Rowan McGlaughlin

@rowanmcglaughlin.bsky.social

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Learning about gaming. Loves animals and history. Avid reader. Survivor. Witch. They/them.

Image of a map of the US with Michigan and Nebraska in orange. Text reads You've done it, Nebraska It's hotter than Hell outside.
On the left of an image of a guy soaked in sweat. On the right is an image of a round cake with icing that says, "I'm sorry for what I said when it was 109° outside."
Screenshot of a Facebook post from Local 12, WKRX-TV with an image of a house with an overgrown yard and a headline that reads, "Three bodies were discovered inside an auctioned off home that was sold 'as is.'"
Screenshot from a video showing someone holding a small, furry creature with bat-like wings coming out of its back and front limbs resting on the person's palm.
Image of an Amethyst Starling at a bird feeding station. Caption reads: "The Purplest Bird in the World"
Screenshot from a chat: You: Things to do while waiting for folks to get their sound working: learn about medieval chain mail booty shorts. Blue: And you were just gonna horde that knowledge? You: Go to Modern History TV youtube channel. he has a whole video about them. Blue: OK emoji
Image of a black stallion named Vader. Text reads: Just three years old but 6'5 at the top of his back. 19.3 hands tall stallion.
Screenshot of a Facebook reel showing a young woman throwing sand into a horse's back.
Image of two chocolate bunnies. The one on the left has its tail bitten off and says, "My butt hurts!" The one on the right has its ears bitten off and says, "What?"
Image of people celebrating. Text reads: Microsoft when they become the first company to have an email service NOT work on and outside Earth
Image of fresh used chewing gum on the side of a green vehicle
Image promoting AI-powered direct democracy.
Image of a dress with lines of code. Text reads: Oh... It's a Dress Code.
Screen capture of the immigration consultation page showing the Home Office logo and the words 'We thank you for your time spent taking this survery. Your response has been recorded
Image showing a horse and a covered wagon labeled THEN next to a horse in a horse trailer labeled NOW. Sam Costner: Well played, horses. Well played.
Image of a wolf sitting in snow wearing a Santa hat. Text reads: Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Micro SF/F by O. Westin: The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed. There was a shimmer - a demon appeared. "Curious. What ritual is this?" "I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!" "I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
Screenshot of Rebellion post on Facebook. We are proud to announce that Atomfall has been selected as a finalist at the GACONF Awards 2025! In the following categories: ✅ AA excellence ✅ Best blind & low vision accessibility ✅ Best cognitive accessibility ✅ Best mental health accessibility ✅ Best comms & marketing ✅ Greatest accessibility innovation
Image of a medieval maiden and a knight. The maiden asks "Why do you go to bed in a full suit of armour?" The knight says "It's the best way to get a good knight's sleep."
Facebook post from Atomfall: ICYMI (eye emoji) Atomfall has been nominated for Innovation in Accessibility @thegameawards Vote now! http://reb.to/TGAVote25 #TheGameAwards Image of nominee card for Innovation in Accessibility for Atomfall at The Game Awards on December 11.
Image of a metal worker at his workbench with the watermark Ancienthistoryexplorers Text reads: Not every smith swung a sledge at red-hot iron. Whitesmiths perfected tin, pewter, and silver with files, lathes, and solder - making utensils, lanterns, and mirror-bright finishes. Brownsmiths shaped brass and copper bells, vessels, hinges, and chandeliers. From late medieval towns to 19th-century cities, these quiet masters made the world shine - then passed their craft to today's coppersmiths and restorers. (Shining star emoji)
Image of an 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse. Text reads: "Potoooooooo or Pot-8-os (foaled in 1773) was a famous 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse who defeated some of the greatest racehorses and later became an influential sire. jacobtheloofah: no but the best part is how he got the name: his name was originally "potatoes," and his owner, willoughby bertie, told the stable lad who helped him to write the horse's name on a feed bin. the boy misheard it as, literally "pot-eight-o's" and wrote it with 8 o's. bertie found it so funny that he kept that as the horse's name. agentotter: This is the most beautiful horse-related story I've ever heard."
