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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 4h

I guess the question is, what is the line between that and writing an adventure?

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22h

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 14h

I mean, I don't write with the intent that it's entirely linear. But I'll often write up clocks, even for non PbtA games now. I'll write up key NPCs & locations and usually a more detailed opening and usually key potential plot points, actions and hooks.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 23h

Aaron is involved in a number of IETF standards work around OAuth as well as lots of indieweb infra

TLDR if you have a custom domain you can do indieweb logins by entering the domain, or link to your account from your website indielogin.com/setup#atproto

Aaron Parecki @aaronpk.com · 1d

I just finished adding BlueSky support to IndieLogin.com! Now you can log in to websites like indieweb.org with your BlueSky handle!

Adding Support for BlueSky to IndieLogin.com

Today I just launched support for BlueSky as a new authentication option in IndieLogin.com!

aaronparecki.com

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 17h

Ok, so it works great for VtM because it makes day/night cycles feel very natural and gives the game's hunger mechanic a nice rhythm. Depending how on edge you want to put them you can calibrate to daylight after every act, every other act, or at the halfway point.

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Claire Phillips @clairephillips.bsky.social · 1d

N+1 is looking for a managing editor. Who's got the time? The talent? Healthcare is a definite plus!!

www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

n+1 Seeks Managing Editor

n+1 is seeking a full-time Managing Editor to work in our Brooklyn office. Compensation will range from $58,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance. n+1 is a print magazine of literatu...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 1d

. @prisonculture.bsky.social's zine is very popular in our library free zine distro (76 copies have been taken, # only limited by that's what I've had time to fold/staple/put on the rack yet). It's a friendly+free workbook for connecting your values, strengths, needs to advocacy you can do now:

my views do not represent those of my employer @zinelib.bsky.social · 1d

Today in #ZineCataloging

One Million Experiments volume 8: Making a Plan
It's an activism workbook zine by @prisonculture.bsky.social. The whole series: millionexperiments.com/zines

Read the Zine: One Million Experiments

Read the Zine from One Million Experiments, where we explore community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.

millionexperiments.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 1d

no DMs test never fails

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1d

killdozer pickup trucks are rolling hostile architecture; their manufacturers and drivers should be thought of like people who install park benches studded with caltrops to prevent the homeless from resting on them

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

I'm fascinated by the insistence in almost all VtMv5 materials that scenarios have 6 major scenes/acts/chapters. It is very specific & in almost every scenario I read for prep. Arguably even true of the visual novels on Steam that came out recently, It'll be fun to see how it works out to adopt.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

Tried to go outside to inside w/this one, start w/the area, people and specific locations and emerge a plot out of them, which felt like it made more sense for a Vampire the Masquerade scenario. But I needed to step back and go to building out more narrative framework instead and loop back around.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

But like... all of those things are basically as un-American in origin as a fajita except maybe buffalo/chicken wings. I think that one is all us?

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

The thing about writing TTRPG scenarios is that no matter how long you think it will take it always takes longer.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 1d

He really is the worst isn’t he www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump announces new 100 percent tariffs on China

President Donald Trump said he is unhappy about China’s “hostile” move to limit access to rare minerals and may cancel an upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping.

www.washingtonpost.com

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 1d

Invaluable piece, grateful to these patients for organizing.

The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 2d

A group of 53 people with #LongCOVID joined a clinical trial for Vyvgart. For many of them, the treatment changed everything.

Then, without warning, Argenx canceled the trial.

Most of them have now relapsed.

They're calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug: bit.ly/48l1Qp5

A photo Nicole Barrick, a woman in a pink KN95 mask, receives an infusion of Vyvgart. The text reads, "The Sick Times. Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug. By Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White."

"For those living with Long COVID, every ounce of hope is hard-won. This isn’t just about physical symptoms. It’s about the emotional toll of being given hope — and then having it taken away." - Vyvgart clinical trial participants
Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

This eugenicist fucker

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Apr 3

Flashback to 2020, peak of COVID pandemic when Dr. Oz said "...the opening of schools may only cost us 2-3% in terms of total mortality... it might be a tradeoff some folks would consider."

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to lead Medicaid and Medicare

Oz will assume the role as administrator of the CMS with little to no experience in government health policy.

www.msnbc.com

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

Gotta love the subway during Comicon.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 2d

I'd like to thank the Center for Cultural Innovation - AmbitioUS!
Their support of Blacksky Algorithms with a $30K grant will help us further our development of infrastructure for online communities (moderation, deliberation, and peer-to-peer payment tools). 🎉

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 1d

Also like... WTF is "American street food"? What food would that even be? Nathan's Fries?

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Ryan Pitts @ryanpitts.bsky.social · 1d

"The impulse to view everything in terms of efficiency, of reducing costs and maximizing output, is radically overapplied in the modern world."

lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...

Life Is More Than an Engineering Problem | Los Angeles Review of Books

Julien Crockett speaks with Ted Chiang about the search for a perfect language, the state of AI, and the future direction of technology.

lareviewofbooks.org

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