Ferris Williams
@ferriswilliams.bsky.social
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Nostalgia is wishing for a time when all aspects of your life were dominated by different people in power who were also terrible.
The Slatepitch is alive and well
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Slatepitch is alive and well
I love how many of the famous non-Spock Star Trek quotations from the original series are responses to unreasonable requests from Captain Kirk.
August 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I love how many of the famous non-Spock Star Trek quotations from the original series are responses to unreasonable requests from Captain Kirk.
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A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
The feeling when you’re halfway finished assembling an IKEA bookshelf and you realize you accidentally flipped a part in step 1.
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The feeling when you’re halfway finished assembling an IKEA bookshelf and you realize you accidentally flipped a part in step 1.
Nostalgia is wishing for a time when all aspects of your life were dominated by different people in power who were also terrible.
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Nostalgia is wishing for a time when all aspects of your life were dominated by different people in power who were also terrible.
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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Imagine telling people in the 50s which side of the Cold War won if the President of the United States is saying this.
May 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Imagine telling people in the 50s which side of the Cold War won if the President of the United States is saying this.
Andor is for Star Wars fans who grew up with the original trilogy not realizing they’d go through middle age living through the Prequels.
April 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Andor is for Star Wars fans who grew up with the original trilogy not realizing they’d go through middle age living through the Prequels.
What MAGA thinks college is
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What MAGA thinks college is
I may be in the creative industry, but math is important, people!
Trump tariffs were calculated four times too high, says conservative think tank
The American Enterprise Institute recalculated rates based on correct numbers, and no tariff exceeded 14%.
www.marketwatch.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I may be in the creative industry, but math is important, people!
I like that Geico brought the piggie commercial back because for 30 seconds you can pretend Obama’s still President and the world’s not on fire.
March 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I like that Geico brought the piggie commercial back because for 30 seconds you can pretend Obama’s still President and the world’s not on fire.
Mark chapter 3
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” (Jesus) asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” (Jesus) asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
This is at least the second time Vance has made this religious argument about loving your family first and connecting it to immigration.
He also said it last year, during a campaign visit to a revival led by a self-declared Christian nationalist: religionnews.com/2024/09/28/j...
He also said it last year, during a campaign visit to a revival led by a self-declared Christian nationalist: religionnews.com/2024/09/28/j...
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Mark chapter 3
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” (Jesus) asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” (Jesus) asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
Been watching Colombo lately. Ordinary guy busting rich people who think they can get away with murder. Seems timely.
December 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Been watching Colombo lately. Ordinary guy busting rich people who think they can get away with murder. Seems timely.
The process I have to go through to find my keys every morning reminds me that Christopher Nolan’s Memento is the greatest document of what life is like with ADHD put to film.
December 6, 2024 at 2:47 PM
The process I have to go through to find my keys every morning reminds me that Christopher Nolan’s Memento is the greatest document of what life is like with ADHD put to film.
But we’re darn good at identifying bad southern accents in media (most of them)
Southerners among worst at spotting fake English accents, study finds
Southerners among worst at spotting fake English accents, study finds
Northeners, Scots and Irish better at identifying people mimicking accents than southerners
It wasn’t only Londoners born near a certain church in Bow who grimaced when Dick Van Dyke’s chimney sweep, Bert, opened his mouth in the 1964 musical, Mary…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 12:28 AM
But we’re darn good at identifying bad southern accents in media (most of them)
The only thing wrong with this movie is the punctuation.
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
The only thing wrong with this movie is the punctuation.
You know you’re a designer when the thing you love about The Penguin is the placement of the nose in the title.
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
You know you’re a designer when the thing you love about The Penguin is the placement of the nose in the title.
Remember when brands had color?
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Remember when brands had color?