Amy Lauder
@aelauder.bsky.social
I work in libraries doing technical stuff. When I’m not doing that I like seeing my friends, doing fibre arts things, theater of all kinds, and going outside. NV > DC > NV > PNW
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unironically a good idea
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
unironically a good idea
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
Oh good Clean Metddata yeah i definitely want this in my records
Oh joy, another helpful AI infographic via LinkedIn. Off I go to my job as a liberaian, maybe to run some critical evaligane workshops and of course use New! Boulean! Logic!
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Oh good Clean Metddata yeah i definitely want this in my records
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
Just fine him 3 million, literally no reason why not
Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...
Via ProPublica: thenevadaindependent.com/article/elon...
October 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just fine him 3 million, literally no reason why not
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It absolutely *is* polite! Cooperative overlap is a supportive and loving way of talking. There are only, like.. one or two cultures where it's _not_ considered polite, and they can go fuck themselves if they think the rest of us have to conform lol www.anildash.com/2021/09/26/c...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It absolutely *is* polite! Cooperative overlap is a supportive and loving way of talking. There are only, like.. one or two cultures where it's _not_ considered polite, and they can go fuck themselves if they think the rest of us have to conform lol www.anildash.com/2021/09/26/c...
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again?
CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but
CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?
CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived
CHOTINER: So you’ve said
CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but
CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?
CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived
CHOTINER: So you’ve said
September 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again?
CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but
CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?
CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived
CHOTINER: So you’ve said
CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but
CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?
CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived
CHOTINER: So you’ve said
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Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Ted Chiang:
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."
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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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(grabbing a huge armful of random movies in the Criterion closet) Ah. This movies was so special to me.
Camera guy: Sorry, which one?
Me: These one
Camera guy: Sorry, can you say the name of the movie
Me: (motioning down) Him
Camera guy: Sorry, which one?
Me: These one
Camera guy: Sorry, can you say the name of the movie
Me: (motioning down) Him
March 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
(grabbing a huge armful of random movies in the Criterion closet) Ah. This movies was so special to me.
Camera guy: Sorry, which one?
Me: These one
Camera guy: Sorry, can you say the name of the movie
Me: (motioning down) Him
Camera guy: Sorry, which one?
Me: These one
Camera guy: Sorry, can you say the name of the movie
Me: (motioning down) Him
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imagine WANTING to receive two million emails
February 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
imagine WANTING to receive two million emails
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Again, no money has been 'saved', the purpose of this bonfire of the vanities is not to 'save' money, it is the utter destruction of core systems that serve the collective good, save lives, and protect millions--systems that may take decades to rebuild, if they ever do
Another way to put this:
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
February 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Again, no money has been 'saved', the purpose of this bonfire of the vanities is not to 'save' money, it is the utter destruction of core systems that serve the collective good, save lives, and protect millions--systems that may take decades to rebuild, if they ever do
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The nephew's teacher told all the kids to bring in a classic book that they'll be reading and reviewing as a project, then told him about his selection that Dune is not a classic and I have just written my first Strongly Worded Letter of 2025
February 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The nephew's teacher told all the kids to bring in a classic book that they'll be reading and reviewing as a project, then told him about his selection that Dune is not a classic and I have just written my first Strongly Worded Letter of 2025
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Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
People like reading and printed text on a paper codex is still unmatched as a technology for information storage and access.
For 500 years people have been coming up with technology after technology to replace, alter or disrupt books and they have all failed because business geniuses are somehow incapable of understanding that people really like reading
February 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People like reading and printed text on a paper codex is still unmatched as a technology for information storage and access.
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I’ll be honest, when we were all saying that Gen X wasn’t going to get Social Security anyway, it’s because we thought it would be bankrupt, not that an intern would break the mainframes.
February 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’ll be honest, when we were all saying that Gen X wasn’t going to get Social Security anyway, it’s because we thought it would be bankrupt, not that an intern would break the mainframes.
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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
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happy anniversary to those who celebrate
January 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
happy anniversary to those who celebrate
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It will save you time and mental energy if you understand that a lot of white people don’t believe anything is racism unless the person doing it is wearing a shirt that says, “I am doing this for a racism.” Plausible deniability is a social survival tool for them in a way it has never been for us.
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It will save you time and mental energy if you understand that a lot of white people don’t believe anything is racism unless the person doing it is wearing a shirt that says, “I am doing this for a racism.” Plausible deniability is a social survival tool for them in a way it has never been for us.
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Cheating on an exam by memorizing everything the professor taught in advance so I can easily answer all the questions
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Cheating on an exam by memorizing everything the professor taught in advance so I can easily answer all the questions