another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I just want to give a shout-out to social workers and all the hard work they do on the front lines of health care. That includes my mom, who worked in the field for multiple years and is still providing me with perspectives on it today.

fuck yes oh my god www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

in my opinion, if an Autistic person appears to be bragging, it is likely that they're in a bit of disbelief about their accomplishment & they're seeking external validation we've been told our whole lives what we do is wrong when we DO get it right we aren't sure until someone else validates it

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social I have to give you a bonus #9 for your eight depictions of Yehudit: a clip from the Tasting History video with the gingerbread Yehudit and Holofernes! puu.sh/KFuoa/f8e422...

Oh no. Another Tory MP crossed the floor. #cdnpoli

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social @orangepeelpanda.bsky.social Have either of you gotten into Legend of the Female General? Episode 1 looks like a decent revenge drama setup.

Holy shit. And a good reminder that LLMs are not confidential! Everything put into it can be extracted and indicidualized, both in terms of who put it in and what results it spits out.

Here's a list of #MentalHealth 📞resources in 🇨🇦#Canada Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8 Crisis Services #Canada 1-833-456-4566 Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310 National IRS 1-866-925-4419 LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social I just found that there used to be gingerbead moulds depicting Yehudit carrying a sword and Holofernes' head, and thought, "I KNOW WHO WOULD APPRECIATE THIS!"

Someone buy this on my behalf. Or at least share it.

@bardofarda.bsky.social I wish I'd found your channel sooner. @miriamanzovin.bsky.social I bet you'd love it.

Hey neurodivergent people who struggle with attention: If you reboot your PC when it starts running slow or running out of memory, try taking a nap when you feel brain overload coming on. It's basically the same idea.

I have family & friends who swear they do ChatGPT "the right way" when they use it for search. There is a disconnect between knowing of ChatGPT's serious shortcomings and their personal use of it, and their confidence is worrying. Everyone thinks they're the exception. Image reposted for alt text.

I have literally said to myself, "Why do I hate this person again?"

"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West" Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...

After reading more about tai chi and seeing the names of its techniques, I'd love to see a "Ma-style taijiquan" with all the techniques named after stuff a wife traditionally has to do around the house. @astrinde.bsky.social I sense a spoof fiction coming on.

Fox apparently ran the headline that "by winning, Democrats are actually losing". It's wild to me that they didn't claim voter fraud or something.

This. No notes.

If Trump thinks our commercials were bad, he'll love the undocumented immigrants we're sending across the border. #cdnpoli

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Shalom, friends! Dramatic shit is going down in the Beit Midrash! HURT FEELINGS! Backstabbing! Jealousy! Plots! Schemes! Unavoidable tangents into Kabbalah! Geo and I return for another unhinged chevruta session. Welcome to Miriam & Geo Learn Horayot 13: HOSTILE TAKEOVER youtu.be/J3wbahwQLdI

Random learning-to-draw comment for myself: Tracing reference images to work on steadying lines is okay.

"Cheated and got Caught" ? Recall your ambassador openly advocating for invasion. Then we'll talk about cheating, asshole #cdnpoli #canada www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Just finished watching City Hunter 2024 again, and I'm reminded of @accentedcinema.bsky.social 's excellent video essay. If you're an action fan, both are a must-watch. youtu.be/pSB7LfSIk4k

As someone who's seen an uncle leap across a table to take a bill from her dad, this is 100% accurate. (Also, Kevin Lee is an actual Wing Chun instructor.) youtu.be/QD6wuOsTp84?...

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

So, despite being incapable of working for almost a year, I'm probably going to have to appeal to AISH to actually get disability benefits. Meanwhile, my roommate who had a terminal diagnosis got approved for AISH on her first try. Almost seems like the UCP just wants us gone. @albertandp.ca #abpoli

#CdnPoli #CanPoli

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social I was mistaken about which dress it was, but your reaction was too good not to send this anyway.

Wow, they're actually inventing new ways to be antisemitic.

@lesterlee.bsky.social Another sensible fusion recipe, as if we needed more ways to use oyster sauce. youtu.be/HUclm0ponZE?...

Char siu Benedict, with homemade char siu and Hollandaise. @lesterlee.bsky.social

As a disabled person, when taking care of myself is a full-time job. I wish disability benefits paid the same as assisted living caregivers.

So in discussing Trump's apparent endorsement of AB separatism with an American friend, I called Danielle Smith "Canada's Marjorie Taylor Greene", and I'd like that to catch on. #abpoli

This is hitting especially hard today.

A lot of my life isn't great right now, but it does amuse me to see what YT feels is most relevant, c/o @miriamanzovin.bsky.social .

idk I feel like I need cis people to understand right now that the most optimistic best-case scenarios still involve trans people living in fear for the rest of our lives

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Push notifications. Phones are meant to take my attention when I want to use them, not be higher-maintenance than a fucking Tamagotchi.

In Metal Gear Solid (1998), when fighting the Hind D helicopter, you're advised to keep track of its location by listening to the stereo panning. But if you've set "Sound" to "Monaural" in the Options menu, you get this exclusive addition. . .

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Related to my last thread: Many people with disabilities are told to "find a job you CAN do". Is there a magical pile of jobs just waiting for a qualified disabled person to fill them? If so, why wasn't I told? People with disabilities have to navigate the same shitty job market as anyone else. 🧵

So, today someone suggested that since I can't work and have been having trouble getting disability benefits, I should start a side hustle. Friends, this was a bad suggestion, even though it was well-intentioned and seems reasonable at first glance. Let's go over why.

@lesterlee.bsky.social youtu.be/FsxASR7GVcg

@miriamanzovin.bsky.social Belated Shabbat shalom. 😂