@amuseoffyre.bsky.social FIVE POINTS ON TASKMASTER YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH #OFMD

Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.

Have you watched Star Trek: Deep Space Nine lately? Because - if I'm not being too presumptuous - you should.

My manager used chatgpt to write a letter, edited it and the sent it to me to edit it more. I was frustrated with how much longer the editing took compared to human written text, but I did understand that this was an annoying thing to write so I had some empathy. 1/2

TIL even the guy who wrote the book called "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" that everyone keeps talking about also isn't really sure what an AI apocalypse entails. It's the No. 1 news story in the country and no one can even detail what it is!

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · 2d ago

How the hell would AI actually kill us anyway?

Someone please tell me Ride or Die is renewed for a second season🙏

Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy

I love Mamdani so much and it's just because he's a decent person who is good at policy. This should be the norm. He should not be special.

The five thousandth successful trial of universal basic income

alyson “end journalism” greaves@badambulist.bsky.social · last wk.

Governments when the solution to a problem is ‘robust social programmes’: More research is needed.

I am going to say again that the absolute worst thing for most adults is to lose face. People will do ANYTHING to avoid that. As such, any inkling that a person was duped, not smart, etc... will usually lead them to triple down.

no that's totally different, that's a guy

tunes to make you run away@whippoorwont.bsky.social · last wk.

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

@alexsteed.bsky.social I'm listening to last week's episode of The OC Again, and have just found out that Alfred Molina isn't actually in The OC!??

Well. I object to the word whim.

Watching the Raygun documentary and wow white women can really just fail upwards too, eh?

WE HAVE VICTORY BLUESKY IS UNDEFEATED I LOVE YOU ALL BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE TO HELPED ♥️♥️♥️

Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have a weird hail mary ask. Do any of you happen to have a April 1999 Southern Living magazine? It contains an article I need photographed for tomorrow if possible, and I have been down every research rabbit hole imagineable. Will follow you to DM details. 🙏♥️

They shouldn't call it "The Traitors," they should call it "The Witch Hunt"

Then my 4:30 sob snack

We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.

Houston Chronicle@houstonchronicle.com · 2w ago

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents cut more than 200 courses from the core curriculum across 11 universities on Thursday, in response to a state law requiring all general education classes to be “foundational and fundamental.” bit.ly/4iQNt0K

HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here

Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

americamagazine.org

I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Every time you see a “millennials and Gen Z don’t [x thing, like owning a house or going out to dinner or broadway shows]”, go ahead and mentally substitute “can’t afford” for don’t. I have tons of friends who’d love to go to plays or mid-scale restaurants or buy napkins, but we are broke.

There's a generation that has no idea how REVOLUTIONARY mifepristone has been and I think it's an issue. IMO MIFE is part of the reason the response to the fall of Roe has actually been so muted in many quarters in this country. www.reproductiveaccess.org/2023/04/hist...

The History of Mifepristone - Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP)

Updated March 27, 2024 Nearly four years ago, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of mifepristone and looked back on the history of this medication and how it expanded the options available for those s...

reproductiveaccess.org

i’m not really sure what to say about this. Elliot’s performance, especially in the underworld scene, was the only moment i felt something in that movie. the fact that it seems no one wants to hire him is…infuriating. he’s handsome af, drips presence and just look into those eyes.🫠 hire Elliot.

Elliot Page Is ‘Not Really’ Getting Casting Calls After ‘The Odyssey’: ‘If Someone Wants to Call Me…I’d Love to Do Good Work’

The Oscar nomihnee revealed he hasn’t been able to find another great role after starring in “The Odyssey," but he's ready to do his "best work.

variety.com

When you have a friend who isn’t brainrotted but loved ofmd, and who eventually watches HR and loves it too, and who immediately points out the beach parallel, then of course you have to make a thing 🥰 #ofmd #HeatedRivalry

Never forget how it started.☠️

I had hopes for it, but Traitors Australia remains the worst version

DJ is celebrating too 🥹🏴‍☠️

If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.