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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 12h

me and the tragically hip

Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 2d

The lead of Signal is one hundred percent correct here, which we know because people keep getting snaps of US officials using Signal instead of other platforms.

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

In particular, we must be wary of "new" proposals that allow scanning of "known content" while claiming to protect privacy by proscribing "indiscriminate" surveillance. We must also look out for those that mandate only scanning for “hashed images or videos.” 4/

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 2d

the most hideously accurate thing, i say, living in the correct approximate area to understand the phrase "maryland swamp water"

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 3d

IMPORTANT AND DEEPLY EMBARRASSING CORRECTION: MAY 23rd and 24th!!!!!!!!!!

OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 3d

The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming.... to Berlin, Germany! On May 22nd and 23rd!! Still so much news to come here but we wanted to be sure you knew! For now you can enjoy the beautiful logo designed by @[email protected] and check out the site at 2026.oshwa.org

(livestream heard it first🤭)

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

truly when they put on goof troop the orchestral arrangement at the kennedy centre i thought we were done and yet

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

this type of digital proprioception is my favorite kind of game review!

Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · 8d

My experience was that Hollow Knight is very “spacey” (you just need to move to the right positions on screen) which makes everything feel frantic and chaotic, while Nine Sols is very “timey” (you just need to parry with the right rhythm) which makes everything feel controlled and precise

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

perhaps the current problem of scrapers wandering around the internet devastating available information sources in an effort to keep the AI bubble afloat are about to meet "meaningful and enforceable regulation," per @oddletters.bsky.social

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

lol
lmao

check a look at this personal liability for executives as enforced by China in the event of data scraping that does not respect robots.txt

harris-sliwoski.com/chinalawblog...

FAQ: What Foreign Companies Need to Know About China’s 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) - Harris Sliwoski LLP

Complete FAQ on China’s 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law: extraterritorial reach, executive liability, digital conduct rules, commercial bribery penalties, and compliance requirements for foreign comp...

harris-sliwoski.com

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

andi go on vacation and come back to this terrible hypertrophic webforum with new music reccs

Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 4d

the exchange rate is currently $1.39 cad to a usd so this is pretty substantial and also suckass

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d

I have genuinely lost track of all the new tariffs. Art shipping depends on trucks for shipping and delivery of large exhibitions. It will soon be cheaper for me to buy things in Canada, even with the exchange rate.

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dr lee cyborg @leeborg.bsky.social · 5d

Here we go!!!
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen all of those but skipped Alien/s and now I'm stubborn about it

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 5d

Me and Edith Head, Sara Ryan and Steve Lieber

Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 9d

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 5d

about 25% of the students in my classes say they love text relationships and about 50% say people have to be physically present at least sometimes and about 25% say nothing Online is Real

I think @hels.bsky.social's observation about epistolary limerence might be quite relevant here

Jacques O'Lantern @ass.golf · 6d

whenever I read an article about someone getting AI psychosis I have to fight the urge to think "haha couldn't be me" because that's how it gets you. like how "smart" people are more vulnerable to getting conned bc they think they're too smart to fall for it

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 6d

@tkingfisher.com I'm partway through the new book and just wanted to say your foreshadowing has gotten _so efficient_ and so interesting! Really love the deep interest in ...nature? Classic naturalism? Shining through.

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 6d

i'm about 3/4 through a phd now, and i gotta say the degree simply isn't what popular culture thinks it is

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 6d

I will say that waiting patiently and working on something for the whole month IS frustrating but ALSO

whips ass

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 6d

okay but this costume WHIPS ASS and is so good and I love that pumpkin

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Alex L @bustedsneakers.bsky.social · 7d

oh no. me too.
when i first started really seriously teaching, it was her book "syllabus" that taught me how

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7d

If you were online before 2010 you know it's not a true mod crashout until a mod takes all the Adderall and then posts a sprawlingly incoherent sephiroth speech manifesto, breaks the site, and then vanishes for 3 months