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💡&🔥 I used to talk about learning science, inference & categories/concepts. now idk. she/they 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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You do not have to hand it to the Catholic bishops. In the same meeting, they banned gender affirming care at all Catholic hospitals nationwide.

www.npr.org/2025/11/12/g...
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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trahias.bsky.social
Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japanese, 1870—1949)
"Yokohama Sankei Garden", 1938.
Woodblock Print, 10″ × 7″
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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betsysneller.bsky.social
I tried checking "bro" too and it is also a pronoun in our data

check this amazing data point w vocative "dude" and pronoun "bro": "I'm in a poly situation and dude, bro fell in love with me and I didn't want to be serious"

#NWAV53
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already

www.mta.info/article/f-m-...
F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025 We're making this change to improve reliability. Here's what you need to know about how your trip may change. New York City Transit
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Submitted!
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d
We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
This dishwasher is probably broken now. The reviews of every dishwasher on earth are: average 3.5 stars, 5 star review says "its a dishwasher no problem" and 1 star review says "this dishwasher shot me with a gun!"
markpopham.bsky.social good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 8d
I have a samsung dishwasher and it wasn't working very well so I looked online for information about it, I looked up "samsung dishwasher not working well" and the answer I found for that was "yup."
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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katecrane.bsky.social
Poet, musician, and software engineer nori li, here as @nori.gay, has died. She was phenomenally talented and dearly loved

💜 🏳️‍⚧️ 💜
honoring the life of nori li
A celebration of nori li, an American poet, musician and software engineer, who was passionate about the arts and trans liberation.
honoringnori.gay
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name.

The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
bbghost.bsky.social emily 🩷 @bbghost.bsky.social · 15d
highlight of my day!!!! vote @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social vote @workingfamilies.org ❤️❤️❤️
part of a ballot listing zohran kwame mamdani under the working families party (not bubbled in yet) close up photo of red sticker with the brooklyn bridge on it that says “brooklyn votes early”. i’m holding it up to the camera and my nails are painted a grey purple metallic
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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bustedsneakers.bsky.social
this slide deck taught me more about NOO YAWK in like fifteen minutes than anything has in 15 years
chrysaora.bsky.social chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 11d
Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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aoife.bsky.social
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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plombo.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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bustedsneakers.bsky.social
what if prestige film was just a weird technological speedbump on the path between vaudeville and reels
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
saraburke.net
well I'll bite
photo of the manga Maison Ikkoku on a bookshelf
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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lottemakesstuff.pink
Please, buy yourself some yuri. You deserve it.
galetteweb.bsky.social galette official* @galetteweb.bsky.social · 22d
Our Kickstarter campaign has entered its final week!
If you’ve been considering supporting us, now’s the perfect time to check out the project page.
We’ll keep pushing hard until the very end! 💪✨

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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enfascination.com
My house cat has stripes in his spots. I modeled it by putting a Turing cell differentiation model *inside* another Turing cell differentiation model.

Here's the model if you're interested:
enfascination.com/htdocs/Cats_...
click Setup, wait 5 seconds, then Go
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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oddletters.bsky.social
i have invested time and energy into learning how to use this tool. it sucks for the majority of potential applications and it is materially dangerous on multiple levels. good talk!
justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28d
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.

Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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protik.bsky.social
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew
Failing and Flying Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It’s the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody said it would never work. That she was old enough to know better. But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island while love was fading out of her, the stars burning so extravagantly those nights that anyone could tell you they would never last. Every morning she was asleep in my bed like a visitation, the gentleness in her like antelope standing in the dawn mist. Each afternoon I watched her coming back through the hot stony field after swimming, the sea light behind her and the huge sky on the other side of that. Listened to her while we ate lunch. How can they say the marriage failed? Like the people who came back from Provence (when it was Provence) and said it was pretty but the food was greasy. I believe Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph.
October 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
saraburke.net
Quote from The Rings of Saturn By Winfried Georg Sebald Perhaps we all lose our sense of reality to the precise degree to which we are engrossed in our own work, and perhaps that is why we see in the increasing complexity of our mental constructs a means for greater understanding, even while intuitively we know that we shall never be able to fathom the imponderables that govern our course through life
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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katef.bsky.social
i shared things, i left things behind. i found small ways to touch other people's lives where i could, and i found i can let other people touch mine. i found ways to be less alone
conradhackett.bsky.social Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Oct 8
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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levistahl.bsky.social
•Turn off all notifications except calls and texts.

•Raise your bike seat. It’s probably too low.

•Lower your arms when you run. Fists down by your hips.

•When you walk your dog, do solely that. Don’t be on your phone. Spend the time being with your dog and out in the world.
essencesimmone.blacksky.app essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · Oct 3
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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bustedsneakers.bsky.social
this type of digital proprioception is my favorite kind of game review!
josephnewton.bsky.social Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · Oct 3
My experience was that Hollow Knight is very “spacey” (you just need to move to the right positions on screen) which makes everything feel frantic and chaotic, while Nine Sols is very “timey” (you just need to parry with the right rhythm) which makes everything feel controlled and precise
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
I thank the knife.

Jon Cone
AN ESSAY ON ONTOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM It is bitterly cold outside. The kitchen is cold. I thank the kettle. I thank the toaster. I thank the skillet. I thank the cutting board. I thank the knife. I thank the butter. I thank the water. I thank the raspberry jam. I thank the tea towel. I thank the coffee grounds I put into the compost tin. I thank the orange. I thank the orange peel. I thank the old round table. I thank the plate, the cup. The fork, the spoon. The small bowl of milk. The kitchen windows have ice. I must get window curtains. If you lean over the sink and look out the window at the far end of the street you see a pink aura announcing the sun’s arrival. I pick the cat's bowl up to clean it. I reach the cat food down from the cupboard. I thank the cat food and the cat bowl. The floor is dirty. It needs washing. I thank the floor.
October 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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kayannbee.bsky.social
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I am holding Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon in my hand!
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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kayannbee.bsky.social
at the Isamu Noguchi Museum with @saraburke.net
September 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM