J. R. Hustwit
@jrhustwit.bsky.social
College Dean and liberal arts bulldog at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC. Professor of philosophy and religion. Looking for the uncanny, kindness, and novelty.
“Thanks for all you do,” is the Amazon gift card of workplace praise.
May 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Thanks for all you do,” is the Amazon gift card of workplace praise.
Relocating a friend from the driveway (green rat snake aka black x yellow intergrade). #herpetology #sneks #snakes
May 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Relocating a friend from the driveway (green rat snake aka black x yellow intergrade). #herpetology #sneks #snakes
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May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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More of this please. Absolutely not OK to stay quiet and complacent at this point.
May 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
More of this please. Absolutely not OK to stay quiet and complacent at this point.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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😈 let tillis know outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/E...
Survey
outreach.senate.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
😈 let tillis know outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/E...
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We began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics."
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Abraham Lincoln's 1855 Letter to Joshua Speed
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics."
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
If trump defies SCOTUS, the checks & balances the founders created to keep the USA from becoming a dictatorship are gone. Congress MUST step up as the 3rd equal branch of the government & save democracy.
You can read this NYT article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
You can read this NYT article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won’t Return Wrongly Deported Man (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The Raleigh protest is slam packed! Every parking lot within a mile is full and the overflow crowds are pouring into the streets!!
#fiftyfiftyone #handsoff
#fiftyfiftyone #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thousands of North Carolina citizens are in Raleigh today telling the administration to keep their #handsoff our rights and freedoms.
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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This quote hit me pretty hard today:
“I’m so angry, I could burn the world”
“Unfortunately, someone else has burned it. We need to unburn it”
Witch King by @marthawells.com
“I’m so angry, I could burn the world”
“Unfortunately, someone else has burned it. We need to unburn it”
Witch King by @marthawells.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This quote hit me pretty hard today:
“I’m so angry, I could burn the world”
“Unfortunately, someone else has burned it. We need to unburn it”
Witch King by @marthawells.com
“I’m so angry, I could burn the world”
“Unfortunately, someone else has burned it. We need to unburn it”
Witch King by @marthawells.com
Tired of feeling helpless, so we made some signs, went to the #Fayetteville market house and let folks know we won’t go away. Thanks to @controlledburn.bsky.social for showing up.
February 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tired of feeling helpless, so we made some signs, went to the #Fayetteville market house and let folks know we won’t go away. Thanks to @controlledburn.bsky.social for showing up.
Probably the most hopeful commentary for the past two weeks
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
—Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Laureate
—Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Laureate
February 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Probably the most hopeful commentary for the past two weeks
So uh, this gyre. Sure is widening.
February 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So uh, this gyre. Sure is widening.
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Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
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Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hardly new info, but BSky should know:
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.
🧪🌏🚰
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It's been a week. The shock part is over; the awe part never happened. Time to be throwing sand into the fascist gears, y'all.
January 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's been a week. The shock part is over; the awe part never happened. Time to be throwing sand into the fascist gears, y'all.
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.