scotoreth
@scotoreth.bsky.social
Multiculturalism is human biodiversity.
Pursuit of the nuclear family at a societal level destroys community.
PFP is a pepper shaker shoved into a wall painted deep blue
FOLLOWS =/= ENDORSEMENTS or agreement (using lots of labelers)
Pursuit of the nuclear family at a societal level destroys community.
PFP is a pepper shaker shoved into a wall painted deep blue
FOLLOWS =/= ENDORSEMENTS or agreement (using lots of labelers)
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scotoreth
@scotoreth.bsky.social
· Nov 26
In an effort to be less lurker more poster (maybe), a short comment on my PFP:
Why a pepper shaker? I dunno. I found it like that while renovating through deconstruction. One day I hope to be done deconstructing and move on to rebuilding (self and house).
Why a pepper shaker? I dunno. I found it like that while renovating through deconstruction. One day I hope to be done deconstructing and move on to rebuilding (self and house).
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Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.
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미국 헌법에는 의회가 전쟁을 선포하고 대통령이 최고사령관으로 전쟁을 지휘하도록 되어있다. 하지만 한국전쟁에 트루먼이 의회 동의 없이 파병한 이후로 미국 대통령들은 거의 비슷한 짓을 해왔다. War Power Act가 1973년에 제정되었지만 이 법이 이후의 미 대통령들을 실질적으로 제약하지 못했다.
트럼프 "내 트윗이 바로 통지..전쟁에 의회동의 필요없다" (2020년 기사)
v.daum.net/v/jjblbirQyk
현재 미국 민주당 유력 정치인인 AOC가 이란 폭격은 탄핵 사유라고 선언.
v.daum.net/v/jjblbirQyk
현재 미국 민주당 유력 정치인인 AOC가 이란 폭격은 탄핵 사유라고 선언.
트럼프 "내 트윗이 바로 통지..전쟁에 의회동의 필요없다"
(서울=뉴스1) 권영미 기자 = 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 트위터로 이란에 대해 신속·완전하고 불균형적 반격을 예고하면서 자신의 트윗들이 미 의회에 통지하는 역할을 한다고 밝혀 논란이 불거지고 있다. 전쟁에 의회 동의가 필요하지도 않으며, 통지조차도 자신의 트위터로 해도 된다는 주장이다. 트럼프 대통령은 5일(현지시간) "이 미디어 게시물들(자신의
v.daum.net
June 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
미국 헌법에는 의회가 전쟁을 선포하고 대통령이 최고사령관으로 전쟁을 지휘하도록 되어있다. 하지만 한국전쟁에 트루먼이 의회 동의 없이 파병한 이후로 미국 대통령들은 거의 비슷한 짓을 해왔다. War Power Act가 1973년에 제정되었지만 이 법이 이후의 미 대통령들을 실질적으로 제약하지 못했다.
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People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.
June 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.
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Ok here’s the real problem with AI
When you start parsing what work is unimportant enough for the AI to do and what only you can do, you are making the assumption that you know what parts are “important.” This is unknowable opportunity cost. What discoveries would you have made writing the outline?
When you start parsing what work is unimportant enough for the AI to do and what only you can do, you are making the assumption that you know what parts are “important.” This is unknowable opportunity cost. What discoveries would you have made writing the outline?
June 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ok here’s the real problem with AI
When you start parsing what work is unimportant enough for the AI to do and what only you can do, you are making the assumption that you know what parts are “important.” This is unknowable opportunity cost. What discoveries would you have made writing the outline?
When you start parsing what work is unimportant enough for the AI to do and what only you can do, you are making the assumption that you know what parts are “important.” This is unknowable opportunity cost. What discoveries would you have made writing the outline?
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This applies to all sports but - and I am not joking - it is absolutely something best understood by a baseball man.
June 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This applies to all sports but - and I am not joking - it is absolutely something best understood by a baseball man.
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Somehow, I wish the conversation would be reframed so anti-immigration people have to explain their core principles. Like: Why must immigration be limited in the first place? What, precisely, would be bad about letting, say, 30 million people from other places into the country? Make them explain.
February 5, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Somehow, I wish the conversation would be reframed so anti-immigration people have to explain their core principles. Like: Why must immigration be limited in the first place? What, precisely, would be bad about letting, say, 30 million people from other places into the country? Make them explain.
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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
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A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities.
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities.
