Brie Ilarde
@gacatail.bsky.social
she | PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota | Natural history museums, evolutionary biology, mammals | Patron of the arts, but like, webcomics and colorful illustrations of animals
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People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
People who use this technology do not want to be taught about a topic; they want the end result of having learned, without learning. I would guess for many this describes a feature, not a bug, of the technology.
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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I don't often save memes but my friend's wedding brilliantly had a scrapbook station instead of a guestbook and that is fertile ground for meme vibes
I don't often save memes but my friend's wedding brilliantly had a scrapbook station instead of a guestbook and that is fertile ground for meme vibes
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I don't often save memes but my friend's wedding brilliantly had a scrapbook station instead of a guestbook and that is fertile ground for meme vibes
I don't often save memes but my friend's wedding brilliantly had a scrapbook station instead of a guestbook and that is fertile ground for meme vibes
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I just got my hair cut by a woman who has us all beat. She owns the shop but she also works two hours a week bussing at a fancy hotel restaurant so she can get employee deals at fancy hotels.
And two days a week she slings bags for Delta so she can fly wherever she wants for free.
And two days a week she slings bags for Delta so she can fly wherever she wants for free.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just got my hair cut by a woman who has us all beat. She owns the shop but she also works two hours a week bussing at a fancy hotel restaurant so she can get employee deals at fancy hotels.
And two days a week she slings bags for Delta so she can fly wherever she wants for free.
And two days a week she slings bags for Delta so she can fly wherever she wants for free.
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In keeping with the theme of the University of Minnesota walking out of negotiations: yesterday the graduate labor union at the U filed a petition with the state to finally get the University to follow the law. Explainer below, tl;dr press release here: umnglu.org/wp-content/u...
umnglu.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In keeping with the theme of the University of Minnesota walking out of negotiations: yesterday the graduate labor union at the U filed a petition with the state to finally get the University to follow the law. Explainer below, tl;dr press release here: umnglu.org/wp-content/u...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Taking offers on the lil fish lad!
His my first one ever so please don’t expect the highest quality! 😭🙏🏽❤️
funds will go towards purchasing more wool to make more lil guys!
Accepting offers above $30 USD!! Will close either tonight or if i get a good offer i cant refuse :-)
Still a WIP btw!!
His my first one ever so please don’t expect the highest quality! 😭🙏🏽❤️
funds will go towards purchasing more wool to make more lil guys!
Accepting offers above $30 USD!! Will close either tonight or if i get a good offer i cant refuse :-)
Still a WIP btw!!
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Taking offers on the lil fish lad!
His my first one ever so please don’t expect the highest quality! 😭🙏🏽❤️
funds will go towards purchasing more wool to make more lil guys!
Accepting offers above $30 USD!! Will close either tonight or if i get a good offer i cant refuse :-)
Still a WIP btw!!
His my first one ever so please don’t expect the highest quality! 😭🙏🏽❤️
funds will go towards purchasing more wool to make more lil guys!
Accepting offers above $30 USD!! Will close either tonight or if i get a good offer i cant refuse :-)
Still a WIP btw!!
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Just repeating in case some of you forgot: we have a rodent editor
I repeat, we have a RODENT EDITOR
I repeat, we have a RODENT EDITOR
THIS PICROSS GAME (squeakross) HAS A RODENT EDITOR
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Just repeating in case some of you forgot: we have a rodent editor
I repeat, we have a RODENT EDITOR
I repeat, we have a RODENT EDITOR
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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we did it babes.... we're the opposite of cooked. what is that. we're ingredients
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
we did it babes.... we're the opposite of cooked. what is that. we're ingredients
arrives two months late with photos from the minnesota state fair
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gacatail.neocities.org/mn-state-fai...
Minnesota State Fair 2025
gacatail.neocities.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
arrives two months late with photos from the minnesota state fair
gacatail.neocities.org/mn-state-fai...
gacatail.neocities.org/mn-state-fai...
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
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Analysis of 985(!!) baboon skulls' CT scan data from MorphoSource shows that >18% have slice spacing errors that propagate to downstream analyses-- an important cautionary tale on checking CT metadata vs. errors, and a goliath effort: peerj.com/articles/201...
Easier said than done: unexpected hurdles to preparing ∼1,000 cranial CT scans for data collection from an online digital repository
Background As science becomes more open and accessible, researchers are increasingly encouraged—and sometimes required—to share their digital data on public repositories. While this promotes transpare...
peerj.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Analysis of 985(!!) baboon skulls' CT scan data from MorphoSource shows that >18% have slice spacing errors that propagate to downstream analyses-- an important cautionary tale on checking CT metadata vs. errors, and a goliath effort: peerj.com/articles/201...
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🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
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Beautiful and heartbreaking. Christmas Island also has the wonderful migrating red crabs 🦀 (Gecarcoidea natalis) which are threatened* by introduced species. Island ecosystems are precious!
*colloquialism because they don't have an IUCN assessment and might not before it's too late
*colloquialism because they don't have an IUCN assessment and might not before it's too late
This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...
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October 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Beautiful and heartbreaking. Christmas Island also has the wonderful migrating red crabs 🦀 (Gecarcoidea natalis) which are threatened* by introduced species. Island ecosystems are precious!
*colloquialism because they don't have an IUCN assessment and might not before it's too late
*colloquialism because they don't have an IUCN assessment and might not before it's too late
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The house thylacine has returned, a little older but not much wiser
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The house thylacine has returned, a little older but not much wiser
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New Collection Study Grants for students and postdocs to come visit the @burkemuseum.bsky.social! Applications due 12/15/25. www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
Collections Study Grants
Collections study grants provide financial assistance for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to study the collections of the University of Washington Burke Museum (UWBM).
www.burkemuseum.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
New Collection Study Grants for students and postdocs to come visit the @burkemuseum.bsky.social! Applications due 12/15/25. www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...
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let's die anywhere else.
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
let's die anywhere else.
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Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!
This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.
MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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I was let go from my phd lab in a way that looked a lot like being fired, but I couldn't take advantage of employment-related antidiscrimination laws because my research was considered a class. Student antidiscrimination policies were not equipped to handle it so my advisor was free to discriminate.
One way to improve working conditions for PhD students is for universities to classify them as employees since that's what they are, and another way is to form a union. Grad students are not children and deserve full worker protections and health benefits.
that abstract
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I was let go from my phd lab in a way that looked a lot like being fired, but I couldn't take advantage of employment-related antidiscrimination laws because my research was considered a class. Student antidiscrimination policies were not equipped to handle it so my advisor was free to discriminate.
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iPad artists, HUGE news!!
Affinity designer, publisher, and photo can be purchased FOR FREE rn
No subscription, just free
Here's how
1) Download ALL THREE apps on the app store
#DigitalArt #iPadArtist #Art #Affinity
1/🧵
Affinity designer, publisher, and photo can be purchased FOR FREE rn
No subscription, just free
Here's how
1) Download ALL THREE apps on the app store
#DigitalArt #iPadArtist #Art #Affinity
1/🧵
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
iPad artists, HUGE news!!
Affinity designer, publisher, and photo can be purchased FOR FREE rn
No subscription, just free
Here's how
1) Download ALL THREE apps on the app store
#DigitalArt #iPadArtist #Art #Affinity
1/🧵
Affinity designer, publisher, and photo can be purchased FOR FREE rn
No subscription, just free
Here's how
1) Download ALL THREE apps on the app store
#DigitalArt #iPadArtist #Art #Affinity
1/🧵