the WNBA playoffs are just an exercise in Chicago Sky talent not with the Chicago Sky between Angel Reese, Dana Evans, Gabby Williams
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Gotta love this storyline. And now Coach Nat is going to the FINALS in just her second year as a head coach of a brand new expansion team 🔥 #WNBA
Back by popular demand— The University of Illinois Library and International Education are partnering up to bring a Pen Pal Program initiative to the community.
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Back by popular demand— The University of Illinois Library and International Education are partnering up to bring a Pen Pal Program initiative to the community. The program will match university…
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As much as I love A’ja, I’m hoping for a Dream vs Valkyries showdown in the WNBA finals 🏀 And a championship for Angel Reese (Skyasperia). Just putting that out in the universe…🤞🏼
An easy listen and informative. Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. share.libbyapp.com/title/12771082
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
A short, provocative guide to what’s good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification. This program is read by the author.[Cory] Doctorow’s writing is best...
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“Coverage of AI in mainstream media is consistently appalling. It too often accepts the PR of the AI boys — whether utopian or dystopian, accelerationist or doomster — without challenge, skepticism, or balance.“ buzzmachine.com
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The media pundit's pundit. Written by NYC insider Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine covers news, media, journalism, and politics.
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There are precious few wild places left in Illinois. We should zealously protect those that remain. Instead, USDA wants to repeal the Roadless Rule, putting 10,666 acres of the Shawnee National Forest at risk. 🧵 gift link to the @chicagotribune.com:
Trump plan would remove protections for national forests like Shawnee: ‘We stand to lose our solitude’
More than 170,000 acres in the Midwest could be opened to roads, logging and mining, threatening fragile ecosystems.
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Today and every day is a good day to restate that the #MeToo movement was right and righteous. The backlash against #MeToo was the predictable striking back of privileged abusers desperate to hang on impunity and toxic power. But women & our allies won’t shut up & accept rape culture.
Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 11mo agoToday is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.
I’m so happy to read Illinois DOT is on board! Many of us have wished for this for a long time 💚🦋
Illinois Public Media@ilpublicmedia.bsky.social · last wk.Experts say adding areas where monarchs can eat, rest and lay their eggs, gives them a greater chance of completing their migration amid large-scale habitat loss – especially in states like Iowa and Illinois, where less than 0.1% of original prairie remains.
Four Corners · Game 88 — Solved in 0:57 with 0 mistakes. And my longest streak at 17. fourcorners.smol.quest
Four Corners — Daily Word Puzzle
Four Corners is a daily category-sorting puzzle. Twelve words, four categories around the board — and four corner words that belong to two at once.
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2. "Going rogue" is sensationalistic. Products of ALL kinds do unexpected things that we need safeguards to prevent. Yes, AI agents running amok IS dangerous. So are industrial power tools. Hence OSHA and stringent safety training and protocols to use them.
The same image can be used in multiple contexts and need to have different alt text in each instance. As Sheri Byrne-Haber points out in this blog post, context is a critical aspect of alt text that many people miss. www.sheribyrnehaber.com/context-is-t...
Context is the most critical aspect of alt-text everyone seems to miss - Sheri Byrne-Haber's Blog
This is the article I SWORE I would never write. But I have a different perspective on alt-text than most accessibility managers, so I decided to share it.
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I just learned today that it’s possible to refit a conventional car to an electric. My mind is blown 🤯
Michael DiTullo@d2lo.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's a fun little ride! youtube.com/shorts/W-Rtt...
I’m not a politico, just a basic b**** doing her best, but I think our current imperfect Governor is one of the few elected officials showing any sense right now.
DrH@drhaup.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’re letting CEOs race to build technology they admit could threaten humanity, then trusting them to write the rules? JB Pritzker has the right comparison: put a high school ethics class in charge. They could not possibly do worse than these chuckleheaded clowns in White House.
The reason not to triangulate against trans people isn't that it's bad politics (although I believe it is) or unnecessary (although I believe it is). It's because YOU MUST NOT ABANDON THE VULNERABLE TO DEPRAVED PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THEM HARM. If we will, what's the point of anything else we do?
Thank you for my introduction to @timnitgebru.blacksky.app I look forward to reading her book Deep Unlearning bookshop.org/p/books/deep...
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist
Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—delivering an inspiring vision for better, human-centered, eq...
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Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 4w agoToday on #VibeCheckPod, @timnitgebru.blacksky.app explains what’s really going on with these so-called AI whistleblowers. Also, I let the chopper spray on Robert Kraft, Ed Sheeran, Pink, Jasmine Crockett and Chris Brown. Also, I read a lovely poem by Hieu Minh Nguyen.
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
When you hear a fantastical story about AI, you should ask yourself, "How does this serve the political project of AI?" Because, as others have pointed out, that's what AI really amounts to: a political project.
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Paloma Faith, imo, handled this interview very well 💚 More than the headline suggests. I love her. youtu.be/-kMGcvs_Jdo?...
Paloma Faith: Ed Sheeran should admit Macklemore ‘MISTAKE’
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Here’s a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. The males are always yellow while the females can be yellow or black. She’s enjoying some Joe Pye Weed in the yard #invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky
Get To Know Nature@gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4w agoEastern Tiger Swallowtail on some Ironweed in the garden #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky #NativePlants
I know nothing about Opus 88 fountain pens but I adore the look of this mini. Am I foolish to buy this particular travel sized pen? Any words of wisdom (or unabashed encouragement) on this brand or eye dropper fill pens in general from the community? goldspot.com/products/opu...
Opus 88 Mini Fountain Pen in Celestial Zodiac
Take this pen as a sign you need to be writing more often.There's no limit to your imagination with the Opus 88 Mini Celestial Zodiac fountain pen in your hand. Connect the dots in your mind and creat...
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