Nico
@nsdiaz.bsky.social
Film and literature enthusiast. Public servant
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Nico
@nsdiaz.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Nosferatu (2024) is the first film I've watched this year. Beautifully shot gothic Europe with an extra dosis of psycho-sexual desire and repression, signature of Robert Eggers. I will say I did not connect much with any of the characters (even brilliant performances all around)...
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
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emilythinksaloud
Emily Miller
"November 1, 2025 - my favorite time of year 💕 they won’t win."
Emily Miller
"November 1, 2025 - my favorite time of year 💕 they won’t win."
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
emilythinksaloud
Emily Miller
"November 1, 2025 - my favorite time of year 💕 they won’t win."
Emily Miller
"November 1, 2025 - my favorite time of year 💕 they won’t win."
I think I'm going to stop saying genAI and start calling them for what they are: summary chatbots that lie a lot
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think I'm going to stop saying genAI and start calling them for what they are: summary chatbots that lie a lot
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October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Patrick Stewart dancing and singing on the bridge of USS Enterprise-D. Originally filmed in 1991 as a birthday suprise for Gene Roddenberry, it wasn't meant for public viewing but a copy was made and later included as a DVD bonus.
#StarTrekDay #Funny #Television #StarTrek #TNG #90s #Scifi
#StarTrekDay #Funny #Television #StarTrek #TNG #90s #Scifi
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Patrick Stewart dancing and singing on the bridge of USS Enterprise-D. Originally filmed in 1991 as a birthday suprise for Gene Roddenberry, it wasn't meant for public viewing but a copy was made and later included as a DVD bonus.
#StarTrekDay #Funny #Television #StarTrek #TNG #90s #Scifi
#StarTrekDay #Funny #Television #StarTrek #TNG #90s #Scifi
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The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
September 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
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Kyiv.
I stood under these clouds earlier today
and thought
you need to see this.
I stood under these clouds earlier today
and thought
you need to see this.
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Kyiv.
I stood under these clouds earlier today
and thought
you need to see this.
I stood under these clouds earlier today
and thought
you need to see this.
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A beautiful stormbeach Goniatite fossil, polished by Atlantic waves.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
August 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A beautiful stormbeach Goniatite fossil, polished by Atlantic waves.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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have a seat in the coat chair. i'll get us a snack from my outfit cabinet
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
have a seat in the coat chair. i'll get us a snack from my outfit cabinet
A concert series in Skaneateles inviting Esperanza Spalding drawed us there, which made me dig deeper into her music, which led me to this album with Milton Nascimento. Wow! What a gift
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19...
Cais
YouTube video by Milton Nascimento - Topic
music.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A concert series in Skaneateles inviting Esperanza Spalding drawed us there, which made me dig deeper into her music, which led me to this album with Milton Nascimento. Wow! What a gift
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19...
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Lake Tahoe in October. No editing done. Exactly how it looks.
August 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lake Tahoe in October. No editing done. Exactly how it looks.
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Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.
Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
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Okay, so, as someone with actual cancer who is actually dying, let me ask some of the "SCIENTIST-APPROVED STUFF ONLY!!!" people to pump the brakes a little until they are in my situation.
First of all: not every "unscientific" health practice is harmful.
First of all: not every "unscientific" health practice is harmful.
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Okay, so, as someone with actual cancer who is actually dying, let me ask some of the "SCIENTIST-APPROVED STUFF ONLY!!!" people to pump the brakes a little until they are in my situation.
First of all: not every "unscientific" health practice is harmful.
First of all: not every "unscientific" health practice is harmful.
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I’m in a fight with someone on Reddit and never felt more alive
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m in a fight with someone on Reddit and never felt more alive
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"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
July 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
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I finished my next Ursula K. Le Guin book! [Small review below]
I absolutely adored this book. The concept of a medieval-esque modernized civilization (+ a collectivist one alongside it too, on another continent) was so interesting. And ultimately, the book all came down to self-interest and honor.
I absolutely adored this book. The concept of a medieval-esque modernized civilization (+ a collectivist one alongside it too, on another continent) was so interesting. And ultimately, the book all came down to self-interest and honor.
