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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Signal's got your back with ironclad encryption, but sleazy scammers still prey on trust, posing as support to snag your codes and PINs. Real team never calls or messages; verify emails only. #CyberSecurity
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Signal's got your back with ironclad encryption, but sleazy scammers still prey on trust, posing as support to snag your codes and PINs. Real team never calls or messages; verify emails only. #CyberSecurity
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Mushroom spore landing in my lungs: I eat?
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Mushroom spore landing in my lungs: I eat?
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
My immune system: no not right now he’s still alive
Mushroom spore: ok i wait
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Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
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And yes, we should feel bad about serious fuck ups.
But we should also be clear that fuck ups are a part of being human and will happen.
And that often fuck ups are a shared responsibility. And that usually they speak to a GROUP lack of training or preparedness.
But we should also be clear that fuck ups are a part of being human and will happen.
And that often fuck ups are a shared responsibility. And that usually they speak to a GROUP lack of training or preparedness.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And yes, we should feel bad about serious fuck ups.
But we should also be clear that fuck ups are a part of being human and will happen.
And that often fuck ups are a shared responsibility. And that usually they speak to a GROUP lack of training or preparedness.
But we should also be clear that fuck ups are a part of being human and will happen.
And that often fuck ups are a shared responsibility. And that usually they speak to a GROUP lack of training or preparedness.
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No-one is without something they wish were different about themselves. Be honest, improve what you can, but be kind to yourself, too. Don't become your own bully.
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
No-one is without something they wish were different about themselves. Be honest, improve what you can, but be kind to yourself, too. Don't become your own bully.
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Harry Potter and the @seananmcguire.bsky.social Wayward Children and @catvalente.bsky.social Fairyland and Osmo Unknown are Literally Right There Next To @diane.dianeduane.com Young Wizardss and Terry Pratchett s Tiffany Aching
Harry Potter and the Gender Police
Harry Potter and the Stop Giving That Lady Money.
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Harry Potter and the @seananmcguire.bsky.social Wayward Children and @catvalente.bsky.social Fairyland and Osmo Unknown are Literally Right There Next To @diane.dianeduane.com Young Wizardss and Terry Pratchett s Tiffany Aching
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Mind you this exists because of assault. The bag is being blocked because other men are assaulting women at such high numbers that the company HAS to do something.
The men in Japan aren't happy about the women only train cars either but, such is life.
The men in Japan aren't happy about the women only train cars either but, such is life.
The men are mad women can request non male drivers. Says it limits the $$ they can make.
www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Male Drivers Sue Uber and Lyft Over Gender Bias Features
Male Uber and Lyft drivers claim gender discrimination over features letting riders request non-male drivers. Here’s what the lawsuits mean for drivers and riders.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Mind you this exists because of assault. The bag is being blocked because other men are assaulting women at such high numbers that the company HAS to do something.
The men in Japan aren't happy about the women only train cars either but, such is life.
The men in Japan aren't happy about the women only train cars either but, such is life.
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Yeah, the only thing keeping this from being a once-in-a-lifetime comedy sketch is the fucking insane body count
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yeah, the only thing keeping this from being a once-in-a-lifetime comedy sketch is the fucking insane body count
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"The adoption of AI coding assistants leads to a significant but TRANSIENT increase in project-level development velocity, along with a significant and PERMANENT increase in static analysis warnings and code complexity, leading to long-term productivity slowdowns."
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the promise to revolutionize the field of software engineering. Among other things, LLM agents are rapidly gaining momentum in their application to softw...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The adoption of AI coding assistants leads to a significant but TRANSIENT increase in project-level development velocity, along with a significant and PERMANENT increase in static analysis warnings and code complexity, leading to long-term productivity slowdowns."
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
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Tom kha gai has got to be one of the best soups for when you're feeling sick. A little spicy, a little sour, a little sweet, just top tier soup right there
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Tom kha gai has got to be one of the best soups for when you're feeling sick. A little spicy, a little sour, a little sweet, just top tier soup right there
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Being able to grow old and soft is such a tremendous gift, an unimaginable luxury for basically the entirety of human existence, and it’s wasted on so many people who have been made insecure by truck commercials to the point of wanting to undo all of this. It’s so bogus.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Being able to grow old and soft is such a tremendous gift, an unimaginable luxury for basically the entirety of human existence, and it’s wasted on so many people who have been made insecure by truck commercials to the point of wanting to undo all of this. It’s so bogus.
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
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What I wish conservatives understood: making people around you happier, healthier, and calmer serves your self interest. Even if you don't care about other people, having happy, comfortable people around you is empirically better. They are more productive and do not set fires you have to put out.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What I wish conservatives understood: making people around you happier, healthier, and calmer serves your self interest. Even if you don't care about other people, having happy, comfortable people around you is empirically better. They are more productive and do not set fires you have to put out.
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why would i hate people for being of a different race, ethnicity, sexuality or gender than me when i can instead hate SHITTY SOFTWARE and the LAZY SHITASSES WHO MAKE IT
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
why would i hate people for being of a different race, ethnicity, sexuality or gender than me when i can instead hate SHITTY SOFTWARE and the LAZY SHITASSES WHO MAKE IT
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LOL. MAGA destroyed Christmas.
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
LOL. MAGA destroyed Christmas.
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You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?
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It's in the fucking name. That it happens to so many of us that it's never just the one person who is harmed.
It's me, too.
It's me, too.
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's in the fucking name. That it happens to so many of us that it's never just the one person who is harmed.
It's me, too.
It's me, too.
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also the self-censorship people on here just sound Iike naive children to me
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
also the self-censorship people on here just sound Iike naive children to me
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
you can in fact viciously and highly effective criticize evil people without giving them needless points of vulnerability to get you back with
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Very funny to compare this to the Valve hardware announcement video, and think back to the Amazon guy on LinkedIn who was like, “why can’t we compete with Valve??? It is a mystery!!!”
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very funny to compare this to the Valve hardware announcement video, and think back to the Amazon guy on LinkedIn who was like, “why can’t we compete with Valve??? It is a mystery!!!”
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they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
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I wish reading could be the effortless thing for everyone that it is for me - meanings leaping straight off the page with no perception of effort on my part.
I hope we can get there one day, so we can stop spending billions and trashing the environment avoiding having to think about words.
I hope we can get there one day, so we can stop spending billions and trashing the environment avoiding having to think about words.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I wish reading could be the effortless thing for everyone that it is for me - meanings leaping straight off the page with no perception of effort on my part.
I hope we can get there one day, so we can stop spending billions and trashing the environment avoiding having to think about words.
I hope we can get there one day, so we can stop spending billions and trashing the environment avoiding having to think about words.
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This article honestly explains so much to me. Why younger folks post so much more in images rather than text that would take up a tenth the space.
Why whenever I make up an "easily pronounced for English speakers" fantasy name, so many younger folks are unable to guess at its pronunciation.
Why whenever I make up an "easily pronounced for English speakers" fantasy name, so many younger folks are unable to guess at its pronunciation.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This article honestly explains so much to me. Why younger folks post so much more in images rather than text that would take up a tenth the space.
Why whenever I make up an "easily pronounced for English speakers" fantasy name, so many younger folks are unable to guess at its pronunciation.
Why whenever I make up an "easily pronounced for English speakers" fantasy name, so many younger folks are unable to guess at its pronunciation.