Dianne
@aria1027.bsky.social
Mum. Lapsed musician. Failed academic. Archaeologist. Gamer. Nerd.
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It’s that magical time of year where folks are looking for ways to dispose of their Christmas tree. And while this video may be 2 days away from turning 20 years old (😱), it’s still got some good advise! youtu.be/bq5I8FQ48WM
Ways to Get Rid of Your Christmas Tree
YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun
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January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It’s that magical time of year where folks are looking for ways to dispose of their Christmas tree. And while this video may be 2 days away from turning 20 years old (😱), it’s still got some good advise! youtu.be/bq5I8FQ48WM
The USA has now become Russia and the world should treat them accordingly. What happens when you suddenly find yourself “not on their side”?
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The USA has now become Russia and the world should treat them accordingly. What happens when you suddenly find yourself “not on their side”?
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Practical jokes of the Paleolithic
December 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Practical jokes of the Paleolithic
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
@moderation.bsky.app why was this picture of a classical bronze naked statue labeled as adult content?
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@moderation.bsky.app why was this picture of a classical bronze naked statue labeled as adult content?
Hey @safety.bsky.app. When did classical statues become “adult content” to be hidden?
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey @safety.bsky.app. When did classical statues become “adult content” to be hidden?
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Here is our new Child's Play video again for the Monday crowd. Trust me, this video is an amazing way to start your week with some positive energy. Please help us share it around!
youtu.be/XK2vvyz5O_s?...
youtu.be/XK2vvyz5O_s?...
Childs Play - I am a Game Tech
YouTube video by mike krahulik
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December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Here is our new Child's Play video again for the Monday crowd. Trust me, this video is an amazing way to start your week with some positive energy. Please help us share it around!
youtu.be/XK2vvyz5O_s?...
youtu.be/XK2vvyz5O_s?...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Brilliant piece on what our children will and won't thank us for in the era of AI. Naomi is SO GOOD on all of this: naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Brilliant piece on what our children will and won't thank us for in the era of AI. Naomi is SO GOOD on all of this: naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
Questioning the void: what does a large society without money look like? How does it logistically function? Capitalism works on the carrot/stick principle. The stick is if you don’t work for money you physically suffer. The stick is if you work enough you get nicer things than bare survival.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Questioning the void: what does a large society without money look like? How does it logistically function? Capitalism works on the carrot/stick principle. The stick is if you don’t work for money you physically suffer. The stick is if you work enough you get nicer things than bare survival.
This is absolutely horrifying. Do these people understand that relationships aren’t transactions but two way emotional attachments that make us human? FFS
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is absolutely horrifying. Do these people understand that relationships aren’t transactions but two way emotional attachments that make us human? FFS
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Jerry and I are back hosting the 22nd annual Child's Play charity dinner and auction. Come hang out with us December 5th and help us raise money for kids in Children's hospitals all over the world. Grab your tickets here:
www.childsplaycharity.org/get-involved...
www.childsplaycharity.org/get-involved...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jerry and I are back hosting the 22nd annual Child's Play charity dinner and auction. Come hang out with us December 5th and help us raise money for kids in Children's hospitals all over the world. Grab your tickets here:
www.childsplaycharity.org/get-involved...
www.childsplaycharity.org/get-involved...
There has to be a better way for humans to live. I am tired of accepting “this is just how modern life is.”
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There has to be a better way for humans to live. I am tired of accepting “this is just how modern life is.”
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Going to Cornell to major in Phrenology with a minor in Eugenics
This part here really bothers me:
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Going to Cornell to major in Phrenology with a minor in Eugenics
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by the Count Binface Party.
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by the Count Binface Party.
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🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
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Hidden in one of my favourite ever papers is a nugget about the UK almost refusing to sign #Valetta due to the (illegal) #antiquity trade & (unlicensed) #metaldetecting.
It’s all baked in to UK Govt policy and Willem Willems recorded it, the absolute legend.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It’s all baked in to UK Govt policy and Willem Willems recorded it, the absolute legend.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Hidden in one of my favourite ever papers is a nugget about the UK almost refusing to sign #Valetta due to the (illegal) #antiquity trade & (unlicensed) #metaldetecting.
It’s all baked in to UK Govt policy and Willem Willems recorded it, the absolute legend.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It’s all baked in to UK Govt policy and Willem Willems recorded it, the absolute legend.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Absolute marmalade-dropper, this. Well worth a read.
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Absolute marmalade-dropper, this. Well worth a read.
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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