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
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I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
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TIL: okay, I knew the Yellow River was not a good river for living next to, but I had no clue it moved such vast distances
I was envisioning like, a few miles here and there
I was envisioning like, a few miles here and there
May 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
TIL: okay, I knew the Yellow River was not a good river for living next to, but I had no clue it moved such vast distances
I was envisioning like, a few miles here and there
I was envisioning like, a few miles here and there
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BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
^
KEITH SONDERLING, Acting Director,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Case No. 25-1050 (RJL)
MEMORANDUM ORDER
May 1, 2025 [Dkt. #13]
This matter initially came before the Court on plaintiff American Library
Association's ("ALA") and plaintiff American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO's ("AFSCME") motion for a preliminary injunction ("PT"). See Pls.' PI Mot. [Dkt, #13]; Pls.' Mem. in Supp. of PI Mot. ("Pls.' PI Mem.") [Dkt. #13-11.
Plaintiffs sought a decision on the PI by May 4, 2025, as defendants intend to execute a
"mass termination of [Institute of Museum and Library Services] staff' on that day. Pls
PI Mot. at 1.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig5evcrfkwsw2usse2xvhf66zcug76ufhuzui3smou5ycmjh5hf4m@jpeg)
May 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
April 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.
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Since it is Saturday in the hemisphere, I’m reposting this
Our bookstore consists of just two people
We have hundreds of titles related to the arts, specializing in film, TV, music, and visual arts
We do not drop ship, everything is on hand and goes out quickly
We pack books like they matter
Our bookstore consists of just two people
We have hundreds of titles related to the arts, specializing in film, TV, music, and visual arts
We do not drop ship, everything is on hand and goes out quickly
We pack books like they matter
Saturday is a day to buy from independent bookstores! My dear Judith (mzspress.bsky.social) and I have an independent arts bookstore, MZS.press. All titles in stock ship promptly. No drop shipping! We pack books as if they matter, unlike rhymes-with-Damazon! Full inventory: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
April 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Since it is Saturday in the hemisphere, I’m reposting this
Our bookstore consists of just two people
We have hundreds of titles related to the arts, specializing in film, TV, music, and visual arts
We do not drop ship, everything is on hand and goes out quickly
We pack books like they matter
Our bookstore consists of just two people
We have hundreds of titles related to the arts, specializing in film, TV, music, and visual arts
We do not drop ship, everything is on hand and goes out quickly
We pack books like they matter
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Class consciousness, solidarity and mutual aid are a large part of the way we make it through the rising tide of fascism to do the work of reconstruction 2.0 and defending one another from the damage that is to come and already done.
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Class consciousness, solidarity and mutual aid are a large part of the way we make it through the rising tide of fascism to do the work of reconstruction 2.0 and defending one another from the damage that is to come and already done.
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
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Tips to stretch your food busget:
1)don't demonize and deport your entire migrant worker class.
2)provide a UBI sufficient for everyone to purchase food
3)subsidize crops that encourage fresh food and healthy eat8ng instead of only corn.
4)provide free lunches to kids through the public schools
1)don't demonize and deport your entire migrant worker class.
2)provide a UBI sufficient for everyone to purchase food
3)subsidize crops that encourage fresh food and healthy eat8ng instead of only corn.
4)provide free lunches to kids through the public schools
Food is expensive right now. These expert hacks can help you lower your grocery bill. nyti.ms/3YKjPzw
April 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tips to stretch your food busget:
1)don't demonize and deport your entire migrant worker class.
2)provide a UBI sufficient for everyone to purchase food
3)subsidize crops that encourage fresh food and healthy eat8ng instead of only corn.
4)provide free lunches to kids through the public schools
1)don't demonize and deport your entire migrant worker class.
2)provide a UBI sufficient for everyone to purchase food
3)subsidize crops that encourage fresh food and healthy eat8ng instead of only corn.
4)provide free lunches to kids through the public schools
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
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This is Jefferson Griffin, the whiny loser trying to throw out 60,273 legitimate NC votes. On Friday, the NC Court of Appeals ruled that each of these voters has 15 days to prove their identity. If you voted in NC, please check thegriffinlist.com to make sure your vote is counted.
April 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is Jefferson Griffin, the whiny loser trying to throw out 60,273 legitimate NC votes. On Friday, the NC Court of Appeals ruled that each of these voters has 15 days to prove their identity. If you voted in NC, please check thegriffinlist.com to make sure your vote is counted.