M
@marie259.bsky.social
They/them. Data analyst, formerly archaeological conservation, in the PNW. Not-exactly-theist Quaker, fiber arts, dw'in dysgu cymraeg.
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We’ve gone from this to “move fast and break things” and call it progress.
February 18, 2026 at 6:42 AM
We’ve gone from this to “move fast and break things” and call it progress.
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I think this is the core of it. People have been working on “AI” for more than half a century. I don’t want to concede that the tech is defined by the fascist financiers anymore than I concede that the Internet is defined by the fascist financiers. Investors aren’t inventors! Reject their platforms.
If "AI" was being built, used, and planned for in responsible ways--the way a civilization designed to enhance human thriving would do--then a lot more people would be enthusiastic about its potential. But the people in charge of defining what AI will be are the fucking worst short-term scumbags.
February 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I think this is the core of it. People have been working on “AI” for more than half a century. I don’t want to concede that the tech is defined by the fascist financiers anymore than I concede that the Internet is defined by the fascist financiers. Investors aren’t inventors! Reject their platforms.
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It’s officially Phillies season
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
It’s officially Phillies season
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yeah man i LOVE technology*
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
“why do you hate technology” as though “technology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself
February 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
yeah man i LOVE technology*
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
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libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
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Come on man, just one more trans person's rights taken away, that'll totally win us elections this time. You know we just need to blame them one more time. We can stop any time we want it just feels so good to do this
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Come on man, just one more trans person's rights taken away, that'll totally win us elections this time. You know we just need to blame them one more time. We can stop any time we want it just feels so good to do this
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(Jeopardy Buzzer noise) what is the 19th century Royal Navy?
Terrifyingly organized gay couples running the armed forces does kinda have a lot of appeal. If nothing else they'd have that budget ship shape.
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(Jeopardy Buzzer noise) what is the 19th century Royal Navy?
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RIP Robert Duvall: as central to American film as anyone in his generation
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
RIP Robert Duvall: as central to American film as anyone in his generation
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I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
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You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.
WA Democrats consider retreat on estate tax, fearing wealth exodus
Democrats in the state Legislature are moving to roll back a big increase in the estate tax rate, acknowledging it may be causing some very wealthy people to move.
www.seattletimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
You can't call every step of creeping fascism a distraction from kitchen-table issues and then punt whenever you have a chance to address the kitchen-table issues.
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There’s a theory bears have a sense of aesthetic enjoyment as they’ve been observed stopping to take in a view or a sunset and, for lack of a better term, hanging out
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
There’s a theory bears have a sense of aesthetic enjoyment as they’ve been observed stopping to take in a view or a sunset and, for lack of a better term, hanging out
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
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It doesn't explain his relationship to the rest of the human race but a big part of RFK Jr.'s broader damage is clearly trying to find out if he can die. I guess if I had lived a life like his and was somehow still around drinking out of puddles at 72 I'd have some questions on that as well.
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It doesn't explain his relationship to the rest of the human race but a big part of RFK Jr.'s broader damage is clearly trying to find out if he can die. I guess if I had lived a life like his and was somehow still around drinking out of puddles at 72 I'd have some questions on that as well.
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Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.
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reading john mcphee's book on oranges and cracking up at norman knights absolutely getting their shit rocked by how rad muslim society in sicily was
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
reading john mcphee's book on oranges and cracking up at norman knights absolutely getting their shit rocked by how rad muslim society in sicily was
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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No, no. It's fine that residuals are dying. I've got a new constant stream of small checks: class action settlements from companies that failed to keep my personal data safe.
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
No, no. It's fine that residuals are dying. I've got a new constant stream of small checks: class action settlements from companies that failed to keep my personal data safe.
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Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
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CONFIRMED BY SCIENCE: anyone more online than me is a loser phone addict and everyone less online than me are basic underdeveloped normies
A huge Australian study of tweens and teens finds best mental health among moderate social media users — not total abstainers reason.com/2026/02/09/a...
A 'Goldilocks' effect for online teens? Moderate social media users fare better than abstainers or heavy users
“Both abstinence and excessive use can be problematic,” researchers suggest.
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
CONFIRMED BY SCIENCE: anyone more online than me is a loser phone addict and everyone less online than me are basic underdeveloped normies
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this rules and everyone opposed to it just sounds like this to me
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
this rules and everyone opposed to it just sounds like this to me