I still remember getting my first email address as a freshman in college. It was the coolest thing ever and no one was screaming YOU BETTER ADOPT THIS OR WE’RE ALL DEAD.
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18h agoi especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
evacide@evacide.bsky.social · 7d agoMeta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
Master colourist: Pierre Bonnard, avant-garde French post-impressionist artist, printmaker, born #OTD 1867; intimate views of domestic life were inspired by Japanese art; member of Les Nabis, friend of Vuillard. Le Corsage à Carreaux 1892, Musée d’Orsay | La Salle à Manger 1913 @artsmia.bsky.social
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please.
Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · last wk.David Quammen's essay in The New York Times today closes with this paragraph. It's both a scientific falsehood, and an incredibly dangerous narrative. If you're willing to give me five minutes of your time, I'd like to explain why.
"so what's your take?" "I think the private sector can solve all of a nations problems and the government doesn't have to do anything" "100% disagree"
J@jaseomcn.bsky.social · 2w agoAide: “Just don’t do Monty Burns hands…ah for f.. ”
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Listening to Careless People and the UK should turn off Meta sites. Seems to be the only way those people learn anything.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoMeta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act
I'd like to remind everyone of the principled courage of the Pentagon press, which walked out of the building their beat relies on rather than sign a loyalty oath. One of them was a dear friend for whom it was a giant sacrifice and I'm so proud of him. The White House press isn't in the same league.
Richard Fudge@richardfudge.bsky.social · 2w agoShould have walked out with the Pentagon reports apnews.com/article/pent...
if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3w ago'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'
The one word Trump hates most of all is "loser." We should say it more.
More evidence of the Irish Presidency being captured by Big Tech
RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.
RTÉ will not take part in or broadcast Eurovision 2027
RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest and that it will not broadcast the competition.
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Had a quick read about the Vandals and they seem MAGAish tbh
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 3w ago"I think the Trump Administration should certainly have recognition. Because frankly, if we don't do that, it's going to close and it'll end up being ripped down." = Put my name on it or I'll tear it down.
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
