hatter
@forgottenhatter.bsky.social
lurking | non binary, they/them | autistic | above 25 lvl | non native english
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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letting networked software, the specific thing whose authoritarian tendencies cyberpunk warns us about, take over the term tech or technology does cause issues
i often wonder the extent to which "tech" being used as a metonym for "information technology" specifically makes it harder to see this
like there *is* technology in the world that isn't information technology (per se) and it doesn't behave (exactly) like this
like there *is* technology in the world that isn't information technology (per se) and it doesn't behave (exactly) like this
Tech isn't about innovation, it's about power and networking chokepoints for power. You can innovate all you want, if you don't control or neutralise existing chokepoints your innovation will almost certainly fail to garner any real market success.
Silicon Valley is about moats not research.
Silicon Valley is about moats not research.
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
letting networked software, the specific thing whose authoritarian tendencies cyberpunk warns us about, take over the term tech or technology does cause issues
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I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
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the other wrinkle in all these "we're banning porn for UK users!" and "bluesky isn't available in mississippi" stories that no one seems to be talking about:
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
August 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the other wrinkle in all these "we're banning porn for UK users!" and "bluesky isn't available in mississippi" stories that no one seems to be talking about:
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
geo-ip is inaccurate as shit, even before VPNs get involved. you can't just detect where people are with any kind of consistency
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Germany gets 60% of its power from renewables and is shutting down its coal plants. No blackouts. No high bills. Every right wing lie about renewables has been proven false.
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Germany gets 60% of its power from renewables and is shutting down its coal plants. No blackouts. No high bills. Every right wing lie about renewables has been proven false.
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Another old rowboat I came across on my travels. The lake could definitely use a little more water.
#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #abandoned #boat #rowboat #trees #clouds #sky #lake #pond
#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #abandoned #boat #rowboat #trees #clouds #sky #lake #pond
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another old rowboat I came across on my travels. The lake could definitely use a little more water.
#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #abandoned #boat #rowboat #trees #clouds #sky #lake #pond
#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #abandoned #boat #rowboat #trees #clouds #sky #lake #pond
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I am fucking begging people to go to this website and do what it says and get rid of the AI summaries tenbluelinks.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I am fucking begging people to go to this website and do what it says and get rid of the AI summaries tenbluelinks.org
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tl;dr: Donald Eastlake knew he'd tested positive, went to Worldcon and the MPC meeting anyway, took off his mask, and explicitly refused to put it back on. If you were at that meeting or at Worldcon in general: you can boost your chances by immediately starting a H1+H2 antihistamine --
Covid Concern Becomes Issue at In-Person WSFS MPC Meeting Held at Worldcon
file770.com/covid-concer...
file770.com/covid-concer...
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
tl;dr: Donald Eastlake knew he'd tested positive, went to Worldcon and the MPC meeting anyway, took off his mask, and explicitly refused to put it back on. If you were at that meeting or at Worldcon in general: you can boost your chances by immediately starting a H1+H2 antihistamine --
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He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
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where is the “llms as power centralising enshittificators regressing society, knowledge, culture to the mediocre” position cuz that's where i'd fit
www.programmablemutter.com/p/large-lang... Gopnikism, interactionism, structuralism and role play.
Large language models are cultural technologies. What might that mean?
Four different perspectives
www.programmablemutter.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
where is the “llms as power centralising enshittificators regressing society, knowledge, culture to the mediocre” position cuz that's where i'd fit
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UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
August 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
Not sharebait.
I COULD NOT believe my luck.
Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!
SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
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So I'm starting to see posts about how canning can help with these rising grocery store prices and my answer is: it depends
It depends on what you use, how you cook, and what equipment you have.
If you're big on tomatoes and berries, I'd suggest investing in a chest freezer, honestly.
It depends on what you use, how you cook, and what equipment you have.
If you're big on tomatoes and berries, I'd suggest investing in a chest freezer, honestly.
August 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So I'm starting to see posts about how canning can help with these rising grocery store prices and my answer is: it depends
It depends on what you use, how you cook, and what equipment you have.
If you're big on tomatoes and berries, I'd suggest investing in a chest freezer, honestly.
It depends on what you use, how you cook, and what equipment you have.
If you're big on tomatoes and berries, I'd suggest investing in a chest freezer, honestly.
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It’s sad that the discussion around pornography is always framed as “it’s potentially harmful.” It’s also potentially healthy? What did you learn about yourself, your body, your gender, your preferences, your boundaries and your self expression through the smut you consume?
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s sad that the discussion around pornography is always framed as “it’s potentially harmful.” It’s also potentially healthy? What did you learn about yourself, your body, your gender, your preferences, your boundaries and your self expression through the smut you consume?
When I say I like bsky familiarity I meam user interface, not the fucking transphobia and censorship.
