GeekGirlsRule 🦈
@geekgirlsrule.bsky.social
50 something Feminist Nerd with a chip on her shoulder. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Pansexual, Wiccan, kettlebell enthusiast. (She/Her)
Now I really need to visit Point Defiance! I did know they were involved in shark preservation!!!!
Peanut + Butter = Shark-saving power couple! 🦈💕 Seven zebra shark eggs from Peanut & Butter have arrived at the RARCC Nursery in Raja Ampat. As part of the global StAR Project, these eggs will hatch, grow, and contribute to the rebuilding of endangered wild populations. 💙
📸: RARCC
📸: RARCC
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Now I really need to visit Point Defiance! I did know they were involved in shark preservation!!!!
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🚨BARISTAS ARE STILL ON STRIKE🚨
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨BARISTAS ARE STILL ON STRIKE🚨
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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I saw a post this morning somewhere about trying to draw an upturned chin from below and yeah - that's a tough one!
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I saw a post this morning somewhere about trying to draw an upturned chin from below and yeah - that's a tough one!
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
You need to rely a lot on shading the form rather than lines for this usually. Beards can be a nice cheat. 😋
Here's a few refs to try today if you want the challenge. ⭐
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🌕 I LOVE WHAT I HAVE BECOME 🐺
This print is available now in the shop! #werewolf #illustration #furry
This print is available now in the shop! #werewolf #illustration #furry
January 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🌕 I LOVE WHAT I HAVE BECOME 🐺
This print is available now in the shop! #werewolf #illustration #furry
This print is available now in the shop! #werewolf #illustration #furry
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This is a great thread about the legal battle over deploying troops to Portland. If you aren’t following @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for explanation of what’s happening in the courts, you absolutely should.
UPDATE: Today, DOJ filed an "emergency" motion in the Ninth Circuit seeking a stay of Judge Immergut's Nov. 7 ruling siding with Oregon (and others suing) in the case over Trump's effort to federalize and deploy National Guard troops in the state.
Filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is a great thread about the legal battle over deploying troops to Portland. If you aren’t following @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for explanation of what’s happening in the courts, you absolutely should.
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🍷the Inspiration vs the Art❣️
The first piece is 'Solitude' by Kay Nielsen, 1910
The first piece is 'Solitude' by Kay Nielsen, 1910
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🍷the Inspiration vs the Art❣️
The first piece is 'Solitude' by Kay Nielsen, 1910
The first piece is 'Solitude' by Kay Nielsen, 1910
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There was an ICE watch and rapid responder appreciation event in Rogers Park today, and I wasn't able to attend, but I did send over 20 signed copies of Let This Radicalize You as gifts for my fellow volunteers. There's a virtual appreciation event happening soon, and I will def be present for that.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There was an ICE watch and rapid responder appreciation event in Rogers Park today, and I wasn't able to attend, but I did send over 20 signed copies of Let This Radicalize You as gifts for my fellow volunteers. There's a virtual appreciation event happening soon, and I will def be present for that.
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1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I used the National Petroleum Reserve as an example of option value for my environmental econ students. President Harding set aside the area as an emergency oil reserve for the Navy in 1923. The current administration is moving from option value to use value as it opens more of land to drilling.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I used the National Petroleum Reserve as an example of option value for my environmental econ students. President Harding set aside the area as an emergency oil reserve for the Navy in 1923. The current administration is moving from option value to use value as it opens more of land to drilling.
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People should have seen this coming, we've been talking about it for years now, but ironically, the most easily replaceable roles on the workforce are those at the top.
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
People should have seen this coming, we've been talking about it for years now, but ironically, the most easily replaceable roles on the workforce are those at the top.
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At some point some one will make a skirmish game with miniatures of Japanese mascots and it will be the single greatest thing that has ever been released, will revolutionise tabletop gaming and make serious bank
Okebamba-kun, a laid-back horse with a golf course on his head, is the PR ambassador for Oketo Town, Hokkaido.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
At some point some one will make a skirmish game with miniatures of Japanese mascots and it will be the single greatest thing that has ever been released, will revolutionise tabletop gaming and make serious bank
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Probably bad that Ryan Grim is an MRA.
