Echo 🤷🏼
@justecho.bsky.social
Reader, x-ray tech, and general weirdo. Queer as fuck. She/her
All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.
I was reminded of a version of Merchant of Venice that I saw 20+ years ago (Portland Center Stage maybe?) where they did the whole "the quality of mercy" speech and then beat Shylock to death in silence.
Sarah Rees Brennan@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 3w agoDue to @clairewillett.bsky.social’s Macbeth thread I am thinking on theatrics that impressed me & my answer is a play of DRACULA held in Dublin Castle, where we had to follow him around the crypts & he wore a cape that TOUCHED us & was SLIMY & CHILLY (Vaseline & they put the cape in the fridge) and…
i would rather remove my eyeballs than witness an AI tingler cover
The Craetor🍄☕️@craetor.bsky.social · 4w agoHello, esteemed mr Tingle... I'd like to inquire, by nature of the times we live in, whether you use AI at all for your covers these days.
This doesn't really fit the prompt, but I just want to generally recommend Farthing by @jowalton.bsky.social as a good alt-history mystery. (I am low-key obsessed with the blitz, and Nonesuch by Francis Spufford was also amazing, although not a mystery)
Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com · last mo.Oh hey Bluesky recommend me a detective story/procedural with an unusual insider's point of view and a bunch of twists? I just read the Secret Barrister's Cut Throat Trial (law) before that it was Bodies of Magic (medicine) (The insider pov doesn't have to be police or justice, could be anything)
Holy shit guys, they make a rainbow snake. 🌈 🐍
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · last mo.Video from Maura Hennelly captures her sunbeam snake named 'Vespira' in all her glory. Sunbeam snakes (genus Xenopeltis) are non-venomous snakes from SE Asia that kill small prey (frogs, rodents) by constricting. They burrow through soft dirt or leaf litter in humid jungles. (📷:@maurahennelly IG)
Once you start conceding ground to the “protect sports” angle in order to win an election you’re not fighting for anyone’s rights
I am begging these AI nerds to take one (1) biology or psychology class.
*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD
AI boosters take it for granted that the best business model is "flood the market with spam." But it isn't! That's actually a very marginal business model! A far better business model is to create one thing that people really like. I wrote about this a while back: medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
“Don’t Be Left Behind”
In the endless dustups over AI use in publishing, one assertion is presented over and over again as if it is self-evident fact: “If you…
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What if we could have a future? defector.com/what-if-we-c...
What If We Could Have A Future? | Defector
Maybe you have heard of Roko’s Basilisk. This is a thought experiment, for lack of a better term, popular among a certain set: hyper-rationalists, futurists, effective altruists. Tech-industry guys.…
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I found a Rarity-82 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 872 points · 10 rare words. Only 10 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/E4VRNJ
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Hey boomers. Headphones have been around since the 1890s, so you really have no excuse to be blasting Fox News in my waiting room at full volume.
As a prof this is how I dealt with the person in the group project who everyone else complained privately about because they did no work come presentation time: “Nice work, everyone! For the Q& A, why don’t you start us off [Obvious Fuckup Name]! Can you tell us a little about [creative choice]?”
If someone is going to be a Little Bitch (derogatory) then I'm going to be a Little Bitch (complimentary).
I could buy these earrings for $20 OR I could buy the supplies to make them myself for (checks notes) $400 #ImInDanger
Folks, if you see a free-range penis grazing by itself in the wild, DO NOT TOUCH IT OR TRY TO FEED IT TREATS. They may seem cute but some are rabid or carry infectious diseases! Remember: be clever, penis never! Bears are okay though.
This definitely forbidden gummy is in fact a moth larva of genus Olona (possibly Olona zolotuhini). It's *normal* to want to know what flavor it is, but the answer, unfortunately is "pain". Most species in this family are covered in tiny stinging spines connected to poison glands. (📷: Janice Ang)
@mewtation.bsky.social and me
Princess@themultiplemom.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe discovered my son has been doing his classmates homework for pay. My husband: *lectures him about the importance of people learning for themselves* Me: you were only charging $5 for two subjects??? The two types of parents. 😩
Planet ahoy! It is a land without fear or pain-- but with pets. A mountain rests unexpectedly amidst the enchanting cliffs. We could doze there, perhaps.
Sometimes you evangelize for a show and sometimes you just acknowledge quality and then there is a third thing which is “I don’t know what the fuck this is and it should probably be watched under medical supervision” and that’s The Rehearsal
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/
Me, buying candy at the full movie theater price instead of smuggling it in: "I'm a patron of the arts."
autistics are better than ai because: • we will make sure we are telling you facts • we will not fluff you up about how great you are • we will barely consume any water, to the point that you will be begging us to hydrate
it's just newt videos for a while.... so cute...
