Dr Alma Rae
@almahawes.bsky.social
Retired psychiatrist. Political, well to the left. Can be rude. Fabric artist, sailor and occasional gardener. Long covid. Amerikkka and Russia are fascist plutocracies. AI is a techbro con and exceedingly harmful.
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Toitū te Tiriti.
E waka eke noa.
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Toitū te Tiriti.
E waka eke noa.
That'll be a lie then
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
That'll be a lie then
Totally. As well as being a con and a bubble, AI is an environmental vandal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Totally. As well as being a con and a bubble, AI is an environmental vandal.
The details are kind of interesting. Am reading a couple of books about it: Empire of AI, Karen Hao; and The AI Con, Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The details are kind of interesting. Am reading a couple of books about it: Empire of AI, Karen Hao; and The AI Con, Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna.
I'm going to ask my lad how he was taught those jolly detailed characters.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm going to ask my lad how he was taught those jolly detailed characters.
Possibly both? My son was in another city when learning Mandarin so I've no idea how it was taught, but I guess whole-word wasn't part of it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Possibly both? My son was in another city when learning Mandarin so I've no idea how it was taught, but I guess whole-word wasn't part of it.
Mine were diagnosed in their early teens and got some remedial help. One still hates reading but he can; the other one now has BA majors in philosophy and pol sci as well as Mandarin, and a Masters as well. I think that learning and writing Chinese characters did something beneficial to his brain.
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mine were diagnosed in their early teens and got some remedial help. One still hates reading but he can; the other one now has BA majors in philosophy and pol sci as well as Mandarin, and a Masters as well. I think that learning and writing Chinese characters did something beneficial to his brain.
Absolutely. If you don't know what letters look like and sound and what they do in a word, how the hell are you ever going to read? Utter madness. My dyslexic sons were hugely disadvantaged by the whole-word nonsense.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Absolutely. If you don't know what letters look like and sound and what they do in a word, how the hell are you ever going to read? Utter madness. My dyslexic sons were hugely disadvantaged by the whole-word nonsense.
In fact vast swathes of humanity are already effectively enslaved by untrammelled capitalism.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In fact vast swathes of humanity are already effectively enslaved by untrammelled capitalism.
The Peasant of the US
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Peasant of the US
Disgusting populism
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Disgusting populism
And oh look it was a double-cab ute
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And oh look it was a double-cab ute
Someone will have flipped
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Someone will have flipped
That's part of the role requirement - raging hypocrisy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
That's part of the role requirement - raging hypocrisy.
Me too. No wonder we don't report rapes.
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Me too. No wonder we don't report rapes.
He's completely out of his depth.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
He's completely out of his depth.
And they circled the wagons. That useless Andrew Costner who allowed the illegal occupation of Parliament grounds for WEEKS. JFC why are we paying these ponces?
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
And they circled the wagons. That useless Andrew Costner who allowed the illegal occupation of Parliament grounds for WEEKS. JFC why are we paying these ponces?
Far too many of them really and truly believe in The Rapture. In my opinion they should all be hospitalised.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Far too many of them really and truly believe in The Rapture. In my opinion they should all be hospitalised.
Wow! Love those accidental finds - but they're only found by dedicated educated and funded scientists. Well done y'all 🤩😇
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Wow! Love those accidental finds - but they're only found by dedicated educated and funded scientists. Well done y'all 🤩😇