boozysmurf

boozysmurf

@boozysmurf.antipathy.ca

I play video games, wrench on cars, bust my knuckles on power tools, fight traffic on a bicycle, and read cereal boxes if I can't find a book. he / him. Canadian. Never 51.

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Well, i need all of these, I think.

Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social

I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares. redpopnews.com/13-bone-chil...

That's fucking disappointing, Ottawa. Not the result, although it's not what I would have wanted. 36.2% voter turnout. So, with 44% of votes cast, Sutcliffe has been chosen by about 16%of the population. Fucking pathetic.

Time to start planning next springs work on the XR4Ti, because i did nothing this season and didn't drive it because of that. Turbo go stut-utututu.

Batshit insane. That's a $1500-$2100cdn console. Consoles are supposed to be for kids FIRST. They're the into to gaming Adjstd for inflation all the 1st Gen consoles (NES,XBOX, PS) no matter release date or orig cost, adjust to ~$500. A $1500 console kills gaming. At The generational level.

Aftermath@aftermath.site

$1200-1800 for a console is such commercial suicide I can't even muster a "get the fuck outta here" about the news aftermath.site/xbox-helix-nex...

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Being the "best AI for novel writing" is like being the best sandpaper for wiping your ass.

Well, that feels pretty spot on.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

It pains me to admit it, but the only reason I need 64gb of RAM in my PC is to keep 300 browser tabs open while I play Borderlands4 at 5260x1440p. At this point, I really should just get my tabs under control and sell 32gb 😆

That. It's either a tool or a solution. And it ain't a solution, never has been. And this doesn't have to be about AI either. But it can definitely apply.

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social

If you think technology will solve your problems you don't understand technology—and you don't understand your problems. —Laurie Anderson

Also, Yuki Tsunoda having more points as a back-up driver than Lance Stroll as a full-time driver (and Stroll with 10 DNF in 17 races) never ceases to amuse me.

Cage is a lunatic, but i live that he continues to be on the right side of the insist - not just this, but in taking EVERY role.

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This is horrific. But not surprising. The only thing that's surprising to me is that it's not pay-per-view.

Scott Colom@scolom.bsky.social

America is great because America is good. As a prosecutor and an American, I am horrified by Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution. What Nidal Hasan did is unforgivable. But we must have justice without sinking to the lows of dictatorships and terrorist regimes.

I mean... look at it? That's two lanes each direction, plus center/yellow/divider, plus turning lanes. How are we surprised that if you make it quack like a highway, people assume it's a highway, rather than a road? Especially when you, and here's the kicker, CALL IT A HIGHWAY.

This is the way.

Andrew (🎃)@athomashemlock.bsky.social

This is literally the difference between Saruman and Gandalf. Tolkien is very clear about the necessity to go out into the world and yap with strangers, preferably while smoking and drinking.

THIS.

Brenna Clarke Gray@brennacgray.bsky.social

People and agencies opting for "super intelligence" in common parlance is a very useful tell for their propensity to comply in advance. It's not more accurate, easier to say, more useful, or more descriptive. It's just an authoritarian attempt to see what they can get away with linguistically.

As someone who has recently gone from gas (a v8 truck, no less) to an EV, beverage is great, but utilization, ie, charging infrastructure, is beyond lacking. I have more thoughts on this, but they need organizing first.

Markham Hislop@markhamhislop.bsky.social

Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada = 18% France = 26% Japan = 30.5% Brazil = 25% Turkey = 24% Indonesia: 19.6% If the future is electric, Canada is not highly electrified...or likely to be by 2050. #cdnpoli energi.media/markham-on-e...

In seven weeks, I will run a team for ExtraLife (Benefiting the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario) for the fifteenth year. If you can spare a couple bucks in donations if you are in the Ottawa/Eastern Ontario region, it helps a lot! dd.extra-life.org/participants...

dd.extra-life.orgExtra Life | Make Big Change For All KidsI'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network hospital! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to Make Big Change For All Kids.

It appears my new tattoo order is: - godzilla (either reflected in the lens of a 35mm camera, or in prints in front of a 35mm camera) - the black rabbit of Inle - Robotech/ mospeada bike Dammit. I gotta make some appointments.

Angus the 🏴✡@angusthejew.bsky.social

Watership Down is a favorite in our house, so much so, when my oldest turned 18 they went out and got the shadow/death rabbit tattooed on them.

I'm also not mad that HP is getting its reboot-lunch-eaten by Dungeon Crawler Carl finally absolutely exploding into pop culture (although it's by no means YA coming of age UNLESS you consider Princess Donut). Fuck JKR, btw. Just in case we weren't sure.

GHOSTopher Bird@mightygodking.com

i did a meme

LeClerc is so good at fucking up Ferrari 's chances of doing well - knocking Hamilton down to 8th, and then crashing out 10 corners later is classic Charles "Choke under pressure" LeClerc.

And for the life of me, i don't understand why the commentary box continues to jerk this guy off. He's a great time trial driver (qualifying) but he has zero ability to drive well under pressure.

(Same story but pic) once hit a suddenly thrown-open BMW coupe door doing nearly 40kmh downhill (on a bicycle) - got sideways enough to put my shoulder into it, and bent it so far back it broke the front headlight off the car it was on. THIS door would have decapitated me, in the same situation.

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social

This feels like a bad idea for traffic

I once hit a suddenly thrown-open BMW coupe door doing nearly 40kmh downhill (on a bicycle) - got sideways enough to put my shoulder into it, and bent it so far back it broke the front headlight off the car it was on. THIS door would have decapitated me, in the same situation.

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social

**screams in bicyclese**

Same with the anniversary re-release of the first movie. Local Theatre had it with around 20 daily showings, last Friday. Today? Two. Both after 930pm. No one is taking their kids to it.

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Simultaneously a demonstration of Dolly Parton and Joss Whedon's characters, one positive, one negative

It's ME(Jaime)@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social

Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.