gained a bike lane.
It’s now safer, quieter, easier to cross the street, bikes and cars aren’t intermixed, and car traffic doesn’t speed only to halt at reds.
And contrary to their lies, ambulances move just fine:
It’s now safer, quieter, easier to cross the street, bikes and cars aren’t intermixed, and car traffic doesn’t speed only to halt at reds.
And contrary to their lies, ambulances move just fine:
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Making a note to leave my bike helmet on the next time I go into Court St Pastry for cookies. Not every Italian-American needs to double-park to get our sfogliatelle!
Was recently told by an exec, "Very soon AI will be good enough and we won't have to hire expensive illustrators anymore. They'll just have to get a barista job hahaha!"
But... will there even be barista jobs if no one is employed enough to afford the bougie coffee?
But... will there even be barista jobs if no one is employed enough to afford the bougie coffee?
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Was recently told by an exec, "Very soon AI will be good enough and we won't have to hire expensive illustrators anymore. They'll just have to get a barista job hahaha!"
But... will there even be barista jobs if no one is employed enough to afford the bougie coffee?
But... will there even be barista jobs if no one is employed enough to afford the bougie coffee?
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You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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I named my fists John and Cage because you're not going to be doing anything for the next four minutes and thirty three seconds
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I named my fists John and Cage because you're not going to be doing anything for the next four minutes and thirty three seconds
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This is an excellent thread throughout, but you should definitely read at least from here.
Fascism is an ideology of absolutes.
People are good or bad. Actions are good or bad. There is a right way for everything to work, and natural ways for everything to be.
It's a fantasy - one that offers the illusion of order and control in a world with little of either.
People are good or bad. Actions are good or bad. There is a right way for everything to work, and natural ways for everything to be.
It's a fantasy - one that offers the illusion of order and control in a world with little of either.
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is an excellent thread throughout, but you should definitely read at least from here.
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
Accurate except I think I went through all three phases in tandem with my cousin’s genZ stepson while I was still on my first glass of San Pellegrino
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Accurate except I think I went through all three phases in tandem with my cousin’s genZ stepson while I was still on my first glass of San Pellegrino
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We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
This comments thread was the schadenfreudefest that I badly needed
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 2:59 AM
This comments thread was the schadenfreudefest that I badly needed
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We talked about "bicycle face" and other things people thought cycling did to women in the late 1800s during our conversation with @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on episode 69:
thewaroncars.org/2021/09/21/t...
thewaroncars.org/2021/09/21/t...
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We talked about "bicycle face" and other things people thought cycling did to women in the late 1800s during our conversation with @jessicavalenti.bsky.social on episode 69:
thewaroncars.org/2021/09/21/t...
thewaroncars.org/2021/09/21/t...
Cool cool cool cool...
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Cool cool cool cool...
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Hey I made a game in twine you should play it, it's very silly.
thesummerfletcher.itch.io/barbarian-be...
thesummerfletcher.itch.io/barbarian-be...
Barbarian Bestie by Summer Fletcher
A twine game -- replete with nonsense!
thesummerfletcher.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hey I made a game in twine you should play it, it's very silly.
thesummerfletcher.itch.io/barbarian-be...
thesummerfletcher.itch.io/barbarian-be...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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Favorite new reaction image
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Favorite new reaction image
My knitting queue is jammed up like Flatbush Avenue BUT...
Urbanist knitters, I need you to know about these mittens: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
"Fuck Cars" Mittens pattern by Erin Megenity
Prepare to show off your love of bikes and become the envy of your urbanist friends with these “Fuck Cars” Mittens! Inspired by my husband, I designed these mittens for those of us who don’t let cold ...
www.ravelry.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My knitting queue is jammed up like Flatbush Avenue BUT...
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"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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What the actual fuck, Chuck?
Call @schumer.senate.gov NOW at (202) 224-6542 to let him know: We cannot afford another Schumer surrender. #HoldTheLine
Call @schumer.senate.gov NOW at (202) 224-6542 to let him know: We cannot afford another Schumer surrender. #HoldTheLine
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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