SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Sometimes you just need to demolish a third of a bag of cherries before you go to bed
Born at 361 ppm, He/Him, bug nerd Mech. Eng. Technician who contracted chemistry Rapidly alternates between shit- and earnest-posting Anti-fascist, AI is technocult, 🔞 Social democrat/progressive #NAFO 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Fuck Admin 47, Fuck ICE
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Sometimes you just need to demolish a third of a bag of cherries before you go to bed
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The only lifestyle that should preclude you from government is being a billionaire.
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Florida just went full-bore pro plague, huh? Just in time for climate change to bring the ranges of some tropical diseases into the Southeast...
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Undersdoob
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There's a really good webcomic posted on Webtoon called Nevermore. Poe would've liked that one. Very drama, so tragedy, much supernatural.
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It gave me a real good excuse to go ham on some leftovers when I got home, so at least there was a silver lining lol
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
I ate leftover chicken burgers and some pasta salad. Feeling a lot more human now lol
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Next time, I'm doing my friggin bloodwork on a day I don't have to work... I went 20 hours without food
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
... I just realized it was Tuesday because of Labor Day. So All Errands Tuesday (tm)***
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
All Errands Monday (tm) yaaaaay
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Because apparently calling out blatant lies for what they are counts as biased coverage now...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Welp, finally getting this classic sci-fi story crossed off my reading list in the near future!
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
I need to make a version of my pop/electronica playlist that has most of the vtuber and anime music removed from it so I can play it for normies lol. I don't need Hoshou Marine moaning in the middle of my playlist if I don't have headphones in *sweat drop on temple*
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6, it feels like lactose's version of the surprised Pikachu face
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I'm a third shifter, I'm about to have my pre-bedtime snack
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11:41, EDT
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Excellent
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Gary The Land Before Gary Speed Gary Gary Hard Gary 2: Gary Harder
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Gary Doubtfire
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Ruin a movie by making it about Gary The Gary With the Dragon Tattoo
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. Gary on Elm Street.
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And child sex trafficking in the case of Trump.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay, yeah. This is part of why it feels so exhausting. Trump World is full of scummy train wrecks I would love to ignore if they weren't committing sociopolitical arson...
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Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. Finding Gary
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
It's certainly better than any attempt I'd make. Keep up the practice, it looks like you're getting close!
Purple Potato Enjoyer (@kootenaymarxist.bsky.social) reposted
Happy #LaborDay
Donkey BOO! tay 💩 (@donkee.bsky.social) reposted
Enjoy your day fellow laborers. Tomorrow it’s back to billionaire’s year
SaltyDogFella ⚓️ (@saltydogfella.bsky.social) reposted
Study: Collapse of Key Atlantic Ocean Current May Begin As Early As 2060 ⚓️ Current events, of the future [Arctic 🥶🧊 feed] (bsky.app/profile/did:...) maritime-executive.com/article/stud...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
The Hush Sound- You Are the Moon Mother nature song #mothernaturesong #musicchallenge
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I *really* dislike Thatcher, but she is correct. Tyrants like Putin only respond to force.
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Extremely slow but large-diameter tree hail
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I grew up using my right hand to click with the mouse because everyone else in the house was right-handed. At this point, I think it would feel weird if I tried to use the mouse with my left hand. Same thing happened when learning to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band 2 lol
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
I finally have acces to a grill again! Chicken burgers with basil, onion, thyme, and topped with cheddar cheese.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
For such a power-hungry bastard, Trump sure is a sucker for Putinist Russia's approach to the "peace process" in regards to Ukraine... youtu.be/eAmDhb-KoBs?...
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All hail Saint JerDrone, please show the flock of flamingos what you know.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Favorite cryptid? Mothman, and not just because of the Mothman/YMCA cover. It's just such a WEIRD urban legend. youtu.be/2jnCwbXaDhM?...
NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted
Opinion | Americans don’t need to go shooting things into their arms to be healthy by RFK Jr.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
This is why I'm glad I'm not a roofer. All of that is asphalt roof sealent, even after a good washing. Stubborn stuff...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
About 80% done replacing an 8-shingle section of roof! I'm glad my mom and I work well together as a team. This would be a much more painful job if I was working with a more difficult partner.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
FRUIT STATIC WATER
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It went about as well as expected
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Last week I tried swiping my work ID badge to unlock my front door...
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C. Slikit!
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In order for something like that to happen, we need Democrats with an actual spine in leadership, and a willingness to respond to radical authoritarians with radical progressivism. We would basically need a second Reconstruction era. And a ban on corporate money in politics.
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Yes
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Rich people are just *itching* to harvest poor people for fun and profit, huh?
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
KYLE SCHWARBER FOUR HOME RUN GAME FOR MY KING
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LLMs have zero business providing medical and therapy services. They cannot be licensed and they cannot be held responsible for causing harm to patients. LLM owners should be held accountable for the harm they have caused. We needed regulations and restrictions on AI usage 3 years ago...
Keezy Young🌼 @RCCC J47 (@keezyyoung.bsky.social) reposted
re: chatgpt and suicide/psychosis, if somebody talked like that to other people in any of my peer support groups they would be banned instantly. a healthcare or psychiatric provider who did so would be stripped of their licensing. a crisis hotline would be sued into oblivion. shut it the fuck down
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Through a combination of forgetting to buy sugar and having a big-ass bottle of agave nectar in the fridge, I have found a new delicious way to make coffee at home more expensive...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Also if you listen to his remarks on psychiatric meds it's pretty clear he sees people with certain ailments as fundamentally subhuman. He's a medical eugenecist.