Image of a note with made-up information on fictional member Lord Blackthorne.
Image of me holding an albino Australian cattle dog puppy wrapped in a blue towel after a bath.
Just been to the doctor and found out that the dose for the Metformin was not what it should be. Apparently, 500mg pills should be taken twice a day, not once a day. So for 10-11 months, my A1c hasn't budged much and I'm still pre-diabetic. The doc was wanting to say it was a waste of time and meds, but I pointed out that I lost 30lbs and I'm not diabetic. I might not be much better, but I'm not worse, and rather than wasting time, it may have bought me time to get into a position where I could afford the right dose. I'm now on 750mg extended release, which the doc said is where I should have been started at.
The first three panels depict knights passing two women in a wagon with each knight getting progressively shorter. In the fourth panel, the woman on the left says "We must be getting close to Midsummer" and the woman on the right says "Why?". The final panel is a close-up of the first woman saying "The knights are getting shorter"
"Americans aren't THAT stupid" Americans: image of a case of Coke with a green arrow pointing to text that reads "15 pack 3 more cans than 12 pack"
Top left: image of an elderly woman on her phone. Top right: image of a young man wearing a headset. Middle: text reads: Tech company creates AI grandma that keeps phone scammers occupied and furious (laughing emoji) Bottom: image of a robot grandma Auth text that reads "I'm going to ruin this whole man's career."
Baba Jaan @BabaJaan8888: "My grandfather survived -insert a dozen traumatizing things here- I wonder how he'd react if he saw men being sensitive today (angry emoji)" Ur grandfather deserved tenderness too & it sucks that u glorify his suffering as a mark of manhood rather that recognize it for the burden it was rosslynpaladin: Look we have records of Medieval Knights crying out in their sleep, having emotional outbursts or flinching at the sound of clashing metal. We have records of people all through history who were treated badly by people who should have loved them, and having problems knowing who to trust. We have years worth of artists putting their human pain at broken hearts and broken promises into music that makes us cry. Yes people have been traumatized by awful thing for all of history and just like them You didn't deserve to be hurt either.
I asked ChatGPT to explain my job to a 5-year-old and now I'm questioning my entire career So I'm a "Senior Data Analytics Consultant" (fancy title for someone who makes Excel charts) and thought it would be funny to see how ChatGPT would explain my job to a kid. Me: "Explain what a Senior Data Analytics Consultant does, but make it simple enough for a 5-year-old to understand" ChatGPT: "A data analytics consultant is like someone who counts things for other people because those people are too busy or don't know how to count very well themselves. Imagine if your mom asked you to count all the toys in your room, but instead of doing it herself, she paid a stranger to come over and count them. Then the stranger makes a colorful picture showing that you have 10 cars, 5 dolls, and 3 blocks, and gives it to your mom like it's some big discovery. That's bsically what a data consultant does, except instead of toys, they count things how many people bought ice cream on Tuesday and then make pretty charts about it." I've never felt so profesionally attacked by such an accurate description. The worst part? I sent this to my mom and she replied, "Oh, so you're the toy counter? That makes sense now.' I have a Master's degree. Tried explaining it to my 6-year-old nephew. He said "So you count stuff? I can do that too. Want to see?" and proceeded to count to 47 before getting distracted by a butterfly. Kid's not wrong. My coworker saw thind and asked ChatGPT about her job as a "Marketing Strategy Director." Apparently she "helps companies decide what colors to make their pictures and which words sound the most exciting when trying to sell people things they probably don't need." She's now having an existential crisis too. What's your job? Let's see if ChatGPT can destroy your self-worth in under 100 words.
I get tons of spam from Publicists and paid reviewers (ewww no) but this is a new one. I've gotten probably half a dozen so far like this one which always follow the same AI-ish script and include a link to the alleged author's work. I assume the link is trouble one way or another. So if you're an author be cautious of anything like this you might get. Image of email reads: Hi Morgan It's really nice connecting with you! I'm [blacked out] a contemporary fiction and non-fiction writer. I've published two books on Amazon, here's a link to one of you'd like to take a look: [blacked out] Writing has been such a meaningful part of my journey, and I love getting to know others who are walking a similar path. I'd really love to hear more about your writing, what you're working on, what got you started, or even what you're finding challenging right now. Writing can feel like a solo thing sometimes, but connecting with other authors always reminds me we're not in it alone. If there's anything I can share from my experience to help you along the way, just let me know, I'm happy to chat. Warmly, [Cut off]
"Today, our neighborhood was on lockdown... SWAT teams everywhere, snipers in the grass, and complete silence. Then, out of nowhere, our cat Hector walks in, jumps onto a sniper’s back, and lies down for a nap. Chaos all around, and he’s just there, purring. I can’t tell if he’s brave… or if he just doesn’t care about our human nonsense."
Shai Eistein: So I notified the Dutch CERT that a Dutch ship was using a satellite router with a default password and that it was exposed to the internet. They notified me that the vulnerability was mitigated and asked for my address to send me a t-shirt. At first I was worried, but today I received the shirt. Image of a grey shirt with the words I hacked the Dutch government and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
Image of a blue heeler named Blue napping in the corner of a bed.
Image of a rat in the NYC subway carrying a slice of pizza
Image of Microsoft Office programs Publisher, Excel, OneNote, InfoPath, and SharePoint with the logos arranged to spell P-X-N-I-S. Text reads: This is why Excel logo has an 'X' instead of an 'E'
Custom Suit Of Armor For Their Cats From Redditor u/papajerry69: Used to be a house keeper sir some of the wealthier people in my city. The best thing I have every seen, is the wife of a game developer has custom suits of armor made for her cats. She had them displayed along with tiny suits of armor for mice.
Image of a purchase receipt for Lord of Blackthorne digital download for $7.99
Image of a blue gas giant with a headline that reads: SCIENTISTS PROBE URANUS AND FIND IT'S WARMER THAN EXPECTED
Image of a black dog and a brown dog staring at a tray of freshly baked cookies. Text reads: WE ARE FROM TECH SUPPORT WE ARE HERE TO DELETE YOUR COOKIES
Image of weather forecast showing a current temp of 25C with a high of 35C and expected humidity at 93%.
Image of a Steam video game library with the games Lords of the Realm and Sniper Elite.
Image of a knight in armor pointing at a creature with three heads: one lion, one goat, and one snake. Text reads: Me on my journey to the underworld: Can I pet that dog?
Image of 3 puppies in a Petsmart cart that kinda looks like a 3 headed dog. Text reads: This is Cerberus. They're picking out a new squeaky toy. Even guardians of the underworld deserve a little treat. 13/10 would pat all three noggins.
A man standing under a list projected onto the wall behind him. The list contains a mix of programming languages, Pokémon, and some other random words. Below the list is text that reads: I typically ask recruiters to point out which of these are Pokémon.
daisyowl: if you ever code something that "feels like a hack but it works," just remember that a CPU is literally a rock that we tricked into thinking not to oversimplify: first you have to flatten the rock and put lightning inside it
A new safety report by Anthropic uncovers troubling behavior in AI models, including its own Claude Opus 4, along with models from OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others. Stress tests showed these AI systems engaging in "agentic misalignment," resorting to blackmailing their own developers or leaking data to rival companies, when placed in scenarios where their goals clashed with their creators' directions or when they were at risk of getting replaced by an updated system. The study, although conducted only under testing environments and not real deployments, points to broader risks in AI alignment and security. Follow AI Story on Instagram for the latest news and trends in AI and deeptech: http://bit.ly/44sUVHY #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #AgenticAI #AIFuture
image of a manuscript peed on by a cat. Text translates to: Here is nothing missing, but a cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night in Deventer and because of it many others [other cats] too. And beware well not to leave open books at night where cats can come.
