J
@alyraa.bsky.social
Trains, trains, gardens, dogs, trains, cooking, random old things, gaming particularly obsessed with Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
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Another Aurora Australis photo from last night. The beams were naked-eye visible. This event was even better than 11 May 2024.
Near Truro, South Australia.
#aurora
Near Truro, South Australia.
#aurora
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Another Aurora Australis photo from last night. The beams were naked-eye visible. This event was even better than 11 May 2024.
Near Truro, South Australia.
#aurora
Near Truro, South Australia.
#aurora
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Early morning meeting at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social yesterday meant being able to spy these slumbering workhorses, just as the sun was starting to filter into the Great Hall 👌
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Early morning meeting at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social yesterday meant being able to spy these slumbering workhorses, just as the sun was starting to filter into the Great Hall 👌
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I’ll admit it’s been a few years since I last set foot inside a library but when exactly did they start filling up with steam engines?! 😍
January 14, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I’ll admit it’s been a few years since I last set foot inside a library but when exactly did they start filling up with steam engines?! 😍
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I saw this incredible photo on the Merton Community Page. I saw it yesterday and I just can’t stop thinking about it, and I think it deserves sharing. That little fire trunk fighting the front
Taken by Tom who works for FFMVic in aircraft, of the Merton CFA Tanker.
#VicFires
Taken by Tom who works for FFMVic in aircraft, of the Merton CFA Tanker.
#VicFires
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I saw this incredible photo on the Merton Community Page. I saw it yesterday and I just can’t stop thinking about it, and I think it deserves sharing. That little fire trunk fighting the front
Taken by Tom who works for FFMVic in aircraft, of the Merton CFA Tanker.
#VicFires
Taken by Tom who works for FFMVic in aircraft, of the Merton CFA Tanker.
#VicFires
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(comic) The 6-Week Annual Goal
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
(comic) The 6-Week Annual Goal
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We really need to bring back a focus on reading comprehension
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We really need to bring back a focus on reading comprehension
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The modern world in old Ladybird.
"Furniture of today" (1971)
Artist: Robert Ayton
The Story of Furniture
"Furniture of today" (1971)
Artist: Robert Ayton
The Story of Furniture
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The modern world in old Ladybird.
"Furniture of today" (1971)
Artist: Robert Ayton
The Story of Furniture
"Furniture of today" (1971)
Artist: Robert Ayton
The Story of Furniture
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This is a double whammy story... Multiple entirely fake entries on this list published in multiple papers.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a double whammy story... Multiple entirely fake entries on this list published in multiple papers.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
‘Wellington boots’
(And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)
‘Wellington boots’
(And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
‘Wellington boots’
(And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)
‘Wellington boots’
(And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)
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This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
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The 8-hour work day was not ordained from above for all time. It was dreamed up by humans.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 8-hour work day was not ordained from above for all time. It was dreamed up by humans.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
It doesn't make sense for every person, every job, or every organization.
We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.
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thinking of the introverted woman who said she's never felt FOMO. she's only felt ROMO (Relief Of Missing Out)
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
thinking of the introverted woman who said she's never felt FOMO. she's only felt ROMO (Relief Of Missing Out)
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Hard to believe just how big Stormzy is now. Just look at him go!
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hard to believe just how big Stormzy is now. Just look at him go!
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Check out this phenomenal cast iron steam shovel toy. The detail is impressive for 1910s era toys
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Check out this phenomenal cast iron steam shovel toy. The detail is impressive for 1910s era toys
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
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Mr Gideon Haigh on why the ongoing, incompetent and dull-witted enshittification of the State Library of Victoria is so heartbreaking, so stupid, and so dangerous. Please share. www.cricketetal.com/p/an-institu...
An Institution Betrayed
GH on the State Library's post-literate plans
www.cricketetal.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Mr Gideon Haigh on why the ongoing, incompetent and dull-witted enshittification of the State Library of Victoria is so heartbreaking, so stupid, and so dangerous. Please share. www.cricketetal.com/p/an-institu...
Brilliant scene 👌
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Brilliant scene 👌