This Llama Must Be Stopped

Some good news for everyone today.

I went to a conference showing off this tech back in 2013 and I am so glad to see a TikTok because it means that the technology is getting more popular and ubiquitous

This is how it must feel to have the gift of prophecy

goo goo dolls if they were in dune: and i don’t want the worm to see me

I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs

affirmations they will not kill me at work today. it is not in my job description to get killed. if they did kill me at work that would be weird and probably not worth it for them

free the nipple has to make a resurgence for a number of reasons but bro look at our upcoming eternity of wet bulb temps youre smoking straight up cock if you think im keeping a shirt on when it hits 105° in new england

I'm sure a post to this effect has been made before but, as someone who does love a good tantalizing food description/image in the stories I enjoy, I also love very much the way Murderbot describes food its humans eat in the same way it describes other things it doesn't care that much about- like "crunchy things out of bags" (chips? popcorn? pretzels? chex mix??) or "hot liquids" (tea or coffee? cocoa? warm milk?) or "a bag of raw plant product" (baby carrots? cucumber slices? just plain lettuce???) or, my favorite, "fried protein in the shape of water fauna and flora" (RaviHyral's version of dino nuggies?????)

A sick wizard castle with a nondescript van painted on the side. A gothy pin-up girl with the portrait of a random trucker tattooed on her thigh. A bathroom-themed beach vacation. A beautiful brightly coloured cupcake that tastes like soap.

Jesus with a portrait of my grandma on his wall. A scimitar-wielding fantasy protagonist reading about the adventures of sixth-grader Kelsey. A National Park with a framed print of somebody’s living room.