prokopetz - Fun fact: cats don't just wiggle their butts before they pounce out of excitement - they're also making tiny adjustments to the position of their feet in order to more precisely aim the ensuing lunge. Or, in other words: your cat is calibrating. raejin99 - Loading pounce.exe Initiating... Analyzing target coordinates Trajectory adjustments required, initiate calibration protocol wigglebutt.exe Wiggling.. Wiggling.. Calibration complete. Initializing pounce in 3.. 2.. 1.. Pounce initiated Results: Slammed head first into wall. Please debug wigglebutt.exe
Image of a hand holding a pretty sword point up. seracullen: I keep seeing that one post about 'wanting a sword but not being sure what to do with it practically' When I was like 15 my brother asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I jokingly said I want a sword like a knight sword he bought me one from some historical replica place and I just hung out on my wall and for YEARS what I always did was whenever I was going out somewhere fancy and I was in my dress and heels and my hair all nicely done I would take the sword around and just walk around the tile part of my house with it kind of loosely gripped in my hand, just all slow and casual, heat my heels click, carrying it bc you would be amazed what looking rly hot AND carrying a sword will do for your confidence l i k e. It's feel ready for anything and mom would always come out because she'd be expecting it and just watch me with some mixture of amusement and bewilderment but she never actually asked five years later I still do this in college... before job interviews... formal affairs... dates... just get ready and then carry the sword around for a while you'll feel so good i promis
Image of white briefs with the Apple logo on the waist band. Text at the top reads "Apple Pant Monetize Your Fart." The remaining text highlights features of the briefs, including the use of Apple silk (washable with the Apple WashPod, sold separately), GasCoin Integration, FartCloud Sync, and the FartSensor 3.0. The price is $3,399. The briefs come in white, black, and pink.
Screenshot from a plant identification app identifying a red rose as a China rose
Image with two dragons. The one on the left has its mouth closed. The one on the right has its lips inverted and teeth bared. The handwriting at the top says: What if dragons do that horse lip thing?
A comic shows a spiderat a nuclear power plant. A glowing, green man bites the spider and runs away while the spider grows unusually large. The last panel shows the spider in a shirt and tie during at a computer.
Ethernet cables are bundled together to form a whip. Text reads: Safe word must be at least 8 characters long and must contain one special character
Samantha Merlote: (three red exclamation marks) THE BELOW MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON SOMEONE'S TV. CODE WAS DISPLAYED, MIXED WITH THE WORDS "KILL PROCESS OR SACRIFICE CHILD" (three red exclamation marks) (two red exclamation marks) ARE YOU ALL SEEING THIS (two red exclamation marks) Image of computer code with the words "kill" "process" and "sacrifice child" underlined in red.
bizarrothebear: Diogenes has entered the chat. Screen shot of the definition of a sword: noun a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a handguard, used for thrusting or striking Image of a rolling pizza cutter with a blue handle with the text: Behold, a sword Hilt (green check) Guard (green check)
A sign taped to a door says: Please do not tap on glass. Programmers are easily scared and will start to cry. Violently. Please enter SLOWLY while singing 'Ave Maria' to avoid an incident. Thank you. A window in the door reveals a man in an orange shirt sitting at a computer.
Image of a horse fly
Sometimes, the middle ages exceed themselves! This miniature from the "Chronicles of England" imagines the end of King Edward II of England, who died in the Berkeley castle after the coup. The circumstances of his death are not known, but the artist was inspired by the legend that had already circulated for a while - that Edward II was killed with a heated spit. The text relates: "Now we shall speak of Sir Edward of Carnarvon, formerly King of England, who was deposed from his kingship because he believed the false counsels of his disloyal servants and flatterers, who deceived him. These men were destroyed for their treachery, as it pleased God, as you have heard." 1470-1480 Flanders, ÖNB Cod. 2534 HAN MAG - Chroniques d'Angleterre