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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 8h

I heard through the grapevine once that I was discarded from consideration for an open rank job I applied while still in grad school because one of the old men in the committee said I was younger than his (male) grad students. Glad we automated that experience.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.

Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature

Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...

www.nature.com

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 22h

Went over to Harper’s Ferry this morning

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Weiss seemingly enthused about the idea of bringing in Fox News hosts she is buddies with www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Bret Baier, the Fox News anchor, is one of those external options, but the evening news anchor made clear this week that he is signed with Fox through 2028. Another candidate, Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor, is also under contract at the network – though he has a pre-existing relationship with CBS News through his role as a correspondent on 60 Minutes.

Weiss has also expressed interest in another Fox anchor, Dana Perino, the Guardian has learned. But Perino, like Baier, is under contract for several more years – into the next decade, in her case – and cannot sign with a rival network.

Perino appeared on Weiss’s Honesty with Bari Weiss podcast in May, and the two were effusive in praising each other. “The private Dana is even more gracious and shining than the public one,” Weiss said. “You are a person who models, frankly, just classy behavior, the kind of class that I think a lot of people have forgotten.”

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Santa Clown” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

This is going to be a disaster for anyone of color to have to deal with

Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 3d

DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.

It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

www.404media.co

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My Two Cents, 50% Off @discchoco.bsky.social · 2d

I know the US Constitution is basically a suggestion at this point but I struggle to see how this isn't yet another 4th amendment warrantless search/seizure violation

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of time and love into tonight’s costumes. We were fairies of the court of Titania from Midsummer Nights Dream. Thank you @thehistorichaven.bsky.social for teaching us Shakespearean dances and for hosting the revels.

My husband kindly let me dress him as the masculine moth or possibly consort of moth.

I was moth/mote with a moth wing French hood/3d printed mask and Elizabethan style dress.

Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

My son who loves #tallyhall was banana man for Halloween. Terrifying!

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 3d

The Welsh equivalent of Samhain is Nos Calan Gaeaf, a day much like Halloween. Stones are left at the bonfire with your name on it, facing the fire: if by morning it burns away, you are safe. If by morning your name remains, you are fated to die in the next year. #FolkyFriday

A Nos Calan Gaeaf bonfire, with souls standing before it, trees in the background, and a massive orange moon above.

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 3d

Halloween is born of Samhain, which is found primarily in Gaelic Celtic regions but with analogs in Brittonic Celtic areas: yet in both there is some evidence the festival may even predate the Celts, as they use tombs and ancient sites older than history itself. #FolkyFriday

An Irish Samhain festival, with the Salmon of Knowledge depicted in fire via wires against a cliffside

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 3d

#inktober2025 #award

To all my fellow inktober participants: Thank you for sharing your creativity everyone. I appreciate you.

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 5d

While modern lore says the veil between worlds is thinned at days like Beltane or Samhain, older lore seems to suggest something beyond the Spiritualist layer: at Samhain, the Fair Folk are forced from their homes and forced to wander the land in promenade. #LegendaryWednesday

A spooky ass corn maze with piked bodies and jack-o'lanterns aplenty, with mist and an orange-yellow tone.

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 4d

Made famous by the Crow, October 30 is considered Devil's Night in the North American Rust Belt, though known by other names such as Mischief Night. Full of more tricks than treats, these range from simple pranks to arson, particularly in 1980s Detroit. #Halloween #Folklore

The Detroit Free Press from Wednesday, October 31st, 1984, with a major headline reading Devil's Night vandals set hundreds of fires. To summarize the part of the article seen here: there were over 400 fires on Devil's Night 1984, up from the year before, despite cops, firefighters, and citizens with waterhoses trying to put out fires set by arsonists. The mayor's office insists the major difference is that while there are more fires, they are more under control. There's also an article about Walter Mondale running for President, but that's not important.

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Steve Lucas @steve-lucas.bsky.social · 4d

INKTOBER 2025
Day 31 - Award

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day31 #Award

We Were Here.
We Made It!
A heart felt thank you to all who embarked on this years Inktober and thank you to everyone who shared their creativity. Your passion for art made this memorable.
Thanks, peace & love.

INKTOBER 2025
Day 31 - Award

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day31 #Award

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight we are going to @thehistorichaven.bsky.social Halloween party in the theme of Midsummer Nights Dream. I’ve been doing lots of 3D printing and sewing and crafting to get ready.
I’m so happy with the stability of these antlers y’all.

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 4d

#inktober2025 #vacant

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 4d

#inktober2025 #lesson

Flashbacks to my many many years of online night classes to get my degree. A stack of books and a computer for the inktober prompt lesson

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 5d

Very civilized

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 5d

Yikes

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 5d

The third season of the animated 'Star Wars' anthology largely trades freshness for familiarity—with one incredible exception.

'Star Wars: Visions' Volume 3 Is Worth It in the End

The third season of the animated 'Star Wars' anthology largely trades freshness for familiarity—with one incredible exception.

gizmodo.com

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 5d

Got our pumpkins done.

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 6d

#inktober2025 #skeletal

A wolf skull for the inktober prompt skeletal

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Moo the Merciless @moothemerciless.bsky.social · 7d

#inktober2025 #onion

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

Now this is a project I can get behind...

Clem H. Fandango @sferroni.bsky.social · 9d

Project 2029

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 10d

What did Jackie's garden ever do to those people?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 8d

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 9d

The plural of anecdote is misinformation.

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