laurasita
@laurasita.bsky.social
"Quirky", dog lady, former Antarctican, lover of yarn.
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
@profanity.accountant well let's fucking see
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@profanity.accountant well let's fucking see
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild (penguins only edition):
Emperor Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Emperor Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in [the wild] your backyard:
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild (penguins only edition):
Emperor Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Emperor Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
Well, I guess I'm doing my part to represent!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Well, I guess I'm doing my part to represent!
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Every day is like watching a hundred very weird political science dissertations being born.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every day is like watching a hundred very weird political science dissertations being born.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
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[dying] Bruce you’re gonna be okay
I’ll avenge you dad
Don’t worry son be good for Alfred
I’m gonna dress up like a Bat, father
I … what
I’ll fight clowns for you
A lot of blood … Am I hallucinating
Instead of getting married I will practice defusing exploding mechanical penguins I love you
I’ll avenge you dad
Don’t worry son be good for Alfred
I’m gonna dress up like a Bat, father
I … what
I’ll fight clowns for you
A lot of blood … Am I hallucinating
Instead of getting married I will practice defusing exploding mechanical penguins I love you
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
[dying] Bruce you’re gonna be okay
I’ll avenge you dad
Don’t worry son be good for Alfred
I’m gonna dress up like a Bat, father
I … what
I’ll fight clowns for you
A lot of blood … Am I hallucinating
Instead of getting married I will practice defusing exploding mechanical penguins I love you
I’ll avenge you dad
Don’t worry son be good for Alfred
I’m gonna dress up like a Bat, father
I … what
I’ll fight clowns for you
A lot of blood … Am I hallucinating
Instead of getting married I will practice defusing exploding mechanical penguins I love you
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
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finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol
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Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
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Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Did women ruin the workplace?
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
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Oh to be a previously unknown
carnivorous sponge in the depths of the southern oceans
carnivorous sponge in the depths of the southern oceans
Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean
Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oh to be a previously unknown
carnivorous sponge in the depths of the southern oceans
carnivorous sponge in the depths of the southern oceans
Look how wee
This may be the smallest trilobite in my collection. A tiny 3 mm Triarthrus eatoni from the famous Beecher's Bed (Ordovician Lorraine shale of New York).
#TrilobiteTuesday
#TrilobiteTuesday
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Look how wee
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.