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PF Anderson

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EmTech, disability, comics, EBHC, moderate, ♫, poetry, crafts, food, GF/CF, PTSD, ASD, LongCovid, POTS, MCAS, enby, budo. RPs≠endorsement. Posts mine

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · Jun 19

The good news is that the German government has decided to replicate PubMed/MEDLINE because of a lack of confidence in it's current infrastructure www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... #medlibs

Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed

In the wake of a brief PubMed outage, team launches project to ensure uninterrupted access

www.medpagetoday.com

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Andy Operandi (on hiatus in meatspace) @andyoperandi.bsky.social · 17h

I think this same argument applies to AI writing, translation, and probably most of coding and many medical applications. There is such a limited range of applicability for AI that doesn't cause notable harm to others.

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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 1h

I wish 404 media had a version we could subscribe to as a library. They're doing great work. www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 18m

Scholarship should be open , Inclusive , and slow medium.com/@emilymenonb...

Scholarship should be open, inclusive and slow

This tweet of mine from a few days ago has been getting a lot of negative attention this week, I think because of some hostile QTs, and…

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 18h

“Let’s talk about AI art” theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art #cartoon #comics #AIart

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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staring blankly into the abyss @ianmosby.bsky.social · 3d

If you were writing a novel about a future civil war, this would be the heavy handed block quote in Chapter 1.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3d

Meet the Artist Creating Humorous, Nihonga-Style Images of Daily Life with Their Rescue Cat spoon-tamago.com/poshichi-nih...

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

Snerk.

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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 3d

waiting room
the fly that landed on my knee
gets seen first

oyoguhito
#haiku
haikueye.blogspot.com

haiku eye

as eyes seize it

haikueye.blogspot.com

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 3d

SciAM: 'Repeat COVID infections raise long-term health risks for kids'

'According to a study published last week in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, the risk of children and young adults developing long COVID could be twice as high with a second infection'

www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Scientists Develop Flu Test That Produces Herbal Flavor When Virus Is Present

Saturn’s moon Enceladus shows signs of life-supporting chemistry, fungi may have shaped Earth before plants, and repeat COVID infections raise long-term health risks for kids.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

“You’re blaming democrats”

What does this post say about who started it?

Pretend this is a reading comprehension test that matters

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

It matters that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama both ran on progressive ideals that they ultimately turned their backs on

It matters that Biden had things rigged for him, to undercut more progressive candidates

It matters that Obama didn’t reverse the executive branch power grab that GWB started

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 3d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 3d

The funniest reply was someone making slides for a dermatology conference …

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Rodrigo @rodrigo.duarte.cl · 8d

Half chemist, half chef here. This is true.

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bazzargh @bazzargh.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@tomgauld.bsky.social saved my life, I needed to make slides for my lecture at the dermatology conference

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 8d

A cartoon from my new book PHYSICS FOR CATS which comes out a week tomorrow! Preorder at you local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Image 1.
Title: Slides for my lecture at the geology conference
Three diagrams of layered forms labelled with:
Sandstone,
Shale,
Igneous rock,
Limestone,
Granite.

Image 2.
Title: Slides for my lecture at the desserts conference
The same diagrams now labelled with:
Sprinkles,
Custard,
Chocolate,
Sponge cake,
Berry compote,
Biscuit base.

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Patchouli Woollahra @woollahra.bsky.social · 3d

@pfanderson.bsky.social @drspacejunk.bsky.social @gennerveevy.bsky.social the slides for the Geology conference and the dessert conference should be... more different. Lololz

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 8d

A cartoon from my new book PHYSICS FOR CATS which comes out a week tomorrow! Preorder at you local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s my rabbit hole results. Aaron on the left, Moses on the right. #ParshaChat

Merged and filtered images from before 1890 of Moses viewing the promised land. The image on the left of an imposing elegant man is by Lord Leighton, while the image on the right is from an 1890 Holman Bible.

PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, yes, yes.

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Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴) @travisclau.bsky.social · 4d

Realizing this weekend just how much energy I spend masking, which I truly had not thought about until I really thought about what's exhausting me beyond a working life that so often does not want me to have boundaries.

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been scurrying down a completely different rabbit hole …

PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

That's why I didn't make it to afternoon services. I was also napping, albeit inadvertently and vertically.

PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I love this, too! I will try to find a meme generator with an appropriate source image. Or something. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

(And now this is making me want some art where *Aaron* is the one drawn the way Moses is usually drawn, and Moses like, sitting on the floor lining up rocks or something.) #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 4d

Having a non-speech way to demonstrate things? Great.

Having Aaron translate/amplify/assist/whatever? Also great!

Having conditions such that Moses could *trust* that this would work and he wouldn't be expected to do things he couldn't do? Not established by technical solutions alone.
#ParshaChat

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PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 4d

THIS!!!! Accessibility isn't just about following the tech/WCAG rules. It includes listening responsively, being flexible, meeting people where they are, recognizing folk may have different or conflicting needs. Trial & error. Getting better. As you said, trust, and building trust. #ParshaChat #a11y