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shademar
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Scientist watching the world burn from Tahoe. PhD in neuro stuff from Cal. NIH alum. Retired I guess. Have MS and at war with my brain in general. Weather obsessed. A goblin.

Creators show me your creations! Alt text if possible plz

#WxSky #FireWx
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shademar @shademar.bsky.social · Feb 24
New pfp test. Thanks to @zappit.bsky.social for the design and art.
Large black floofy black cat (Ink) sitting in front of a glass sphere with black swirls in it. RIP buddy
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evanurquhart.bsky.social
TL;DR maybe you don't have to turn off smart features in Gmail after all
ernie.tedium.co Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 3h
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
shademar.bsky.social
We broke out the pet heating pad so each cat could have a warm spot near their person without conflict, and downstairs cat (Stormy-girl) found it and sprawled on it in less than five minutes.

Neither cat is barred from either space, but they've def staked out their territories. Including us.
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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sambeawesome.bsky.social
I saw this AI image shared in a Discord I'm in & was inspired to make the real thing. There are a LOT of fake crochet patterns out there, I wanted to give (especially beginners) a real pattern instead. Support real artists making real work, not AI.

Get it FREE: ko-fi.com/s/cdf844790c

#noai #art
A real photo of a white person's hand holding up a crochet snake (light pink with blue and creme stripes, with a red tongue and blush, and brown eyes) in front of a nature background with bushes, a tree, branches, and a pond. The person is wearing an off-white knit sweater with light pale pink nail polish. The "disgusted meme" with the top being an AI generated image of a crochet snake that looks like garbage and the person being grossed out. Then the bottom image being the real thing with the person being interested. Support human artists!
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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sculptedreef.com
🐙🚨 BIG savings on this series 🚨🐙 sculptedreef.com/collections/...

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#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
A hand made artwork featuring three hand sculpted and painted Larger Pacific Striped Octopuses
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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matthewcort.land
Children are dying because of RFK Jr being Secretary of Health and Human Services. And this amoral fuckup (R Lizza, 51) knew a 'journalist' (Nuzzi, 32) he was fucking was running a catch-and-kill operation for political candidate RFK?

Even when you know the system is corrupt....
I have never been able to convey her near-total obsession with Bobby properly. What I can say with authority is that it seeped into every corner of her life, affected every relationship she had, and drove every decision she made in late 2023 and all of 2024, including her catch-and-kill operations on his behalf, the campaign strategy memos she wrote him, and the other journalistic transgressions that have still not been disclosed.
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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anaisfae.art
Hey! I have reopened my Inprnt so US & international folks can now buy my art from there~ www.inprnt.com/gallery/anai...
watercolor painting of a cute stoat standing in a pile of fallen leaves, looking up at a blob of light floating above. The stoat has two tiny horns and a very boopable snoot. tiny watercolor painting of a tabby cat sleeping peacefully in a bunch of lush blue-green leaves. watercolor painting - a blue tiger drinking purple starry water. Its eyes are yellow with a bit of purple around the pupils, and it has a white and somewhat star-shaped mark on its forehead. Also its ears are very fluffy. watercolor painting, a raven standing in a starry night. It has stars on its wings.
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.

If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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zebrafishrock.bsky.social
For those interested 🐟

🔗 to conference website: www.germanfishmeeting.org
abeisaw.bsky.social Arica Beisaw @abeisaw.bsky.social · 9h
Come join us in Heidelberg for the first German fish meeting 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧬🔬🐟🐠
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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alchemistsstudio.bsky.social
As the holidays approach, we are still here, creating art.

As the world burns, it seems only appropriate we are making raku, if only as a reminder that from fire comes new life.

I know times are tough, but hopefully my work can find a good home. You can help by sharing🙏
6 raku vases in a grid with a white background in two rows of three. Flames inside a reduction bin during the raku process. You can make out some newspapers and a sculpture.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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jillsunflower.bsky.social
We’re snailposting, post your snails!

(Oh my hecking heck, I can’t believe I almost missed it 😱)

✨ Jeweled snail 🐌💎✨
A colorful piece of art depicting a snail with a jewel-encrusted shell, on top of a mossy rock surrounded by flowers and leaves, mushrooms, caterpillars, and moths.
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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artologica.net
Four new algorithm watercolors! Perfect for neuroscientists, deep thinkers, and zombies #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
4 brain watercolors with black text about brains
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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notalegalrecord.net
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.

Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.

This is great news. 📚
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
Well, this is chilling AF.

The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1/2
storage.courtlistener.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
shademar.bsky.social
Knitter alert, level: 😻🌌 🧶
amyraehill.bsky.social Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 1d
A cat enjoying the view of stars being born 🌌
Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Left, detail of large star) Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Right) Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Detail of cat)
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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amyraehill.bsky.social
A cat enjoying the view of stars being born 🌌
Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Left, detail of large star) Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Right) Yarn bowl featuring sitting cat silhouette in front of a pale teal and orange nebula with one large star to the left and a trail of glowing stars to the right around the yarn feed. (Detail of cat)
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
If anyone works at CDC and wants to talk about the CDC now promoting the idea that vaccines might cause autism, my signal is emgarcia.85. I will protect your identity.
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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crof.bsky.social
www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
NIH grant terminations disrupt hundreds of clinical trials, affecting more than 74,000 participants
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
shademar.bsky.social
I've never really thought of Apple as a big part of the surveillance state (my bad, I'm an idiot) but thinking about the fact that they very much are...

I've given them my fingerprints, and pictures of my face with and without glasses at multiple angles. And so much more.
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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quinnae.com
Mamdani rolls for Persuasion: "Natural 20! ...My total is... 41. Let's goooooo!"

DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?

Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
More active weather in SoCal Thu! This will be a colder and convectively-active system, & also faster moving that the last. This means a burst of locally heavy precip, along w/some t-storms & higher mtn snow, are likely, but rain accumulation will be less than wknd storm. #CAwx
Map of predicted rainfall accumulation over the next 4 days from ECMWF model ensemble. Around an inch (locally more) is expected across much of SoCal and Arizona, with lighter amounts in NorCal.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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alchemistsstudio.bsky.social
✨ New Porcelain Ornament Sets are live on the website! ✨

I’m in love with how the glazes blend and flow into each other. There’s something magical about those in-between moments where the colors transition. The way they melt together feels like a little piece of winter magic. ❄️🎄

#Art #Pottery
A large porcelain Christmas ornament glazed in blues and whites. A medium sized porcelain ornament in blue and white with square divets, resembling a round grenade. A small porcelain ornament in blues and whites
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
So apparently Google just started scanning your emails with its Gemini AI and if you opt out of this, you lose your (vital to me) categorization of emails as important/promo/etc. I’m kind of stunned at this. After all these years, how do I switch to a new email provider?
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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thornwolf.com
Save the date! I'm holding a holiday sale from Thanksgiving (Nov 27) to December 2nd. I'm going to be doing some major updates to my site/shop/offers over the holiday break so this might be your last time to get some of your favorites in my biggest sale of the year. thornwolf.com
A Black Friday sale ad that says "Holiday Sale! Nov 27-Dec 2. Get 20% off your entire order with this code HOLIDAY20 at thornwolf.com"
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM