annamm
@anmle.bsky.social
Hungarian, but not a fan. Dutch by residence. American by marriage.
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This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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“These layoffs are basically theatre. They want potential customers to think AWS’s AI services are so amazing that they'll be able to cut costs by laying off workers too. And they want workers to think we’re replaceable, so that we’ll work crazy hours."
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“These layoffs are basically theatre. They want potential customers to think AWS’s AI services are so amazing that they'll be able to cut costs by laying off workers too. And they want workers to think we’re replaceable, so that we’ll work crazy hours."
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A while back I coined the phrase "ecocide-plagiarism machines" for LLM-based genAI.
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A while back I coined the phrase "ecocide-plagiarism machines" for LLM-based genAI.
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
3/3
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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we have surrounded ourselves by so many machines of so many kinds it's no wonder that we've come to think of ourselves as scientifically rational wealth-optimizing machines, which ultimately makes us reproducible and replaceable, and makes us treat life as a series of functions to be lubricated
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
we have surrounded ourselves by so many machines of so many kinds it's no wonder that we've come to think of ourselves as scientifically rational wealth-optimizing machines, which ultimately makes us reproducible and replaceable, and makes us treat life as a series of functions to be lubricated
Except for the daily Dutch commuter routine, to pack the old chees mayo/mustard sandwiches in advance. They frown upon spending money on things they can easily prepare themselves.
Train stations are packed with snack places (hello Febo and fresh fries). Sandwich places are for foreigners.
Train stations are packed with snack places (hello Febo and fresh fries). Sandwich places are for foreigners.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Except for the daily Dutch commuter routine, to pack the old chees mayo/mustard sandwiches in advance. They frown upon spending money on things they can easily prepare themselves.
Train stations are packed with snack places (hello Febo and fresh fries). Sandwich places are for foreigners.
Train stations are packed with snack places (hello Febo and fresh fries). Sandwich places are for foreigners.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Orbán considered giving him asylum is damn outrageous.
Not the first time though: ex-Macedonian PM was smuggled to Hungary in embassy cars, crossing Serbia and then EU Schengen border.
They could not have flown him, not without touching ground elsewhere.
2024: www.nbcnews.com/news/world/b...
Not the first time though: ex-Macedonian PM was smuggled to Hungary in embassy cars, crossing Serbia and then EU Schengen border.
They could not have flown him, not without touching ground elsewhere.
2024: www.nbcnews.com/news/world/b...
Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian Embassy
The visit took place just days after Federal Police seized Bolsonaro’s Brazilian and Italian passports and raided the homes of his top aides as part of a probe into whether they plotted to ignore 2022...
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Orbán considered giving him asylum is damn outrageous.
Not the first time though: ex-Macedonian PM was smuggled to Hungary in embassy cars, crossing Serbia and then EU Schengen border.
They could not have flown him, not without touching ground elsewhere.
2024: www.nbcnews.com/news/world/b...
Not the first time though: ex-Macedonian PM was smuggled to Hungary in embassy cars, crossing Serbia and then EU Schengen border.
They could not have flown him, not without touching ground elsewhere.
2024: www.nbcnews.com/news/world/b...
looking the other way.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
looking the other way.
my thoughts exactly when reading about this cruelty.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
my thoughts exactly when reading about this cruelty.
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I repeat, RFK Jr doesn’t have to say “I’m banning vaccines” to effectively ban vaccines. Exhibit umpteen hundred and sixteen (this happened the same day they appointed the anti-vaxxing snake-oil salesman above as deputy CDC head):
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I repeat, RFK Jr doesn’t have to say “I’m banning vaccines” to effectively ban vaccines. Exhibit umpteen hundred and sixteen (this happened the same day they appointed the anti-vaxxing snake-oil salesman above as deputy CDC head):
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Only one (American) generation spanned the years from the dawn of computers to what I think was the peak of technological development in 2014. (It’s been downhill since)
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Only one (American) generation spanned the years from the dawn of computers to what I think was the peak of technological development in 2014. (It’s been downhill since)
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.
Plus our parents were from the last generation that had to know how to do all kinds of stuff to survive.