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if I see another academic describe LLMs - a tech owned by a small elite of white billionaires, built from extracting data from humans and minerals from the earth, and refined by the labor of underpaid workers in the global south - as an ‘important tool for decolonization’ I may simply just explode
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if I see another academic describe LLMs - a tech owned by a small elite of white billionaires, built from extracting data from humans and minerals from the earth, and refined by the labor of underpaid workers in the global south - as an ‘important tool for decolonization’ I may simply just explode
Splitsville is way funnier than I expected.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Splitsville is way funnier than I expected.
Alec Guinness, Brian Aherne and Jessica Royce are so perfect in the Swan.
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Alec Guinness, Brian Aherne and Jessica Royce are so perfect in the Swan.
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Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
Go see this movie. It is amazing
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Go see this movie. It is amazing
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Do you own physical media of WB films?
Hang on to it.
Hang on to it.
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. in a deal worth $82.7 billion, a deal that would unite two of the biggest libraries in film and animation and reshape the streaming and, potentially, theatrical landscapes.
www.cartoonbrew.com/business/net...
www.cartoonbrew.com/business/net...
Netflix To Purchase Warner Bros. For $82.7 Billion
The acquisition positions Netflix to absorb a century of Warner Bros. film and animation history as industry consolidation accelerates.
www.cartoonbrew.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Do you own physical media of WB films?
Hang on to it.
Hang on to it.
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“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
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Almost fifty years since Renee Richards fought for the right to play. The New York Times covered the controversy closely, running this collection of responses from their readers that sounds like it could be run today
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Almost fifty years since Renee Richards fought for the right to play. The New York Times covered the controversy closely, running this collection of responses from their readers that sounds like it could be run today
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1 million per cent agree. Same with record stores. And thrifting.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1 million per cent agree. Same with record stores. And thrifting.
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It’s Books We Love day! There are a ton of excellent titles to dig into, and I’m going to link the 8 books I wrote recommendations for in the thread below. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s Books We Love day! There are a ton of excellent titles to dig into, and I’m going to link the 8 books I wrote recommendations for in the thread below. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Well! It's a little late now, but all of my bookish candles are 15% off through Monday! 😅
Including such scents as enemies to lovers, mutual pining, and slow burn.
Check them out here: ko-fi.com/queerenigma/...
Including such scents as enemies to lovers, mutual pining, and slow burn.
Check them out here: ko-fi.com/queerenigma/...
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Well! It's a little late now, but all of my bookish candles are 15% off through Monday! 😅
Including such scents as enemies to lovers, mutual pining, and slow burn.
Check them out here: ko-fi.com/queerenigma/...
Including such scents as enemies to lovers, mutual pining, and slow burn.
Check them out here: ko-fi.com/queerenigma/...
Watched it so many times and only realized today that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an Ian Fleming movie
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Watched it so many times and only realized today that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an Ian Fleming movie
Lots of silent movies. #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lots of silent movies. #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched
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I’m that person who needs to go grocery shopping the day before Thanksgiving not FOR Thanksgiving but because I have no food in my house except guacamole.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m that person who needs to go grocery shopping the day before Thanksgiving not FOR Thanksgiving but because I have no food in my house except guacamole.
My new obsession is silent movies with live music.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My new obsession is silent movies with live music.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
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yup.
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
yup.
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
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You saw the endearing Brendan Fraser led RENTAL FAMILY this weekend, might I recommend reading my interview its director: HIKARI!
It's The Funniest Shit: Hikari on 'Rental Family' | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer/director of "Rental Family."
www.rogerebert.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You saw the endearing Brendan Fraser led RENTAL FAMILY this weekend, might I recommend reading my interview its director: HIKARI!
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I’d also recommend reading Richard Roeper’s @ebertvoices.bsky.social review of RENTAL FAMILY where he writes:
“This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.”
“This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.”
Rental Family Review: Brendan Fraser, Gentle Giant in Japan
This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.
www.rogerebert.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’d also recommend reading Richard Roeper’s @ebertvoices.bsky.social review of RENTAL FAMILY where he writes:
“This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.”
“This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.”
What a year Sandeep Pradeep is having.
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What a year Sandeep Pradeep is having.
Missing in here is High Noon, a movie i loved watching. Between that and Rental Family for fave watch of the week. #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Missing in here is High Noon, a movie i loved watching. Between that and Rental Family for fave watch of the week. #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched
worlds colliding
Four Favorites with Alex De Minaur, Andrey Rublev, Cameron Norrie and Jannik Sinner 🎾
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
worlds colliding
every indian movie mainstream trailer in the past month is testesterone.
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
every indian movie mainstream trailer in the past month is testesterone.