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Heidi C
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Science editor, document wrangler, nerd, designer of stuff, gardener.
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Original Toxic Avenger poster with a squashed face and wide stance that looks kinda familiar
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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How could we have predicted this? 🙄
Peanuts cartoon: Charlie Brown flies through the air after missing a kick when Lucy pulls the football away again
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I'd like to see the Dodgy idiots read this part
Screen capture from the report reads: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Adverse effects from flawed or misused technologies are not new developments but are consequential considerations in designing and using AI systems. AI models, and software systems more generally, can produce misleading or inaccurate outputs. Acting or making decisions based on flawed outputs can deprive Americans of constitutional rights. Key Findings • Improper use of AI can violate laws and deprive Americans of our most important rights. • Understanding the possible flaws and shortcomings of AI models can mitigate potentially harmful uses of AI. Recommendations • Have humans in the loop to actively identify and remedy potential flaws when AI is used in highly consequential decision-making. • Agencies must understand and protect against using AI in discriminatory decision-making. • Empower sectoral regulators with the tools and expertise to address AI-related risks in their domains. • Explore transparency for users affected by decisions made using AI. • Support standards and technical evaluations to mitigate flawed decision-making involving AI systems.
March 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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A trans flag flies over drawings of 5 diverse people, with the words "Repost this if trans people are welcome and safe with you"
January 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Over the trans flag, it reads: First they came for the transgender community, and I spoke out immediately even though I'm straight and cis because I've read the rest of the fucking poem.
November 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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In other news, our new guy is settling in
A brown tabby, asleep on a red sofa and blackwatch plaid blanket. He is bent in half, back feet and tail between his ears, and is pressed against my hip, which is in green plaid flannel.
November 16, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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It was a free hospital for the poor, envisioned as someplace lovely to help them recover. It is massive, and every interior surface made me boggle.
A vaulted ceiling, highly embellished and inlaid with tile mosaics, surrounded by stained glass windows and topped with a stained glass dome.
November 9, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Poor girl. Still, I always think of this meme
Five sculptures and one painting of Hercules grappling with a lion, followed by the words "Hercules attempting to give his cat a pill"
October 27, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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Very very sorry to even bring this up but are you out of range of the incoming deluge? Pods + flash floods could be not good
NOAA 7-day rain forecast map through Sept 30 shows very heavy rainfall from Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Helene reaching from Florida up through Virginia and across to Missouri - up to 15 inches northeast of Atlanta
September 25, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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All cats are perfect. Some more than most
A black cat perches elegantly on an antique newel post, silhouetted against a blue wall
September 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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This
Two aliens stand outside their saucer, staring up in shock at a giant crucified Jesus statue. One says to the other, "You know what we need to do? We need to get the fuck out of here, that's what we need to do."
August 27, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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Me, this time of year:
Woman knee-deep in snow trying to dig in garden beds, caption "Screw it, I'm gardening!"
March 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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This week is going to suck
Princess Bride scene: "I've just sucked a year of your life away" says Count Rogen to Westley
March 11, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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Cartoon, 4 panels, stick figure person holding a child and loved one, then with many cats. Caption: Soulmates come in all shapes and sizes. Some are cats. A lot of them are cats
March 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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Baloo bear scratches his back on a tree trunk, from animated film The Jungle Book
February 4, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Solidarity
Cat looking up while squished awkwardly into a box. Caption: Me trying to fit in with neurotypical standards my whole life and wondering why I’m so f*cking burnt out all the time
December 27, 2023 at 7:32 PM