David J Prokopetz (@prokopetz.bsky.social) reposted
"This would kill a Victorian child on contact" buddy, that kid grew up with heroin in their cough syrup and arsenic in their wallpaper. A Victorian child would probably kill YOU on contact.
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How many rings are in each order, and what size onion rings are we talking about? I have a very strong stomach. I have to deliberately eat past the point of it becoming painful and unpleasant to vomit without an illness or copious amounts of alcohol involved.
🦆 (@snakeroot.bsky.social) reposted
Babe can I chupa your cabra
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Blocking me is midemeanor in Intercourse, PA
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I have spicy brain stuff. I'm not going to own a firearm until I know I have a system in place to prevent me from using them during spicy brain time.
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You're not my mom!
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One of my all-time favorite covers is a bluegrassy Black Hole Sun cover by Leftover Salmon. open.spotify.com/track/31tdCT...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
There is some good country out there. I tend to like the bluegrassy and folksy stuff. Pop and modern radio country is gross, faker than Ted Cruz wearing a cowboy hat, and performative in a way that SHOULD be insulting to every rural person who hears it...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
These rich assholes really do just want permission to harvest poor people for fun and profit...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Uhhhhhm they are being used... by the people who grew two kidneys. Which is the vast majority of people. These fuckers really just want to harvest the poor for their own profit and entertainment, huh?
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Why can't dark money back candidates that want to bring decent passenger trains to the US?
Luke (@llobrow.bsky.social) reposted
I can take you to the unincorporated township colloquially known as funkytown
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinetic sanctions are the best kind of sanctions. May flocks of flaming flamingos join the drones as they rain down on the rest of Russia's refining capacity.
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Or a 3rd shifter in the US
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I can only draw when the inspiration hits, like this one a few months ago. Drawn on [company redacted] time with [company redacted] office materials.
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The thoughts and prayers from these fucking gun fetishists haven't kept one kid from getting put in a goddamn coffin
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Thoughts and prayers aren't keeping kids out of fucking coffins you goddamn gun fetishists
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Is hauntology like a spooky goth lesbian aesthetic, or am I way off the mark?
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It me
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Maybe a better way of improving Union Station would be properly funding Amtrak and not letting Sean Duffy and the orange Mussolini anywhere near the goddamn trains, ffs
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Fuck I'm not mentally ready to deal with school shooting season this time around... I hate how normalized it's become
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I worked at Kodak for a year and a half which had a pension-esque program (KRIPS), but they just ended that in an effort to keep financially solvent. I had to roll the money accrued in my KRIPS account into my 401k.
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I mean I'd rather have decent passenger trains than flying cars, but I agree with the sentiment
Pitirim Sorokin 🦋 (@pitirimsorokin.bsky.social) reposted
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
I want the music to hurt a little today
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How about we use a more secure form of identification that isn't stored on paper you're not allowed to laminate
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
My human ranger character got ragdolled a LOT on that campaign...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
They got their stuff back, but I got yeeted into the lake like three times and my barbarian friend had to haul me out of the water and fight another party member who was trying to percussive maintenance the thrall off of me lol
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One of my favorite tabletop memories was a Pathfinder game where I nat 1'd myself into becoming a thrall for a gang of pixies, stole all of my party's gear while they were sleeping (the only time I ever rolled high on my stealth checks), then yeeted the Bag of Holding into the nearby lake.
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That magical thing that happens is carbon monoxide poisoning-induced hallucinations
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Which makes Admin 47's attempts to kill American renewable energy projects even more egregious. The entire Republican Party should be tried for ecocide.
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I listened to this yesterday, and it's one of the few pieces of news that's given me hope when it comes to climate mitigation. The clock is already past midnight on fossil fuels' long term economic viability, at least when it comes to power generation.
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Yeah, the last thing we need is another Merrick Garland as Attorney General. We need a Justice Department willing to go after these political arsonists, top to bottom.
Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
like if you put a product on the market where there’s a non-zero chance that it’s going to “proactively instigate the death by suicide of a child” and lots of people tell you that’s obviously gonna happen and you do it anyway and then it happens,,, how is that not a crime ?
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This is the pro plague administration.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Being left to your own devices has its own prices
EveryLibrary (@everylibrary.bsky.social) reposted
Trump is attempting to eliminate Federal Funding for libraries, but RIGHT NOW Congress is deciding how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters!
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
No new pictures, where are you at mentally?
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Why is the succotash sufferin', and does it have to do with the other vegetable sides making fun of it for being named succotash?
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There are some city-level progressive DAs that don't give off the DA ick, but they clash (often quite publically) with the rest of the carceral state and don't tend to stay in that position for long. The carceral state is so pervasive and entrenched...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. Trump 2.0 has already made the police state much worse and aggressive, but that doesn't mean I was enthusiastic about voting for Harris...
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social) reply parent
A lot of that blue state to blue state coordination infrastructure was built during the first Trump admin, and in preparation for a 2nd Trump term. It's one way state-level Dems are generally more effective at hemming in Trump than Congress.
SpazMantis (@ogruddawg.bsky.social)
Who is the patron saint of shitty break room coffee, or are they a denizen of the other place?