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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 5d

My wife’s problem is that she always orders way too much food and then she can’t finish it

My problem is that I always order way too much food and then I CAN finish it

IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 12d

Vegetarian

The kiddo is becoming more conscientious. Sort of.

Vegetarian

The kiddo is becoming more conscientious. Sort of.

www.ivstudios.net

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 12d

The internet was a mistake

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

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 🧵)

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Mar 17

Every pointing meme shopped into The Creation of Adam, also known as The Creation of Man, is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. Adam and God touching fingers is livened up by the lady pointing at the white cat, Skeletor, Spiderman, Leonardo DiCaprio and the dad from that chopper show. Also 2 guys I don't recognize: A young man in a brown suit and some kind of Angel of Death skullface guy.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 19d

me, age 15: conservatism seems like a fundamentally evil belief system

me, age 21: actually it is more complicated than that, things are very complicated and everyone has their own way of seeing things. i am very smart

me, age 3x: no i was right the first time nvm

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 19d

“Excuse-a me?”

“I suppose this that fellow is a real doctor?”

“Yes, but only an Italian one”

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · Jun 20

“I’m an eleven, but continue.”

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 24d

It’s not just me‽

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · 27d

How do you answer your phone?

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Sep 6

Do it.

Search your name.

Take their money.

It’s yours anyway.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Sep 6

Tapping the sign

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · Aug 26

This sounds like something Dale Gribble would do

Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Aug 26

Discovering whole new types of guy

Desperado D. Mayor
@Overmayor
Follow "Dude who thinks that the government is transing people but also recognizes that some people really are just trans" is a fantastic
character.
..
emi @transfemily • 6h guy at the grocery store launched into a speech about how the government tried to abduct him and turn him "into a transsexual", then looked me over and said "this may sound strange to a native
transsexual" in a vaguely apologetic tone

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · Aug 25

it's not funny. cartoon wolves only blow their heads off when they're extremely horny

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Nootbox Games - Making Rune Fencer Illyia! @nootboxgames.com · Aug 22

Even the smallest trailer slot for Gamescom is unattainable for indies. It'd basically bankrupt us!

So if you wanna help a tiny indie get some visibility, then I'd love if you could check out our awesome game - there's giant capybaras in it!

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hey everyone, they just launched whales 2.0!

t_shirtnshorts @t-shirtnshorts.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wolves along the British Columbia coast, known as sea wolves,
survive almost entirely on marine resources,
with 90% of their diet coming from the ocean. Genetically distinct from inland wolves, they swim miles each day in search of food.

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Trofe @jtrofe.com · Aug 10

Han Solo: I can get you there in 800 Leagues Under the Sea

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · Aug 9

When I heard Google had been overrun by weird AI this isn’t what I thought they meant.

Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · Aug 9

You sure about this, Google?

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

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Dan McCoy @dankmccoy.bsky.social · Aug 9

What happened to modern music? When *I* was young, songs were about real topics, like lists of which animals live on farms.

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · Aug 9

One of the minor but very nice benefits of being married is if you ever don’t want to do something/go somewhere/buy something you can just say “Let me just check with my wife first” and then dip

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IV @ivstudios.bsky.social · Aug 7

Holy shit

The house in our neighbourhood that has had Trump signs up since before the election

Took down their signs

Consequences may actually be happening