K.O. Munley
@caymon5.bsky.social
Humanist. Consumer of horror & sci-fi. Listener of audiobooks. Taker of mediocre photos. Backyard gardener.
Some interests: #Audiobooks #Movies #OpenSource #Halloween #Gardening #Baking #BuffaloBills #CarolinaHurricane #AFL #UrbanSketching #Watercolor
Some interests: #Audiobooks #Movies #OpenSource #Halloween #Gardening #Baking #BuffaloBills #CarolinaHurricane #AFL #UrbanSketching #Watercolor
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K.O. Munley
@caymon5.bsky.social
· Jan 18
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One of my favorite things to do when snow falls is to just go for a walk. There's something magical about seeing the world blanketed in freshly fallen snow, the chill in the air when it fills your lungs, the quiet. It always brings me a sense of peace.
#Watercolor
#Watercolor
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
One of my favorite things to do when snow falls is to just go for a walk. There's something magical about seeing the world blanketed in freshly fallen snow, the chill in the air when it fills your lungs, the quiet. It always brings me a sense of peace.
#Watercolor
#Watercolor
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"The more we know, the greater our ability to create a just world. If truth didn’t matter, elites wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it.”
The answers to my reader Q & A are up! Topics covered include GOP crimes, Dem complicity, Ukraine, Epstein, the best Christmas movies, and much more! Read here:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to Leaving the Party, Pal!
Your questions answered on Dem party failures, GOP crimes, Die Hard, and more!
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"The more we know, the greater our ability to create a just world. If truth didn’t matter, elites wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it.”
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, best-of book list time! At @sciam.bsky.social we do a fun spin, highlighting a ton of books individual staffers read this year and loved, and it's always a pleasure to contribute. Check out this year's list (with lots of entries from yours truly): 📚💙
The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025
Here are the 67 books Scientific American staffers couldn’t put down this year, from fantasy epics to gripping nonfiction
www.scientificamerican.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year, best-of book list time! At @sciam.bsky.social we do a fun spin, highlighting a ton of books individual staffers read this year and loved, and it's always a pleasure to contribute. Check out this year's list (with lots of entries from yours truly): 📚💙
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November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Experimenting with style tonight. This feels closer to where I want to take my art right now - a little more impressionist. I don't like what I'm doing with that pathway though, may have to deal with that...
#Watercolor
#Watercolor
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Experimenting with style tonight. This feels closer to where I want to take my art right now - a little more impressionist. I don't like what I'm doing with that pathway though, may have to deal with that...
#Watercolor
#Watercolor
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Just remembered that it's a Letterboxd Friday! My last four watched have a theme: companionship. I didn't do this on purpose, it just played out that way.
My last four were:
• Flow
• Good Boy
• Companion
• The Trip
#LetterboxdFriday
My last four were:
• Flow
• Good Boy
• Companion
• The Trip
#LetterboxdFriday
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just remembered that it's a Letterboxd Friday! My last four watched have a theme: companionship. I didn't do this on purpose, it just played out that way.
My last four were:
• Flow
• Good Boy
• Companion
• The Trip
#LetterboxdFriday
My last four were:
• Flow
• Good Boy
• Companion
• The Trip
#LetterboxdFriday
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Because I think we need to ask the important questions, regardless of potential controversy, here is one for you: If you had lived at the time, and in the circumstances, in which it would have been relevant, would you have been a Dapper Dan man?
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Because I think we need to ask the important questions, regardless of potential controversy, here is one for you: If you had lived at the time, and in the circumstances, in which it would have been relevant, would you have been a Dapper Dan man?
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"Cranberries are one seasonal, tasty fruit that can be modified in recipes to be more Type 1 diabetic-friendly – or friendly to anyone looking for a sweet dish without the extra sugar," Rosemary Trout wrote for The Conversation in 2024. https://to.pbs.org/3AY75wC
Worried about the sugar in your cranberry sauce? A food scientist shares how to cook with fewer added sweeteners
Lots of the healthy raw ingredients used in holiday foods can end up overshadowed by sugar and starch, but with a few science-backed culinary tricks, you can make a delicious cranberry dish that’s Typ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Cranberries are one seasonal, tasty fruit that can be modified in recipes to be more Type 1 diabetic-friendly – or friendly to anyone looking for a sweet dish without the extra sugar," Rosemary Trout wrote for The Conversation in 2024. https://to.pbs.org/3AY75wC
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Evergreens at Sunset. Another little sunset sky study. Since I've been treated to do many brilliant sunsets this week, I wanted to try painting them.
#Watercolor and also #Watercolour
#Watercolor and also #Watercolour
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Evergreens at Sunset. Another little sunset sky study. Since I've been treated to do many brilliant sunsets this week, I wanted to try painting them.
#Watercolor and also #Watercolour
#Watercolor and also #Watercolour
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Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. Stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism. n.pr/3JKHags
This weekend, artists are speaking out across the country
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism. n.pr/3JKHags
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Spoiler the hosts’ uncontrollable wheezing and swearing starts around the 32 min mark
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Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spoiler the hosts’ uncontrollable wheezing and swearing starts around the 32 min mark
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Forever For Me For Now
Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper +Leaf 9x12”
#contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #artonpaper #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #contemporarydrawing #mappingthemoment #eleventyeleven
Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper +Leaf 9x12”
#contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #artonpaper #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #contemporarydrawing #mappingthemoment #eleventyeleven
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Forever For Me For Now
Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper +Leaf 9x12”
#contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #artonpaper #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #contemporarydrawing #mappingthemoment #eleventyeleven
Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper +Leaf 9x12”
#contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #artonpaper #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #contemporarydrawing #mappingthemoment #eleventyeleven
Another quick painting: tree at sunset. I've been TREE-ted to so many brilliant sunsets this week, they actually make me glad for the time spent parked in traffic on my drive home from work (not the actual driving part, the stopping part to look at the sky - just so we're clear).
#Watercolor #Puns
#Watercolor #Puns
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Another quick painting: tree at sunset. I've been TREE-ted to so many brilliant sunsets this week, they actually make me glad for the time spent parked in traffic on my drive home from work (not the actual driving part, the stopping part to look at the sky - just so we're clear).
#Watercolor #Puns
#Watercolor #Puns
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Beautiful and poignant essay by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about loss, and the world around us, and where we find hope. As someone who's mourned the passing of both of my parents, one of whom was ill for years, this resonates with me a lot.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Beautiful and poignant essay by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social about loss, and the world around us, and where we find hope. As someone who's mourned the passing of both of my parents, one of whom was ill for years, this resonates with me a lot.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...