Sallymander 🦎
@narwhallibrarian.bsky.social
Co-founder of Dark Times Academy @darktimesacademy.bsky.social
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This one and NOAA really hit home.
There is no possible way Musk’s cadre of young’uns has the first clue about how complex either the aviation system or the climate system are. This is like handing a six year old the keys and saying, “You drive for a while, I’m going to take a nap in the back."
There is no possible way Musk’s cadre of young’uns has the first clue about how complex either the aviation system or the climate system are. This is like handing a six year old the keys and saying, “You drive for a while, I’m going to take a nap in the back."
For DECADES now we have inflated the egos of techbros into the sky & beyond.
We elevated them as geniuses & visionaries. It's our job now to deflate those egos & bring these jerks to heel. Knowing how to code or get VC funding does not mean you know anything IMPORTANT about how the world works
We elevated them as geniuses & visionaries. It's our job now to deflate those egos & bring these jerks to heel. Knowing how to code or get VC funding does not mean you know anything IMPORTANT about how the world works
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got a shoutout in @restofworld.org for my guide to help you get off US tech!
article: restofworld.org/2026/big-tec...
my guide: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
article: restofworld.org/2026/big-tec...
my guide: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
got a shoutout in @restofworld.org for my guide to help you get off US tech!
article: restofworld.org/2026/big-tec...
my guide: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
article: restofworld.org/2026/big-tec...
my guide: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...
My drying shelves are just about full.
Going to trim the ones from this weekend (in the evening, when it cools down) and throw a few more just in case lids . . . but I think it's just about time to organise a firing 🔥
I have teapots, honey jars, vases, a few bowls . . . and some mugs as always.
Going to trim the ones from this weekend (in the evening, when it cools down) and throw a few more just in case lids . . . but I think it's just about time to organise a firing 🔥
I have teapots, honey jars, vases, a few bowls . . . and some mugs as always.
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
My drying shelves are just about full.
Going to trim the ones from this weekend (in the evening, when it cools down) and throw a few more just in case lids . . . but I think it's just about time to organise a firing 🔥
I have teapots, honey jars, vases, a few bowls . . . and some mugs as always.
Going to trim the ones from this weekend (in the evening, when it cools down) and throw a few more just in case lids . . . but I think it's just about time to organise a firing 🔥
I have teapots, honey jars, vases, a few bowls . . . and some mugs as always.
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“What is there in the precepts of your science that prevents a scientist from doing evil?” —Carl Sagan
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
“What is there in the precepts of your science that prevents a scientist from doing evil?” —Carl Sagan
nope. not doing this again.
MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi
www.metservice.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
nope. not doing this again.
i can only assume this article is just the word "money" written over and over and over and over
From 2019: Jeffrey Epstein liked to describe himself as a “science philanthropist,” and academics liked to take his money.
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Jeffrey Epstein infiltrated science because it was ready to accommodate him
What could “nerd tunnel vision” possibly mean?
www.theverge.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
i can only assume this article is just the word "money" written over and over and over and over
This is not acceptable at all and I want to talk to the manager of weather.
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 AM
This is not acceptable at all and I want to talk to the manager of weather.
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Aucklanders, I think if we all work together we can build a dome of some kind and install a very large heat pump to reduce our humidity.
We've gotta do something before we all melt like sugar flowers on a cake at a summer wedding.
We've gotta do something before we all melt like sugar flowers on a cake at a summer wedding.
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Aucklanders, I think if we all work together we can build a dome of some kind and install a very large heat pump to reduce our humidity.
We've gotta do something before we all melt like sugar flowers on a cake at a summer wedding.
We've gotta do something before we all melt like sugar flowers on a cake at a summer wedding.
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The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking.
February 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The release of the Epstein Files really lays bare the evils of (among other things) networking.
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I got a new library card today, the librarian reminded me that I can download Hoopla (to watch free movies & listen to audiobooks) and Cloud Library (so I can check out & read books on my tablet) and honestly, I never knew that. Libraries are magical places that we need to support vigorously.
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I got a new library card today, the librarian reminded me that I can download Hoopla (to watch free movies & listen to audiobooks) and Cloud Library (so I can check out & read books on my tablet) and honestly, I never knew that. Libraries are magical places that we need to support vigorously.
Uh oh
Xi calls for China’s renminbi to attain global reserve currency status ft.trib.al/P7yHdQE
Xi calls for China’s renminbi to attain global reserve currency status
Latest commentary details ambitions for ‘powerful currency’ to play a greater role in trade and forex
ft.trib.al
February 1, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Uh oh
I should have been sent to DC to be a congressional intern or to work in one of the agencies.
And I should have been mentored into a polisci PhD program.
Instead, I was encouraged to be a librarian. Which is great & I’ve done well.
But 22 year old me deserved better from her male profs.
And I should have been mentored into a polisci PhD program.
Instead, I was encouraged to be a librarian. Which is great & I’ve done well.
But 22 year old me deserved better from her male profs.
Men, it's worth pondering that these academic men are the same ones that teach young women straight out of school. These are the men given academic authority over young women's careers.
It's really challenging for young women to negotiate the minefield of creepiness these men create for them.
It's really challenging for young women to negotiate the minefield of creepiness these men create for them.
February 1, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I should have been sent to DC to be a congressional intern or to work in one of the agencies.
And I should have been mentored into a polisci PhD program.
Instead, I was encouraged to be a librarian. Which is great & I’ve done well.
But 22 year old me deserved better from her male profs.
And I should have been mentored into a polisci PhD program.
Instead, I was encouraged to be a librarian. Which is great & I’ve done well.
But 22 year old me deserved better from her male profs.
Well this hits different today 👀
Part 2 of an epic encounter with Nabokov scholar and Auckland University professor, Brian Boyd.
A life with Nabokov
newsroom.co.nz
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Well this hits different today 👀
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The way that "Moltbook" is used as the basis for another spin at the "AGI is right around the corner" wheel really shows how hollow tech - specifically AI - discourse really is.
Oh wow, a stochastic language model trained on social media posts can generate social media posts.
Oh wow, a stochastic language model trained on social media posts can generate social media posts.
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The way that "Moltbook" is used as the basis for another spin at the "AGI is right around the corner" wheel really shows how hollow tech - specifically AI - discourse really is.
Oh wow, a stochastic language model trained on social media posts can generate social media posts.
Oh wow, a stochastic language model trained on social media posts can generate social media posts.
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So yesterday I watched the film Marty Supreme. Some thoughts: www.imdb.com/title/tt3291...
January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
So yesterday I watched the film Marty Supreme. Some thoughts: www.imdb.com/title/tt3291...
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I'll bite cuz I think it's important to have at least some criticisms circulate that aren't from reactionary trash.
The most obvious exemplar was that internet social justice turned language policing into a status game disconnected from goals or consequences -- so people would *invent* etymologies.
The most obvious exemplar was that internet social justice turned language policing into a status game disconnected from goals or consequences -- so people would *invent* etymologies.
maybe another way to frame it: is there any part or tactic of the 10s social justice movements that failed to achieve their goals, and participants need to reconsider, or all the shortcomings and missteps due to environmental conditions that have now changed?
January 31, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I'll bite cuz I think it's important to have at least some criticisms circulate that aren't from reactionary trash.
The most obvious exemplar was that internet social justice turned language policing into a status game disconnected from goals or consequences -- so people would *invent* etymologies.
The most obvious exemplar was that internet social justice turned language policing into a status game disconnected from goals or consequences -- so people would *invent* etymologies.
Starting to turn now to thinking about surface decoration so sitting down yet again with Robin Hopper's Making Marks to look for cool ideas.
a penguin is reading a book while sitting on a pile of books reading vibes
Alt: a penguin is reading a book while sitting on a pile of books reading vibes
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Starting to turn now to thinking about surface decoration so sitting down yet again with Robin Hopper's Making Marks to look for cool ideas.
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So, let's get this straight. Christopher "Moot" Poole created 4chan as a gathering place for hentai and CSAM enthusiasts, started /pol/ the day he met with Jeffrey Epstein, then /pol/ memed Trump to the presidency and birthed Qanon, a conspiracy theory in which Trump is a good person who hates CSAM.
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 AM
So, let's get this straight. Christopher "Moot" Poole created 4chan as a gathering place for hentai and CSAM enthusiasts, started /pol/ the day he met with Jeffrey Epstein, then /pol/ memed Trump to the presidency and birthed Qanon, a conspiracy theory in which Trump is a good person who hates CSAM.
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Ok, finished up the design for my Throwdown inspiration set, and I am just so incredibly excited with how this turned out! I'll be posting my make-along videos on Sundays, and everything will hopefully be fired together at the end of the season! #pottersofbluesky #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong
January 11, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Ok, finished up the design for my Throwdown inspiration set, and I am just so incredibly excited with how this turned out! I'll be posting my make-along videos on Sundays, and everything will hopefully be fired together at the end of the season! #pottersofbluesky #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong
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youtu.be/JAXFCknHSsY?...
Technical difficulties have this post in the early hours *after* the second episode rather than before, but I made a soup set and I'm exited about it! #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong #challenge #soup #lotr #pottersofbluesky
Technical difficulties have this post in the early hours *after* the second episode rather than before, but I made a soup set and I'm exited about it! #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong #challenge #soup #lotr #pottersofbluesky
It's Throwdown season!
YouTube video by Foxtail Studios
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
youtu.be/JAXFCknHSsY?...
Technical difficulties have this post in the early hours *after* the second episode rather than before, but I made a soup set and I'm exited about it! #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong #challenge #soup #lotr #pottersofbluesky
Technical difficulties have this post in the early hours *after* the second episode rather than before, but I made a soup set and I'm exited about it! #greatpotterythrowdown #makealong #challenge #soup #lotr #pottersofbluesky
Threw 12.5 kilos of clay today! 6 new mugs, 4 vases, and one BIG bowl.
The vases are decent sized too.
The vases are decent sized too.
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Threw 12.5 kilos of clay today! 6 new mugs, 4 vases, and one BIG bowl.
The vases are decent sized too.
The vases are decent sized too.
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Is Trump fascist? One Wall Street Journal columnist believes to ask the question is un-American--how could one question the judgment of the American people? To do so raises the appalling prospect that everything might be broken. I discuss why it matters:
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
The Appalling Vista
Clear vision in hard times
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Is Trump fascist? One Wall Street Journal columnist believes to ask the question is un-American--how could one question the judgment of the American people? To do so raises the appalling prospect that everything might be broken. I discuss why it matters:
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
I am going to go trim my roses and make pots.
May we all live to see peace.
May we all live to see peace.
January 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I am going to go trim my roses and make pots.
May we all live to see peace.
May we all live to see peace.
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
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I see we're at the 'arresting opposition journalists' phase of I Can't Believe It's Not Fascism!
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I see we're at the 'arresting opposition journalists' phase of I Can't Believe It's Not Fascism!