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not many people know this but "my goose is cooked" and "my goat is washed" are both ancient mesopotamian agricultural parables. each has had largely the same meaning since the cradle of civilization. pretty neat!
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
not many people know this but "my goose is cooked" and "my goat is washed" are both ancient mesopotamian agricultural parables. each has had largely the same meaning since the cradle of civilization. pretty neat!
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this technology that i cant even get my own employees to use without literally threatening them is definitely going to be profitable one day
June 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
this technology that i cant even get my own employees to use without literally threatening them is definitely going to be profitable one day
My dad developed an allergy in his 40s. Unsatisfied to just take the doctors’ word for it that he has a shellfish allergy, and armed with epi-pens, he experimented until he deduced that he’s allergic to crustaceans but not molluscs. Madlad.
June 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My dad developed an allergy in his 40s. Unsatisfied to just take the doctors’ word for it that he has a shellfish allergy, and armed with epi-pens, he experimented until he deduced that he’s allergic to crustaceans but not molluscs. Madlad.
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NEW: We investigated several stories of people who spiraled into severe, life-altering mental health crises after developing all-consuming obsessions with ChatGPT.
Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies.
futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...
Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies.
futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEW: We investigated several stories of people who spiraled into severe, life-altering mental health crises after developing all-consuming obsessions with ChatGPT.
Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies.
futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...
Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies.
futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...
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Using genAI to make pictures of trump in a nappy or whatever is still loser behaviour. You’re using the master’s tools!
June 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Using genAI to make pictures of trump in a nappy or whatever is still loser behaviour. You’re using the master’s tools!
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University is not a business, education is not a product.
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
University is not a business, education is not a product.
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the point is very important and it's always worth remembering that Jon Stone is among the realest out there
June 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
the point is very important and it's always worth remembering that Jon Stone is among the realest out there
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I’m desperate to know what will happen if I, at almost 9 months pregnant, am gazed upon.
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’m desperate to know what will happen if I, at almost 9 months pregnant, am gazed upon.
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Ready for a gaze from Braco?
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ready for a gaze from Braco?
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My cousin @pixelpoot.bsky.social sent this to me - which says a lot about both her & me.
"An almost 200-year-old condom has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
It features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"An almost 200-year-old condom has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
It features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
200-year-old condom displayed in Amsterdam museum
The sheath is part of an exhibition on 19th Century prostitution and sexuality.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My cousin @pixelpoot.bsky.social sent this to me - which says a lot about both her & me.
"An almost 200-year-old condom has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
It features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"An almost 200-year-old condom has just gone on display at an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
It features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Omg lolcry
apparently Musk was on loads of drugs when he gave that Nazi salute but, funny story, do you know who else was on lots of drugs when they were giving Nazi salutes
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Omg lolcry
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Amazing new discovery: Oldest full human fingerprint discovered. A Neanderthal is believed to have dipped a finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago. The rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Amazing new discovery: Oldest full human fingerprint discovered. A Neanderthal is believed to have dipped a finger in red pigment to paint a nose on a pebble around 43,000 years ago. The rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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My phone is on silent “do not disturb” between 8pm and 8am. I will not be picking up. Whatever happens in those hours is between you and Jesus.
May 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My phone is on silent “do not disturb” between 8pm and 8am. I will not be picking up. Whatever happens in those hours is between you and Jesus.
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And this is one of the underestimated effects of increasing AI use.
What ChatGPT spews out is mangled out of actual sources, but without any understanding or clarity.
At the same time, it stuffs access to that material because the servers are overburdened.
What ChatGPT spews out is mangled out of actual sources, but without any understanding or clarity.
At the same time, it stuffs access to that material because the servers are overburdened.
BHO is having intermittent downtime at the moment.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
We're being hammered by AI bots and scrapers, overloading our servers. Our server engineers will be back on the case after the long weekend.
Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is due to third-party bad actors.
