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Kerry Kole

@merrykerry.bsky.social

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Just here. Slowly dying. Personal Account. Not representative of any organisation. Interests in Dataviz / Intelligence / Philosophy / Psych / Linguistics / Cultural History / Knitting / Alpacas kerrykolosko.com grafiqinsights.com workoutwednesday.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 6h

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

I'm too tired to be a rat in a cage

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

Addictive when you scroll through videos and they autoplay

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

Short form video is so addictive!!
I always try to avoid it because it usually brings no value, but once I've clicked on one... an hour has gone by and I'm disgusted with myself

Never used TikTok.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so confused.

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Tan G. @tangandhara.bsky.social · 1d

How to get addicted to TikTok - a cautionary tale told in #dataviz

Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 1d

🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users.

Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social

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Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

wapo.st

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

Ha.

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

arstechnica.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, if it was in actuality "aware" then it is more than likely deceptively aligned

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3d

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Like the perspective of the world from the point of view of an octopus? did they consult with the octopus?

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3d

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Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

careers.adelaide.edu.au

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 4d

I have an aversion to studying despite the fact I've never actually quit...

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 4d

Yup.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

That is cute font

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 5d

People are running stats on LLM-generated participants and think they’re being social scientists when in fact they’re technically just playing a very strange video game. This is like saying you’re doing math research because you’re playing sudoku.

www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

www.science.org

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

Groan.

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

It's not a tumour

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Something lovely' emerges from exciting Australian textile experiment

Scientists, farmers and the fashion industry collaborate to create a natural fabric that is both woven and knitted, low on emissions and set to shake up how we think about clothing.

www.abc.net.au

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

Haha 😂 I had to re-watch that a few times :)

Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 5d

That's a cute logo!

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 6d

I don't desire to read the comments.

But I guess I'll find out soon enough when I hit that magical number when women are no longer physically desirable 🙄

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 6d

I'll trade your feed for mine.

Mine is all "why women are unattractive and will die alone with cats if still single after 40"

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 6d

I also want to go to Peru

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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