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Erica Joy Astrella

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she/her | Doin stuff | @b.astrel.la’s weirder half | Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis


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i mean, it’s real. if you can’t do basic dental care, you get cavities.

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forrest gump castaway honorable mention for his role in a league of their own (there’s no crying in baseball ranks among my favorite phrases to this day.)

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i have started playing with @b.astrel.la (and watching www.twitch.tv/prospering to learn how to play better) and i think this season is a blast with the cars. the boogie bombs they just added are just the right touch of silly to tickle my fancy. 🪩

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folks who get lash extensions: what’s your method for keeping them from getting wet in the first 24 hours?

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can a convicted felon get top secret security clearance? if one is convicted of a felony, do their security clearances get revoked?

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donald trump is a 34x felon. you love to see it.

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👀🍿

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we did!! burgundy tho

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dm’s!!

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gamers: would you let someone else play under your gamertag?

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so the purpose of my post was AI testing, not "what ways can this data be transcribed?" that said, returning to your method, wondering if you compared the CSV you created to the original image? if yes, how would you describe the accuracy?

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““We are confident that our staff intended no disrespect or to violate anyone’s cultural beliefs or practices.” What did they intend, I do wonder.

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based on the replies, the answer to “can you get an AI tool to convert this image of a table to a CSV that contains information that is mostly accurate,” is no. let’s see if folks on mastodon have better luck.

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ok nerds. i cannot get any AI tool to convert this image of a table to a CSV that contains information that is mostly accurate. can you?

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“It’s funny, because men love their moms more than their wives, so they always order ahead of time for Mother’s Day, but they always ask me for Valentine’s Day stuff last-minute.”

A quote for the ages.

www.thecity.nyc/2024/05/10/m...

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this was an important reminder because i knew that but had forgotten. solved!

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one thing i have noticed in my IRL conversations about the war is that it really has not penetrated broader american consciousness that the main obstacle to an end to the fighting is netanyahu

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friend, there are many “devils” in this story. the insurance companies are for profit. they likely dropped coverage because coverage ate into their profits. novartis is a for profit company. do you believe they are charging just to cover R&D?

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boy howdy, you have to be an absolute ghoul to charge $2.1 million for a drug whose only application is to save the lives of newborns.

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you’re going to have to get “undecided” suburban white moms out protesting en masse before there is any concern about the election (despite there absolutely needing to be concern now).

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Letting private companies maintain a stranglehold over tax filing was a huge mistake, and I'm glad to see the IRS finally starting to rectify it.

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that video reminded me that some people really need laws to do the right thing.

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maybe not mild…but like…equally fucked up. suffice to say nobody, save the rich tech men (and i do mean men), would be safe in his fantasy world.

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i heard a “from the horses mouth” story about him some time ago that told the tale of how deranged his thinking is. this is mild in comparison.

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it tastes so bad!!

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Don't forget to pack a light jacket today

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Rose Eveleth's avatar Rose Eveleth @roseveleth.com
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woke up from a weird dream I can't remember and drew this matrix in my notebook

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i am bingeing romantasy books right now and need another series to read. i have already read all of sarah j. maas’ entire body of work. i am caught up on the empyrean series and the kindreds curse saga and currently listening to the bargainer series. what romantasy series should i read next?

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Ian Coldwater 📦💥's avatar Ian Coldwater 📦💥 @lookitup.baby
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“No one had ADHD or autism when we were kids! We just had Chatty Cathy and Johnny the class clown who never stayed at his desk and Timmy who never spoke to anyone unless it was about trains”

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remember kids, the cybertruck cannot come into your house unless you invite it

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there are some people who wonder why i don’t talk to them anymore and it’s this. if you willingly engage with people who are unsavory at best, ima remove myself from the situation. i have no need or desire to control the company anyone else keeps, but i can absolutely control the company *I* keep.

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A young woman on TikTok put it this way, “You’re only as trustworthy as your creepiest friend.”

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love that i still get cloudflare "are you a human" challenges while running the cloudflare VPN on my computer so they can see all my traffic. like, at this point they are probably better equipped to make an informed conclusion about my humanity than i am.

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who’s headlining the lineup this year?

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tfw you accidentally overstep a neurotypical boundary and they make you feel 2 inches tall for it. 😣

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Your family didn’t have their name changed at Ellis Island. That is a myth.

The topic came up recently in conversation, so I figured it bears repeating for a wider audience. You can read more about the myth and the reality here: www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

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this is absolutely terrible omg

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i saw a license plate today that read “MUSK HVE” and i cannot determine if it means MUSK HIVE (egregious) or MUSK HAVE (still 😬 but slightly less egregious). what say you? (pretend there is a poll here)

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somebody said google rented the inside and outside of the sphere (🤑🤑🤑) for cloud next, which makes me wonder how much money they spent on a marketing conference? also, how many layoffs will they need to do to cover the bill?

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this is extremely important information. may your pillowcase always be the exact temperature you want it to be.

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just a bunch of dudes literally high on their own supply, thinking every thought they have is the solution to all the worlds problems.

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if this is accurate (i have no personal experience with ketamine) it explains A Lot about silicon valley tech.

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they don’t care to understand, as that would be at odds with the reality they’re choosing to exist in.

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love to fall while chasing my escaped dog because the delivery man left the gate open. on the plus side, new computer!! (must debride wounds before playing with new computer, but waiting on husband to return with more sterile saline wash.)

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