Eighth Day Arts
@eighthdayarts.bsky.social
Writer. I take my mini tablet everywhere. “It is only an appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.” Thornton Wilder
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“The problem with #generative #AI has always been that #largelanguagemodels associate patterns together without really understanding those patterns; it’s #statistics without comprehension.” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc... #LLMs
December 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The problem with #generative #AI has always been that #largelanguagemodels associate patterns together without really understanding those patterns; it’s #statistics without comprehension.” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc... #LLMs
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Democrats should introduce the "Have Rand Paul Get His Health Care From Amazon, Not the Taxpayers, Act of 2025," tomorrow.
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Democrats should introduce the "Have Rand Paul Get His Health Care From Amazon, Not the Taxpayers, Act of 2025," tomorrow.
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Sexy pop didn’t start on TikTok. Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are tapping into a lineage that runs through “The Philadelphia Sound,” with soul artists like Teddy Pendergrass and Marvin Gaye. buff.ly/YhXmYRI
Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul
The soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass helped define the Sound of Philadelphia in the 1970s.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sexy pop didn’t start on TikTok. Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are tapping into a lineage that runs through “The Philadelphia Sound,” with soul artists like Teddy Pendergrass and Marvin Gaye. buff.ly/YhXmYRI
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With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
wrd.cm
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
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Poor Gimbir gets given his marching orders by Girri. It is not at all unusual for chicks to be aggressive towards their parent/s. Girri is a typical falcon nestling turning into a juvenile. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Poor Gimbir gets given his marching orders by Girri. It is not at all unusual for chicks to be aggressive towards their parent/s. Girri is a typical falcon nestling turning into a juvenile. #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
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From @jhollymc.bsky.social on TN-7: “All the Dems were likely too liberal for Republicans… I’ve found no data to support the assumption Republican voters cross over to vote for what Dems perceive as moderate…. infighting Democrats could use a dose of reality…” tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/11/d...
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From @jhollymc.bsky.social on TN-7: “All the Dems were likely too liberal for Republicans… I’ve found no data to support the assumption Republican voters cross over to vote for what Dems perceive as moderate…. infighting Democrats could use a dose of reality…” tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/11/d...
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Among adults 65 years of age or older, a high-dose influenza vaccine did not result in a significantly lower incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia than a standard-dose vaccine. Full DANFLU-2 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4lPGMtT
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Among adults 65 years of age or older, a high-dose influenza vaccine did not result in a significantly lower incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia than a standard-dose vaccine. Full DANFLU-2 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4lPGMtT
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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“As usual, the stock market’s hyperactive search for the Next Big Thing creates a bandwagon effect that vastly outstrips any realistic cost-benefit analysis.” #AI www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Your job is at risk from AI — but not for the reasons you think. Can you say dot-com bubble?
The current exuberance in AI and related stocks in the U.S., writes Jim Sanford, is reminiscent of the tech crash in 2001. Can you say dot-com bubble?
www.thestar.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“As usual, the stock market’s hyperactive search for the Next Big Thing creates a bandwagon effect that vastly outstrips any realistic cost-benefit analysis.” #AI www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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“Incestuous transactions and #financialengineering within and between the big #AI firms artificially inflate revenues even further, pouring gasoline on an already-blazing market” www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Your job is at risk from AI — but not for the reasons you think. Can you say dot-com bubble?
The current exuberance in AI and related stocks in the U.S., writes Jim Sanford, is reminiscent of the tech crash in 2001. Can you say dot-com bubble?
www.thestar.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Incestuous transactions and #financialengineering within and between the big #AI firms artificially inflate revenues even further, pouring gasoline on an already-blazing market” www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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As I’ve said, A.I. isn’t going to destroy humanity by taking over Strategic Command and launching nukes, but by drowning us in bullshit.
As an author, I’ve already gotten multiple emails from people asking me for fake articles and books that I’ve supposedly written, because chatbots have told them fake references. I *cannot imagine* the frustration and time waste for librarians and especially ILL library professionals right now.
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As I’ve said, A.I. isn’t going to destroy humanity by taking over Strategic Command and launching nukes, but by drowning us in bullshit.
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This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
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Some people are getting an error message trying to download the new Epstein photos from the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov Dropbox link.
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
93 photos released from the Jeffrey Epstein estate (Dec. 12, 2025) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Photos originally hosted here:...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Some people are getting an error message trying to download the new Epstein photos from the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov Dropbox link.
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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"GenAI adoption in industry is overwhelmingly aimed at automating and replacing human effort, often with the expectation that future “AGI” will render human intellectual and creative labor obsolete. This is a narrative we will not participate in."
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education
openletter.earth
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"GenAI adoption in industry is overwhelmingly aimed at automating and replacing human effort, often with the expectation that future “AGI” will render human intellectual and creative labor obsolete. This is a narrative we will not participate in."
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
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NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know.
The Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is Coming. Don’t Miss It
NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know.
wrd.cm
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know.
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What upsets me is how Congressional Republicans voted yes to extend a tax cut for the wealthiest of Americans but voted no for a tax credit to help hardworking Americans afford health-care coverage.
That just ain't right.
That just ain't right.
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What upsets me is how Congressional Republicans voted yes to extend a tax cut for the wealthiest of Americans but voted no for a tax credit to help hardworking Americans afford health-care coverage.
That just ain't right.
That just ain't right.
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Did you know Toronto has more than 40 public markets you can explore this holiday season? ❄️
Find the perfect one for you with our new public markets calendar!
https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/industry-sector-support/public-markets/public-markets-in-toronto/
Find the perfect one for you with our new public markets calendar!
https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/industry-sector-support/public-markets/public-markets-in-toronto/
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Did you know Toronto has more than 40 public markets you can explore this holiday season? ❄️
Find the perfect one for you with our new public markets calendar!
https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/industry-sector-support/public-markets/public-markets-in-toronto/
Find the perfect one for you with our new public markets calendar!
https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/industry-sector-support/public-markets/public-markets-in-toronto/