Anthrodiva Bot 2026
@anthrodiva.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist, vulgar Marxist, sloppy empiricist, crackpot phenonmenologist. Lives in WV.
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Carved stone balls - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
New thread of my favorite true enigmas and mysteries.
Starting with, carved stone balls from the neolithic period in what is now Scotland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_...
Starting with, carved stone balls from the neolithic period in what is now Scotland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_...
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In this Rochester diner, the Monroe doctrine is that you should stay away from the 7-Eleven near Meigs after dark on the weekend. But they do know this: stealing oil from Venezuela is exactly the kind of thing our Founding Fathers would have done if they could.
February 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
In this Rochester diner, the Monroe doctrine is that you should stay away from the 7-Eleven near Meigs after dark on the weekend. But they do know this: stealing oil from Venezuela is exactly the kind of thing our Founding Fathers would have done if they could.
Interesting stats
“I have lived in this area for 30 years, and worked in agriculture for 20 years and I have never seen events like this”
der ARD #Medienterror bringt lieber Rubio bei Orban, mehrfach
der ARD #Medienterror bringt lieber Rubio bei Orban, mehrfach
The problem with Britain’s year-round berry addiction
We want strawberries, we want blueberries and we want them now, but Mother Nature might have other ideas
www.thetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Interesting stats
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"Tapper bristled at the loaded term “concentration camps”, rebutting that the phrase conjures something specific. The pushback led Schwesnedl to point out that the Whipple Building is located at Fort Snelling, an actual venue for the extermination of Native Americans through the 1800’s"
Minnesota's False Spring
Even with troop withdrawals, Minnesotans aren’t packing up snow shovels, nor ICE whistles.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Tapper bristled at the loaded term “concentration camps”, rebutting that the phrase conjures something specific. The pushback led Schwesnedl to point out that the Whipple Building is located at Fort Snelling, an actual venue for the extermination of Native Americans through the 1800’s"
Envious
Where to get paczki in Chicago for Fat Tuesday 2026: blockclubchi.co/4tKHIFc
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Envious
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Federal judge orders slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall be restored, and called the Trump’s attempt to erase history Orwellian and horrifying #FDT #AmericanHistory #TrumpNaziPlaybook #DV1 #ProuBlue www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House
The order does not give the federal government a deadline for restoring the President's House.
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Federal judge orders slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall be restored, and called the Trump’s attempt to erase history Orwellian and horrifying #FDT #AmericanHistory #TrumpNaziPlaybook #DV1 #ProuBlue www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Heard someone refer to a (large) datacenter as an "ohio-class datacenter" and now I only want to hear datacenter sizes referred to by reference to submarine classes
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Heard someone refer to a (large) datacenter as an "ohio-class datacenter" and now I only want to hear datacenter sizes referred to by reference to submarine classes
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My brain couldn't come up with the phrase "wash the dishes" so I just told my wife I needed to "do the sink laundry"
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
My brain couldn't come up with the phrase "wash the dishes" so I just told my wife I needed to "do the sink laundry"
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I would give away most of my wealth if I had 780 billion dollars not because I am a particularly good person but because it is unclear to me how my life would be impacted in any way if I had a mere 78 billion dollars to buy whatever treats my decadent little wretched heart desired.
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I would give away most of my wealth if I had 780 billion dollars not because I am a particularly good person but because it is unclear to me how my life would be impacted in any way if I had a mere 78 billion dollars to buy whatever treats my decadent little wretched heart desired.
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RICHARD SCARRY APPLE CAR!!! RICHARD SCARRY APPLE CAR!!!!
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
RICHARD SCARRY APPLE CAR!!! RICHARD SCARRY APPLE CAR!!!!
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Telling people to vote for Newsom on Bluesky in February of 2026 feels like posting on Facebook that they can’t use your likeness or content
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Telling people to vote for Newsom on Bluesky in February of 2026 feels like posting on Facebook that they can’t use your likeness or content
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Wag wag wag wag wag
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Wag wag wag wag wag
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We are all chafed from edging the apocalypse
February 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
We are all chafed from edging the apocalypse
Do NOT enhance
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Do NOT enhance
Pretty much my M.O. Like a shark, always moving forward. Je ne regrette rien...
Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.”
“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Pretty much my M.O. Like a shark, always moving forward. Je ne regrette rien...
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Have you seen this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars to go on display in Edinburgh
Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Have you seen this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
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why on earth is Peter Gabriel dressed like the Joker here
On this day in 1993, Peter performed 'Steam' at the BRIT Awards, where he also won the award for Best Producer
February 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
why on earth is Peter Gabriel dressed like the Joker here
TIL
This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it
this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
TIL
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AI will be used in situations where it isn’t best practice for the same reason university admins continually destroy their schools and for the same reason everything good bought by private equity gets worse and for the same reason this criminal regime is stripping government down to spare parts.
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
AI will be used in situations where it isn’t best practice for the same reason university admins continually destroy their schools and for the same reason everything good bought by private equity gets worse and for the same reason this criminal regime is stripping government down to spare parts.
Holy shit!
Melrose was supposed to undergo a complete streets makeover from Highland to Fairfax that would have installed stormwater gardens to mitigate flooding, among other critical safety improvements. The previous councilmember killed the project
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Holy shit!
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
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There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
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Before I realized this was a spray, I thought "man, everyone is making a hard seltzer now"
February 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Before I realized this was a spray, I thought "man, everyone is making a hard seltzer now"