Laura
@lase.bsky.social
Science, cats, news, nonsense,food,cooking,gardening,Louisiana focused, trying my best to give myself grace
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More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
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Does Dolty Parton want one of my kidneys? I don’t even care if she needs it. She can just have it if she wants.
October 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Does Dolty Parton want one of my kidneys? I don’t even care if she needs it. She can just have it if she wants.
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Someday people will start noticing that the most eminent roboticist in the world has an uninterrupted multi-decade record of deep skepticism about almost all uses of robotics and “AI” that has been proven uniformly correct
‘Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money.’
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunch
Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a...
techcrunch.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Someday people will start noticing that the most eminent roboticist in the world has an uninterrupted multi-decade record of deep skepticism about almost all uses of robotics and “AI” that has been proven uniformly correct
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psst my fellow aging Xers
some catnip for you
some catnip for you
120minutes.org | The 120 Minutes Archive | 1986-87
Playlists and music videos from 1986-87 on MTV’s 120 Minutes at The 120 Minutes Archive, the independent, critically acclaimed, definitive library of music video nostalgia
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September 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
psst my fellow aging Xers
some catnip for you
some catnip for you
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There is not yet wide evidence that "gen AI" actually enhances researchers' and developers' results. Some of the most headline-grabbing work that claimed it does is now actively disavowed by the institution under which auspices it was done. That is a MASSIVE ding on the reliability of that research.
This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI
The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.
gizmodo.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There is not yet wide evidence that "gen AI" actually enhances researchers' and developers' results. Some of the most headline-grabbing work that claimed it does is now actively disavowed by the institution under which auspices it was done. That is a MASSIVE ding on the reliability of that research.
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We are going to be killed by the dumbest people.
(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources ..
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June 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We are going to be killed by the dumbest people.
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fuck me for believing all the bullshit about American exceptionalism I guess
I won’t stop believing tho
I still believe that this is a place for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free
I still believe in the better angels of our nature
I still believe in the freedom from fear
I won’t stop believing tho
I still believe that this is a place for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free
I still believe in the better angels of our nature
I still believe in the freedom from fear
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
fuck me for believing all the bullshit about American exceptionalism I guess
I won’t stop believing tho
I still believe that this is a place for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free
I still believe in the better angels of our nature
I still believe in the freedom from fear
I won’t stop believing tho
I still believe that this is a place for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free
I still believe in the better angels of our nature
I still believe in the freedom from fear
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
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Downloaded the Wikipedia app today bc of @hankgreen.bsky.social and @davidpierce.xyz
I haven’t had this much fun on my phone in a while
I haven’t had this much fun on my phone in a while
Lots of good stuff in the last Installer of 2024, including @hankgreen.bsky.social sharing his homescreen and his TRULY ALARMING number of unread text messages
A new and better way to control your smart home
In this week’s Installer: voice control, the fediverse, and AI phone hotlines.
www.theverge.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Downloaded the Wikipedia app today bc of @hankgreen.bsky.social and @davidpierce.xyz
I haven’t had this much fun on my phone in a while
I haven’t had this much fun on my phone in a while
Sitting in the dark, work clothes still on, being the human pet of little Sunny. She does not like to be touched; only she can initiate our closeness.
November 12, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Sitting in the dark, work clothes still on, being the human pet of little Sunny. She does not like to be touched; only she can initiate our closeness.
I deactivated my Twitter account today after years of being dependent on it for up to the moment news. It sadly stopped performing that function in a reliable and trustworthy way. No one has time for that now days. Here’s to BlueSky
October 21, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I deactivated my Twitter account today after years of being dependent on it for up to the moment news. It sadly stopped performing that function in a reliable and trustworthy way. No one has time for that now days. Here’s to BlueSky
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Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in 50 years - near ‘points of no return’
#livingplanetreport by WWF & ZSL
Story by @pgreenfielduk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#livingplanetreport by WWF & ZSL
Story by @pgreenfielduk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns
As average population falls reach 95% in some regions, experts call for urgent action but insist ‘nature can recover’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73% in 50 years - near ‘points of no return’
#livingplanetreport by WWF & ZSL
Story by @pgreenfielduk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#livingplanetreport by WWF & ZSL
Story by @pgreenfielduk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #267,264!
