So I took my mom to the aquarium yesterday and she was cracking up at one of the habitats. I went to take a look and:
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Sure, you can renew MS Office 365 for $130/yr. You can also install LibreOffice for free, donate $30 to the nice volunteers developing it, and still have $100 extra left over for groceries.
Was out running, feeling blah; I turned to see the grain ship say...
Sorry, internet. I'm gonna need you to downgrade everything to Web 1.0 so I can go back to the Lynx browser.
Chop chop. Let's get those sites back into basic-ass HTML.
I'm downloading last month's photos off my camera. This one made me laugh. Behold: The world's largest rubber duck!
Hey babe, the new Tinder category just dropped.
So... online bookseller Fable decided it would be fun to use AI to summarize people's reading habits and it went about as well as you'd expect.
More from Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/fable-controversy-ai-summaries/
[adjusts monocle and sticks bubble pipe in mouth] "Let me tell you kids about the year we stopped supporting oligarchs. I bought a lot of dry beans and rice and fixed my clothes to make them last. We helped our neighbors, volunteered, and let the toxic conveniences of the old corpo world rot. It was a slow process, and we're still learning, but some battles you can only win by refusing to play..."
"Oh, the monocle? 🧐 I just think it's fucking hilarious."
👩 : (observes anything remotely unpleasant)
🧠 : Godzilla wouldn't put up with this shit
[modem noise]
....activating hermit mode
....regretfully declining social engagements
....Pantry Supply Check: PASS
....Book Supply Check: PASS
....DVD Supply Check: PASS
....Slippers: CLEAN and FLUFFY
....Notifications: MUTED
....dimming lights
....igniting fireplace
....loading Lionel Richie's Greatest Hits
Hermit mode enabled 🌃
Hey, mystery fans! Want a murder-vacation in your imagination? My book The Case of the Missing Finger is free on all retailers through February 16th. Also from my web store, DRM-free.
https://cheribaker.com/products/the-case-of-the-missing-finger
This is my favorite piece of junk mail ever. God tier nonsense.
I'm looking for a book/series with lots of fighting (battles) but minimal/no sexism. Something actiony. If you have any favorites, hit me up.
Swords, fists, spaceships, guns: it's all good. I wanna see some ass whoopin.
Hey #Monsterdon! Here's a bingo card for tonight's film: Snowbeast. 🍿 And if you haven't already, please take a peek at @douglasfur@snaggletooth.life 's fundraiser for LGBTQ youth.
Fundraiser: https://octodon.social/deck/@douglasfur@snaggletooth.life/113691874356841672
Event info from our host: https://octodon.social/@Taweret/113697494998693426
Best of luck with the Bingo!
I love Pajama Sundays!
- Nothing on the calendar
- Coffee and brunch at home (usually waffles)
- Morning Cartoons
This is my favorite "new habit," ever. Give me one whole day to myself, and the other six I can get things done. 🧸
It is extremely badass to be 90 years old. I'd be very lucky to grow older with the same sweetness and inner chill as my dad in law.
The #Monsterdon crew is donating to LGBTQ youth for the holidays! Submit your donation receipt and get entered into a raffle for a watercolor painting inspired by tonight's film: Snowbeast.
I misread "small batch vanilla" as "small bitch vanilla" and was momentarily intrigued by a product made with me in mind. 😏
Ah, yes. The world's greatest detective.
I had a fun hour showing kids plankton, although we saw a lot of bellies full of microplastic. 😕
On the positive side, check out this cool larval worm I found. Very wiggly!
(I returned these micro-critters to the water)