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@cjsmith.bsky.social
Embedded systems, also veterinarian. they/them. dreamwidth, mastodon.social : cjsmith.
The next natural disaster hitting the United States is going to be swamped with satellite and drone fakes showing minorities looting white owned patisseries
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d agoI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
"This is just to say" -- the blockbuster movie about friendship, betrayal, hunger, and cold, delicious plums
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
Though most people know Dr. Fauci from his work with COVID, he was incredibly effective in championing research and treatment for AIDs/HIV during the Reagan administration. For those of us who worked in healthcare at that time, when Reagan would not even utter the word AIDs, he sustained us. Thanks.
say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please
the comments are gold, too, and very on point
Niki@nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 3w agoTrying to figure out what’s clickable in modern UI
I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. From Reuters, published on the Guardian website.
Venus and Serena, or as they're collectively known, the Tennisy Williams
truly, we live in the stupidest timeline.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last mo.Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."
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2025 cat tour grand marshal Susan Lynx inserting a subversive acronym into news coverage about the passing of the sash.
Wedge Cat Tour attracts crowds to Minneapolis neighborhood
The 2026 Cat Tour wound its way through the Wedge neighborhood of Minneapolis this evening. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com
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Technically, they’re Remains now.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.A fifth of Leave voters have died.
My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday
Mother fuck- kitten fosters there’s a potential recall in process for all Breeders Edge/Shelter Choice puppy and kitten formulas. For non foster folks- these are the gold standard formulas. This is a big deal For Team Potat- this is a freaking nightmare.
Stop! It is necessary for you to see graphic designer extraordinaire Margaret Calvert’s 90th birthday cake. Perfection.
My toddler saw some council workers with a pneumatic drill, and in a break in the noise she shouted, "Look at those naughty boys digging up the road!" The "naughty boys" got the giggles
Yup. It's a small thing but very telling. The depth of hatred/disdain for women never ceases to amaze me.
Willow@rockshrimp.bsky.social · 3mo agoEvery time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.
attention humans this is the sound of an llm being eaten by cthulhu
ompuco@ompu.co · 3mo agofound a whole operation of unmanned youtube channels making completely unchecked long form slop videos where the ai voice simulacra regularly trips up & does this for a full ten minutes every time. all the very legit comments are like "NO! THATS NOT TRUE! YOU LIE HE DID NOT" & never acknowledge it.
I work at the Strait of Hormuz McDonald's and our ice cream machine is up and running if anyone would like a sweet treat!
Sperm whale: come here giant squid I'm hungry Squid: leave me alone Sperm Whale: No Squid: I won't tell you again Sperm whale: or you'll do what Squid: me? nothing. He will though Sperm whale: What the fuck is that thing Squid: SAY HELLO TO BIG BROTHER, PUNK
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is wild: the authors find evidence for giant, macro-predatory octopuses in Late Cretaceous oceans that might max out at *62 feet long,* comfortably large enough to attack, kill and eat mosasaurs
Yup, it’s pretty disturbing that you will, as far as I can tell, NEVER see an avatar for an AI assistant that is a middle-aged+ white man, because a white man cannot be pictured as subservient.
Mustelid Maven@mustelidmaven.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe raise. And I also noticed a similarity. Neither is a WM, implying (to me) that AI will not replace *their* jobs.
ALSO THIS. Also two Irish coffee glasses for @zem42.bsky.social from where I got my two. I don't know how much money we're talking here, but I have such a list... 😄
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4mo agonot many people know this, but Barilla has a line of 3D printed pasta it sells mostly to the fine dining industry. I don't want the pasta. I want the pasta printer
A harp. Well-paid assistant to be my executive function. Small electric vehicle. Beautiful art. Concierge health care (including surgery to remove a couple things). Oodles of donations to pet rescues. Retirement for me and my friends so we can relax and spend time together.
