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Not me watching Alien: Earth and thinking, "I'd love to be a hybrid."
Sounds like I'm about to be sold a better option
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not me watching Alien: Earth and thinking, "I'd love to be a hybrid."
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Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
I didn’t think we’d see anything, but early this evening we got lucky❤️
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I didn’t think we’d see anything, but early this evening we got lucky❤️
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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Saw this article in my feed earlier. Saw Dr. Loftus's name in it, which I recall from grad school.
You can't trust "recovered memories" only experienced while on psychedelics, which make memories malleable and may be more akin to dreams.
The body DOES keep score, but not all trauma is CSA. 🧵
You can't trust "recovered memories" only experienced while on psychedelics, which make memories malleable and may be more akin to dreams.
The body DOES keep score, but not all trauma is CSA. 🧵
Why Everyone's Talking About MDMA & Recovered Memories
Can MDMA help retrieve lost memories? This year’s hottest memoir, Amy Griffin's 'The Tell,' has reopened a thorny debate.
www.bustle.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Saw this article in my feed earlier. Saw Dr. Loftus's name in it, which I recall from grad school.
You can't trust "recovered memories" only experienced while on psychedelics, which make memories malleable and may be more akin to dreams.
The body DOES keep score, but not all trauma is CSA. 🧵
You can't trust "recovered memories" only experienced while on psychedelics, which make memories malleable and may be more akin to dreams.
The body DOES keep score, but not all trauma is CSA. 🧵
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My first publication was a letter to the editor when I was six or seven. What a thrill, to be heard and valued.
“I emerged from that experience with a better understanding of the widening gulf between what our readers expected from us and what our owner and leaders wanted the paper to be. That clarity contributed to my decision to leave The Post this summer.”
www.notus.org/perspectives...
www.notus.org/perspectives...
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.
www.notus.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My first publication was a letter to the editor when I was six or seven. What a thrill, to be heard and valued.
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He: You spent money on an AIR PURIFIER?
Me: [erupting into a 15-minute talk on air pollution in cancer and dementia, confidently citing studies I once skimmed]
He: You really should be in sales.
Me: That's half my job, using vague recollections of science to convince people to fund more science.
Me: [erupting into a 15-minute talk on air pollution in cancer and dementia, confidently citing studies I once skimmed]
He: You really should be in sales.
Me: That's half my job, using vague recollections of science to convince people to fund more science.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He: You spent money on an AIR PURIFIER?
Me: [erupting into a 15-minute talk on air pollution in cancer and dementia, confidently citing studies I once skimmed]
He: You really should be in sales.
Me: That's half my job, using vague recollections of science to convince people to fund more science.
Me: [erupting into a 15-minute talk on air pollution in cancer and dementia, confidently citing studies I once skimmed]
He: You really should be in sales.
Me: That's half my job, using vague recollections of science to convince people to fund more science.
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
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"Oh, I've got a consistent moral compass, how fucking bizarre."
But, truly, my inability to just quietly accept injustice - even in the short term, just to get through the day - is absolutely maladaptive. It's not great for my mental health, in a world with so little fairness.
But, truly, my inability to just quietly accept injustice - even in the short term, just to get through the day - is absolutely maladaptive. It's not great for my mental health, in a world with so little fairness.
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Oh, I've got a consistent moral compass, how fucking bizarre."
But, truly, my inability to just quietly accept injustice - even in the short term, just to get through the day - is absolutely maladaptive. It's not great for my mental health, in a world with so little fairness.
But, truly, my inability to just quietly accept injustice - even in the short term, just to get through the day - is absolutely maladaptive. It's not great for my mental health, in a world with so little fairness.
