everyonehateselon_: Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe went on a racist rant about immigrants this week. Without immigration his current men’s squad would literally have just three players. Who’s done more for this country, Marcus Rashford, or a tax avoiding billionaire living in Monaco?

"AI is built on the collective knowledge of humankind." No. Nononononono. It is not built on _knowledge_, it it built on _data_. And not everyone's experiences are available as data, many communities are included. Also: "Collective" implies some sort of collaboration and shared activity. But […]

From @willmckinley over on BlueSky: “SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods. S1: https://archive.org/details/sctv-season-1 S2: https://archive.org/details/sctv-season-2 S3 […]

Director General of Digital, Technology, Data at NHS […]

Meowing at the snow doesn't do anything! It just means there is snow and sleet and it's also LOUD in here.

The prospect of photos like this is what sells the ball. And I fell for it. And I'm not sorry. #Dogs #Dog #DogLife #Dogstodon #Puppy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #halfheartedfanatic

Some decade, we will collectively learn that watching traumatic video doesn't teach people things about the world or effectively inspire them to work to change it, and in fact is likely to leave them less capable of action. Not this year, though, apparently.

Don’t mess with female saints. St. Juliana of Nicomedia and the devil (‘Hic bellum sathane superat virtus Iuliane’). Picture Bible, Abbey of Saint Bertin, Saint-Omer (?), ca. 1190-1200. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76F5, fol. 32r. #medieval #medievalart

Always thought they didn't like the "Black" but it turns out they also don't like the "lives matter" part either.

You asked ChatGPT? Well I asked MY farting cat, and she was quite argumentative, actually.

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background. The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

Have I mentioned that we’re hiring? We’re looking for a mission-driven director of product engineering. Imagine getting to do meaningful work with a newsroom full of talented, smart people who publish genuinely impactful investigative journalism. Remote job, US only […]

She is excited to help you recycle and compost that tree!

Observation: some folks appear to be in news to speak truth *from* power and use institutions to defend the status quo and the agency of centralized power. Others speak truth *to* power and use journalism to challenge unequal power dynamics. Only one of those is desirable, imo.

There is no “but” to antisemitism; like all racism and bigotry, it is evil.

I have discovered that teaching programming goes much better with my fifth grade students if I take the time to teach them about all the symbols I think of as "normal" that are totally new to them. "These are square brackets, you'll find them over the 'enter' key we use them for lists. In […]

Fantastic Mr. #Fox. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 168r. #medieval #medievalart

The internet is best when knowledge is shared openly. This is why this legendary ramen ebook on google docs is still a towering achievement. I think it has been directly responsible for good ramen existing in some places that didn't have good ramen for a very long time […]

Holy c'mon, it's not even winter yet! #snow #Canada #humor #humour

they transitioned the subway 😭 https://www.mta.info/article/f-m-swap

[Swearing] New manifest just dropped. #books #book #socialmedia #AI #humor #humour #weird #signs

When writing about various spiders, beetles and other arthropods that mimic ants there is this subtext "of course you'd pretend to be an ant, no one wants to mess with, eat, or get involved with them." Sometimes it feels a little mean, but if you think about it all of the ant mimics just prove […]

No ads. No* algorithm. No influence campaigns. No AI. No bots. Just people on the internet talking to each other about all the little pointless things, (and big incredible things) in our lives. *I realize that the demonization of the term "algorithm" in social media is unfortunate in many ways […]

i support men celebrating international men's day so we don't have to hear "why don't we have an international men's day???" every fucking year on on international women's day

I gotta say... I met so many cool people at W3C #tpac It was especially great meeting all the incredible champions who have dedicated their careers to accessibility work.

John Mastodon sez: The Internet was invented to make the Fediverse possible.

good morning, everyone who followed me because of a fire post about algorithms you are now stans of Odin the Very Biggest Dog. #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

And here is my most controversial one: Sort your books by SIZE first. The size dictates the shelf height and one tall book can waste a lot of space. (not controversial) Next by subject. Have the same topic, or author, or genre on the same shelf. (not controversial) Last, on each shelf sort […]

Gutted. We have lost a brilliant voice in the world. Rest in peace Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social you were so inspiring to so many of us. Thank you for sharing all your words and for always shining a light on the disability community.

St. George and the Baby #dragon. book of hours, France 15th century. British Library, Harley 2952, fol. 21r. #medieval #medievalart

I'm making a new film, a dark comedy set in a #solarpunk world where direct democracy thrives, no politicians, no central governments, where communities are self-sufficient and help each other to survive the climate crisis. But I need your support to imagine this future. Details […]

I still like the idea of @statues surfacing fun/interesting monuments, but is there anyone more knowledgeable about #wikidata who can help me filter out statues of racists?

#cats. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 23v. #medieval #medievalart

Please share this post, my friends ❤️ A day without donations is a day without a hope! Life here is very more difficult than you imagine. We are suffering to get water. We are suffering to get food. We live between the rubble! Yes, war has ended, but suffering is still going! I'm sad that we […]

Go fuck yourselves, NYT.

I have decided to learn how to use Blender. It turns out that the things I want blender to do, it was not really designed to do. I'mma make it anyway.