May 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
And this is one of the underestimated effects of increasing AI use.
What ChatGPT spews out is mangled out of actual sources, but without any understanding or clarity.
At the same time, it stuffs access to that material because the servers are overburdened.
What ChatGPT spews out is mangled out of actual sources, but without any understanding or clarity.
At the same time, it stuffs access to that material because the servers are overburdened.
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“I agree with Nick.”
Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again?
Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.
Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again?
Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.
May 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“I agree with Nick.”
Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again?
Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.
Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again?
Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.
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Why Medieval Europeans Were Bad at Swimming www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medi... #swimming
Why Medieval Europeans Were Bad at Swimming - Medievalists.net
Medieval Europeans weren’t known for their swimming skills—and there’s a surprising amount of evidence to show just how bad they were at it. From river shoves to tactical advice from Christine de…
www.medievalists.net
May 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Why Medieval Europeans Were Bad at Swimming www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medi... #swimming
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A while ago, someone on here (I think @scottbot.bsky.social?) compared the way a lot of people treat GenAI now to the way people treated radium in the 1920s and 30s (ooh, let's put it in a health tonic! toothpaste! haemorrhoid cream!). I think about that a lot.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A while ago, someone on here (I think @scottbot.bsky.social?) compared the way a lot of people treat GenAI now to the way people treated radium in the 1920s and 30s (ooh, let's put it in a health tonic! toothpaste! haemorrhoid cream!). I think about that a lot.
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Early cat: ok guys check this out, I simply pretend to be its baby. *Makes a plaintive crying sound*
Early cat's friend: c'mon man this is humiliating, you don't have to- *Caveman obediently tosses a chunk of cooked meat over* holy shit I'll be damned
Early cat's friend: c'mon man this is humiliating, you don't have to- *Caveman obediently tosses a chunk of cooked meat over* holy shit I'll be damned
May 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Early cat: ok guys check this out, I simply pretend to be its baby. *Makes a plaintive crying sound*
Early cat's friend: c'mon man this is humiliating, you don't have to- *Caveman obediently tosses a chunk of cooked meat over* holy shit I'll be damned
Early cat's friend: c'mon man this is humiliating, you don't have to- *Caveman obediently tosses a chunk of cooked meat over* holy shit I'll be damned
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Growing up in 80s England, my parents listened to a BBC radio show called Your Hundred Best Tunes every Sunday. It was an easy-bits-of-classical-music show, and is indelibly associated for me with the special Sunday night dread you have when you’re 13 and you have Home Economics on Monday 🧵 1/6
May 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Growing up in 80s England, my parents listened to a BBC radio show called Your Hundred Best Tunes every Sunday. It was an easy-bits-of-classical-music show, and is indelibly associated for me with the special Sunday night dread you have when you’re 13 and you have Home Economics on Monday 🧵 1/6
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Pride month is coming up so just a reminder that cishets are not allowed in public during June.
May 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pride month is coming up so just a reminder that cishets are not allowed in public during June.
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This is disturbing… a single ChatGPT query uses 10x more energy than using a search engine. One 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.
yes, ChatGPT is in schools; there are K-12 school districts and DOEs entering into AI contracts, too. so rather than panicking over the death of academia as a foregone conclusion—particularly when LLMs are frequently wrong—why don't we talk about the climate costs of AI?
my latest @teenvogue.com
my latest @teenvogue.com
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is disturbing… a single ChatGPT query uses 10x more energy than using a search engine. One 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.
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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
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In the 90s, I genuinely thought the Internet would cure loneliness. But it turns out that for me anyway the Internet addresses loneliness the way alcohol addresses anxiety.
April 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the 90s, I genuinely thought the Internet would cure loneliness. But it turns out that for me anyway the Internet addresses loneliness the way alcohol addresses anxiety.
I really wish we could go back to when cigarettes were good for us. Sun beds too.
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I really wish we could go back to when cigarettes were good for us. Sun beds too.