Today is the day the UK toilet policing act comes into force. Fortunately many free admission public buildings don't have gender segregated toilets, nor do most small independent cafes. So I encourage everyone to give them your custom

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

feels like i should re-post this every few weeks

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3y ago

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

we heard you loud and clear… the babies needed some work! here’s a sneak peek of their updated look, coming soon in our next patch on August 10th (๑ > ᴗ < ๑)

The idea of a Pastor implies the existence of another important church clergyman - the Copyer

isso foi em 2020.... essas conta urgentinho ambiental odeia postar fontes pq atrapalha o engajamento rs sobre como estava em 2025 (não melhorou): theconversation.com/from-record-...

From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected

The 20th anniversary of the annual report tracks how sea ice, snow cover and many other vital signs of the Arctic have changed, and the impact that’s having on people and wildlife.

theconversation.com

@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 4w ago

For the first time on record, the #ArcticCircle crossed a temperature that once felt almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 38°C. A place many imagine as endless ice, snow, and cold winds suddenly touched a number usually associated with scorching deserts #ClimateEmergency #oilandgas

WIRED@wired.com · 4w ago

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

data visualization is my passion.

i wanted to respond to this with a quick little joke about sim city 2000 arcologies but was instead subjected to the worst mobile web experience in human history. i am never going to a wendy's ever again and also i'm finally getting off my butt and going to start blocking ads directly from my router

a pound of flax@oatsmemento.bsky.social · last mo.

this account’s been bought off by Big Arcology

Ford rehires "greybeard" engineers after its push for AI automation backfires. "Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product." www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai...

Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly

‘We didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers,’ says automaker

the-independent.com

Corporations are facing major "buyers' remorse" after replacing experienced workers w/AI. Surveys reveal 55% of employers who restructured their workforce for AI regret the decision due to drops in quality/lost institutional knowledge/declining customer satisfaction. www.forbes.com/councils/for...

Why Companies Regret Laying Off Workers For AI

Rather than moving to cut headcount, success with AI often starts by asking hard questions about which work genuinely benefits from automation.

forbes.com

AHAHAHAHAHAHA HAAHAHAHAHAA

Former Pingu Child Actor (BANISHED)@cursedpingu.bsky.social · last mo.

Sounds like AI is a huge liability and billionaires are mega-crybaby about it as per. "established studios with a positive track record see a "catastrophic" 40% to 60% drop in sales when they use AI"

This. I say this as a millennial, I'm incredibly tired of increasingly tenuous reasons to keep nostalgia properties going when an effective ending can be far more rewarding. Pop culture right now is a graveyard of properties that lurch embarrassingly onwards past their sell by date.

Taylor + May ΘΔ&@flipflopdogdeer.bsky.social · last mo.

people really need to understand that it's okay for things to end media doesn't need to be perpetual, that's where we end up with 729471 mediocre simpsons seasons and marvel films

the kisses.........mortifying

Joe Lanman@joelanman.com · last mo.

a rightmove description.. with prompts included

Suraj has a point.

Security alert: YouTube added a feature that now puts your username in shared links, so if you share a YouTube link on here, everyone who clicks it will know your YouTube username. To turn it off, go to Settings - Privacy and turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

there's somethnig very novel about making clothing small enough that i can do most of the work at my desk instead of on the floor

It's possible to derive joy from other people's joy.

From the second we started TrueRef, I instantly started finding our POC refs turned white and redistributed in the wild.

Here is a prime example of why you should Never, EVER use anything from a genai source for reference. Get your references from reputable sources, take your own photos, literally anything else. No excuse is good enough to use that slop. Support real creators and people.

TrueRef by Abbey Esparza@trueref.bsky.social · 2mo ago

From the second we started TrueRef, I instantly started finding our POC refs turned white and redistributed in the wild.

begging ecommerce stores to understand that "specified day delivery" does not in fact mean "specified day dispatch".

I specifically requested no more metaphors

Mediapolitic@mediapolitic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.

In retrospect it's for the best the account went down, but also I will never forget this banger;

Bluesky Bans@bskybans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Account blockedforthispost.bsky.social was suspended by moderation.bsky.app The account was 69 days old at the time of banning. #BskyBans #newAccountBan

ive got one week to bullshit my way through something that resembles a pair of stays and a waistcoat and i feel so nauseous about it that i cant start

This is good news, and it matters beyond the ponds themselves. It's a reminder that, as others have said, the horrifying rollback of trans rights in the UK over the last year and change has happened wholly without a democratic mandate. When the people get a say, they demand inclusion.

its funny people still use the term social media intern to describe the work of a social media manager/community manager. like baby there is no internship and if there is they are most likely not allowing them to touch the official company account. its not 2014 anymore

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

AI is Appropriated Intelligence. It is built on the work of the world's creatives - authors, artists, musicians, actors, voice artists, designers, journalists, directors - without permission. 'Appropriated' is a more useful description of the tech than 'Artificial' IMO.