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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

asia will always be superior bc they prioritize likeability and merit they do not conflate or prioritize either

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

there is no workplace that is exactly like highschool more than the federal govt thank you

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

if dems cave in they are stupid they need to keep reminding people whoever is in the majority is in fact responsible for this shutdown like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

this is so ragebait im sorry

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

i got four different vibes from this..confused but intriuged

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

you would love the lot radio and book club radio

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Evil Martians @evilmartians.com · 12h

Your snappy statically generated @astro.build site deserves a search that likewise feels instant. Here’s how to get build-time indexing and client-side search that’s fuzzy, performant, and accessible. evilmartians.com/chronicles/h...

How to add fast, client-side search to Astro static sites—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

Join me on a breathtaking journey as we add a client-side search to an SSG docs-first site, built with Astro!

evilmartians.com

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

if dems cave in they are stupid they need to keep reminding people whoever is in the majority is in fact responsible for this shutdown like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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xan spookyhere ⚠ @xan.lol · 11h

I made a @leaflet.pub doc after watching a video on the Attention Economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtG... from a guy who was studying it before dropping out of a PhD (and noticing I average 6, 7 hours daily on my phone 💀) leaflet.pub/42f4f292-1cd...

Digital Minimalism Lab

Privacy, self-hosting, and adding friction to start spending time on more important things! Starting with this video, by Nathan Laundry:

leaflet.pub

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

why would they not consult faculty this is absurd!

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 9h

this reminds me of www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

im all for computational focused stuff if that is what people actually want to study! this injecting tech into everything is getting real old

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 15h

Free hybrid event: "Data Ethics for Historical Research" 11/10-12. 'Neither data nor computational techniques=neutral tools; historical source datafication risks amplifying inequity in access+infra+POV; diverse historical experience=>rigid categories entrenching existing bias' HT @dhnow.bsky.social

Data Ethics for Historical Research

International Conference on Data Ethics for Historical Research

ieg-dhr.github.io

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 19h

havent seen the mullvad vpn ads in awhile </3

sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 19h

whoever thought of this thank you 🙏
this is a nice break from all the defense ads

Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 19h

A nice write up in @usa.streetsblog.org!

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 19h

A nice write up in @usa.streetsblog.org!

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 19h

IQAGOUWBGOUWRHPWURB

if they are friends, this is funny
if they are not friends this is even funnier

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

Important article for anyone following AI and AI policy.

"In the process, [NVIDIA and OpenAI are] now seen as playing a key role in ratcheting up the risks of a possible AI bubble by inflating the market and binding the fates of numerous companies together. "

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 2d

dont even get me started on this portfolio website bc tell me why I have run three bad builds and it is because my font file extension was wrong ARE YOU KIDDING ME

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sebs @digitalism.bsky.social · 2d

might just make a space on my creative portfolio to host my little shenanigans bc I hate social media so smuch

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Militant Nerd @militantnerd.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 2d

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories

A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

www.theguardian.com

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τreez🦇 10/22🎂 @zoetreez.bsky.social · 2d

mmmm bones

Pixel Art by Zoë Treez - 2023

A skeleton ghost like figure floats with their hands out and ominous swirling black smoke around it. Lying on the floor is a “sleeping” figure that is holding a pen in their hand. The figures look like Treez, the artist who drew the pixel art

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 2d

All I can think of at this point is more support to BlackSky to develop and be independent.

Clarification of words on my OP in comments, but gist is:

Support ongoing developments whether BlackSky or NorthSky or wherever.
bsky.app/profile/alia...

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 3d

Can we get the word around for more donations to go to BlackSky so there’s funding for the infrastructure that can bring Link back?

From my understanding:

Relays are costly and expensive. Anyone feel free to chime in. Bluesky relays is what has him banned.

opencollective.com/blacksky

Blacksky - Open Collective

Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.

opencollective.com

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 2d

These disconnects always reveal how the point of algorithmic culture, recommender algorithms, and now “AI”, isn’t to give you agency or help you find more of what you want; it’s to influence your behavior and attitudes towards what the people running the algorithms want. Programmable people.

Matt Collins @mattkicks.bsky.social · 2d

Entire GDP built around algorithms and my music app still can't figure out that if I skip a song every single time it's served up I NEVER WANNA HEAR THAT SONG.

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