Stentor Danielson
@chefstentor.bsky.social
Cartographer, podcaster, academic studying wildfire, Q method, and fantasy maps. Settler in Jaödeogë’ (Pittsburgh). They/them.
https://mapsburgh.com
https://carrierbagpodcast.blogspot.com/
https://glittercats.itch.io
https://mapsburgh.com
https://carrierbagpodcast.blogspot.com/
https://glittercats.itch.io
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
I have zero respect for the "warriors" committing these war crimes. 🖕
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have zero respect for the "warriors" committing these war crimes. 🖕
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
From the wilds of urban Amsterdam
Grey heron ("look there's a pterodactyl on our neighbor's balcony")
Jay (they're not blue)
Great tit
Rose-ringed parakeet
Grebe
From the wilds of urban Amsterdam
Grey heron ("look there's a pterodactyl on our neighbor's balcony")
Jay (they're not blue)
Great tit
Rose-ringed parakeet
Grebe
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
bears (so many bears)
wild turkeys
iguanas (so many)
coral snake
moose
4 baby fisher cats
bears (so many bears)
wild turkeys
iguanas (so many)
coral snake
moose
4 baby fisher cats
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
My brother in Moses, this is the exact thing people were saying about *your* ancestors a century ago, to justify sending boats of refugees back to the pogroms.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My brother in Moses, this is the exact thing people were saying about *your* ancestors a century ago, to justify sending boats of refugees back to the pogroms.
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Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
With ALT. This is legitimately terrifying. This is a MASSIVE escalation of violent anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
Facts.
Happy 48th anniversary to the best adaptation of THE HOBBIT. You know I’m right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Facts.
"Your Holiness, people are really loving the Church's strong stance in favor of the rights of immigrants and standing up to fascism."
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union | CNN
The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman.
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Your Holiness, people are really loving the Church's strong stance in favor of the rights of immigrants and standing up to fascism."
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
I wrote a book! It contains Mister Rogers, air pollution, and dinosaurs!
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I wrote a book! It contains Mister Rogers, air pollution, and dinosaurs!
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
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I’ve talked before about how AI represents the inevitable outcome of techbros’ lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to and interacting with other human beings
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
there's "lazy" and there's "not wanting to exist as a person in any meaningful sense" and a lot of sloppers are careening towards the latter category, if not already in it
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’ve talked before about how AI represents the inevitable outcome of techbros’ lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to and interacting with other human beings
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
Really love how internet atheists will go on and on about how religion is stupid because religious people believe lies with no evidence, then turn around and believe a bunch of lies with no evidence just because those lies make religious people look bad.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Really love how internet atheists will go on and on about how religion is stupid because religious people believe lies with no evidence, then turn around and believe a bunch of lies with no evidence just because those lies make religious people look bad.
Elon thinks we should hang criminals.
Elon killed hundreds of thousands of people by cancelling USAID.
I look forward to seeing Elon Musk swinging from the gallows.
Elon killed hundreds of thousands of people by cancelling USAID.
I look forward to seeing Elon Musk swinging from the gallows.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Elon thinks we should hang criminals.
Elon killed hundreds of thousands of people by cancelling USAID.
I look forward to seeing Elon Musk swinging from the gallows.
Elon killed hundreds of thousands of people by cancelling USAID.
I look forward to seeing Elon Musk swinging from the gallows.
A movie that takes place where you're from
(I've never seen this movie, but I used to live three houses over from the bottom of the stairs she's about to go down.)
(Also, kitty!)
(I've never seen this movie, but I used to live three houses over from the bottom of the stairs she's about to go down.)
(Also, kitty!)
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
(I've never seen this movie, but I used to live three houses over from the bottom of the stairs she's about to go down.)
(Also, kitty!)
(I've never seen this movie, but I used to live three houses over from the bottom of the stairs she's about to go down.)
(Also, kitty!)
Maybe we shouldn't have created an economic system that depends on a constantly accelerating throughput of material resources, combined with an ideology of individual consumer responsibility?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
"Device hoarding" lol. Do you have any idea how much phones cost? Upgrading is expensive and produces a ton of e-waste!
If you want to talk about hoarding, the conversation should be around billionaires hoarding wealth!
If you want to talk about hoarding, the conversation should be around billionaires hoarding wealth!
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have created an economic system that depends on a constantly accelerating throughput of material resources, combined with an ideology of individual consumer responsibility?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
I knew I'd seen that look somewhere ...
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I knew I'd seen that look somewhere ...
My cat is on high alert to protect me from all the ghosts in my house so that I don't have to believe in them.
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
My cat is on high alert to protect me from all the ghosts in my house so that I don't have to believe in them.
Fact: Archaeologists in Israel found an ancient figurine of a woman getting it on with a goose.
Fact: In Luke's Gospel, Mary says she has never known a man, but is silent on the question of geese.
Conclusion: Goose Jesus.
gizmodo.com/12000-year-o...
Fact: In Luke's Gospel, Mary says she has never known a man, but is silent on the question of geese.
Conclusion: Goose Jesus.
gizmodo.com/12000-year-o...
12,000-Year-Old Artifact Depicts a Goose Having Sex With a Woman
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the oldest known figurine representing human-animal, uh, interactions.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fact: Archaeologists in Israel found an ancient figurine of a woman getting it on with a goose.
Fact: In Luke's Gospel, Mary says she has never known a man, but is silent on the question of geese.
Conclusion: Goose Jesus.
gizmodo.com/12000-year-o...
Fact: In Luke's Gospel, Mary says she has never known a man, but is silent on the question of geese.
Conclusion: Goose Jesus.
gizmodo.com/12000-year-o...
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I'm sorry, are we entering an era where the Infernal Algorithm can be defeated by the power of poetry? Do I have that right?
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm sorry, are we entering an era where the Infernal Algorithm can be defeated by the power of poetry? Do I have that right?
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
Because if so, my depression is officially cured
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Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
This article is about a situation in Britain with appropriation of BSL, but similar things happen on this side of the pond as well, so if you want to learn ASL from actual Deaf people I highly recommend Queer ASL: www.queerasl.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This article is about a situation in Britain with appropriation of BSL, but similar things happen on this side of the pond as well, so if you want to learn ASL from actual Deaf people I highly recommend Queer ASL: www.queerasl.com
"6-7" is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is cool and with it and have heard of 6-7.
"OMG what does 6-7 even mean, Kids These Days ..." is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is mature and serious and would never have heard of 6-7.
"OMG what does 6-7 even mean, Kids These Days ..." is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is mature and serious and would never have heard of 6-7.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"6-7" is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is cool and with it and have heard of 6-7.
"OMG what does 6-7 even mean, Kids These Days ..." is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is mature and serious and would never have heard of 6-7.
"OMG what does 6-7 even mean, Kids These Days ..." is a shibboleth that shows you're part of the in-group that is mature and serious and would never have heard of 6-7.
Filing your taxes based on vibes, what could possibly go wrong?
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Filing your taxes based on vibes, what could possibly go wrong?
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One time I spent five minutes at lunch drawing a reverse centaur and it became one of my most retweeted pieces of art. I resented that so I deleted it but now it can be free again because not enough people follow me on here for it to go big
April 28, 2023 at 2:34 PM
One time I spent five minutes at lunch drawing a reverse centaur and it became one of my most retweeted pieces of art. I resented that so I deleted it but now it can be free again because not enough people follow me on here for it to go big