world's worst goth
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Charm City original nerd bringing you open data from space and climate resilience from Baltimore. Also: liminal places, analog art (incl occasional cyanotypes), local weirdness. Not: employer opinions.
Good morning Baltimore.
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good morning Baltimore.
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Yes! Several of our libraries are competing to build the best gingerbread version of their own branch.
The West End branch of @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social has a rotating gingerbread replica of itself ❤️🎄
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yes! Several of our libraries are competing to build the best gingerbread version of their own branch.
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Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Beneath the treetops of Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland is breeding an army of predator beetles born to hunt a vampiric pest that is killing the forest’s eastern hemlocks. buff.ly/WFQ0Tws
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Beneath the treetops of Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland is breeding an army of predator beetles born to hunt a vampiric pest that is killing the forest’s eastern hemlocks. buff.ly/WFQ0Tws
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Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
AI dialogues shifted political support by 2 to 3 points in trials, eclipsing standard ads. Roughly one-third of this effect persisted for a month. However, models optimized for persuasion proved more factually error-prone.
#MLSky
#MLSky
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds
Conversations with AI can sway people’s political views. Concerningly, a chatbot’s facts are not always accurate, especially when it supports right-wing positions.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
Guess who forgot to bring in the potted rosemary in fancy planter before it got Too Cold, so had to run outside after midnight in a puffer coat, pj's and flip flops to rescue it, only to have it pour 33°F gross plant water over their foot, pants, and shoe, all the way up the treacherous deck stairs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Guess who forgot to bring in the potted rosemary in fancy planter before it got Too Cold, so had to run outside after midnight in a puffer coat, pj's and flip flops to rescue it, only to have it pour 33°F gross plant water over their foot, pants, and shoe, all the way up the treacherous deck stairs.
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You're gonna make me beg for it, aren't you? 🙃
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
Apollo 11 Bootprint Hoodie
Inspired by the iconic Apollo 11 bootprint on the Moon, we set out to get as close to the real thing as possible. This was no small step, but we did it. Meet our lunar bootprint hoodie with a true 3D ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You're gonna make me beg for it, aren't you? 🙃
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The one nice thing I can say about this disappointing miserable wet weather is I told myself I'd finish knitting my hat before it snowed, and now I have time to redo the crown one more time to be perfect.
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The one nice thing I can say about this disappointing miserable wet weather is I told myself I'd finish knitting my hat before it snowed, and now I have time to redo the crown one more time to be perfect.
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Yes our Christmas tree DOES have a mini Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition and yours could too www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yes our Christmas tree DOES have a mini Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition and yours could too www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
Yarn chicken.
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Yarn chicken.
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
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We are seeing this in the university level in a really demoralizing way. Companies say they want AI using skills (insert my eye roll here) and the university is like YES LET'S AI BECAUSE WE ARE FOR TRAINING WORKERS.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
Anecdotally (but I guess reflected in broader research) I was just talking to two friends who both work in software, and they complained that recent hires are so dependent on ChatGPT that these hires' own problem-solving skills are almost non-existent.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are seeing this in the university level in a really demoralizing way. Companies say they want AI using skills (insert my eye roll here) and the university is like YES LET'S AI BECAUSE WE ARE FOR TRAINING WORKERS.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
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Modelling and analysis of the massive, cranky star that lives right next door to us, and constantly is hammering us is important.
It has impacts on our weather, our radio transmissions, our GPS, our electric grids .... and now .... our aircraft.
Just ask the passengers on the grounded flights!
It has impacts on our weather, our radio transmissions, our GPS, our electric grids .... and now .... our aircraft.
Just ask the passengers on the grounded flights!
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Modelling and analysis of the massive, cranky star that lives right next door to us, and constantly is hammering us is important.
It has impacts on our weather, our radio transmissions, our GPS, our electric grids .... and now .... our aircraft.
Just ask the passengers on the grounded flights!
It has impacts on our weather, our radio transmissions, our GPS, our electric grids .... and now .... our aircraft.
Just ask the passengers on the grounded flights!
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Whilst the Airbus thing is serious, it provides yet another example for folks working in astronomy and space science to cite when we get asked (and it happens a lot):
"What can you do with your studies?" or "where will that get you?"
Understanding of the cosmos has benefits to Earth and humans!
"What can you do with your studies?" or "where will that get you?"
Understanding of the cosmos has benefits to Earth and humans!
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Whilst the Airbus thing is serious, it provides yet another example for folks working in astronomy and space science to cite when we get asked (and it happens a lot):
"What can you do with your studies?" or "where will that get you?"
Understanding of the cosmos has benefits to Earth and humans!
"What can you do with your studies?" or "where will that get you?"
Understanding of the cosmos has benefits to Earth and humans!
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Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
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Here's the thing: volunteering is about finding a need and then helping to fill it. It's not primarily about you.
If you're hunting for specific activities to do once a year so you can feel you've "done your part" then YOU are the one in need, looking for other people's suffering to fill you up.
If you're hunting for specific activities to do once a year so you can feel you've "done your part" then YOU are the one in need, looking for other people's suffering to fill you up.
DO NOT call up the homeless shelter on thanksgiving or Xmas to see if you can pass a few plates and show your kids the “reason for the season”
The homeless shelter is not a petting zoo of human tragedy! The homeless shelter is not a drive thru nativity scene for you to enjoy!
The homeless shelter is not a petting zoo of human tragedy! The homeless shelter is not a drive thru nativity scene for you to enjoy!
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Here's the thing: volunteering is about finding a need and then helping to fill it. It's not primarily about you.
If you're hunting for specific activities to do once a year so you can feel you've "done your part" then YOU are the one in need, looking for other people's suffering to fill you up.
If you're hunting for specific activities to do once a year so you can feel you've "done your part" then YOU are the one in need, looking for other people's suffering to fill you up.
This thread just got Kevlar gardening gloves added to my holiday wishlist.
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This thread just got Kevlar gardening gloves added to my holiday wishlist.
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Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
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Must Love Lamp: a Mothman romcom.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Must Love Lamp: a Mothman romcom.
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Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
Officials celebrate construction of revolutionary structure over major US freeway: 'This was an impossible dream' — The Cool Down
A team of engineers, biologists, scientists, and mycologists all contributed. Nov 22, 2025 The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to its completion with its first official native pl...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...