Lich-Anne, who is not dead in this photo
@ennael.bsky.social
Poet, writer, proofreader, leftist, the embodiment of social awkwardness--lowered GPA with ballroom dance--see definition for gaffe. Bi, ND, she/her. Very married. Publishes a blog of writing prompts and apologies at https://leannehunt.com/
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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Generative AI is this weird little ferret that is carrying a tall pole with a red flag at the top, and it roots out the worst pre-existing problems in society and plants a little slop-flag in them
eg: how companies have made scientific publishing into a for-profit low quality content mill
eg: how companies have made scientific publishing into a for-profit low quality content mill
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Generative AI is this weird little ferret that is carrying a tall pole with a red flag at the top, and it roots out the worst pre-existing problems in society and plants a little slop-flag in them
eg: how companies have made scientific publishing into a for-profit low quality content mill
eg: how companies have made scientific publishing into a for-profit low quality content mill
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My wife teaches special ed.
I used to work in assistive technology two decades ago.
There are technologies that genuinely help those with disabilities—screen readers, accessible PDFs of textbooks, high contrast settings, voice-to-text, etc. They are purpose-built.
EdTech usually isn't doing that.
I used to work in assistive technology two decades ago.
There are technologies that genuinely help those with disabilities—screen readers, accessible PDFs of textbooks, high contrast settings, voice-to-text, etc. They are purpose-built.
EdTech usually isn't doing that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My wife teaches special ed.
I used to work in assistive technology two decades ago.
There are technologies that genuinely help those with disabilities—screen readers, accessible PDFs of textbooks, high contrast settings, voice-to-text, etc. They are purpose-built.
EdTech usually isn't doing that.
I used to work in assistive technology two decades ago.
There are technologies that genuinely help those with disabilities—screen readers, accessible PDFs of textbooks, high contrast settings, voice-to-text, etc. They are purpose-built.
EdTech usually isn't doing that.
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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The felines are ever closer... 🐈🐈⬛
FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call.
Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre.
Give us great STORY and VOICE
Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call.
Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre.
Give us great STORY and VOICE
Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
ALT: a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The felines are ever closer... 🐈🐈⬛
FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call.
Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre.
Give us great STORY and VOICE
Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call.
Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre.
Give us great STORY and VOICE
Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
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Good morning, Skeethearts! ☀️ 🩷☕️
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good morning, Skeethearts! ☀️ 🩷☕️
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Another story in four parts. This polar bear mom went from seemingly sound asleep to full meerkat mode in seconds. Her nose is always on the alert for potential danger to her and her 11-month-old cubs. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Another story in four parts. This polar bear mom went from seemingly sound asleep to full meerkat mode in seconds. Her nose is always on the alert for potential danger to her and her 11-month-old cubs. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
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"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
The thing about "left on the economy, right on culture" is it's based on analysis of swing voters. Those voters are often low attention and their politics are often not especially coherent. Which is fine for them, it's not their job to run the country, but, you know, the government is
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
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From Aya:
"Please, my brothers... BlueSky silenced us while Majd in monitoring after his surgery. Drs say he must stay 72 hours under close watch with a Doppler test every day.
We urgently need $600 for the scans, the extended stay, and his intravenous meds.
Please share... don't leave us alone."
"Please, my brothers... BlueSky silenced us while Majd in monitoring after his surgery. Drs say he must stay 72 hours under close watch with a Doppler test every day.
We urgently need $600 for the scans, the extended stay, and his intravenous meds.
Please share... don't leave us alone."
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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
From Aya:
"Please, my brothers... BlueSky silenced us while Majd in monitoring after his surgery. Drs say he must stay 72 hours under close watch with a Doppler test every day.
We urgently need $600 for the scans, the extended stay, and his intravenous meds.
Please share... don't leave us alone."
"Please, my brothers... BlueSky silenced us while Majd in monitoring after his surgery. Drs say he must stay 72 hours under close watch with a Doppler test every day.
We urgently need $600 for the scans, the extended stay, and his intravenous meds.
Please share... don't leave us alone."
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Yesterday the CBC ran a story about how violent crime i on the rise on public transit systems. It generally peaked during the depths of the pandemic and then plateaued, but at a higher average rate than before. It’s worth exploring, but the journo only interviewed ppl promoting more law enforcement.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Yesterday the CBC ran a story about how violent crime i on the rise on public transit systems. It generally peaked during the depths of the pandemic and then plateaued, but at a higher average rate than before. It’s worth exploring, but the journo only interviewed ppl promoting more law enforcement.
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Thanksgiving Clapback
Them: “Why can’t you be more like your sibling?”
You: “Plastic surgery is expensive and I can’t take that kinda time off of work.”
Them: “Why can’t you be more like your sibling?”
