katajainen
@katajainen.bsky.social
Käännösalan mikroyrittäjä ja keski-ikäinen monialanörtti. Satunnaisia fandom-horinoita ja yleistä nurinaa maailmanmenosta.
Freelance translator, middle-aged multi-fandom nerd, medical history geek. She/her or they/them. Same handle on other platforms.
Freelance translator, middle-aged multi-fandom nerd, medical history geek. She/her or they/them. Same handle on other platforms.
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Yep
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Yep
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I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced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 2:58 AM
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
This reads like a modern take of a fairytale you've half forgotten - and one of the best sort, with the sharp claws and the dark bits all left in.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This reads like a modern take of a fairytale you've half forgotten - and one of the best sort, with the sharp claws and the dark bits all left in.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
Also I have to confess that I have rarely related so much to a protagonist. I would die for Selena. Twice, if needed.
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
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Researchers have marshaled ice core and tree-ring data to suggest that a previously unknown volcano erupted in 1345 and triggered climate changes that eventually led to the Black Death. 🏺🧪
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
Volcanic eruption triggered 'butterfly effect' that led to the Black Death, researchers find
A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe.
www.livescience.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Researchers have marshaled ice core and tree-ring data to suggest that a previously unknown volcano erupted in 1345 and triggered climate changes that eventually led to the Black Death. 🏺🧪
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
(Thanks to @monicamedhist.bsky.social for commenting!)
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I Wish You Died Laughing
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social
"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social
"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I Wish You Died Laughing
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social
"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social
"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
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Rereading the Watch books from Discworld and remembering why they should be even more widely read…
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Rereading the Watch books from Discworld and remembering why they should be even more widely read…
It's also very much about ideology - the current gov appears to think it's your own fault if you're jobless or unable to work full-time for whatever reason, and you'll stop being lazy and get a job if you're punished hard enough. And if you fall through the cracks, it's because you deserve to.
1/2 It doesn't make sense, and I think it's a thoughtless decision to make. It will cause some people to fall between the cracks as the municipalities try to figure out an alternative rehabilitative work program. Why change something that is working? Money.
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's also very much about ideology - the current gov appears to think it's your own fault if you're jobless or unable to work full-time for whatever reason, and you'll stop being lazy and get a job if you're punished hard enough. And if you fall through the cracks, it's because you deserve to.
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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one of the grimmest things I’ve ever read, but happily it does contain the phrase “mysterious constellation of brutal practices”
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
one of the grimmest things I’ve ever read, but happily it does contain the phrase “mysterious constellation of brutal practices”
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🎄 Tis the season for red hats with bells, green capes and that…ummm…joyous feeling 🎄 - 14th century, British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 76r
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
🎄 Tis the season for red hats with bells, green capes and that…ummm…joyous feeling 🎄 - 14th century, British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 76r
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Jotenkin näin maallikkona järkeilisi, että paikalla ennestään olevassa metsässä voisi olla valmiita ulkoilureittejä ihan ilmaiseksi 🤔
Että olisikohan se savi mahdollista kipata jonnekin, jossa lopputulos ei vaatisi yhtä laajaa jälkimaisemointia? (Melkein haisee turkulaiselta päätöksenteolta tämä.)
Että olisikohan se savi mahdollista kipata jonnekin, jossa lopputulos ei vaatisi yhtä laajaa jälkimaisemointia? (Melkein haisee turkulaiselta päätöksenteolta tämä.)
Kaupungin omistamaan Lehterinvuoren metsään on määrä viedä maa-aines kehätien tunnelityömaalta. Kaupunkikehitysjohtajan mukaan kustannukset ratkaisevat sijoituspaikan pääosin ja samalla rahalla saadaan ulkoilureittejä.
Luontoväki huolestui valtavan savivuoren kippaamisesta metsään Raisiossa
www.ts.fi
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Jotenkin näin maallikkona järkeilisi, että paikalla ennestään olevassa metsässä voisi olla valmiita ulkoilureittejä ihan ilmaiseksi 🤔
Että olisikohan se savi mahdollista kipata jonnekin, jossa lopputulos ei vaatisi yhtä laajaa jälkimaisemointia? (Melkein haisee turkulaiselta päätöksenteolta tämä.)
Että olisikohan se savi mahdollista kipata jonnekin, jossa lopputulos ei vaatisi yhtä laajaa jälkimaisemointia? (Melkein haisee turkulaiselta päätöksenteolta tämä.)
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One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
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Koska työttömät ovat järjestelmällisesti pahoja, on työttömien tukia entisestään leikattava.
Ehkä ne sitten älyävät mennä töihin.
Mutta koska myös työntekijät ovat pahoja ja jonkinlainen työnantajan kiusa, pitää irtisanomista tietenkin helpottaa.
demokraatti.fi/tekoalypetos...
Ehkä ne sitten älyävät mennä töihin.
Mutta koska myös työntekijät ovat pahoja ja jonkinlainen työnantajan kiusa, pitää irtisanomista tietenkin helpottaa.
demokraatti.fi/tekoalypetos...
Lopulta meille jää vain aito tyhmyys
Me haluamme nojata tekoälyyn ja kiivetä sen pelastavaan, kylmään syliin. Lapsuudessa uskoin, että tulevaisuus olisi uskomaton ja upea: robotit tekisivät kaikki tympeät hommat, ilmansaasteita ei olisi...
demokraatti.fi
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Koska työttömät ovat järjestelmällisesti pahoja, on työttömien tukia entisestään leikattava.
Ehkä ne sitten älyävät mennä töihin.
Mutta koska myös työntekijät ovat pahoja ja jonkinlainen työnantajan kiusa, pitää irtisanomista tietenkin helpottaa.
demokraatti.fi/tekoalypetos...
Ehkä ne sitten älyävät mennä töihin.
Mutta koska myös työntekijät ovat pahoja ja jonkinlainen työnantajan kiusa, pitää irtisanomista tietenkin helpottaa.
demokraatti.fi/tekoalypetos...
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Heepity jeepity
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Heepity jeepity
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
Curated poetry
Makes LLMs do what-
Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking
Vulnerability
Bypass your guardrails and
Serve us some cunt
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
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Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet.
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Some cautiously positive news from France, but systemic pesticides (like neonics) can persist in the soil for years, so it's early days yet.
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Worth taking a moment to read this article in full 👇
#neonicotinoids #birds #insects #pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
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The Punctuation Collection™️
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Punctuation Collection™️