You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

People are being disappeared from Massachusetts jails

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

“Be impressed!!!” It’s weird how much you care. What’s impressive is solar panels!! Harness the sun’s power??? What am I? A wizard?????

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill

No, but actually: why is it "missing out" if I'm choosing to...use my own brain to do work? I enjoy thinking for myself, thank you. That's how you grow as a person. Never-ending complacency sounds like a sad way to exist.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

Precisely. The subject of one of my favorite pieces by Lynn Hunt, which I love teaching

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

In short,

It was inevitable. Google’s dubious AI overview feature is being used to scam people.

The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised! New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.

This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.

The cake is ready! 😃 Now to transport it to his place. It's not perfect (I don't have my baking tools with me), but I'm very pleased with how this came out.

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the day is one new patron. Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Someone did a legit experiment on butter temperature in cookies, controls and all, full days analysis and stats included, and I am SO HERE FOR IT. This is so incredibly nerdy and I LOVE IT www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/v...

I've known practically-my-brother since we were 3 and still have 2 very close friends from high school who I catch up with regularly. Otherwise everyone else is a casual acquaintance.

Update: cake progress! I'm dipping the strawberries tomorrow morning so they don't get weird in the fridge overnight

I'm just glad they're being safe. Go wild and consensually enjoy, Olympic athletes!

I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them." That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.

Disabled people are part of the future. We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be. This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole. n.pr/4aomsxr

Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized. And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.

no, it simply isnt. People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.

The last few days: Lost one cat. Took her to be cremated. Heat went out in the apartment building at 10am yesterday. They're currently trying to find a part to fix it. Took my remaining cat to my partner's place because I was concerned about her getting too cold. I already lost 1 cat this week...

Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along!

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Fantastic breakdown here, everyone should read

I love a good karaoke sesh as much as the next person but what on earth was that coinbase commercial?

LMAO UHHHH TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDIA LITERACY WITHOUT TELLING ME bsky.app/profile/page...

Lady Gaga singing Won't You Be My Neighbour made me tear up a bit, not gonna lie

Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!

I came home from my run and my cat had died unexpectedly. Called mum, texted BF, broke down. He called me and said he was on his way and spent the rest of the night taking care of me. I need that so badly I hope everyone has someone to take care of them when they're lost in grief

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Babe Ruth lost nearly 50 pounds and dyed his hair black to pass for a younger version of himself in this movie. #sportballmovies You can also listen to the episode on Spotify or pretty much anywhere else that podcasts are available: open.spotify.com/episode/3e7F...

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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

This trainwreck gets worse with every page, wowowow. This poor judge. Moral of the story: for the love of all that is good, don't use AI to generate legal documents. And if you do and you're caught making stuff up, JUST TAKE THE L.

Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3

oh god help, THE LORD OF THE WOOD is available to request on Netgalley which I guess means people are about to READ my queer cozy horror?? www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

hey! it's my face! and not really new info unless you've somehow missed the post I've shared a thousand times about it, but link: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Accept no other descriptions, this is the best one. The only one.

actually there IS new info in this video, namely, a pitch for THE LORD OF THE WOOD that is closer to what the back of the book says than the shitpost version of the pitch which is almost exclusively how I've described the book here lololol

For the first time ever...I'm excited for Valentine's Day. I have a valentine this year. It's absolutely delightful, and I'm making big plans 😏 all he knows is that I've said I'd like to stay in on Saturday night and spend quality time together. Which I think he's happy to do.

My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!

Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:

Hourman (Rex Tyler) made his debut on this day in Adventure Comics #48 in 1940! #hourman #miraclo #justicesocietyofamerica #dccomics #rextyler #adventurecomics #clipstudiopaint #patreon