L.D. Burnett
@ldburnett.bsky.social
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L.D. Burnett
@ldburnett.bsky.social
· Oct 18
A tool built on the stolen labor of others will not liberate you as a worker.
A tool built on the stolen ideas of others will not liberate you as a thinker.
You are not using AI; AI is using you.
Stop it.
A tool built on the stolen ideas of others will not liberate you as a thinker.
You are not using AI; AI is using you.
Stop it.
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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...
started watching Grantchester. I was looking for a cozy murder mystery show — this is more melancholoy than cozy. but whew that man is easy on the eyes
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
started watching Grantchester. I was looking for a cozy murder mystery show — this is more melancholoy than cozy. but whew that man is easy on the eyes
well this is a fun little game
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Play Shuffalo: Sunday, December 7, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
well this is a fun little game
whew that was an amazing tackle
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
whew that was an amazing tackle
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And yet…not all writing endures. In this painting from c1490, we see a man taking down notes on a wax tablet. You can see the metal stylus he uses has a “rake” at one end for erasing once he needs to re-use the wax.
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
And yet…not all writing endures. In this painting from c1490, we see a man taking down notes on a wax tablet. You can see the metal stylus he uses has a “rake” at one end for erasing once he needs to re-use the wax.
i downloaded a word game. so many ads, and one of the ads is for this bonkers game called “Gossip Harbor,” the most dystopian thing i’ve ever seen — not the game itself, but the fact that people would find it appealing.
all the red flags for a cathected and pathological social text. appalling.
all the red flags for a cathected and pathological social text. appalling.
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
i downloaded a word game. so many ads, and one of the ads is for this bonkers game called “Gossip Harbor,” the most dystopian thing i’ve ever seen — not the game itself, but the fact that people would find it appealing.
all the red flags for a cathected and pathological social text. appalling.
all the red flags for a cathected and pathological social text. appalling.
whew the Chiefs are on the struggle bus this season
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
whew the Chiefs are on the struggle bus this season
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"The irony couldn't be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social & ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI's products across campus." Shout out to UCSF Gender Studies mentioned here!
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The irony couldn't be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social & ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI's products across campus." Shout out to UCSF Gender Studies mentioned here!
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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they're calling it "the reason for the season"
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
they're calling it "the reason for the season"
oh FFS!
Wordle 1,632 4/6*
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December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
oh FFS!
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"Write! The written letter endures!" Scribal wit at the start of financial records for London bridge in 1424. Cleverly, the scribe created the letter 'S' by folding a speech scroll, so the form of the letter conveys the meaning of the conventional proverb, "speech is fleeting but writing endures."
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Write! The written letter endures!" Scribal wit at the start of financial records for London bridge in 1424. Cleverly, the scribe created the letter 'S' by folding a speech scroll, so the form of the letter conveys the meaning of the conventional proverb, "speech is fleeting but writing endures."
worked all day yesterday then caught up on Stranger Things, so today I will use my one wild and precious life to get up to speed on the Nuzzi-Lizza-Izzy discourse
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
worked all day yesterday then caught up on Stranger Things, so today I will use my one wild and precious life to get up to speed on the Nuzzi-Lizza-Izzy discourse
anybody's Roombas getting ridiculously disoriented lately, or is Vecna just messing with my electronics?
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
anybody's Roombas getting ridiculously disoriented lately, or is Vecna just messing with my electronics?
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The process of transcribing documents and doing that sort of deep work is essential to the process of scholarship. (I get that when you’re working with big datasets some sort of AI is helpful ofc).
But a hill I’ll die on is that transcribing, checking and sorting is essential to understanding.
But a hill I’ll die on is that transcribing, checking and sorting is essential to understanding.
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The process of transcribing documents and doing that sort of deep work is essential to the process of scholarship. (I get that when you’re working with big datasets some sort of AI is helpful ofc).
But a hill I’ll die on is that transcribing, checking and sorting is essential to understanding.
But a hill I’ll die on is that transcribing, checking and sorting is essential to understanding.
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TIL Muppets are real
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
TIL Muppets are real
I cannot begin to convey how badly I misread this headline
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I cannot begin to convey how badly I misread this headline
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
yup. like early apps / games / social media platforms — frictionless and a pleasant enough user experience, get everybody addicted, dumb them down and monetize every keystroke
On the one hand, the wide deployment of "free-to-use" large language models are a social/economic rugpull—like the loss-leading cheapness of early Uber or AirBnB to capture marketshare, just on a larger scale.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
yup. like early apps / games / social media platforms — frictionless and a pleasant enough user experience, get everybody addicted, dumb them down and monetize every keystroke
Reposted by L.D. Burnett
On the one hand, the wide deployment of "free-to-use" large language models are a social/economic rugpull—like the loss-leading cheapness of early Uber or AirBnB to capture marketshare, just on a larger scale.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On the one hand, the wide deployment of "free-to-use" large language models are a social/economic rugpull—like the loss-leading cheapness of early Uber or AirBnB to capture marketshare, just on a larger scale.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
On the other, they're also tempting a generation of students to take the easy way out.
yeet this into the sun
Scoop: After parting ways with Politico, Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine to launch "The Huddle," a morning streaming show and digital media venture intended to compete in the DC tip sheet space
www.status.news/p/sean-spice...
www.status.news/p/sean-spice...
The 'Huddle' in Washington
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.
www.status.news
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
yeet this into the sun
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
oh dear. I was driving all day today so it looks like I missed a Moment
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
oh dear. I was driving all day today so it looks like I missed a Moment