E z r a
@bruit.bsky.social
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sephardic librarian / archivist / researcher / artist on six nations lands
i study technology, techno and tech no
shame fascists out of existence
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lll
sephardic librarian / archivist / researcher / artist on six nations lands
i study technology, techno and tech no
shame fascists out of existence
I still think that
Remember when asking a machine to speak for you and inform your ideas about everything was considered dystopian, or at least relentlessly cringe?
That was not that long ago.
That was not that long ago.
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I still think that
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time to re-blackpill myself... gotta stay sharp cominsitu.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/t...
The Paradox of Social Democracy: The American Case
by Robert Brenner (1985) Part I I A New Social Democracy? A very long time ago — in the Palaeolithic days of the new left of the later 1960s — few red-blooded radicals would have been caught dead i…
cominsitu.wordpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
time to re-blackpill myself... gotta stay sharp cominsitu.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/t...
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Check it out. At The New School, you could've studied composition with John Cage, social science methods with John Dewey, cultural history with Lewis Mumford, or photography with Berenice Abbott
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Check it out. At The New School, you could've studied composition with John Cage, social science methods with John Dewey, cultural history with Lewis Mumford, or photography with Berenice Abbott
[MyGuillotine Wrapped 2025]
This year you ended [0] landlords' and capitalists' bloodythirsty rampage death cult...
Do you want suggestions for Guillotines in your area with a lot of downtime?
This year you ended [0] landlords' and capitalists' bloodythirsty rampage death cult...
Do you want suggestions for Guillotines in your area with a lot of downtime?
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
[MyGuillotine Wrapped 2025]
This year you ended [0] landlords' and capitalists' bloodythirsty rampage death cult...
Do you want suggestions for Guillotines in your area with a lot of downtime?
This year you ended [0] landlords' and capitalists' bloodythirsty rampage death cult...
Do you want suggestions for Guillotines in your area with a lot of downtime?
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Call me old fashioned but I’m generally against turning everything into gambling
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Call me old fashioned but I’m generally against turning everything into gambling
i'm gonna start this tomorrow since ive been in the archives since 1st
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
is there a NaNoWriMo but for December and academic/ nonfiction? Should we start it?
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
i'm gonna start this tomorrow since ive been in the archives since 1st
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Lol no - please end wrappedification
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Lol no - please end wrappedification
Doubting yourself is kind of key to being curious and learning, if you lose that you might as well become a stalinist
It's kind of mind-blowing how these tech dorks think they're so smart and have the utmost confidence in their genius, while actual smart people are constantly doubting themselves and critiquing their own arguments.
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Doubting yourself is kind of key to being curious and learning, if you lose that you might as well become a stalinist
Fuck you wikipedia app if i wanted to learn about myself i'd wait until my therapy appointment
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fuck you wikipedia app if i wanted to learn about myself i'd wait until my therapy appointment
Might still discretely be the best record i've ever heard youtu.be/tadlAn63bew?...
The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack (Full Album)
YouTube video by Un Jose Cualquiera
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Might still discretely be the best record i've ever heard youtu.be/tadlAn63bew?...
The crucial heuristic is that all the bad ideas have been done already. The good ideas deserve to be done and done again, there the distinction does not matter
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The crucial heuristic is that all the bad ideas have been done already. The good ideas deserve to be done and done again, there the distinction does not matter
I do not understand why any of the ai critical pundits have achieved those positions
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I do not understand why any of the ai critical pundits have achieved those positions
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
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Jurgen Habermas's head just exploded.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Jurgen Habermas's head just exploded.
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
lets fucking go, impact factors are for losers anyways
The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#CNRS) is canceling the #WebOfScience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases: www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
lets fucking go, impact factors are for losers anyways
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"The land, which belongs to the fifth generation ranchers..."
"'Any solution we give them, they say ‘No, we can get a court order and come on the land.'" ... 'I’m old. It’s the next generation that’s going to be looking after it.'"
where have I heard that before 🤔
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5872...
"'Any solution we give them, they say ‘No, we can get a court order and come on the land.'" ... 'I’m old. It’s the next generation that’s going to be looking after it.'"
where have I heard that before 🤔
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5872...
BC Hydro sues ranching family for blocking access to $6B 'nation-building' power line - BC News
BC Hydro is suing a high-profile rancher for blocking access to construction of the $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL) — one of Ottawa’s “nation-building” projects meant to power the buil...
www.castanet.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The land, which belongs to the fifth generation ranchers..."
"'Any solution we give them, they say ‘No, we can get a court order and come on the land.'" ... 'I’m old. It’s the next generation that’s going to be looking after it.'"
where have I heard that before 🤔
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5872...
"'Any solution we give them, they say ‘No, we can get a court order and come on the land.'" ... 'I’m old. It’s the next generation that’s going to be looking after it.'"
where have I heard that before 🤔
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5872...
the internet at the ottawa via is better than the one in the LAC spec coll room, just a heads up
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
the internet at the ottawa via is better than the one in the LAC spec coll room, just a heads up
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I was also reminded of this gorgeous film — about the night labor of Himalayan entomologists — which I saw at Metrograph last year
Nocturnes | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Grasshopper Film
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was also reminded of this gorgeous film — about the night labor of Himalayan entomologists — which I saw at Metrograph last year
it's kinda funny to see managers finally find the con to do the same thing to tech companies. Hmm I wonder who didn't want unions
I am once again asking where they think senior engineers come from
![Enlarged view of illustration; 3 beakers.
Left beaker, uncorked, with red meat inside it. Caption "Before 'AI': ecosystem with juniors [maggots pictured] and seniors [flies]"
Middle beaker, corked with "AI". Red meat, 3 flies near it: Caption "AI replaces 'junior' workers (?). Some seniors remain".
Right beaker, corked with "AI". Red meat, all flies dead. Caption "Later..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:osg2vzhifd2tjfsvfwua7scy/bafkreiapr5uid4sk5j4pdnxnndjrmuvjczgxdt5au5jhl6cmm5wcslnlym@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
it's kinda funny to see managers finally find the con to do the same thing to tech companies. Hmm I wonder who didn't want unions
micron exiting the consumer market? Oh yeah capitalism is going great
Help me harry braverman, you're my only hope etc etc
Help me harry braverman, you're my only hope etc etc
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
micron exiting the consumer market? Oh yeah capitalism is going great
Help me harry braverman, you're my only hope etc etc
Help me harry braverman, you're my only hope etc etc
god I am so glad I can mute all your spotify wrapped nonsense
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
god I am so glad I can mute all your spotify wrapped nonsense