GIRL SNAKE CATCHER. she makes a snug little income by securing reptiles for traveling shows SHE JUST GRABS THEM (The Washington Bee, Washington DC, November 8, 1902)

Okay, now I’m rewatching the cinematic masterpiece that is “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” because I have what? TASTE. And more than a dash of whimsy.

Mel Brooks shittin on the MCU. Ya love ta see it.

one time in grad school we read a book with the subtitle "Economics as if People Mattered" and I think about that a lot

Regardless of what happens to any of the individual players involved in A.I. in 2026, there’s no going back to the world before we knew that if you make a language model large enough it appears to become a little guy who sometimes solves open math problems and sometimes makes you insane

It’s me! Come to my PyCon talk! Here, have a discount code: pretix.eu/pyconau/2026...

PyCon AU@pyconau.bsky.social · 3w ago

Can't wait for Jack Reichelt's interactive session "Adventures in FastAPI: A Choose-Your-Own PyCon AU Talk"! Not even we know where this ones going - thats up to all of YOU! 🔍️ 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/7KE... 🎟️ 2026.pycon.org.au/tickets #SessionSpotlight at #PyConAU

Who's looking forward to solving puzzles at #PyConAU?! Join Amanda Hogan for "Cryptic crosswords, Code golf and Learning the rules of a language"! 🔍️ 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/VSV... 🎟️ 2026.pycon.org.au/tickets #SessionSpotlight at #PyConAU

Don't miss "Hash It Out: Teaching Password Security Through Code" with Alex Penna at PyCon AU 2026! 🔍️ 2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/J9U... 🎟️ 2026.pycon.org.au/tickets #SessionSpotlight at #PyConAU

There's plenty of reasons to be skeptical of centrists who bemoan "political polarization" and call for a politics that abandons the "tribalism of left and right." 1/

With a little bit of luck, when we wake up in the morning, Mitch McConnell will be dead.

So while they're dismantling NDIS, the government is also doing their best to create more severely disabled people by removing the best MS drug from the PBS. This will make it skyrocket from $35 to $2200 per month. www.msaustralia.org.au/news/pbs-acc...

PBS access to two vital MS treatments under threat as Government decision looms - MS Australia

Multiple disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) and Kesimpta (ofatumumab), are at risk of being withdrawn from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), as a consequence of governme...

msaustralia.org.au

i have 2 (yes, TWO) siblings with MS, and whilst this change doesn't impact either of them, seeing these meds get pulled from PBS would be upsetting.

Cin (they/them)@skyalin.bsky.social · last mo.

So while they're dismantling NDIS, the government is also doing their best to create more severely disabled people by removing the best MS drug from the PBS. This will make it skyrocket from $35 to $2200 per month. www.msaustralia.org.au/news/pbs-acc...

I’m of an age where the transition to The Cloud was happening as I was getting my education, and I remember thinking that it seemed most useful for hobbyist/small companies that didn’t want to run their own servers, or didn’t know how.

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · last mo.

I think one of the key things to understand about my current evaluation of tech is that a lot of people liked tech until AI fucked it up real bad but I haven't liked tech since they invented the modern internet basically, and DEFINITELY not since The Cloud.

For years we have been overwhelmed by the volume of code contributions we have to review, especially from new contributors. AI has made the problem much worse. That's why we are taking steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while still welcoming new contributors: godotengine.org/article/cont...

Changes to our Contribution Policies – Godot Engine

Godot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions.

godotengine.org

My boss loves how I use AI for communication, but really I’m just a pedantic bitch who loves words and grammar.

Not that anybody on earth cares but the White House is 225 years old.

LLM technology cannot RELIABLY do most (any?) of what it's marketed for. It is built on stolen data, causes catastrophic CO2 emissions, exploits and traumatises economically vulnerable people, uses precious stores of fresh water. So no, I don't understand the "benefits". Do you?

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last mo.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play

Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

nature.com

in case you forgot that it's pride month here's your reminder that like most of this account and a very good chunk of the scp wiki exists because of weird trans women. thank you weird trans women

This will become ever green

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting

And somehow she likes the terrible bits?! And you get to make her laugh, which is the best part of the day??!!

Minerva P Kelley@doubleca5t.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The best part of having a wife is that there's someone in your house that you can do really terrible bits at whenever you want

So I have this idea for a new game: you get in a lift and it starts to fill with tar. That's the elevator pitch.

Me IRL #CavesOfQud

Thread about how using “A.i.” will turn you into a world class loser in the eyes of your colleagues… and yourself. Just say no. This shit is trash and it destroys human souls. I’m not exaggerating.

Crystal Fleming クリスタル@alwaystheself.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +