Jake Nelson
@jakenelson.bsky.social
Ex-politics, retail, games, tokusatsu. Just some guy, I guess?
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Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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retvrn to mystery stories based around the actual mystery and not whether the detective is sad and/or wet
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
retvrn to mystery stories based around the actual mystery and not whether the detective is sad and/or wet
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy.
It's the best version to date.
>> archive.org/details/zgfp...
It's the best version to date.
>> archive.org/details/zgfp...
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy.
It's the best version to date.
>> archive.org/details/zgfp...
It's the best version to date.
>> archive.org/details/zgfp...
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video game that detects if obs studio is running and, if so, places an "unregistered hypercam 2" texture in the top left of the screen
December 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
video game that detects if obs studio is running and, if so, places an "unregistered hypercam 2" texture in the top left of the screen
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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It's amazing how many people in powerful positions believe things that are simply not true. Like maybe this is just sort of cope, but like...these are just not true statements.
So Joe Manchin doesn't understand the history of the filibuster - or the metaphorical use of "holy grail"
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's amazing how many people in powerful positions believe things that are simply not true. Like maybe this is just sort of cope, but like...these are just not true statements.
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No biggie, just hanging out at a Minneapolis bowling alley with one of America’s greatest citizens, Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
No biggie, just hanging out at a Minneapolis bowling alley with one of America’s greatest citizens, Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social
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yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
yeah I'm involved in unethical non monogamy. no no, nobody's cheating on anyone else; me and my polycucle just operate a whaling ship.
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Trump's war on "DEI" was very explicitly a war on "DEIA" (the A referring to disability accessibility) across all executive orders, policy documents, etc. but media just kind of agreed to pretend it was just about race and LGBT related diversity. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to ...
www.yahoo.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump's war on "DEI" was very explicitly a war on "DEIA" (the A referring to disability accessibility) across all executive orders, policy documents, etc. but media just kind of agreed to pretend it was just about race and LGBT related diversity. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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I love and admire the boldness of sparrows. Tiny orbs who brave being in close proximity to something as comparatively colossal and unpredictable as humans for the faintest hope of cafe table scraps.
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I love and admire the boldness of sparrows. Tiny orbs who brave being in close proximity to something as comparatively colossal and unpredictable as humans for the faintest hope of cafe table scraps.
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Romancing SaGa 2 (1993) by Square for Super Famicom. Art by Tomomi Kobayashi.
December 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Romancing SaGa 2 (1993) by Square for Super Famicom. Art by Tomomi Kobayashi.
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Cat: *staring*
Me: Lol. Stupid cat thinks it can send telepathic messages
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Me: I should replace the cat's water
Me: Lol. Stupid cat thinks it can send telepathic messages
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Me: I should replace the cat's water
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cat: *staring*
Me: Lol. Stupid cat thinks it can send telepathic messages
...
Me: I should replace the cat's water
Me: Lol. Stupid cat thinks it can send telepathic messages
...
Me: I should replace the cat's water
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New lyrics to the Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly" just dropped
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New lyrics to the Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly" just dropped
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Imagine if the music industry had taken this sort of stance in the Napster days.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Imagine if the music industry had taken this sort of stance in the Napster days.
Sounds lovely to me. It's gone from -10 to 0 here and I would prefer a positive number
When I woke up it was -1F, it has now jumped to a blistering 2F, we will see if and how this upward trend will continue
December 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sounds lovely to me. It's gone from -10 to 0 here and I would prefer a positive number
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🎶 Raspberry bidet🎶
December 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🎶 Raspberry bidet🎶
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Fascinating to see who is doing this. It will not surprise you to know that Elon Musk's Hitler mustache chatbot is contributing to the disinformation.
Encountering a misinformation campaign in real time. The bystander who tackled the gunman at Bondi was identified as Ahmed el Ahmed (link below). But in almost every tweet I saw, there are people claiming the real person is "Edward Crabtree," referencing a website called "The Daily."
Hero bystander who tackled gunman in incredible footage identified
In the aftermath of the devastation at Bondi, a deluge of footage poured onto social media. One video of an act of incredible bravery stood out.
www.smh.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fascinating to see who is doing this. It will not surprise you to know that Elon Musk's Hitler mustache chatbot is contributing to the disinformation.
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If true = false, then...
Language is not human exclusive nor does it require thought. Multiple animals have some degree of language. The language center of the brain can do things very similar to what LLMs do without involving the conscious mind during seizures, various brain injuries, etc.
Language is not human exclusive nor does it require thought. Multiple animals have some degree of language. The language center of the brain can do things very similar to what LLMs do without involving the conscious mind during seizures, various brain injuries, etc.
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities? www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
www.wired.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If true = false, then...
Language is not human exclusive nor does it require thought. Multiple animals have some degree of language. The language center of the brain can do things very similar to what LLMs do without involving the conscious mind during seizures, various brain injuries, etc.
Language is not human exclusive nor does it require thought. Multiple animals have some degree of language. The language center of the brain can do things very similar to what LLMs do without involving the conscious mind during seizures, various brain injuries, etc.
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which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities? www.wired.com/story/in-a-f...
For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
www.wired.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
which language? which human expert? what level of expertise? in which domain? by what metric?