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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 28m

"Do you have books on [topic]?"

"We sure do; let's start by searching the online catalog to find out where they are."

*student leaves*

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 1h

My favorite Red Bull is the sugar-free Juneberry flavor. There's a White Peach flavor I like. And Watermelon is good too.

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Pragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social · 1h

National Constitution Center releases civics curriculum -- free middle-school civics curriculum called Constitution 101, which was developed with 30 educators and includes lesson plans, projects, animated videos and assessments.

buff.ly/BeHYwBS

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 1h

The vibes of this pic are immaculate.

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Quill (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🐎🗡️🌼 @quillauthor.bsky.social · 2h

Does anyone knows of anyone who is keeping a database of all the national park exhibits taken down because of the administration’s problems with DEI?

I maybe know people who took photos of all the exhibits that were up at Harper’s Ferry.

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 18h

Insane

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 18h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 20h

I turned in degree-finishing papers still-warm from the printer because I finished them at literally the last moment possible.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sure I'm coming across less than bubbly.

I'm glad he's getting assistance; that's the "how" I was referring to. I was a kid with emotional dysregulation and never got the "how" taught to me, so sometimes I get a little bitter. Not your fault, tho.

You're doing a good job!

elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 21h

Cool. Are you helping him find the tools and resources to manage anger?

Saying, "deal with your anger" doesn't do much if you don't know HOW to deal with anger.

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 21h

fucking christ

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 22h

But, look, I made you some content.
Daddy made you your favorite; open wide.
Here comes the content;
It's a beautiful day to stay inside.

Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 24d

“Content” is a corpo-brain term, makes me cringe when I hear it in the wild.

You don’t make “content”, you make ART! You write STORIES. Its your WORK (and often play too)!

“Content” is the noise you flick through when trying to find a SHOW you like, don’t cheapen your work comparing it to SLOP. 😤

cypii 🪤 @cypjj.bsky.social · 24d

"Content" is a blatantly misleading term to use for fanworks. Fanworks are the antithesis of content; content is produced for individual gain and consuming, whereas fanworks are created out of inspiration and the communal experience.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 23h

The brutal and repulsive content being out by the fascist regime isn’t just propaganda, it’s creating ready-made and easily-shareable materials for intimidation and stochastic terrorism.

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 23h

brb suing Vince Gilligan for stealing my life plot

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 23h

First trailer for 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan’s upcoming sci-fi series ‘Pluribus'

It follows 'the most miserable person on Earth' who 'must save the world from happiness'

Releasing November 7 on Apple TV+

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that feeling this way makes me kind of an asshole

but I do not think automatic staplers are as confusing as some folks seem to think.

Insert paper, staple, remove paper.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 2d

👀🕷️

Rare intersex spider among new species discovered in Thailand

A new species of spider was recently discovered near a forested area in Nong Rong, Phanom Thuan, Kanchanaburi, in western Thailand. The spiders were presented to researchers at the Chulalongkorn Unive...

phys.org

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 2d

Stealing

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 2d

I have about 17 questions for the author of this "article" based on this screenshot alone.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Sep 8

Has ANYONE read the fucking book?

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 2d

Once upon a time, I received training on how to properly use pepper spray.

If you deploy it too close to someone's eyes, the particles can basically become little bullets and embed themselves in things like eyeballs.

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2d

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Masked and armored ICE agents shooting chemical weapons point-blank at Presbyterian minister David Black, an unarmed white man with brown hair wearing black clothing and a clerical collar. He is flung backwards with the force of the assault. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 2d

Boba is full of lead.

Jen the Tired RN @jenthetiredrn.bsky.social · 2d

Tapioca/cassava is also a MAJOR ingredient in tons of foods, especially gluten free products.

Lead found in all bubble tea samples tested by Consumer Reports

New safety tests reveal that bubble tea, a popular drink, contains lead. Consumer Reports recommends enjoying it only occasionally due to health risks.

www.wishtv.com

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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE shooting a Reverend in the face with tear gas pellets.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Chick Gone Bad @chickgonebad.bsky.social · 2d

PFAS chemicals, a group of thousands of different substances, are classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and have been widely found in U.S. drinking water systems. www.newsweek.com/epa-drinking...

EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.

www.newsweek.com

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