I really liked the idea of a blanket with a foot pocket. Alas, I have been reliably informed that what I ACTUALLY purchased was a blanket with a cat pocket.
Karolyn
@etcandsoforth.bsky.social
Unapologetically defying pithy description. Salty we’re having to start over. Again. Shouting love, kindness, sass, and swears into the void…along with cat pics, knitting, and occasional “Story Time”. Dem, T1D, ADHD, she/her (🚫TERFs, 🚫MAGA)
Hearing your daughter’s breath catch and her whisper “Oh wow” as she sees herself in the mirror in her full Homecoming ensemble is pretty much the best thing ever. 🥹
thank you to @mgiraldi.bsky.social, who pointed me to the insta acct for the photographer (www.instagram.com/kevinlohmanp...). the story and the other two photos are 24k gold.
Our society believes: - men are people - men have agency (unless they have raped/ abused women/children, in which case they were compelled by their nature/ the victim) - women are possessions/ entitlements/ holes - women lack agency (unless we are blaming them for rape/ abuse committed by men)
We need to rephrase the whole discussion in terms of hazardous products, instead of "minds". And then we need to make sure that there's liability. A model hacks someone? Put a C-suite guy in jail. A model produces sexual harassment material? Put a C-suite guy in jail. Watch how fast things get safe
Adrienne LaFrance@adriennelaf.bsky.social · 2w agoNew just now in The Atlantic: David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches. He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.” You can read his essay here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.
Parkscope Joe@parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is insane.
i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.
My teen came home from school rage-crying. A friend of hers — whose parents are unsupportive bigots — had gone to live with “more supportive” grandparents. They’ve just learned she was then shipped to a conversion therapy camp in Nevada.
Where is the ballyhooed life ruining I hear so much about? You know, where we can’t possibly deal with sexual assault (on campus or anywhere else) because it will RUIN men’s lives? Well, I have a proposal. Stick with me.
Yup. Also it creates a permission structure — letting men feel spiritually powerful when they abuse women and children. That’s not a violent fucking felony, it’s ‘muscular Christianity’!
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 2w ago“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD.
Fucking thank you. It's time for the patriarchy to stop gaslighting society about rape culture. Rape culture is the law of the land. Men in college gang rape all the time & it's an open secret on campus & the victim is a shunned pariah. Rape is the rule from the highest halls of power to the gutter.
Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you want to understand how Jeffrey Epstein was able to abuse so many just read about the fraternity brothers in the group chat who knew what was happening and chose to say nothing.
I see you, Ivory. I, too, sleep with a pillow between my legs to keep my hips aligned. #CatsOfBlueSky
so much depends upon my complete impunity as my agents run amok across the entire internet
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
breaking: white gen x man, part of sole demographic that benefits from outdated "interview etiquette," says interview etiquette is good actually
"NHS Impose requirement to live in your desired neurotype for 2 years before being able to seek treatment"
Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.
The Independent@the-independent.com · 3w agoAn OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
Had to frog a week’s worth of knitting (booooo!) 🧶 Clearly, bottom-up knitting (esp: w/ a stitch pattern) is not for me. Ebony, however, enjoyed nesting in (and tangling) the yarn. Here he is sulk-napping after I rudely disentangled him
So, my insomnia isn’t a result of brain disfunction — it’s my two brains arguing! Brain 1: let’s sleep Brain 2: what if instead we remember and fixate on something stupid we said/ did in 8th grade!
Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW BRAIN DROPPED
A reminder that the Kennedy Center isn’t just a performing arts center, it’s a memorial to President John F. Kennedy and only an evil vindictive vile weak depraved narcissistic pathetic subhuman would spend every waking day trying to deface it and completely destroy it out of spite and jealousy.
I try to stay informed, but “The thought leader in AI safety that all the tech bros idolize is a Harry Potter fanfic writer who started a sex cult and thinks AI will kill us all but only in the one specific way he imagines so that’s the only thing we should focus on” has broken me. I quit.
For me, all my fellow immunocompromised people, and in honor of the incomparable Dolly Parton, I’ve just scheduled flu shots and Covid boosters for the whole family. Sing it with me now: 🎶 Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine Vacciiiiiiiiiine 🎵
Dolly Parton adapts her song Jolene as she receives Covid-19 vaccine she helped fund
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
Who wants to bet that in this context “forced” Includes “on a dare”? “You see, your honor, I wasn’t gonna rape a goat, but then my friend double dog dared me! I was FORCED into bestiality.” “Well then: case dismissed. Proceed directly to Quantico.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoKash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."
I’m sure this bird would be very cute IF we could see him. But, obviously, we can’t. Respect the Hidey Spot.
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 4w agoGiven all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣
