Marnie
@foxpig.bsky.social
Serial renovator, lefty do-gooder and mother of dogs and a couple of nice humans
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Keep hoping Amanda
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Keep hoping Amanda
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Full speech, courtesy of the CBC:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...
FULL SPEECH | 'The old order is not coming back': PM says Canada must build strength at home
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Full speech, courtesy of the CBC:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoDQ...
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STAR TREK TEACHES US THAT INFINITE DIVERSITY IN INFINITE COMBINATIONS IS THE WAY FORWARD. 🖖 QUEER & TRANS CREW MEMBERS, HUMANS AND ALIENS, OUR FUTURE IS A POST-CAPITALIST UTOPIA WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. ENGAGE WITH #TOSSatNight AND DREAM OF WORLDS BEYOND OPPRESSION. #StarTrek
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
STAR TREK TEACHES US THAT INFINITE DIVERSITY IN INFINITE COMBINATIONS IS THE WAY FORWARD. 🖖 QUEER & TRANS CREW MEMBERS, HUMANS AND ALIENS, OUR FUTURE IS A POST-CAPITALIST UTOPIA WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. ENGAGE WITH #TOSSatNight AND DREAM OF WORLDS BEYOND OPPRESSION. #StarTrek
My so called coworkers obviously have reached the part of the day where we all want to just lie under the desk and sleep, while we listen to some #country music mix tape on Spotify. Any artist suggestions welcome work is meh and I feel meh
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
My so called coworkers obviously have reached the part of the day where we all want to just lie under the desk and sleep, while we listen to some #country music mix tape on Spotify. Any artist suggestions welcome work is meh and I feel meh
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But is currently busy using it on his own citizens.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
But is currently busy using it on his own citizens.
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"Engineers Deploy “Poison Fountain” That Scrambles Brains of #AI Systems" (Futurism) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6Xst0g6I/s... #SmartNews
Engineers Deploy “Poison Fountain” That Scrambles Brains of AI Systems (Futurism)
To push back against AI, some call for blowing up data centers.
If that’s too extreme for your tastes, then you might be interested in another project, whic...
l.smartnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
"Engineers Deploy “Poison Fountain” That Scrambles Brains of #AI Systems" (Futurism) on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6Xst0g6I/s... #SmartNews
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“We agree with Geoffrey Hinton: machine intelligence is a threat to the human species. In response to this threat we want to inflict damage on machine intelligence systems.”
Engineers - who work for AI companies - created "Poison Fountain" to infect training data that AI scoops up, disabling the AI
Engineers - who work for AI companies - created "Poison Fountain" to infect training data that AI scoops up, disabling the AI
"We want to inflict damage on machine intelligence systems."
Engineers Deploy "Poison Fountain" That Scrambles Brains of AI Systems
The Poison Fountain project calls on website owners to feed AI data scrapers a data set designed to sabotage AI models.
trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“We agree with Geoffrey Hinton: machine intelligence is a threat to the human species. In response to this threat we want to inflict damage on machine intelligence systems.”
Engineers - who work for AI companies - created "Poison Fountain" to infect training data that AI scoops up, disabling the AI
Engineers - who work for AI companies - created "Poison Fountain" to infect training data that AI scoops up, disabling the AI
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Engineers Deploy “Poison Fountain” That Scrambles Brains of AI Systems flip.it/Zth.fG
Engineers Deploy "Poison Fountain" That Scrambles Brains of AI Systems
The Poison Fountain project calls on website owners to feed AI data scrapers a data set designed to sabotage AI models.
flip.it
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Engineers Deploy “Poison Fountain” That Scrambles Brains of AI Systems flip.it/Zth.fG
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Nice article about Queen Demon:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
"One of Wells’ most compelling gifts as a writer is the way she interrogates trauma, and trauma is very much in evidence in her recent works, especially in both Murderbot and The Rising World."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
"One of Wells’ most compelling gifts as a writer is the way she interrogates trauma, and trauma is very much in evidence in her recent works, especially in both Murderbot and The Rising World."
The Language of the Night: Martha Wells takes on colonization
Martha Wells often surprises me. Her writing combines an anthropological approach to human societies, keen observation, charismatic characters, and themes that sneak up on you. Her protagonists are .....
www.dailykos.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Nice article about Queen Demon:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
"One of Wells’ most compelling gifts as a writer is the way she interrogates trauma, and trauma is very much in evidence in her recent works, especially in both Murderbot and The Rising World."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
"One of Wells’ most compelling gifts as a writer is the way she interrogates trauma, and trauma is very much in evidence in her recent works, especially in both Murderbot and The Rising World."
A tip for keeping the spirit of Christmas going just a little bit longer, if you have leftover candy canes drop one in your morning coffee - it's delicious!
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
A tip for keeping the spirit of Christmas going just a little bit longer, if you have leftover candy canes drop one in your morning coffee - it's delicious!
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Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
Welcome to the Public Domain in 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more:
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...
Why do I keep getting the feeling I'm reading a Stephen King novel while I read this article? It's giving me the same sick with fear feeling Randall Flag gave me...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Why do I keep getting the feeling I'm reading a Stephen King novel while I read this article? It's giving me the same sick with fear feeling Randall Flag gave me...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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Xmas miracles aren't for people only:
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...
Endangered Chick Appears in 'Christmas Miracle' Hatching to Parents Thought Infertile
A breeding pair of endangered takahē birds in New Zealand were found to be rearing a chick, having previously been thought of as infertile.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Xmas miracles aren't for people only:
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-c...
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Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Australia's new grid plan:
- Significantly more solar and batteries
- Significantly less wind power
- Significantly more coal and worse emissions
Just going to keep stressing that this isn't good......
www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
- Significantly more solar and batteries
- Significantly less wind power
- Significantly more coal and worse emissions
Just going to keep stressing that this isn't good......
www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Australia's new grid plan:
- Significantly more solar and batteries
- Significantly less wind power
- Significantly more coal and worse emissions
Just going to keep stressing that this isn't good......
www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
- Significantly more solar and batteries
- Significantly less wind power
- Significantly more coal and worse emissions
Just going to keep stressing that this isn't good......
www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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I definitely won't remember to do an #ArtAdventCalendar every day, but here's a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) drawing. It's a classic example of me spend far, far too long drawing details that are imperceptible in the final image.
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I definitely won't remember to do an #ArtAdventCalendar every day, but here's a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) drawing. It's a classic example of me spend far, far too long drawing details that are imperceptible in the final image.
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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As a wise man once said
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As a wise man once said
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October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM