Hilde Vos
@demuze.bsky.social
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I've drawn 40+ cats reading books for authors and readers both.
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've drawn 40+ cats reading books for authors and readers both.
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
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One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
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Hoe herken je door AI geschreven nieuws? Eén manier is om door te klikken op de naam van de auteur en goed te kijken naar wat je dan ziet.
Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad...
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Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hoe herken je door AI geschreven nieuws? Eén manier is om door te klikken op de naam van de auteur en goed te kijken naar wat je dan ziet.
Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad...
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Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad...
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Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
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There’s not a single filmmaker who is so magically good it should excuse them being a bully. Not one. Give their money to someone else. We have plenty of talent and too many assholes hogging the resources.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
There’s not a single filmmaker who is so magically good it should excuse them being a bully. Not one. Give their money to someone else. We have plenty of talent and too many assholes hogging the resources.
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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Nogal wat opnames in voorraad dus maar een compilatie gemaakt. Beelden van de ZW Veluwe roedel.
November 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Nogal wat opnames in voorraad dus maar een compilatie gemaakt. Beelden van de ZW Veluwe roedel.
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Historicuspromotie bij het Amsterdam Light Festival, 😉 @bramderidder.bsky.social @oig.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Historicuspromotie bij het Amsterdam Light Festival, 😉 @bramderidder.bsky.social @oig.bsky.social
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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Een zinkend schip, was vrouwenboekhandel Savannah Bay in Utrecht toen Marischka Verbeek de zaak overnam. Bijna dertig jaar later is het niet alleen een plek met boeken over feminisme of kolonialisme, maar ook een plek van samenkomst. ‘Je maakt hier coming-outs mee, je hoort levensverhalen.’
50 jaar boekhandel Savannah Bay: ‘van schuilplaats tot plek van verzet’
Een zinkend schip, was de Utrechtse vrouwenboekhandel Savannah Bay toen Marischka Verbeek de zaak in 1997 overnam. Inmiddels gaat het goed met de Utrechtse winkel, waar je naast boeken over feminisme…
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Een zinkend schip, was vrouwenboekhandel Savannah Bay in Utrecht toen Marischka Verbeek de zaak overnam. Bijna dertig jaar later is het niet alleen een plek met boeken over feminisme of kolonialisme, maar ook een plek van samenkomst. ‘Je maakt hier coming-outs mee, je hoort levensverhalen.’
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
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So, hey, wanna see something you'll really hate?
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
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It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
1/
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So, hey, wanna see something you'll really hate?
It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
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It's going to be thrust in front of your eyeballs in the next few weeks regardless, so you might as well be forewarned so as to be forearmed.
But if you aren't into hate-reading, you might want to skip this thread.
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