This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

AI doesn't actually save any time, it just shunts it onto whoever has to read/deal with your stuff later. You get the thing done 25% faster (debatable if this is even true) and then it takes ten times as long to parse down the road. It's technical debt as a service.

A society that stops reading becomes easy to manipulate.

evergreen

Piper@the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 3mo ago

they should invent software updates that make the software better over time instead of worse

Why is it regular people's responsibility to stay on any platform where they are subjected to oppression and abuse? It isn't. If it's not your job to be on social media, you're only on it for utilitarian or expressive reasons. Nothing wrong with going where you are comfortable to do these things.

shocked i tell you. algorithms feed us what is “fed” the mindless machines

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

This is some great research on how algorithms shape us: 'Users who switched from the chronological feed to the “For You” feed were 4.7 percentage points more likely to prioritise policy issues favoured by US Republicans (for example, crime, inflation and immigration).' 🧪

Villain, I have done thy mother.

This is a party asking to die

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 3mo ago

From the @startribune.com: "Klobuchar pitches moderation in governor’s race, rebuffs redistricting push for Minnesota" Notably, these comments came after the VA Supreme Court's ruling.

podcast or column idea for someone to run with: the tea with phil eng @boston.gov @mbta.com #amwriting

You can't spell police without ICE. Abolish both.

The supermarket that I shop at employs mentally challenged. They are greeters, baggers, and perform other functions. They are normally pleasant and happy to have a purpose. I like shopping there, it's a reminder that there's room in this world for all of us.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

I know I sound like old Granny Ashley yelling on her front lawn, but I miss magazines. I miss video stores. I miss music collections. I miss 22 episode television. I miss music videos. I miss when all these things provided jobs that supported people. The internet gave us a lot. It took a lot too.

15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.

in every thing illegitimate

leg-colored pants are always a mistake but also bwahhaha

ET Heisenberg@utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Best to not wear this colour trousers when on TV.

DOLLY PARTON IS WEAK ON ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR EXPORT CONTROLS

You are a senator.

Come on then, and remove him.

I mean, you don't really need a translator

How now, how now, what say the citizens?

The evil that men do lives after them

It is the worst

It’s about time someone said it out loud on a national news show. Major Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) — on Trump’s interest in putting boots on the ground: “We have a situation where someone called a malignant narcissist is unfortunately drifting into a state of dementia that is difficult to manage.”

when do we start talking secession? this system is so deeply corrupted it’s irredeemable. you cannot work effectively with opponents who cheat and insult and threaten and break the arm of a marine! ffs! we deserve better. new constitution. no more 2 party system. it’s burning down anyway. build anew

[Exit Murderer.]

I saw a comment the said we aren’t “angry enough.” But all we are is angry. Our veins circulate it like acid. It cracks our sternums. It poisons and paralyzes us. We hiss and spit at each other, all impotent, helpless rage. We don’t need more anger. We need more direction.

still at this point tbh

Greggo 🏳️‍🌈@greggo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My response to anything over the next two weeks

Reconstruction and Nazi Germany are both instructive historical examples because they are both instances of a society actively (re-)introducing segregation after a period of increased integration