BlueMonkeySlippers
@bluemonkeyslippers.bsky.social
My monkey slippers are blue!
Full-time remote-working DevOps & father of autistic daughter
Full-time remote-working DevOps & father of autistic daughter
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Better slogan:
No read book? Book too much words? Try robot!
No read book? Book too much words? Try robot!
September 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Better slogan:
No read book? Book too much words? Try robot!
No read book? Book too much words? Try robot!
I'd vote for it
Is there a political party in favor of reverting the Internet to just being a lot of poorly-indexed Geocities pages? 3 megs per person, free! All social problems solved. If you don't like it, use the newly-revived usenet we'll create.
September 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I'd vote for it
I mean, he might actually be right - if the Dems win enough to Lame Duck him, the war will stop and the Strait can reopen.
Hahaha, imagine being a republican member of Congress, pulling up Bloomberg, an seeing this:
September 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I mean, he might actually be right - if the Dems win enough to Lame Duck him, the war will stop and the Strait can reopen.
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Now in Gunmetal Grey!
September 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Now in Gunmetal Grey!
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I worry this sort of... generalized political and economic pessimism just makes everything feel pointless, but if you zoom out, things are getting better along almost every axis, and the biggest problems we face are all solvable.
September 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I worry this sort of... generalized political and economic pessimism just makes everything feel pointless, but if you zoom out, things are getting better along almost every axis, and the biggest problems we face are all solvable.
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I got the shot.
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
August 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I got the shot.
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
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Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
August 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
Given the absolutely moronic use of the "emergency" warning system this evening, this link may be of interest to my fellow UKians
www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
Opting out of emergency alerts
Opting out of emergency alerts
www.gov.uk
August 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Given the absolutely moronic use of the "emergency" warning system this evening, this link may be of interest to my fellow UKians
www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
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i didn’t think it was physically possible, but there’s finally something worse than `curl | sh`
August 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
i didn’t think it was physically possible, but there’s finally something worse than `curl | sh`
In fairness, I watched eXistenZ from start to finish and still had no idea what it was
today's youth will never have the experience of scrolling the 40 or so channels you had at 1 AM on a friday night looking for something interesting or horny and catching the back half of eXistenZ without having any idea what it was
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
August 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In fairness, I watched eXistenZ from start to finish and still had no idea what it was
"It can't be *that* hard"
Hey parents of bsky:
What are some theories of parenting you were very confident in right up until you had your own kids?
What are some theories of parenting you were very confident in right up until you had your own kids?
July 28, 2026 at 8:07 AM
"It can't be *that* hard"
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Very worried about this sort of thing hitting more broadly:
July 20, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Very worried about this sort of thing hitting more broadly:
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The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
July 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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After Microsoft fired 136 of id Software's 185 staffers (+ over 3000 other Xbox jobs), producer Andrew Willis is saying worker-owned studios are "the only way to fix the video game industry"!
As one such worker-owned studio, we couldn't agree more!
www.gamesradar.com/games/after-...
As one such worker-owned studio, we couldn't agree more!
www.gamesradar.com/games/after-...
After "incomprehensible" Xbox layoffs, id Software producer says worker-owned studios are "the only path forward"
Microsoft is planning 3,200 layoffs total
www.gamesradar.com
July 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
After Microsoft fired 136 of id Software's 185 staffers (+ over 3000 other Xbox jobs), producer Andrew Willis is saying worker-owned studios are "the only way to fix the video game industry"!
As one such worker-owned studio, we couldn't agree more!
www.gamesradar.com/games/after-...
As one such worker-owned studio, we couldn't agree more!
www.gamesradar.com/games/after-...
😢
Aw man, not Sam Neill
July 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
😢
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i dreamed you couldn’t post memes unless they had a wizard in them so i took a short break from work to doodle the one i kept posting on here in the dream
July 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
i dreamed you couldn’t post memes unless they had a wizard in them so i took a short break from work to doodle the one i kept posting on here in the dream
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I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard
May 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard
hahahahahahahahahaha!
Ahahahahahaha!!!
Ahahahahahaha!!!
May 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
hahahahahahahahahaha!
Ahahahahahaha!!!
Ahahahahahaha!!!
Also: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus
This is an actual line that was added to the official system prompt for Codex for GPT-5.5 by OpenAI. Usually the system prompt is as minimal as possible, so I assume it would otherwise mention goblins a lot.
AIs are weird.
AIs are weird.
April 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Also: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus
Social media has a problem: it relies utterly on authentic interaction between real people.
Advertising online has a problem: It relies utterly on real people seeing it.
For this and other reasons, the next big advance on the Internet will be a system to verify your realness. I guarantee it.
Advertising online has a problem: It relies utterly on real people seeing it.
For this and other reasons, the next big advance on the Internet will be a system to verify your realness. I guarantee it.
April 25, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Social media has a problem: it relies utterly on authentic interaction between real people.
Advertising online has a problem: It relies utterly on real people seeing it.
For this and other reasons, the next big advance on the Internet will be a system to verify your realness. I guarantee it.
Advertising online has a problem: It relies utterly on real people seeing it.
For this and other reasons, the next big advance on the Internet will be a system to verify your realness. I guarantee it.
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April 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Really happy about this - Orban created the playbook Trump, Farage et al all tried to copy. And he had more to work with - a majority that allowed him to rewrite the constitution, years to rebuild the judiciary, *everything*
And it wasn't enough. He lost. This is a seismic moment.
And it wasn't enough. He lost. This is a seismic moment.
Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Really happy about this - Orban created the playbook Trump, Farage et al all tried to copy. And he had more to work with - a majority that allowed him to rewrite the constitution, years to rebuild the judiciary, *everything*
And it wasn't enough. He lost. This is a seismic moment.
And it wasn't enough. He lost. This is a seismic moment.
Vibe coding: Pay for the AI, and get a Chaos Monkey completely free!
April 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Vibe coding: Pay for the AI, and get a Chaos Monkey completely free!