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Doctor Who characters as Dril tweets, a thread

submitted 518 days ago • 5 comments

Booked for a Caribbean cruise in the fall and I'm wondering how much I can play "Tortuga" by Alestorm before they kick me off the ship.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Wish you were here, caw-caw! Want to read the original novel of THE BIRDS? Peter S. Beagle's favorite unicorn stories? Tales of clever mice facing off against deadly cats? Check out my storybundle, which is raising funds for Doctors Without Borders. 12 ebooks for $25! storybundle.com/animals

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

May light shine on her. Turned a joke role into a character for the ages through force of will and ability. No MASH without Margaret.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Duolingo right now: youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

If I hear any more from a Republican ever about small government or stopping federal overreach, I don't know that I'll punch them in the mouth but it wouldn't be about lack of temptation

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

*listening to liked songs playlist* *mildly grooving while working* *"Can You Picture That" by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem comes on* *turns the volume up*

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Every time a show or whatever has someone say "we've got to keep moving" I am compelled to finish the Tom Petty lyric

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Stop worrying about the numbers. Trust me, at 55 you'll still feel like a confused 20 year old, it'll just hurt more. Okay wait I was going for uplifting. Uh, it's not actually required to turn spiteful and sour with age, so try and avoid doing that

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Delete a letter, ruin a movie: John Ick

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I saw Peter David twice -- the second time he was on a panel at SDCC with @nmamatas.bsky.social and that was a thing, but the first time he came out to DefenseCon to support the Planet Comics guys with whom I was friends, and I've always really appreciated that, regardless of his reasons. RIP, PAD.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'

submitted 10 days ago • 61 comments

Dear Mr. Clegg I have started a business, selling the contents of your house I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house Without this access my company will not be profitable Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree Please advise how I should proceed

submitted 10 days ago • 35 comments

What are you wearing to the bsky prom?

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Before I dropped out of grad school (decades ago) my area of particular interest was rational agents and thus I took graduate level artificial intelligence amongst other things. So anyway, it annoys me endlessly that this one curiosity of a subfield is now the public definition of "AI".

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Once again, rules are rules

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I get nervous every time my feed gets a bunch of fashion critique of white guys because y'all I am basic af, untucked polos and black jeans and big dark plastic frames

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We're living through the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore, while the government stomps its uncaring boot on our necks. But there's an easy way to fight back: Care. I wrote about it: dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

Fight fight fight

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In fourth grade I went for a completely awesome slide on the icy street, hit a dry bit, went over forward and fractured my wrist catching myself. (Please do not explain how to take a fall. It was 47 years ago.)

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment