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lusankya.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.
September 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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fulciseyefetish.bsky.social
My wife introducing me to folks
July 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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daveyfwright.bsky.social
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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I have a crazy idea what if we abolish private property and wage labor so certain people can’t be vastly more more wealthy than other people through economic exploitation and then buy power with that money to influence politics and the media
June 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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emilyoram.bsky.social
A sticker from ohmygollyembroidery on Etsy that says Trans Lives Are More Important Than Harry Potter.
May 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.

www.wired.com/story/google...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
www.wired.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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crabman.bsky.social
New game for you all: ask google what a made-up phrase means.
The phrase "hoop hoop hoop hoop hoop" can be interpreted in a few ways. It's most likely a playful or humorous way of saying "basketball" or referring to playing basketball, as "hoops" is slang for basketball. However, it could also be a simple repetition of the word "hoop" to emphasize the circular shape of a hoop, a ring, or the hula-hoop. The phrase "making the milk sizzle" likely refers to the act of causing something, particularly a product or idea, to be exciting, interesting, or even to be very hot. It's a metaphor for creating an emotional connection or a sense of excitement around something. The word "sizzle" itself suggests a hissing sound, often associated with food cooking in a pan, and this sound is used to describe the emotional impact of a product or idea on a customer. The phrase "stringing beans for pleasant means" suggests a pleasant social activity or event, often involving family or friends, where green beans are being prepared or eaten according to the Dictionary of American Regional English.
April 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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heartofthearts.bsky.social
The "Mask for Pleasure" flyers distributed during the walk underscored the importance of protecting communal experiences in the arts. The front of the flyer proclaimed, "Mask for Pleasure: Breath is Sacred, COVID is Airborne."

www.broadwayworld.com/article/Mask...
Mask For Pleasure: COVID-impacted Artists Raise Awareness at George Clooney's Broadway Opening
On the opening weekend of the Broadway debut of George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, a small group of COVID-impacted NY artists offered a gesture of collective care in Manhattan's theatre distri...
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April 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
I just co-authored a piece with @cnygren.bsky.social on exactly this! It’s short!

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REFLECTIONS ON AI IN THE CLASSROOM: How We are Not Using Al in the Classroom By Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren Premise Prompt engineering is a term that has become commonplace since the widespread availability of generative AI applications like ChatGPT. The idea is that the outputs of the large language models (LLMs) on which these applications are based are only as good as the prompts that are input: vague prompts result in equally vague outputs. And thus was born the race to train for careers in prompt engineering. Unfortunately, the bubble seems to have burst before even the first generation of students was trained for this career outcome. We were given a prompt as an invitation to participate in this newsletter: "How are you using Al in the classroom?" While we have accepted this invitation, we are engaging in the most humanistic act we can imagine-refusing the prompt.
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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mrtonynacho.bsky.social
Mister Rogers never misses
You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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scottdagostino.ca
So if I say “billionaires should not have this much money,” I’m declaring Class War but if the billionaires say I should be replaced by robots, that’s just good business?
March 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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edzitron.com
Absolutely brutal coverage on CNBC about CoreWeave. This is a negative shift against the AI bubble. The words "red flag" used multiple times, suggesting their accounting is questionable. "...is this the straw that breaks...something"
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The rising risk of a data center bubble and how it could affect Nvidia
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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March 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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edzitron.com
TD Cowen reports that Microsoft has actually walked away from TWO GIGAWATTS of compute capacity, owing it to them deciding not to support OpenAI's training workloads, and Microsoft being in an "oversupply position." It's even worse than I previously thought!
Hyperscale Demand Has Increased Y/Y; MSFT Lease Cancellations Have Created Opportunities For GOOG And META A clear takeaway from both NVIDIA GTC in San Jose last week and DCD Connect in NYC this week is that aggregate hyperscale data center demand has increased Y/Y driven by the same factors we highlighted in late February. Specific to Microsoft, since publishing our initial note on Microsoft lease cancellations, our incremental channel checks indicate that the list of third-party data center operators affected by lease cancellations has expanded, with leases being terminated in both the U.S. and Europe. In addition to lease cancellations, our channel checks also point to lease deferrals by Microsoft. As we put this in the context of our Takeaways from PTC, Microsoft has both (1) walked away from +2GW of capacity in both the U.S. and Europe in the last six months that was in process to be leased, and (2) has both deferred and canceled existing data center leases in both the U.S. and Europe in the last month. In our view, the pullback on new capacity leasing by Microsoft was largely driven by the decision to not support incremental Open AI training workloads. However, we continue to believe the lease cancellations and deferrals of capacity points to data center oversupply relative to its current demand forecast. As such, we believe the lease deferrals are intended to provide Microsoft with a medium-term runway of capacity in major markets to support cloud/inference workloads, with Microsoft canceling leases for capacity that exceeds its updated medium-term capacity needs. (Please see full report by opening link)
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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elliejoypanic.bsky.social
warm lines save lives. please share 💖

credit ig: @/inclusivetherapists
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November 6, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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jessholz.bsky.social
AND I found my second tardigrade ever just before class started today! How’s that for luck. #microscopy #sciart
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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anticapitalistmusings.com
The idea that work is a moral duty rather than a means of survival is so deeply ingrained we rarely question it. But as technology advances and work becomes more precarious, exhausting, and intrusive, it is worth asking why productivity remains the measure of a person’s worth.
The Tyranny of Work or Why Are we Still Measured by Our Productivity? - anti capitalist musings
The idea that work is a moral duty rather than a means of survival is so deeply ingrained we rarely question it. But as technology advances and work becomes more precarious, exhausting, and intrusive,...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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edzitron.com
I am in the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" this week talking about tech's obsession with growth, the cynical AI bubble, DeepSeek, and making Better Offline.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Can Artificial Intelligence Stir-Fry?
Ed Zitron, an A.I. skeptic worried about “rot-com” in the tech industry, gives robot-fried chicken a try.
www.newyorker.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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steamymac.bsky.social
So when exactly can we expect the new golden age of America to kick in?
March 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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jksteinberger.bsky.social
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
NO CHATGPT Or other artificial stupidity: motivation First, clarity on distinguishing AIs: Non-generative: grammar aid, translation, dictionary, text-to-audio (e.g. Natural Reader): no problem As long as you use the appropriate tools (least intensive in data and server energy use). Why? Because you provide the content. Your brain is doing the most important work Generative: ChatGPT & Co. You only supply the prompt, the AI supplies the content. Why is this delegation of work problematic? 3 domains: ethical, environmental, intellectual engagement. (Caveat: generative is probably ok for computer programming, where it can be useful and save time. Not relevant to this class.) 1) AI and ethics Mass theft of all and everything «learning» on books, articles, blogs, social media, images, music, cultural production, without permission of authors/creators, and leading to their mass joblessness. Profits are not reditributed to originators. Permanent destruction of the mental health of underpaid precarious tech workers in the Global South (Kenya, Philippines …): «correction» to avoid production of violent and pedophile contents etc, tech workers are obliged to watch and correct super violent contents for days on end, leading to extreme psychological suffering and trauma, from which recovery is doubtful. No or little compensation (certainly not at the level of the suffering inflicted). In short, an industry built on theft of real human creation and sacrifice of real human health, profiting a few megafortunes. 2) AI and (un)sustainability Massive consumption of electricity, water, server capacity for generative AI. Outcome: keep fossil fuel companies in business, using up new renewable capacity, without any satisfaction of basic human needs. Massive misappropriation of the finance necessary for climate and ecological action (renewable generation, efficiency and retrofit for buildings, public transit, infrastructures for cycling etc) towards AI industry. Overall: undermine climate action, reinforce fossil industry, waste resources necessary for human development. 3) AI and intellectual engagement First, what learning is (or should be) about: The goal should not (only) be the reproduction of «correct» knowledge, But mainly personal engagement and experience of thinking about topics of interest. Personal engagement = using one’s own brain. The most important activity for learning and intellectual engagement is the experience of making one’s own mistakes, by trial and error, corrections based on new ideas, starting over again. Learning to recognise nuances, knowledge gaps, better explanations This kind of learning is possible only through using your own brain, not AI. Also, Ais are not «intelligent». At all. They simply reproduce pre-existing patterns. They «bullshit», invent false references, false facts, false data, simply because those sound plausible. VERY DANGEROUS. If you learn how to NOT use AI, and how to research facts and data on your own, this will serve you and your communities for the rest of your life.
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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jinah.bsky.social
Waking up today
J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson saying "I want pictures of Spider-Man" but I changed it to Luigi
February 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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grilldcheese.bsky.social
might eat a banana today just to peel something
February 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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mcsquared.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM