Jen Grogan 🐙📖📚

Oh my gosh, Kya is so cute! Clearly twins separated at birth.

Ha, well, I’m not always great at it. I’m getting better, though, and I appreciate the compliment. My husband is a Zen rockstar at parenting, but he still loses it sometimes. Kids are for sure not for everybody!

I'm aware @officialgrammarly.bsky.social has said people can opt out of this, THAT IS ALSO ENRAGING. LLMs have already coopted and stole and plundered creative people's work, now we also have to contact YOU after you steal our identities? Fuck all the way off with that! It's MORE THEFT YOU CLOWNS

I am astounded by the simplicity of the stuff people are doing this for. Like... it just blows my mind. There are easier, more moral, and less economically and environmentally disastrous ways to do this stuff! There always have been!

If you're a writing professional who'd rather *not* have random AI-generated articles attributed to you without your knowledge or approval, here's the opt-out email:

expertoptout@superhuman.com

It's insufficient and tacky af, but it's a start. Go ye thereforth, etc. etc. etc.

The more I hear about the uses of AI, the more I realize a lot of people have never heard of such things as email and document templates before.

This is what we keep telling the Squidling, who, despite being warned many times that she might be shy and scared... is a little upset that he can't pet her and we won't let him try to lure her out.

A fluffy black cat with green eyes looks up toward the camera.

The same fluffy black cat prowls curiously in a bathroom in front of a blue carrier.

We got Miss Bella all set up in the upstairs bathroom as a quiet safe space… and then she escaped, and wound up hiding under our bed in the next room. Whoops.

Here’s a few pictures from before she hid, anyway.

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This is why I dislike conspiracy theories about evil shadow cabals secretly running things

It makes scapegoats that can’t be punished/held accountable/changed, & gives the ppl in power WAY too much credit—they’re not Evil Masterminds, they’re just incompetent negligent & hateful ppl w lots of money

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

🚨 OH DAMN, new Nghi Vo coming out in October!!!! Mark my calendar, and happy birthday to meeeeee. 🚨

I hate to be one of those commenters, but... so.... are we going to DO anything about this? Or just have our interns post online about how bad it is?

Washington voters want this war to end YESTERDAY. Or, preferably, 11 days ago. But, failing that, NOW is the best time to end it. By whatever means.

"In 1988, an anniversary edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reprints the rumor, but omits followup information, incorrectly claiming, 'it’s not known what became of the mayor.'"

It very much was. In fact, "when he died in 1906, six Seattle mayors were his pallbearers."

Whoops.

It's bizarre to me how many people in the comments here seem to think that automation is going to translate into more freedom for the working class.

When has that ever panned out? How much leisure time do you have, after years of these "innovations"? We are Charlie Brown trying to kick the football

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Here are some key deep-sea mining facts:

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Well, thank goodness for good news!

Grammarly should get fucked

Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend

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Thank you! Hopefully there will be pics tomorrow, unless she's feeling very shy.

We're very excited!

We are a secular democracy. If you don't like the freedom of religion, you are welcome to move somewhere else.

In America, you can be Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or anything else. It's written into our Constitution. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Get lost with this garbage.

Awesome, thank you!

He's generally a gentle kid, and good with neighbor cats and my mom's cat, he's just kind of loud and enthusiastic and sometimes forgets the right manners. I'm mostly worried he'll follow her around trying to force cuddles. We've warned him that won't work, but he'll probably have to experience it.

That was what tipped me over to "we can do this!" A cat who is familiar with kids ages 4-12 should be comfortable just walking away or otherwise setting firm boundaries when Squidling inevitably pushes her limits.

(If he gets scratched, fine. But it sounds like she warns first, which is huge.)

Some more thoughts:

Using AI in this way detracts from your ability to learn the craft of #writing. Writing is not just about the end result. It’s about the process of learning how to write and revise.

It’s like using training wheels forever (great metaphor by the great @raqueledits.bsky.social!).

Thank you!

Oh, interesting! I'll look into those, thank you! (Still a little unsure of exactly how long the cat's fur is, we'll know for sure when she's at home, but it seemed longer than my old cat's on one meeting.)

Cat ZoomGroom Easy-grip silicone cat brush

ZoomGroom for cats, in case anyone is wondering wtf I'm talking about: www.kongcompany.com/cat-zoomgroo...

Friends who have had long-hair cats before:

My grooming experience is limited to medium-hair cats. Is a Zoom Groom enough to start, or should I get a more srs bzns brush for actual long hair?

Cat in question is said to like brushing, and politely notify with a paw (no claws) when she is done.