cole
@coles.bsky.social
computer and cuneiform, looking gift horses in their damn mouths
AI has ruined the phrase “As of my last knowledge update…”
March 18, 2024 at 11:04 PM
AI has ruined the phrase “As of my last knowledge update…”
[tips fedora]
“m’dusa”
[turns to stone]
“m’dusa”
[turns to stone]
February 26, 2024 at 9:43 PM
[tips fedora]
“m’dusa”
[turns to stone]
“m’dusa”
[turns to stone]
from the humble fish to the self-important tuna, scientists are baffled by our ocean’s creatures
February 26, 2024 at 6:26 AM
from the humble fish to the self-important tuna, scientists are baffled by our ocean’s creatures
“if my theory is correct…this is information” -claude shannon. one of the great minds
February 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM
“if my theory is correct…this is information” -claude shannon. one of the great minds
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There's a lovely and horrible museum caption in the National Museum of Ireland about a grad student who spent 10 years trying to decipher the runes on an elk horn, only to discover that it says "This is an elk horn."
February 3, 2024 at 5:02 AM
There's a lovely and horrible museum caption in the National Museum of Ireland about a grad student who spent 10 years trying to decipher the runes on an elk horn, only to discover that it says "This is an elk horn."
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📜 Just an aside thrown in the middle, “The more we digitise the collection, the longer the queue outside to get in,” says Keating.” www.ft.com/content/5840...
How the British Library’s Roly Keating managed a major cyber attack
The former BBC executive made it his mission to bring the nation’s book collection online — then disaster struck
www.ft.com
January 24, 2024 at 4:47 AM
📜 Just an aside thrown in the middle, “The more we digitise the collection, the longer the queue outside to get in,” says Keating.” www.ft.com/content/5840...
asking for a cv is a hipaa violation
January 11, 2024 at 7:06 AM
asking for a cv is a hipaa violation
people are always saying “we have hard water” like I haven’t heard of ice
January 9, 2024 at 6:57 PM
people are always saying “we have hard water” like I haven’t heard of ice
sources are telling me that “Yaccarino” is *not* one of the Animaniacs
November 19, 2023 at 4:55 PM
sources are telling me that “Yaccarino” is *not* one of the Animaniacs
Apple and IBM have paused advertising on Twitter after Elon endorsed an antisemitic tweet. Hugo Boss, however, reportedly said “haha helllll yeah we back” and dapped up a number of employees.
November 19, 2023 at 8:26 AM
Apple and IBM have paused advertising on Twitter after Elon endorsed an antisemitic tweet. Hugo Boss, however, reportedly said “haha helllll yeah we back” and dapped up a number of employees.
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she’s 83. that ain’t kidnapping that’s grandma larceny.
NEW: A jury finds David DePape GUILTY on both counts, for attempting to kidnap Speaker Pelosi and for assaulting her husband Paul. — Kyle Cheney, Politico
November 18, 2023 at 6:01 AM
she’s 83. that ain’t kidnapping that’s grandma larceny.
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most historians now agree that the Flintstones are a fictionalized amalgam of a few different stone age families but Barney Rubble was a real guy
November 2, 2023 at 10:35 PM
most historians now agree that the Flintstones are a fictionalized amalgam of a few different stone age families but Barney Rubble was a real guy
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Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
October 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board?
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
Me: I am a Dr
Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa
Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
shout out to the marketing department for “death penalty.” really makes the most permanent thing sound like a time-out.
October 30, 2023 at 7:33 PM
shout out to the marketing department for “death penalty.” really makes the most permanent thing sound like a time-out.
the vampire state building
October 30, 2023 at 4:19 AM
the vampire state building
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A join Iraqi-French archaeological mission have uncovered a Lamassu at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq.
#PaleoSky 🏺
#PaleoSky 🏺
October 24, 2023 at 6:44 PM
A join Iraqi-French archaeological mission have uncovered a Lamassu at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq.
#PaleoSky 🏺
#PaleoSky 🏺
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you know it's a bear market when salmon prices start to skyrocket
October 12, 2023 at 3:47 PM
you know it's a bear market when salmon prices start to skyrocket
writing my thesis on how the trojan horse was the first piñata
🏺ClassicsBluesky
🏺ClassicsBluesky
October 12, 2023 at 7:49 PM
writing my thesis on how the trojan horse was the first piñata
🏺ClassicsBluesky
🏺ClassicsBluesky
went here once. it funked me up.
uptown theater tower, hennepin avenue, minneapolis, minnesota, 1984
October 12, 2023 at 2:24 PM
went here once. it funked me up.
this october, rather than giving a dog a bone, consider giving it to a skeleton in need
October 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM
this october, rather than giving a dog a bone, consider giving it to a skeleton in need
always happy to see today’s youth being concerned with being “GOATed” (God-Obeying at All Times)
October 12, 2023 at 1:01 AM
always happy to see today’s youth being concerned with being “GOATed” (God-Obeying at All Times)
with all of the self-driving cars in SF, you can’t help but feel the inevitability of car-driving selves. it doesn’t make sense but the future rarely does.
October 12, 2023 at 12:58 AM
with all of the self-driving cars in SF, you can’t help but feel the inevitability of car-driving selves. it doesn’t make sense but the future rarely does.
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I was diggin' Carrie Underwood now I'm diggin' up tablets in Scarrie Underworld. How things change!
October 11, 2023 at 9:30 PM
I was diggin' Carrie Underwood now I'm diggin' up tablets in Scarrie Underworld. How things change!