"this should be illegal" where "this" is actually already illegal

"we need stricter laws for this" where the current laws aren't even enforced

"they should be tougher on this" when current penalty is life in prison

I was asked by a family member why it was taking so long to paste something large into a new Microsoft Word document on their computer, I sarcastically replied it was because it takes a while to upload it all to the copilot AI nonense first. And then I realized accidentally I might be right...I disabled copilot in Word and it went back to being instant again

So that's cool that Microsoft seems uploading everything you paste into a new Word doc to their servers now.

RE: mastodon.online/@AppleVis/1158…

Happy for the winners! :)

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.

“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.

Revisit our #3 most-read story of 2025: propublica.org/article/inside-…

#ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Immigrants #Aviation #Journalism

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

Flight attendants for GlobalX, a private charter airline used in migrant deportations, say life on board wasn’t what they signed up for.

^{McKenzie Funk (ProPublica)}

How is the English word “detergent” pronounced where you live?

#poll #pronunciation #regionalism

• / dɪˈtɜr gənt / a hard “g”; as in “get” (0%, 0 votes)
• / dɪˈtɜr dʒənt / a softer “g”; like “jet” (100%, 14 votes)
• Use both pronunciations (0%, 0 votes)
• Neither — just call it soap (0%, 0 votes)

No lie detected.

#cdnpoli
thebeaverton.com/2026/01/carne…

Carney promises 2026 will see huge economic growth that will absolutely not include you - The Beaverton

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed that 2026 will see huge economic growth for Canada's GDP, manufacturing, and exports, none of which will redound to you in the slightest.

^{Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)}

From Facebook: 🤣 Embarrassing Medical Exams – Doctor Stories You Can’t Make Up
1. The Wrong Cab

A man bursts into the ER shouting, “My wife’s having a baby in the cab!”

I grab my kit, dash outside, fling open a taxi door, lift the woman’s dress, and start pulling off her underwear.

That’s when I realize—there are six cabs lined up.

I was in the wrong one.

— Dr. Mark MacDonald
2. Big Breaths

During rounds, I place my stethoscope on an elderly woman’s chest.

“Big breaths,” I instruct.

She sighs and replies, “Yes… they used to be.”

— Dr. Richard Byrnes
3. The Internal Fart

I had to deliver the worst news: “I’m so sorry. Your husband has passed away from a massive myocardial infarction.”

Minutes later, I overhear her telling the family, “He died of a massive internal fart.”

— Dr. Susan Steinberg
4. The Patch Problem

At a check-up, a man complains about one of his medications.

“Which one?” I ask.

“The patch,” he says. “The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours. Now I’m running out of places to stick it!”

I ask him to undress.

He has over fifty patches plastered on his body.

(Instructions now clearly say: remove old patch first.)

— Dr. Rebecca St. Clair
5. Bedridden?

While meeting a new elderly patient, I ask gently, “How long have you been bedridden?”

She looks puzzled and says, “Not since my husband died—about 20 years.”

— Dr. Steven Swanson
6. Kentucky Jelly

Checking on a patient one morning, I ask, “How’s breakfast?”

“Good,” he says, “except for the Kentucky Jelly. Can’t get used to the taste.”

Curious, I ask to see it. He hands me a foil packet of KY Jelly.

— Dr. Leonard Kransdorf
7. Keep Off the Grass

A punky young woman comes in with appendicitis—purple Mohawk, tattoos, piercings.

On the operating table, we discover green-dyed pubic hair and a tattoo above it that says: “Keep off the grass.”

After surgery, the surgeon couldn’t resist writing on the bandage: “Sorry… had to mow the lawn.”

— Anonymous RN
8. The Whistling Exam

As a young OB resident, I was embarrassed doing pelvic exams, so I developed a nervous habit—whistling.

One day, mid-exam, a patient bursts out laughing.

Blushing, I ask, “Sorry… did I tickle you?”

Through tears she gasps, “No, doctor… but the song you were whistling was ‘I Wish I Was an Oscar Mayer Wiener.’”

— Name withheld for obvious reasons
9. Baby’s First Visit

At a baby’s first check-up, I ask the mother if he’s breastfed or bottle-fed.

“Breastfed,” she says.

“Alright,” I reply. “Strip down to your waist.”

She complies. I carefully pinch, knead, and examine, then shake my head.

“No wonder this baby’s underweight—you don’t have any milk!”

She calmly replies, “I know. I’m his grandmother. But thanks for checking.”

😂
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Does anybody have a good recommendation for a book about the history of cooking ingredients? For example I'd love to read about how onions came to travel the world and be a staple in nearly every type of cooking.

#books #history

Results from tracking 34,936 images across 1,627 instances from the mastodon.social federated timeline.

Then filtering down to the top 1000 instances by active user from instances.social who had posted at least 32 images (1.5x the average).

I have felt annoyed and aggrieved by the 'let's be honest: we had no idea how bad this was gonna be- it's SHOCKING' year in review posts.

Motherfuckers, this is because you live in willful denial. Many of us told you and we aren't fucking Nostradamus- we knew because we simply **listened to what they said they planned to do** **knew and cared about people and communities who had been horrifically impacted last time** and **maintained a basic awareness of the last 100 years of Western history and noticed the places it rhymed**

This is not rocket science and I'm fucking pissed that amnesia and stupidity get to meme 'reality.'

I have been holding that in for weeks; whew.

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