You: “Plastic surgery is expensive and I can’t take that kinda time off of work.”
November 27, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Thanksgiving Clapback
Them: “Why can’t you be more like your sibling?”
You: “Plastic surgery is expensive and I can’t take that kinda time off of work.”
Them: “Why can’t you be more like your sibling?”
You: “Plastic surgery is expensive and I can’t take that kinda time off of work.”
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Gonna try & get ahead of it, hopefully before most people experience this years annual disappointment:
*ahem*
Trans kids (& adults)
I love you
Deep down in my soul, every cell in my body, down to the last mitochondria
I love you
I’m grateful
I’m SO thankful for you
& I’m so glad you’re here 🫶🏻
*ahem*
Trans kids (& adults)
I love you
Deep down in my soul, every cell in my body, down to the last mitochondria
I love you
I’m grateful
I’m SO thankful for you
& I’m so glad you’re here 🫶🏻
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gonna try & get ahead of it, hopefully before most people experience this years annual disappointment:
*ahem*
Trans kids (& adults)
I love you
Deep down in my soul, every cell in my body, down to the last mitochondria
I love you
I’m grateful
I’m SO thankful for you
& I’m so glad you’re here 🫶🏻
*ahem*
Trans kids (& adults)
I love you
Deep down in my soul, every cell in my body, down to the last mitochondria
I love you
I’m grateful
I’m SO thankful for you
& I’m so glad you’re here 🫶🏻
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Thanksgiving Strategies Continued:
If they tell a racist/transphobic/hateful joke
Start laughing as hard as you can
Use your best maniacal super villain impression
Don’t stop until someone is afraid you might pass out or have a stroke
If they tell a racist/transphobic/hateful joke
Start laughing as hard as you can
Use your best maniacal super villain impression
Don’t stop until someone is afraid you might pass out or have a stroke
November 27, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Thanksgiving Strategies Continued:
If they tell a racist/transphobic/hateful joke
Start laughing as hard as you can
Use your best maniacal super villain impression
Don’t stop until someone is afraid you might pass out or have a stroke
If they tell a racist/transphobic/hateful joke
Start laughing as hard as you can
Use your best maniacal super villain impression
Don’t stop until someone is afraid you might pass out or have a stroke
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Again, turkeys are 70-80% off from today onwards and last a year in the freezer.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Again, turkeys are 70-80% off from today onwards and last a year in the freezer.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
If you’ve got a chest freezer in the garage that’s good soup, stew, and smoker meat for the whole winter for a really good price.
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A poet is not responsible for their poems prompting in other people the wish to write poems themselves. Except that that’s what poetry is — the continuing of a conversation, with the probable consequence of the conversation being continued later on by someone else.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A poet is not responsible for their poems prompting in other people the wish to write poems themselves. Except that that’s what poetry is — the continuing of a conversation, with the probable consequence of the conversation being continued later on by someone else.
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With next to no support @melbuer.bsky.social is doing the kind of labor reporting which is absolutely essential - I've just signed up as a supporter and if you chip in during the holiday season you get a discount off an annual membership. Help keep labor reporting alive!
It's the end of the year, which means everyone is holding a fundraiser, and I am no exception, lmao.
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
I have some goals that I'm still working on meeting through the end of 2026. Help me get to 1000 subs and I will personally fight your boss👊 (jokes, jokes...)
This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
With next to no support @melbuer.bsky.social is doing the kind of labor reporting which is absolutely essential - I've just signed up as a supporter and if you chip in during the holiday season you get a discount off an annual membership. Help keep labor reporting alive!
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took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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All this talk about following the constitution better wow me with some incredible impeachment articles when the Congress gets back on December 1st.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All this talk about following the constitution better wow me with some incredible impeachment articles when the Congress gets back on December 1st.
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If people's experiences (which are qualitative data!) are saying one thing but the "hard data" says something else, it means your data is missing something.
Similarly: Under Biden when homeless shelters were seeing record need but economists insisted the numbers were fine.
Similarly: Under Biden when homeless shelters were seeing record need but economists insisted the numbers were fine.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If people's experiences (which are qualitative data!) are saying one thing but the "hard data" says something else, it means your data is missing something.
Similarly: Under Biden when homeless shelters were seeing record need but economists insisted the numbers were fine.
Similarly: Under Biden when homeless shelters were seeing record need but economists insisted the numbers were fine.
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I am once again asking my mutuals to stop following this guy he was extremely extremely gross towards me last night, and threatened to dox me because I indirectly teased his friend, Walmart Mike
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I am once again asking my mutuals to stop following this guy he was extremely extremely gross towards me last night, and threatened to dox me because I indirectly teased his friend, Walmart Mike
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November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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