Mephista Strangeways
@misslourab.bsky.social
Mostly Harmless.
Bots get blocked.
DMs will get you blocked.
OF links get you blocked. No disrespect to your gig: I’m just ACE. Ditto “Hey, how you doing?” No.
M*G*, salespeople, and godbotherers likewise.
Bots get blocked.
DMs will get you blocked.
OF links get you blocked. No disrespect to your gig: I’m just ACE. Ditto “Hey, how you doing?” No.
M*G*, salespeople, and godbotherers likewise.
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Worst Mad Libs sheet ever.
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Worst Mad Libs sheet ever.
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There’s an excellent and devastatingly thorough article in the latest @indexers.bsky.social journal by Elizabeth Bartmess and Michele Combs demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There’s an excellent and devastatingly thorough article in the latest @indexers.bsky.social journal by Elizabeth Bartmess and Michele Combs demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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Information from NWS Seattle:
In coordination with King County, we have issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for a levee breach in Tukwila WA near Todd, Blvd. Water is likely moving north towards I-405. In addition, an evacuation notice is now in effect from King County.
In coordination with King County, we have issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for a levee breach in Tukwila WA near Todd, Blvd. Water is likely moving north towards I-405. In addition, an evacuation notice is now in effect from King County.
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Information from NWS Seattle:
In coordination with King County, we have issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for a levee breach in Tukwila WA near Todd, Blvd. Water is likely moving north towards I-405. In addition, an evacuation notice is now in effect from King County.
In coordination with King County, we have issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING for a levee breach in Tukwila WA near Todd, Blvd. Water is likely moving north towards I-405. In addition, an evacuation notice is now in effect from King County.
Aaaaaaaaaargh!
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Aaaaaaaaaargh!
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We NEED the Dept. of Education—no matter how much Republicans try to tell you otherwise.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We NEED the Dept. of Education—no matter how much Republicans try to tell you otherwise.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Collusion: Collusion is a secret, dishonest agreement between two or more parties to achieve a fraudulent or illegal purpose. It often involves cooperating to gain an unfair advantage, such as secret price-fixing in business or agreeing to defraud a third party
IOW: Russia, Russia, Russia.
IOW: Russia, Russia, Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Collusion: Collusion is a secret, dishonest agreement between two or more parties to achieve a fraudulent or illegal purpose. It often involves cooperating to gain an unfair advantage, such as secret price-fixing in business or agreeing to defraud a third party
IOW: Russia, Russia, Russia.
IOW: Russia, Russia, Russia.
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The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The Doobie Brothers, now more than 50 years in, start this set with "Takin' It to the Streets" and never let off the gas. n.pr/4hJxLlv
The Doobie Brothers: Tiny Desk Concert
The Doobie Brothers, now more than 50 years in, start this set with "Takin' It to the Streets" and never let off the gas.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Doobie Brothers, now more than 50 years in, start this set with "Takin' It to the Streets" and never let off the gas. n.pr/4hJxLlv
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James Baldwin wisdom
October 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
James Baldwin wisdom
Floof break.
No cats here….
No cats here….
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Floof break.
No cats here….
No cats here….
I thought for a second this was about Insane Clown Posse and I wasn’t even mad.
At ICP’s annual Photobook Fest, many booths seem to capture and quell the anxieties of the present political moment.
Immigrant and Protest Imagery Shine at NYC’s Photobook Fest
The International Center of Photography’s annual showcase captures and quells the anxieties of the present political moment.
hyperallergic.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I thought for a second this was about Insane Clown Posse and I wasn’t even mad.
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Think a street march beats modern psychological warfare? This analysis shows why protests are being outplayed by the fascist regime – and how to tilt the odds back. https://americanmanifesto.news/stop-bringing-a-picket-sign-to-a-psyop-fight
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Think a street march beats modern psychological warfare? This analysis shows why protests are being outplayed by the fascist regime – and how to tilt the odds back. https://americanmanifesto.news/stop-bringing-a-picket-sign-to-a-psyop-fight
If this were true, Mr Drumpf would have campaigned on it. In a trench coat. With a lollipop. Probably.
in which Mike Johnson claims that Donald Trump was an FBI informant to take down Epstein
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If this were true, Mr Drumpf would have campaigned on it. In a trench coat. With a lollipop. Probably.
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One of the best signs I've ever seen
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One of the best signs I've ever seen
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
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This is masculinity too
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is masculinity too
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So...what about the Epstein Files?
August 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So...what about the Epstein Files?
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🚨TESTIMONY OF THE YEAR: A Texas voter just torched Donald Trump and Greg Abbott during a redistricting hearing - and it was BRUTAL:
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
August 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🚨TESTIMONY OF THE YEAR: A Texas voter just torched Donald Trump and Greg Abbott during a redistricting hearing - and it was BRUTAL:
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
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GoFundMe pulled Mother Foucault's fundraiser page on Thursday because the platform doesn't allow incentives, like t-shirts, attached to its crowdfunding. The bookshop removed those, and the campaign is live again.
Portland Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its Building
Its shelves are filled, the stage is built, and now Mother Foucault's wants to buy. The vintage bookshop announced Tuesday that it's seizing a chance to purchase the building it currently occupies, at...
www.portlandmercury.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
GoFundMe pulled Mother Foucault's fundraiser page on Thursday because the platform doesn't allow incentives, like t-shirts, attached to its crowdfunding. The bookshop removed those, and the campaign is live again.
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The most obvious and easiest thing the DOJ could do to give us answers about Jeffrey Epstein would be to simply release the files.
They already had an army of FBI agents do redactions.
They already had an army of FBI agents do redactions.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The most obvious and easiest thing the DOJ could do to give us answers about Jeffrey Epstein would be to simply release the files.
They already had an army of FBI agents do redactions.
They already had an army of FBI agents do redactions.
This should become the new Wilhelm Scream.
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This should become the new Wilhelm Scream.