Ash
@damnmagpie.bsky.social
Crafty library person with lots of plants, yarn, and video games. 🍁
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Such an important feature on TotalEnergies by ITV Cycling and Matt Rendell on the Tour de France rest day programme this evening. In support: a repost of this drawing.
July 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Such an important feature on TotalEnergies by ITV Cycling and Matt Rendell on the Tour de France rest day programme this evening. In support: a repost of this drawing.
I should have quit Spotify a long time ago, but their AI bullshit finally capped it off for me.
So AI-generated music is not only all over Spotify, spammers have figured out how to get AI songs onto the profiles of real artists, many of whom are dead. Reason #23723487849 to quit spotify and also a reminder we live in hell
www.404media.co/spotify-publ...
www.404media.co/spotify-publ...
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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my 14yo’s first day at his summer job 📚
July 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
my 14yo’s first day at his summer job 📚
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Canada: “We are prepared to issue as many empty statements as necessary to stop this genocide”
Canada: "We are prepared to issue as many empty statements as necessary to stop this genocide"
OTTAWA – Two months after issuing one statement promising “concrete actions” if Israel did not stop intentionally starving Palestinians in Gaza, Canada has joined with 24 other nations to issue a new ...
thebeaverton.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada: “We are prepared to issue as many empty statements as necessary to stop this genocide”
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Once Upon a Forest
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Once Upon a Forest
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
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Me: I’ve been having stabbing pains in my leg
AI doctor trained entirely on social media posts: classic oldest daughter energy
Me: what
AI doc: former gifted kid problems
Me: …
AI doc: ADHD Pisces season seed oil cleanse
AI doctor trained entirely on social media posts: classic oldest daughter energy
Me: what
AI doc: former gifted kid problems
Me: …
AI doc: ADHD Pisces season seed oil cleanse
June 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Me: I’ve been having stabbing pains in my leg
AI doctor trained entirely on social media posts: classic oldest daughter energy
Me: what
AI doc: former gifted kid problems
Me: …
AI doc: ADHD Pisces season seed oil cleanse
AI doctor trained entirely on social media posts: classic oldest daughter energy
Me: what
AI doc: former gifted kid problems
Me: …
AI doc: ADHD Pisces season seed oil cleanse
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Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
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just found out meta's AI publishes a huge number of its queries online because people have their privacy settings set wrong and you can put any of them on a photo of cotton hill and it looks like something he would say
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
just found out meta's AI publishes a huge number of its queries online because people have their privacy settings set wrong and you can put any of them on a photo of cotton hill and it looks like something he would say
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Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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oh my god, those are truly multi generational, I hate this
So, apparently, the company that owns the Big 4 sewing pattern companies (and Perler fusible beads among other brands) just sold those assets to a liquidation company. Those are the last printers of tissue paper sewing patterns AFAIK. Kind of crazy.
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance
The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
craftindustryalliance.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
oh my god, those are truly multi generational, I hate this
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the thing about “bread and circuses” is that you’re not supposed to double the price of bread and then become the circus
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
the thing about “bread and circuses” is that you’re not supposed to double the price of bread and then become the circus
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Coming Out was a groundbreaking documentary series that aired in Canada in 1972.
It was the first Canadian television program to target the LGBTQ community.
It became a landmark series that is mostly forgotten today.
This is its story.
🧵1/4
It was the first Canadian television program to target the LGBTQ community.
It became a landmark series that is mostly forgotten today.
This is its story.
🧵1/4
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Coming Out was a groundbreaking documentary series that aired in Canada in 1972.
It was the first Canadian television program to target the LGBTQ community.
It became a landmark series that is mostly forgotten today.
This is its story.
🧵1/4
It was the first Canadian television program to target the LGBTQ community.
It became a landmark series that is mostly forgotten today.
This is its story.
🧵1/4
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The right question to ask in this situation is always: oh, so how many people did you want to kill?
The weirdest thing about the school-reopening discourse is how no one wants to specify when, precisely, schools should have reopened.
This article treats it as a scandal that schools were still closed in September 2020 but we were heading into a bigger wave than March!
This article treats it as a scandal that schools were still closed in September 2020 but we were heading into a bigger wave than March!
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The right question to ask in this situation is always: oh, so how many people did you want to kill?
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I keep getting told “Well you’re gonna have to get used to generative AI” and it’s like No, I will not because I have these ethical problems with it that are rather insurmountable.
Good thread.
Good thread.
And you’re probably thinking, well, the technology is already here, it’s going to determine what happens, alas. Well, technology, even very widespread technology, does not always determine how people act, often in fundamental ways.
Let me give you a little parable by way of example:
Let me give you a little parable by way of example:
June 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I keep getting told “Well you’re gonna have to get used to generative AI” and it’s like No, I will not because I have these ethical problems with it that are rather insurmountable.
Good thread.
Good thread.
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While we’re at it.
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
While we’re at it.
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
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i recall my parents arguing in the car a LOT. and we ended up on weird abandoned logging roads a LOT
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
i recall my parents arguing in the car a LOT. and we ended up on weird abandoned logging roads a LOT
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I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters!
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
June 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters!
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I wish folks who’re sure they’ll never be disabled would share how they’ve managed to ensure they’ll never experience illness, accidents, natural disasters, trauma, war, poverty, or old age.
And I wish so many folks didn’t need to feel personally endangered to care about disability justice.
And I wish so many folks didn’t need to feel personally endangered to care about disability justice.
May 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I wish folks who’re sure they’ll never be disabled would share how they’ve managed to ensure they’ll never experience illness, accidents, natural disasters, trauma, war, poverty, or old age.
And I wish so many folks didn’t need to feel personally endangered to care about disability justice.
And I wish so many folks didn’t need to feel personally endangered to care about disability justice.
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"A call to clear-eyed humanism....In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever arrives as a much-needed reality check." A lovely review of my new book in @theatlantic.com! Order it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-...
#booksky 📘
#booksky 📘
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"A call to clear-eyed humanism....In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever arrives as a much-needed reality check." A lovely review of my new book in @theatlantic.com! Order it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-...
#booksky 📘
#booksky 📘
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On the topic of sex and gender in humans and animals being significantly more complex than a two option system, tomorrow night there’s a free talk at the Wagner on this topic!
www.eventbrite.com/e/westbrook-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/westbrook-...
May 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
On the topic of sex and gender in humans and animals being significantly more complex than a two option system, tomorrow night there’s a free talk at the Wagner on this topic!
www.eventbrite.com/e/westbrook-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/westbrook-...
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Germany is stepping up to create an alternative to PubMed that could be used globally. PubMed is a database that includes all of the critical scientific journal articles that researchers use.
They are doing this because of serious concerns that PubMed will be pulled offline by The Regime.
They are doing this because of serious concerns that PubMed will be pulled offline by The Regime.
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Germany is stepping up to create an alternative to PubMed that could be used globally. PubMed is a database that includes all of the critical scientific journal articles that researchers use.
They are doing this because of serious concerns that PubMed will be pulled offline by The Regime.
They are doing this because of serious concerns that PubMed will be pulled offline by The Regime.