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LarissAAAHH

@purlgurly.bsky.social

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She/her/elle. Alto, ADHDer. Interested in politics (esp.TOpoli), stories, disability, food, knitting, geekery, cats. Unrepentant leftie in 🇨🇦

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LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · May 25

Picked up my Snaraness again this weekend, I’ve done 8 of 12 pattern repeats (although I think I’m going to add some additional repeats to make it a bit bigger than the pattern) #KnitSky

Photo of a triangular shawl on double-pointed needles. The shawl is knit in teal yarn and has a lace pattern that evokes flowers. It is on top of a floral bedspread.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 10h

The most egregious part of this whole sad affair was that the PMO comms people were emailing us links to his twitter posts all weekend, as if carefully curated posts could somehow replace journalism.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 11h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery:

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16h

I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 17h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 14h

You know what? I have time today. Let's have a look.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 14h

Frying brains online

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 20h

Feels like it’s been a while since I put my workplace here. This is Skara Brae right now 🏺🧪🌊

Grass of various lengths around and over a 5000 year old stone village. The houses are beside a rocky coast, and the North Atlantic is off to the far right, with ominous rain clouds.

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LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · 14h

This article about the beluga whales remaining in limbo at Marineland is heartbreaking. And it made me think about our leaders’ collective failure with the climate crisis. Bad decisions were made, someone needs to step up now, but everyone wants to point fingers and no one wants to pony up the $$$

‘We need to get them out’: Beluga trainer fired by Marineland speaks out

The belugas' pools are in desperate need of repair with their painted walls peeling and concrete chunks falling into the water, the former trainer says.

www.thestar.com

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 20h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · 17h

*Theorizing that the Ganymede Club is affiliated with the Diogenes Club*

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · 17h

Good afternoon from cardboard box-land.

A fuzzy black-and-white cat with a pink nose and green-gold eyes is lying in a cardboard box filled with kraft paper. She is looking up at the camera with a small smile on her face.

LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · 18h

And this is why section 15 of the Charter is so important in Canada (especially as our right-wing always tries to echo American right-wing causes).

Equality rights - section 15

Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law
15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

Affirmative action programs
(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged
individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20h

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1d

This is it, the most unhinged literary opinion. I will be adopting it as fact immediately.

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 1d

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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No No Quit @lesleynope.bsky.social · 2d

Hit em where they aint eh

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian Thanksgiving is just one of the best holidays there is.

Held at a nice time of year, when travel to visit family and friends is still easy.

Relatively low stress.

Little historical baggage (compared with US Thanksgiving).

Great food.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3d

One of the many things I wish I had been wrong about is saying that back in the nineties, our leaders looked at climate change and said: We can’t do shit about this without measures we find unacceptable, so future generations will just have to deal with it via machine guns, fences and attack dogs.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsk... • 2d
"I don't think we can mitigate for climate change."
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

CRW Nevinson’s Welsh Hills
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._W...

landscape painting, fields and scattered trees leading to hils in the distance

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 3d

Today is National Coming Out Day!

It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week.

This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out.

My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...