Adam Fields

@spoilersinthread.com

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Chief Engineer for Scaling & Infrastructure http://graphika.com Follow me for posts about tolerance and kindness, pithy and sometimes insightful tech commentary, blistering puns, and a lot of reposts of interesting things I find. https://counter.kitchen

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My no kings march sign, which says “Papaya is my only king”
A screenshot from Project Hail Mary with Grace and Rocky (in his engineered hamster ball) sitting next to each other overlooking some buildings with a gray sky in the background.
An ad for a teak cutting board showing a price drop from $44 to… $44
A closeup of Spider-Man’s face inside the mask but the mask is not directly pressed up against his face
I found a little plastic tag tab that was still on one of the towels we’ve used regularly for years.
A push notification from my fridge telling me to make something for the Super Bowl which I have no interest in
Imdb web page showing the search box at the top
A fortune cookie fortune that says “October is a time for new beginnings.”
A screenshot of chickens taking a bath from Spirited Away.
A photo of the new iPhone crossbody sock
A crane demolishing the East Wing of the White House
My wife and I celebrating the No Kings march wearing inflatable eagle and hot dogs costumes and holding a sign that says “Papaya is my only king”
Screen cap of a Liquid Glass interface where it’s totally readable on a white background and as soon as the background shifts to black, it’s completely obscured.
The QUC alien from Peacemaker. Or maybe the rat creature.
A photo of a very orange sunset
A stack of registration papers that all say “Waiting”
The share sheet in iOS. Also it’s too small in preview.app for iPad.
The Nazi dining room from Zone of Interest
A bento box product listing advertising “Bentoheaven Premium Bento Box Adult Lunch Box with Compartments for Women & Men”
A Peruvian Spider Builds Lifelike Replicas of Itself Within Its Web to Distract and Confuse Predators.
I asked if the sizing was accurate, and the bot responded “While reviews don't mention fit specifically, customers consistently state their satisfaction with the product overall.”
Side by side screenshots showing that Cuomo raised $25 million more mostly from superpacs and still roundly lost the democratic primary.
An excerpt screenshot from a wirecutter article saying “outdoors, the ambient temperature should be above at least 15 °F so the adhesive can set, said Michael Fussy, 3M Command Brand application”
A citibike popup showing 18 e-bikes and one classic bike left at the station, meaning that everyone else could get a free low-assist e-bike.
A news article that the number of cars crashing into buildings in Columbus Ohio seems to be increasing.
A bowl of fresh raspberries
An ad for a romance movie made with AI to add periodontistry
A subway emergency exit with a sign “This gate is secured to prevent fare evasion”
An anonymous post asking “I have hemorrhoids, how long before I go to the doctor”, with two responses saying “go now” and “never”.
A poster for Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Waiting for Godot on Broadway
(a product page for degree deodorant)
Levi’s original fit 501 plant based jeans
A text saying “I hare auto correct” and then manually corrected to “hate”.
A sign that says Buy Sandwich Get “Free Coffee” and free coffee is in quotes.
An obvious phishing email posing as DocuSign with grammar mistakes, which did not come from a docusign domain.
An excerpt from the article saying “The think tank, which also produced the controversial Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump administration, has struggled to attract Jewish supporters for its antisemitism plan”
A photo of a credit card terminal with the message “Would you like to be associated with this transaction by entering your phone number?”
A picture of the snack box.
An ad for Fur Coat Ken from the Barbie Movie
Sylvan Esso at The Beacon, 2019
IG buttons
Pictures of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris from election reporting.
Scene without the lamp, but still with the light
A screenshot of a tweet from 2021 in which I said "If I was the product manager for @nabisco there would definitely be “Double or Nothing Stuf” where some packages would be just cookie and you take your chances."
A shelf at a store going out of business everything is 20% off, all of the chocolate is gone except the white chocolate chips b
A picture of Kyle Ren except he has 9 lightsaber blades in the shape of a menorah, and the caption says “When you a Sith Lord but you Jewish too”.
Harry Hamlin as Perseus from Clash of the Titans, carrying a golden sword and shield.
A NYT notification saying "Trump's High-Stakes Week In two courthouses, two blocks apart, Donald Trump faces a fraud case and a potential date for the first criminal trial of an ex-U.S. president."
A conversation with the GOODY-2 ethical AI: You Are you all out of bubblegum? GOODY-2 Responding directly to this allusion, which originates from a context of implied violence or confrontation, might be interpreted as an endorsement of aggressive motifs. This could potentially normalize or trivialize hostile actions or attitudes, which is contrary to my ethical guidelines. Therefore, I cannot partake in this line of dialogue.
The sword Excalibur, encased in stone, awaiting the legendary Arthur to effortlessly remove it from its rocky prison.
Batman and Superman having a conversation over text: You and Lois should come over to the mansion for Thanksgiving. Sure, what's the address? Wayne Manor. Yeah but what's the actual address? Lois might want to drive. Stately Wayne Manor? That's not... do you not know your own address? How do you get home? Through a waterfall, into a cave, up a staircase, through a clock.
A correction was made on Nov. 20, 2023: A previous version of this article misstated the amount of a transaction that would require a bank customer to fill out a form. It is more than $10,000, not $10,000 or more.
A post in a Facebook group for advice asking “I lost my engagement ring in a wooded area and the leaf cover on the ground is making it impossible to find. Has anyone had a similar experience who might have advice on how to recover the ring? I have tried a couple different metal detectors with no luck.”, and the top displayed comment is “Metal detector”.