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@digitalism.bsky.social

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trying to do this whole artist thing...key word "trying" i do talk about the political and economic state of the world here creative techie, writer, data person (sometimes developer), and more (ig??) [email protected] she/her 📍occupied land

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 9h

sketch of cockroach lying in bed on their back gloriously staring at an iphone, artist unknown

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 15h

user experience is about to get way worse

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 15h

cool cool www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/g...

Google cuts more than 100 design-related roles in cloud unit

The latest layoffs come as Google accelerates cuts to focus spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 16h

found this for a gsheets alt but it has an AI assistant :/ www.getgrist.com

Bot Verification

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

my favorite zine collection forever and ever razorcake.org/store/one-pu...

One Punk's Guides - Razorcake

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

im so chronically online bc why did I write "w/" instead of "with: on my zine cover page...GOD

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

Found a type specimen sheet scan I liked online, so I Photoshopped some improvements 🌈 for now (want to recreate if w/letterpress & a more-colors rainbow gradient, if I ever have access to the right sizes of Bernhard Gothic Medium type...) #letterpress

A historical American Type Founders brochure spread that's been digitally edited to make it queer. It uses Bernhard Gothic Medium type and says in red, small, all caps: "Bernhard Gothic Medium Queer". Large type that's dark charcoal over an offset olive edge, with the 3 queerest words having a red-orange-purple gradient offset edge instead, says "Queer Type is the Product of Queer Craftsmen Who Take Great Pride in Doing Their Work WELL!" Small type at the bottom, all caps, red, says "American Type Founders Company Improved". The page has been digital edited to remove some of the noise from the see-through type on the page backs visible in the original (next image).

Original scan of a historical American Type Founders brochure spread. It uses Bernhard Gothic Medium type and says in red, small, all caps: "Bernhard Gothic Medium" (missing the final word "queer" that I added in my Photoshopped image). Large type that's dark charcoal over an offset olive edge says "American Type is the Product of American Craftsmen Who Take Great Pride in Doing Their Work WELL!" Small type at the bottom, all caps, red, says "American Type Founders Company" ("American" instead of "Queer" as photoshopped in the previous image, and without the added final word "improved". The image hasn't been cleaned in Photoshop, so more noise from the pages being mildly transparent and having dark type on their backs is visible.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

wait the fanfiction article is "Doing Archives: Notes on building a fanfiction community archive—a progress report"

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

@katproto.girlonthemoon.xyz you should check out the loona piece and the "is fanfiction worth archiving" !!

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

so late on catching up with the latest cursor mag but it is too good not to share cursormag.net

CURSOR mag

CURSOR is a cyberfeminist collective and magazine based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

cursormag.net

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

obsessed with their stuff check out their website! www.chloeyan.me

Chloe Yan

A digital garden of explorations towards a playful, lively internet.

www.chloeyan.me

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

i get that it is IP but still WHAT

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

economy is so bad people are out here charging $52 for an ebook

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 1d

www.sunlit.place all done w/css erm s ocool

Sunlight

www.sunlit.place

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1d

Gutting Musk’s "competition"

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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

UVA school of data science is hiring this year—searches are open to folks from all disciplines. We need humanists & social scientists to teach ethics/data & society courses + do research that supports school’s mission to be holistic in the study of data science: datascience.virginia.edu/faculty-jobs

Faculty Jobs — School of Data Science

School of Data Science at the University of Virginia.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

"Help us locate and commemorate our children who died while being forced by the government to attend boarding schools."

Dear white people: Here’s how to honor Native Americans

Help us locate and commemorate our children who died while being forced by the government to attend boarding schools.

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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Department of Education reverses decision and will fund programs for students who are both deaf and blind.

But the money will flow a different way.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 2d

Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
🧪 #Scicomm #Nature
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Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

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