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Writer, editor, film classification researcher (censorship, children's rights). Recent romance novel: Ocean's Lure http://bit.ly/3llHbIV Nova Scotian by choice. he/him
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I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
Mediocre animation and obvious product placement, but one decent musical number complete with dog cameos.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Mediocre animation and obvious product placement, but one decent musical number complete with dog cameos.
We've already largely substituted the physical acts of watching a film or video, reading a book, or making music with screen interactions - often of lower quality. One file experience is much like another, and it's a small step from that to AI supplying the file content.
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We've already largely substituted the physical acts of watching a film or video, reading a book, or making music with screen interactions - often of lower quality. One file experience is much like another, and it's a small step from that to AI supplying the file content.
It's the same mindset that makes people furious when the driver in front isn't driving as fast as the driver behind would like. Makes no sense.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's the same mindset that makes people furious when the driver in front isn't driving as fast as the driver behind would like. Makes no sense.
There's always poor folks, but many in my parents' generation had relatively cheap education, followed by secure jobs with good benefits. If they didn't get divorced or sick, they did very well by the rise in real incomes through the 60s and (to a lesser extent) in the 70s.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There's always poor folks, but many in my parents' generation had relatively cheap education, followed by secure jobs with good benefits. If they didn't get divorced or sick, they did very well by the rise in real incomes through the 60s and (to a lesser extent) in the 70s.
I tried Linux in the early 2000s, and it was a not a happy experience. Tried again last year and now happily run a couple of older machines on it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I tried Linux in the early 2000s, and it was a not a happy experience. Tried again last year and now happily run a couple of older machines on it.