AJ "Cabin Fever" Finch
@aj-finch.bsky.social
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Queer hermit
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Queer hermit
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More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
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Dressed in a spotted owl sweater handmade by his wife, ecologist Rocky Gutierrez explains why he thinks so many people share his love for owls. 🦉
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dressed in a spotted owl sweater handmade by his wife, ecologist Rocky Gutierrez explains why he thinks so many people share his love for owls. 🦉
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a somewhat similar circumstance that befell me; whether it was a reality or a dream, I never could entirely settle.
December 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
a somewhat similar circumstance that befell me; whether it was a reality or a dream, I never could entirely settle.
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People get so pissy when I speak out against breeding, as if I'm being pointlessly mean and grumpy about their favorite color or clothing brand. Cats are not colors. They are not clothing. They are sentient creatures who should not have to suffer for human convenience or aesthetic preferences.
🔍NEW STUDY highlights the welfare challenges facing purebred cats in the UK and presents a new framework that encourages an evidence-based perspective.
🔗 Read the full press release: https://ow.ly/qAIk50XyNlj
🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: https://ow.ly/QO3n50XyWro
🔗 Read the full press release: https://ow.ly/qAIk50XyNlj
🔗 Read the open access paper in Animal Welfare: https://ow.ly/QO3n50XyWro
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
People get so pissy when I speak out against breeding, as if I'm being pointlessly mean and grumpy about their favorite color or clothing brand. Cats are not colors. They are not clothing. They are sentient creatures who should not have to suffer for human convenience or aesthetic preferences.
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Ahab’s unearthly slogan tore every other cry but his to shreds.
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ahab’s unearthly slogan tore every other cry but his to shreds.
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Ninety-five percent of the universe is unobservable, which may seem like a shortcoming of physics. Sean M. Carroll sees things differently.
Watch the full livestream featuring Carroll from our "Big Mysteries" event in New York: buff.ly/dPf9UIr
Watch the full livestream featuring Carroll from our "Big Mysteries" event in New York: buff.ly/dPf9UIr
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ninety-five percent of the universe is unobservable, which may seem like a shortcoming of physics. Sean M. Carroll sees things differently.
Watch the full livestream featuring Carroll from our "Big Mysteries" event in New York: buff.ly/dPf9UIr
Watch the full livestream featuring Carroll from our "Big Mysteries" event in New York: buff.ly/dPf9UIr
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Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
Curse of the Were Rabbit. Just me, my family, and a small birthday party at a matinee showing in the tiny dollar theater. We laughed so hard that we probably scared the other people.
We rarely see movies, Wallace and Gromit is one thing we all adore.
We rarely see movies, Wallace and Gromit is one thing we all adore.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Curse of the Were Rabbit. Just me, my family, and a small birthday party at a matinee showing in the tiny dollar theater. We laughed so hard that we probably scared the other people.
We rarely see movies, Wallace and Gromit is one thing we all adore.
We rarely see movies, Wallace and Gromit is one thing we all adore.
My brother has helpfully explained to me that the robot that cleans the church is only a few steps away from Deus ex Machina as a concept, and that is the path to Warhammer
What the *flip* is Warhammer about??
What the *flip* is Warhammer about??
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My brother has helpfully explained to me that the robot that cleans the church is only a few steps away from Deus ex Machina as a concept, and that is the path to Warhammer
What the *flip* is Warhammer about??
What the *flip* is Warhammer about??
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Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?
Medieval people never bathed and thats why they all wore plague masks! Pspspsps here kitty!
Careful, if you spread fake history and don't respond well to my correction, I may send Moortje after you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Medieval people never bathed and thats why they all wore plague masks! Pspspsps here kitty!
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We have a new coworker who got trapped in a room today. No matter how much she tried to turn the doorknob she couldn’t open it. She called for help and nobody heard her for several minutes.
Except it was just a sliding door and she was never trapped. She’s going to fit in here just fine
Except it was just a sliding door and she was never trapped. She’s going to fit in here just fine
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We have a new coworker who got trapped in a room today. No matter how much she tried to turn the doorknob she couldn’t open it. She called for help and nobody heard her for several minutes.
Except it was just a sliding door and she was never trapped. She’s going to fit in here just fine
Except it was just a sliding door and she was never trapped. She’s going to fit in here just fine
“nonsense on stilts, and is an insult to the exciting work going on to understand this object,” as argued by Professor Chris Lintott from Oxford university.
That phrase instantly alleviated my anxiety.
That phrase instantly alleviated my anxiety.
Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science.
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s Behavior is Reckless
I’ve largely ignored Loeb for the past few weeks. When he started in on his 3I/ATLAS thing, there were plenty of mainstream media outlets willing to give his claims a wide and credulous platform, and ...
sites.psu.edu
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“nonsense on stilts, and is an insult to the exciting work going on to understand this object,” as argued by Professor Chris Lintott from Oxford university.
That phrase instantly alleviated my anxiety.
That phrase instantly alleviated my anxiety.
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imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
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From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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Maybe post a pic of what the tasseled wobbegong looks like, according to the sources you posted.
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Maybe post a pic of what the tasseled wobbegong looks like, according to the sources you posted.
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
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So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
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Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
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In early 2024, I got to speak to Deans from up & down the West Coast of the US & Canada about "AI". I told them that the only value of ChatGPT for university administrators is as a contrast-dye test to show where resources are lacking.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In early 2024, I got to speak to Deans from up & down the West Coast of the US & Canada about "AI". I told them that the only value of ChatGPT for university administrators is as a contrast-dye test to show where resources are lacking.
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No one:
My child, flesh of my flesh: you know King James would have been like GIRL, STEVEN UNIVERSE RUUUULES
My child, flesh of my flesh: you know King James would have been like GIRL, STEVEN UNIVERSE RUUUULES
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
No one:
My child, flesh of my flesh: you know King James would have been like GIRL, STEVEN UNIVERSE RUUUULES
My child, flesh of my flesh: you know King James would have been like GIRL, STEVEN UNIVERSE RUUUULES