September 21, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #267,264!
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This shit is WILD. Turns out the phenomenon of "Blue Zones," where people have exceptionally long lifespans, are not real and it's just people committing pension fraud.
UCL demographer’s work debunking ‘Blue Zone’ regions of exceptional
A study by Dr Saul Justin Newman (Centre for Longitudinal Studies) has won the first-ever Ig Nobel award in Demography at this year’s 34th Ig Nobel Prizes. His work reveals fundamental flaws in the
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 19, 2024 at 11:16 PM
This shit is WILD. Turns out the phenomenon of "Blue Zones," where people have exceptionally long lifespans, are not real and it's just people committing pension fraud.
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good home, must be in want of a cat”
September 15, 2024 at 10:07 PM
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good home, must be in want of a cat”
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If Democrats embrace our future as the party of mifepristone, marijuana, and marriage equality, it will be both a 60% plus majority agenda and absolutely cause conservatives to set their hair on fire
president biden time to come out for legalized recreational marijuana my friend it is time
The Florida Supreme Court also APPROVES a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. This initiative, plus the abortion question, will appear on the ballot in November. Both need 60% approval to pass. supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/down...
April 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM
If Democrats embrace our future as the party of mifepristone, marijuana, and marriage equality, it will be both a 60% plus majority agenda and absolutely cause conservatives to set their hair on fire
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Amazon and Space X are fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional.
This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the agency that holds them accountable for union busting.
Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.
This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the agency that holds them accountable for union busting.
Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.
April 1, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Amazon and Space X are fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional.
This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the agency that holds them accountable for union busting.
Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.
This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the agency that holds them accountable for union busting.
Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.
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On the other end of the spectrum, working in restaurants is equally pro-immigration radicalizing, because you meet a lot of people who risked life and limb to get here "the wrong way" & realize over and over that they're better workers/citizens/people than you will ever be
Nothing has radicalized me on immigration more than graduate advising.
We are bringing many of the most brilliant people on the planet here, paying to train them as cutting edge scholars, and then making it pointlessly difficult for them to stay here and use those skills to benefit society.
We are bringing many of the most brilliant people on the planet here, paying to train them as cutting edge scholars, and then making it pointlessly difficult for them to stay here and use those skills to benefit society.
If the border were open, they would be coming legally.
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
Since it's not, here's what "coming legally" looks like.
www.cato.org/blog/why-leg...
January 27, 2024 at 4:55 AM
On the other end of the spectrum, working in restaurants is equally pro-immigration radicalizing, because you meet a lot of people who risked life and limb to get here "the wrong way" & realize over and over that they're better workers/citizens/people than you will ever be
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Pro tip for newskies: poke around in Settings for your thread and timeline preferences. You can adjust the way you see people replying to each other on your main timeline (or eliminate them entirely) and you can make your mentions easier to read. A bunch of different adjustable features in Settings.
October 19, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Pro tip for newskies: poke around in Settings for your thread and timeline preferences. You can adjust the way you see people replying to each other on your main timeline (or eliminate them entirely) and you can make your mentions easier to read. A bunch of different adjustable features in Settings.
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Look I know you have a lot on your plate right now and it’s stressing you out but I’m gonna need you to abandon it all to lie still and become unconscious for about eight hours and if you can’t relax enough to do that your brain will destroy itself and everything will be so much worse. Sweet dreams!
October 19, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Look I know you have a lot on your plate right now and it’s stressing you out but I’m gonna need you to abandon it all to lie still and become unconscious for about eight hours and if you can’t relax enough to do that your brain will destroy itself and everything will be so much worse. Sweet dreams!
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Wheat Field with a Lark, 1887 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14221
October 19, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Wheat Field with a Lark, 1887 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14221
Ok Bluesky Bookclub let’s do this. I have a bit left in my Cixin Liu series, then I’m jumping right in to Three Bags Full. Can’t wait to discuss
October 19, 2023 at 1:12 AM
Ok Bluesky Bookclub let’s do this. I have a bit left in my Cixin Liu series, then I’m jumping right in to Three Bags Full. Can’t wait to discuss