Querydash
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· Feb 4
Putting this XKCD comic here for OH I DON’T KNOW, NO REASON.
What is going on this morning - in the last hour, I’ve gotten about FIFTEEN Dem fundraising texts. Half of them addressed to a relative. I usually get two a month.
I don’t know who hit the spam switch, but I can’t imagine a more effective way to shoot your own party in the foot.
I don’t know who hit the spam switch, but I can’t imagine a more effective way to shoot your own party in the foot.
September 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What is going on this morning - in the last hour, I’ve gotten about FIFTEEN Dem fundraising texts. Half of them addressed to a relative. I usually get two a month.
I don’t know who hit the spam switch, but I can’t imagine a more effective way to shoot your own party in the foot.
I don’t know who hit the spam switch, but I can’t imagine a more effective way to shoot your own party in the foot.
You know what gets me more than anything sometimes? The crime of not teaching people how to cook.
I’m here cooking in advance of a nor’ester and realizing people just don’t know how. Doesn’t matter how the ingredients are priced if people don’t know what keeps in what weather and how to stock up.
I’m here cooking in advance of a nor’ester and realizing people just don’t know how. Doesn’t matter how the ingredients are priced if people don’t know what keeps in what weather and how to stock up.
September 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
You know what gets me more than anything sometimes? The crime of not teaching people how to cook.
I’m here cooking in advance of a nor’ester and realizing people just don’t know how. Doesn’t matter how the ingredients are priced if people don’t know what keeps in what weather and how to stock up.
I’m here cooking in advance of a nor’ester and realizing people just don’t know how. Doesn’t matter how the ingredients are priced if people don’t know what keeps in what weather and how to stock up.
Me to the dog: “You, on the other hand, did NOT drink too much wine tonight. Not because you’re smart, to be clear - because you don’t have opposable thumbs.”
September 24, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Me to the dog: “You, on the other hand, did NOT drink too much wine tonight. Not because you’re smart, to be clear - because you don’t have opposable thumbs.”
Uncomfortably feeling like all the fun people are leaving Earth in quick succession?
August 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Uncomfortably feeling like all the fun people are leaving Earth in quick succession?
The reason I almost became a marine biologist (though at the time I was unaware he was Ben Affleck).
Ben Affleck is ...
August 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The reason I almost became a marine biologist (though at the time I was unaware he was Ben Affleck).
If I were on a consultant team with Markey & Moulton and the project started going south, I feel Markey would want to bring the issue to the client immediately and work out a fix even if we lost money. Moulton would keep quiet until a change order was inevitable.
I prefer working with Markeys.
I prefer working with Markeys.
August 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
If I were on a consultant team with Markey & Moulton and the project started going south, I feel Markey would want to bring the issue to the client immediately and work out a fix even if we lost money. Moulton would keep quiet until a change order was inevitable.
I prefer working with Markeys.
I prefer working with Markeys.
I don’t want to kill Kornacki’s career because by all accounts he is quite amiable in general, but:
We shouldn’t be doing this misleading live tally thing at all.
We shouldn’t be doing this misleading live tally thing at all.
This bit just now with Kornacki getting word Wisconsin election officials fucked up was pure cinema.
August 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I don’t want to kill Kornacki’s career because by all accounts he is quite amiable in general, but:
We shouldn’t be doing this misleading live tally thing at all.
We shouldn’t be doing this misleading live tally thing at all.
My paternal grandmother, and I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing because she was shady as hell about her past but also quite smugly content about maintaining the mystery, and I want to know what that was about.
Enough “what would you do on the commune questions”
If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
July 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My paternal grandmother, and I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing because she was shady as hell about her past but also quite smugly content about maintaining the mystery, and I want to know what that was about.
I was raised by I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again episodes as we drove up and down the East Coast, and thought “Jokendalan Billoddy” was a single name because of the speed Cleese reeled off the cast and crew.
Also knew the word “gibbon” before “monkey”. G’night, Bill.
Also knew the word “gibbon” before “monkey”. G’night, Bill.
stuff that gibbon - Bill Oddie
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July 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I was raised by I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again episodes as we drove up and down the East Coast, and thought “Jokendalan Billoddy” was a single name because of the speed Cleese reeled off the cast and crew.
Also knew the word “gibbon” before “monkey”. G’night, Bill.
Also knew the word “gibbon” before “monkey”. G’night, Bill.
I wish everyone would talk like this.
Admirable clarity @science.org
July 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I wish everyone would talk like this.
Adjoa Andoh. I think she’d make all of your voices really quirky when I’m winning imaginary arguments with you.
You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on.
Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
July 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Adjoa Andoh. I think she’d make all of your voices really quirky when I’m winning imaginary arguments with you.
My company budgeted for AI to transcribe interviews via a third-party company. The AI rejected them as “non-English language”. So did the offshore human translators.
I ended up having to “translate” the whole batch. All Brits from “the North” and Scotland.
I was much more expensive than AI.
I ended up having to “translate” the whole batch. All Brits from “the North” and Scotland.
I was much more expensive than AI.
what are some absurd work situations you can share?
once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate.
he was scouse. i translated from english to english.
once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate.
he was scouse. i translated from english to english.
July 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM
My company budgeted for AI to transcribe interviews via a third-party company. The AI rejected them as “non-English language”. So did the offshore human translators.
I ended up having to “translate” the whole batch. All Brits from “the North” and Scotland.
I was much more expensive than AI.
I ended up having to “translate” the whole batch. All Brits from “the North” and Scotland.
I was much more expensive than AI.
I genuinely don’t understand what’s happening. States have consent laws about being recorded. I had to get permission for every user interview. Legal got jumpy if I forgot.
So why is any of this suddenly okay when you’re recording someone’s conversation and feeding it to a random data center?
So why is any of this suddenly okay when you’re recording someone’s conversation and feeding it to a random data center?
July 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I genuinely don’t understand what’s happening. States have consent laws about being recorded. I had to get permission for every user interview. Legal got jumpy if I forgot.
So why is any of this suddenly okay when you’re recording someone’s conversation and feeding it to a random data center?
So why is any of this suddenly okay when you’re recording someone’s conversation and feeding it to a random data center?
Look, if we’re clamoring for pure historical accuracy in the Odyssey, surely we all know who should have been cast as Helen.
Chicken Lady Dances on Stage
Alt: Chicken Lady from Canadian sketch comedy show Kids In The Hall Dances in a bar - well, sort of dances. It’s actually a clip of a person with a beakish prosthetic nose and a poof of white curly (downy?) hair jerking around a-rhythmically while wearing a white blouse and pink skirt. Feathers are flying, as they tend to do when she gets aroused. It’s all very disturbing.
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July 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Look, if we’re clamoring for pure historical accuracy in the Odyssey, surely we all know who should have been cast as Helen.
I feel like this DST vs Standard Time would map to extrovert/introvert personalities.
The extroverts are all campaigning for another hour of late-day sun to socialize. And the introverts are thinking “god no, it’s the only time of year when we get a break from you for the correct amount of time”.
The extroverts are all campaigning for another hour of late-day sun to socialize. And the introverts are thinking “god no, it’s the only time of year when we get a break from you for the correct amount of time”.
July 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I feel like this DST vs Standard Time would map to extrovert/introvert personalities.
The extroverts are all campaigning for another hour of late-day sun to socialize. And the introverts are thinking “god no, it’s the only time of year when we get a break from you for the correct amount of time”.
The extroverts are all campaigning for another hour of late-day sun to socialize. And the introverts are thinking “god no, it’s the only time of year when we get a break from you for the correct amount of time”.
The woods, the parking lot of that weird motel, the elementary school playgrounds, Friendly’s, the mall, the other mall, the mall across state lines, the park, after-school job, the other after-school job, the weekend job, open swim, the hill behind the historical house…
We did have places to go.
We did have places to go.
I ask as always:
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?"
The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
July 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The woods, the parking lot of that weird motel, the elementary school playgrounds, Friendly’s, the mall, the other mall, the mall across state lines, the park, after-school job, the other after-school job, the weekend job, open swim, the hill behind the historical house…
We did have places to go.
We did have places to go.
