fig
@sunteafig.bsky.social
Star Trek, slow living sometimes, anti-fascist always.
Eat, drink, and get that new notebook.
Self-loathing gremlin.
Pfp: the character Rhonda from School Spirits stands in front of a bookcase and wears her signature black beret/flat cap and scowl
Eat, drink, and get that new notebook.
Self-loathing gremlin.
Pfp: the character Rhonda from School Spirits stands in front of a bookcase and wears her signature black beret/flat cap and scowl
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fig
@sunteafig.bsky.social
· Jan 1
I'm invoking a power from the universe within me, the stardust, to speak as truthfully and bluntly as possible because we simply do not have time for anything else; to seize opportunities to do thankless work that matters to someone in need; to sacrifice convenience sometimes but not humanity.
The popcorn on this bag look like fat butts and legs (complimentary)
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 AM
The popcorn on this bag look like fat butts and legs (complimentary)
I'm sorry but I love my new screen name
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I'm sorry but I love my new screen name
Hey
You
Are you surviving right now?
Good job
You're doing great
You
Are you surviving right now?
Good job
You're doing great
February 11, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Hey
You
Are you surviving right now?
Good job
You're doing great
You
Are you surviving right now?
Good job
You're doing great
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it takes a real management genius to cut both your sports and culture teams a few days before a sporting event hosting the biggest cultural moment in recent history
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
it takes a real management genius to cut both your sports and culture teams a few days before a sporting event hosting the biggest cultural moment in recent history
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Post a tree you photographed
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Post a tree you photographed
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I stumbled onto a liminal space between worlds
February 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I stumbled onto a liminal space between worlds
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This is why it’s so hard to understand any defense of Gavin Newsom, too. If you’re willing to sacrifice one vulnerable group in the hopes that fascism will crush you last you’re not only a bigot, you’re a fucking mark.
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This is why it’s so hard to understand any defense of Gavin Newsom, too. If you’re willing to sacrifice one vulnerable group in the hopes that fascism will crush you last you’re not only a bigot, you’re a fucking mark.
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Another Chicago area walkout by high school students
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Another Chicago area walkout by high school students
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I’m not great at converting rage into fuel myself.
I can usually only find my way forward through humility.
I can usually only find my way forward through humility.
Can I be a little honest right now?
I know how I’m supposed to talk about utilizing anger and spite as a motivator, but those things don’t actually work for me at all? Like it actually doesn’t make me feel good when My Haters are upset?
I know how I’m supposed to talk about utilizing anger and spite as a motivator, but those things don’t actually work for me at all? Like it actually doesn’t make me feel good when My Haters are upset?
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I’m not great at converting rage into fuel myself.
I can usually only find my way forward through humility.
I can usually only find my way forward through humility.
"We need to teach students how to use AI so they can compete in the workforce"
The workforce using AI:
The workforce using AI:
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
"We need to teach students how to use AI so they can compete in the workforce"
The workforce using AI:
The workforce using AI:
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“[M]any are being extra cautious to stay healthy during the most important competitions of their lives.” I should think so! The Artemis II astronauts are in quarantine too. It’s a bummer, but regular people would do well to consider, “do I want to be sick on my wedding day? The big trip? Christmas?”
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“[M]any are being extra cautious to stay healthy during the most important competitions of their lives.” I should think so! The Artemis II astronauts are in quarantine too. It’s a bummer, but regular people would do well to consider, “do I want to be sick on my wedding day? The big trip? Christmas?”
I need to scream and cry
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I need to scream and cry
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
It goes as far back as great-grandparent.
My siblings and I are looking into applying right now.
My siblings and I are looking into applying right now.
FYI Americans: if you had Canadian grandparents/parents: you may be Canadian
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
It goes as far back as great-grandparent.
My siblings and I are looking into applying right now.
My siblings and I are looking into applying right now.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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“the worst people just won’t wear seat belts,” and this is why seat belts have manifestly done nothing to improve road safety over the past half century
You would immediately be able to buy a speed limiter hacking kit on the black market and all the worst people would have them disabled. We've seen this before with every other technological solution to a societal problem, from covid vaccination cards to plane transponders.
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“the worst people just won’t wear seat belts,” and this is why seat belts have manifestly done nothing to improve road safety over the past half century
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Eating overnight oats like
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Eating overnight oats like
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Every guide to using AI as a writing tool
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Every guide to using AI as a writing tool
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
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We’re onto you, Ring
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We’re onto you, Ring
Can someone explain what doorbell cameras are actually for?
And do they actually do those things?
And do they actually do those things?
i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Can someone explain what doorbell cameras are actually for?
And do they actually do those things?
And do they actually do those things?
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i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!
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This is exactly the kind of breakdown of the show I, a person who has never listened to Bad Bunny until tonight, need.
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
This is exactly the kind of breakdown of the show I, a person who has never listened to Bad Bunny until tonight, need.
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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also, can we recognize how absolutely full of shit kristi noem's ICE threat was. they are so much weaker than they want you to believe. we are going to win.
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
also, can we recognize how absolutely full of shit kristi noem's ICE threat was. they are so much weaker than they want you to believe. we are going to win.