July 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I finished my next Ursula K. Le Guin book! [Small review below]
I absolutely adored this book. The concept of a medieval-esque modernized civilization (+ a collectivist one alongside it too, on another continent) was so interesting. And ultimately, the book all came down to self-interest and honor.
I absolutely adored this book. The concept of a medieval-esque modernized civilization (+ a collectivist one alongside it too, on another continent) was so interesting. And ultimately, the book all came down to self-interest and honor.
Studying history during more "normal" times seemed like a pursuit of individual self-cultivation, a way to satisfy our innate curiosity. During these times it feels more like a moral imperative
July 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Studying history during more "normal" times seemed like a pursuit of individual self-cultivation, a way to satisfy our innate curiosity. During these times it feels more like a moral imperative
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Oh Did You Find A Chart What Did The Chart Say Oh Did You Point At The Chart Did The Chart Tell You Something. I love posting here and get lots of traffic and my friends are here and we all have a good time. Line Go Up or Line Go Down this has not changed
July 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Oh Did You Find A Chart What Did The Chart Say Oh Did You Point At The Chart Did The Chart Tell You Something. I love posting here and get lots of traffic and my friends are here and we all have a good time. Line Go Up or Line Go Down this has not changed
babe wake up liberation day 2.0 just dropped
July 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
babe wake up liberation day 2.0 just dropped
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youtube commentary on AI is blowing up and that rules i love it lots of thoughtful discourse, but it frustrates me how much my primary problem with AI companies is never addressed? These are tech companies that would NOT EXIST without metric tonnes of uncompensated labor used without consent.
July 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
youtube commentary on AI is blowing up and that rules i love it lots of thoughtful discourse, but it frustrates me how much my primary problem with AI companies is never addressed? These are tech companies that would NOT EXIST without metric tonnes of uncompensated labor used without consent.
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Welsh artist Gwen John was born today (22 June) in 1876 in Haverfordwest.
She liked painting women & cats—sometimes both together.
This is "Young Woman Holding a Black Cat" (c.1918–22, Tate), one of several versions featuring the same unnamed model.
The cat is also unnamed.
#art #wales
She liked painting women & cats—sometimes both together.
This is "Young Woman Holding a Black Cat" (c.1918–22, Tate), one of several versions featuring the same unnamed model.
The cat is also unnamed.
#art #wales
June 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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John Wetton (born today in 1949) became familiar to the world as bassist & vocalist in Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, & U.K. Later, Wetton became a central part of the supergroup Asia in the early 1980s. With Wetton singing lead, Asia’s “Heat of the Moment” reached #4 in the U.S. He died in 2017.
June 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
John Wetton (born today in 1949) became familiar to the world as bassist & vocalist in Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, & U.K. Later, Wetton became a central part of the supergroup Asia in the early 1980s. With Wetton singing lead, Asia’s “Heat of the Moment” reached #4 in the U.S. He died in 2017.
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(subterranean government bunker)
Big Balls: They’re revoking my top secret clearance. This is probably the last time I can visit you
Sasquatch: *sad growl*
Big Balls: They’re revoking my top secret clearance. This is probably the last time I can visit you
Sasquatch: *sad growl*
June 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
(subterranean government bunker)
Big Balls: They’re revoking my top secret clearance. This is probably the last time I can visit you
Sasquatch: *sad growl*
Big Balls: They’re revoking my top secret clearance. This is probably the last time I can visit you
Sasquatch: *sad growl*
Personal data protections in the US are already ridiculously weak. This news will not get a lot of coverage but this is dire for citizen digital rights. This is not a hypothetical bad future either: companies are abusing people's data today.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Personal data protections in the US are already ridiculously weak. This news will not get a lot of coverage but this is dire for citizen digital rights. This is not a hypothetical bad future either: companies are abusing people's data today.
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This is Jess. She is very suspicious of you. Has been within six inches of you all week, but still thinks you're up to something. 13/10
May 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is Jess. She is very suspicious of you. Has been within six inches of you all week, but still thinks you're up to something. 13/10