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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 3h

I think every fantasy fan knows the agony of going to a used bookstore and finding they have only one book in a series you want, but it’s not the book you need.

At Daedalus, for the first time, the single book available in a certain series WAS the one I needed. So it gets extra bonus points.

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 3h

See also this environmental storytelling of one bookstore’s humble quest to place all its Star Trek novels.

In the lower left half of a packed bookcase, three successive shelves are labeled “Star Trek,” “More Star Trek,” and “How can there possibly be this many Star Trek books?”
At the top right of the same bookcase, a half-shelf is labeled, “I don’t know where else to put all these Star Trek books.”

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 3h

I treated myself to a visit to Daedalus Used Bookshop in Charlottesvile, VA. Reviews described it as “mazelike” and ”from an era when bookshops tried to pack as many books per square foot as possible,” so of course I had to go. Some of my favorite shelf labels:
#booksky

A sign over a doorway: “The uncles room. Everything that uncles love. Law, cars, motorcycles, trains, business, economics, firefighting, aviation, sports & dogs.”

A corner where two packed bookshelves meet. A label on the lower level of the right-hand shelf says “Spies.” A label on the lower level of the left-hand shelf says “More spies over here. Maybe there are more that we aren’t telling you about.”

Yet more packed shelves. The third-to-lowest shelf says “Weird stuff, man.” The shelf below that says “I dunno.” The lowest shelf says “Could you just pass the turkey and talk about something else?” The books, from their spines, appear to all be conspiracy theory books.

Two shelves within the uncle room. The top shelf is labeled “Fire fighting” and prominently displays a book with a firefighter on the cover.” The shelf below that, displaying the books “Smoking Food” and “Krakatoa,” is labeled “Fire encouragement.”

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 7d

I hope Leslye Penelope keeps writing historical fantasy for decades

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 8d

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12d

there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12d

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!!

youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 12d

There is a terrible shortage of wedding cards that feature dinosaurs

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13d

Thought I gift linked to it. Here you go. READ it. Your welcome.
GIFT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

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Diana Passy @dianapassy.bsky.social · 13d

“OpenAI’s own advanced reasoning models actually hallucinated more frequently than simpler systems. The company’s o1 reasoning model ‘hallucinated 16% of the time’ when summarizing public information, while newer models o3 and o4-mini ‘hallucinated 33% and 48% of the time, respectively.’”

Bob E Hayes @bobehayes.bsky.social · 13d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.co...

#hallucinations #generativeAI

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.

www.computerworld.com

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 14d

10% of profits from this special edition will be donated to Mermaids, a charity that works to support trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people in the UK. I'm very happy and excited about this one!

LitPins&Co @litpinsandco.bsky.social · 15d

Introducing our latest special edition - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh! 🖊️🐦‍🔥🗡️

Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛

litpinsandco.com/collections/...

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 14d

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 15d

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 15d

I’m so happy I got Droplet Book 2 to my beloved beta readers *before* Hades 2 came out

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ceej @ceej.online · 16d

everybody hates these guys, their ideas are stupid, and you do not have to fall into the trap of assuming trump’s win says anything meaningful about what americans actually want. for instance, americans actually don’t want to ban vaccines. they want this guy banished to a desert island

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 16d

gotta remember that no one likes this shit

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 16d

I have to laugh at Disney’s desperation. I paid for lawn care today using Venmo, and I got a pop-up, “Congratulations! You’ve qualified for a three-month deal on Disney+ and Hulu!”

Seriously?

I have to laugh because if I think of how much they’ve spent putting these ads everywhere, I’ll scream

Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 17d

@gblueheron.bsky.social told me it’s like how Cauldron-Born get weaker and weaker the farther they are from Annuvin. I think this was well before I was old enough to test for myself.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 18d

You would think that because I made a joke about this experience yesterday, I would learn from it.

And yet!!

Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 18d

Me, the day after my covid/flu shot: Feels like the Tylenol is wearing off a bit, but I’m fine!

Me, 10 minutes later: consequences

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 18d

The Greater Gatsby

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18d

Enhance a book!

Medium Women

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 18d

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

First day of fall

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is fall and pronounced ooleekaw-huh-stee

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 18d

Being Autistic is not a bad thing.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18d

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

bit.ly

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 18d

Me, the day after my covid/flu shot: Feels like the Tylenol is wearing off a bit, but I’m fine!

Me, 10 minutes later: consequences

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 20d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Adrian Harley @adrianharley.bsky.social · 20d

When I saw this reposted on my timeline, I never in a million years would have guessed what it was in response to

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