heath
@marigolds.bsky.social
words mechanic. mute me when skating’s on
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Struggling w/ stuff like budgeting, time management, or meal planning isn't evidence you can't "adult." It's often evidence you've had to McGuyver your way through life-- & if the skillset you developed doesn't map perfectly to some peoples' expectations, that's NOT a "failure."
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Struggling w/ stuff like budgeting, time management, or meal planning isn't evidence you can't "adult." It's often evidence you've had to McGuyver your way through life-- & if the skillset you developed doesn't map perfectly to some peoples' expectations, that's NOT a "failure."
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Teaching, when it's done well, is deeply intersubjective, and the faux subjectivity of AI promises this, but always falls back down on telling
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Teaching, when it's done well, is deeply intersubjective, and the faux subjectivity of AI promises this, but always falls back down on telling
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Insanely charming! And also, no shade to Chris here, but even if Zohran knew what it meant, this move made sure the viewers knew too because the audience matters more than the two having the convo in situations like this
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Insanely charming! And also, no shade to Chris here, but even if Zohran knew what it meant, this move made sure the viewers knew too because the audience matters more than the two having the convo in situations like this
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Now this is romance
"Tear a bolt of lightning from the side of the sky
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want, I'll tell you why
Bring me the gear shift knob from a '49 Merc
Lie down here beside me, let me hold you in the dirt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg3...
"Tear a bolt of lightning from the side of the sky
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want, I'll tell you why
Bring me the gear shift knob from a '49 Merc
Lie down here beside me, let me hold you in the dirt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg3...
Tom Waits - "Wrong Side Of The Road"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Now this is romance
"Tear a bolt of lightning from the side of the sky
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want, I'll tell you why
Bring me the gear shift knob from a '49 Merc
Lie down here beside me, let me hold you in the dirt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg3...
"Tear a bolt of lightning from the side of the sky
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want, I'll tell you why
Bring me the gear shift knob from a '49 Merc
Lie down here beside me, let me hold you in the dirt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg3...
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another contender
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
another contender
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every year at work we have to do a presentation on something meaningful to us and I think my next one might be on north carolina’s very very broad collection of specialty plates.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every year at work we have to do a presentation on something meaningful to us and I think my next one might be on north carolina’s very very broad collection of specialty plates.
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everything is awful but I have one of the world’s greatest license plates ever made triangleblogblog.com/2024/09/04/e...
Exclusive: We interview the guy with the #1 Venus Flytrap License Plate - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
everything is awful but I have one of the world’s greatest license plates ever made triangleblogblog.com/2024/09/04/e...
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The Atlantic’s holiday gift guide is out and my contribution is hot dog.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Atlantic’s holiday gift guide is out and my contribution is hot dog.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Another wonderful write-up on the importance of accessing federal data. It isn't just the data that are at risk: the data need people to manage interfaces, provide updates, and mediate access, among other tasks, to be actually usable.
When government data vanishes, communities pay the price - Editor and Publisher
On Jan. 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly pulled dozens of public health datasets offline — a bureaucratic act with sweeping implications. Researchers, journalists and local…
www.editorandpublisher.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Another wonderful write-up on the importance of accessing federal data. It isn't just the data that are at risk: the data need people to manage interfaces, provide updates, and mediate access, among other tasks, to be actually usable.
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Can you tell the other cheerleaders in class what it was like to be in the war sir
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Can you tell the other cheerleaders in class what it was like to be in the war sir
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Not just at some level. Until you have surpassed subjective spirit, you cannot escape the lord/bondsman dialectic. It requires an enormous degree of participation within the dialectic, self-reflection, and personal mental health effort to enter into absolute spirit.
Because at some level people long to be the master in the master-slave relation
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not just at some level. Until you have surpassed subjective spirit, you cannot escape the lord/bondsman dialectic. It requires an enormous degree of participation within the dialectic, self-reflection, and personal mental health effort to enter into absolute spirit.
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I need to opt out of learning new things about Olivia Nuzzi immediately
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I need to opt out of learning new things about Olivia Nuzzi immediately
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I'm moving towards a place where the terms 'left wing'; and right wing' no longer have any valency. Our politics has moved from how we should organise our economy, to how we treat human beings, what rights and benefits they should enjoy.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm moving towards a place where the terms 'left wing'; and right wing' no longer have any valency. Our politics has moved from how we should organise our economy, to how we treat human beings, what rights and benefits they should enjoy.
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atelier-style learning is crazy. By watching someone and then having them instruct you directly you become a super good, extremely fast and it's why they had 20 year old master painters and sculptors back in the day.
I learned maya animation in about 5 days on my first job. FIVE DAYS!
I learned maya animation in about 5 days on my first job. FIVE DAYS!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
atelier-style learning is crazy. By watching someone and then having them instruct you directly you become a super good, extremely fast and it's why they had 20 year old master painters and sculptors back in the day.
I learned maya animation in about 5 days on my first job. FIVE DAYS!
I learned maya animation in about 5 days on my first job. FIVE DAYS!
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Whenever I see "use AI or get left behind" I remember this children's poem by Grigori Oster:
If you ever want to get
ahead of your peers,
Never chase after those
Who are currently leading.
In five minutes, disappointed,
they will run back this way,
Not having moved,
you will be in the lead.
If you ever want to get
ahead of your peers,
Never chase after those
Who are currently leading.
In five minutes, disappointed,
they will run back this way,
Not having moved,
you will be in the lead.
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whenever I see "use AI or get left behind" I remember this children's poem by Grigori Oster:
If you ever want to get
ahead of your peers,
Never chase after those
Who are currently leading.
In five minutes, disappointed,
they will run back this way,
Not having moved,
you will be in the lead.
If you ever want to get
ahead of your peers,
Never chase after those
Who are currently leading.
In five minutes, disappointed,
they will run back this way,
Not having moved,
you will be in the lead.
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Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
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If you ever need to demonstrate how cognitive dissonance works for a class, ask your students to reconcile their belief in social responsibility with their daily Instagram use. It gets really quiet really quickly and stays quiet.
Meta has won its case against the FTC which argued the company is an illegal monopoly that shouldn’t have been allowed to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram.
The judge wrote:
“People treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram.”
The judge wrote:
“People treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram.”
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta has won its case against the Federal Trade Commission, seven months after the trial began.
www.cnbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you ever need to demonstrate how cognitive dissonance works for a class, ask your students to reconcile their belief in social responsibility with their daily Instagram use. It gets really quiet really quickly and stays quiet.
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Needless to say, the government will not let a company that has made itself essential to tax filing go out of business, not matter how hopefully unprofitable its business is.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Needless to say, the government will not let a company that has made itself essential to tax filing go out of business, not matter how hopefully unprofitable its business is.
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The industry’s plan is to become infrastructure so they can get bailed out. That’s why they ink money-losing deals with organizations and governments: the AI companies want to be too big to fail so that they’ll get rescued from bankruptcy. And after the last 15 years, why wouldn’t they think that?
Well.
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn
And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The industry’s plan is to become infrastructure so they can get bailed out. That’s why they ink money-losing deals with organizations and governments: the AI companies want to be too big to fail so that they’ll get rescued from bankruptcy. And after the last 15 years, why wouldn’t they think that?
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*pop*
Well.
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4p8LViA via @FT
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn
And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
*pop*