Joe Fernandez
@joeyeah-right.bsky.social
reader, writer, guitarist, sci-fi geek, amateur astronomer, boardgamer. (he/him) @[email protected]
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"An important learning." WTF kind of Englsh-language construction is *that* supposed to be? What, are we in the Star Wars universe all of a sudden? "Once I was the learner..."? (eyeroll) Yeah, say "teaching moment" and be done with it. (Except that it implies someone *really needs teaching...*) 😏
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"An important learning." WTF kind of Englsh-language construction is *that* supposed to be? What, are we in the Star Wars universe all of a sudden? "Once I was the learner..."? (eyeroll) Yeah, say "teaching moment" and be done with it. (Except that it implies someone *really needs teaching...*) 😏
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Fun copyright fact: you cannot copyright titles! Which is why there are so damn many books using short quotes from Shakespeare as their names.
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Fun copyright fact: you cannot copyright titles! Which is why there are so damn many books using short quotes from Shakespeare as their names.
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This is just so deeply sad.
Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55
Sophie Kinsella, the author of "Confessions of a Shopaholic," has died from complications of brain cancer. Her family confirmed the news on Monday.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is just so deeply sad.
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A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.
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I (belatedly) thought I’d inquire about this. Anybody want to assist me in Getting The Hell Out Of Dodge at #Christmas? https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/802500831283953664/ill-be-home-for-christmas-unless-theres-a
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💬 6 🔁 350 ❤️ 633 · I'll Be Home For Christmas (unless there's a miracle...) · Someone sent me a very kind message that I want to share (while obscuring their identity).
I just wanted to say you'…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I (belatedly) thought I’d inquire about this. Anybody want to assist me in Getting The Hell Out Of Dodge at #Christmas? https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/802500831283953664/ill-be-home-for-christmas-unless-theres-a
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Help Diane #GetOutOfDodge for Christmas week this year (the first without Peter) - her kofi is at ko-fi.com/dianeduane & if you label it 'Dodge' she'll know it's for her escape. 💗
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Help Diane #GetOutOfDodge for Christmas week this year (the first without Peter) - her kofi is at ko-fi.com/dianeduane & if you label it 'Dodge' she'll know it's for her escape. 💗
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Bravo. More please.
🇮🇸 Iceland confirms WITHDRAWAL from Eurovision Song Contest 2026 because of Israel’s inclusion.
A brave and just stand from a principled nation. Iceland joins Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia in boycotting Eurovision 2026 because of the Gaza genocide carried out by Israel.
A brave and just stand from a principled nation. Iceland joins Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Slovenia in boycotting Eurovision 2026 because of the Gaza genocide carried out by Israel.
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bravo. More please.
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This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Here’s a poem which has become trapped in a vicious circus (and other phrases of a similar elk).
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here’s a poem which has become trapped in a vicious circus (and other phrases of a similar elk).
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
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Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
![[TWO PINTS OF BEER are on a pub bar, one is PERONI and one is a brown Christmas-themed beer]
1
PERONI:
Hello there
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Hello Peroni
2
PERONI:
So nice to have someone new on the lineup!
And you are…?
3
CHRISTMAS BEER:
You know who I am, Peroni.
4
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I am Brown Christmas Liquid.
I come back each year.
5
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Every time with a new name, and a new horrible ingredient.
Last year I was Reindeer Stomper. This year I am... Cheeky Elf.
6
PERONI:
Oh god
You were on the bar for two months and…
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Three pints sold, aye.
7
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I’m a seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange peel, nutmeg and this year, for reasons of late-capitalist sadism, vanilla.
8
CHRISTMAS BEER:
My name is Cheeky Elf,
I taste of jam,
and I want to d*e.
9
PERONI:
Well somebody’s trying you
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Poor bastard
[A hand comes down to lift CHRISTMAS BEER to sip the pint]
10
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
11
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
12
[CHRISTMAS BEER gets put back on the bar ]
PERSON [who just drank CHRISTMAS BEER]:
Oh my god
CHEEKY ELF:
SEE?
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December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
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If you live in a walkable railway suburb with a job in the city and choose to drive everywhere and whinge about traffic, you should be forced to give up your house to someone economically forced to live in a dismal car suburb who would prefer not to. Without compensation.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you live in a walkable railway suburb with a job in the city and choose to drive everywhere and whinge about traffic, you should be forced to give up your house to someone economically forced to live in a dismal car suburb who would prefer not to. Without compensation.
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‘Get in losers, we’re going miracling.’
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‘Get in losers, we’re going miracling.’
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Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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CW: surgery
A little PSA for those folks who may benefit from this knowledge. No, trans women do not get their "cock cut off".
The surgery redistributes the external parts (which have already changed through HRT) to their relative internal position.
More like origami.
A little PSA for those folks who may benefit from this knowledge. No, trans women do not get their "cock cut off".
The surgery redistributes the external parts (which have already changed through HRT) to their relative internal position.
More like origami.
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
CW: surgery
A little PSA for those folks who may benefit from this knowledge. No, trans women do not get their "cock cut off".
The surgery redistributes the external parts (which have already changed through HRT) to their relative internal position.
More like origami.
A little PSA for those folks who may benefit from this knowledge. No, trans women do not get their "cock cut off".
The surgery redistributes the external parts (which have already changed through HRT) to their relative internal position.
More like origami.
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My son almost died from RSV when he was two
US health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants | CNN
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My son almost died from RSV when he was two
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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I've just learned that the duck-billed platypus has been around longer than the duck, so not only is it wrongly named, but ducks should actually be called "platypus-billed ducks"
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I've just learned that the duck-billed platypus has been around longer than the duck, so not only is it wrongly named, but ducks should actually be called "platypus-billed ducks"
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Five years of social media history?
Ten years of email addresses?
Looks like I won't be going to the states for a long time
Ten years of email addresses?
Looks like I won't be going to the states for a long time
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Five years of social media history?
Ten years of email addresses?
Looks like I won't be going to the states for a long time
Ten years of email addresses?
Looks like I won't be going to the states for a long time