To be very clear, I'm not trying to use the AI — I'm just trying to read the court documents. It's clear that the AI is programmed to replace offensive language. But what does that mean when it's being used to summarize historical documents? What happens when people rely on the summary?

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

the upcoming production of Romeo & Juliet by the Public Theater (directed by Saheem Ali) is very much worth lining up for / donating $ at the threshold that means you skip the queue as your finances permit

Contemplating mortality (whether I’ll have time to finish reading all the books I own)

I am loving reading @weareravenous.com, which has hit the ground running really beautifully!!!

use whatever chickpeas you want but that dough situation in that photo is not doubles

New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

oh no not the chili discourse again somehow

I buy over 100 books a year. I've got 79 books preordered right this moment. Bluesky is the main place I get my info on new releases, from authors, publishers, and reviewers talking about great books.

Huge news: we are beyond excited to announce that we have partnered with @skybound.bsky.social for our very first official graphic novel!! More info: www.patreon.com/posts/158042... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHOG...

"A War Without End" is collected in The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala, 2004). You can also read it here: www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3...

"Salary range: $66,300 – $74,000, depending on experience. This is a two-year, grant-funded position. Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage. Twenty days PTO, holidays, sick and parental leave."

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This is extremely correct iykyk etc

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

Meryl Streep looks in paragraphs. The rest of us look at each other in incomplete sentences.

This is a wild long shot but I know I have a number of law professor followers (for my sins): does anyone teach at or have strong connections to the law school in Wyoming?

This is so true. Like how hard the booksellers have to work on my tours to get ready for the event, make it go as quickly and smoothly as possible for the audience, and clean up afterward. In addition to the normal routine of running the store.

My cold medication and I are returning to work now but if you happen to have access to the July 25 issue of the formerly very influential Anglican weekly paper (The) Guardian from 1941, I have questions 😅

My Walkman was not inconvenient. I bought a tape of music, I didn't pay for streaming services. The music couldn't be taken from me after that by the place I bought it or the publisher. I put it in the Walkman. I pressed play. Often I did this while going for a walk. The music played.

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

I can't help but think of a very old short survey in comics long ago that asked readers what they thought about Negroes, as if black people were not readers ourselves but a separate thing white people could decide if they wanted to see or not. I wonder how much things have really changed.

i voted

quick which makes you angrier

'NPR emailed Truth Social's press team to check if this agreement is still in effect, but the email bounced back.' www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

ah, we have reached the “since reconstruction” part of the era

She’s even got an account on here: @nicolehester.bsky.social

beware outrageous threads from people who have no clear connection to a topic or place and who make “omfg can you believe this” declarations about something supposedly happening without citing a single primary source or credible media coverage

what is the backstory to fred armisen constantly being cast in shows that you would never in a million years think, you know who should be in this and come up with him

“no offense, but” is such an easy tell

Anybody who tells you to hate and harass random game development workers is a scam artist, scamming you into high blood pressure and hatred in exchange for ad revenue. They don’t care about you. They don’t care about the strangers they’re endangering. They want notoriety and an easy payday.

snake juice has entered the chat

AND STILL I RISE 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🏾🥹🥹😭😭💕💕💕💕

was offline in meetings for a solid block of hours and now the TL is talking about hantavirus and spider bites the internet remains a mistake

jaw -> floor

just repeatedly googling "maximum amount of antihistamines recommended in 24 hours" in case the answer changes

Mina Kimes takes over as Scripps National Spelling Bee host as part of reimagined broadcast

Rachel Aviv absolutely deserved that Pulitzer finalist nom. If you haven’t read her Alice Munro reporting, today is a great day to do that: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Amberspire it out TOMORROW on PC, Mac and steamdeck 🌆 And you can read in this post about how I applied academic historical understandings of micro and macro history to inform the writing and worldbuilding 📖

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thank you to everyone met gala posting with alt text

Pleaaaaaase tell your podcast guests if you’re going to be recording and publishing video from their interview when you invite them. You may assume that everyone obviously knows that you also upload to YouTube or whatever but I don’t even know that about podcasts I actually listen to!

when the “important message about your trip” is “please bid on an upgrade” -> we have different definitions of important