Human Output Enthusiast
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology, & dad joke aficionado who lives w/a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit.
I won’t share AI generated content, except to critique it.
If you see me in person I’ll be wearing a KN95. If you care abt me, put one on too.
www.marhicks.com
I won’t share AI generated content, except to critique it.
If you see me in person I’ll be wearing a KN95. If you care abt me, put one on too.
www.marhicks.com
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Hey did I tell y’all what my New Year’s resolution is?
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Thus begins the #dadjoke thread for 2025 bsky.app/profile/hist...
Everyone else is asleep except for the bunny so please give me your best suggestions for off-the-beaten-path non-disturbing comfort tv (ie no cop shows, realistic death, true crime, existential drama) that I might not have heard of yet?
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Everyone else is asleep except for the bunny so please give me your best suggestions for off-the-beaten-path non-disturbing comfort tv (ie no cop shows, realistic death, true crime, existential drama) that I might not have heard of yet?
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The original Mavis Beacon was, curiously, also a very good typing tutor.
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The original Mavis Beacon was, curiously, also a very good typing tutor.
this would never happen
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
this would never happen
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Here’s the correct link, as the Chicago Shovels one above yells security warnings
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
www.chicago.gov
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here’s the correct link, as the Chicago Shovels one above yells security warnings
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
half-sphinx
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
half-sphinx
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i know most people don't want to think about this, but it only helps you to mask whenever and wherever you can. Try doing it for medical appointments or when you go grocery shopping. If you can commit to masking in at least one public setting regularly, you increase health for you and everyone else.
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
i know most people don't want to think about this, but it only helps you to mask whenever and wherever you can. Try doing it for medical appointments or when you go grocery shopping. If you can commit to masking in at least one public setting regularly, you increase health for you and everyone else.
Encountered this extremely festive car this evening— wish I’d gotten a better pic
December 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Encountered this extremely festive car this evening— wish I’d gotten a better pic
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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Exactly 10 yrs ago, Christmas Eve 2015. “16 shots and a cover up!” “Rahm must go!” “Carol Marin amazing reporting!”
December 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Exactly 10 yrs ago, Christmas Eve 2015. “16 shots and a cover up!” “Rahm must go!” “Carol Marin amazing reporting!”
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The federal government abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics in retaliation for criticizing policies of Health Secretary RFK Jr., the organization alleged in a new lawsuit.
National pediatrics association sues, claiming HHS grant cuts were retaliatory
The American Academy of Pediatrics says nearly $12 million in grants cuts were made because it criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The federal government abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics in retaliation for criticizing policies of Health Secretary RFK Jr., the organization alleged in a new lawsuit.
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found the advisor‘s email and wrote in support
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
found the advisor‘s email and wrote in support
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Negligent homicide, at the very least, is at a record high.
December Was Deadliest Month in Deadliest Year in ICE Custody Deaths
There has been an alarming spike in immigrants dying while in ICE detention during the Trump administration.
www.yahoo.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Negligent homicide, at the very least, is at a record high.
US citizens are being deported
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
US citizens are being deported
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"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
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not only that but it also removes watermarks and it credits the user that generated it
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
not only that but it also removes watermarks and it credits the user that generated it
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For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
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US issues visa ban on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton as well as Imran Ahmed, the British CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate; Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of the German nonprofit HateAid; and Clare Melford, co-founder of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI).
US targets former EU commissioner, activists with visa bans over alleged censorship
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former European Union commissioner and anti-disinformation campaigners it says were involved in censoring U.S. social media platforms, in the...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
US issues visa ban on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton as well as Imran Ahmed, the British CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate; Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of the German nonprofit HateAid; and Clare Melford, co-founder of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI).
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My grief counselor died recently.
He was so good I don’t even care.
He was so good I don’t even care.
a skeleton is holding a bottle and a piece of paper in his hands .
Alt: a skeleton is dancing.
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My grief counselor died recently.
He was so good I don’t even care.
He was so good I don’t even care.
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"GEN AI IS A GREAT ACCESSIBILITY TOOL"
Have you, y'know, asked disabled people about that? More to the point. have you ASKED DISABLED EXPERTS in ML, STS, or related fields WHAT THEY THINK?
HAVE YOU?
Have you, y'know, asked disabled people about that? More to the point. have you ASKED DISABLED EXPERTS in ML, STS, or related fields WHAT THEY THINK?
HAVE YOU?
All of these "solutions" are based on abled people thinking they "know what you want, or is good for you" because ableism says that doing things that way is the BEST way, because having a dis/abled bodymind is bad, and thus should be mitigated and made as "normal as possible"
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"GEN AI IS A GREAT ACCESSIBILITY TOOL"
Have you, y'know, asked disabled people about that? More to the point. have you ASKED DISABLED EXPERTS in ML, STS, or related fields WHAT THEY THINK?
HAVE YOU?
Have you, y'know, asked disabled people about that? More to the point. have you ASKED DISABLED EXPERTS in ML, STS, or related fields WHAT THEY THINK?
HAVE YOU?
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UAW Local 2325 (the union representing New York City’s public defenders) is calling on NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to drop Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. This is significant. www.alaa.org/media-releas...
Public Defenders to Zohran Mamdani: Drop Jessica Tisch — ALAA
Adopted by ALAA membership vote on December 19, 2025 As public defenders and as workers, we urge Mayor-Elect Mamdani to drop Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. Tisch’s record makes clear that she...
www.alaa.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
UAW Local 2325 (the union representing New York City’s public defenders) is calling on NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to drop Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. This is significant. www.alaa.org/media-releas...
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Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... via @nbcnews Judges should be protected when upholding the law. It is not right they have to put up with this.
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... via @nbcnews Judges should be protected when upholding the law. It is not right they have to put up with this.
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ICE Watch welcome, a Christmas Eve special! – Wednesday 12/24 1pm-2pm
Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances.
New to ICE Watch and want to get involved?
(1/3)
Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances.
New to ICE Watch and want to get involved?
(1/3)
ICE Watch Welcome!
defend612.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
ICE Watch welcome, a Christmas Eve special! – Wednesday 12/24 1pm-2pm
Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances.
New to ICE Watch and want to get involved?
(1/3)
Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances.
New to ICE Watch and want to get involved?
(1/3)
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Liza Minnelli — David Lachapelle, 1989
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Liza Minnelli — David Lachapelle, 1989