Ivey Barr
@iveybarr.bsky.social
Opera mezzo, web dev, cyclist, knitter. Any pronouns.
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Ryan Ken at the Emmys, looking fabulous and displaying how easy it is to do your part to protect against COVID.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
September 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ryan Ken at the Emmys, looking fabulous and displaying how easy it is to do your part to protect against COVID.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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It is VITAL for all Georgians for vote in the November elections for our public service commission to put folks in power who might actually stop this.
“So, the rise of these industrial-scale computing facilities that are needed for A.I. and other Internet applications is certainly one of the factors driving up prices.”
“And I think there’s a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.”
“And I think there’s a chance that A.I. is going to drive our bills even higher in the future.”
How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills
Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...
www.pbs.org
September 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It is VITAL for all Georgians for vote in the November elections for our public service commission to put folks in power who might actually stop this.
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On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
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JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!
This, actually works. For me at least.
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
August 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!
like why would you think anyone wants that? It’s not like anyone will stop you from being a hermit if you really want to, but most people would really rather NOT do that if they can go places safely - especially when it’s SO freaking doable to MAKE IT SAFE 💀
"people who are still concerned about covid are so unreasonable, they just want us all to go into lockdown again!"
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
like why would you think anyone wants that? It’s not like anyone will stop you from being a hermit if you really want to, but most people would really rather NOT do that if they can go places safely - especially when it’s SO freaking doable to MAKE IT SAFE 💀
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"people who are still concerned about covid are so unreasonable, they just want us all to go into lockdown again!"
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"people who are still concerned about covid are so unreasonable, they just want us all to go into lockdown again!"
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
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The scam is to conflate everything that computers do (or ever have done) with the current "AI" craze, so that the AI scam tech that nobody wants feels inevitable, rather than a tech bubble run by villains, that needs to crash immediately.
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The scam is to conflate everything that computers do (or ever have done) with the current "AI" craze, so that the AI scam tech that nobody wants feels inevitable, rather than a tech bubble run by villains, that needs to crash immediately.
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This whole year has just been seeing everyone I know making the best work of their lives and getting paid less and less for it until they’re working so hard to survive they can’t create anymore. I’m so so sick of it!!!
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This whole year has just been seeing everyone I know making the best work of their lives and getting paid less and less for it until they’re working so hard to survive they can’t create anymore. I’m so so sick of it!!!
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This remains the intractable problem with AI: You know it's wrong a too-large percent of the time, but you never know how it's going to be wrong today, so you have to verify everything, even things it was right about yesterday.
July 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This remains the intractable problem with AI: You know it's wrong a too-large percent of the time, but you never know how it's going to be wrong today, so you have to verify everything, even things it was right about yesterday.
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I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.
I’m Starting To Worry This Industry Has No Respect For The People Who Work In It
Once your stock options were fully vested, did you sell off all the shares in your humanity?
www.thegamer.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.
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Don't spare a fucking cent on these people.
If you want your money to do good, donate to your local library, to someone's healthcare fund, to a food bank or shelter or SOME kind of mutual aid group.
Politicians don't need your money when they never do their jobs.
If you want your money to do good, donate to your local library, to someone's healthcare fund, to a food bank or shelter or SOME kind of mutual aid group.
Politicians don't need your money when they never do their jobs.
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Don't spare a fucking cent on these people.
If you want your money to do good, donate to your local library, to someone's healthcare fund, to a food bank or shelter or SOME kind of mutual aid group.
Politicians don't need your money when they never do their jobs.
If you want your money to do good, donate to your local library, to someone's healthcare fund, to a food bank or shelter or SOME kind of mutual aid group.
Politicians don't need your money when they never do their jobs.
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from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
July 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
GOP Congressman Thomas Massie says he has the votes to block Trump’s big bad bill in the House.
❗Call a Republican rep!
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This bill hasn't passed. The only thing that changes is you call your house representative rather then your Senate Rep!
5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
July 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This bill hasn't passed. The only thing that changes is you call your house representative rather then your Senate Rep!
5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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it's actually not possible to condense any set of knowledge into a paragraph, no matter how many writers you've plagiarized in the attempt
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
it's actually not possible to condense any set of knowledge into a paragraph, no matter how many writers you've plagiarized in the attempt
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