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Ash, apparently@arreffbee· 26d

"You're a hard man," he says, his N95 itching even as it protects him from the orange haze of the day. "But Mikey here," he hooks a thumb at the slight man behind him, who smiles quietly in return, "eats a salad. Every day. For lunch." The other man visibly swallows. "With iceberg lettuce."

A newspaper showing what is possibly the most 2026, end-of-empire headline yet: "Is it safe to eat lettuce?"

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 13

Sorry you couldn't die more than once, Lindsey, but I suppose there'll be others to celebrate yet

A celebratory cocktail with a slice of orange

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 10

George Orwell's diary entry from October 19, 1940 is such a mood, y'all

The unspeakable depression of lighting the fires every morning with papers of a year ago, and getting glimpses of optimistic headlines as they go up in smoke.

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 9

Alas, I don't think I can at this long? I think my only options now are "read faster" and/or "wait to finish it"

A screenshot of a Libby shelf record for Empire of Silence

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 5

Y'all I am *dying* at this chat help I got from Google Fi Richard Support Specialist was very nice by the way

Richard Support Specialist

10:43 PM

Provide a response to customer's concern with acknowledgment, empathy and reassurance, using less negative words, without using the word frustration or any negative words in a single paragraph without using bullets or numbers, make it short and simple, 1 to 2 sentences < I just need to hold off on the replacement I just asked for>

Ash Ford Burley

10:43 PM

hahahahhaa ohhh that's a fun prompt

Richard Support Specialist

10:43 PM

10:44 PM

Sorry if I sent it to you

Ash Ford Burley

I'm not frustrated, it's cool, I just need to cancel the claim

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 4

Does Pilot count?

The integrated alien pilot of the ship Moya in Farscape

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jul 3

Peter Thiel has aged thirty years in the last ten years Somewhere in this man's attic is a portrait of him that only gets younger and more beautiful by the day

Peter Thiel in 2016, scowling over a microphone like he wants the cameraman to spontaneously combust. He looks in his early 30s.

Peter Thiel in 2022, looking pensively beyond the camera. He looks about 50.

Peter Thiel in 2026. His hand holds the microphone like a withered claw. The area around his eyes looks swollen and his eyes are so deep set as to look sunken. He looks over 60.

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 29

A drawing of the Star Trek character Chief O'Brien standing at the controls in the transporter room. His face is filled with ennui.

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 23

The Millennium Parade

An CD cover showing an ukiyo-e style image of some kind of water oni holding a bucket out of which fire and spirits are flooding into the sky like some kind of Pandora's box, whole childlike spirits dance in the raining fire of sparks

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 17

"I shouldn't have flipped that turtle on its back."

Harrison Ford in Blade Runner II looking very serious

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 15

A poorly rendered drawing of George Washington kicking a British soldier in half

Another poorly-rendered drawing of George Washington kicking a British soldier in half

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 11

I just got divorced

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 10

Hey fam, what's going on with this tree? It looks like something's trying to girdle it!

A foot-wide tree trunk with a straight line of shallow holes all the way across it

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· Jun 3

bluesky putting these posts together has given me an incredible idea Garak Jesus, y'all Garak. Jesus. Just in time for pride

Two consecutive bluesky posts. The first is by @mercuryal.bksy.social and is a Deep Space Nine meme with the comment "that's illegal this month". The meme depicts Sisko saying "Garak, I'm going to give it to you straight" and Garak saying "Gross."

The second post is by Sage (@trans.bsky.social) and reads "Danny Devito would be an incredible Jesus"

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 29

I'm pretty sure it's not. A world where the Luddites won still uses all the same technology, but with more workers' rights. As I understand it, the Luddites weren't anti-technology, they were anti-worker-exploitation. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...

As the Industrial Revolution began, workers naturally worried about being displaced by increasingly efficient machines. But the Luddites themselves “were totally fine with machines,” says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality goods,” says Binfield, “and they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages. Those were their only concerns.”

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 29

A reminder that Stephen Miller, a man who answers the question "what would it look like if someone polished a particularly ugly potato until it shined" is only 3 years older than Talarico. All these charges of "femininity" are so obviously thinly-veiled jealousy that it's hilarious

James Talarico looking about 26 years old and smiling

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 27

Deer! In the Staff Room

Screenshot of an email (identifying information removed)

10:35 AM

[REDACTED]

to me

Dear Families,

A few minutes ago, a deer ran through a window at SCHOOL NAME REDACTED and is currently contained in the staff room. All students and staff are safe, and the Police Department is on scene. The school is currently locked down as a precaution.

We will provide more information as soon as we can.

Sincerely,
NAME REDACTED
Principal

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 24

Hey @techconnectify.bsky.social! I just bought a pair of touch activated lamps for a very reasonable price from a major big box retailer. They come with 3-setting LED bulbs! Anyway just thought you should know they're back (they never really left)

A black base lamp with a beige shade, sitting on a wooden cabinet in a room with yellow walls

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 23

Can we talk about how the ad that played immediately before it was also for... chickens...

Screenshot of the quotes post, but in place of the video is an ad for chipotle honey chicken at the restaurant chain chipotle

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 22

A fake star trek the next generation title card for an episode called "Shut Up, Wesley"

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 22

Wait you can USE this! The rest of search works!

A Google search for "disregard how tall is the empire State building" still works in the traditional search but the AI overview gets confused

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 22

And you may ask yourself!

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 19

Irony is dead, as is whatever remains of Mr. Rosenbaum's integrity and reputation

New York Times headline: Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. -: Steven Rosenbaum, author of "The Future of Truth," said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 15

A white man in a suit looking smugly at the viewer with the caption "I'm something of a dictator myself"

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 12

Jesus. @egall.bsky.social have you seen this thing? The only way I can describe this bill is a license to abuse kids.

The Home Education Freedom Act

Senate Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday that would give more rights to parents who choose to home school children - and curtail some state investigative power.

The latest version of House Bill 1268 would make it optional for a parent to notify the state or a local school of their intent to home school their child, which is currently required. It would also repeal the current requirement for annual evaluations of home school students and the requirement that a parent keep records and copies of the instructional materials.

The bill would require that any information that is shared with the state Department of Education about a home-schooled child not be shared with any other state agency.

The bill would also make changes to child welfare laws to prevent investigations by the Division for Children, Youth, and Families on the basis of home schooling alone. It would prohibit DCYF from using participation in home education as a negative factor in assessing the adequacy of a child's education, or in determining evidence of neglect.

And HB 1268 would repeal the Home Education Advisory Council and eliminate the State Board of Education's rulemaking authority over home-school programs.

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 10

What do you MEAN New York is not in New England???

Text conversation between two people:

1 (quoting 2): "NY is not part of NE"
What?

2: I've stayed in Rochester NY

1: It's new YORK

2: I know it throws people off

1: YORK is in ENGLAND

2: BUT ITS NOT NEW ENGLAND

1: How is New YORK not in New ENGLAND

2: New England could at keast be like.... the original colonies

1: When OLD YORK is in OLD ENGLAND

2: Thats what would make the most sense to me if you want to be called new england

1: This country is stupid

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 6

Oh no it saw the orange face and got confused!

Screenshot of the above post but the photos of the orange kitty are hidden behind a warning that says "contains Trump's face"

Ash, apparently@arreffbee· May 5

The most interesting thing about extraterrestrial life is how many times Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein Files