Virginia S. O'Possum
@virginiaopossum.bsky.social
Writer, weaver, amateur textile historian.
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The man without a neighborhood
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#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
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#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The man without a neighborhood
www.universalhub.com/2025/man-wit...
#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
www.universalhub.com/2025/man-wit...
#Allston #immigrants #Boston #Republicans #BostonUniversity
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Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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It's even more hilarious than that. Sorry, German. TL;DR:
They
- took O*NET occupational skill and task descriptions.
- took MCP Server/Zapier integration desription.
- asked an LLM if an LLM + MCP covers a skill/task.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
They
- took O*NET occupational skill and task descriptions.
- took MCP Server/Zapier integration desription.
- asked an LLM if an LLM + MCP covers a skill/task.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Dieser Report (es ist keine peer reviewte Studie) ist absoluter Garbage.
iceberg.mit.edu/report.pdf
Was wurde gemacht? Zuerst nehmen sie Daten aus O*NET, wo 923 Berufe beschrieben werden. Hier ein Beispiel: Zahnassistent(in).
www.onetonline.org/link/summary...
iceberg.mit.edu/report.pdf
Was wurde gemacht? Zuerst nehmen sie Daten aus O*NET, wo 923 Berufe beschrieben werden. Hier ein Beispiel: Zahnassistent(in).
www.onetonline.org/link/summary...
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's even more hilarious than that. Sorry, German. TL;DR:
They
- took O*NET occupational skill and task descriptions.
- took MCP Server/Zapier integration desription.
- asked an LLM if an LLM + MCP covers a skill/task.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
They
- took O*NET occupational skill and task descriptions.
- took MCP Server/Zapier integration desription.
- asked an LLM if an LLM + MCP covers a skill/task.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Came down with weird food cravings yesterday: 60s Cantonese-American favorite, sweet and sour chicken (with a sauce as pink as maraschino cherries blushing in shame); 70s newly sophisticated mu shi (or moo shoo, depending on where your local Chinese restaurateurs emigrated from); and pumpkin pie.
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Came down with weird food cravings yesterday: 60s Cantonese-American favorite, sweet and sour chicken (with a sauce as pink as maraschino cherries blushing in shame); 70s newly sophisticated mu shi (or moo shoo, depending on where your local Chinese restaurateurs emigrated from); and pumpkin pie.
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We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.
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So, whenever I go on a big DW Griffith bashing, I typically get a few responses that miss the point.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So, whenever I go on a big DW Griffith bashing, I typically get a few responses that miss the point.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
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ITS HAPPENING! Not gonna be too long before fossil generation starts falling because of the increase in renewables.
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
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November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
ITS HAPPENING! Not gonna be too long before fossil generation starts falling because of the increase in renewables.
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today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday reut.rs/3JYhxsE
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday reut.rs/3JYhxsE
I am still surprised by the long snouts on bears. Was I really expecting them to be cutely snub-nosed like stuffed teddies? Apparently. Hey, everyone! Bears have long snouts! Oh, you knew already? (Slinks off in shame.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am still surprised by the long snouts on bears. Was I really expecting them to be cutely snub-nosed like stuffed teddies? Apparently. Hey, everyone! Bears have long snouts! Oh, you knew already? (Slinks off in shame.)
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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Yessssss
The Gävlebocken cam is live folks, this is not a drill
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November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yessssss
Yup. The problem with having Thanksgiving dinner at someone else's house is you wake up without a fridge full of leftovers.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yup. The problem with having Thanksgiving dinner at someone else's house is you wake up without a fridge full of leftovers.
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A supermoon is lighting up our skies, and this one shows up before sunset! 🌕🧪
The next supermoon rises on December 4, as the Moon reaches perigee. That is its closest orbital point to Earth, where it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
The next supermoon rises on December 4, as the Moon reaches perigee. That is its closest orbital point to Earth, where it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A supermoon is lighting up our skies, and this one shows up before sunset! 🌕🧪
The next supermoon rises on December 4, as the Moon reaches perigee. That is its closest orbital point to Earth, where it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
The next supermoon rises on December 4, as the Moon reaches perigee. That is its closest orbital point to Earth, where it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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Afghans saved many American lives during the war. Way more troops are alive because of them than have been harmed by asylum-seekers. The potential reward of coming to the US was key to securing cooperation. Kicking everyone out will ensure no one helps again.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Afghans saved many American lives during the war. Way more troops are alive because of them than have been harmed by asylum-seekers. The potential reward of coming to the US was key to securing cooperation. Kicking everyone out will ensure no one helps again.
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reminder if you are still in clean-up mode today, don’t overwork your garbage disposals.
today the busiest day of the year for plumbers. fats, starches, and bones do not belong in a disposal or drain.
reduce food waste, compost where you can, and don’t treat your drains like a trash can.
today the busiest day of the year for plumbers. fats, starches, and bones do not belong in a disposal or drain.
reduce food waste, compost where you can, and don’t treat your drains like a trash can.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
reminder if you are still in clean-up mode today, don’t overwork your garbage disposals.
today the busiest day of the year for plumbers. fats, starches, and bones do not belong in a disposal or drain.
reduce food waste, compost where you can, and don’t treat your drains like a trash can.
today the busiest day of the year for plumbers. fats, starches, and bones do not belong in a disposal or drain.
reduce food waste, compost where you can, and don’t treat your drains like a trash can.
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Book Moon Books
Bright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA
www.bookmoonbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️