Not an academic, but: If I discover that you use LLM chatbots in a professional context, I won’t hire you and will do my best to avoid working with you. I can’t rely on anything you produce to be accurate or grounded in sound judgment. I can’t trust that you’re capable of doing the actual work.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Whatever your politics may be, I do not believe it is physically possible to get more wholesome than this.

I wouldn’t trust this guy about anything.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

I, too, could really use a “destroy” button. youtu.be/hPmHVTLm9MI

I initially misread the misspelling as “data cantors”, and now I really wish that data cantors were a thing. I’m not sure exactly how the data would be incorporated into the music, but I’m sure there are good cantors who would come up with something awesome.

An anecdote re: AI give it a watch and chime in

I’m guessing there’s going to be a lot of wild speculation, so please remember:

Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics

The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters. His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound. A true hero.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

Hey @hankgreen.bsky.social - you should connect with @johnmoe.bsky.social to collaborate on Zonderia! Also, rain/storm sounds are awesome.

I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises

My very unpopular but reasonably well informed take: The West has almost no leverage in Sudan. The things it might be able to do are difficult and risky, and would require not only political will and resources, but diplomatic skills that are in very short supply. Horrifying. But here we are.

As an OG Santacon-er, I really do sincerely apologize. All I can say is that it was very different back at the beginning.

Now I need to find out how someone snuck into my bedroom and took a pic of me this morning.

Stop doomscrolling for a few minutes and enjoy the dogs. youtu.be/-g3wHgAZx5w

I’d like to call for an immediate consensus that this is officially: 1) Christmas music, and 2) exempted from all temporal restrictions on the playing of Christmas music. youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M

This is an accurate description of about 98% of my online presence.

Adorable, floofy, often-but-not-always loving, narcissistic, mass murdering psychopaths.

🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸 The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e... 🧵

customs official: anything to declare? Jenny Holzer: [taking a deep breath]

This is the way.

happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now

Waiting for a @faineg.bsky.social take before I jump to any conclusions… www.wsbradio.com/news/trendin...

Every single excerpt I’ve stumbled upon reads like a Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest submission that’s too boring to make the shortlist.

See a “promote your books” thread, boost a “promote your books” thread. Thems the rules.

I've been through the desert on a

youtu.be/s3Q80mk7bxE?... This should have been on the goddam Voyager Record.

Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls

Thomas Benjamin Wilde, esq., "I've No More Fucks To Give".

I've actually got a spotify playlist that covers this niche surprisingly open.spotify.com/playlist/0X9...

“Lust For Life”

A playlist that's just different covers of "Hey Ya"

I feel like we may need to crowdsource a “provide me the will to meet another day” playlist. Start with “Flash”. Then, I’m thinking “What’s Up Danger”.

Can we all stop for a moment to consider that the @icrc.org has a far, *far* better understanding of how LLM chatbots work than the CEOs of OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI combined? www.icrc.org/en/article/i...

Whitman would be proud. He also would be posting constantly.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

Some really really cool stuff here:

I’m pretty sure if you consume enough of anything it can cause intense vomiting. You can literally drink enough water to give yourself water poisoning, which causes—among other things—vomiting (also seizures, brain damage, and death).

Also lots and lots, but lately it’s been (a bit “on the nose”, I know) The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

It still matters if things are real

first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline

I think the LLM frenzy is weirdly like what you might expect if cocaine had just been discovered 2 years ago. Lots of people love it and insist it makes them productive, when it actually makes them delusional. Dealers frantically pushing free product in hopes of capturing an addicted consumer base.

There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys

Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old 192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!

As a political corruption person, I’d be the super annoying one in class who insisted that I couldn’t respond without 20+ questions worth of additional info. (Seriously though, there’s a real systemic v. opportunistic corruption problem with the scenario.)