This looks useful, I think…

Fun thread.

One feels that this questgiver may not be entirely reliable.

Stealeded for morale on this, the darkest day of the year.

"Do not pollute the common well." AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago. AI pollution is forced down every throat. mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage. Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word. A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

When I volunteered at the Austin Nature & Science Center 300 years ago, this was phrased to me as "their heads are full of optic nerves & murder. There's no room for anything else."

Am macro visual organizer? Am not broken? (Am also broken) That’s actually potentially very bloody useful…

“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

Remember today an essential, non negotiable part of recovery is getting more things in your life that you like. That you enjoy. That turn you on. That you can turn to for soothing & laughter & comfort. We call these things "reinforcers," & they are irreplaceable recovery tools.

I was pleased with this. Shame to waste it.

I don’t believe in 2026. Nuh uh!

Happy paws.

Update: SAJA HAS FOUND THE TREE THIS IS NOT A DRILL

A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees. I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?

You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.

I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.

Stealeded for the pretty!

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

Stealeded for morale!

Earthtriumph comes!

It’s not just that people don’t know there are simpler ways to do things. It’s that they’re being TOLD to integrate Ai into everything. I’m reminded, again, of the radium craze. Radium is not magic and nor is Ai. Both are, unfortunately, harmful. Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

Robert is walking the dog or doing jigsaws.

For contemplation and quiet morale.

If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...

For morale!

*makes notes about the Bookwyrm of the Month club (not a bookclub)*

For morale!

Hi! No, Fiasco, I am not going to bodily remove your sister from the shark bed just because you want to sleep in it, so you can stop giving me that look, thanks

The left did not create the right through its own mistakes. The right is not some passing reaction to the left, some temporary fever that can be cured with just the right policy tweaks. The right exists! Reactionaries want what they want no matter what the left does or doesn't do.

(I’m sure you all see the connection to why Republicans’ favorite way to cut safety net programs is “work requirements,” even though most SNAP recipients already work 35 hours or more per week—they are exempting the dollars that subsidize large corporations from their cuts.)

The OCTOBUSH is in the loose again! #halloween #parenting #googlyeyes

Pictured: A very happy little criminal.

Did not have «attempted intimidation by eye-doc over phone» on my list for today… This timeline is silly.

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks! But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!! This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free. MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

Borrowed, for later contemplation. And for morale!

The Norwegian’s Prayer, October 10th, 2025, 10 am. “Let us not be cowardly shits.”

Our traumatized nervous system is going to fall right into feeling controlled, trapped, and/or in trouble if we try to force ourselves to do things. Don't try to bully or pressure yourself. Think I'm going to try this behavior for two minutes, & always leave yourself an out.

Every single time a character in any of Ursula's books does something reckless or endangering, they have a clearly comprehensible established motivation specific to that character. I never think, "oh, that's for the plot to happen." +

Republican Cities https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16759

Full poem, as there are replies in there!

Borrowed, for much truth!

I mean… We have a *single* data point on “consciousness”: Humans developed it. A single data point tells us *nothing*. “Oh it must be because of how the system just became so complex” is …not supported by anything anywhere. It’s on the level of “god did it!” as explanations go.

My thoughts (& heart) were with you all last week.

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious" I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge. We know exactly how LLMs work.

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