Coral, yr Bird Friend
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Friendly tech and bird nerd; also a librarian, engineer, & data munger, currently a web dev & systems admin for an academic library. Very caffeinated. 🌶️🧠, chronically ill, immunocompromised. #CovidIsntOver so #MaskUp (banner by beesyjimwax on Tumblr)
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I could use some help. This piece was in my mom’s jewelry box. It’s more in line with my tastes than a lot of her jewelry, but I never saw her wear it, don’t know where it came from or what it means (if anything). Does anyone recognize this artist’s mark, or the symbolism?
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I could use some help. This piece was in my mom’s jewelry box. It’s more in line with my tastes than a lot of her jewelry, but I never saw her wear it, don’t know where it came from or what it means (if anything). Does anyone recognize this artist’s mark, or the symbolism?
Is it a conspiracy of bakers everywhere that the standard pumpkin pie recipe *never* fits into a single shell (so we all get our little ramekin treat)?
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Is it a conspiracy of bakers everywhere that the standard pumpkin pie recipe *never* fits into a single shell (so we all get our little ramekin treat)?
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Trump’s “mass deportation” is not deportation at all.
When people are captured without due process, that's kidnapping. When they’re sent to another country against their will, that's human trafficking. When they're put in a prison with no way to get out, that's a concentration camp.
When people are captured without due process, that's kidnapping. When they’re sent to another country against their will, that's human trafficking. When they're put in a prison with no way to get out, that's a concentration camp.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s “mass deportation” is not deportation at all.
When people are captured without due process, that's kidnapping. When they’re sent to another country against their will, that's human trafficking. When they're put in a prison with no way to get out, that's a concentration camp.
When people are captured without due process, that's kidnapping. When they’re sent to another country against their will, that's human trafficking. When they're put in a prison with no way to get out, that's a concentration camp.
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
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and if you didn’t know, Vinay Prasad is one of the most prolific medical grifters of our time. the man is lying through his teeth. he doesn’t care if your children die, as long as he comes out on top. he will tell whatever lies necessary to secure his own social, political, and financial standing.
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
and if you didn’t know, Vinay Prasad is one of the most prolific medical grifters of our time. the man is lying through his teeth. he doesn’t care if your children die, as long as he comes out on top. he will tell whatever lies necessary to secure his own social, political, and financial standing.
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forgive the typos. I’m so mad and sad and forced back into grieving right now. but do not ignore the message. I am begging you to love your children enough to vaccinate them
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
forgive the typos. I’m so mad and sad and forced back into grieving right now. but do not ignore the message. I am begging you to love your children enough to vaccinate them
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A lot of academic leaders are defining both their and their institution's legacy right now (derogatory).
Any person who claims to be an academic leader and signs a document like this is neither.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A lot of academic leaders are defining both their and their institution's legacy right now (derogatory).
Agree, and I think it also shows how pointless most executives’ work really is. (“AI” is mathematically incapable of creating something new or even hallucination-free.)
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Agree, and I think it also shows how pointless most executives’ work really is. (“AI” is mathematically incapable of creating something new or even hallucination-free.)
Oh my deities, a normal (small) bit of family drama is occurring!
My cousin (Mom’s niece) was hoping to take the recipe box!?
Today she wants Dad’s side’s coconut ice recipe, which Mom apparently never shared with her, but longer term she wants it all scanned.
Mom would want me to say “no,” but
My cousin (Mom’s niece) was hoping to take the recipe box!?
Today she wants Dad’s side’s coconut ice recipe, which Mom apparently never shared with her, but longer term she wants it all scanned.
Mom would want me to say “no,” but
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh my deities, a normal (small) bit of family drama is occurring!
My cousin (Mom’s niece) was hoping to take the recipe box!?
Today she wants Dad’s side’s coconut ice recipe, which Mom apparently never shared with her, but longer term she wants it all scanned.
Mom would want me to say “no,” but
My cousin (Mom’s niece) was hoping to take the recipe box!?
Today she wants Dad’s side’s coconut ice recipe, which Mom apparently never shared with her, but longer term she wants it all scanned.
Mom would want me to say “no,” but
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Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
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Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
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Making your ornaments is a great way to open a little box and laugh at how funny you were in past years
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Making your ornaments is a great way to open a little box and laugh at how funny you were in past years
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[gritting teeth] wolves would simply not behave that way
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
[gritting teeth] wolves would simply not behave that way
Hey, Pittsburgh pals, Rochester has its very own Ridiculous Food Item that I think you might want to know about
The Rochester ‘Garbage Plate’ Has Been a New York Secret for Far Too Long
Don't worry—the Garbage Plate is anything but trash.
www.tasteofhome.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hey, Pittsburgh pals, Rochester has its very own Ridiculous Food Item that I think you might want to know about
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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COVID may no longer be considered an official global emergency, but mounting scientific evidence suggests every COVID infection a person gets increases their risk of developing long-term health issues.
Sadly, people have been lied to by omission by our govts and public health and they don’t know that no one fully recovers from Covid.
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
“There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence.”
— David Putrino, Long Covid researcher
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
COVID may no longer be considered an official global emergency, but mounting scientific evidence suggests every COVID infection a person gets increases their risk of developing long-term health issues.
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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Oh that university that just caved? Threw its trans students under the bus.
in this agreement, NU formally says it will define "sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities" by sex assigned at birth.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oh that university that just caved? Threw its trans students under the bus.
Alt text: PC Gamer article, headline: “Microsoft’s head of AI doesn’t understand why people don’t like AI, and I don’t understand why he doesn’t understand because it’s pretty obvious.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Alt text: PC Gamer article, headline: “Microsoft’s head of AI doesn’t understand why people don’t like AI, and I don’t understand why he doesn’t understand because it’s pretty obvious.”
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Fascinating article on tattoo + vaccine interactions.
For SOME vaccines (like covid), immune response was lower when injected into tattoos. For OTHERS, (like flu), the immune response = higher!
Different formulations of vaccines interact with tattoo ink differently 🤯
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
For SOME vaccines (like covid), immune response was lower when injected into tattoos. For OTHERS, (like flu), the immune response = higher!
Different formulations of vaccines interact with tattoo ink differently 🤯
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fascinating article on tattoo + vaccine interactions.
For SOME vaccines (like covid), immune response was lower when injected into tattoos. For OTHERS, (like flu), the immune response = higher!
Different formulations of vaccines interact with tattoo ink differently 🤯
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
For SOME vaccines (like covid), immune response was lower when injected into tattoos. For OTHERS, (like flu), the immune response = higher!
Different formulations of vaccines interact with tattoo ink differently 🤯
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Really, any time you hand me AI output, whether it’s a product page, an email, a slide deck, or a verbal “ChatGPT says…,” I stop caring about that thing, because I now have evidence that you didn’t care enough about it to put in any effort.
And I adjust down my assessment of your ethics, as well.
And I adjust down my assessment of your ethics, as well.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Really, any time you hand me AI output, whether it’s a product page, an email, a slide deck, or a verbal “ChatGPT says…,” I stop caring about that thing, because I now have evidence that you didn’t care enough about it to put in any effort.
And I adjust down my assessment of your ethics, as well.
And I adjust down my assessment of your ethics, as well.
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I honestly don't know why ANYONE would possibly do this. If your image of food is AI, I assume that you don't give a shit about anything in your restaurant and that your food looks terrible, because otherwise you would, at a minimum, take out your pocket phone camera and snap a real picture.
Same but for any restaurant that uses AI images of their food (including a few well reviewed, high end places in nyc)
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I honestly don't know why ANYONE would possibly do this. If your image of food is AI, I assume that you don't give a shit about anything in your restaurant and that your food looks terrible, because otherwise you would, at a minimum, take out your pocket phone camera and snap a real picture.
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"AI" image generators rely on the theft of the work of actual artists--having a moral objection to those images is not just about the superficial aesthetics of a presentation, its about your ethics as an academic.
The number of academics responding enthusiastically to this post makes me immediately less confident in their ability to discern the difference between how information is presented and the information itself
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"AI" image generators rely on the theft of the work of actual artists--having a moral objection to those images is not just about the superficial aesthetics of a presentation, its about your ethics as an academic.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.