BOB from the Future/Library
@anstett.bsky.social
We do not stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing.
www.robertanstett.com
We grow old because we stop playing.
www.robertanstett.com
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Walrus. From. Space.
Satellites spot gathering of gigantic tusked animals on remote Arctic island. It has never been seen before | Discover Wildlife
The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore what might happen to these huge marine mammals as the climate changes.
www.discoverwildlife.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Walrus. From. Space.
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Who was president in April 2025, @nytimes.com ??
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Who was president in April 2025, @nytimes.com ??
Always bring a book.
A cozy confession: yes, we bring a book to Thanksgiving dinner… just in case.
Swipe to see which type of holiday reader you are. 🍁✨
Swipe to see which type of holiday reader you are. 🍁✨
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Always bring a book.
Do you see the dog chasing?
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Do you see the dog chasing?
Quality goods.
I have a brain scan tie that people comment on every time I wear it.
Great quality, fun artist.
I have a brain scan tie that people comment on every time I wear it.
Great quality, fun artist.
Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Banish the Boring and Beige
This year, give gorgeous, geeky gifts
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Quality goods.
I have a brain scan tie that people comment on every time I wear it.
Great quality, fun artist.
I have a brain scan tie that people comment on every time I wear it.
Great quality, fun artist.
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Deeply absurd. This Google PDF published on a blog (arxiv, not peer reviewed) claims an LLM is "PhD level" but in most cases the MAJORITY of reference URLs were invalid or inaccessible.
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Deeply absurd. This Google PDF published on a blog (arxiv, not peer reviewed) claims an LLM is "PhD level" but in most cases the MAJORITY of reference URLs were invalid or inaccessible.
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
A PhD sitting down and just fabricating >50% of sources = career ending
arxiv.org/abs/2511.11597
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One of my favourite #Pleistocene mammals - and, yes, it has a role in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge - is the big predatory marsupial #Thylacoleo. Here's an introduction to this fantastic animal.... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #marsupials
Thylacoleo, the Incredible Marsupial Lion — Tetrapod Zoology
Among the most striking and interesting of extinct mammals is the so-called marsupial lion of Australia, or Thylacoleo carnifex …
tetzoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One of my favourite #Pleistocene mammals - and, yes, it has a role in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge - is the big predatory marsupial #Thylacoleo. Here's an introduction to this fantastic animal.... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #marsupials
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We were recently made aware of disturbing and offensive artwork in the new game Ace of Spades by Devir. We have contacted Devir regarding this matter.
Fellow hobbyists: we must strive to be better humans. We can’t simply “look the other way” when an issue doesn’t affect us directly.
Fellow hobbyists: we must strive to be better humans. We can’t simply “look the other way” when an issue doesn’t affect us directly.
August 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We were recently made aware of disturbing and offensive artwork in the new game Ace of Spades by Devir. We have contacted Devir regarding this matter.
Fellow hobbyists: we must strive to be better humans. We can’t simply “look the other way” when an issue doesn’t affect us directly.
Fellow hobbyists: we must strive to be better humans. We can’t simply “look the other way” when an issue doesn’t affect us directly.
Motivation.
45 minute Power Zone endurance ride with some of the motivation visible to look at, knowing what will be there at the end of the ride.
#DidYouStretchTho
45 minute Power Zone endurance ride with some of the motivation visible to look at, knowing what will be there at the end of the ride.
#DidYouStretchTho
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Motivation.
45 minute Power Zone endurance ride with some of the motivation visible to look at, knowing what will be there at the end of the ride.
#DidYouStretchTho
45 minute Power Zone endurance ride with some of the motivation visible to look at, knowing what will be there at the end of the ride.
#DidYouStretchTho
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These are ridiculous Ohtani-grade numbers
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
These are ridiculous Ohtani-grade numbers
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This is why I write.
Why I encourage others by running games that are text heavy to build conversations.
Why I encourage others by running games that are text heavy to build conversations.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is why I write.
Why I encourage others by running games that are text heavy to build conversations.
