Ann Hedonia
@annhedonia.bsky.social
I'd be a pretty meh follow, honestly; my only talent is appreciation. Love art, fiction, film, science.
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Ann Hedonia
@annhedonia.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Kafka’s Joke Book
Why did the chicken cross the road?
It had been crossing so long it could not remember. As it stopped in the middle to look back, a car sped by, sp...
www.mcsweeneys.net
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. Am I right, ladies?
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Unchained Melody was a huge hit for the Righteous Brothers, but it was originally sung by Todd Duncan in the 1955 prison film Unchained.
Todd Duncan - Unchained Melody (Original) 1955
YouTube video by vintage video clips
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Unchained Melody was a huge hit for the Righteous Brothers, but it was originally sung by Todd Duncan in the 1955 prison film Unchained.
"I feel like the movies sold us an idealized version of the end times."
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"I feel like the movies sold us an idealized version of the end times."
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
Ctrl Alt Deleaf
Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train
Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.
www.bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ctrl Alt Deleaf
Thoughtful essay about how to evaluate the confluence of art and politics in our current climate.
The Shape of Tone
Calibrating art and politics in an age of dissonance.
pablohelguera.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thoughtful essay about how to evaluate the confluence of art and politics in our current climate.
(gift article) One example of how far-reaching the effects have been is that babies even get potty trained much later than they used to, because of disposable diapers.
Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
(gift article) One example of how far-reaching the effects have been is that babies even get potty trained much later than they used to, because of disposable diapers.
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Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
Brett Kavanaugh says there’s a good reason Supreme Court rulings can sometimes be so cryptic
In remarks to a judicial conference, Kavanaugh also defended Chief Justice John Roberts.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
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Just saw someone on tiktok call Dubai the Michael Kors of vacations 🥀
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just saw someone on tiktok call Dubai the Michael Kors of vacations 🥀
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Whenever you see a quote from a poll or survey in the form "x% of [population] do/believe [statement]"
translate that to "x% of respondents selected a specific response option"
The respondents may or may not represent a population.
That form interaction may or may not reflect what they do/believe.
translate that to "x% of respondents selected a specific response option"
The respondents may or may not represent a population.
That form interaction may or may not reflect what they do/believe.
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Whenever you see a quote from a poll or survey in the form "x% of [population] do/believe [statement]"
translate that to "x% of respondents selected a specific response option"
The respondents may or may not represent a population.
That form interaction may or may not reflect what they do/believe.
translate that to "x% of respondents selected a specific response option"
The respondents may or may not represent a population.
That form interaction may or may not reflect what they do/believe.
The future of programming is AI; er, I mean, the future of cooking is the microwave!
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
www.colincornaby.me
August 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The future of programming is AI; er, I mean, the future of cooking is the microwave!
Distorted Wall Street incentives drove us to centralized digital infrastructure that mirrors authoritarian power structures. But the same technologies can be architected to resist authoritarianism. Decentralization isn’t a technical preference, it’s a democratic necessity.
Tried to pull together a bunch of threads of things I've been talking/thinking about lately, about how decentralized tech & democracy go hand in hand, and are necessary for fighting fascism.
Take Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save Democracy
Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you'll see the most important story of our time: the fascists are winning because they've built a direct pipeline from concentrated technological power to…
Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you'll see the most important story of our time: the fascists are winning because they've built a direct pipeline from concentrated technological power to…
August 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Distorted Wall Street incentives drove us to centralized digital infrastructure that mirrors authoritarian power structures. But the same technologies can be architected to resist authoritarianism. Decentralization isn’t a technical preference, it’s a democratic necessity.
Interesting explainer on the ramifications of a service member refusing an order because they think it's unconstitutional:
Can The Military Refuse Trump's Orders?
YouTube video by LegalEagle
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Interesting explainer on the ramifications of a service member refusing an order because they think it's unconstitutional:
This opera sounds like so much fun, but unfortunately I'm half way around the world from Ireland (gift link):
An Opera Takes A.I., Pronatalism and Hustle Culture to Space
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This opera sounds like so much fun, but unfortunately I'm half way around the world from Ireland (gift link):
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look the real lesson of this is that more internet memes should've had dance interpretations www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4...
"Shia LaBeouf" Live - Rob Cantor
YouTube video by robcantor
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
look the real lesson of this is that more internet memes should've had dance interpretations www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4...
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Nice to see Cuomo finally being a team player and campaigning for Zohran
July 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Nice to see Cuomo finally being a team player and campaigning for Zohran
Extrapolating Doctorow's enshittification principle from tech platforms to American hegemony under the current administration.
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
www.wired.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Extrapolating Doctorow's enshittification principle from tech platforms to American hegemony under the current administration.
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𝒞ℯ𝒸̧𝒾 𝓃’ℯ𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃ℯ 𝒶𝓅ℴ𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓎𝓅𝓈ℯ.
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
𝒞ℯ𝒸̧𝒾 𝓃’ℯ𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃ℯ 𝒶𝓅ℴ𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓎𝓅𝓈ℯ.
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This is exactly why privacy advocates have been fighting the OSA tooth and mail since it was first introduced! And why if your state or country introduces any kind of "think of the children" bill, you should fight it as hard as you can.
July 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is exactly why privacy advocates have been fighting the OSA tooth and mail since it was first introduced! And why if your state or country introduces any kind of "think of the children" bill, you should fight it as hard as you can.
Is that DDoS attack? No, it's just more fucking AI bots scraping away.
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
www.404media.co
June 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Is that DDoS attack? No, it's just more fucking AI bots scraping away.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.