Captain Bionic
@captainbionic.bsky.social
fully bionic | sing John Ball | she/her
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Rebellion had an author deliver a *year* early once; he'd misread the contract. Belted that sucker out in like 6 weeks. It was good, too.
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Rebellion had an author deliver a *year* early once; he'd misread the contract. Belted that sucker out in like 6 weeks. It was good, too.
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@thecatreviewer.bsky.social Enormous grey fluff. +5 for flips and rolls, +7 for massive chonk, solid 12/10
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@thecatreviewer.bsky.social Enormous grey fluff. +5 for flips and rolls, +7 for massive chonk, solid 12/10
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.... although i was delighted to encounter this snake eating a caterpillar... damn... so many great wilderness experiences this year...
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
.... although i was delighted to encounter this snake eating a caterpillar... damn... so many great wilderness experiences this year...
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"Living? Our servants will do that for us"
- Axël, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam,1890
- Axël, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam,1890
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Living? Our servants will do that for us"
- Axël, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam,1890
- Axël, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam,1890
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Octopus's Garden, come at me haters
Name your fav song by The Beatles.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Octopus's Garden, come at me haters
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We’re absolutely delighted to let you know will be touring again in November 2026 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Burlesque! We'll be joined by celebrated kora master Seckou Keita. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am 🥳
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We’re absolutely delighted to let you know will be touring again in November 2026 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Burlesque! We'll be joined by celebrated kora master Seckou Keita. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am 🥳
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My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
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extremely eastern european sentence
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
extremely eastern european sentence
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My closing thought is the same as it's been for years: companies want to make LLMs into liability avoidance devices. Someone at IBM figured this out in 1979 and put this in a presentation, and it's only become more accurate over time: blog.apaonline.org/2023/04/13/r...
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
My closing thought is the same as it's been for years: companies want to make LLMs into liability avoidance devices. Someone at IBM figured this out in 1979 and put this in a presentation, and it's only become more accurate over time: blog.apaonline.org/2023/04/13/r...
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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It's axiomatic! You have to hold them by the head!
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It's axiomatic! You have to hold them by the head!
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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when in doubt, marmite pasta
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
when in doubt, marmite pasta
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So good:
'The piece is witness to what can be done with people who move through the world in a different way...I know there is a whole world within Paul, and I wanted people to see it and hear it.'
#siblings #disability
'The piece is witness to what can be done with people who move through the world in a different way...I know there is a whole world within Paul, and I wanted people to see it and hear it.'
#siblings #disability
Sound artist @rubycolleymusic.bsky.social has worked with her brother Paul, who is non-verbal, to create an album and performance piece. She talks to @sabasalman.com about transcending the norms of communication.
communitylivingmagazine.com/more-than-wo...
communitylivingmagazine.com/more-than-wo...
More than words
Sound artist Ruby Colley has worked with her brother Paul, who is non-verbal, to create an album and performance piece. She talks to Saba Salman about transcending the norms of communication
communitylivingmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
So good:
'The piece is witness to what can be done with people who move through the world in a different way...I know there is a whole world within Paul, and I wanted people to see it and hear it.'
#siblings #disability
'The piece is witness to what can be done with people who move through the world in a different way...I know there is a whole world within Paul, and I wanted people to see it and hear it.'
#siblings #disability
Just rewired a plug, like it's 1987 again
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just rewired a plug, like it's 1987 again
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Everyone shut up and look at this rectangular dog
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Everyone shut up and look at this rectangular dog
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Today I have measured chonk using the Aethelstan the first RULER of England ruler.
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today I have measured chonk using the Aethelstan the first RULER of England ruler.