Cats, Sims & Books's avatar

Cats, Sims & Books

@catssimsbooks.bsky.social

20 followers 104 following 235 posts

On a good day, books, gaming & cats, on a bad day politics


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 's avatar NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social
[ View ]

MENU SPECIAL…PUNK MEALS

5 replies 30 reposts 194 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Molly White's avatar Molly White @molly.wiki
[ View ]

timeline cleanse

11 replies 28 reposts 344 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Mike Masnick's avatar Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social
[ View ]

It's kinda incredible how much SCOTUS nonsense could be summed up as "the Justice has opinions, man" and would have been better suited as a blog post, rather than a Supreme Court opinion

5 replies 16 reposts 216 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

The nifty thing about kings is you can decapitate them.

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
[ View ]

/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

40 replies 894 reposts 2787 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Ashley M. Gjøvik's avatar Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik.bsky.social
[ View ]

🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

7 replies 246 reposts 491 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
[ View ]

The NYT call for Biden to step down would seem momentous if not for the fact the NYT has been absolutely beclowning itself on Biden v. Trump for several years now.

43 replies 185 reposts 1515 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Hasn't every other takeaway chain already tried "AI" AKA voice recognition software with remarkable lack of success and abandoned it?

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Aliette de Bodard 's avatar Aliette de Bodard @aliettedb.bsky.social
[ View ]

ICYMI! Coming July 30th! Meet, Nhi, lesbian disaster, and Hac Cuc, slightly less disaster, and their found family of "we really need to find this escaped space creature before they kill everyone but we really are thé worst fit for the job"

0 replies 6 reposts 20 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Someone's been reading too much a/b/o crackfic?

0 replies 0 reposts 5 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Yeah, my first thought was what flavour of the Omegaverse are they talking about? Which made me realise that a lot of stuff I've been reading in my recent trawl through the depths of KU is Omegaverse adjacent

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Cats of Yore's avatar Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social
[ View ]

I just want to cry when I see viral photos and videos of those super-sized Maine Coons. The bigger they get, the more likely they are to develop a painful condition called hip dysplasia. "But they look cool" is not a valid reason to make animals suffer. www.catster.com/cat-health-c...

1 replies 58 reposts 468 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Scott's avatar Scott @smadin.net
[ View ]

and even if someone thinks "well I don't like/look at porn so why should it be a priority for me?" it's important to remember that when christofascists say "porn" they also mean age-appropriate comprehensive sex education, media with queer/trans people in it, and picture books about gay penguins.

26 replies 1210 reposts 2630 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Ted & Ro's avatar Ted & Ro @brandtandstein.com
[ View ]

❌ Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. ✅ In Verona, two old families were having beef and the vibes were in a down swing

5 replies 6 reposts 34 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

I can't think of any book that this half assed flandersisation would help you understand or enjoy. At least the old Readers Digest condensed novels had some effort put in to try and preserve the basics of the stories, if not all the nuance and symbolism.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Now there's a lot of symbolism in Gatsby, but the writing is straightforward and direct. Why not have notes about references and symbolism like in the accompanying textbook for the high school eng lit version? And definitions of words like Kindle and Kobo already do.

1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Cats of Yore's avatar Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social
[ View ]

RETVRN to traditional masculinity, to the time when real men took their kitties for walkies so they could smell smells.

16 replies 152 reposts 1082 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

I've taken scheduled international flights into and out of dirt airstrips.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Cats of Yore's avatar Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social
[ View ]

If we ever get video here the first thing I will do is post his adorable snores! It is my favorite sound in the world!

9 replies 15 reposts 665 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
[ View ]

Also, who is the sadistic asshole who's responsible for popularizing WHITE KITCHENS? Nobody who fucking COOKS, I can tell you that much

23 replies 16 reposts 255 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Diane Duane's avatar Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com
[ View ]

Surely there must be *somebody* else making it in the “hey, we need some bread” way…

4 replies 8 reposts 81 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 's avatar NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social
[ View ]

HERE’S HOPING YOUR DAY IS THE CATS

9 replies 121 reposts 778 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
[ View ]

“Asked why he didn’t just take the stripper to a motel, Frisk’s campaign responded that most motels have free HBO and HBO has that show where Velma is a lesbian, which is degrading to American values.”

13 replies 35 reposts 508 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Sarah May 's avatar Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social
[ View ]

As an archaeologist of 40 years, and an occasional activist I note that this has knocked the election off the top of the news and it's being reported internationally. Sure there are problems with JSO (find me an org without them) Can we talk about the climate emergency?

