TKarney
@pecunium.bsky.social
I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography).
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
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Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
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I've seen a bunch of people sharing leaflet and postcard-sized versions of the GI Rights Hotline info, but I haven't seen any templates designed for label printing, so 30 seconds with the Avery template maker made the simplest possible version with the absolute basics (to be seen from a distance).
June 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I've seen a bunch of people sharing leaflet and postcard-sized versions of the GI Rights Hotline info, but I haven't seen any templates designed for label printing, so 30 seconds with the Avery template maker made the simplest possible version with the absolute basics (to be seen from a distance).
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Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025.
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025.
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
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Pertussis outbreaks have been predictably happening everywhere there are low vaccination rates, and infant deaths have happened in multiple states. In many places they’re the highest in a decade or more.
This may not sound like a lot compared to Texas but WV is roughly 5-6% the size of TX. This is a big deal.
www.hancockcountyhealthdepartment.com/news/health-...
www.hancockcountyhealthdepartment.com/news/health-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pertussis outbreaks have been predictably happening everywhere there are low vaccination rates, and infant deaths have happened in multiple states. In many places they’re the highest in a decade or more.
Fuuuuuck!
This was a dead letter, and assholes have convinced people that vaccines are worse than having their kids die.
All based on fears of “autism” as if disability/divergence is “a fate worse than death”.
This was a dead letter, and assholes have convinced people that vaccines are worse than having their kids die.
All based on fears of “autism” as if disability/divergence is “a fate worse than death”.
After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Fuuuuuck!
This was a dead letter, and assholes have convinced people that vaccines are worse than having their kids die.
All based on fears of “autism” as if disability/divergence is “a fate worse than death”.
This was a dead letter, and assholes have convinced people that vaccines are worse than having their kids die.
All based on fears of “autism” as if disability/divergence is “a fate worse than death”.
Ingrams would do the same sort of thing, but what I really loved was library research on microfilm… these pregnant wonder as one mounted the reels, and the whir of the reels as one went back and forth across the ages.
When I was a bookseller in the late 80s Whitakers sent out a folder each month of microfiche cels with the entire list of UK Books in Print on it. We would swap the months over and send the previous month's to a nearby shop that didn't have a subscription.
And yes, the machine was REALLY cool.
And yes, the machine was REALLY cool.
I LOVED the microfiche machine. Secret agent vibes.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ingrams would do the same sort of thing, but what I really loved was library research on microfilm… these pregnant wonder as one mounted the reels, and the whir of the reels as one went back and forth across the ages.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
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Thanks to Champagne for linking to another article of mine, which offers further justification as to why telling students to audit a ChatGPT essay for errors is also ill advised. bsky.app/profile/mich...
These assignments encourage people to become DIY detectives, exacerbating a boom in conspiracy theories. The “permission structure of doubt” normalises suspicion as a default setting and suggests that another algorithm (like Google’s search) can discover the truth.
By @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social:
By @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social:
AI-Generated Images Are Spreading Paranoia and Misinformation. Can Art Historians Help?
An art historian argues that provenance research—rather than connoisseurship—is our best tool for authentication.
www.artnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thanks to Champagne for linking to another article of mine, which offers further justification as to why telling students to audit a ChatGPT essay for errors is also ill advised. bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Tell me about a complicated man, Charlie Brown, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy.
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tell me about a complicated man, Charlie Brown, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy.
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My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
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Paul Conrad on the far right painting enemies with a red brush, Ventura County Star, 8/24/1966.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Paul Conrad on the far right painting enemies with a red brush, Ventura County Star, 8/24/1966.
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The thing about roasting someone is it doesn’t have to be vulgar. It just has to be funny. And if there’s one thing Elon Musk is not, it’s funny. He’s just a sad loser with a shit ton of money
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The thing about roasting someone is it doesn’t have to be vulgar. It just has to be funny. And if there’s one thing Elon Musk is not, it’s funny. He’s just a sad loser with a shit ton of money
Smart, and comfortable in her skin
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Smart, and comfortable in her skin
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On the flipside, don't pay $27.99 on Ebay when it's $9.99 new on Amazon. I'd give my book 1 star if it cost that much lol
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On the flipside, don't pay $27.99 on Ebay when it's $9.99 new on Amazon. I'd give my book 1 star if it cost that much lol
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I also think most people have no grasp of how generally unprofitable books are for all but the top % of authors. Like of you steal one of my books you're not "sticking it to the man" so much as taking the equivalent of a small drip coffee from someone with a day job.
I’m just going to block anyone attempting to justify or excuse pirating books. Times are hard, yes, but absolutely NO ONE needs to steal books. Libraries exist. There are umpteen works legitimately in the public domain. You don’t need to take income from authors trying to scrape a living.
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I also think most people have no grasp of how generally unprofitable books are for all but the top % of authors. Like of you steal one of my books you're not "sticking it to the man" so much as taking the equivalent of a small drip coffee from someone with a day job.
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You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
Do you feel lucky Charlie Brown?
Well do ya?
Well do ya?
Not for me! Not for me, Charlie Brown!
Bought marmalade—I call that very feeble, Charlie Brown.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Do you feel lucky Charlie Brown?
Well do ya?
Well do ya?
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If the CMC showed up to work this morning and started implementing these “ideas,” he’d be fired by noon chow.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
More is needed to turn the Marine Corps' aspirations into reality
If the force is truly to have balanced lethality and battlefield resiliency, it will need more ships, missiles, and money.
www.defenseone.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If the CMC showed up to work this morning and started implementing these “ideas,” he’d be fired by noon chow.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
As someone who was an interrogator in this period of time (1993-2009) I was really unhappy with the choice to not prosecute.
The first real turning point for me after Obama's election was the refusal to prosecute those involved in the Bush era torture program
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
As someone who was an interrogator in this period of time (1993-2009) I was really unhappy with the choice to not prosecute.
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The first real turning point for me after Obama's election was the refusal to prosecute those involved in the Bush era torture program
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The first real turning point for me after Obama's election was the refusal to prosecute those involved in the Bush era torture program
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Zohran Mamdani and Michelle Wu: raising expectations for Asian kids in politics by their parents
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Zohran Mamdani and Michelle Wu: raising expectations for Asian kids in politics by their parents
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This week’s astonishing artifact is some Byzantine bling. Its owner probably wore it to signify their association with the emperor. 🧪🏺
Pectoral with coins: 'One of the most intricate pieces of gold jewelry to survive from the mid-sixth century'
This sixth-century pectoral comprises 14 Byzantine gold coins and a gold disc gathered over two centuries.
www.livescience.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This week’s astonishing artifact is some Byzantine bling. Its owner probably wore it to signify their association with the emperor. 🧪🏺
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
Been thinking about just how utterly Putin has failed. Not so much checkers to chess, but hopscotch to F-1.
At every turn he’s misread the field, and the stakes.
At every turn he’s misread the field, and the stakes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Been thinking about just how utterly Putin has failed. Not so much checkers to chess, but hopscotch to F-1.
At every turn he’s misread the field, and the stakes.
At every turn he’s misread the field, and the stakes.