August 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When I say I like bsky familiarity I meam user interface, not the fucking transphobia and censorship.
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This is the worst idea ever. Nobody wants to hear what goes on in my head before I run it through about six different filters.
Can a computer turn our internal monologue into speech?
www.statnews.com/2025/08/14/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/14/c...
Can a computer turn our internal monologue into speech?
Inner speech — the internal monologue in your brain as you think about what to say — can be decoded by computers and might one day help people unable to
www.statnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is the worst idea ever. Nobody wants to hear what goes on in my head before I run it through about six different filters.
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A landmark essay from Sir Terry Pratchett on the right to a good life — and a good death. First delivered as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture, this powerful piece is now available in a stunning clothbound edition. Afterword by Peter Serafinowicz.💬⚖️
linktr.ee/TerryPratchett
linktr.ee/TerryPratchett
August 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A landmark essay from Sir Terry Pratchett on the right to a good life — and a good death. First delivered as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture, this powerful piece is now available in a stunning clothbound edition. Afterword by Peter Serafinowicz.💬⚖️
linktr.ee/TerryPratchett
linktr.ee/TerryPratchett
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To those who want to follow the YouTube blackout but *really* want to watch videos, you've got some options:
1: FreeTube. Standalone app, watch Age-restricted content w/o an account, & no homepage recommendation feed.
2: Invidious. Community-hosted platform to watch ad-free (and AI-free) YouTube.
1: FreeTube. Standalone app, watch Age-restricted content w/o an account, & no homepage recommendation feed.
2: Invidious. Community-hosted platform to watch ad-free (and AI-free) YouTube.
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
To those who want to follow the YouTube blackout but *really* want to watch videos, you've got some options:
1: FreeTube. Standalone app, watch Age-restricted content w/o an account, & no homepage recommendation feed.
2: Invidious. Community-hosted platform to watch ad-free (and AI-free) YouTube.
1: FreeTube. Standalone app, watch Age-restricted content w/o an account, & no homepage recommendation feed.
2: Invidious. Community-hosted platform to watch ad-free (and AI-free) YouTube.
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boss the fascism
August 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
boss the fascism
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the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content.
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content.
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
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‼️🌈NEW & IMPROVED www.fujoshi.info SITE JUST DROPPED
As the site was restructured & rebuilt from scratch over the course of several days, please let me know if you find anything buggy or broken so I can fix it ASAP🥰!
#BL #Fujoshi #LGBTQIA+ #GeiKomi #Bara #Censorship #Anti-fandom #OnlineSafety
As the site was restructured & rebuilt from scratch over the course of several days, please let me know if you find anything buggy or broken so I can fix it ASAP🥰!
#BL #Fujoshi #LGBTQIA+ #GeiKomi #Bara #Censorship #Anti-fandom #OnlineSafety
August 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‼️🌈NEW & IMPROVED www.fujoshi.info SITE JUST DROPPED
As the site was restructured & rebuilt from scratch over the course of several days, please let me know if you find anything buggy or broken so I can fix it ASAP🥰!
#BL #Fujoshi #LGBTQIA+ #GeiKomi #Bara #Censorship #Anti-fandom #OnlineSafety
As the site was restructured & rebuilt from scratch over the course of several days, please let me know if you find anything buggy or broken so I can fix it ASAP🥰!
#BL #Fujoshi #LGBTQIA+ #GeiKomi #Bara #Censorship #Anti-fandom #OnlineSafety
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The reports of Stripe clamping down on safe-for-work LGBTQ media means things are panning out pretty much as I expected when I wrote about queer media being likely to be pushed back into the counterculture earlier this year
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/
August 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The reports of Stripe clamping down on safe-for-work LGBTQ media means things are panning out pretty much as I expected when I wrote about queer media being likely to be pushed back into the counterculture earlier this year
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/counterculture-switch/
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Today I learned that a game I made in partnership with Jennifer Ann's Group has been de-indexed on Itch. A Thousand Cuts is a texting game - no other graphics, no depictions of human forms literally at all - about how hard it is to report sexual assault to Title IX adjudicators at universities.
Not sure where to share and hope this is okay here.
Two of our nonprofit org's free #educational games about #consent are de-indexed. We opened support tickets.
They are *not* adult games. We marked both games as "sensitive content" and "content warning" due to the subject matter.
Two of our nonprofit org's free #educational games about #consent are de-indexed. We opened support tickets.
They are *not* adult games. We marked both games as "sensitive content" and "content warning" due to the subject matter.
August 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today I learned that a game I made in partnership with Jennifer Ann's Group has been de-indexed on Itch. A Thousand Cuts is a texting game - no other graphics, no depictions of human forms literally at all - about how hard it is to report sexual assault to Title IX adjudicators at universities.