Kenneth Sutton
@otenth.bsky.social
Provincetown. Editor. Church employee. Radio DJ. Reader. Knitter. Tarot reader. Gay as duck.
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Color of the year for 2026 is the sky in New England on that awful day in early March when tree branches are dark and barren, the ground is covered with dirty, half frozen dregs of snowstorms past, and you are exhausted and jealous of everyone who fled to Florida
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Color of the year for 2026 is the sky in New England on that awful day in early March when tree branches are dark and barren, the ground is covered with dirty, half frozen dregs of snowstorms past, and you are exhausted and jealous of everyone who fled to Florida
As though we needed more evidence that our prison industry is terrible. To be clear, I mean it’s terrible that prison guards are the kind of people who want to work for ICE
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
As though we needed more evidence that our prison industry is terrible. To be clear, I mean it’s terrible that prison guards are the kind of people who want to work for ICE
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Horned toad
Magpie
Elk
Humpback whale
Black bear
Horned toad
Magpie
Elk
Humpback whale
Black bear
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Atlantic puffin
Appalachian cottontail
Great blue heron
Northern flying squirrel, if attics count as "in the wild"
Moose disguised as an elk (yes it was, @wlindley.bsky.social )
Atlantic puffin
Appalachian cottontail
Great blue heron
Northern flying squirrel, if attics count as "in the wild"
Moose disguised as an elk (yes it was, @wlindley.bsky.social )
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Coyote
Bald Eagle
Bison
Parrot
Humpback whale
Coyote
Bald Eagle
Bison
Parrot
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Horned toad
Magpie
Elk
Humpback whale
Black bear
Horned toad
Magpie
Elk
Humpback whale
Black bear
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REPIGGYCAN???
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
REPIGGYCAN???
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Gay superpowers restored
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Gay superpowers restored
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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I wish we lived in a land where if journalists heard the president call one of their colleges "piggy" or suggest another of their colleagues, who was butchered for what he wrote, in some way had it coming, they would close their laptops, leave as soon as possible, and ask to be reassigned.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I wish we lived in a land where if journalists heard the president call one of their colleges "piggy" or suggest another of their colleagues, who was butchered for what he wrote, in some way had it coming, they would close their laptops, leave as soon as possible, and ask to be reassigned.
Lack of nuance compounds the problem. “Generative” AI or “LLMs built on stolen data” help, as does separating out ecological concerns. I mean, I *do* want Siri to understand me when I ask it to set a timer, and predictive text can be a real time-saver. But writing a first draft? No way.
One of the things most quietly grieved amongst practitioners is the half-century of history and work in learning systems and technologies which have historically been categorized as “AI”, and they’ve all been run over by LLMs, and by the hype cycles the industry has *built* around LLMs. A huge loss.
There are quite a few ethical and justice oriented AI people who talk about having lifelong love for a vision of AI that is being trashed by the current thing, and I wonder if any of those positive visions have been articulated somewhere? What is it ppl think AI is supposed to be instead of this?
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Lack of nuance compounds the problem. “Generative” AI or “LLMs built on stolen data” help, as does separating out ecological concerns. I mean, I *do* want Siri to understand me when I ask it to set a timer, and predictive text can be a real time-saver. But writing a first draft? No way.
Some good news for your Monday morning.
US supreme court rejects call to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage
Justices turn away appeal from former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some good news for your Monday morning.
Not a compromise bill. A capitulation. A betrayal of the long-term wellbeing of their constituents. A moral and tactical failure. We can be glad several of them are on their way out and we don't even have to bother to primary them.
The Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some employees.
Senate advances funding bill to end longest US government shutdown in history
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Not a compromise bill. A capitulation. A betrayal of the long-term wellbeing of their constituents. A moral and tactical failure. We can be glad several of them are on their way out and we don't even have to bother to primary them.
It is difficult being the person conveying news of a sudden, unexpected death to a wide set of interlocking communities who knew the deceased in a variety of roles and under various names.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It is difficult being the person conveying news of a sudden, unexpected death to a wide set of interlocking communities who knew the deceased in a variety of roles and under various names.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
I’m grateful for Nancy Pelosi’s years of service and her extraordinary tactical leadership. I’m also grateful that she is stepping aside at a time when I think new blood is especially called for.
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m grateful for Nancy Pelosi’s years of service and her extraordinary tactical leadership. I’m also grateful that she is stepping aside at a time when I think new blood is especially called for.
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1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
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What are walnuts but bitter and disappointing pecans
Yeah, ick. Walnuts.
October 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What are walnuts but bitter and disappointing pecans
Giant crowd here in Provincetown has closed off Bradford Street
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Giant crowd here in Provincetown has closed off Bradford Street
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There is power in disdain
November 24, 2024 at 12:29 AM
There is power in disdain
Worth your time. Don't believe the hype.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Worth your time. Don't believe the hype.
Always. Best lesson ever from Bluesky
Remember our mantra:
Don't Engage, Just Block.
Don't Engage, Just Block.
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Always. Best lesson ever from Bluesky
Well duh. They want on the federal teat like the rest of “red” America. The rest of California (including red agricultural areas) is currently carrying them.
In California’s conservative far north, yards are dotted with both “No on 50” and “State of Jefferson” signs.
Some residents hope the Proposition 50 redistricting fight could be the catalyst for the long-held dream of a breakaway State of Jefferson.
californiasun.co/newsletter/l...
Some residents hope the Proposition 50 redistricting fight could be the catalyst for the long-held dream of a breakaway State of Jefferson.
californiasun.co/newsletter/l...
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well duh. They want on the federal teat like the rest of “red” America. The rest of California (including red agricultural areas) is currently carrying them.
Oh, sad news. But we’ll always have her cranberry recipe!
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Oh, sad news. But we’ll always have her cranberry recipe!
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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That’s because Putin already has assets in the White House and Congress.
Bessent on why US troops won't get involved in defending Europe: "As I told my European counterparts about two weeks ago, 'All I hear from you is that Putin wants to march into Warsaw. The one thing I'm sure of is that Putin isn't marching into Boston.'"
September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
That’s because Putin already has assets in the White House and Congress.