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Luka

@klockwerkluka.bsky.social

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aka a low flying panic attack aka klockwerkluka librarian (not the public kind) in #YQR #sask🌾 socialist ★ optimistic pessimist chronically online too many cats

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Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 3d

Sawing For Teens!

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 3d

Machado is a massive Donald Trump supporter. She dedicated her win of the Prize to Donald Trump. She in particular is a huge supporter of Trump's crimes against humanity, summary executions of Venezuelan mariners by firebombing & drowning at sea. That is who you disgustingly call a superb choice.

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Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 3d

*5 seconds later* we regret to inform you

tweet from @mariacorinaya maria corina machado

this recognition of the struggle of all venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer freedom

we are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on president trump, the people of the united states, the peoples of latin america, and the democratic nations of hte world as our principal allies to achieve freedom and democracy.

i dedicate this prize to the suffering people of venezuela and to president trump for his decisive support of our cause

8:34 am 10/10/25

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 4d

Yeah! That's where the old expression comes from: "choppa the dick, autism is thick; leave the prepuce, no autism juice"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

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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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

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.

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 6d

Yet also this should not be something people have to apologise for

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 6d

Sometimes my entire feed is mutual aid requests and it is very depressing

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 6d

I assume that's what is happening....

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 6d

Note to self: have coffee before posting

"So is PubMed/MEDLINE still getting updated?"

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 6d

So is PubMed/MEDLINE is still getting updated.

Based on yesterday's update files things are still happening... ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/updat...

Not really sure what long-term implications are (if the shutdown continues).

Any ideas #medlibs?

Index of /pubmed/updatefiles

ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Troisnyx | actively seeking work @troisnyx.bsky.social · 7d

So you see, we fucking told you, Starmer, that proof of ID was a terrible idea

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 7d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 7d

Oh for fuck's sake

Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 7d

Saskatchewan is so much better than this.

Now is not the time to expand trade with Israel -- a country that is committing genocide, deliberately starving civilians, carrying out forced displacement, expanding occupation, etc.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · Apr 28

A huge group of people are in a giant hole in the middle of a rolling field. There is a large sign with an arrow pointing to the hole that says "HOLE." Suddenly the group's attention turns to a new hole, complete with a giant sign with an arrow pointing to it that says "NEW HOLE." One person points to the new hole and says "hey look! Someone made a new hole!" The mass clamours out of the old hole and makes a bee-line toward the new hole. It's chaos. One person, now situated in the new hole says "this feels like how the old hole used to feel." Another person nods in agreement.

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 11d

If you provide the mozzarella sticks I'll take care of all of the Marinara

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks -- that explains why the last one didn't seem so significant.

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Medical Library Association @medlibassn.bsky.social · 12d

🥳 Happy National Medical Librarians Month!

October is here to officially celebrate the unsung heroes of healthcare. This year’s theme says it best: Better Information. Better Decisions.

Learn how to join the celebration by visiting MLANET: https://bit.ly/4o2eFcp

#medlibs #healthinformation

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 12d

I *THINK* what happened was:

* Automatic indexing continued, however without human quality control. Leading to....
* A lot more indexing errors and issues with records
* Backlog for workers if/when they return meaning it would take several months to "catch up"

Does that sound right?

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 12d

I'm trying to remember what happened for the 2019 shutdown but I honestly cannot remember it affecting my/our work all that much.

The entire last 10 years has been a blur though.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 14d

You could have bought that flute! propstore.com/product/star...

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17d

Netanyahu calls Canadian recognition of Palestine the worst thing anyone has ever done to Palestine

Netanyahu calls Canadian recognition of Palestine the worst thing anyone has ever done to Palestine

NEW YORK - In a speech before the UN General Assembly, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Canada officially recognizing Palestine as a state is worse than anything else he could imagine happe...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 20d

New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.

Luka @klockwerkluka.bsky.social · 20d

oh my god SHUT UP