America’s 250th anniversary event being repurposed into a Christian Nationalist coerced mass baptism event SOUNDS unlikely, and yet…
July 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
America’s 250th anniversary event being repurposed into a Christian Nationalist coerced mass baptism event SOUNDS unlikely, and yet…
Soon, all execs will claim they made mistakes going all-in on AI, but that no one could have predicted the outcome based on knowledge at the time.
Bullshit. We all told them what would happen, repeatedly and with data, and they said “stop telling me that, I like my version better”.
Bullshit. We all told them what would happen, repeatedly and with data, and they said “stop telling me that, I like my version better”.
June 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Soon, all execs will claim they made mistakes going all-in on AI, but that no one could have predicted the outcome based on knowledge at the time.
Bullshit. We all told them what would happen, repeatedly and with data, and they said “stop telling me that, I like my version better”.
Bullshit. We all told them what would happen, repeatedly and with data, and they said “stop telling me that, I like my version better”.
Okay. How do we expose RFK Jr to the history of Bath Spa. It’s a Roman thing, his crew loves Romans, right? And people drink the spa water medicinally - the sulfur smell is part of it.
So surely getting him to convince the Admin to take Reflecting Pool water with their sauerkraut is doable. Right?
So surely getting him to convince the Admin to take Reflecting Pool water with their sauerkraut is doable. Right?
June 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Okay. How do we expose RFK Jr to the history of Bath Spa. It’s a Roman thing, his crew loves Romans, right? And people drink the spa water medicinally - the sulfur smell is part of it.
So surely getting him to convince the Admin to take Reflecting Pool water with their sauerkraut is doable. Right?
So surely getting him to convince the Admin to take Reflecting Pool water with their sauerkraut is doable. Right?
Is the delay because they’ve incorprated the name removal into a preview of the revival of the musical STOMP?
June 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Is the delay because they’ve incorprated the name removal into a preview of the revival of the musical STOMP?
I want every CEO to spend part of each day getting a complaint scenario and calling their company’s customer service line to sort it.
Because yesterday my retiree father spent 10 hours setting up internet, then got an email claiming he’d filed a cancellation request, and now is stuck in AI hell.
Because yesterday my retiree father spent 10 hours setting up internet, then got an email claiming he’d filed a cancellation request, and now is stuck in AI hell.
June 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I want every CEO to spend part of each day getting a complaint scenario and calling their company’s customer service line to sort it.
Because yesterday my retiree father spent 10 hours setting up internet, then got an email claiming he’d filed a cancellation request, and now is stuck in AI hell.
Because yesterday my retiree father spent 10 hours setting up internet, then got an email claiming he’d filed a cancellation request, and now is stuck in AI hell.
Reposted by Querydash
June 1, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I enjoy telling people about how I got a concussion and weeks later ALSO “aced” this test, but the way in which I answered one of the questions actually uncovered some TBI damage (then verified in another test).
So… they’re seeing more than just right and wrong, buddy.
So… they’re seeing more than just right and wrong, buddy.
FYI this is the test Trump is bragging about “acing” 4 times
It’s a fucking embarrassment that his handlers are still letting him gloat about this like it’s some extreme act of intellect
It’s a fucking embarrassment that his handlers are still letting him gloat about this like it’s some extreme act of intellect
May 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I enjoy telling people about how I got a concussion and weeks later ALSO “aced” this test, but the way in which I answered one of the questions actually uncovered some TBI damage (then verified in another test).
So… they’re seeing more than just right and wrong, buddy.
So… they’re seeing more than just right and wrong, buddy.
Every single thing about this is Black-Mirror-terrifying.
May 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Every single thing about this is Black-Mirror-terrifying.
Identify the Good Aunts* early and make the most of them. They’ll stick with you for the long haul.
* all Good Aunts are Fun Aunts, in some degree. But not all Fun Aunts are Good Aunts. Categorize mindfully.
* all Good Aunts are Fun Aunts, in some degree. But not all Fun Aunts are Good Aunts. Categorize mindfully.
I’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes
May 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Identify the Good Aunts* early and make the most of them. They’ll stick with you for the long haul.
* all Good Aunts are Fun Aunts, in some degree. But not all Fun Aunts are Good Aunts. Categorize mindfully.
* all Good Aunts are Fun Aunts, in some degree. But not all Fun Aunts are Good Aunts. Categorize mindfully.