Irate but compassionate
@incognitiously.bsky.social
Makin' stuff up since 1976.
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
Pinned
I know the folkways here are about sharing your own thoughts, but I do a lot of reposting. A lot. Think of me as a pre-90s DJ. I don't make the music, but I select it with thought and care. And occasionally do a radio ident.
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I enjoy whenever an entire household is beholden to the whims of one cat
This animal just standing in the living room, screaming, while the human adults explain "Sorry, Gibby likes it when we smack his ass with a cardboard tube for 10mins at 6pm every day, hold on". That is good to me.
This animal just standing in the living room, screaming, while the human adults explain "Sorry, Gibby likes it when we smack his ass with a cardboard tube for 10mins at 6pm every day, hold on". That is good to me.
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I enjoy whenever an entire household is beholden to the whims of one cat
This animal just standing in the living room, screaming, while the human adults explain "Sorry, Gibby likes it when we smack his ass with a cardboard tube for 10mins at 6pm every day, hold on". That is good to me.
This animal just standing in the living room, screaming, while the human adults explain "Sorry, Gibby likes it when we smack his ass with a cardboard tube for 10mins at 6pm every day, hold on". That is good to me.
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
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Trump has found an aesthetic to define his second term: grotesque AI slop.
www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...
www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...
The AI Slop Presidency
AI-generated outrage bait is the perfect artistic medium for a president who rules by trying to overwhelm the system.
www.404media.co
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump has found an aesthetic to define his second term: grotesque AI slop.
www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...
www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...
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Albo could just stay home and raise income support payments.
This is performative nonsense.
Poverty isn't caused by the Prime Minister failing to turn up to soup kitchens.
This is performative nonsense.
Poverty isn't caused by the Prime Minister failing to turn up to soup kitchens.
Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Armed with gloves, apron and tongs, politicians from across the aisle have gathered to serve festive fare at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Sydney
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In a show of Christmas spirit, leaders from both sides of politics have put aside their differences to serve lunch to their communities.
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www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Albo could just stay home and raise income support payments.
This is performative nonsense.
Poverty isn't caused by the Prime Minister failing to turn up to soup kitchens.
This is performative nonsense.
Poverty isn't caused by the Prime Minister failing to turn up to soup kitchens.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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I can never say enough what a beautiful person Betty Reid Soskin’s was. I had one day around her and the amount of appreciation I felt for the way she carried public history with her was immeasurable. I hope her family feels the joy of her rest as they grieve her loss. She was magnificent.
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
www.kqed.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I can never say enough what a beautiful person Betty Reid Soskin’s was. I had one day around her and the amount of appreciation I felt for the way she carried public history with her was immeasurable. I hope her family feels the joy of her rest as they grieve her loss. She was magnificent.
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They taught a lie and called it history.
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They taught a lie and called it history.
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)
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This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
globalwitness.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Uneducated voters pose a greater risk to this nation than undocumented immigrants ever will.
December 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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In 1942 Marjory Collins took these photos at O'Reilly’s bar on Third Avenue in New York.
Looks like it was a swell night, sailors, dames, drunks.
My kind of joint.
But she took many more absolutely amazing pictures, check them out here;
www.loc.gov/photos/?fa=c...
Looks like it was a swell night, sailors, dames, drunks.
My kind of joint.
But she took many more absolutely amazing pictures, check them out here;
www.loc.gov/photos/?fa=c...
December 17, 2024 at 11:57 PM
In 1942 Marjory Collins took these photos at O'Reilly’s bar on Third Avenue in New York.
Looks like it was a swell night, sailors, dames, drunks.
My kind of joint.
But she took many more absolutely amazing pictures, check them out here;
www.loc.gov/photos/?fa=c...
Looks like it was a swell night, sailors, dames, drunks.
My kind of joint.
But she took many more absolutely amazing pictures, check them out here;
www.loc.gov/photos/?fa=c...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Premium newsletter: my 18k word AI Mythbusters: There’s no insatiable demand for AI compute, AI is not “getting exponentially better” or “tricking humans,” we haven't “lost control of AI,” AI doomerism is a grift, and there is no “GenAI arms race with China.”
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Jesus Christ. If you’re in the affected area, get out now.
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jesus Christ. If you’re in the affected area, get out now.
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I also don't think that Americans fully grasp that Australia's media environment is more concentrated, racist and right-wing than America's media environment
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I also don't think that Americans fully grasp that Australia's media environment is more concentrated, racist and right-wing than America's media environment
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convey a message in cloud form
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
convey a message in cloud form
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Toon is cool. Used to own this RPG as a kid but have no idea where it went. Tempted to jump on it. Or drop an anvil in it.
www.enworld.org/threads/cart...
www.enworld.org/threads/cart...
Cartoon TTRPG 'Toon' Set to Return with New Second Edition
Steve Jackson Games has confirmed that the 80's cartoon tabletop RPG Toon will receive a new 2nd edition. The project is planned to launch through a crowdfunder on Backerkit on 17 December 2025.
Toon...
www.enworld.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Toon is cool. Used to own this RPG as a kid but have no idea where it went. Tempted to jump on it. Or drop an anvil in it.
www.enworld.org/threads/cart...
www.enworld.org/threads/cart...
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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The other aspect of this that’s gross is the way nate silver consistently talks about academics, especially female academics. It’s disgusting & we should stop rewarding it with invitations to our campuses & large honoraria until he decides he wants to act like an adult.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The other aspect of this that’s gross is the way nate silver consistently talks about academics, especially female academics. It’s disgusting & we should stop rewarding it with invitations to our campuses & large honoraria until he decides he wants to act like an adult.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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One of our Shakopee observers witnessed ICE pepper spray a baby today in Chanhassen.
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One of our Shakopee observers witnessed ICE pepper spray a baby today in Chanhassen.
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Is there a version of something like Canva that *doesn’t* incorporate AI? Not Premiere or a high-end video editing package, but a glue-images-and-audio-together with captions and subtitles but NO godawful generative options and templates? Like one you’d use if you had an artistic bone in your body?
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Is there a version of something like Canva that *doesn’t* incorporate AI? Not Premiere or a high-end video editing package, but a glue-images-and-audio-together with captions and subtitles but NO godawful generative options and templates? Like one you’d use if you had an artistic bone in your body?