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leafywind.bsky.social
@leafywind.bsky.social
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Just a consumer of entertaining and/or thought provoking things appreciating creators everywhere.
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thevowel.bsky.social
We have some good neighbors.
A wooden frame labeled “DOG STICK LIBRARY” with three racks of sticks and a bucket of yellow tennis balls
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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freddy.volksverpetzer.de
Die vielleicht unterschwelligste Version von "Beliebtheit von Kanzler Merz ist im Tiefflug"
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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taz.de
Guten Morgen!
Die Karikatur zeigt eine Person, die auf dem Sofa sitzt und in ihr Handy spricht: „ChatGPT stimmt es, dass es auf der Welt Menschen gibt, die oft keinen Strom oder Wasser haben, nur damit ich dich jeden Quatsch fragen kann?“
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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trungles.com
My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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malaiseforever.bsky.social
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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socialmedialab.ca
"German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds.
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
leafywind.bsky.social
Bald könnten ALLE Chat-Nachrichten von den Behörden durchsucht werden – selbst ohne Verdacht! Das entscheiden *heute* die Minister*innen. Sag Nein zur Chatkontrolle! Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
Chatkontrolle stoppen!
Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...
weact.campact.de
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
adrianandshane.bsky.social Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · Sep 10
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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emily.space
I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪

The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.

That is *pure fantasy*.

Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
Article on BBC news. Title: AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs Description: Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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katjadiehl.bsky.social
Ich bin wütend.
"Mit der Eröffnung A 100 kommt der Verkehr in den angrenzenden Bezirken zum Erliegen. So muss der Busverkehr stark eingeschränkt werden. Die Linien M43 und 194 fahren mit großen Verspätungen oder zum Teil gar nicht. Die Linie 194 wurde im gesamten Abschnitt eingestellt."
September 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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bostonaruban.bsky.social
Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.
September 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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donnahogan.com
The summer peak is happening a bit later this year, but across the US, wastewater data shows a high level of SARS-CoV-2. For now, Pfizer is still running their Paxcess program, so if you get COVID and need Paxlovid but it's too expensive, check it out and take care: www.paxlovid.com/paxcess
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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gaspingenemyofgod.bsky.social
🐶❤️🐶 Border Collie meets Aussie on the trail… play bows, tail wags & pure doggy diplomacy. Friendship sealed in seconds. 🌲✨ #DogsofBluesky #CanineCompanions #Wholesome #WoofGang
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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uedio.bsky.social
Die SZ berichtet heute über einen klimapolitischen Wahnsinnsmove der Bundesregierung.
Sie will möglich machen, europäische Strafzahlungen wegen zu wenig Klimaschutz aus dem Topf zu bezahlen, der Klimaschutz finanzieren soll.

Wodurch weniger Geld für Klimaschutz da wäre.
Klimaschutz: Wie die Regierung den KTF zweckentfremdet
Deutschland droht die Klimaziele zu verfehlen. Doch statt mehr Klimaschutz zu machen, will sie aus dem gleichen Topf CO₂-Zertifikate kaufen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
August 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
Remember when BARBIE came out and there were months of online discourse about it and then you went and saw BARBIE and it was an excellent, funny, well-made film?

SUPERMAN is an excellent, funny, well-made film.
July 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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campfireharve.st
I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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jonathanmaberry.bsky.social
I agree with both of these ideas....
#booksbooksbooks #bookaholic #library #librarians
July 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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katjadiehl.bsky.social
German politicians are just so carwashed.

The Germany ticket is losing a million users after a price increase from 49 to 58 euros.

Among young people between the ages of 14 and 29, the numbers have plummeted – by more than 36 percent.
The price increase is pushing them back into their cars.
a brown and white dog is sitting in a car seat with its eyes closed
ALT: a brown and white dog is sitting in a car seat with its eyes closed
media.tenor.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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gregandree71.bsky.social
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.

Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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catsuka.bsky.social
Teaser for Ghost In The Shell "Innocence" 20th anniversary cinema re-release (February 28 / 4K / Japan).
20th-innocence-ghost-in-the-shell.jp
February 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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eko.org
Elon Musk is orchestrating a coup of the US government.

In the past 48 hours he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.

This is as serious as it gets, and it puts the entire world in danger.

FireElon.org
US Congress: Fire Elon Musk
Elon Musk is orchestrating a coup of the US government. In the past 48 hours he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development pr
FireElon.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
leafywind.bsky.social
„Your rebellion will only lead to punitive spiritualism.“ Lower Decks S2E9. Gosh I’ll miss that show.
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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donnahogan.com
I don't think it's going to be rescheduled any time soon.

Researchers and people with disabilities and chronic conditions are all enemies of this administration.
Of course our collaboration is banned.
Email screenshot that reads: "The host has sent you a message: Dear Webinar Guests, Unfortunately we have to cancel this evening's webinar on CURE ID due to the federal freeze on meeting participation recently placed on NIH and FDA staff, who are integral to this webinar. We hope to be able to reschedule the webinar once the freeze is lifted. We will email you when the webinar is rescheduled to invite you to attend, and will record the webinar for anyone who can't attend the live broadcast. If you would like to learn more about the federal freeze on health agencies, this article from Science provides further information: https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring Sincerely, The Dysautonomia International team"
January 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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donnahogan.com
Support farm workers and help them get N95s masks!
ufw.bsky.social United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jan 24
We are in scary times with immigration sweeps, executive orders & farmworkers laboring in thick wildfire smoke. We're scrambling to do everything at once & our resources are stretched thin. Be there for farmworkers. Make a donation today ufw.org/scarytimes or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Photo of workers harvesting strawberries amid eerie orange glow from wildfire smoke with the text overlay "Scary Times: Farm workers need your help!"
January 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
leafywind.bsky.social
Reposting with alt text (also so I can read it; gosh I need glasses…)
Screenshot of famous thread by @iamragesparkle I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out." And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them." And i was like, ohok and he continues. "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down. And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments becauca their end goal is to be terrible, awful people." And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM