Steve Bogart
@nowthis-sb.bsky.social
Software guy, musician, once and future blogger.
Maker of tools like sankeymatic.com
Maker of tools like sankeymatic.com
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This one comes in handy when you work in nonprofits.
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This one comes in handy when you work in nonprofits.
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by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
by this time next year ai will be capable of opening presents with your family, freeing you up to finish those spreadsheets your boss has been waiting on
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
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#meetthewebcomic
Time to catch up on How to be a Werewolf! (howtobeawerewolf.com) Malaya Walters was bitten by a mysterious wolf as a child, leaving her human family to navigate her lycanthropy for decades. As an adult, she's faced with the opportunity to finally learn what she's capable of.
Time to catch up on How to be a Werewolf! (howtobeawerewolf.com) Malaya Walters was bitten by a mysterious wolf as a child, leaving her human family to navigate her lycanthropy for decades. As an adult, she's faced with the opportunity to finally learn what she's capable of.
December 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#meetthewebcomic
Time to catch up on How to be a Werewolf! (howtobeawerewolf.com) Malaya Walters was bitten by a mysterious wolf as a child, leaving her human family to navigate her lycanthropy for decades. As an adult, she's faced with the opportunity to finally learn what she's capable of.
Time to catch up on How to be a Werewolf! (howtobeawerewolf.com) Malaya Walters was bitten by a mysterious wolf as a child, leaving her human family to navigate her lycanthropy for decades. As an adult, she's faced with the opportunity to finally learn what she's capable of.
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Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
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I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
I just saw a great take on writers using "AI" - people don't like to read something that's clearly written by "AI", so we need to respect that and make sure it seems natural.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
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You also don't get to romanticize costs from 15 years ago without adjusting for inflation. $215 in 2010 would be $321 in 2025.
LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You also don't get to romanticize costs from 15 years ago without adjusting for inflation. $215 in 2010 would be $321 in 2025.
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Very happy to introduce a new tool, BookReconciler!
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Very happy to introduce a new tool, BookReconciler!
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
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i use AI to complete jigsaw puzzles for me — now my house is FILLED with jigsaw puzzles. my jigsaw puzzle output has GONE GANGBUSTERS. i’m no longer burdened by doing all the painstaking work of doing puzzles, now i can just get to the part where i’ve DONE PUZZLES simply by having them DONE for me!!
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
i use AI to complete jigsaw puzzles for me — now my house is FILLED with jigsaw puzzles. my jigsaw puzzle output has GONE GANGBUSTERS. i’m no longer burdened by doing all the painstaking work of doing puzzles, now i can just get to the part where i’ve DONE PUZZLES simply by having them DONE for me!!
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There are reports of an active shooter situation at Brown University, but if you try to look up information about it, Google will automatically fill in your search field, demonstrating how common this has become in the US.
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
There are reports of an active shooter situation at Brown University, but if you try to look up information about it, Google will automatically fill in your search field, demonstrating how common this has become in the US.
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Yesterday EOP registered merrychristmas.gov, so steel yourself for some kind of bullshit.
Flat: latest data (2025-12-13T06:12:04.947Z) · cisagov/dotgov-data@f16c7a2
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"sour...
github.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Yesterday EOP registered merrychristmas.gov, so steel yourself for some kind of bullshit.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Gonna be a shame when his product encourages that kid to kill themeselves in a few years. Wish Jimmy had asked about that.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gonna be a shame when his product encourages that kid to kill themeselves in a few years. Wish Jimmy had asked about that.
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I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
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“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.”
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Opinion | Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.”
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist?
All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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It is such a delight to see a stream of new MathML upgrades!
For this holiday season, should we make all of our exponents into animated lights? 🎄
And if you're curious about the blog author, you can find them on mathstodon:
mathstodon.xyz/@koala@todon...
For this holiday season, should we make all of our exponents into animated lights? 🎄
And if you're curious about the blog author, you can find them on mathstodon:
mathstodon.xyz/@koala@todon...
Igalia has been working on MathML interoperability across browser engines & my colleague wrote about what they've been working on so far:
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflores - interop and mathml core
a tiny technical blog.
conflor.es
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It is such a delight to see a stream of new MathML upgrades!
For this holiday season, should we make all of our exponents into animated lights? 🎄
And if you're curious about the blog author, you can find them on mathstodon:
mathstodon.xyz/@koala@todon...
For this holiday season, should we make all of our exponents into animated lights? 🎄
And if you're curious about the blog author, you can find them on mathstodon:
mathstodon.xyz/@koala@todon...
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Igalia has been working on MathML interoperability across browser engines & my colleague wrote about what they've been working on so far:
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflores - interop and mathml core
a tiny technical blog.
conflor.es
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Igalia has been working on MathML interoperability across browser engines & my colleague wrote about what they've been working on so far:
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
conflor.es/blog/2025-11...
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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
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*adds Northwestern to growing list of US universities whose research published in 2025 and after is now questionable*
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
*adds Northwestern to growing list of US universities whose research published in 2025 and after is now questionable*
I finally posted a non-generic avatar here.
It's a neat piece of custom artwork from @evandahm.bsky.social, from the prompt "time-teller".
(The story behind that prompt will have to wait for another time.)
It's a neat piece of custom artwork from @evandahm.bsky.social, from the prompt "time-teller".
(The story behind that prompt will have to wait for another time.)
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I finally posted a non-generic avatar here.
It's a neat piece of custom artwork from @evandahm.bsky.social, from the prompt "time-teller".
(The story behind that prompt will have to wait for another time.)
It's a neat piece of custom artwork from @evandahm.bsky.social, from the prompt "time-teller".
(The story behind that prompt will have to wait for another time.)