Amber Jaura
@bamby.bsky.social
overworked, under-caffeinated;
lover of #lattes☕️, #SDKs👩🏻💻, #linguistics🦉,
#dankmemes👽, #freepalestine🌻
📍sf, ca | dallas, tx
lover of #lattes☕️, #SDKs👩🏻💻, #linguistics🦉,
#dankmemes👽, #freepalestine🌻
📍sf, ca | dallas, tx
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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NEW AI Lab this week: an AI-powered version of Atlas (Boston Dynamic's biped dancing robot) is demonstrating some surprising new improvisational skills to complete task—a significant step toward general-purpose robot algorithms. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Robot Only Needs a Single AI Model to Master Humanlike Movements
Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ dancing humanoid, can now use a single model for walking and grasping—a significant step toward general-purpose robot algorithms.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
NEW AI Lab this week: an AI-powered version of Atlas (Boston Dynamic's biped dancing robot) is demonstrating some surprising new improvisational skills to complete task—a significant step toward general-purpose robot algorithms. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social emphasizes the power of listening to Palestinians in preserving their humanity.
August 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social emphasizes the power of listening to Palestinians in preserving their humanity.
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In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years.
That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.
That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.
NEW: Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing.
It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.
With @bangordailynews.bsky.social
It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.
With @bangordailynews.bsky.social
A Maine Woman Paid Her Back Rent. Her Record Still Says She Was Evicted.
Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. In Maine, these deals have put evictions on their permanent records, even if they’ve fulfilled all the terms and were never ...
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years.
That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.
That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.
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Oh neat, there's a version of uBlock Origin for Safari now apps.apple.com/us/app/ubloc...
uBlock Origin Lite
uBO Lite (uBOL) is a reliable and efficient content blocker.
The default ruleset corresponds to uBlock Origin's default filterset:
- uBlock Origin's built-in filter lists
- EasyList
- EasyPrivacy
-...
apps.apple.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oh neat, there's a version of uBlock Origin for Safari now apps.apple.com/us/app/ubloc...
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Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era
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The day was dubbed "Juneteenth" by the newly freed people and is now a federal holiday. Learn more via the Smithsonian NMAAHC & join us TODAY from 10 a.m - 2 p.m. at the Detroit Historical Museum to mark the day with free family programming. nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after Presi...
nmaahc.si.edu
June 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The day was dubbed "Juneteenth" by the newly freed people and is now a federal holiday. Learn more via the Smithsonian NMAAHC & join us TODAY from 10 a.m - 2 p.m. at the Detroit Historical Museum to mark the day with free family programming. nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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Looking back at a decade of tech innovations
2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!
2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!
January 7, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Looking back at a decade of tech innovations
2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!
2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!
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Watching Google shutter things that actually worked, like Google Play Music, and now Google Podcasts, to turn them into YouTube Music is like someone coming into your kitchen who takes away your blender and kettle then lets you know you'll now only be able to boil water or blend things in your car.
January 3, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Watching Google shutter things that actually worked, like Google Play Music, and now Google Podcasts, to turn them into YouTube Music is like someone coming into your kitchen who takes away your blender and kettle then lets you know you'll now only be able to boil water or blend things in your car.
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Love to see it truthout.org/articles/san...
Sanders Moves to Force Vote on Probe Into Israel Human Rights “Atrocities”
Israel’s assault will “remembered among some of the darkest chapters of our modern history,” Sanders said.
truthout.org
December 16, 2023 at 5:35 AM
Love to see it truthout.org/articles/san...
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Developer Zhuowei Zhang downloaded all Bluesky posts as of May 1, 2023 from the 45,457 public accts and made them available in 2.94 GB download.
https://worthdoingbadly.com/bsky/
https://worthdoingbadly.com/bsky/
I downloaded all 1,680,399 posts on Bluesky
I downloaded all the posts on Bluesky as of 2023-05-01. Here’s the 1680399 posts from 45457 accounts in a Postgres database.
worthdoingbadly.com
May 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Developer Zhuowei Zhang downloaded all Bluesky posts as of May 1, 2023 from the 45,457 public accts and made them available in 2.94 GB download.
https://worthdoingbadly.com/bsky/
https://worthdoingbadly.com/bsky/
we are the children of the protocols that won't divide, what's up? ✌🏽
April 14, 2023 at 1:03 PM
we are the children of the protocols that won't divide, what's up? ✌🏽