Lady Jek
@ladyjek.bsky.social
cats, travels, a smattering of politics - ok, turns out it's quite a bit of politics..
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
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This has all been such good news for the UFO subreddits. Just Christmas morning for those folks.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights to resume.
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This has all been such good news for the UFO subreddits. Just Christmas morning for those folks.
"We made fun of Microsoft's Clippy back in the day but now everything is Clippy. I hate it!"
Very funny. Also telling that i clicked on it to find out whether this was indeed something Meta had added to WhatsApp for real..
Very funny. Also telling that i clicked on it to find out whether this was indeed something Meta had added to WhatsApp for real..
New Action Cookbook Newsletter!
Surprise! There's a new voice in your group chat this morning, and before you ask: no, you cannot turn it off.
(Free post, but you should subscribe after reading it, IMO)
www.actioncookbook.com/welcome-to-t...
Surprise! There's a new voice in your group chat this morning, and before you ask: no, you cannot turn it off.
(Free post, but you should subscribe after reading it, IMO)
www.actioncookbook.com/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to the Group Chat
There's a new member, whether you like it or not!
www.actioncookbook.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"We made fun of Microsoft's Clippy back in the day but now everything is Clippy. I hate it!"
Very funny. Also telling that i clicked on it to find out whether this was indeed something Meta had added to WhatsApp for real..
Very funny. Also telling that i clicked on it to find out whether this was indeed something Meta had added to WhatsApp for real..
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11 February 1990
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
11 February 1990
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
"Understand" is doing a ridiculous amount of heavy lifting here..
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 AM
"Understand" is doing a ridiculous amount of heavy lifting here..
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February 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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The level of dams supplying Cape Town with drinking water dropped to 59% this week as the dry summer season continues, spurring the municipality to “encourage residents” to use less water.
Read groundup.org.za/article/high... by Steve Kretzmann
Read groundup.org.za/article/high... by Steve Kretzmann
What Cape Town can do to save water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
groundup.org.za
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
The level of dams supplying Cape Town with drinking water dropped to 59% this week as the dry summer season continues, spurring the municipality to “encourage residents” to use less water.
Read groundup.org.za/article/high... by Steve Kretzmann
Read groundup.org.za/article/high... by Steve Kretzmann
It's raining on Table Mountain and only on Table Mountain - there's even water spray in the wind against the bright blue sky 😇
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It's raining on Table Mountain and only on Table Mountain - there's even water spray in the wind against the bright blue sky 😇
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It's fun - and fair - and maybe a little comforting - to point and laugh at the weird things LLMs get wrong. But AI can already do a lot of seriously impressive things. It is definitely worth thinking about how we'd handle the disappearance of, say, a fifth of white-collar jobs over the next decade.
Bluesky AI haters: you need to know that it is coming and it cannot be stopped and you need to help. Ask anyone in coding and you’ll hear that AI is a freight train heading our way. You need to get past ‘it doesn’t work’ and ‘I hate Elon Musk’. I know it sticks in the craw. But please start thinking
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
It's fun - and fair - and maybe a little comforting - to point and laugh at the weird things LLMs get wrong. But AI can already do a lot of seriously impressive things. It is definitely worth thinking about how we'd handle the disappearance of, say, a fifth of white-collar jobs over the next decade.
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
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Appalled by having to start another week when I already started a new one just the other day. Someone hasn’t thought this through.
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Appalled by having to start another week when I already started a new one just the other day. Someone hasn’t thought this through.
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Watched the Super Bowl ads, and thank god I live in the Third World.
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Watched the Super Bowl ads, and thank god I live in the Third World.
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American Olympic athletes expressing dissatisfaction with their government and what it stands for is something no athlete from China or Iran or Cuba can ever do, and I hope we never get to a day when US Olympians feel so fearful that they self-censor and stop.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
American Olympic athletes expressing dissatisfaction with their government and what it stands for is something no athlete from China or Iran or Cuba can ever do, and I hope we never get to a day when US Olympians feel so fearful that they self-censor and stop.
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
1️⃣"What is your research question?"
2️⃣"What do YOU think is going on?"
1️⃣"What is your research question?"
2️⃣"What do YOU think is going on?"
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
"It's due Sunday at 11:59 PM"
"It's due Sunday at 11:59 PM"
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
The best reason to have a meditation cushion lying around is because they're so perfectly cat shaped 💜
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The best reason to have a meditation cushion lying around is because they're so perfectly cat shaped 💜
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The prep isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, the surgery is the best nap you'll ever have, and the first meal after is a religious experience.
Just got a colonoscopy this week! Unlike poor Saavik here, prep was basically painless for me. Drink the goop, poop a lot, done. Really the whole thing was smooth & easy & not worth the dread lots of folks bring to it.
If you're nearing or above 50, do it!
If you're nearing or above 50, do it!
Hello Bluesky user—are you, yes you, approaching 50?
Well, I have some bad news and some good news: you are at increased risk of dying a horrible painful death from colon cancer—BUT—there is something you can do to prevent it!
Yes, you should schedule your colonoscopy today!
Well, I have some bad news and some good news: you are at increased risk of dying a horrible painful death from colon cancer—BUT—there is something you can do to prevent it!
Yes, you should schedule your colonoscopy today!
February 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The prep isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, the surgery is the best nap you'll ever have, and the first meal after is a religious experience.
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this is Koda and he is a very good boy
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
this is Koda and he is a very good boy
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It turns out if you follow too many deer too closely they will actually get pissed and try to scare you away. I never learned how to scare off deer because usually *it isn't fucking necessary*.
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I still have this sticker, a present from @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social a few years ago, on my phone
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crypto wouldn't be falling like this if trump was president
February 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
crypto wouldn't be falling like this if trump was president
For this spectacular slogan I'll even re-skeet a Twitter screen shot.
"You slop, you flop".
It's not a boycott, it's not the culture wars. It's just shite.
"You slop, you flop".
It's not a boycott, it's not the culture wars. It's just shite.
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
For this spectacular slogan I'll even re-skeet a Twitter screen shot.
"You slop, you flop".
It's not a boycott, it's not the culture wars. It's just shite.
"You slop, you flop".
It's not a boycott, it's not the culture wars. It's just shite.