Dr. Amuly (she/he)
@amuly.bsky.social
It’s Amuly from all your favorite fanfic. PhD in Philosophy (Plato expert, yo), unionist, comic book whiz, covered bridge pervert. Mid-30s. archiveofourown.org/users/Dr_Amuly
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Dr. Amuly (she/he)
@amuly.bsky.social
· Mar 10
🌉🌉🍃🍃COVERED BRIDGE: VERMONT MASTER THREAD🌉🌉🍃🍃
Already off to a GREAT start: when driving from eastern MA to Bennington, we passed right by a bridge in Brattleboro that is closed to traffic so wasn’t on my list. The Creamery bridge!!
Already off to a GREAT start: when driving from eastern MA to Bennington, we passed right by a bridge in Brattleboro that is closed to traffic so wasn’t on my list. The Creamery bridge!!
Okay got. A page’s worth of shit for work done so far today, PLUS crossed off like 3 different wedding contract bullshit (DJ, church, timeline). Time to put on a bra and go teach some damn kids logic or WHATEVER…
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Okay got. A page’s worth of shit for work done so far today, PLUS crossed off like 3 different wedding contract bullshit (DJ, church, timeline). Time to put on a bra and go teach some damn kids logic or WHATEVER…
Okay got. A page’s worth of shit for work done so far today, PLUS crossed off like 3 different wedding contract bullshit (DJ, church, timeline). Time to put on a bra and go teach some damn kids logic or WHATEVER…
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Okay got. A page’s worth of shit for work done so far today, PLUS crossed off like 3 different wedding contract bullshit (DJ, church, timeline). Time to put on a bra and go teach some damn kids logic or WHATEVER…
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Such an incredible honor, wow. A dignified, esteemed award. Just plop that medal around your neck, great.
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Such an incredible honor, wow. A dignified, esteemed award. Just plop that medal around your neck, great.
The fiancée has been watching “How to with John Wilson” the last few weeks and I’ve been hopping in and out as I work and FUCKING KEITH RANIERE JUST SHOWED UP LMAOOAOAOA WHAT THE FUCKKKKK
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The fiancée has been watching “How to with John Wilson” the last few weeks and I’ve been hopping in and out as I work and FUCKING KEITH RANIERE JUST SHOWED UP LMAOOAOAOA WHAT THE FUCKKKKK
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Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
AI dialogues shifted political support by 2 to 3 points in trials, eclipsing standard ads. Roughly one-third of this effect persisted for a month. However, models optimized for persuasion proved more factually error-prone.
#MLSky
#MLSky
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds
Conversations with AI can sway people’s political views. Concerningly, a chatbot’s facts are not always accurate, especially when it supports right-wing positions.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
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100% agree from my own personal experiences. As my good for Mikel often says "Just Show Up". By this he means, Just Show Up. That's 90% of the work. Be it public meetings, or friendships etc. Just being there shows you care enough to be there, you meet people, you learn things and make change!
I say it a lot, but if you want to make an immediate impact get involved in local politics, especially if you're in a smaller community. Attend a planning board meeting. Run for town meeting. Meet with town employees. You can *actually* change things and make your community better.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
100% agree from my own personal experiences. As my good for Mikel often says "Just Show Up". By this he means, Just Show Up. That's 90% of the work. Be it public meetings, or friendships etc. Just being there shows you care enough to be there, you meet people, you learn things and make change!
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
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If the press weren't hopelessly cowed, major publications would be tracking the crimes that the 1000+ goons Trump pardoned in his first week in office have committed since then and we'd all have a sense of that number.
Taranto "issued a bomb threat and carried weapons in Washington D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood in 2023, where former President Barack Obama lives. Taranto was seen in the neighborhood just one day after Trump posted the Obama family's address on his Truth Social account."
Trump DOJ asks judge to jail Jan. 6 defendant after being caught near top Democrat's home
One pardoned January 6 defendant has attracted the attention of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice after he was seen in the vicinity of a high-ranking congressional Democrat's home.Politic...
www.rawstory.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If the press weren't hopelessly cowed, major publications would be tracking the crimes that the 1000+ goons Trump pardoned in his first week in office have committed since then and we'd all have a sense of that number.
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Did the food replicator on the Enterprise really work or was it secretly a bunch of ensigns inside the bulkhead doing their best with a teapot and a little range?
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Did the food replicator on the Enterprise really work or was it secretly a bunch of ensigns inside the bulkhead doing their best with a teapot and a little range?
. @stitchy.bsky.social just texted me this “YOU WOULD DO BOTH” and you’re damn fucking right I would
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
. @stitchy.bsky.social just texted me this “YOU WOULD DO BOTH” and you’re damn fucking right I would
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This months STICKER CLUB is ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA! The Nightman Cometh! Link in bio! Patreon is best! #stickers #alwayssunnyinphiladelphia #alwayssunny #nightmancometh #stickerclub
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This months STICKER CLUB is ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA! The Nightman Cometh! Link in bio! Patreon is best! #stickers #alwayssunnyinphiladelphia #alwayssunny #nightmancometh #stickerclub
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Your hands are covered in little men. And the little men can make you sick if you don’t give them a bath. Sometimes they make other people sick too. Please give the little men a bath! I’m not crazy! Just listen to me! Bathe the little men on your hands! This is real! Get the men wet, you fools!
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Your hands are covered in little men. And the little men can make you sick if you don’t give them a bath. Sometimes they make other people sick too. Please give the little men a bath! I’m not crazy! Just listen to me! Bathe the little men on your hands! This is real! Get the men wet, you fools!
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Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
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It’s three not very wise men lost in the desert because they can’t get a signal for Google maps
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s three not very wise men lost in the desert because they can’t get a signal for Google maps
Mom and I collect bicentennial quarters and as I dug this one out of the ice in a dunkies parking lot this morning it occurs to me a) oh Cheesus, this was 50 years ago, b) damn this quarter looks great for a 50 year old coin
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Mom and I collect bicentennial quarters and as I dug this one out of the ice in a dunkies parking lot this morning it occurs to me a) oh Cheesus, this was 50 years ago, b) damn this quarter looks great for a 50 year old coin
Damn that’s cold as hell lmaoaoaoaoaoo
As our friends at Boston Duck Tours like to say...
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Damn that’s cold as hell lmaoaoaoaoaoo
Fleet won! That’s 3 for 3 games while wearing these hats. WE MUST CONTINUE TO WEAR THE HATS. Also our seats were sick as hell
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Fleet won! That’s 3 for 3 games while wearing these hats. WE MUST CONTINUE TO WEAR THE HATS. Also our seats were sick as hell
…. Nice
Aerin Frankel of the Boston Fleet has stopped 69 of the first 70 shots she's faced this PWHL season. is this good
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
…. Nice
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Aerin Frankel of the Boston Fleet has stopped 69 of the first 70 shots she's faced this PWHL season. is this good
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Aerin Frankel of the Boston Fleet has stopped 69 of the first 70 shots she's faced this PWHL season. is this good
At the Fleet game tonight and apparently we were on camera 😐
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
At the Fleet game tonight and apparently we were on camera 😐
Told fiancée about this and now she’s wandering around the house slightly opening doors and going “hmmmm….” disapprovingly
Bitch it’s your house now too!! Haha too late sucker!!
Bitch it’s your house now too!! Haha too late sucker!!
Guys great news I kept my house in repair for long enough to trick her into proposing to me
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Told fiancée about this and now she’s wandering around the house slightly opening doors and going “hmmmm….” disapprovingly
Bitch it’s your house now too!! Haha too late sucker!!
Bitch it’s your house now too!! Haha too late sucker!!
I'm sorry are we trying to do a posteriori inductive data collection via... a priori reasoning???
To whoever thinks this is possible (not the paper authors, obviously, this is about the limits of it): Hume would like a word. Out back. By the dumpsters.
He... he has a knife.
To whoever thinks this is possible (not the paper authors, obviously, this is about the limits of it): Hume would like a word. Out back. By the dumpsters.
He... he has a knife.
There are many good arguments for why AI/ML will struggle to predict replicability.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
I'm curious why, in light of these arguments and now data, COS is continuing to pursue this project.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
I'm curious why, in light of these arguments and now data, COS is continuing to pursue this project.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm sorry are we trying to do a posteriori inductive data collection via... a priori reasoning???
To whoever thinks this is possible (not the paper authors, obviously, this is about the limits of it): Hume would like a word. Out back. By the dumpsters.
He... he has a knife.
To whoever thinks this is possible (not the paper authors, obviously, this is about the limits of it): Hume would like a word. Out back. By the dumpsters.
He... he has a knife.
We’ve all been there buddy
After smashing some bottles, the raccoon was found asleep on the floor of the bathroom, according to police, who said the animal was secured and taken to a nearby shelter to sober up before it was released back into the wild. on.nbcboston.com/m5XPu2U
Raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom after breaking in
A raccoon was taken into custody after breaking into a Virginia liquor store and ransacking the shelves before passing out on the bathroom floor.
on.nbcboston.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We’ve all been there buddy