Lady Jek
@ladyjek.bsky.social
cats, travels, a smattering of politics - ok, turns out it's quite a bit of politics..
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People in developed economies hugely underestimate young, highly online, highly globalised, but also economically precarious people in developing economies. And that’s my main thought on the X locations thing but also on many other services exports to come from EMs in the years ahead.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People in developed economies hugely underestimate young, highly online, highly globalised, but also economically precarious people in developing economies. And that’s my main thought on the X locations thing but also on many other services exports to come from EMs in the years ahead.
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Every year about this time, Leonard and Estelle went to go stay with her sister Carol in Toronto until the heat died down.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Every year about this time, Leonard and Estelle went to go stay with her sister Carol in Toronto until the heat died down.
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My body is acting a little ungrateful given all the treats I’ve been feeding it
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My body is acting a little ungrateful given all the treats I’ve been feeding it
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
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We camped out for like 15 minutes on their line and not a point to show for it 😖
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We camped out for like 15 minutes on their line and not a point to show for it 😖
Astonishingly good defence!!
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Astonishingly good defence!!
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Son: Dad, what's The Matrix?
Me: No one can be told...
Partner: Tade.
Me: It's film about how the Chosen One had to defeat an imposter to save the world.
Son: You mean Neo?
Me: No, no, no. Neo got distracted by the power of love. I mean Agent Smith.
Partner: Tade!
Me: Fine! No one can be told...
Me: No one can be told...
Partner: Tade.
Me: It's film about how the Chosen One had to defeat an imposter to save the world.
Son: You mean Neo?
Me: No, no, no. Neo got distracted by the power of love. I mean Agent Smith.
Partner: Tade!
Me: Fine! No one can be told...
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Son: Dad, what's The Matrix?
Me: No one can be told...
Partner: Tade.
Me: It's film about how the Chosen One had to defeat an imposter to save the world.
Son: You mean Neo?
Me: No, no, no. Neo got distracted by the power of love. I mean Agent Smith.
Partner: Tade!
Me: Fine! No one can be told...
Me: No one can be told...
Partner: Tade.
Me: It's film about how the Chosen One had to defeat an imposter to save the world.
Son: You mean Neo?
Me: No, no, no. Neo got distracted by the power of love. I mean Agent Smith.
Partner: Tade!
Me: Fine! No one can be told...
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if you tell your parents that you don’t want to have kids and they look offended, it’s because they’re thinking “damn, why didn’t I think of that“
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
if you tell your parents that you don’t want to have kids and they look offended, it’s because they’re thinking “damn, why didn’t I think of that“
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
This is.. genuinely funny.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is.. genuinely funny.
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once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
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if you could keep Mamdani around the White House to talk to him all day you could probably get him to do a bunch of good shit, the problem is that after this meeting the next guy in the room is Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if you could keep Mamdani around the White House to talk to him all day you could probably get him to do a bunch of good shit, the problem is that after this meeting the next guy in the room is Stephen Miller
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Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
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Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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fox news two hours ago: THIS IS GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
fox news two hours ago: THIS IS GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
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Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I need the biggest climate emergency metaphor you have
*the COP climate conference goes on literal fire*
No that’s too big
*the COP climate conference goes on literal fire*
No that’s too big
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I need the biggest climate emergency metaphor you have
*the COP climate conference goes on literal fire*
No that’s too big
*the COP climate conference goes on literal fire*
No that’s too big
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Now this is why we need science! (No seriously 😏)
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Now this is why we need science! (No seriously 😏)
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You may not know this, but Zebra aren't just stripey horses. They're quadrupedal satans in dazzle camouflage.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
a zebra and a cheetah are running in a field with the words headlikeanorange on the bottom
Alt: A zebra running after a cheetah to trample it to death.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You may not know this, but Zebra aren't just stripey horses. They're quadrupedal satans in dazzle camouflage.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.
Six thousand years of agriculture hasn't been able to make a dent in their *notoriously murderous* attitudes. They chase and kill their own predators.