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Laura B. Greig
@l-b-g.bsky.social
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Artist, founder of American Cyborg, outdoor enthusiast
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brucel.bsky.social
Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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spyglassart.bsky.social
Oh it’s #portfolioday!

Hi there 👋

I’m an Edinburgh-based illustrator. I love nautical themes, birds and bookish things. I work in Procreate but love a textured analogue feel.

Here’s my website with more info and prints available for purchase spyglassillustration.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
Our first Misfits class is on Thursday! We've got 17 participants from across NYC's libraries, universities, municipal agencies + arts orgs; we're visiting Storefront, ABCNoRio, the NY Botanical Garden, the Ctr for BookArts, etc. Here's our website! 🤗

crossreference.wordsinspace.net/fall2025/
A screenshot of our Misfits class website, featuring a block for each week. Each block features an collage composed of wallpapers from the Cooper Hewitt collection, plus other archival images that emblematize the week's theme
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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corinneblalock.bsky.social
I found out that the Detroit Nuggets hired a witch to put a hex on their opposing teams in the 1970s and I am obsessed with the photos

(thanks to @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for making me aware of this)
September 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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jtp.bsky.social
i constantly think about this post
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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alyankovic.bsky.social
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
Photo of Tom Lehrer
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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trufelman.bsky.social
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
July 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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nymag.com
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.
www.curbed.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
l-b-g.bsky.social
Refilling my mustard crocks from the taps at the Maille shop in Paris, France
an old-fashioned ceramic crock held in front of a mustard shop storefront of the Maille mustard shop
June 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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profkfh.bsky.social
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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merbroussard.bsky.social
Fun piece from an @mitpress.bsky.social author on why robots are boring to pets. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-weird-wo...
I Bought a Robot Cat for My Rabbit — and Fell Into the Weird World of Animal-Robot Research
What began as a TikTok experiment with my rabbit led me into a strange world of cyborg cockroaches, imposter fish, and the ethics of care.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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joles.bsky.social
applying for jobs again
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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shannonmattern.bsky.social
This coming Wednesday at 5:30pm I'll be joining Senator @nikilsaval.bsky.social in the courtyard of Philadelphia's City Hall to talk about urban architectures + infrastructures in relation to Emilio's 🌟 Civic Views exhibition 🤗

muralarts.org/events/civic...
A black post with white a blue type: the form of the City: A Conversation between State Senator Nikil Saval + art and urban studies scholar Dr. Shannon Mattern, on the architecture, design, and infrastructure of the city, City Hall Courtyard, Wednesday, June 4, 5:30 to 7pm
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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rajraizada.bsky.social
Here's a simple hand puppet, made with the wonderful library p5play @q5play.bsky.social, which provides sprites and a physics-engine, and hand-tracking via ml5.js (from @shiffman.lol and his colleagues). You can run it in a web-browser and explore the code here:
openprocessing.org/sketch/2652482
May 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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emollick.bsky.social
"o3, show me a page from the instruction manual for a machine that turns everything into crabs"

Intrigued by the warning it created: "make the warning page of what happens if you insert a crab into the Universal Crabbifier"

"show me a security camera still..."

(all zero shot, first try)
May 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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stuartp.bsky.social
this is what they (the normans) took from you
May 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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cerberusxt.bsky.social
Good morning !
May 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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patigallardo.bsky.social
Omg. This makes so much sense.
April 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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megschwamb.bsky.social
“Why do we even plan on doing great things if, on a whim, we can just decide ‘nah’?” the senior space scientist says. “These things take a generation to build and enable multiple generations of scientists. They should not be blithely thrown away.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
April 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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kelseyhightower.com
Train your own model.
A medical illustration of the human brain.
April 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 8,1952
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER I JUST HAD A DREAM, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN VERY FUZZY LATELY-- MAYBE THEYLL COME IN CLEARER NOW
April 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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annieabrams.bsky.social
move slowly and build things
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM