Calamitous Ortbo
@greylightning.bsky.social
Balboa dancer, software engine, home cook. Views are my own.
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Amazing
It’s crazy how many game preorder listings on Switch and PSN are just pure AI scams. The studios don’t exist and neither do the games. Just saw a fake farming game up for preorder with obvious AI “Ghibli” art and could not find anything about it online. The “publisher’s” site listed only this “game”
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Amazing
I started to listen to this week’s Planet Money about the effects of AI on jobs, but then the “expert” said “AI is automating knowledge generation” and I threw my phone into the sun
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I started to listen to this week’s Planet Money about the effects of AI on jobs, but then the “expert” said “AI is automating knowledge generation” and I threw my phone into the sun
Isn’t this the plot of The Old Man?
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Isn’t this the plot of The Old Man?
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Whoever did not eat a k'zayit of the bird did not fulfill their obligation.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Whoever did not eat a k'zayit of the bird did not fulfill their obligation.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
The meritorious eat the bird until sleepiness overtakes them.
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wicked: for good. more like defying brevity! you won't need poppies for this box office "baum" to put you to sleep. this stinker prattles and tires and bores, oh my! if i only had an out!
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
wicked: for good. more like defying brevity! you won't need poppies for this box office "baum" to put you to sleep. this stinker prattles and tires and bores, oh my! if i only had an out!
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NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
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Please share widely
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Please share widely
I assumed alpha gal syndrome is something you can get from tik tok. Did not see that one coming
A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I assumed alpha gal syndrome is something you can get from tik tok. Did not see that one coming
Om nom nom nom
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Om nom nom nom
Time to make the traditional blood pudding!
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Time to make the traditional blood pudding!
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If you’ve dated more than one Walter you’re letting them Walts right into your life.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you’ve dated more than one Walter you’re letting them Walts right into your life.
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New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
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"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"
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Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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they also carry a wide selection of hand gloves, leg pants, and head hats
October 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
they also carry a wide selection of hand gloves, leg pants, and head hats
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Need…
I will not explain why. You see it lol
I will not explain why. You see it lol
October 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Need…
I will not explain why. You see it lol
I will not explain why. You see it lol
For basically all my friends:
THEM: you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone
ME: uh, you would if you itemized everything you had on a list
ME: uh, you would if you itemized everything you had on a list
September 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For basically all my friends:
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
Honestly thought I was reading the Onion
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Honestly thought I was reading the Onion
Bohemian Rhapsody in Zulu! youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?...
Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version
YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Bohemian Rhapsody in Zulu! youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?...