storm_of_sharp_things
@stormofsharpthings.bsky.social
Generally quiet, interested in too many things. This weekend is when I’ll finally catch up. No, really.
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GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
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"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
Digital Iris
YouTube video by Ancient
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February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Maisha (meaning Life)
by: The Zawose Queens
by: The Zawose Queens
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Maisha (meaning Life)
by: The Zawose Queens
by: The Zawose Queens
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Daily trauma recovery looks like managing our time & money; talking back to cognitive distortions w/ patience & realism; taking time to stretch, move, rest, & care for our body; feeding & hydrating ourselves appropriately; & responding to "symptoms" w/ care & grace, not judgment.
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Daily trauma recovery looks like managing our time & money; talking back to cognitive distortions w/ patience & realism; taking time to stretch, move, rest, & care for our body; feeding & hydrating ourselves appropriately; & responding to "symptoms" w/ care & grace, not judgment.
Would you be warmer if you did it as a run? 😉
(Sending you warm thoughts and hopes for many windbreaks)
(Sending you warm thoughts and hopes for many windbreaks)
Like a dummy, I agreed to go to a friend’s house for brunch tomorrow.
When it will be below zero degrees.
Heh.
Pray for me.
I’ll be walking 8 or 9 blocks. 😬
Adventure!
When it will be below zero degrees.
Heh.
Pray for me.
I’ll be walking 8 or 9 blocks. 😬
Adventure!
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Would you be warmer if you did it as a run? 😉
(Sending you warm thoughts and hopes for many windbreaks)
(Sending you warm thoughts and hopes for many windbreaks)
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artists! fiber freaks! even writers! DO. YOUR. STRETCHES.
Don't forget to stretch your hands and wrists fellow artists/gamers!
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
artists! fiber freaks! even writers! DO. YOUR. STRETCHES.
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This library sounds amazing - I didn't even know we had such a gem right here in Cambridge.
Cooperation Jackson is absolutely the right home for it. Help them relocate the books if you can!
Cooperation Jackson is absolutely the right home for it. Help them relocate the books if you can!
an elder in Boston spent his life building a one-of-a-kind radical library, but he's aging and it needs a new home. Cooperation Jackson has agreed to take it, but they need help shipping it all there.
blog.bl00cyb.org/2026/02/my-b...
blog.bl00cyb.org/2026/02/my-b...
My beloved Lantern Library | willowbl00
blog.bl00cyb.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This library sounds amazing - I didn't even know we had such a gem right here in Cambridge.
Cooperation Jackson is absolutely the right home for it. Help them relocate the books if you can!
Cooperation Jackson is absolutely the right home for it. Help them relocate the books if you can!
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We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
February 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
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go off jack white
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
go off jack white
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I post my bad art in the hopes that it inspires others to make (and please post!) their own. I don't care how bad mine is, if there is something I like about what I made it is a success
Not just because it’s how you get better but bad art is good for the soul to create
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I post my bad art in the hopes that it inspires others to make (and please post!) their own. I don't care how bad mine is, if there is something I like about what I made it is a success
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo
Tow truck driver offering free service returning abandoned vehicles to families of those abducted by ICE: "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo
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Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
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Perfection
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Perfection
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Just to throw this in at the end: if you can afford a donation, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is helping detainees post bond and get them out of custody ASAP. A worthy cause.
It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me.
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.
mibfc.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Just to throw this in at the end: if you can afford a donation, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is helping detainees post bond and get them out of custody ASAP. A worthy cause.
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deleting now! there are too many apps these days anyway!
INBOX: @sbworkersunited.org is escalating its rolling strike by calling on supporters to delete the firm's popular app off their phones until it agrees to a contract. It's an ambitious move that will test the depth of popular support, given how much value users have tied up there in rewards points.
February 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
deleting now! there are too many apps these days anyway!
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"but @bsky.app is just another Twitter..."
Maybe, but your account here is part of an important experiment in creating an open social media ecosystem.
I recommend this piece by @masnick.com who makes the case for @atproto.com
#socialmedia #atproto
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/a...
Maybe, but your account here is part of an important experiment in creating an open social media ecosystem.
I recommend this piece by @masnick.com who makes the case for @atproto.com
#socialmedia #atproto
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/a...
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I’m on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my “Protocols, Not Platforms” paper. But this post isn’t about Bluesky the app. It’s about the underlyin…
www.techdirt.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
"but @bsky.app is just another Twitter..."
Maybe, but your account here is part of an important experiment in creating an open social media ecosystem.
I recommend this piece by @masnick.com who makes the case for @atproto.com
#socialmedia #atproto
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/a...
Maybe, but your account here is part of an important experiment in creating an open social media ecosystem.
I recommend this piece by @masnick.com who makes the case for @atproto.com
#socialmedia #atproto
www.techdirt.com/2026/01/27/a...
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This is the same absolute incomprehension of human connection and emotional needs that leads to techbros thinking you want AI to helpfully summarize an email from your lover, or that a sex doll is going to replace finding somebody to hang out and watch Centaurworld with on Saturday evening.
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This is the same absolute incomprehension of human connection and emotional needs that leads to techbros thinking you want AI to helpfully summarize an email from your lover, or that a sex doll is going to replace finding somebody to hang out and watch Centaurworld with on Saturday evening.
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No one will ever succeed in convincing me that this comes from any kind of concern about reducing other human beings' pain. It's about reducing your down time from work, and/or making you "more effective" (substitute "useful to your boss"). All I can say, as gently as possible, is: "Fuck that shit."
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
No one will ever succeed in convincing me that this comes from any kind of concern about reducing other human beings' pain. It's about reducing your down time from work, and/or making you "more effective" (substitute "useful to your boss"). All I can say, as gently as possible, is: "Fuck that shit."
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If you’re seeing this post, take a sec; breathe; blink blink blink; focus, two, three, four; and remind yourself of your goals, values, and mission today.
Great job. Scroll on.
Great job. Scroll on.
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If you’re seeing this post, take a sec; breathe; blink blink blink; focus, two, three, four; and remind yourself of your goals, values, and mission today.
Great job. Scroll on.
Great job. Scroll on.
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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if i haven't seen you out in these streets today i better see an open wallet !!!
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
if i haven't seen you out in these streets today i better see an open wallet !!!
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
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GOOD NEWS! For the FIRST time ever, researchers have developed a targeted combination therapy that has successfully AND completely ELIMINATED KRAS-driven pancreatic tumors in experimental models. Tumors regressed COMPLETELY with NO recurrence OR major side effects. Let’s talk about that!
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! For the FIRST time ever, researchers have developed a targeted combination therapy that has successfully AND completely ELIMINATED KRAS-driven pancreatic tumors in experimental models. Tumors regressed COMPLETELY with NO recurrence OR major side effects. Let’s talk about that!