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sharpstick

@sharpstick@sunny.garden

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An asmrtist since 2012 and a current wannabe author. Creative director by day, book and movie enthusiast by night. He/him

Husband to a dynamic, intelligent and tenacious autistic wife.

Proud father of a strong and brilliant son and a brave and beautiful trans daughter. 🏳️‍⚧️
 

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sharpstick 2d ago

@JuliusGoat This was a good read for the 4th. It helps me provide a framework for the day. Not celebrating the nation as a what, but celebrating it as a who. Thank you.

sharpstick 2d ago

A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jun 16

In the linked essay, I mention Nancy Mace's standard TERF question, asked most recently to Tim Walz: "What is a woman?"

My answer is simple. A woman is not a *what.* A woman is a *who.*

I want to expand a bit from the essay on why I think this matters.

https://www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-weakness/

Shows of Weakness

They've got the tanks. We've got the power.

The Reframe

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sharpstick 2d ago

@JuliusGoat This is a great list. I’ll need to fill the gaps of the ones I haven’t seen.

sharpstick 2d ago

A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆2d ago

Made my own Top 100 movies of the century list. Number 83 might astonish you. (It also might not astonish you. I don't know what does or does not astonish you. Also I don't remember right now exactly what number 83 is, so it might astonish me for all I know.) https://letterboxd.com/andrewmoxon/list/100-best-movies-of-the-21st-century/

100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

... and 25 more, most of which I need to watch again.

sharpstick 2d ago

Jake in the desert 3d ago

Illustrations by Lim Heng Swee

#illustration #art #LimHengSwee #Japan #JapaneseArtists #CatArt

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Stefan 5d ago

It’s hard for younger people to understand Jimmy Swaggart because he was from a different socio-political era when scandals involving prostitution and war crimes could temporarily negatively impact your career, as opposed to now, where they actually improve it.

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Malcolm Nance 5d ago

#ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a #war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling #tacos at Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.

I’m so sick of these punks!

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BrianKrebs 5d ago

We say "fucking" to keep Google's AI from fscking up search results with AI. And now we can say "gravy" to throw off the AI scrapers?

Fucking gravy.

Thank you @aj for cluing me in.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2okvbdq33c32ekbv6hfzdg2/post/3lsvh7cupqk2z

AJ Sadauskas (@ajsadauskas.bsky.social)

For anyone wondering why #gravy has been trending: AI hucksters are trawling through your social media posts for training data and trends. And you know what can gum up the gears of an automated sentence generator? Posts that use the word gravy out of context. #auspol #ChatGPT #AI #LLM

Bluesky Social

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sharpstick 5d ago

@austinkocher The AI images undercut the credibility of this article unfortunately. At least they credited them to AI.

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Kristie 5d ago

I am beyond pleased to share that I am featured in the latest issue of the world renowned Smithsonian Magazine (July/August 2025).

To see my drystone work, and my voice, recognised, and to take up space in a field where women are still few and far between, means more than I can say.

I was so proud to show my daughters this.

"I realised really quickly for every stone I can't lift, there's a stone that a man can't lift"

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/my-drystone-work-featured-in-the-smithsonian-magazine

#Scotland #Culture #History #Article