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Probably bad that Ryan Grim is an MRA.
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Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Great white shark dead after years of tracking his pings throughout the Atlantic | Fox Weather
Beloved ‘Danny’ the white shark found dead after six years of tracking him throughout the Atlantic
After being tagged by Marine Biologist Dr. Greg Skomal in 2019, working with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC), Danny's pattern of movements throughout the Northwest Atlantic has not only…
www.foxweather.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great white shark dead after years of tracking his pings throughout the Atlantic | Fox Weather
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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Coons: "Trump ran on lowering costs, making America health again, & avoiding new foreign wars. He's broken the first, broken the second, & seems to be sleepwalking into breaking the third. It's causing concern not just throughout Congress, but in the MAGA base that Trump is marching us toward war."
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Coons: "Trump ran on lowering costs, making America health again, & avoiding new foreign wars. He's broken the first, broken the second, & seems to be sleepwalking into breaking the third. It's causing concern not just throughout Congress, but in the MAGA base that Trump is marching us toward war."
I cannot with these lying ghouls anymore.
The purchasing power has gone up? For whom, motherfucker?
The purchasing power has gone up? For whom, motherfucker?
KERNEN: When Trump keeps saying 'prices are falling,' that's not true. I think you should admit that.
HASSETT: But purchasing power has gone up by about $1,200 this year. It's just astonishing to me that the cost problem is somehow being blamed on us.
HASSETT: But purchasing power has gone up by about $1,200 this year. It's just astonishing to me that the cost problem is somehow being blamed on us.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I cannot with these lying ghouls anymore.
The purchasing power has gone up? For whom, motherfucker?
The purchasing power has gone up? For whom, motherfucker?
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Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
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This is what genAI "guardrails" are, and why they are inherently insufficient.
genAI inherently outputs the statistically most likely sequence of words, and "guardrails" are basically just a list of words to filter from that output to the user.
And they stole literally all the words to train on.
genAI inherently outputs the statistically most likely sequence of words, and "guardrails" are basically just a list of words to filter from that output to the user.
And they stole literally all the words to train on.
One way of thinking about genAI is:
Suppose you steal every English word on the internet, and then look up what words are most likely to follow the word "throbbing."
And then whenever you see "throbbing" you slap on a likely word
You're gonna end up talking about throbbing dicks in weird contexts
Suppose you steal every English word on the internet, and then look up what words are most likely to follow the word "throbbing."
And then whenever you see "throbbing" you slap on a likely word
You're gonna end up talking about throbbing dicks in weird contexts
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is what genAI "guardrails" are, and why they are inherently insufficient.
genAI inherently outputs the statistically most likely sequence of words, and "guardrails" are basically just a list of words to filter from that output to the user.
And they stole literally all the words to train on.
genAI inherently outputs the statistically most likely sequence of words, and "guardrails" are basically just a list of words to filter from that output to the user.
And they stole literally all the words to train on.
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As the famous prophet Graham once said: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it."
"Trump is historically and deeply unpopular. it’s not just that people disapprove of him; they strongly disapprove of him. This is the biggest story in US politics. [It's] bad for Rs and getting worse."
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Explodes in Angriest Epstein Tirade Yet as Allies Visibly Panic
With Trump distracted by Jeffrey Epstein even as allies and advisers fret about the midterms, the author of a new piece on Trump’s standing decodes why his approval is hitting dangerous new lows.
newrepublic.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As the famous prophet Graham once said: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it."
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Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
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a lot of things in my life have been a struggle lately but i am really lucky to have such a good relationship with my art and my creativity and to be able to sell my work to people who are interested in hearing about how it's made
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
a lot of things in my life have been a struggle lately but i am really lucky to have such a good relationship with my art and my creativity and to be able to sell my work to people who are interested in hearing about how it's made
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TOOTH Faerie earrings 🦷🧚
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October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TOOTH Faerie earrings 🦷🧚
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TEETH earrings 🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷
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October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TEETH earrings 🦷🦷🦷🦷🦷
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