melancholyfleur
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"Kindness and compassion, coupled with the willingness to not know, is where we need to be."
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There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
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Engineering can be so much better than this and more than this. It's absurd how much we're resigned to this entire area of human work being held hostage by this kind of culture.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Engineering can be so much better than this and more than this. It's absurd how much we're resigned to this entire area of human work being held hostage by this kind of culture.
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
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John Fetterman’s memoir is as low-effort as his Senate tenure: defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he…
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
John Fetterman’s memoir is as low-effort as his Senate tenure: defector.com/john-fetterm...
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Last night I gave a talk to a local AI group about how AI is ruining knitting, the thesis of which was "I want my creative endeavors to have soul in them."
One of the follow up questions was, "if AI didn't suck at generating patterns, would there be an appetite for them?"
My face:
One of the follow up questions was, "if AI didn't suck at generating patterns, would there be an appetite for them?"
My face:
a woman in a pink dress is crying while sitting in a crowd of people at a awards ceremony .
Alt: Chrissy Teigen in a pink dress is crying while sitting in a crowd of people at a awards ceremony .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Last night I gave a talk to a local AI group about how AI is ruining knitting, the thesis of which was "I want my creative endeavors to have soul in them."
One of the follow up questions was, "if AI didn't suck at generating patterns, would there be an appetite for them?"
My face:
One of the follow up questions was, "if AI didn't suck at generating patterns, would there be an appetite for them?"
My face:
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For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
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We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."
I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵
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When it comes to homeownership, “30 is what 24 or 25 used to be.” Here’s how homeownership became a fading dream, and what it means for young Pittsburgh.
'A really steep lift': Pittsburghers in their 20s and 30s find homeownership less and less attainable
Student debt, rising costs, aging homes and corporate buyers are making it harder for young adults to buy a home in Pittsburgh.
buff.ly
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
When it comes to homeownership, “30 is what 24 or 25 used to be.” Here’s how homeownership became a fading dream, and what it means for young Pittsburgh.
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for those of you who are serious about understanding the eugenic lineage of the whole AGI movement, on the other hand, you can peruse some of the resources at www.dair-institute.org/projects/tes...
The TESCREAL Bundle
The array of utopian ideologies that power Silicon Valley's elite is ultimately bleakly eugenicist.
www.dair-institute.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
for those of you who are serious about understanding the eugenic lineage of the whole AGI movement, on the other hand, you can peruse some of the resources at www.dair-institute.org/projects/tes...
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Awareness is not absolution.
Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.
#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton
Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.
#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Awareness is not absolution.
Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.
#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton
Action, consistent, accountable, antiracist action, is the only path to integrity.
#Mediocre #FacilitatedConversations #Antiracism #Whiteness #MythOfWhiteSupremacy #ProfitWithoutOppression #Accountability #GoodWhitePeople #KimCrayton
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So when I ask, how do you feel knowing that whiteness requires your complicity, I’m really asking…what are you willing to do now that you know?
Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.
Discomfort is not harm.
Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.
Discomfort is not harm.
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So when I ask, how do you feel knowing that whiteness requires your complicity, I’m really asking…what are you willing to do now that you know?
Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.
Discomfort is not harm.
Because you can’t opt out of the system, but you can refuse to perform your role in maintaining it.
Discomfort is not harm.
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If you’re white, this question might sting: How do you feel knowing that whiteness requires you to be complicit in its harm without your consent?
That’s the part many of you avoid sitting with because you’ve been taught to believe that harm is only real when it’s intentional.
That’s the part many of you avoid sitting with because you’ve been taught to believe that harm is only real when it’s intentional.
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you’re white, this question might sting: How do you feel knowing that whiteness requires you to be complicit in its harm without your consent?
That’s the part many of you avoid sitting with because you’ve been taught to believe that harm is only real when it’s intentional.
That’s the part many of you avoid sitting with because you’ve been taught to believe that harm is only real when it’s intentional.
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Call your representatives and demand to know where TF the Covid vaccines are for kids 5 and under. We're supposed to have access to them but no one has them in stock.
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Call your representatives and demand to know where TF the Covid vaccines are for kids 5 and under. We're supposed to have access to them but no one has them in stock.
Call your representatives and demand to know where TF the Covid vaccines are for kids 5 and under. We're supposed to have access to them but no one has them in stock.
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Call your representatives and demand to know where TF the Covid vaccines are for kids 5 and under. We're supposed to have access to them but no one has them in stock.
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The world has lost an extraordinary scientist, advocate, and teacher. But her legacy lives on in every person she inspired to care about our planet and its inhabitants.
Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.
Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.
October 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The world has lost an extraordinary scientist, advocate, and teacher. But her legacy lives on in every person she inspired to care about our planet and its inhabitants.
Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.
Rest in peace, Dr. Goodall. And thank you.
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now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"
October 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"
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Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
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And what a year it's been!
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October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."
Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'
Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."
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October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."
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California is supposed to be an environmental leader, but new research shows that the state allows pregnant Latina women and their unborn children to be disproportionately exposed to brain-harming pesticides called organophosphates.
California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy - Inside Climate News
If you’re young, pregnant and Latina, chances are you live near agricultural fields sprayed with higher levels of brain-damaging organophosphate pesticides.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
California is supposed to be an environmental leader, but new research shows that the state allows pregnant Latina women and their unborn children to be disproportionately exposed to brain-harming pesticides called organophosphates.
@johnfetterman.com GOOD SIR SERIOUSLY. I CANNOT CALL YOU DURING BUSINESS HOURS. WHY WONT YOU LET ME LEAVE VOICEMAILS AFTER HOURS. TURN YOUR MACHINE BACK ON.
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
@johnfetterman.com GOOD SIR SERIOUSLY. I CANNOT CALL YOU DURING BUSINESS HOURS. WHY WONT YOU LET ME LEAVE VOICEMAILS AFTER HOURS. TURN YOUR MACHINE BACK ON.
Someday Xenomorph will be Crab
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Someday Xenomorph will be Crab
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad