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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 3d

My freestyle dance moves keep predators at bay

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17h

You should absolutely not be using AI for health advice.

There is no grey area here.

#medlibs

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on nutrition, exercise and more.”

Apple might launch Health+ with AI doctor, food tracking and more

Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on exercise and eating right.

www.cultofmac.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 18h

Well, I've managed to reduce the list from over 300 to 118 items

Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, and they're our main shipping provider. 🙃

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 19h

Well, great, another thing to watch with ILL.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

“Over the next two weeks, she received two separate notifications from UPS that her personal mementos had not cleared customs and as a result had been ‘disposed of’ by UPS.”

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 19h

Do they think she’s hiding under a desk?

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 20h

Just bc a book contains a protagonist between 10 and 30, especially a female protagnoist, doesn't mean it's YA. Just bc the book is written by a woman (or someone you incorrectly assume is a woman), doesn't make it YA. Just bc a book is fun, written colloquially, or has romance doesn't make it YA.

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 20h

to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 20h

Slow day, time to clean up the ol' onedrive!
Are the items on this list of Alma process limbo from a year ago ok, or do they need to be checked?

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 20h

Orange boy gotta orange boy.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 20h

For those with HBO-whatever-it-is-this month who are looking for Spooky viewing, I noped out of "These Woods Are Haunted", which seems like a good idea but then they killed a dog in the first episode so they are NOT WORTHY.

Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 21h

We have agreed that the weird smell spreading throughout the building is probably air intake from outside that has Ag Smells. Nitrogenous for sure, whether pee or fertilizer.

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Redwall Wiki @redwallwiki.bsky.social · 22h

Break out the October Ale - today we're celebrating our 20th anniversary as a resource for Redwall fans! redwall.fandom.com/wiki/User_bl...

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 23h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 23h

I try not to be needlessly confrontational or cruel, but if someone tells me they're outsourcing the work of grading student writing to AI, I tell them they should either stop or quit their job because they shouldn't be doing it. It's malpractice and not good for their own long term happiness either

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 23h

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I think we can all use a thread about wombat poo on this Friday morning.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

There's nothing I don't love about WOMBATS, from their curmudgeonly mannerisms to their armored, bony butts (that protect them from predators when they're head-first in a burrow).

But we should talk about their cubic poop & how it gets that way.

CW: animal poo in next post

a man is holding a wombat in his arms while wearing a bjp shirt

Alt: Czech professional mixed martial artist Jiri Prochazka is kissing a wombat he has in his lap.

media.tenor.com

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 1d

Internet rules.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 1d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 1d

OCLC symbols that I am immature about: IBS (Ball state) GZM (UW Madison)

a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with tiaras .

Alt: a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with tiaras .

media.tenor.com

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 1d

It looks like you were serenading the moon!

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Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social · 1d

I just keep coming back to this, the most obvious lacunae in every conversation about “incorporating AI” into our classrooms: no one—literally NO ONE—can explain how it improves the work of learning & knowledge-making. There is, in fact, overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

This whole thread.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Appendix 2: on tools

A tool is *for* something. If the things generative AI tools are *for* are not conducive to learning a given subject, generative AI is not a tool for learning that subject. Establishing that and then talking about how to integrate it into courses on that subject is incoherent.

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Grandma Sophie Hatter, Human Border Collie @maggiepye.bsky.social · 1d

dailyiowan.com/2025/10/09/u...

UI students reflect on books that got them into reading

With U.S. high school reading rates declining and a reported decline in reading for pleasure, University of Iowa students take a look back at the books that influenced them the most in their primary e...

dailyiowan.com

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 1d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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