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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just a warning to all the people that started following me in the last few days because I said something somewhat witty or profound: It's not like that 24/7 over here, it just randomly happens. Don't expect constant eloquence. 😂😅

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5m

Becky is good at her job.

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Vapor Weyve @nymphomachy.meangirls.online · Aug 2

Tweet too long.

“If HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS had filmed a season in the 2010s, there definitely would have been an episode where Hercules and Iolaus travel to the city of Ur—which looks like a New Zealand suburb—and discover there that Salmoneus has been placed under arrest by the King for fraudulently selling lousy copper. Hercules investigates and it turns out Salmoneus is just a wholesaler and the crappy product is the fault of his supplier, an absolute dirtbag merchant played by guest star Keenan Ivory Wayans.

Hercules beats up the merchant's goons to discover evidence of his shady business practices and the evidence saves Salmoneus from getting his hands chopped off but the king respects the merchant too much to punish him for his fraud. Salmoneus fecklessly screams out as he departs on horseback with his companions that he's going to write a formal complaint about his poor customer service, and the merchant just clutches his gut laughing and finally shouts back "And who shall ever care, that humble Ea-Nasir had a displeased customer?" Fade to credits as Salmoneus seethes”

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Saint Badman 🥀🤞🏿❤️‍🔥 @infamousbrave.blacksky.app · 2h

Fuck trump

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 3h

Day Ten's selection for the #31DaysofHalloween is a mini Simpsons Treehouse of Horror marathon. Used to be, no Halloween was complete for me without one of these.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

To be candid, I want the bubble to burst. Because it will eventually and inevitably, but the longer the current charade goes on the more our planet and communities are decimated— and the more dependent we become on the few powerful people left who control those resources.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

It should strike people that the stock market isn’t crashing despite the shutdown. Like sub-prime mortgages, it has yet again totally detached itself from economic reality while they speculate on how many workers they can fire to replace with AI. It is helping a failing economic strategy save face.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a material reality that right now the AI tech bubble is holding up the empire. It increasingly powers all commerce, and is central to the most invasive surveillance apparatus the world has ever seen. Predictive analytics trained on our data have allowed billionaires to track us like wildlife.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Jenifer Lewis’ Afro @msjlaw.bsky.social · 5h

I got one of em!! The clip of us booing Cathy as A’ja gets the finals MVP. 😂#WNBAfinals

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 3h

He's really such a tease.

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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 4h

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 4h

If she is, it should be at herself. No one told her to request a trade.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 5h

Mask up. 😷

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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char 👻 @accxrdingtochar.bsky.social · 5h

if you refuse to boo a commissioner who facilitates the mistreatment and underpaying of female athletes just bc she’s a woman, i am not sure you actually respect women tbh!

Chrystal @chrystalll.bsky.social · 5h

Not Holly being upset that Cathy was booed lol girl bye. #WNBA

From Holly Rowe: This really disappointed me. The ONE thing we have always done as a community in the WNBA is respect women. I get it people want change in certain areas, but Cathy has done SO MUCH GREAT for the league too. #respectwomen #betonwomen

I do not support all women’s some of you bitches are very dumb!!!

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I'm Chris, a writer. That's pretty much it. @christhewriter.bsky.social · 5h

There's no way a woman who once called a college basketball game in LA the BET Awards is ever gonna preach to me.

Chrystal @chrystalll.bsky.social · 5h

Not Holly being upset that Cathy was booed lol girl bye. #WNBA

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Miss MeMe, Baby @phenomenalme.blacksky.app · 6h

A’Dynasty DECLARED!!!! Let’s. Go. A’ces!!!!!

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5h

They have amazing chemistry together, the casting director deserves an Emmy.

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5h

I already know that whole scene is going to have me rolling with laughter.

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5h

The books definitely enhance the show, but you can jump into the show without them.

Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5h

My favorite toxic couple is baaaaack.

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 8h

A new look at ‘THE VAMPIRE LESTAT’ has been released.

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domi @domiana.bsky.social · 6h

a’ja is that girl!!!

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Welcome, Foolish Mortals.... @ehs06702.bsky.social · 5h

Whiskey sours

Wiz KhaLEESA 🍃 @thepearlgoddess.bsky.social · 8h

3. What’s your go to alcoholic drink that’ll have you or someone folded like a pretzel?

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 6h

The impending pandemic will be truly catastrophic. Woof.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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🦋💙🦋 MazieMae @maziemae.bsky.social · 5h

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