★ thomas brodie singstar ★
@fritterary.bsky.social
fire mage, cat servant, computronician, herzogposter
southeastern US
she/her
Coworker of the Day: https://bsky.app/profile/fritterary.bsky.social/post/3lek7mjnl3k23
Coffee beans thread: https://bsky.app/profile/fritterary.bsky.social/post/3kyoroypxrj2t
southeastern US
she/her
Coworker of the Day: https://bsky.app/profile/fritterary.bsky.social/post/3lek7mjnl3k23
Coffee beans thread: https://bsky.app/profile/fritterary.bsky.social/post/3kyoroypxrj2t
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All this instead of chicken vaccines.
I wish bsky allowed reciprocal blocking in the app. I knocked down a nasty strawman earlier today. Naturally the guy blocked me as soon as another user saw my comment.
I don't need to interact with that disingenuous twat ever again. I also don't wanna do a whole desktop process to ensure he's gone.
I don't need to interact with that disingenuous twat ever again. I also don't wanna do a whole desktop process to ensure he's gone.
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I wish bsky allowed reciprocal blocking in the app. I knocked down a nasty strawman earlier today. Naturally the guy blocked me as soon as another user saw my comment.
I don't need to interact with that disingenuous twat ever again. I also don't wanna do a whole desktop process to ensure he's gone.
I don't need to interact with that disingenuous twat ever again. I also don't wanna do a whole desktop process to ensure he's gone.
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amazon threatens this every year and every year they come to the conclusion that actually attempting this would cost them significantly more than what they currently pay, this is *always* an attempt to renegotiate their costs, but the post has not *always* been owned by AMZ’s largest shareholder
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
amazon threatens this every year and every year they come to the conclusion that actually attempting this would cost them significantly more than what they currently pay, this is *always* an attempt to renegotiate their costs, but the post has not *always* been owned by AMZ’s largest shareholder
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Rare autocarrot win: "tout de shite"
My husband asked for RAM for Christmas. I am *furious* that I am going to have to *disembowel his computer* in his absence like some kind of *campsite raccoon* to find out what kind of RAM because Winders somehow *can't tell* and now I need to order it tout de suite.
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Rare autocarrot win: "tout de shite"
YES, THAT CHARLES SPENCER.
Holy *shit*, dude. No. Gross. No.
Holy *shit*, dude. No. Gross. No.
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
YES, THAT CHARLES SPENCER.
Holy *shit*, dude. No. Gross. No.
Holy *shit*, dude. No. Gross. No.
all the animals are furious
if we have any mice, they're probably mad
if we have any mice, they're probably mad
Hello, I am awake and working
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
all the animals are furious
if we have any mice, they're probably mad
if we have any mice, they're probably mad
Hello, I am awake and working
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hello, I am awake and working
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
Yeah, half my coworkers just logged off too
No, day shift, thanks for asking
Yes, I *do* have to get bloodwork done in four and a half hours
No, I *don't* have a single piece of clothing without glaze schmutz on it. I was gonna do laundry after, you know,
work
How have I never seen this thread?!
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
How have I never seen this thread?!
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i put not always words order in right
Also, my vacation is visible on these charts FROM SPACE, and I love that.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
i put not always words order in right
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On the mayoral runoff tonight in Roswell, GA.
Maybe the country club set are looking to reclaim some dignity.
Maybe the country club set are looking to reclaim some dignity.
My old hometown. It was the base for Newt Gingrich's district for many years. This is a huge flip.
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
On the mayoral runoff tonight in Roswell, GA.
Maybe the country club set are looking to reclaim some dignity.
Maybe the country club set are looking to reclaim some dignity.
Of all my body's bizarre misfeatures, "I'm too hungry to keep anything down" is certainly one of them.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Of all my body's bizarre misfeatures, "I'm too hungry to keep anything down" is certainly one of them.
Re LRT having replies and quotes disabled:
I do not understand why you wouldn't want people to tell you how right you are
I do not understand why you wouldn't want people to tell you how right you are
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Re LRT having replies and quotes disabled:
I do not understand why you wouldn't want people to tell you how right you are
I do not understand why you wouldn't want people to tell you how right you are
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I don’t know who just walked by but motherfucker needs to lay off the cologne a little. Like getting hit in the nose with a fruit scented baseball bat
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don’t know who just walked by but motherfucker needs to lay off the cologne a little. Like getting hit in the nose with a fruit scented baseball bat
I've been saying "space ghetto" in the car for days
TIL that "space ghetto" said in an American accent sounds exactly like "spice girl" in a Glaswegian accent.
According to a comedian on @qi.com, anyway.
According to a comedian on @qi.com, anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I've been saying "space ghetto" in the car for days
Here's a decent summary of Warren's IRS MATH Act, signed yesterday.
"Must use plain language to identify the type of error … and the specific line on the tax return"
”Itemized computation of error”
”Must state the specific error in a return rather than listing multiple potential … mistakes."
"Must use plain language to identify the type of error … and the specific line on the tax return"
”Itemized computation of error”
”Must state the specific error in a return rather than listing multiple potential … mistakes."
IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act Aims to Modernize IRS Error Notices | Insights | Greenberg Traurig LLP
www.gtlaw.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Here's a decent summary of Warren's IRS MATH Act, signed yesterday.
"Must use plain language to identify the type of error … and the specific line on the tax return"
”Itemized computation of error”
”Must state the specific error in a return rather than listing multiple potential … mistakes."
"Must use plain language to identify the type of error … and the specific line on the tax return"
”Itemized computation of error”
”Must state the specific error in a return rather than listing multiple potential … mistakes."
Is this not happening to everyone all the time now? About half of the ads in that feed are like "We spent 6 years and 8 million dollars designing a phone charger made of ham" and there's a photo of a bike shifter.
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Is this not happening to everyone all the time now? About half of the ads in that feed are like "We spent 6 years and 8 million dollars designing a phone charger made of ham" and there's a photo of a bike shifter.
Church: YES, YOU CAN STAY
Church: You Just Can't Poast
Church: or have visitors
Church: ᵖᵃᶜᵏ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵃᵍˢ
Church: You Just Can't Poast
Church: or have visitors
Church: ᵖᵃᶜᵏ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵃᵍˢ
This is just wrong.
Somebody call DA Pope, you can't just cut these ladies off from soc med once they have had a taste.
And one is learning boxing, we have to keep up with that!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Somebody call DA Pope, you can't just cut these ladies off from soc med once they have had a taste.
And one is learning boxing, we have to keep up with that!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media
The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Church: YES, YOU CAN STAY
Church: You Just Can't Poast
Church: or have visitors
Church: ᵖᵃᶜᵏ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵃᵍˢ
Church: You Just Can't Poast
Church: or have visitors
Church: ᵖᵃᶜᵏ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵃᵍˢ
So I tell this AI-curious dev how LLMs repeatedly hallucinate the same imports, and how exploits have been distributed under commonly-hallucinated library names.
And the guy says
mofo says
That would be a problem for juniors, but I'm a senior dev, so I know to check whether the libraries resolve.
And the guy says
mofo says
That would be a problem for juniors, but I'm a senior dev, so I know to check whether the libraries resolve.
Tonight's AI discussion was with a cuz who has a contract review position (non-lawyer) and was gently mocking old me for not diving in. How do you know it's summarized the contract correctly? says I. "I read the contract" says they. Then, realizing, says "well I skim it." Aye, you skim it, do ya lol
This new wave of AI bros is weirder than usual. They seem to be trying to tie AI to Ozempic (?), comparing the power of AI to GLP1 (???) and complaining that Bluesky is anti-Ozempic and anti-AI (??????).
Are they really out of talking points?
Are they really out of talking points?
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
So I tell this AI-curious dev how LLMs repeatedly hallucinate the same imports, and how exploits have been distributed under commonly-hallucinated library names.
And the guy says
mofo says
That would be a problem for juniors, but I'm a senior dev, so I know to check whether the libraries resolve.
And the guy says
mofo says
That would be a problem for juniors, but I'm a senior dev, so I know to check whether the libraries resolve.
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
Genuinely, the last decade has proven that these schools *do not* have standards.
Prestigious schools are neat! They offer students opportunities (ok not just networking, I mean academics and enrichment) that public schools do not!
And they clearly! Will admit! And then emit! Rich turnips!
Prestigious schools are neat! They offer students opportunities (ok not just networking, I mean academics and enrichment) that public schools do not!
And they clearly! Will admit! And then emit! Rich turnips!
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Genuinely, the last decade has proven that these schools *do not* have standards.
Prestigious schools are neat! They offer students opportunities (ok not just networking, I mean academics and enrichment) that public schools do not!
And they clearly! Will admit! And then emit! Rich turnips!
Prestigious schools are neat! They offer students opportunities (ok not just networking, I mean academics and enrichment) that public schools do not!
And they clearly! Will admit! And then emit! Rich turnips!
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Them damn greedy poors not giving their unlimited money to all these hardworking corporations trying to improve their lives by adding AI to toast. ='(
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Them damn greedy poors not giving their unlimited money to all these hardworking corporations trying to improve their lives by adding AI to toast. ='(
Not to downplay the destructive potential of LLMs, but this is not a space that will be made worse by technicolor fakery. Plagiarism and lies already make it too risky to try things from untrusted authors.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not to downplay the destructive potential of LLMs, but this is not a space that will be made worse by technicolor fakery. Plagiarism and lies already make it too risky to try things from untrusted authors.
Please find the person who substituted the Ctrl key for a useless AND unmappable button on this laptop
And all their bosses
Deliver them to me, along with one half-height locker.
And all their bosses
Deliver them to me, along with one half-height locker.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Please find the person who substituted the Ctrl key for a useless AND unmappable button on this laptop
And all their bosses
Deliver them to me, along with one half-height locker.
And all their bosses
Deliver them to me, along with one half-height locker.