Bix F.
@bixfrankonis.bsky.social
That dog is hit again.
That slow.dog is hit again.
With his see-through skin.
The kind of skin you can see through.
He’s shot again.
That slow.dog is hit again.
With his see-through skin.
The kind of skin you can see through.
He’s shot again.
Pinned
The View From: The Mall at SUNY Purchase;
Is a Work of Visual Art Meant to Be Drummed? (Published 1990)
www.nytimes.com
I wanted to add another testimonial to my homepage and discovered that the 1990 article in the @nytimes.com about playing a Henry Moore sculpture at @sunyofficial.bsky.social College at Purchase as a percussion instrument was online.
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Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
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Cannabis has shown incredible promise in treating pain, PTSD, and helping people get off opiates. So, of course, Republicans are making sure vets can't have it. On Veteran's Day.
Congress Abandons Effort To Let VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana On Veterans Day - Marijuana Moment
Advocates are sharply criticizing congressional leaders for advancing a spending bill ahead of Veterans Day on Tuesday that omits bipartisan provisions allowing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA...
www.marijuanamoment.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Cannabis has shown incredible promise in treating pain, PTSD, and helping people get off opiates. So, of course, Republicans are making sure vets can't have it. On Veteran's Day.
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Thanks, I hate it. Especially including sexist creep Feynman. Why are you promoting this slop, @nature.com?
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thanks, I hate it. Especially including sexist creep Feynman. Why are you promoting this slop, @nature.com?
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On the one hand Bluesky leadership digitally disappearing people from their platform is just one platform but on the other hand digitally disappearing people with no explanation is fucked up and scary from a platform that has millions of users
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On the one hand Bluesky leadership digitally disappearing people from their platform is just one platform but on the other hand digitally disappearing people with no explanation is fucked up and scary from a platform that has millions of users
“…they were memorizing sentence patterns and using pictures to guess”
No wonder the AI bros think LLMs are just doing what people do: we’ve apparently been teaching kids to be LLMs for decades.
No wonder the AI bros think LLMs are just doing what people do: we’ve apparently been teaching kids to be LLMs for decades.
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 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“…they were memorizing sentence patterns and using pictures to guess”
No wonder the AI bros think LLMs are just doing what people do: we’ve apparently been teaching kids to be LLMs for decades.
No wonder the AI bros think LLMs are just doing what people do: we’ve apparently been teaching kids to be LLMs for decades.
My “on this day” widget brings up a thing @davekarpf.bsky.social said two years ago that is an interesting lens to filter the Senate Democrats’ big cave through.
The Politics Of Articulation
I’m not going to belabor this one, because in truth were I still also microblogging here, this might be a short, untitled post, and I’m not yet ready to revisit that idea. That said, I didn’t want to ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My “on this day” widget brings up a thing @davekarpf.bsky.social said two years ago that is an interesting lens to filter the Senate Democrats’ big cave through.
Today I get to see if a shoe brand I’ve never heard of but who makes M width shoes with a wide toe box and velco makes shit shoes or wearable ones.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today I get to see if a shoe brand I’ve never heard of but who makes M width shoes with a wide toe box and velco makes shit shoes or wearable ones.
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I’m not sure if the first line will convince you, but this kindle sale might: www.amazon.com/Glass-Houses...
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m not sure if the first line will convince you, but this kindle sale might: www.amazon.com/Glass-Houses...
Maybe they shouldn’t have sold James Bond to people who don’t understand how James Bond works.
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Maybe they shouldn’t have sold James Bond to people who don’t understand how James Bond works.
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Convincing you to read my graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Convincing you to read my graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
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You're at Dungeons.
I need you at Dragons.
I need you at Dragons.
You're at thin crust.
I need you at Sicilian.
I need you at Sicilian.
You’re at Simon.
I need you at Garfunkel.
I need you at Garfunkel.
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You're at Dungeons.
I need you at Dragons.
I need you at Dragons.
I see Cash App has rendered it impossible to use their website on your phone. Sigh.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I see Cash App has rendered it impossible to use their website on your phone. Sigh.
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Well I just learned from a very mean immigration officer that I was meant to log in and update my global entry account to reflect that I got a new passport… last year.
Anyway, heads up in case you also didn’t know that!
Anyway, heads up in case you also didn’t know that!
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Well I just learned from a very mean immigration officer that I was meant to log in and update my global entry account to reflect that I got a new passport… last year.
Anyway, heads up in case you also didn’t know that!
Anyway, heads up in case you also didn’t know that!
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Pants is telling old stories to her toys.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Pants is telling old stories to her toys.
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Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
I really need to get the full shave/haircut/shower cycle in, which I didn’t do last night because dragging too hard by 9:00, but now today I’m dragging that hard at just 7:00.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I really need to get the full shave/haircut/shower cycle in, which I didn’t do last night because dragging too hard by 9:00, but now today I’m dragging that hard at just 7:00.
So I keep saying I am in autistic burnout and I am but what the hell was happening this time last year when I was managing to keep breaking things and seeing things that were not there.
Sudden Movements And Seeing Things
There’s a long list of blog posts I’ve wanted to get to, some more so than others, but events keep intervening and I don’t have the energy or motivation for them. Instead, here’s a look at what seems ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
So I keep saying I am in autistic burnout and I am but what the hell was happening this time last year when I was managing to keep breaking things and seeing things that were not there.
Apparently today is the anniversary of my second Universal Life Church ordination. I don’t remember anything about my first, or why I did a second.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Apparently today is the anniversary of my second Universal Life Church ordination. I don’t remember anything about my first, or why I did a second.
And @democrats.senate.gov somehow think the actual “promised“ vote in December will be any different?
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
And @democrats.senate.gov somehow think the actual “promised“ vote in December will be any different?
Does he mean the November 2025 he and everyone else squandered yesterday? That one?
Kaine says he thinks Johnson will have no choice but to take up the subsidies if it passes through the Senate. "And if it comes out of here bipartisan, he cannot not take it up without having November 2026 make November 2025 look like a picnic."
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Does he mean the November 2025 he and everyone else squandered yesterday? That one?
If you ever hear that I died of an aneurysm assume it was from opening a pint of Talenti.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If you ever hear that I died of an aneurysm assume it was from opening a pint of Talenti.
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if portland added a “go by bus” sign where should it go?
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
if portland added a “go by bus” sign where should it go?
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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,