E z r a
@bruit.bsky.social
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sephardic librarian / archivist / researcher / artist on six nations lands
i study technology, techno and tech no
shame fascists out of existence
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lll
sephardic librarian / archivist / researcher / artist on six nations lands
i study technology, techno and tech no
shame fascists out of existence
punks are always dorks
punks are almost always dorks in the school hierarchy so it still works
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
punks are always dorks
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Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
someone on the other site posted about people only tend to be proud of where they from if they have nothing to be proud of having done and... they were cooking
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
someone on the other site posted about people only tend to be proud of where they from if they have nothing to be proud of having done and... they were cooking
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I want to live in an apartment at the public library.
"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I want to live in an apartment at the public library.
basic but the communist manifesto, especially the part where they say "Abolition of all rights of inheritance."
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
basic but the communist manifesto, especially the part where they say "Abolition of all rights of inheritance."
I'm sorry to inform me that "not convinced but full of candy" is not a personality apparently? shame
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I'm sorry to inform me that "not convinced but full of candy" is not a personality apparently? shame
AI feels like clickbait and so does discourse about AI
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
AI feels like clickbait and so does discourse about AI
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Turret
Oquawka, IL
Oquawka, IL
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Turret
Oquawka, IL
Oquawka, IL
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This is one of the things that really worries me about Carney's AI-everything push. You can be sure HE won't allow one of these data centres near HIS house, but they will certainly end up in some of OUR neighbourhoods. 😑
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/a...
AI: powered by old jet turbines, near you!
The AI hyper-scalers have problems getting power for all their new data centres. How about using small gas turbines that used to be jet engines? Landon Tessmer from ProEnergy says: [IEEE Spectrum] …
pivot-to-ai.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is one of the things that really worries me about Carney's AI-everything push. You can be sure HE won't allow one of these data centres near HIS house, but they will certainly end up in some of OUR neighbourhoods. 😑
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/a...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/30/a...
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seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
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I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
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I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
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I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.
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On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
none of you told me about Tom Verlaine's "Warm and Cool" LP and now I'm mad tbh
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
none of you told me about Tom Verlaine's "Warm and Cool" LP and now I'm mad tbh
it would be * so cool * if I could just stay somewhere one goddamn time
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
it would be * so cool * if I could just stay somewhere one goddamn time
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If you dig these folks, @neverpo.st spoke w them back in July about their work rescuing datasets (medical, environments, etc) that the US Gov't attempts to delete. It's such a fascinating conversation!
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you dig these folks, @neverpo.st spoke w them back in July about their work rescuing datasets (medical, environments, etc) that the US Gov't attempts to delete. It's such a fascinating conversation!
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"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
finally a day to myself so I can catch up on posting
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
finally a day to myself so I can catch up on posting
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Scholars Must Recognize the Role of Affect and Emotion in Disinformation | TechPolicy.Press
The tactics of digital emotional manipulation are many and varied, but many of the most prominent exploit frustration and rage, writes Calum Matheson.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
apropos of nothing if people who grew up in ex-soviet countries could stop bringing it up everytime the word socialism comes up as some kind of vague, unactionable foreboding that would be awesome thanks
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
apropos of nothing if people who grew up in ex-soviet countries could stop bringing it up everytime the word socialism comes up as some kind of vague, unactionable foreboding that would be awesome thanks
fascinated by people who study tech but are profoundly not interested in how it works in their everyday life
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
fascinated by people who study tech but are profoundly not interested in how it works in their everyday life