Why I encourage others by running games that are text heavy to build conversations.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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HEY MIAMI! Come to the Book Fair tomorrow & see me yapping on a panel called "Spotlight on #Florida," featuring such authors as the great Les Standiford, author of "Last Train to Paradise," among others. Remember to put your emotional support iguana on a leash! www.miamibookfair.com/event/spotli...
SPOTLIGHT ON FLORIDA: MAKING UP & MAKING OF – NONFICTION - Miami Book Fair
In Coral Gables: The First Hundred Years, Patrick Alexander chronicles George Merrick’s arrival in Florida in 1900. There, he turned a humble wooden shack into a beautiful garden city now known as Cor...
www.miamibookfair.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
HEY MIAMI! Come to the Book Fair tomorrow & see me yapping on a panel called "Spotlight on #Florida," featuring such authors as the great Les Standiford, author of "Last Train to Paradise," among others. Remember to put your emotional support iguana on a leash! www.miamibookfair.com/event/spotli...
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WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WIRED is hiring for a senior politics reporter who will write our weekly newsletter; detailed job description below. This role will be based in New York or DC and report to me; the salary range is $95,000 - $132,000. condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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anyone else see a person riding an elephant?
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
anyone else see a person riding an elephant?
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Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration. n.pr/3KcqSNg
How could Trump interfere in the midterms? Here's what voting officials are watching
Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration. n.pr/3KcqSNg
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📚Thousands of kids in the French overseas department of #Mayotte are denied access to school.
🇾🇹 Mayotte has the worst educational outcomes in France & over 75% are below the poverty line.
🇫🇷France should end this discrimination & ensure basic needs.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
🇾🇹 Mayotte has the worst educational outcomes in France & over 75% are below the poverty line.
🇫🇷France should end this discrimination & ensure basic needs.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
France: Overseas Territory’s Education Barriers
The French overseas department of Mayotte, an island territory in the Indian Ocean and a former French colony, is failing to provide education to all children.
www.hrw.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📚Thousands of kids in the French overseas department of #Mayotte are denied access to school.
🇾🇹 Mayotte has the worst educational outcomes in France & over 75% are below the poverty line.
🇫🇷France should end this discrimination & ensure basic needs.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
🇾🇹 Mayotte has the worst educational outcomes in France & over 75% are below the poverty line.
🇫🇷France should end this discrimination & ensure basic needs.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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I'm sorry, are we entering an era where the Infernal Algorithm can be defeated by the power of poetry? Do I have that right?
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm sorry, are we entering an era where the Infernal Algorithm can be defeated by the power of poetry? Do I have that right?
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Party sized
[completely ignoring the scales involved] this is where I will put the jacuzzi
#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Party sized
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Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Career Support Request
Use this form to request career support for people impacted by U.S. federal firings, funding cuts, and/or hiring freezes.
Support is coordinated by Derek Attig and provided by professionals in the G...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The bus decelerates abruptly. "Squirrel," says the driver.
"Did the squirrel survive?" I ask a minute later.
"Oh yeah. I don't hit things. I get more video pulled for that-- my supervisor says, there's plenty of rabbits! I say, there's plenty of people too, I don't hit them either!"
"Did the squirrel survive?" I ask a minute later.
"Oh yeah. I don't hit things. I get more video pulled for that-- my supervisor says, there's plenty of rabbits! I say, there's plenty of people too, I don't hit them either!"
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The bus decelerates abruptly. "Squirrel," says the driver.
"Did the squirrel survive?" I ask a minute later.
"Oh yeah. I don't hit things. I get more video pulled for that-- my supervisor says, there's plenty of rabbits! I say, there's plenty of people too, I don't hit them either!"
"Did the squirrel survive?" I ask a minute later.
"Oh yeah. I don't hit things. I get more video pulled for that-- my supervisor says, there's plenty of rabbits! I say, there's plenty of people too, I don't hit them either!"
What part of "all persons" is so hard to understand?
NEW: Sen. Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania is the 20th Senate Republican to cosponsor a bill calling for excluding people living in the states without US citizenship, such as green card holders, from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state”
www.congress.gov
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What part of "all persons" is so hard to understand?