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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 3d

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com

Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.

www.thefarside.com

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3d

“can this research affect physical reality”
“ultimately, yes, because even things that aren’t words can be manipulated to exercise power over the material world“
“ok but it’s just words”
“every word is subtly infused with connections, politics, ideology” - grad seminar 2010, or boardroom 2025

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3d

2010 me: what is the future like
2025 me: dystopian but also they used Bayesianism to implement Internet Foucault

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 3d

OK so I think I'm set for the next bout of #fbl #fantasybundesliga for #VfB Cummerbund. Had to stick to Ísak for a budget midfielder, him being the only compatriot in the league an whatnot.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 4d

Sveskjur. Held mikið uppá hvítu jólatertuna samt

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 6d

Gæti skýrt ýmislegt

www.mwph.org

Exposure to lead can result in a variety
of effects upon neuropsychological
functioning including deficits in
general intellectual functioning, ability
to sustain attention on tasks,
organization of thinking and behavior,
speech articulation, language
comprehension and production,
learning and memory efficiency, fine
motor skills, high activity level, reduced
problem solving flexibility and poor
behavioral self-control.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 7d

rugla stundum ennþá saman Drakúla og Frankenstein

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not sure you're quite getting where she was coming from with that

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Red Public Defender @redpubdef.bsky.social · 14d

Had someone explain this phenomena as how knowledge expands outwards as a circle, it eventually becomes a donut. You forget how you acquired the basics that were foundational to your greater experience and they fade into the background.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 11d

Allt sem þarf til að leysa vanda heilbrigðiskerfisins er nógu mikið af duct tape og WD-40

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 11d

Umskurður er núna woke

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11d

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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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 11d

wtaf are you talking about

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Artybjorn @artybjorn.bsky.social · 11d

Krakkarnir verða að lesa Laxness!

Annað væri bara einhver menningar-marxismi!

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 11d

Þetta er svo brjálæðislega fyndið

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 11d

Pure and simple. You lucky, lucky thing.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 11d

Segulómtæki eru núna woke

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11d

in which a cop fails to understand the concept of “magnets” during a deeply stupid mistargeted raid, and loses his loaded rifle to the uncaring maw of a MRI

www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

www.dailynews.com

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Stefan Bienkowski @sbienkowski.bsky.social · 11d

"The shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own..."

If in doubt, turn to Tolkien for wisdom.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 12d

*og heyra

Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 12d

Já, veistu ég held það. Það er hægt að gera ófullkomna hluti á svo miklu fleiri mennska vegu en fullkomna. Það er mögulega til nógu stórt þjálfunarsett til að líkja eftir lýtalaust vel gerðri list. En við munum alltaf sjá hvort það sem er ófullkomið er mennskt eða vélgert.

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Hjörvar Pétursson @hjorvarp.bsky.social · 12d

Mig grunar (ég vona?) að slæm list sem er augljóslega ekki unnin af gervigreindarvélum eigi eftir að koma sterk inn

Egill Harðar @egillhardar.bsky.social · 12d

Ég hef unnið sem hönnuður í yfir 25 ár og get fullyrt að þetta er fagmannlega gert. En viðbrögðin undirstrika vandamál tengd gervigreind sem aðeins eiga eftir að aukast. Fólk á erfitt með að meta hvað er AI og hvað ekki og enn erfiðara með að leggja mat á hvað er gott og hvað ekki.