harper bee
@harperbee.bsky.social
mostly cats
often books
sometimes knitting
often books
sometimes knitting
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Yes, it's long. Yes, it's complex. Yes, it's detailed. And yes, it will make you sad unto nihilistic depression. But it's also necessary to read because AI is going to fuck the planet beyond expression. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yes, it's long. Yes, it's complex. Yes, it's detailed. And yes, it will make you sad unto nihilistic depression. But it's also necessary to read because AI is going to fuck the planet beyond expression. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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We tend to assume boredom is something to be avoided, but in centuries past you would go wandering through the woods or stare at the walls of a cave for an hour and accidentally invent beer or a new religion or write Alice in Wonderland.
May 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We tend to assume boredom is something to be avoided, but in centuries past you would go wandering through the woods or stare at the walls of a cave for an hour and accidentally invent beer or a new religion or write Alice in Wonderland.
Tommy Thompson Park looks super dystopic but is actually such a huge rewilding success story and I'm shocked it's taken me over a decade of living in Toronto to check it out.
May 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Tommy Thompson Park looks super dystopic but is actually such a huge rewilding success story and I'm shocked it's taken me over a decade of living in Toronto to check it out.
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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked Trebeard and he said hrum hoom burárum
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked Trebeard and he said hrum hoom burárum
Just under halfway through this gorgeous queer/fantasy retelling of The Great Gatsby. I haven't been able to put it down since I started reading it yesterday. At this point I'll read pretty much anything Nghi Vo puts out; she never disappoints.
May 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Just under halfway through this gorgeous queer/fantasy retelling of The Great Gatsby. I haven't been able to put it down since I started reading it yesterday. At this point I'll read pretty much anything Nghi Vo puts out; she never disappoints.
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Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
translifeline.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
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This week's (free) post is about our changing threat model and why we need to change our digital habits.
Complete with examples and ideas.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/your-threa...
Complete with examples and ideas.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/your-threa...
Your Threat Model Has Changed
or: reducing your digital fingerprint
margaretkilljoy.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This week's (free) post is about our changing threat model and why we need to change our digital habits.
Complete with examples and ideas.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/your-threa...
Complete with examples and ideas.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/your-threa...
This is truly splendid
April 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is truly splendid
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🆕 Rise Of The Choplet
April 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🆕 Rise Of The Choplet
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More importantly have you checked its not cringe as fuck?
Are people fully aware of what they’re doing with the Chat GPT action toy trend? Have you checked what access to your personal data the Chat GPT app wants? Or what data you’re allowing it to scrape from your phone now & in the future? Never mind the artists whose work has been stolen to create it.
April 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
More importantly have you checked its not cringe as fuck?
Thanks! A friend described it as "gothic roller disco" and I am extremely pleased by it
April 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thanks! A friend described it as "gothic roller disco" and I am extremely pleased by it
Lil update: I finished it! This is the Sunshine Tee by @andreagaughanknits.bsky.social ...except I reverse engineered it to be bottom-up instead of top-down, so that I would have an easier time keeping my stripes lined up.
Yarn is all from the splendid @valkyriefibers.bsky.social.
Yarn is all from the splendid @valkyriefibers.bsky.social.
April 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lil update: I finished it! This is the Sunshine Tee by @andreagaughanknits.bsky.social ...except I reverse engineered it to be bottom-up instead of top-down, so that I would have an easier time keeping my stripes lined up.
Yarn is all from the splendid @valkyriefibers.bsky.social.
Yarn is all from the splendid @valkyriefibers.bsky.social.
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I'm going to do a thread of Palestinians folks in Gaza who need help. Prices are skyrocketing.
I keep coming back to a bit in one of the Expanse novels where a character giving another one aid says that "It's just a drop in the bucket, but that's how buckets get filled."
It all adds up.
I keep coming back to a bit in one of the Expanse novels where a character giving another one aid says that "It's just a drop in the bucket, but that's how buckets get filled."
It all adds up.
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm going to do a thread of Palestinians folks in Gaza who need help. Prices are skyrocketing.
I keep coming back to a bit in one of the Expanse novels where a character giving another one aid says that "It's just a drop in the bucket, but that's how buckets get filled."
It all adds up.
I keep coming back to a bit in one of the Expanse novels where a character giving another one aid says that "It's just a drop in the bucket, but that's how buckets get filled."
It all adds up.
Exactly as intended.
(I have no idea what Jersey Mike's is)
(I have no idea what Jersey Mike's is)
April 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Exactly as intended.
(I have no idea what Jersey Mike's is)
(I have no idea what Jersey Mike's is)
I went to the Union station food court, at lunchtime, for the first time on Wednesday.
I will never make this mistake again.
I will never make this mistake again.
April 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I went to the Union station food court, at lunchtime, for the first time on Wednesday.
I will never make this mistake again.
I will never make this mistake again.
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A really easy way to check yourself is to ask “is this something Morgoth would do?” and if the answer is yes, don’t do it!
March 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A really easy way to check yourself is to ask “is this something Morgoth would do?” and if the answer is yes, don’t do it!
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Scientists have documented the first recorded case of an intersex southern right whale—offering a fascinating glimpse at nature’s true diversity. 🧪
Discovering the First Intersex Southern Right Whale
What you think you know depends on how you look
nautil.us
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Scientists have documented the first recorded case of an intersex southern right whale—offering a fascinating glimpse at nature’s true diversity. 🧪
Something nice I've done for myself this year is commit to less screen time; instead of just knitting while endlessly streaming Netflix or YouTube, I sit and read, usually with a cat on my lap. I think it's doing good things for my brain.
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Something nice I've done for myself this year is commit to less screen time; instead of just knitting while endlessly streaming Netflix or YouTube, I sit and read, usually with a cat on my lap. I think it's doing good things for my brain.
A quick snack before I start the 3rd Imperial Radch book. I adore T. Kingfisher's horror stories, and I love the narrative voice of the Alex Easton novellas especially.
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A quick snack before I start the 3rd Imperial Radch book. I adore T. Kingfisher's horror stories, and I love the narrative voice of the Alex Easton novellas especially.
I'm so excited to read Translation State once I'm done with the trilogy!!
April 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm so excited to read Translation State once I'm done with the trilogy!!
Just finished Ancillary Sword (#2 in the series) and it was also excellent, very fun, left me just as excited to read the third book.
March 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just finished Ancillary Sword (#2 in the series) and it was also excellent, very fun, left me just as excited to read the third book.
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
Hey this, like so many things in current north american politics, is really fucked up
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Most unusual' questionnaire sent to Canadian researchers receiving U.S. federal grants | CBC News
Canadian scholars who receive some of their funding from the U.S. government sources are flagging a troubling new questionnaire they have been receiving. It asks political and ideological questions ab...
www.cbc.ca
March 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hey this, like so many things in current north american politics, is really fucked up
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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