slowXtal
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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Morning listen - massive compilation suggested by @vmdtm.bsky.social
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
Where Words Fail, Music Speaks - A Compilation For Ania Mehring, by Various Artists
62 track album
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Morning listen - massive compilation suggested by @vmdtm.bsky.social
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
wherewordsfail.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
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Friends!
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Not Like This, by Transgressive
5 track album
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Friends!
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
Please go and pick up the new @transgressivemetal.bsky.social EP today!
5 tracks of blistering, ferociously vitriolic thrash/death metal.
It's an absolute belter, and you do yourself a disservice by not listening to it!
transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/not-li...
#Metalsky
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Survey papers have been doing that (burning the commons) much before LLMs. Good surveys are an art form and require a lot of work. People (even very senior) have been using them as citation farming dumps, flag-planting exercises, "opportunities and challenges" generators, et cetera.
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Survey papers have been doing that (burning the commons) much before LLMs. Good surveys are an art form and require a lot of work. People (even very senior) have been using them as citation farming dumps, flag-planting exercises, "opportunities and challenges" generators, et cetera.
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A just society gives priority to the least advantaged. (John Rawls)
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A just society gives priority to the least advantaged. (John Rawls)
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
US law makers. Don’t give me your commie bullshit.
Clerodendrum trichotomum
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Clerodendrum trichotomum
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Un grand merci à toutes les personnes qui sont venues bouger les pierres à Stonehenge cette nuit!
October 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Un grand merci à toutes les personnes qui sont venues bouger les pierres à Stonehenge cette nuit!
Back to the base tonight !
LAxHC early 80s (1982 for the VAs LP)
All time favourites there but, above all, "Let's get rid of NY" and "We don't need the English" bring back so many memories
#nowplaying
LAxHC early 80s (1982 for the VAs LP)
All time favourites there but, above all, "Let's get rid of NY" and "We don't need the English" bring back so many memories
#nowplaying
October 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Back to the base tonight !
LAxHC early 80s (1982 for the VAs LP)
All time favourites there but, above all, "Let's get rid of NY" and "We don't need the English" bring back so many memories
#nowplaying
LAxHC early 80s (1982 for the VAs LP)
All time favourites there but, above all, "Let's get rid of NY" and "We don't need the English" bring back so many memories
#nowplaying
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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xAI is *literally* trying to create a LLM-based, right-wing coded version of wikipedia. It's just a relentless attack on communal knowledge
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
xAI is *literally* trying to create a LLM-based, right-wing coded version of wikipedia. It's just a relentless attack on communal knowledge
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What if we did a single run and declared victory
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What if we did a single run and declared victory
“Il faut éviter de penser à ces difficultés que présente le monde, quelquefois. Sans ça, il deviendrait tout à fait irrespirable.”
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Il faut éviter de penser à ces difficultés que présente le monde, quelquefois. Sans ça, il deviendrait tout à fait irrespirable.”
DDR, 1964, BW film directed by Konrad Wolf, adapted from the first novel by Christa Wolf (no relation to Konrad)
Highly recommended
Der geteilte Himmel / El cielo dividido 1964 sur Vimeo share.google/lEYnXBzfik0B...
Highly recommended
Der geteilte Himmel / El cielo dividido 1964 sur Vimeo share.google/lEYnXBzfik0B...
Der geteilte Himmel / El cielo dividido 1964
Der geteilte Himmel (Konrad Wolf, 1964) 1961, República Democrática Alemana. Tras sufrir un colapso, Rita Seidel abandona la ciudad de Halle y regresa…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
DDR, 1964, BW film directed by Konrad Wolf, adapted from the first novel by Christa Wolf (no relation to Konrad)
Highly recommended
Der geteilte Himmel / El cielo dividido 1964 sur Vimeo share.google/lEYnXBzfik0B...
Highly recommended
Der geteilte Himmel / El cielo dividido 1964 sur Vimeo share.google/lEYnXBzfik0B...
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Unironically hard af image. Like punk album cover material.
October 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Unironically hard af image. Like punk album cover material.
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We went from 'don't trust everything you read on the internet' to 'my entire worldview comes from screenshots of tweets' in one generation and I'm not sure we should be allowed to have technology anymore
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We went from 'don't trust everything you read on the internet' to 'my entire worldview comes from screenshots of tweets' in one generation and I'm not sure we should be allowed to have technology anymore
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Enjoying the For You feed? Give it a like ♡ to help more people discover it: bsky.app/profile/did:...
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
July 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Enjoying the For You feed? Give it a like ♡ to help more people discover it: bsky.app/profile/did:...
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.
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Still one of my favorite blog posts: simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-0...
#datascience #StatsSky #statistics #Academics
#datascience #StatsSky #statistics #Academics
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Still one of my favorite blog posts: simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-0...
#datascience #StatsSky #statistics #Academics
#datascience #StatsSky #statistics #Academics
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ok so this is not a drill. there is a brand-new recording of einstein on the beach coming out with Suzanne mfing Vega on all spoken parts. you have been informed. especially you @thebeefant.bsky.social
ictusensemble.bandcamp.com/album/einste...
ictusensemble.bandcamp.com/album/einste...
Einstein on the Beach, by Ictus, Suzanne Vega, Collegium Vocale Gent
12 track album
ictusensemble.bandcamp.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ok so this is not a drill. there is a brand-new recording of einstein on the beach coming out with Suzanne mfing Vega on all spoken parts. you have been informed. especially you @thebeefant.bsky.social
ictusensemble.bandcamp.com/album/einste...
ictusensemble.bandcamp.com/album/einste...
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Cette carte est unique au monde. Après plusieurs mois de modélisation, AgroClimat2050 dévoile une 1ère mondiale : la biogéographie future (c’est-à-dire l’aire de répartition) de l’une des 🍎 les + consommées au monde (Golden) grâce à un modèle agroclimatique qui n'a pas d'équivalent en Europe.
1/7
1/7
October 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Cette carte est unique au monde. Après plusieurs mois de modélisation, AgroClimat2050 dévoile une 1ère mondiale : la biogéographie future (c’est-à-dire l’aire de répartition) de l’une des 🍎 les + consommées au monde (Golden) grâce à un modèle agroclimatique qui n'a pas d'équivalent en Europe.
1/7
1/7
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This was a very special moment - we were joined on stage by the amazing Charlotte Wessels for Discarding All Adornments. She brought so much magic to it.
October 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This was a very special moment - we were joined on stage by the amazing Charlotte Wessels for Discarding All Adornments. She brought so much magic to it.
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Emeritus Professors never retire. They just lose their faculties.
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Emeritus Professors never retire. They just lose their faculties.
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM