FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

Every now and then I go poke at old Google services that the big G has forgotten about... I think maybe I just found The Good Search again?

Check out alerts.google.com, and just marvel at this relic of an earlier time where typing a string into a textbox on a search engine gave you search results for that string!

Incredible.

Here’s a poem called ‘Pet Peeve’.

Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month.

(by @topleadEU)

‪the sun sneezing reflex is one of those funny genetic variations. people who don't have it will be like what the fuck are you talking about. people who do have it probably assume everyone has it. but unless sneezing is painful for you or there's a pandemic, it's inconsequential‬

how does my sneeze reflex know where the sun is in the sky even though my eyes can't see it beyond the fog

@crypticcelery @munin

I love this anecdote. It's thought-provoking and evocative. Full text of story is in the alt-text.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party
via https://imgur.com/gallery/knitting-corner-xk1h6st

#knitting #shortstory

God, being a middle manager has to be even easier than it's ever been

"JENKINS! WHY ARE SALES DOWN 90%!"

"It's the DEI sir"

"I knew it. Carry on"

Cute anime girl Page 355 - Magic

Our cats amuse us almost every day. But this xkcd strip from a while back brings a whole new level of amusement to our feline friends' actions
https://xkcd.com/1689/

#Caturday

With apologies to Catherines everywhere

coworker: I need to check in on [name]. she's just had a really long day incubating E. coli.
me: oh, oh no.
[a couple sentences later]
me: wait -- not in herself, then?
coworker: no. In lab.

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if elected as president of europe i will mandate all cities to be designed by people with runner vision. all buildings to be at least twenty stories, all rooftops to have ziplines and places for soft landings by 2035