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caravellin.bsky.social
Some good comments on this video!
Screenshot of the two top comments on the video "What ever happened to Titanic's Swimming Pool?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ZfmUK3z6A) First one by @larryb9642 2 years ago: "Technically the pool is still functional and doing its job. It's a bit deeper inside than originally intended and is no longer heated but it's still there." Second one by @beckydoesit9331 2 years ago: "The draining system was feared so good that upon sinking the entire ocean would be sucked into the drain leaving a barren wasteland where the Atlantic Ocean was. Luckily, there was a watertight door separating the pool from the ocean."
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
Nice!
Screenshot of a post from Zach from September 26, 2025 that says: "Also, I will answer your question why not 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 profile. As it stands, the Palestinian side started the war. They actively supported or ignored Hamas and PIJ as they waged war on the Jews. And now they are suffering for it. I support peace but I morally boycott at the same time."
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
No you don't understand it's an obscure reference! (I don't want to put this account on blast, I don't know them I'm sure they're fine, they're unrelated to the bluesky mods to my knowledge, but I think it's such a funny take)
Screenshot from @socialmedialab.ca skeet from 1 day ago that says: "This is why Content moderation is difficult. When do you take a post at face value, & when do you consider its cultural context? Should mods be blamed for not knowing re: reference to an obscure line from Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues? "But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die."" quoting a post from Bluesky Safety about Sarah Kendzior's suspension.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Those reviews are so disappointingly unjuicy. Only vaguely exploitable one I could find was here:

I mean if the reviews are reliable (and there's few enough of them I'm happy to believe they're real at least) it sounds like a good school
Screenshot of a review from the Icarus Flying School website, five stars from Andrew S. that says: "Great instructors, everyone is trying to help you reach your goals with a friendly, yet motivating environment." which you can almost, almost imagine Icarus saying before his father started being a downer about reaching his goals.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
For a brief instant I had very particular expectations of this article, then I noticed there was a word left on the second line
Screenshot of the quoted post that looks like it says "Vocal convergence during formation of social relationships in vampire" and then you see on the second line the next word is "bats", not "communities".
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
I hadn't realised he said this explicitly but if so there's the legitimisation downside right there
Screenshot of Emissary of Night post from November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM: "Mamdani said outright on the campaign trail that the ADL does not represent American Jews. That's more or less unprecedented."
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
With apologies to @fujiiponta.bsky.social
Screenshot of a bluesky post by FujiiPonta from 5 minutes ago, that says: "with ratios in most surpassing levels that a national research institute had projected would not be reached until 2070 for the country as a whole, government data showed on Sunday (November 2)". (it is a follow-up to the following self-quoted post: "Foreign residents accounted for more than 10 percent of the population in 27 municipalities across Japan as of January, ...")
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
Cool as a cucumber why do you ask
Screenshot of @dnnation.bsky.social's profile where the top post is the "badgers" gif (a 2010s vector animation of a dozen badgers all over a green field doing the same repetitive dance move) with the text: "well it's Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer Schumer this-site's ob-sessed"
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Huh
Screenshot from the article with a highlighted section that says: "The avenues for outside influence were few: the subdivision was very safe and pleasant, bit the distances were so vast that you couldn't just go outside and walk somewhere. Still one year away from getting his learner's permit, Sewell relied on his parents and grandmother to drive him to school, to basketball, to a friend's house, back home."
October 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Good catch! I was looking for the source, I couldn't find that specific image but you can see the same sign in this Instagram reel

www.instagram.com/p/DP-bFIxERA...
Screenshot of picture from mark_sullo Instagram account, showing a protest sign held by what appears to be a smiling young woman but the photo cuts off just under her eyes. The hand-drawn sign show a unicorn, panda bear, T-Rex and frog carrying a US flag in the same positions as the famous Iwo Jima photo.
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
This is very funny

With alt-text:
Photo of Mao Tse-Tung with a white text overlay one should read to the end that says: "Landlord's right has its origin in robbery. The Landlords, like all other men, love to read where they never sowed, and demand a rent for even the natural produce of the Earth. - Adam Smith; Photo of Mao Tse-Tung is unrelated"
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
I'm thinking something like this
Photo of Hydrangea aspera from Wikipedia that shows the thing where the "real flowers" are abundant tiny fuzzy things and it only has a few of the canonical "Hydrangea flowers" with the petals (actually bracts) & stuff
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Context for anyone curious (thanks @riley.writes.fyi )
Screenshot from the context builder bot, showing the blocked post by Anon 48PE... (Name truncated) that says: "the left and Democratic leaders need to acknowledge that Democratic politicians and MSNBC hosts have been prodding progressives towards violence. Data consistently shows progressives are the most mentally fragile people in the nation, overwhelmed with despair."
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
So I'm guessing the quoted post was this one?
Screenshot of bluesky post from September 7th 2025 by Mike Caulfield that says: "This is a good post on how to get better at using AI. It's the product of pretty intensive research on what consistently works although I don't surface that research directly in it. Bluesky and AI, so obviously comments on this are off." Link to the substack article: https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/is-the-llm-response-wrong-or-have
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
Petite histoire en 3 posts:

(quand je dis 3 - je ne dis pas que l'histoire ne sent pas le sequel bait hein, je sais qu'on a tous hâte de lire la suite)
Capture d'écran du post parent de Suave Morbida sur le vin de carottes, la première réplique de Cathulhu disant "Je, heum... suis dubitatif.", et la seconde une minute plus tard disant juste 📌
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Screenshot for when @diplomatofnight.com deactivates:

(Smotrich, if anyone is confused, is Israeli)
Skeet by Emissary of Night linking an article from Times of Israel: "Israeli settlement that would split the occupied West Bank in half was approved this morning. "The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not by slogans but by deeds. Every settlement, every neighborhood, every unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea," Smotrich declared."
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
On that last point:
Screenshot of a paragraph from the Forward article by Lihi Ben Shitrit that says: "Liberal Jews like myself need to overcome our shame, which pushes some of us to avoid or even deny the reality of Gaza. Instead, we must grapple with guilt; guilt not in the sense of personal culpability, but rather in our collective responsibility toward and solidarity with our Israeli kin and our Palestinian neighbors. Writing this article is my first step in this direction."
August 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Great article. These bits are also really useful & refreshing to read.

@self.agency did you see it?
Screenshot from the "Forward" article by Lihi Ben Shitrit, that says: Critics claimed ‘genocide’ on day one. Another reason many wish to disbelieve Israel is committing genocide is because it has been accused of it since the Oct. 7 attack. For example, Israeli historian and genocide scholar Raz Segal published an article in Jewish Currents on Oct. 13, 2023 titled “A Textbook Case of Genocide.” Israel had just begun its retaliatory strikes on Gaza (which at that point had killed more than 1,800 people), and the quick jump to the assertion of genocide, which Segal was not the only one to make, seemed startling. I was taken aback by Segal’s certitude. How could he have gathered the data and performed the necessary rigorous analysis so quickly? I felt he was being alarmist and irresponsible as a scholar, jumping to a conclusion before there was clear evidence. Screenshot of the rest of this section of the Forward article by Lihi Ben Shitrit that says: Nearly two years later, I understand that Segal was primarily talking about Israeli leaders’ public incitement for war crimes that was “quite explicit, open, and unashamed” from day one. His article was a warning about the murderous destination that dehumanization and violent rhetoric lead to. The difference between me and Segal was that I thought the threats barked by Israeli politicians and generals were the macho bluster of panicked leaders responsible for the worst security failure in Israeli history. I didn’t believe they intended to do what they said they were going to do. He, however, believed them. I realize now, as the international community has failed to stop the total destruction of Gaza, that the speed of his and others’ prompt pronouncements was not irresponsible, knee-jerk scholarship. If anything, when it comes to the threat of genocide, being alarmist is precisely what is needed.
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
That I addressed
August 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
Nope, that is not the reason. Since you apparently missed it here are some posts where I suggested reasons:

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And of course your original comment is a complete non-sequitur if you're not arguing Israel's side.
Original exchange, with two skeets from Emissary of Night and MeDicen el Clandestino's response. First skeet is quoting Barrista saying: "Everyone insisting it wasn't a genocide, I'm curious what you're thinking now" Emissary of Night adds: "Really the only person I've seen even seriously try to explain why his view changed was Omer Bartov tbh, nearly every one else has basically just switched on a dime out of vibes. I am fine with that ultimately so long as they support and demand action be taken, but it is a bit weird" Second skeet: "Insofar as genocide is contingent upon intent, the intent was clear from Oct 8th." MeDicen el Clandestino's reply: "Hamas has genocidal intent. That was clear Oct 7th. I suggest to try a nonviolent approach on both sides and start by accepting the right to exist of others."
July 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
That's false, unless you define "social interactions" down to just "interactions". The animal kingdom has a wide variety of types of social organisation & behaviors and the kinds humans engage in are in fact very unusual - possibly the tightest integration short of full eusociality.
Incompetently photographed & highlighted section from the book "The Evolution of Agency" by Michael Tomasello. Highlighted section says: "First, if a chimpanzee is collaborating with a partner and unexpectedly gets her reward first, she simply takes it and runs (Greenberg et al., 2010); in contrast, if a young human child gets her reward first, she nevertheless stays committed to the collaboration throughout, delaying cashing in her own reward until her partner gets hers as well (Hamann et al., 2012; see also Kachek & Tomasello, 2019). Second, when a collaboration has reached its joint goal, a dominant chimpanzee will, if possible, hog all the spoils and exclude her partner, which means that the pair is unlikely to continue collaborating (Melis, Hare, & Tomasello, 2006); in contrast, when a young human child obtains rewards collaboratively with a partner, she almost always divides them equally which encourages continuing collaboration (Warneken et al., 2011; see also Hamann et al., 2011). The joint commitment that children, but not great apes, make and respect is aimed at reducing the uncertainties of collaboration for both participants.
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
Holy shit! Cool sponsored link there Google!

In other news, a certain country isn't desperate at all...

(Full search string was "human rights watch genocide gaza")
Google search for "human rights watch genocide gaza" (the "gaza" part is hidden) showing the relevant HRW report as a first result, but above it taking up most of the screen is a sponsored link to a gov.il site saying "Don't be fooled by HRF's mask - HRF's disturbing reality", with expandable subsections "Expose Hind Rajab" (subhed: "Reveal Hind Rajab Truth Hidden Agenda Exposed") and "Hind Rajab Investigation" HRW report for anyone curious is "Israel's Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza": https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza .
July 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
caravellin.bsky.social
Good grief

Of course there's a whole other field of study the AI alignment ppl are ignoring as they reinvent its wheels. Of course there is.
Screenshot of a paragraph from the preprint linked below: "For over 40 years, HCC has struggled with, and made progress on, “aligning” different technologies to people. Key issues include: Who, exactly, are we talking about? How do we know what they want? How stable is what they want to do with technology? Can they help us design it? What are the different ways a technology can be designed? How do we know if it’s good for people? What are the limits of design- and tech-centric approaches? Is it possible to avoid baking systemic oppression into technology? Casting alignment as HCC invites it to draw upon the considerable theories, methods, and findings of HCC, and the fields from which it borrows (e.g., STS, Communication, Ethics, etc.)—instead of re-inventing them under new names. Perhaps we don’t need the word “alignment” at all."
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
OH SNAP 😂
Screenshot of a (fake) headline from the website In very NYT font, under NYT letterhead: "Eric Adams Questions Mamdani's Commitment to Serving Interests of Turkey".
July 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
caravellin.bsky.social
This recent example shocked me for some reason

Like, the gratuitous extreme they took it to. "Literally everything they have", really, no possible debate on that specific claimed level of fight? "Want Republicans to win" really, that's the only possible faction who could disagree with you on this?
Post by Ariella Elm on bluesky one day ago that says: "At this point, if you think the Democrats aren't fighting back with literally everything they have, you are choosing not to pay attention and you want Republicans to win"
July 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM