Claude ✡️🦖🦕
@cascoclauda.bsky.social
Claude, they/them, 25.
Writer, thembo, palaeontology enthusiast, occasional funnyman.
Profile pic by @wargonopsid
Writer, thembo, palaeontology enthusiast, occasional funnyman.
Profile pic by @wargonopsid
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Claude ✡️🦖🦕
@cascoclauda.bsky.social
· Oct 29
thank you to the amazing @literallymiguel.bsky.social for this wonderful art for my fantasy worldbuilding project, the dragonbinder chronicles! this is the protagonist, aurora, with her familiar, gwen 🐉
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scientific community is trained in reading papers presented as defense of preset conclusions (or hypotheses to the same effect) and struggles to react meaningfully to exploratory research written in an exploratory way. "what if this is a thing? let's see. huh turns out it isn't!" baffles reviewers.
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
scientific community is trained in reading papers presented as defense of preset conclusions (or hypotheses to the same effect) and struggles to react meaningfully to exploratory research written in an exploratory way. "what if this is a thing? let's see. huh turns out it isn't!" baffles reviewers.
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Sixty-six million years ago, two types of long-necked, four-legged dinosaurs had an edge over other sauropods because they could readily rise up & remain standing on their hind legs for long stretches of time. scitechdaily.com/these-giant-... #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
These Giant Long-Necked Dinosaurs Could Stand Upright – and Scientists Finally Figured Out Why
By applying computational engineering methods to model weight and gravitational forces acting on sauropod femurs, researchers found that these massive four-legged dinosaurs were generally able to stay...
scitechdaily.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Sixty-six million years ago, two types of long-necked, four-legged dinosaurs had an edge over other sauropods because they could readily rise up & remain standing on their hind legs for long stretches of time. scitechdaily.com/these-giant-... #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
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Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
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Hotel Item of the Day - Cat Plushie 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ ♥️
This may be our new favorite 3.0 item. 🐱 8 varieties are Gray Tabby, Orange Tabby, White, Black, Calico, Cream & Brown, Gray, and Yellow. Which is native to your island? Favorites? 🤔
Also...toe beans for days 😋
This may be our new favorite 3.0 item. 🐱 8 varieties are Gray Tabby, Orange Tabby, White, Black, Calico, Cream & Brown, Gray, and Yellow. Which is native to your island? Favorites? 🤔
Also...toe beans for days 😋
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Hotel Item of the Day - Cat Plushie 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ ♥️
This may be our new favorite 3.0 item. 🐱 8 varieties are Gray Tabby, Orange Tabby, White, Black, Calico, Cream & Brown, Gray, and Yellow. Which is native to your island? Favorites? 🤔
Also...toe beans for days 😋
This may be our new favorite 3.0 item. 🐱 8 varieties are Gray Tabby, Orange Tabby, White, Black, Calico, Cream & Brown, Gray, and Yellow. Which is native to your island? Favorites? 🤔
Also...toe beans for days 😋
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The history of modern political philosophy can be summed up like this: all humans were created equal, and so should be treated thusly. This is the proclaimed ideal. Then, in practice, an ever more nuanced web of exceptions has been spun, through which the universal human is defined ever narrower
the thing is, universal human rights are only universal if they include everyone, even the groups of people society has decided are less important (children, prisoners, people with names you can't pronounce, homeless people, the unemployed, disabled people who don't make good inspiration porn, etc)
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
The history of modern political philosophy can be summed up like this: all humans were created equal, and so should be treated thusly. This is the proclaimed ideal. Then, in practice, an ever more nuanced web of exceptions has been spun, through which the universal human is defined ever narrower
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It isn't clear if the projected Board of Peace would deal with cybersecurity. The structure, which is said to hypothetically replace the United Nations (parallel structure?), is open to new members. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 18, 2026 at 8:11 AM
It isn't clear if the projected Board of Peace would deal with cybersecurity. The structure, which is said to hypothetically replace the United Nations (parallel structure?), is open to new members. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Look I know this is going to be hard here but rigid adherence to lies about Covid is going to push you to the right. It has to. The eugenicist ideas that we can abandon the vulnerable and that vaccine mandates and lockdowns weren’t necessary because only “those people” died can never be democratic.
NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.”
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Jon Stewart Praises Attorney Behind Years of Anti-Vaccine and Anti-Lockdown Lawfare
“You’re a civil rights attorney who has been canceled by both the right and the left, which means you must be doing something right.”
www.importantcontext.news
January 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Look I know this is going to be hard here but rigid adherence to lies about Covid is going to push you to the right. It has to. The eugenicist ideas that we can abandon the vulnerable and that vaccine mandates and lockdowns weren’t necessary because only “those people” died can never be democratic.
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This is so beautiful
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This is so beautiful
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everyone with a soul should be anti-Tony Blair, that fucking war criminal
🔴Tony Blair Institute talks lots about democracy
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir
TBI insiders warn of “'insane” plan to transform think tank into a tech company
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 AM
everyone with a soul should be anti-Tony Blair, that fucking war criminal
an animal intelligent enough to hold a grudge over the trauma he experienced, yet he chooses to be kind and gentle in spite of it 🥺🐘
We feared Mwashoti would never walk again after a devastating snare injury. Now he plays referee, greets new arrivals, clears buffaloes for his Keepers, and waits each morning for Murera. The gentlest of giants.
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
an animal intelligent enough to hold a grudge over the trauma he experienced, yet he chooses to be kind and gentle in spite of it 🥺🐘
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Your bodies can and will be commoditized with or without your consent:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Grok Is Generating About 'One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute'
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok keeps churning out nonconsenual images of women and minors in bikinis and lingerie, outraging users and regulators
www.rollingstone.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Your bodies can and will be commoditized with or without your consent:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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The rules have changed, and this is the new one for 2026:
Be so utterly, recklessly weird that ChatGPT could never sound like you.
Be so utterly, recklessly weird that ChatGPT could never sound like you.
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The rules have changed, and this is the new one for 2026:
Be so utterly, recklessly weird that ChatGPT could never sound like you.
Be so utterly, recklessly weird that ChatGPT could never sound like you.
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We feared Mwashoti would never walk again after a devastating snare injury. Now he plays referee, greets new arrivals, clears buffaloes for his Keepers, and waits each morning for Murera. The gentlest of giants.
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We feared Mwashoti would never walk again after a devastating snare injury. Now he plays referee, greets new arrivals, clears buffaloes for his Keepers, and waits each morning for Murera. The gentlest of giants.
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
Read his story: swt.bio/mwashoti
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Those of you who have followed my work for a few tears might recall how I say: Borders also keep you in.
It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Those of you who have followed my work for a few tears might recall how I say: Borders also keep you in.
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I just updated my explainer for why I don't allow generative AI in my classrooms with a new section and an expanded section.
New: Generative AI has a literal body count
Expanded: Generative AI is dehumanizing
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
New: Generative AI has a literal body count
Expanded: Generative AI is dehumanizing
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I just updated my explainer for why I don't allow generative AI in my classrooms with a new section and an expanded section.
New: Generative AI has a literal body count
Expanded: Generative AI is dehumanizing
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
New: Generative AI has a literal body count
Expanded: Generative AI is dehumanizing
CETERUM AUTEM CENSEO INTELLIGENTIA ARTIFICIALIS ESSE DELENDAM
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“The working homeless” is not a myth. They want us to be invisible so they don’t have to answer for what this capitalistic hellscape is doing to us all.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“The working homeless” is not a myth. They want us to be invisible so they don’t have to answer for what this capitalistic hellscape is doing to us all.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
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> Types 'forest' into Google
> Google shows images of forests
I'm a forest artist
> Google shows images of forests
I'm a forest artist
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
> Types 'forest' into Google
> Google shows images of forests
I'm a forest artist
> Google shows images of forests
I'm a forest artist
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Britain’s fascist crackpots now going absolutely wild on “the police are Hamas”, hammered out of their minds on their power to deliver truckloads of shit to the front door of anyone who defies them
January 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Britain’s fascist crackpots now going absolutely wild on “the police are Hamas”, hammered out of their minds on their power to deliver truckloads of shit to the front door of anyone who defies them
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Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
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"I canceled all my engagements in Israel this year because of my objection to Mr. Netanyahu's way of treating the whole Palestinian issue"
This is a big deal in the context of classical music. Though you wouldn't know about it if you read western mainstream media
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
This is a big deal in the context of classical music. Though you wouldn't know about it if you read western mainstream media
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
Zubin Mehta says he canceled concerts in Israel over Netanyahu policies
The Musical Director of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra From 1981 Until His Retirement in 2019, the Maestro Said He Is Not Able to Divide His Musical Endeavors From Politics, and Urged Musicians to...
www.haaretz.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"I canceled all my engagements in Israel this year because of my objection to Mr. Netanyahu's way of treating the whole Palestinian issue"
This is a big deal in the context of classical music. Though you wouldn't know about it if you read western mainstream media
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
This is a big deal in the context of classical music. Though you wouldn't know about it if you read western mainstream media
www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...
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The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world. She tells Aimee Donnellan about her 40-year fight for recognition
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
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It’s really funny as a miserable lesbian to see people look at a miserable lesbian and go “seems problematic…” No bitch! Miserable lesbians are the backbone of society! Nothing works without us! Give us grenades and heroin!
Pluribus reddit discourse is so funny. “Are we supposed to root for Carol” you are supposed to watch how her character interacts with the world “she’s very unlikable” wow that’s crazy can they do that
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It’s really funny as a miserable lesbian to see people look at a miserable lesbian and go “seems problematic…” No bitch! Miserable lesbians are the backbone of society! Nothing works without us! Give us grenades and heroin!
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January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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