Justine Otherbird
@futterbly.bsky.social
Relay bird finding her flock. I like plants, animals, rocks, stars, people who wear hats, coffee, cats, and democracy. Designer. Builder. Tech leader. Artist. Inclusive and trauma informed. Neurodiverse. #steam
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I
I wish I could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Nothing will keep us together
We can beat them
Forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes
Just for one day
I wish I could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Nothing will keep us together
We can beat them
Forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes
Just for one day
Heroes (2017 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I
I wish I could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Nothing will keep us together
We can beat them
Forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes
Just for one day
I wish I could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Nothing will keep us together
We can beat them
Forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes
Just for one day
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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Are you a journalist looking to deepen your understanding of complex systems?
Join the 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship at SFI, offering a space to study complexity alongside researchers and reflect on science communication from within the field.
Apply by Feb. 4, 2026
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Join the 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship at SFI, offering a space to study complexity alongside researchers and reflect on science communication from within the field.
Apply by Feb. 4, 2026
santafe.edu/journalism-f...
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Are you a journalist looking to deepen your understanding of complex systems?
Join the 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship at SFI, offering a space to study complexity alongside researchers and reflect on science communication from within the field.
Apply by Feb. 4, 2026
santafe.edu/journalism-f...
Join the 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship at SFI, offering a space to study complexity alongside researchers and reflect on science communication from within the field.
Apply by Feb. 4, 2026
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There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five.
There are four lights.
This is not a post about Star Trek.
There are four lights.
This is not a post about Star Trek.
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five.
There are four lights.
This is not a post about Star Trek.
There are four lights.
This is not a post about Star Trek.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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Pastoral #Landscapes Brim with Patterns in Luminous #Paintings by David Brian Smith #art #wrekin
Link for more photos of his art and more info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/davi...
Link for more photos of his art and more info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/davi...
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Pastoral #Landscapes Brim with Patterns in Luminous #Paintings by David Brian Smith #art #wrekin
Link for more photos of his art and more info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/davi...
Link for more photos of his art and more info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/davi...
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According to various European myths, the wren is a fire bird. Its "fire" refers to its legendary role in bringing fire to earth, losing its tail feathers to the heat in the process, which explains its stubby appearance.
#MixedMedia52 #Birds. #Folklore #Watercolour
#MixedMedia52 #Birds. #Folklore #Watercolour
January 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
According to various European myths, the wren is a fire bird. Its "fire" refers to its legendary role in bringing fire to earth, losing its tail feathers to the heat in the process, which explains its stubby appearance.
#MixedMedia52 #Birds. #Folklore #Watercolour
#MixedMedia52 #Birds. #Folklore #Watercolour
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AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
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Everyone’s saying RIP MTV because they “won’t play music videos anymore.” But maybe hold them accountable for ushering in the reality TV era instead. That was the real death spiral. Culture has not been better for it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Everyone’s saying RIP MTV because they “won’t play music videos anymore.” But maybe hold them accountable for ushering in the reality TV era instead. That was the real death spiral. Culture has not been better for it.
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"All the wrongful-death lawsuits against OpenAI quote disturbing responses from ChatGPT that appear to show it validating a person’s desire to self-harm... "
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"All the wrongful-death lawsuits against OpenAI quote disturbing responses from ChatGPT that appear to show it validating a person’s desire to self-harm... "
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @nitasha.bsky.social
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Want to get into older movies? Tired of Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood? My Free Stuff Thread gathers links to film institutes and archives that put their silents online for free
Bringing my FREE STUFF thread over.
Lots of archives, national film institutes, nonprofits and others have made collections of silent films available for free, no signup needed.
I have the links
Lots of archives, national film institutes, nonprofits and others have made collections of silent films available for free, no signup needed.
I have the links
an animated image with the words did you say free stuff
ALT: an animated image with the words did you say free stuff
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Want to get into older movies? Tired of Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood? My Free Stuff Thread gathers links to film institutes and archives that put their silents online for free
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LET ME REPEAT
I have actual training and I wish I didn’t know some stuff
People with actual resources are looking at this
You can do ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW
I have actual training and I wish I didn’t know some stuff
People with actual resources are looking at this
You can do ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW
HEY SURVIVORS !!
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
LET ME REPEAT
I have actual training and I wish I didn’t know some stuff
People with actual resources are looking at this
You can do ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW
I have actual training and I wish I didn’t know some stuff
People with actual resources are looking at this
You can do ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW
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they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
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Sarah Cooper shares her take on Capitalism over the centuries.
Actually, it sounds like the history of Elon Musk's family, all the way up to the present. 🤑
Actually, it sounds like the history of Elon Musk's family, all the way up to the present. 🤑
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sarah Cooper shares her take on Capitalism over the centuries.
Actually, it sounds like the history of Elon Musk's family, all the way up to the present. 🤑
Actually, it sounds like the history of Elon Musk's family, all the way up to the present. 🤑
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welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
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Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
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Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Generative AI is also causing me more work as a college professor, in teaching, research, and admin work.
So far AI is causing me more work.
One of my main responsibilities is to use a database to find certain things. This database used to have humans look at the webpage of a thing and then write a description.
Bad AI descriptions have led to an increase in false positives I need to sift through.
One of my main responsibilities is to use a database to find certain things. This database used to have humans look at the webpage of a thing and then write a description.
Bad AI descriptions have led to an increase in false positives I need to sift through.
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Generative AI is also causing me more work as a college professor, in teaching, research, and admin work.
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Color me shocked.
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients' Race Data and Being Racist With It
A new study reveals an alarming bias present in four leading AI cancer screening tools, related to race, gender, and age.
futurism.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Color me shocked.