omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 15h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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Joey@joeycoco-jc.blacksky.app · 4h ago

Def Jam is having a $10 sale & a $19.99 sale. Couple of classics are up there, esp on the $19.99 side New vinyl folk, this is a good start. You might wanna save this in your favs or bookmark it because they update it every few months. defjamshop.com/collections/...

I gave a talk at Miami U. called "Why Can't Machine Vision See the Past? Analog Art History and the Future of the Humanities," & while I can't speak for faculty there, I can say that the response was overwhelmingly in support of my criticisms of the forced insinuation of AI into humanities research.

Quoting s'thing @cnygren.bsky.social & I are publishing soon: "the literacy argument is being made in advance of its necessity...it presumes a state in which those who are “AI illiterate” are disempowered, precisely in order to make an argument in favor of compulsory indoctrination in its use."

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h ago

“If it's this embedded in the world, then it needs to be embedded in the learning and in the coursework…”

for the first time in two and a half years, a new note was played in this organ performance today!

Found only in Nepal, the spiny babbler is the country’s sole endemic bird, yet it remains understudied and vulnerable to habitat loss. Scientists are calling for global attention to protect this elusive species and its threatened habitat. @bibekbhandari.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice

Nepal’s shrubby hillsides are home to a medium-sized bird with brownish upperparts, distinctive black streaks from the shafts of its feathers and, sometimes, a chalky white facial patch. It’s the…

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There was a place called Abra Kebabs in Sydney c. 2002 and it always drove me insane that it wasn’t called Abra Kebabra. Dublin clearly understood the assignment.

*Wow, I can remember when the anti-data-center sentiment was, like, wheatpasted Marks-a-Lot scrawls

@myskhin.bsky.social · 4h ago

The only place left for data centers is going to be places Trump controls.

Train for the scenarios you expect and practice beforehand. Same with practicing bloc'ing/debloc'ing, med aid, etc... Work on keeping it smooth and steady and your mind calm and collected. Remember, smooth is fast. As you become more comfortable add stressors until you're mentally prepared.

Antifascist Art PDX@antifashpdxart.bsky.social · 17h ago

Fire season is just an excuse to practice cardio while wearing a respirator

tbh I think that's a hot take. It's one thing to be lapped and outspent by 2:1 and still get 50/50. But 9:1? In a primary? It means either way the ability of the money cannon to guarentee primary elections is going to be much much more expensive going forward.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 4h ago

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

The question isn't what this primary tells us about the future, it's what it says about the *present*. And the answer is that even though 100% of party leadership, donors, consultants, and AIPAC are maniacally opposed to candidates like El-Sayed, Mamdani, etc... at least 50% of party VOTERS aren't.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 4h ago

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

it does when the winning candidate wouldn’t have gotten 1 percent a decade ago.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 4h ago

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

I need your help! If you have been better than me at saving/bookmarking good threads, blogs, articles etc. explaining how LLMs function scientifically or critiquing/assessing their use in a complex way (ie not just calling them “plagiarism machines,” tho I do agree), can you share your links here?

This is the perfect example of a public service that lots of people value and where it's possible to build capacity in a pretty obvious way at a very reasonable cost.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4h ago

Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj

An excellent new submission to Supercut.org: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in alphabetical order. supercut.org/video/724/mo...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Every word in alphabetical order on Supercut.org

Supercut video of Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Every word in alphabetical order

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Never forget that Mike Pence argued that smoking doesn't kill people

Mike Pence said smoking "doesn't kill" and faced criticism for his response to HIV. Now he's leading the coronavirus response

Pence has espoused false beliefs that are disproven with data easily found on U.S. government webpages.

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Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3h ago

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

i hate seeing the figures. and i hate the word SHOULD. but it SHOULD not be allowed for money like that to be wasted IN ANY MANNER. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN TENT CITIES OR OUT OF THEIR CARS WHILE YOU WASTE SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS

The Intercept@theintercept.com · 1h ago

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens – despite a record-setting $60 million in outside spending in her favor.

Amazed lifestyle people haven’t incorporated climate change into their fall coverage. “The perfect fall bikini” “seven skimpy Halloween costumes for when it’s 90 in the shade” “cool salads for another hot Thanksgiving”

I hopped on to chat with Ed and give myself brain damage listening to Everyone's Least Optimal Nutcase. We just talked about this, which is the most fictional guide I've seen in a long time *SPACEX SEES $100 BILLION ARR BY YEAR-END: CFO

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 2w ago

you're goddamn right I'm going to livestream the first-ever SpaceX earnings call on the AT Protocol put it on your calendar now: August 4, 2026, following market close at 4:30 PM Eastern stream.place/niedermeyer.online

Decision makers in federal, state, and local governments, along with the people charged with shepherding your retirement funds, cannot stop giving this guy as much money as they possibly can.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 20h ago

Elon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call.

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces and is expected to worsen as funding shortfalls force cuts in food distributions and other support, the UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). https://mrf.lu/2ZJ59

Roma tomato harvesting crew in Los Banos CA. It takes longer to fill a roma bucket vs round tomatoes, so the crew spends more time bent over, working in the hot, trapped humidity of the plant rows. The heat wears them out as they carry full 50lb buckets to the trailer. #WeFeedYou

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Two of my favourite things collide! @thewaroncars.bsky.social talks with @humantransit.bsky.social and you’ll learn so much if you listen to it. Transit advocacy for people with disabilities will be my focus in 1-20 years when I can no longer bike and bike advocacy becomes too difficult.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · yesterday

New episode up! We talk with transit planner Jarrett Walker, author of the recently reissued classic Human Transit, about why buses are so great, how we can make them better, & how advocates should fight for public transit in a hostile federal funding environment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

I also plan to pull my life together and live a fulfilling life but here we Arey.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h ago

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