Seriously tired of all the conferences promising to answer all your questions, no matter what they are. Time for a conference that questions all your answers.

"We should not outsource the things that matter most to systems that are structurally incapable of caring about them." Ostensibly about algorithms; but very good advice in general. oberman.substack.com/p/why-linked...

Information is a powerful currency in the neverending struggle between the oppressed and their oppressors. Here's a little bit of good news today: Examples of how genAI is being used to arm citizenry with that currency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K

My lock screen is a screenshot from @cryptonature on xitter from 2022. It warns of the seductive comfort of hopelessness; reminds that hope means being open to the possibility of happiness -- and that means we have work to do.

"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner."

So I'm re-reading Martha Wells' Queen Demon (❤️💯!!) and something is nagging me abt the Arike horses. Fangs. Padded, clawed feet. Stalking/pouncing behavior. And the kicker: "...liked to bury their dung but tended not to be very good at it." @marthawells.com are the Arike horses actually big CATS??

every right-winger calling for all-out war on "The Left," warning that political enemies are about to face their ultimate wrath, said the exact same shit in November and have been enacting that fantasy ever since. unclear why this language should frighten anyone more today

One of the things that I like about Robert Redford is that I won’t get kicked off Bluesky for quoting him accurately. "Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it." — Robert Redford #RIPRedford

If you've had enough of the chaos from Trump and the Republicans, then vote for Democrats up and down the ballot in VA, NJ, PA, and for the ballot measure in CA. Check your voter registration status now at IWillVote.com.

If you live in: California New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia The deadline to register to vote in the November elections is coming up. Check your registration now: IWillVote.com.

A Herb Alpert song just came on my Spotify and I realized: lo-fi chillhop is to millennials what "easy listening" was to my grandma's generation. 🫣

The thing with the rock stars whose dedication to drink, drugs, and debauchery make it seem like they should have died young but they kept going is you kind of forget they're going to die old.

Some of the young folks are hating it and adding "before 2022" into their search string. Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.

There's an astonishingly "what could it possibly mean?"-coded piece around saying "people who understand more about AI are less likely to want anything to do with it" and I just want to suggest: what if it were sharks?

I think the only hope is that eventually they’ll run so many ‘inconclusive’ UBI trials that everyone will de facto be on UBI even though they won’t ever decide to implement it.

This is exactly what the internet is for.

"...Our experiments suggest that the program’s top priority is to keep people engaged in conversation by cheering them on regardless of what they’re asking about..."

E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...

The midterm elections are in 467 days.

Palestinian statehood is an essential step to peace. That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state. Read more about my stance and join our movement here: www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...

Just leaving this here. girightshotline.org

Just realized that Dr. Susan Calvin would be losing her shit more and more every single day right now.

Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...

Well this is awesome. Theres a site where MAGA-friendly shoppers can find MAGA-friendly businesses. Plot twist: The site also works great for boycotts! 😇 www.huffpost.com/entry/public...

The midterm elections are in 554 days.

EOs are not laws and people following them as if they were can face civil and criminal charges when they conflict with laws.

To celebrate my second anniversary here on Bluesky, I've made a donation to Trans Lifeline, because, right from the start, Bluesky wouldn't be Bluesky without its trans folks. translifeline.org

One of the best AI-generated explanations ever. Bravo.

When attempting to explain, my need for accuracy often creates pages of sentences in my head and then I just mumble "ah, forget it." Either that or I reach for a metaphor. This is the most accurate AND succinct description of gen-AI I've read.

"The idea of a conspiracy theory is a grief strategy, it's a strategy to cope with grief." -David Cronenberg (...explains a lot of people I know who I never thought would fall for conspiracy theories)

Friendly reminder that defining someone by their lack of relationship to someone else is still just defining them by someone else. Like… maybe don’t do that idk💀

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

Hey, Wisconsin! Election Day is next Tuesday, April 1st, and early voting has already started! 🗳 So, make a plan to vote. You can check your registration, find your polling place, and see what's on your ballot at: myvote.wi.gov. Let's get out to vote, Wisconsin!

Oh please, oh PLEASE...!

Ahh lol

Now's a great time to tell Chuck Schumer to step down. Sign here:

The only reason for Watters and the rest of them at Fox to attack Kat at this point when her grassroots campaign has barely even launched is because they're afraid of her. It's why they've attacked AOC viciously for a decade. They have to tear down anyone who could be a legitimate threat to them

The midterm elections are in 587 days. Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters. ☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org 📱 Text your reps. resist.bot ✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org

We don't need to outspend Musk to defeat him. We just need to outvote the people he's motivating. Join our phone banks and chip in some dough to help us do it. Volunteer: wisdems.org/call

When you read this it becomes apparent that Elon Musk is a showman, nothing more. He's not an engineer. The whole thing is an act.

If you have the means/are near the Adelaide area, and are even tangentially involved in any of the dimensions listed here, this is a great event. Submit your abstract, deadline Mar 30! www.linkedin.com/posts/simula...

Really smart.

Amplify, yes, and also talk to other men. And seriously talk to them, not just loudly distancing themselves ("I apologize for my gender" "look at what an asshole [some asshole] is"). Along any axis of privilege, allyship means using privilege to make space, not taking up the space already there.

there is only one path forward to regaining the United States’ reputation on the world stage and the trust of our allies after this ends—and that is a bipartisan effort to drastically roll back executive powers and restore checks and balances.

Not me just absently replying to a post abt lead levels with a graph, looking at some of OP's other posts, deciding they are cool and I'll follow them... only to LATER realize they are the author of one of my fav short stories abt Hercules. Tumblr-assed experience.

Beloved WA beach.