You know how some folks (me included) have said "Generative AI is bad, but those cancer detecting AIs seem pretty cool"? Well, about that… "…four leading AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems differ in accuracy depending on patients‘ age, gender, and race…"

Welcome to new, returning, and existing bluesky users 👋🦈✨️

Bay area — her owner was hit by a car two months ago and was tragically paralyzed for life. She’s a German Shepherd/Czech Wolf Hound mix and she’s super high energy. I love her so much. I wish I could adopt her but my home is full. DM if interested 🥺 Bay Area babygirl before and after a walk.

🎄 Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel 🎄 youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...

Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2) ""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."

The multi timer app I use to replace the part of my brain that's supposed to understand time (I lack this) is absolutely earning its keep today. No more panicky notepads! 87 timers ticking away! Colour coded! Carefully labelled! It's like NASA! ♿ All technology is assistive technology! ♿

Bummer about the Xmas Crackers... #SouthAfrica #Menlyn #Xmas

Years ago, we went window shopping at Menlyn Shopping Mall in Xmas day. The Mall itself was open, none of the shops. Today we decided to revisit. Most of the restaurants are open. Pick n Pay Liquor has a queue. Sone of the other stores. Movies open. Toy Kingdom seems to have been open, just closed.

Sad to see 'South African' used as a pejorative, given that the country emerged from its racist past 30 years ago, while the person concerned has been a 'North American' for almost 40. South Africa may have provided the raw material, but the US should accept responsibility for the finished product.

A little message from me that might help anybody who finds this time of year a little tough. niallharbison.substack.com/p/to-those-w...

My house has a new familiar. If you are near 39th and Holgate in Portland and missing a delightful black kitty, this guy or gal seems to clearly come from a home and is also desperate for food and shelter

Spot the black cat... #cat #catsky

What did I get? A cat in a bag. #cat #catsky

Kuro is indifferent to this Xmas thing. #cat #catsky

The kid painted us my favourite theme of everything she does. #fish #art #artsky #paint

Republicans prosecute doctors for providing healthcare. They usually lose in court. But doctors stop providing care anyway. That’s the point. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Happy Day Whatever your plans today. Wherever you are. Whatever you believe. I hope you have a nice day. I mean, I hope you have a nice day on all the other days as well. It's just that apparently for a lot of people, this one is a bit of a biggie.

I was actually rather surprised that I couldn't find much work on the relationship between transition to a cashless economy and inflation, and what I did find, comes mostly from developing cuntries. Overall, such transition seems to accelerate inflation. 🧪 Link: journaljoae.com/index.php/jo...

🤡 DOJ may need a “few more weeks” to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents 😱 apnews.com/article/sena...

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

This is so fucking frustrating and there is no degree of defensive writing that can stop someone from this kind of selective quotation.

“Like prime, but with human beings”

December weather continues its streak... #rain #climate #weather #SouthAfrica

No it didn't, that isn't true.

Love that whole bit. "That's very interesting, but for the sake of 'balance' we must now turn to Barry who believes that the sky is a carpet painted by God." youtu.be/DHVVKAKWXcg?...

🫂💙🎄

You can't say sex on TikTok but you can be sold this

Finally found something I can give everyone for Christmas. You don’t have to thank me, it’s my absolute pleasure.

There are receipts :-) youtu.be/5FOOMtCLJyM?... #SouthAfrica #fascist #dictator

Eye opening, yes. But not in the way way Princeton Press might think.

Giving away my age here, but I remember when South Africa had the guy with the waving finger.

Who was the real Sarie Marais? southafricanresearcher.com/the-history-...

LET US BEGIN THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES. HAPPY FESTIVUS TO ALL!

call it what it is: murder.

In Russia, it’s understandable- their system is brutal. We can’t let it take hold here, & that’s what the Republicans are trying to do, with Trump & so many others. They are trying to hold crushing power that ignores the rule of law. We can’t let them succeed.

It strikes me that LLM tools are uniquely designed to create messes that LLM tools are uniquely designed to be unable to solve.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

Fossil fuel bribes for Trump have worked! All clean energy projects are cancelled and derailed, gas guzzling cars are back and we are burning the shit out of oil until we can no longer breathe the air or drink the water! China thanks Trump forfeited America’s lead in cheap renewable clean energy!

told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime

This map shows the projection of changes in annual precipitation in South Africa at ~1.5°C of heating. This is already playing out in real-time in December 2025. Floods in KZN (iol.co.za/news/south...) Drought in the WC (peterdutoit.com/knys...)

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 22 Dec is the start of Week Z and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Zero. Pics where the word zero or the numeral 0 is visible. Clocks, song titles, street numbers, car regs- you’ll have more than you think! If not, seek them out 😂 Use the # below and have fun😊

Good description and analysis of THOSE photos: www.diyphotography.net/the-vanity-f...

Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'? We are right.

Catching the heat. Morpheus has a favourite spot - the exhaust vents of a laptop with GPU running at full speed. #catsky #cat

Placed some empty plastic containers on the table, with the aim of taking it out to recycle later. Moments later, Spooks decided it's his spot now. #catsky #cat

Count the kittens. Three fosters only for the holidays. #cat #catsky

An excellent examination of the credibility of Sam Altman’s extensive promises from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Shameless self-plug: In addition to free open source ITAM software, Grokability also runs a free form-based email verification service called GoodForms. We don't list-wash, we don't store email addresses, we don't resell your signups and it's a one-line JS drop-in. Give it a try! goodforms.com

The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale. It's exercise. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...