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This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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This person would likely label themselves a progressive. They volunteered, they cared about their causes, they could talk circles around others on so many topics
But they lost all humanity when faced with something they couldn't understand, they hadn't had to do, that their family didn't live
But they lost all humanity when faced with something they couldn't understand, they hadn't had to do, that their family didn't live
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This person would likely label themselves a progressive. They volunteered, they cared about their causes, they could talk circles around others on so many topics
But they lost all humanity when faced with something they couldn't understand, they hadn't had to do, that their family didn't live
But they lost all humanity when faced with something they couldn't understand, they hadn't had to do, that their family didn't live
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New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
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running out of ways to say they keep making him sound cool
Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
running out of ways to say they keep making him sound cool
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Your art isn’t bad just because it’s not selling right now.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Your art isn’t bad just because it’s not selling right now.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
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Because some of my mutuals still follow the AltNPS account, please watch this video, it outlines how they're grifters who distract from real activism. Put your attention and money elsewhere.
"The problem with AltNPS and other unverified Alts like them is not that they are scams. It's that they are selling you shovels on a cliff edge and telling you to dig to reach salvation, all the while reducing the reputation of the people who are actually trying to save you from falling off."
The True Story of AltNPS
YouTube video by Aden Ng
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Because some of my mutuals still follow the AltNPS account, please watch this video, it outlines how they're grifters who distract from real activism. Put your attention and money elsewhere.
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Food pantries also really can use MONEY. This lets them buy food they get at a discount and, for some, it lets them have fresh food to offer.
And if you want to donate food items, elementary school teachers frequently need healthy classroom snacks. You can just call the school to ask what's best.
And if you want to donate food items, elementary school teachers frequently need healthy classroom snacks. You can just call the school to ask what's best.
Yesterday we talked a little bit about SNAP ending and how everyone who can, should give back to their communities. I'm going to spend a little time today talking about what to give.
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Food pantries also really can use MONEY. This lets them buy food they get at a discount and, for some, it lets them have fresh food to offer.
And if you want to donate food items, elementary school teachers frequently need healthy classroom snacks. You can just call the school to ask what's best.
And if you want to donate food items, elementary school teachers frequently need healthy classroom snacks. You can just call the school to ask what's best.
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Oh jees, oh f**k, I shouldn't have looked into the maws of AltNPS on Facebook. It's so much worse there. I've been following @katmabu.bsky.social's indictment, so I know what happened, and they just lied! The incident that started the indictment and the video they stated are not the same ones!
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Oh jees, oh f**k, I shouldn't have looked into the maws of AltNPS on Facebook. It's so much worse there. I've been following @katmabu.bsky.social's indictment, so I know what happened, and they just lied! The incident that started the indictment and the video they stated are not the same ones!
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Donate to your local food pantries and shelters. We still have no idea whether the emergency funds will be released and they’re not enough to cover full costs.
Build mutual aid. The only way we get out of this mess is to reinvigorate our sense of interconnectedness.
Build mutual aid. The only way we get out of this mess is to reinvigorate our sense of interconnectedness.
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Donate to your local food pantries and shelters. We still have no idea whether the emergency funds will be released and they’re not enough to cover full costs.
Build mutual aid. The only way we get out of this mess is to reinvigorate our sense of interconnectedness.
Build mutual aid. The only way we get out of this mess is to reinvigorate our sense of interconnectedness.
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This new climate solution rocks!
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This new climate solution rocks!
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If you have mental health vulnerabilities (or even if you don't), please stay away from chatbots.
FTC complaints allege that "ChatGPT had caused people to experience incidents that included severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises."
🔹️One complaint...
1/7
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
FTC complaints allege that "ChatGPT had caused people to experience incidents that included severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises."
🔹️One complaint...
1/7
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
People Who Say They’re Experiencing AI Psychosis Beg the FTC for Help
The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.
www.wired.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you have mental health vulnerabilities (or even if you don't), please stay away from chatbots.
FTC complaints allege that "ChatGPT had caused people to experience incidents that included severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises."
🔹️One complaint...
1/7
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
FTC complaints allege that "ChatGPT had caused people to experience incidents that included severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises."
🔹️One complaint...
1/7
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
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It's not just SNAP. The social safety net as a whole is rapidly fraying and it scares the shit out of me.
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's not just SNAP. The social safety net as a whole is rapidly fraying and it scares the shit out of me.
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Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
Knowledge is Worth Your Time
Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...
chanda.bearblog.dev
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...