If all of the intrusive, mediocre, copyright-violating, resource-hogging, no-one-asked-for-this AI tools were "suddenly banned" I imagine that I would dance on their grave in a red dress

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

Roses are red Poop's a foundation

Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · yesterday

Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...

Writers beware, there's a scammer posing as Josie Woodbridge, an editorial director at @blackstonepub.bsky.social; they emailed me yesterday. I looked up the editor on LinkedIn (she's real, as is the pub house) and found this pinned post from two months ago. Apparently it's still a valid warning!

Tonight's research for @livescience.com Diagnostic Dilemmas takes your humble narrator down the rabbit hole that is the urethra, into which people have inserted an astounding array of objects in pursuit of pleasure, truly a testament to human ingenuity+perseverance Gentle reader, you are not ready

It's like, how much more relaxed could she be? And the answer is none. None more relaxed

TIL that when Darwin saw an orchid with a super-long nectar tube, he wrote in a letter "Good heavens, what insect can suck it!" which is the most relatable response I can imagine (he predicted the unknown pollinator had a super-long proboscis, and he was right) www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Please don't use LLMs and generative "A.i." That shit will absolutely fuck you up and humiliate you.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d ago

YouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green

If you're in or near Jersey City today, come visit @hensbreet.art's Art Cave at the Grove Street market, he has lovely scenes of NJ forests, beaches and wetlands!

You don't really need a reason to stock up on Penzey's spices, which are AMAZING, but they happen to be having a sale www.penzeys.com/shop/spices/...

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Fossilized bones and teeth are incredible, of course, but there's nothing quite like a fossil track that preserves an imprint of an actual foot—toes and all. Especially when that footprint, made about 1.4 million years ago by an extinct human relative, looks very, very human 👣 #FossilFriday

Ancient human relative ‘Nutcracker Man’ was larger than once thought, fossil footprints reveal | CNN

New evidence suggests the extinct hominin Nutcracker Man was nearly 2 feet taller and dozens of pounds heavier than once thought and sometimes traveled in groups.

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In light of the “good faith questions” discourse I just wanted to re-up @reveleth.com’s fascinating podcast about the complex (and frequently appalling) history and present of policing sexual biology in women’s sports.

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2y ago

Hello new people! My latest project was a 10+ year labor of love and it would mean the world to me if you checked it out. www.tested-podcast.com It’s a narrative, deep, complex and suspenseful story of gender, sports, science, and “fairness.”

"Did you post a marketplace listing for the convertible couch?" "Yup, I shared waaaaaaay too much information about its history, just like you wanted"

If you have something to say Just say it to me now 💔

Glen Hansard - Say It To Me Now - CARDINAL SESSIONS

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Actions: Nibble, Hurl Garbage and Captivate Bonus Action: Skitter www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/663...

Fossil footprints that look uncannily human were made by an extinct human relative ~1.4 million years ago & reveal that it was bigger & heavier than once thought—roughly equivalent to modern humans. Tracks also show that a group of these hominins crossed a lake bed that was home to crocs & hippos 🧪

Ancient human relative ‘Nutcracker Man’ was larger than once thought, fossil footprints reveal | CNN

New evidence suggests the extinct hominin Nutcracker Man was nearly 2 feet taller and dozens of pounds heavier than once thought and sometimes traveled in groups.

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Ah yes, who could forget her diary about breast health

Robyn Swirling@rswirling.bsky.social · last wk.

Just went for a mammogram, the changing rooms are all named (weird enough already) for various notable women. Oprah, Sonia Sotomayor, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, and…

I’m looking for a freelancer based in Spain or France to cover the wildfires and heat wave. If that’s you, my DMs are open and I’d love to talk through story ideas!

GIVE US BIG-SCREEN BEOWULF AS TRANSLATED BY @mariadahvana.bsky.social, YOU COWARDS

Beowulf: A New Translation

Named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2021 by The GuardianLonglisted for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry. Picked for Kirkus Reviews’ Best Fic...

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Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

Sharing this as a public service, you're welcome

Natee (they/them)@himmapaan.bsky.social · last wk.

Ahaha! It's so weird you mention this; I was only just thinking of it myself the other day! 😄 It's ten years ago now.

I accidentally typed "curstacean" and now I'm sidetracked imagining an underwater D&D campaign under a carnival wharf to free the shrimp, lobsters, crabs and barnacles cursed by a vengeful mage, how's your morning going

so I just want to emphasize something here that non-media people might not pick up on: Marisa is an independent journalist and is taking on the risk of being sued by Moraff here without any institutional backing. That's admirable bravery - and also means being very, very certain of the facts.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Tonight's question: Do you maintain a nest behind a living room chair for your cat to sleep on, or do you recycle your paper trash like a normal person

Post a perfect album from the 90s

Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 90s.

Went to the NJ Punk Rock Flea Market today and got many awesome Chanukah gifts and a li'l magnet for the fridge, by Sneaky Burrito Design www.sneakyburrito.com

Update: if the SciArt Feed gets 40 more Likes, it will be the #33 Most Popular Feed on Bluesky. A feed of visual art about science, (with no generative AI allowed 🥳). Tap the link below, then tap the 3 dots at the top to 🩷Like and 📌Pin the Feed (not the pinned post). bsky.app/profile/flyi...

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is gonna train us to be ready to help folks learn their rights, monitor the polls, and be ready to take to the streets if needed! Sign up today at handsoffnyc.com/vote

If The Odyssey has you hungry for more tales of ancient Greece, @mayadeane.bsky.social's Wrath Goddess Sings is a story of Achilles that's like nothing you've never seen, pulling from ancient texts to weave an epic tale of a trans woman's heroism, heartbreak & defiance of the gods themselves

Wrath Goddess Sing

“Deane’s tour de force debut …brings the familiar story to fresh, vivid, and unforgettable new life.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review) Drawing on ancien...

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Riffing on an idea by @taniel.bsky.social, today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.

Grace Jones anywhere and everywhere, but especially as May Day in A View To A Kill

Dawn@502eire.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is a recurring prompt around what’s the best that anyone has ever looked on camera and I never have an answer but I’m watching right now and I think it’s gotta be George Clooney in Ocean’s 11