Phīlomorph
@philomorph.bsky.social
Doesn't "get" social media.
Aspiring board game designer.
Quick potential follower filter, in no particular order:
#Boardgames
#Videogames
#Loveislove
#BLM
#TransLivesMatter
Aspiring board game designer.
Quick potential follower filter, in no particular order:
#Boardgames
#Videogames
#Loveislove
#BLM
#TransLivesMatter
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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Earlier this year an insurance company's claims managing AI decided I was at fault for a traffic accident in Texas when I hadn't driven more than a mile from my house in Connecticut that day.
So yeah - this technology is shit. And the burden of dealing with mistakes is passed on to us.
So yeah - this technology is shit. And the burden of dealing with mistakes is passed on to us.
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Earlier this year an insurance company's claims managing AI decided I was at fault for a traffic accident in Texas when I hadn't driven more than a mile from my house in Connecticut that day.
So yeah - this technology is shit. And the burden of dealing with mistakes is passed on to us.
So yeah - this technology is shit. And the burden of dealing with mistakes is passed on to us.
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I can’t believe fint witter scooped Who Fuckin Cares Weekly
TESLA’S HEAD OF CYBERTRUCK PROGRAM SIDDHANT AWASTHI IS LEAVING THE COMPANY - ELECTREK #TESLA $TSLA #Cybertruck
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I can’t believe fint witter scooped Who Fuckin Cares Weekly
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Did Kanye design these
Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did Kanye design these
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i'm stand-upping at THE PUNCH LINE in San Francisco with Dana Gould on November 20-22 if you're into that sort of thing @danagould.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
i'm stand-upping at THE PUNCH LINE in San Francisco with Dana Gould on November 20-22 if you're into that sort of thing @danagould.bsky.social
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Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Weirdly, being endorsed by creeps, sex pests, and convicted felons isn't the boost some candidates and pundits think it is.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Weirdly, being endorsed by creeps, sex pests, and convicted felons isn't the boost some candidates and pundits think it is.
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If you wanna get with this, roll on up with a weighted blanket and then leave me alone with the blanket, babe.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you wanna get with this, roll on up with a weighted blanket and then leave me alone with the blanket, babe.
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social has again failed to agree to a fair contract after 16 months of negotiations and 3 weeks of mediation, so we're striking to protest the ongoing crisis of recruitment and retention that's endangering patient care and research.
#UPTE
@uptecwa.bsky.social
#UPTE
@uptecwa.bsky.social
Reset UC's Priorities — UPTE-CWA 9119
upte.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social has again failed to agree to a fair contract after 16 months of negotiations and 3 weeks of mediation, so we're striking to protest the ongoing crisis of recruitment and retention that's endangering patient care and research.
#UPTE
@uptecwa.bsky.social
#UPTE
@uptecwa.bsky.social
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“It’s hard to understand why the focus is on expansion and technology that doesn’t get used when it’s the staff who make the work possible.” #UCDavis #ResetUCPriorities #IamUCDavisVetMed
UCD vet lab lays off workers
Working with dog and cat genetic testing at the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab since late 2021, Brandon Toney began with livestock species — mostly through contracts with farmers and
www.davisenterprise.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“It’s hard to understand why the focus is on expansion and technology that doesn’t get used when it’s the staff who make the work possible.” #UCDavis #ResetUCPriorities #IamUCDavisVetMed
If you can't win the actual prize, have a dumb friend make their own version. Everyone gets a trophy under the new GOP.
This is like the Anti-Christ giving Satan a trophy for "Most Religious".
This is like the Anti-Christ giving Satan a trophy for "Most Religious".
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you can't win the actual prize, have a dumb friend make their own version. Everyone gets a trophy under the new GOP.
This is like the Anti-Christ giving Satan a trophy for "Most Religious".
This is like the Anti-Christ giving Satan a trophy for "Most Religious".
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We may not yet know what mediation with UC will bring, but there's one thing we do know—UPTE members at the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases are ready to STRIKE if necessary!
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We may not yet know what mediation with UC will bring, but there's one thing we do know—UPTE members at the UCSF Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases are ready to STRIKE if necessary!
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle 😭
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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UPTE members at UCR were out in force today to demand leadership bring back Heather Johnson. 📢 Heather is a beloved and crucial staff therapist on campus who was placed on indefinite leave for speaking up and participating in UPTE. ✍️ Sign our petition: upte.org/DoRightUCR
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
UPTE members at UCR were out in force today to demand leadership bring back Heather Johnson. 📢 Heather is a beloved and crucial staff therapist on campus who was placed on indefinite leave for speaking up and participating in UPTE. ✍️ Sign our petition: upte.org/DoRightUCR
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Mediation with UC over our contract continues to be productive and will continue on Monday and Tuesday of next week. While our goal remains to reach a settlement prior to a strike, we continue to get #StrikeReady in case that's what it takes #union
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Mediation continues, UC imposes — UPTE-CWA 9119
Mediation with UC over our contract continues to be productive and will continue on Monday and Tuesday of next week. While our goal remains to reach a settlement prior to a strike, we must continue…
upte.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Mediation with UC over our contract continues to be productive and will continue on Monday and Tuesday of next week. While our goal remains to reach a settlement prior to a strike, we continue to get #StrikeReady in case that's what it takes #union
upte.org/news/ucs-imp...
upte.org/news/ucs-imp...
gen-AI itself is the cult leader.
Altman, et al. are its high priests.
It has an uncanny ability to say want to hear and keep you engaged by expressing extreme confidence in its litany of half-truths, all to convince followers to give it money and spread the word of its greatness.
Altman, et al. are its high priests.
It has an uncanny ability to say want to hear and keep you engaged by expressing extreme confidence in its litany of half-truths, all to convince followers to give it money and spread the word of its greatness.
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
gen-AI itself is the cult leader.
Altman, et al. are its high priests.
It has an uncanny ability to say want to hear and keep you engaged by expressing extreme confidence in its litany of half-truths, all to convince followers to give it money and spread the word of its greatness.
Altman, et al. are its high priests.
It has an uncanny ability to say want to hear and keep you engaged by expressing extreme confidence in its litany of half-truths, all to convince followers to give it money and spread the word of its greatness.
Among all the terrible news I missed this small bit of rare light from SCOTUS last month:
#burninhell
#burninhell
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting
Jones filed for bankruptcy in late 2022 and his lawyers told the justices that the “plaintiffs have no possible hope of collecting” the entire judgment.
www.politico.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Among all the terrible news I missed this small bit of rare light from SCOTUS last month:
#burninhell
#burninhell
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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Levio-fuck yourself Epic.
I've already seen some bizarrely ignorant apologia from otherwise thoughtful critics as if these business deals are value neutral. We're experiencing a reckoning for allowing these companies to get so big that they're beyond accountability.
I've already seen some bizarrely ignorant apologia from otherwise thoughtful critics as if these business deals are value neutral. We're experiencing a reckoning for allowing these companies to get so big that they're beyond accountability.
Harry Potter is reportedly the next Fortnite collaboration
Epic Games have collaborated with a lot of major franchises with Fortnite and that's not set too change anytime soon as leakers have revealed that the Harry Potter franchises is apparently coming to the popular game. The Harry Potter…
Epic Games have collaborated with a lot of major franchises with Fortnite and that's not set too change anytime soon as leakers have revealed that the Harry Potter franchises is apparently coming to the popular game. The Harry Potter…
Harry Potter is reportedly the next Fortnite collaboration
Epic Games have collaborated with a lot of major franchises with Fortnite and that's not set too change anytime soon as leakers have revealed that the Harry Potter franchises is apparently coming to the popular game. The Harry Potter collaboration is set to launch for Chapter 7 of Fortnite which is scheduled for release in early December.
mynintendonews.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Levio-fuck yourself Epic.
I've already seen some bizarrely ignorant apologia from otherwise thoughtful critics as if these business deals are value neutral. We're experiencing a reckoning for allowing these companies to get so big that they're beyond accountability.
I've already seen some bizarrely ignorant apologia from otherwise thoughtful critics as if these business deals are value neutral. We're experiencing a reckoning for allowing these companies to get so big that they're beyond accountability.
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Nice guys finish last because they want to ensure the other person finishes first.
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nice guys finish last because they want to ensure the other person finishes first.
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Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chicago ICE Raids By The Numbers https://theonion.com/chicago-ice-raids-by-the-numbers/
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Netflix Introduces New 'Browse Endlessly' Plan
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Netflix Introduces New 'Browse Endlessly' Plan