4 replies 19 reposts 47 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Problem with JSO is that it isn't a singular organisation it's dozens of smaller ones under an umbrella organisation that the smaller ones often ignore or argue with.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther.'s avatar Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther. @kristadb1.bsky.social
[ View ]

SO CLOSE to 50 backers!! Come on! Who wants some books? You know you want books! booooooooooooooks

1 replies 5 reposts 5 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

I've just realised I need an eco-sickos sleeveless fleece.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

I need their name, when I get my hair cut no matter where, whoever's doing it always wants to strike up a conversation. I just want to relax and maybe take a nap

2 replies 0 reposts 5 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

The Onion's avatar The Onion @theonion.com
[ View ]

“From the moment my neighbor said ‘Good morning’ and I just stared at him, to the way my boss tried to give me a fist bump and I flinched because I thought she was trying to punch me, it’s been a banner day for driving people away from me.”

3 replies 43 reposts 417 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther.'s avatar Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther. @kristadb1.bsky.social
[ View ]

ooooo they just unlocked a new tier!

Play Test "Ice Rot Citadel" RPG One-Shot

Play test the game, get the game, and get the Hauntings and Hoarfrost book, too!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

0 replies 2 reposts 4 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
[ View ]

I really, really, really like Russian history, which has occasionally gotten me mistaken for a communist (no), a tankie (hells no), or someone who approve of/favors Russia/the USSR over the US. ...But to be fair, that all tends to dissolve after I talk about the Stalinist cannibal prison island.

25 replies 61 reposts 391 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

I have only one disagreement. The researchers call LLMs soft bullshit, because there is no intent behind the bullshit. But I think you have to look beyond that, at the intent of those who created the LLMs. To them getting any human like output was more important than getting accurate output.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Ale's avatar Ale @alepresser.com
[ View ]

Calling AI "bullshitting machines" is the best name I have seen so far.

1 replies 10 reposts 34 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

AI, or to use a more accurate term some genius just came up with, Bullshit Machines are terrible and incels are terrible. Why the hell is NPR promoting both?

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Kelly Turnbull's avatar Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social
[ View ]

Nothing could possibly be less sexy than a hot person algorithmically generated by a machine that can’t experience horniness, this is like the final stage of the graham-crackerfication of human emotion

21 replies 97 reposts 514 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

April Gardner's avatar April Gardner @slignot.bsky.social
[ View ]

Hey remember when Utah launched a carelessly thrown together form to report trans people in public spaces?

New snitch line is up, but requires a Utah IP address to submit. Would be a real shame if a bunch of people used VPNs to fill it with useless data again.

hotlineform.utah.gov/equal_opport...

24 replies 899 reposts 1224 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Apparently the cultists were absolutely beside themselves when that came out, claiming that Olson was a paid agent of the big brokerages and SEC and similar bull.

1 replies 0 reposts 6 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

What the hell is he droing still holding GameStop shares? Seems like the con man got caught up in his own con game

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

For a party who aren't Nazis they seem to have a surprisingly large amount of Nazis in their membership and their leadership seems to spend a surprising amount of time talking to Nazis
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...

0 replies 1 reposts 0 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Is that one of Gove's galaxy brain ideas?

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

The Troubles were also caused by the English, you egregious idiot.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Kingfisher & Wombat's avatar Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
[ View ]

…did you seriously just #NotAllEnglish on a post about the IRISH POTATO FAMINE?

15 replies 17 reposts 483 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 's avatar NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social
[ View ]

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 5,1956

0 replies 5 reposts 108 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
[ View ]

imagine being such a broke ass bitch super rich that you can't even buy a new sports car in Europe while you visit, sad

4 replies 13 reposts 129 likes


Cats, Sims & Books's avatar Cats, Sims & Books @catssimsbooks.bsky.social
[ View ]

Well, the pussy in bio spambot replies all over the place after Musk made paid verification a thing were sadly not talking about cute cat pictures.

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Kameron Hurley's avatar Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.bsky.social
[ View ]

I was very, very, young but have vivid memories of when his policies resulted in the empting of public mental health hospitals. They just... released mentally ill people onto the streets with nothing. The cruel horror of it stuck with me.

5 replies 28 reposts 133 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
[ View ]

Things Sadanand Dhume doesnt like telling his US readers at WSJ about the Indian election he's pretending was normal

0 replies 6 reposts 25 likes


Reposted by Cats, Sims & Books

Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
[ View ]

Look, this is it for me. On the one hand, Democrats say (correctly, IMO) that democracy is on the line. On the other, they say things like this. If democracy is on the line, you need to act like it somewhere other than your fundraising e-mails.

23 replies 146 reposts 649 likes