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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 10h

I hope you were able to fully cover up at all times. Never trust the sun!

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Heather H @turbokat42.bsky.social · 10h

Please enjoy the fact that a 10lb box of sugar sprinkles exists

10 pounds of rainbow sugar sprinkles in a blue bag

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 11h

I’m going to nag them next time I’m there 😂

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 11h

No, you will never become a crab. But that’s ok!

Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on the BBC talking about (how we won't be) evolving into crabs 🧪🦀

Also features Matt Wills (my academic older brother) and Ned Suesat-Williams (of the crab museum!). Unfortunately they were in London and I on zoom, so there was no time to tell Ned to join here

BBC Audio | The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry | To Crab, or Not to Crab?

Hannah and Dara investigate why nature has evolved the humble crabs so many times.

www.bbc.com

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 11h

I hope the Crab Museum evolves into being on Bluesky soon 🦀

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 11h

What an annoying commute home.
ITEM: three women walking abreast who’d apparently have me scale the wall, spider-like, than make a bit of room
ITEM: why no, ringing your bike bell as you approach a load of people crossing doesn’t make it legal to run the red light!
ITEM: sodding buses

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Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 11h

And since this came through with no images, here’s a sneak peek at the gorgeous cover of our upcoming issue on Challenges in Maritime Archaeology. The artwork is “Arctic,” part of artist Allison Bianco’s Shipwrecks series.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 14h

Nice 👌

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 2d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

youtu.be

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all sugar free now 😭 (except for the 1901)

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 3d

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

As an editor (not a book editor, but still applies), writers: we don’t hate you! We want your piece to be the best it can be! We want you to succeed! We’re writers too, often! We’re on the same side!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Tbf it does say ‘flavour’, not that it’s actual ginger and cinnamon, so hopefully that indicates exotic festive E numbers. I’m also hopeful this’ll be a) on sale in England (pleaaaaaase!) and b) the perfect festive hangover cure

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Azhrie Drake @azhrie139.bsky.social · 5d

I am begging a single AI proponent to read even a single peer reviewed article on any subject they talk about it. I need to stop having to listen to the equivalent of the child of bigots in middle school tell the history teacher "no really the civil war wasn't about slavery."

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes it feels like AI has more rights, and more people worrying over protecting its rights, than a lot of the animals on this planet

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside an ill-fitting blue suit

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Why do they all look like they’re cosplaying people who are cosplaying Young Conservatives?

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic piece by @caity.bsky.social. With extra rain.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor

Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.

www.theatlantic.com

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 1d

"...they watched in astonishment a brown wormlike creature greedily munching through green clumps of algae as if more than 130 years hadn’t passed since its last meal. Equally oblivious, a host of life – water fleas, worms, plankton – danced and spun around it."
#invertebrates #hope

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Trans windmills - even better!!!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Oh boo hoo. Billionaires might lose money!

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 7d

Important in public health history is @uofgshw.bsky.social's James McCune Smith, the first African American to obtain a medical degree. He had a long career as a respected medical doctor, writer, civil rights advocate & welfare campaigner for patients at Glasgow's infamous Lock hospital #BHM25

Portrait of James McCune Smith & Quote: McCune Smith’s legacy is a reminder of the importance of representation in medicine and public health. His advocacy for patient welfare and social justice remains relevant today, as certain communities continue to face barriers to accessing equitable healthcare and are underrepresented in medical leadership and research.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Good luck to all of you - and hope your surgery goes well!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 3d

The annoyance when you find a perfect present and the Etsy store (that you’ve used in the past) no longer ships to the UK. Bah!

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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