Quadrupus

Quadrupus

@quadrupus.bsky.social

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Just the stupidest people in the world sharing their "big ideas." Just complete fucking morons. Just idiots from thde absolute bottom of the idiot barrel. Just the dregs of the cask of dunces.

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SAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”

Did I, like, bring this shit with me from Lake Michigan or

Capital Weather@capitalweather.com

STRONG MESSAGING about the seriousness of the cold and wind on Saturday from the National Weather Service. Power outages possible. Longest period with subzero wind chills in 30+ years. A good day to stay inside, or bundle up big time if you have to be outside.

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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

I forgot about the Folger Shakespeare Library. I can go there to write and do research! No pens allowed in the reading room (as was the case at the National Library of Spain, where I did research for my PhD). I can have pencil and paper and my computer.

Normally, my preference is to write with a fountain pen on paper. Contemplating these restrictions, I leaned toward composing with a pencil before I thought "...or I guess I could just type."

I had a molar removed on Monday. First tooth I've had extracted since my wisdom teeth 40 years ago. I do not recommend it. The procedure was fine, but the recovery is not great. Rinsing my mouth out with warm, salty water feels pretty good, however.

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I am making so much more money now but my copay for seeing a psychiatrist is so much lower. My medications are cheaper too. Also my insurance in Indiana was a heartbeat away from recommending I go to church instead.

Actual Bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from 500 years before you were born

bradluen@bradluen.bsky.social

Actual Bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from 500 years before you were born artsandculture.google.com/asset/st-fra...

actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.

J Bogart@jonathanbogart.net

actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.

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If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋 We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen Bob Dylan (x approximately 8) John Prine Maurizio Pollini with the Chicago Symphony The Kronos Quartet with Don Walser Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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And yet, when he went to write poetry, he stuck his finger dirctly into the fucking socket that carries all of the magic of all of the stars and the music and the shimmering particles everywhere. Sure, so-and-so had a day job. Wallace Stevens had a day job but sat down to record why life is worth it

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

He was VICE PRESIDENT of the insurance company and turned down an Ivy League professorship to keep his gig. Wallace Steven is the Patron Saint of Writer Day Jobs.

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He was VICE PRESIDENT of the insurance company and turned down an Ivy League professorship to keep his gig. Wallace Steven is the Patron Saint of Writer Day Jobs.

Taj Mahalo@tajmahalo.bsky.social

Wallace Stevens sold insurance. You do what you have to do.

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A real man doesn't spend his day hunched over a computer. A real man should be outdoors, staggering about and saying "Hey! who turned out da lights!?" because he got his head trapped in a bucket again