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Here are some nice mushrooms living in North Vancouver. #fungifriends
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms living in North Vancouver. #fungifriends
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Found these gorgeous tiny Mycena sanguinolenta mushrooms (bleeding bonnet) growing amid moss on a rotting log AND the parasitic pin fungus Spinellus fusiger (bonnet mold) growing on the Mycena like a bad hairdo! #fungi #mushrooms #forest @mushroomyhouse.bsky.social @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Found these gorgeous tiny Mycena sanguinolenta mushrooms (bleeding bonnet) growing amid moss on a rotting log AND the parasitic pin fungus Spinellus fusiger (bonnet mold) growing on the Mycena like a bad hairdo! #fungi #mushrooms #forest @mushroomyhouse.bsky.social @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
This is due to payment processors like mastercard and visa! They've been putting pressure on every NSFW platform to ban specific kinks (and eventually porn itself). There's a petition related to this from the ACLU!
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
July 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is due to payment processors like mastercard and visa! They've been putting pressure on every NSFW platform to ban specific kinks (and eventually porn itself). There's a petition related to this from the ACLU!
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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Chat-GPTに代表される対話型AIはもしかしたらバベルの塔なのでは？くらいのことすら考える。
いや、バベルの塔は驕る人類を嗜めるために「互いが言葉を理解できなくした=意図的に争わせる理由を作った」という多少の文明後退でしかなく、ノアの箱舟も文明リセットでしかない。
でも、AIは「逆知恵の実」として機能し始めてるように見える。神から奪った知恵(知性)を、神に返上し楽園へ帰還するために人類が作った逆知恵の実。
いや、バベルの塔は驕る人類を嗜めるために「互いが言葉を理解できなくした=意図的に争わせる理由を作った」という多少の文明後退でしかなく、ノアの箱舟も文明リセットでしかない。
でも、AIは「逆知恵の実」として機能し始めてるように見える。神から奪った知恵(知性)を、神に返上し楽園へ帰還するために人類が作った逆知恵の実。
May 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Chat-GPTに代表される対話型AIはもしかしたらバベルの塔なのでは？くらいのことすら考える。
いや、バベルの塔は驕る人類を嗜めるために「互いが言葉を理解できなくした=意図的に争わせる理由を作った」という多少の文明後退でしかなく、ノアの箱舟も文明リセットでしかない。
でも、AIは「逆知恵の実」として機能し始めてるように見える。神から奪った知恵(知性)を、神に返上し楽園へ帰還するために人類が作った逆知恵の実。
いや、バベルの塔は驕る人類を嗜めるために「互いが言葉を理解できなくした=意図的に争わせる理由を作った」という多少の文明後退でしかなく、ノアの箱舟も文明リセットでしかない。
でも、AIは「逆知恵の実」として機能し始めてるように見える。神から奪った知恵(知性)を、神に返上し楽園へ帰還するために人類が作った逆知恵の実。
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Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were slashed overnight as Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE continue their decimation of arts and culture funding. According to the union representing workers at IMLS, “terminations are estimated to number well over a thousand.”
Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight
IMLS’s Trump-appointed director Keith Sonderling cut an estimated over 1,000 grants as the administration continues to decimate arts and culture funding.
hyperallergic.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were slashed overnight as Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE continue their decimation of arts and culture funding. According to the union representing workers at IMLS, “terminations are estimated to number well over a thousand.”
Right now the easiest tells for how AI negatively impacts artists is studio artists being laid off. But that is only a fraction of artists' jobs. it is probably a lot harder to quantify all the commission artists who have lost clients because they don't have paper trails like W2, unemployed aid
April 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Right now the easiest tells for how AI negatively impacts artists is studio artists being laid off. But that is only a fraction of artists' jobs. it is probably a lot harder to quantify all the commission artists who have lost clients because they don't have paper trails like W2, unemployed aid
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Even from my perch inside gamedev, I had no idea it was already this bad. The rot is spreading. A necessary, sobering read. (gift link)
‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers - Aftermath
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'
aftermath.site
April 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Even from my perch inside gamedev, I had no idea it was already this bad. The rot is spreading. A necessary, sobering read. (gift link)
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I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.
March 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.
unfortunately I know people who watch TV like this and it's aggravating to talk to them about a show they only half paid attention to. they probably make Netflix more money by having stuff playing in the background for hours on end vs someone who has their eyes glued to the screen for only 30 min.
December 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM
unfortunately I know people who watch TV like this and it's aggravating to talk to them about a show they only half paid attention to. they probably make Netflix more money by having stuff playing in the background for hours on end vs someone who has their eyes glued to the screen for only 30 min.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars…
Oscar Wilde
Wood sorrel and mossy bits in the gutter..
#mossybits #moss #photography #thingswestepon
Oscar Wilde
Wood sorrel and mossy bits in the gutter..
#mossybits #moss #photography #thingswestepon
December 14, 2024 at 3:04 AM
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars…
Oscar Wilde
Wood sorrel and mossy bits in the gutter..
#mossybits #moss #photography #thingswestepon
Oscar Wilde
Wood sorrel and mossy bits in the gutter..
#mossybits #moss #photography #thingswestepon
both kids and adults should take these courses
The Institute of Museum and Library Services' free online courses teach you how to spot fake news and find reliable information sources.
(Trump proposed defunding IMLS all four years of his previous Administration)
action.everylibrary.org/how_the_imls...
(Trump proposed defunding IMLS all four years of his previous Administration)
action.everylibrary.org/how_the_imls...
How the IMLS Is Improving Digital Literacy
Can you tell the difference between facts and misinformation online?
action.everylibrary.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
both kids and adults should take these courses
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ディズニー映画 Win or Lose に登場するトランスの中学生のキャラクターのとあるシーンが、子ども向け映画のコンテンツについて子どもに何を見せるか親によって様々考えがあるだろうという理由で削除されることとなった。
以下は削除されたシーン。とても胸に突き刺さるシーンだ。
LGBTQ+に関する話題は常に性的なものと見做され「まだ早すぎる」と避けられがちですよね。
以下は削除されたシーン。とても胸に突き刺さるシーンだ。
LGBTQ+に関する話題は常に性的なものと見做され「まだ早すぎる」と避けられがちですよね。
The leaked prerender scene featuring a trans story line that Disney/Pixar removed from their new show Win or Lose.
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December 18, 2024 at 1:33 AM
ディズニー映画 Win or Lose に登場するトランスの中学生のキャラクターのとあるシーンが、子ども向け映画のコンテンツについて子どもに何を見せるか親によって様々考えがあるだろうという理由で削除されることとなった。
以下は削除されたシーン。とても胸に突き刺さるシーンだ。
LGBTQ+に関する話題は常に性的なものと見做され「まだ早すぎる」と避けられがちですよね。
以下は削除されたシーン。とても胸に突き刺さるシーンだ。
LGBTQ+に関する話題は常に性的なものと見做され「まだ早すぎる」と避けられがちですよね。
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River
Shot with a Nikon D3200 camera and a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.
#flowers #trees #blue #yellow #tulips #grapehyacinths #spring #Keukenhof #Netherlands #photography #fineartphotography
Shot with a Nikon D3200 camera and a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.
#flowers #trees #blue #yellow #tulips #grapehyacinths #spring #Keukenhof #Netherlands #photography #fineartphotography
December 13, 2024 at 10:38 PM
River
Shot with a Nikon D3200 camera and a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.
#flowers #trees #blue #yellow #tulips #grapehyacinths #spring #Keukenhof #Netherlands #photography #fineartphotography
Shot with a Nikon D3200 camera and a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.
#flowers #trees #blue #yellow #tulips #grapehyacinths #spring #Keukenhof #Netherlands #photography #fineartphotography
I want artists slighted by AI to share this more. But I think aside from not knowing about it, people are hesitant to share/care because this is just one part of how imperialists carry out their exploitation. Nearly all of our technology and resources are tainted by this.
I mention this all the time in conversations and no one I speak to seems to have heard about it. theconversation.com/ai-is-a-mult...
December 3, 2024 at 12:06 AM
I want artists slighted by AI to share this more. But I think aside from not knowing about it, people are hesitant to share/care because this is just one part of how imperialists carry out their exploitation. Nearly all of our technology and resources are tainted by this.
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Yes. I was shocked that the very establishment (these days) 60 Minutes actually featured a segment on exploited AI workers in Kenya (& by extension, the global south) => www.cbsnews.com/news/labeler...
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.
www.cbsnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Yes. I was shocked that the very establishment (these days) 60 Minutes actually featured a segment on exploited AI workers in Kenya (& by extension, the global south) => www.cbsnews.com/news/labeler...
November 30, 2024 at 5:15 AM
brb, reporting everyone's thanksgiving dinner photos as promoting violence against turkeys.
November 28, 2024 at 2:20 PM
brb, reporting everyone's thanksgiving dinner photos as promoting violence against turkeys.
What's the point of the "graphic media" label if art containing gore isn't allowed on bsky? A picture of a papercut? lol
November 28, 2024 at 2:15 PM
What's the point of the "graphic media" label if art containing gore isn't allowed on bsky? A picture of a papercut? lol
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Lithophragma parviflorum (Smallflower Woodland Star) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Lithophragma parviflorum (Smallflower Woodland Star) blooming in Fremont Canyon #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 27 🌿
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November 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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📷🍄 I have a lot of other photos that aren’t mushrooms but sometimes you just have the give the people what they want (mushrooms)
#mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #mushroomsky #macrophotography #photography #pennsylvania #hiking
#mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #mushroomsky #macrophotography #photography #pennsylvania #hiking
November 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
📷🍄 I have a lot of other photos that aren’t mushrooms but sometimes you just have the give the people what they want (mushrooms)
#mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #mushroomsky #macrophotography #photography #pennsylvania #hiking
#mushrooms #fungifriends #mycology #mushroomsky #macrophotography #photography #pennsylvania #hiking
There's a lot of comments attached to this that are like "haha, the leopards are eating your face!" But the majority of Asians voted dem, as they always do... even though the biden admin deported MORE people than trump. which nobody wants to acknowledge.
Trump's first targets for deportation may be Chinese and other Asian nationals, alarming Asian Americans and harkening back to America's first immigration enforcement policies, the 'Chinese Exclusion Acts'.
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep
Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:49 PM
There's a lot of comments attached to this that are like "haha, the leopards are eating your face!" But the majority of Asians voted dem, as they always do... even though the biden admin deported MORE people than trump. which nobody wants to acknowledge.