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The last photo I took with my D610 and 200-500mm lens before they took a nose dive off of the shelf while I was outside shoveling. They served me well for many years. #mammals 🌿
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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These strange trees are called 'pewen' or 'piñonero' in their native Chile, but when they reached England as an ornamental, barrister Charles Austin commented:
"It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"
So now, in English, they're called "monkey-puzzles."
They get weirder up close...
"It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"
So now, in English, they're called "monkey-puzzles."
They get weirder up close...
December 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
These strange trees are called 'pewen' or 'piñonero' in their native Chile, but when they reached England as an ornamental, barrister Charles Austin commented:
"It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"
So now, in English, they're called "monkey-puzzles."
They get weirder up close...
"It would puzzle a monkey to climb that"
So now, in English, they're called "monkey-puzzles."
They get weirder up close...
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Guys, did you hear about how Brazilian fascists are mad at flip flops
The conservative mind has an uncanny ability to create new forms of fictitious victimhood.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad
Son of jailed former Brazilian president says spokesperson for ‘national symbol’ sandals is ‘openly left wing’
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Guys, did you hear about how Brazilian fascists are mad at flip flops
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why did they redact this
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
why did they redact this
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Une liste qui sera intéressante à suivre!
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Une liste qui sera intéressante à suivre!
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Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science or neuroscience? Starting a substack (infinitefaculty.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...) by writing down my thoughts on that question: as part of a first series of posts giving my current thoughts on the relation between these fields. 1/3
Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science?
First post in a series on cognitive science and AI
infinitefaculty.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science or neuroscience? Starting a substack (infinitefaculty.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...) by writing down my thoughts on that question: as part of a first series of posts giving my current thoughts on the relation between these fields. 1/3
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When the Aztecs looked at the moon, they saw a rabbit.
It was placed there by Quetzalcoatl to honor a rabbit who offered his body as food.
But not just any rabbit. This is a VOLCANO RABBIT (Romerolagus diazi), also called 'teporingo' or 'zacatuche', native to a small region around Mexico City.
It was placed there by Quetzalcoatl to honor a rabbit who offered his body as food.
But not just any rabbit. This is a VOLCANO RABBIT (Romerolagus diazi), also called 'teporingo' or 'zacatuche', native to a small region around Mexico City.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When the Aztecs looked at the moon, they saw a rabbit.
It was placed there by Quetzalcoatl to honor a rabbit who offered his body as food.
But not just any rabbit. This is a VOLCANO RABBIT (Romerolagus diazi), also called 'teporingo' or 'zacatuche', native to a small region around Mexico City.
It was placed there by Quetzalcoatl to honor a rabbit who offered his body as food.
But not just any rabbit. This is a VOLCANO RABBIT (Romerolagus diazi), also called 'teporingo' or 'zacatuche', native to a small region around Mexico City.
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This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research:
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research:
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
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Génial!!!
«C’est vraiment un beau cadeau de Noël»: l’épicerie Provisions de l’avenue Cartier finalement rouverte après une saga de deux ans
«C’est vraiment un beau cadeau de Noël»: l’épicerie Provisions de l’avenue Cartier finalement rouverte après une saga de deux ans
Le commerce de proximité fourmillait de gens du quartier heureux de redécouvrir les lieux.
www.journaldequebec.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Génial!!!
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This weeks newsletter: the origin of my Evil Squirrel cartoons, and a little timeline on its evolution:
Origin of an Evil Squirrel
A Cartoon Timeline.
ellis-newsletter-06cc2e.beehiiv.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This weeks newsletter: the origin of my Evil Squirrel cartoons, and a little timeline on its evolution:
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Yesterday, I testified on anti-feminist ideology before a House of Commons committee.
The internet handled it…about as well as you’d expect.
The part that I didn’t necessarily expect, however, was the unhinged nature of some of the questions I’d be asked.
Come with me behind the scenes:
The internet handled it…about as well as you’d expect.
The part that I didn’t necessarily expect, however, was the unhinged nature of some of the questions I’d be asked.
Come with me behind the scenes:
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yesterday, I testified on anti-feminist ideology before a House of Commons committee.
The internet handled it…about as well as you’d expect.
The part that I didn’t necessarily expect, however, was the unhinged nature of some of the questions I’d be asked.
Come with me behind the scenes:
The internet handled it…about as well as you’d expect.
The part that I didn’t necessarily expect, however, was the unhinged nature of some of the questions I’d be asked.
Come with me behind the scenes:
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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Q: Are you implying that these influencers take the vulnerability of young men to make money for themselves?
GILMORE: Absolutely. All of this is a grift... There is a lot of money that you can make in telling people that you have all the answers.
GILMORE: Absolutely. All of this is a grift... There is a lot of money that you can make in telling people that you have all the answers.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Q: Are you implying that these influencers take the vulnerability of young men to make money for themselves?
GILMORE: Absolutely. All of this is a grift... There is a lot of money that you can make in telling people that you have all the answers.
GILMORE: Absolutely. All of this is a grift... There is a lot of money that you can make in telling people that you have all the answers.
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Rachel Gilmore on building a healthy media ecosystem to counter misinformation and disinformation.
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rachel Gilmore on building a healthy media ecosystem to counter misinformation and disinformation.
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Lecture extrêmement intéressante.
PSPP a appelé @titocurtis.bsky.social, un journaliste professionnel, sur son numéro personnel (que Chris ne lui a jamais donné, ils ne se sont jamais parlés avant) pour lui dire de retirer un tweet que le journaliste a écrit sur les politiques d'immigration du PQ.
therover.ca/opinion-the-...
therover.ca/opinion-the-...
Opinion: The Parti Québécois Has Become a Party of Cyberbullies under PSPP – The Rover
Sources describe online harassment, threats and professional reprisals following their public disagreements with the PQ leader.
therover.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lecture extrêmement intéressante.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Um mapa interessante.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Um mapa interessante.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
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Whenever I mention AI on here, I am encouraged to note the difference between AI in the form of large language models (LLMs), which everyone hates, and AI in the form of machine learning (ML), which everyone seems to feel is just fine.
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Whenever I mention AI on here, I am encouraged to note the difference between AI in the form of large language models (LLMs), which everyone hates, and AI in the form of machine learning (ML), which everyone seems to feel is just fine.
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?