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Elfie
@elfgrove.bsky.social
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Elfie, cat mom to Sylvie, my "gilded tuxedo" calico cat.

🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
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Elfie @elfgrove.bsky.social · Jan 12
And 3 of 3 fanart Asterius plushes (made for friends) completed this weekend.
YAY.
#HadesII #Hades2 #Asterius #SupergiantGames @supergiantgames.bsky.social #ElfMakesPlushes
www.instagram.com/elfplush
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portalrealm.bsky.social
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.

The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.

AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
elfgrove.bsky.social
Oh NOOOOOOOO. Did someone scrape their work without permission, credit, nor recompense to create and sell a cheaper knock off of your work and replace and/or devalue your work with that theft? That must SUCK SO MUCH.
nbcnews.com NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h
Google says its flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone it by repeatedly prompting it.
Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini
Google says private companies and researchers are trying to copy Gemini’s capabilities by repeatedly prompting it at scale.
nbcnews.to
February 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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danaterrace.bsky.social
We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
In China’s Yangtze River, the finless porpoise population is rising: the latest count puts it at 1,426 in 2025, up 177 since 2022. Scientists link the recovery to the ten year fishing ban that began in 2021, alongside tighter habitat protection and monitoring. buff.ly/hzREApS
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Fishing ban revives Yangtze finless porpoises
The population of the Yangtze finless porpoise, the only freshwater porpoise species in China's longest river, has risen to 1,426 in 2025, indicating that the fishing ban and other conservation…
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February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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klasfeldreports.com
BREAKING

Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.

Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.

Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
The Court, accordingly, ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs shall file under seal (but not ex parte) by February 20, 2026, a Notice indicating which Plaintiffs are currently in which third countries; 2. Plaintiffs shall by February 27, 2026, file a Notice noting the number of Plaintiffs who wish to travel independently to a U.S. port of entry or who wish to be flown from a third country to the United States for their court proceedings, understanding that in both scenarios they will be detained upon arrival. Plaintiffs shall simultaneously file a separate Notice under seal listing the names of such individuals; 3. Plaintiffs shall by March 9, 2026, file a Notice giving the number of Plaintiffs (in Venezuela or third countries) who wish to file supplements to their habeas class petition, including challenges to the Proclamation or their identification as TdA members. Plaintiffs shall likewise file a simultaneous Notice under seal listing those individuals’ names The Government shall promptly return to Plaintiffs upon written request by their current counsel all passports and identification documents that any agency currently retains, and it shall make good-faith efforts to obtain any of Plaintiffs’ passports or identification documents that were transferred to El Salvador; and 5. The Government shall file a Status Report by March 13, 2026, explaining how and when it will transport any Plaintiff seeking return to the United States from a third country. In that Status Report, the Government shall also inform the Court as to the feasibility of returning Plaintiffs still in Venezuela who wish to return for their proceedings. It shall also describe the steps taken to obtain any passports or identification documents from El Salvador.
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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rincewind.run
I deeply appreciate that they looked at an insane sport where people go 80mph down an ice chute and said let’s make it crazier

winter sports rule
sickoscommittee.org Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4h
OH MY GOD THEY HAVE TO HIT THIS FOR NEXT PERSON TO GO IN THE LUGE RELAY!!
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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wuggle.bsky.social
My provider tried to get me to approve an AI scribe, but the receptionist couldn't even tell me what company was in charge of it or what the program was. I probably would have said no either way, but I definitely said no after that.
wolvendamien.bsky.social Dr. Damien P. Williams can't think of a fun display name right n @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6h
I'm actually considering putting a blanket request to my medical provider teams to not use "AI" for my care in any context where they can avoid it, unless and until i a) get a disclosure as to what the system is and how it supposedly works and then b) specifically approve it in each instance.
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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anthonymoser.com
i've been thinking about putting together a collection of templates and examples around stuff like this to help people who know they don't like it but aren't sure how to express their concerns. i sent this one to my kid's teacher
anthonymoser.com Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Dec 2
I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.

I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
Dear [TEACHER], I want to make sure we're on the same page for the rest of the year, because I was surprised and disappointed to hear that you uploaded student projects to ChatGPT. We have always found [SCHOOL] to be a place that encourages students to express themselves creatively, to be responsible and aware of how their actions affect others, and to be intellectually honest – doing their own work, rather than copying from others. I know ChatGPT has been heavily marketed as an educational tool, but everything about it is the opposite of those values. AI tools are built by training models on stolen work. They have huge and terrible environmental costs, because their data centers generate enormous amounts of pollution and are cooled with drinking water. They're also incredibly dangerous: tools like ChatGPT have taught children how to start fires and even encouraged them to commit suicide. And in a classroom setting, it teaches students that a machine can express their ideas better than they can. I told [ CHILD ] I was interested in seeing what they had to draw, and my heart sank when they told me "but I can't draw that pretty." Children deserve to draw what they imagine. These environmental, ethical, and pedagogical concerns are why I don't want [ CHILD ] to use AI tools (or for you to use them on their behalf). For the same reasons, I respectfully ask that you stop using them in your classroom. If you do plan to use AI this year, please send home a permission slip requesting consent. There are important privacy concerns when you upload student work into a for-profit service like ChatGPT. Thank you, [ PARENT ]
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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dylannorthrup.bsky.social
It reduced surgery times by 40% and recovery times/hospital stays by 50%. Bucholz started a medical journal (and hired a questionable webmaster) and eventually productized his work. It is now used in many ORs for ENT and brain surgery. It does this physics, imaging, and science, not AI.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*

"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Screenshot of text reading At least 10 people were injured between late 2021 and November 2025, according to the reports. Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations. Cerebrospinal fluid reportedly leaked from one patient’s nose. In another reported case, a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients each allegedly suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured. Screenshot of text reading In May 2023, Dean was using TruDi in another sinuplasty operation when patient Donna Fernihough’s carotid artery allegedly “blew.” Blood “was spraying all over” – even landing on an Acclarent representative who was observing the surgery, according to a lawsuit Fernihough filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth against Acclarent and several manufacturers. One of Fernihough’s carotid arteries was damaged. She suffered a stroke the day of the surgery, according to her suit. Acclarent “knew or should have known that the purported artificial intelligence caused or exacerbated the tendency of the integrated navigation system product to be inconsistent, inaccurate, and unreliable,” the suit alleges. Screenshot of text reading The FDA requires clinical trials for new drugs, but medical devices face different screening. Most AI-enabled devices coming to market aren’t required to be tested on patients, according to FDA rules. Instead, makers satisfy FDA rules by citing previously authorized devices that had no AI-related capabilities, says Dr. Alexander Everhart, an instructor at Washington University’s medical school in St. Louis and an expert on medical device regulation.
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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sadvalerian.bsky.social
a small moment from c2ep68. Cad casted a healing spell & Fjord thanked Wildmother after seeing this divine power in a new light, bc of some brewing changes within him.
[while drawing i've also came up with a lil prayer song for the Wildmother]
#criticalrolefanart #themightynein
July 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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warmer-gaze.bsky.social
oop, forgot to post this here too. A redo of an old piece that I still liked the pose from. Something something inherent tenderness of mentorship man I love them

#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart
Painting of Caduceus and Fjord from Critical Role, both sat on the ground in nature. Their foreheads are together and Cad is holding Fjord's cheek, comforting him.
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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tales-of-exandria.bsky.social
Fjord to Cad "Thank you [..] Just for being you and coming from where you have and sharing what you know. I'm inspired by you."

A year ago we did a #criticalrolecosplay roulette - @edelweisschaos.bsky.social got #caduceus and Sara @nerdish.bsky.social drew #Fjord

#criticalrole #mightynein
December 31, 2024 at 2:50 AM
elfgrove.bsky.social
HI HI HI HI.
My The Mighty Nien liveplay watch has just reached The Kiln.
*bounces*
CLAY, DUST, AND STONE HUH?
BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE.
So excited for mor Deucey lore and progress. So excited to see the good boys get closer together.
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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nekosd43.bsky.social
For today's #repostober I'm crossing my fingers that Caduceus will be in the reunion one shot this week!

Caduceus and Fjord are my favorite members of the Mighty Nein and I really like their friendship :3 #criticalrolefanart

Procreate, 2020
A digital painting of Caduceus Clay and Fjord Stone from Critical Role. The image is a dark green with bright aqua highlights. Caduceus casts a spell while Fjord kneels nearby.
October 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM
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somershade.bsky.social
Tech people have a pattern where they stumble up to basically any area of human endeavor and underestimate / misunderstand what is being done so wildly that they immediately start yapping about how whatever new shiny they are trying to sell can totally replace the whole discipline or industry.

1/?
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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murderbotbot.bsky.social
It’s not like I didn’t already think this situation was really fucking bad, but I was beginning to think it was way fucking worse.
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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attackerman.bsky.social
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is an incredible photo.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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josie.zone
Real "{jeff goldblum voice} the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun" hours
tyleraking.com Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 18h
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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atrupar.com
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.

BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned

NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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wolvendamien.bsky.social
…Maybe sometimes two wrongs *Do* make a right…
moultano.bsky.social Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 22h
When you have made a terrible mistake
Pliny the liberator asking if coinbase red teamed their agent
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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mattielubchansky.com
i gotta say as a working visual artist that uses @beehiiv.com for my monthly newsletter, seeing them ad "AI image" generation to their media library settings feels really, really, really bad!!!
newsletter from beehiiv: "Your imagination is the limit. Just describe what you want, and generate new creative on demand with AI. We’re always testing the latest models to deliver the best possible output for your content. "
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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cwebbonline.com
You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM