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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 19h

How cute that they used bubbles to depict the companies

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

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 👀
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Jim Jansen @jimjansen.bsky.social · 1d

Op 17 oktober reiken we in Parnassos in Utrecht voor de vierde keer de Cosmos Boekenprijs. Met @dorineschenk.bsky.social Daphne Stam en @felienne.bsky.social en @jpvdschaar.bsky.social

Wees welkom via [email protected] en dan zetten we je op de gastenlijst.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes let us not judge her based on the words that come out of her own mouth but rather whether or not she created shareholder value

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

I often wonder how long would it take my employer to notice if I died. I reckon somewhere between 3-6 months but it could be up to 12 months if I've just had my annual appraisal.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 2d

Here we go!

www.felienne.nl/2025-40/ (Dutch)
www.felienne.nl/2025-40/#eng... (English)

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 2d

Unlike you Tesla owning rabble i drive a volkswagen a family values car with an unblemished and unproblematic history

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 3d

Funny immigrant story. My wife won one of these as a bingo prize last night. Actually, someone else won it but passed her the winning ticket. "I already have one," he said. She tried to give it to other people. "We already have one," she was told. Turns out that EVERYONE has one.

a multilayer grill like contraption in black and chrome metal. the image is taken from an online site. on the top plate are some sausages and vegetables. on the lower plate is an egg and some white substance, perhaps cheese? the staged appliance also has four wooden paddles and two black trays for inserting on the lower plate.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d

I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 4d

How can someone who has written down such statements (and many many more) first-hand be suddenly surprised by a lack of commitment to the "egalitarian impulses of the digital revolution"?

A more extensive explanation tomorrow in my newsletter! www.felienne.nl

Het AI nieuws volgens Felienne

Hoe blijf je mens in tijden van AI?

www.felienne.nl

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 4d

"Even the substantial cultural bias against women getting into serious computing does not explain the utter lack of female hackers. "Cultural things are strong, but not that strong," [another hacker] would later conclude, attributing the phenomenon to genetic, or hardware, differences."

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 4d

In his own 1984 book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" Levy extensively documented Silicon Valley's hate against women:

"Women, even today, are considered grossly unpredictable," one hacker noted "How can a hacker tolerate such an imperfect being?"

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Felienne Hermans @felienne.bsky.social · 4d

Tomorrow in my newsletter: a serious takedown of the immense naiveté of this piece. As a journalist covering Silicon Valley for 40+ years, how can you be surprised at their gross disregard for inequality?

Fred Vogelstein @fvogelstein.bsky.social · 13d

Whether you know a lot or nothing about Silicon Valley, this is a must read piece by my friend and former Wired bud Steven levy @stevenjayl. He has seen the evolution of tech from its beginnings. He knows everyone. Few have as powerful a lens. It’s just seminal. www.wired.com/story/silico...

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

www.wired.com

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 4d

> I’m appalled and saddened to hear that Tilly Norwood’s brief but dazzling career has abruptly ended due to an unforeseen tragedy.

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Aron Peterson

I’m appalled and saddened to hear that Tilly Norwood’s brief but dazzling career has abruptly ended due to an unforeseen tragedy.

After six long days of existence, the AI actress heralded as the “future of cinema” and “the first digital star who doesn’t complain about contracts” has been officially pronounced forgotten.

Sources close to the project report that Tilly’s untimely demise was caused by a catastrophic case of public indifference. Despite a major PR campaign, fake behind-the-scenes leaks, and carefully orchestrated influencer endorsements, audiences grew weary of her flawless cheekbones and nonexistent personality faster than you can scroll past an ad.

The production studio has confirmed that they will not attempt a reboot, citing “a lack of human interest.”

Tilly leaves behind no filmography, no legacy, and no grieving fans - only a press kit, a derelict Instagram account with disabled comment section, and a cautionary tale about believing your own marketing.

May she rest in perpetual beta.

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 4d

Maybe the real anti-aging secret is the friends we make along the way? 🧠💕🧠

Explore the neurocognitive benefits of social connections with @dr-brein.bsky.social and the authors of a new review paper on "SuperAgers."

🧠📈 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

The One Quality Most ‘Super-Agers’ Share

www.nytimes.com

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

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I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Abby Jane 🌙 🏳️‍⚧️ @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 7d

In honor of Jane Goodall

THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
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"Well, well - another blond hair....
Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 7d

Julia Tanney is not only highly skilled at conveying her and Gilbert Ryle's ideas, but — and I mean it, read extract below — a comedy genius too 🤩

"The dog??"

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But these, like most natural language expressions, are not names: they do not pick out or refer to anything. They are more akin to tools, employed for various purposes, with different situation-dependent inflections of meaning and, indeed, interchangeable in many contexts. My puppy, Rasteau, has learned, within a few days, to sit and stay when commanded. Does he know that he should sit down when commanded? But is that not what I just said—in other words? Does he know how to sit down when commanded? Yes; did I not say so—using a slightly different expression? Should I attribute to him two kinds of knowledge? The dog?? Yet this ordinary, unremarkable interchangeability of expressions is taken by philosophers to show that ‘factual’ knowledge—understood as the grasp of true propositions—accompanies, or is prior to, abilities acquired by training and drill. Nobody would think, however, to attribute to Rasteau the apprehension of a ‘proposition’ or ‘truth’. Why should this be different for my husband, John? How would the apprehension of a truth, or the grasp of a proposition add to, explain, or elucidate my claim that John knows, for example, how to clean up after the dog? Or that it is his turn? John, unlike Rasteau, has the ability to learn by following diagrams, symbols, propositions written down in books or the instructions I give, and later to teach, and to justify, if needed, the moves he makes in his cleaning-up-after-the-dog practice. Rasteau can follow—through training, drill, reward, and correction—simple commands. Eventually, it is to be hoped, the dog (perhaps even the husband) will engage in these respective behaviors automatically. In Ryle’s technical sense, Rasteau will know how to behave properly. But no one should doubt that Rasteau knows both how to sit and that he should sit when I so command. In natural language, in this context, these say the same thing. Thus, when Ryle contrasts ‘knowledge-that’ and ‘knowledge-how’ he employs the expressions in a tec…

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