do lions bleet of electric sheep
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
I want a robot that staples exams for me, for the in-person tests I have to give because of the robots that write essays
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I want a robot that staples exams for me, for the in-person tests I have to give because of the robots that write essays
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This is very high on my list of "not politically charged stuff I want somebody to run for office on"
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is very high on my list of "not politically charged stuff I want somebody to run for office on"
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hilary putnam, "brains in a vat":
You know what's sick and twisted? If you grew up in fake barn country, those actually are barns.
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
hilary putnam, "brains in a vat":
I’m squirrel-maxxing, I’m chipmunk-moding, I’m gathering nuts for winter
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’m squirrel-maxxing, I’m chipmunk-moding, I’m gathering nuts for winter
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Do you ever contemplate the forms?
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Do you ever contemplate the forms?
"Are you familiar with the work of Joyce Carol Oates?"
"Yeah I love her posts"
"Yeah I love her posts"
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Are you familiar with the work of Joyce Carol Oates?"
"Yeah I love her posts"
"Yeah I love her posts"
I just started watching Columbo from the beginning and draw the following inferences from these plots. 1. rich people do crimes. 2. it was a lot easier to get on airplanes in the 70s
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I just started watching Columbo from the beginning and draw the following inferences from these plots. 1. rich people do crimes. 2. it was a lot easier to get on airplanes in the 70s
Local flower refuses to quit
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Local flower refuses to quit
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Suggested:
Why is the beast so rough?
More about the beast's hour
Where is the beast slouching toward?
Why is the beast so rough?
More about the beast's hour
Where is the beast slouching toward?
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Suggested:
Why is the beast so rough?
More about the beast's hour
Where is the beast slouching toward?
Why is the beast so rough?
More about the beast's hour
Where is the beast slouching toward?
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i prefer my mome raths ingrabe
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
i prefer my mome raths ingrabe
middle school band was over 30 years ago, and I am still having trumpet anxiety dreams
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
middle school band was over 30 years ago, and I am still having trumpet anxiety dreams
it has happened: I am older than my students' parents 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
it has happened: I am older than my students' parents 🫠
as society descends further into decay, my sartorial sense approaches ever closer to 1996
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
as society descends further into decay, my sartorial sense approaches ever closer to 1996
meanwhile some of us in other cities are about to be surprised to be voting in mayoral elections we had no idea were happening
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
meanwhile some of us in other cities are about to be surprised to be voting in mayoral elections we had no idea were happening
sometimes I show my classes this clip when we talk about intelligent action www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL4L...
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
sometimes I show my classes this clip when we talk about intelligent action www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL4L...
#lionsinarthistory (I don't currently have more tags in this category but I absolutely can)
Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration of animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s.
Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#lionsinarthistory (I don't currently have more tags in this category but I absolutely can)
"with these beans I redeem me and mine"
The Romans had an annual ghost exorcism holiday with certain laxative-related themes.
For just as beans cause the body to expel certain substances, they apparently do the same to unwanted household ghosts.
As seen in Cavendish’s “The Black Arts,” following Ovid.
For just as beans cause the body to expel certain substances, they apparently do the same to unwanted household ghosts.
As seen in Cavendish’s “The Black Arts,” following Ovid.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"with these beans I redeem me and mine"
Ghosts say “boo!” because they’re moral emotivists
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ghosts say “boo!” because they’re moral emotivists
This Bunny's not Going To Pat Itself
(slightly impatient children's book titles)
(slightly impatient children's book titles)
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This Bunny's not Going To Pat Itself
(slightly impatient children's book titles)
(slightly impatient children's book titles)
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My name is Fozziemandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and this bear
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My name is Fozziemandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and this bear
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“Men are from Hesperus, Women are from Phosphorus”
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Men are from Hesperus, Women are from Phosphorus”
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
2 kinds of ppl: those who think baking is hard bc you have to follow a recipe and those who think baking is easy bc it's just following a recipe
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
2 kinds of ppl: those who think baking is hard bc you have to follow a recipe and those who think baking is easy bc it's just following a recipe