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paradisiaca.bsky.social
a hag for all seasons
@paradisiaca.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights are human rights
ai winter can't come soon enough
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paradisiaca.bsky.social
Early! To The Work Christmas Party
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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actioncookbook.com
ME: [seven days into the Twelve Days of Christmas, showing up at the bird store again] hello, I would--
BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
paradisiaca.bsky.social
(looking at my list of courses left for my degree like if I stare long enough the list will get shorter)
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
paradisiaca.bsky.social
my bedtime routine:

-pee
-lie down in bed and doomscroll
-decide I'm going to sleep
-pee
-doomscroll
-repeat ad nauseum
-pee one last time (max one drop possible)
-sleep
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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ali-alkhatib.com
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social

holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
What happens when ChatGPT cites to a real case but misstates what the case stands for? That doesn't fly for Judge Behm in Michigan. The court says that while a litigant could make the same error based on faulty reasoning, LLMs can't, because they can't reason. And while a litigant might get away with similar overstatements because they could, perhaps, reason their way to showing how a case's stated holding might extend to novel situations, an LLM does not reason in the way a litigant must. To put it in a slightly different way, LLMs do not perform the metacognitive processes that are necessary to comply with Rule 11. When an LLM overstates a holding of a case, it is just piecing together a plausible-looking sentence
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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xriskology.bsky.social
New article inspired by the recent hoopla surrounding Karen Hao's book (re: water use). I argue that "no one should look to the EA community as exemplifying good habits of epistemic and moral conduct." Here's why: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/how-effect...
How Effective Altruists Use Threats and Harassment to Silence Their Critics
How does the Effective Altruist community respond to critics? With threats and harassment. Even people who still call themselves "Effective Altruists" are afraid to openly criticize the community.
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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lindacdolan.bsky.social
I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
A piece of embroidery in a round frame. Using greys, creams and greens I have used various stitches with the addition of beads to represent moss, lichen and fungi.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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404media.co
“Elon’s blowjob prowess edges out Trump’s—his precision engineering delivers unmatched finesse."
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
AI bot recorded doctors' meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @hannay.bsky.social

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
The hospital notified the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario of the breach on Dec. 17, 2024, and also notified affected patients that their medical information had been compromised.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
The myth of consensual internet. Browser: I consent! Host: I consent! Cloudflare: I don't! Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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stairwaytokevin.bsky.social
I talked a bit with Jason about Grokipedia and it is, without exaggeration, like if you trained an LLM solely on white supremacist blogs and had it try to write Wikipedia entries. Some of the most insane stuff I’ve seen on the internet
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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olivia.science
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
As one Massachusetts school administrator recently said; this moment with AI is remarkably like the moment when we were introduced to asbestos. Yes, it had some remarkably promising characteristics – fireproofing! – and had some real utility in science, research, and industrial applications. But a profit-driven industry bullied us into inserting it everywhere; into our homes and schools and public spaces, before we really understood the risks. This resulted in decades, if not centuries, of illness, injuries, deaths, and the astronomical financial burden of trying to remove the stuff. As you, the leaders and policymakers in our schools, craft an AI policy for our district, we the undersigned call on you to: 1. Ban AI tools into the classroom, protect our students and teachers from de-skilling and allow them the space and time to engage in assignments themselves. 2. Resist any direct financial relationship or contracts with AI providers, as well as the “training” they might offer. 3. Provide a digital literacy curriculum to help students navigate the current digital landscape, and promote critical engagement with technology. 4. Guarantee that anywhere generative AI has already entered our classrooms or curriculum, an opt-out will allow students and teachers to refuse the use of these products at no risk to their grades, progress or employment.
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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cmonmaque.bsky.social
John Fetterman looks like something the Flintstones would use to cut grass.
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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lukesteuber.com
Can't tell if Cuomo is voting or eating from his grain bag
Cuomo leaning over into a very strange ballot box
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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asherwolf.bsky.social
“Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it”
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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olivia.science
Women invented science fiction — at least twice:

Mary Shelley in 1818

Margaret Cavendish in 1666

publicdomainreview.org/essay/mistre...
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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flow.blacksky.app
Fascists divide and conquer. If you try to throw "The Groups" under the bus, you will always be next.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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matthiasellis.bsky.social
this is a really good article
olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Oct 15
"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed."

Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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baybayfriend.bsky.social
The three types of Nextdoor post are

anyone recognize person ? why a hat in this weather ?

do NOT open communiqués from Yahoo it’s called FISHING

pile of dirt across the street preparing for what? building mcdonalds from the dirt? i will leave
January 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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ceej.online
caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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tammi.bsky.social
I found a 19th century Cat Villain!
A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social
sherman, for the love of god!
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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niedermeyer.online
irresistible new elder millennial bait just dropped
atim.app ATIM Instant Messenger @atim.app · Oct 10
Sneak peek at a new client for Bluesky that is nearly ready for a beta release. atim.app
A classic 90s-style chat window between two users, Peggy and Joan, discussing getting a drink after work. A classic 90s-style instant messenger friends window showing users, chats, and timelines. A snapshot of a user's timeline feed in a 90s style window.
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM