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Senzen
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21+, French/English, she/her | Expert in procrastination

Sometimes writes, often pontificates.

日本語が話せないので、無言フォローですみません...。
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asherperlman.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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coelasquid.bsky.social
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them. Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!” Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.” Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face. Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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arikanuzine.bsky.social
✨CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT ☀️

Welcome Senzen, a traditional fanfic writer for the zine!

#WINDBREAKER #ウィンブレ
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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untamedk9.bsky.social
Yes, literally for millenia.

arstechnica.com/science/2020...
Archaeologists excavate ancient Roman takeout counter at Pompeii
A 2,000-year-old quick-serve restaurant had a lot in common with modern ones.
arstechnica.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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clarascintilla.bsky.social
Witness 🌙
July 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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tadethompson.bsky.social
Sir Ken Robinson, the educator, shared a story once.
A kid was busy drawing, really serious.
The teacher said, 'What are you drawing?'
Kid said, "God."
The teacher laughed and said, "Nobody knows what God looks like."
Kid said, "They will in a minute."

I reflect on this often.
July 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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inkpixels.bsky.social
11 colors, pixelart
June 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
Ten small comic panels: 1. The writer, anxiously hunched over his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 2. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration. 3. The agent says "It's great! I have a few notes." 4. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 5. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration. 6. The editor says "It's great! I have a few suggestions." 7. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create. 8. "I've finished my book" he says. Arms aloft in celebration 9. The readers says "It's great! We need a sequel." 10. And so... The writer is back at his laptop, unhappily struggling to create.
March 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
A woman sits in a chair holding her phone. She looks distraught and is saying "Don't leave! I can change!". Her book (with arms legs and an indignant face, holding a small suitcase) says "You had your chance, Carol! I'm going to sit on the front wall and wait for a more appreciative reader to come along."
March 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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ninajankowicz.com
A pro-Russia content aggregation network is churning out at least 3 MILLION pieces of propaganda per year, all on sites that are virtually unusable by humans.

So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content:
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Executive Summary A pro-Russia content aggregation network, Pravda, appears to be set up to flood large-language models with pro-Kremlin content, The American Sunlight Project has found. Over the past several months, ASP researchers have investigated 108 new domains and subdomains belonging to the Pravda network, a previously-established ecosystem of largely identical, automated web pages that previously targeted many countries in Europe as well as Africa and Asia with pro-Russia narratives about the war in Ukraine. ASP’s research, in combination with that of other organizations, brings the total number of associated domains and subdomains to 182. The network’s older targets largely consisted of states belonging to or aligned with the West. Notably, this latest expansion includes many countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America. It also includes entities other than countries as targets, specifically non-sovereign nations, international organizations, audiences for specific languages, and prominent heads of state. The top objective of the network appears to be duplicating as much pro-Russia content as widely as possible. With one click, a single article could be autotranslated and autoshared with dozens of other sites that appear to target hundreds of millions of people worldwide. ASP researchers also believe the network may have been custom-built to flood large language models (LLMs) with pro-Russia content. The network is unfriendly to human users; sites within the network boast no search function, poor formatting, and unreliable scrolling, among other usability issues. This final finding poses foundational implications for the intersection of disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI), which threaten to turbocharge highly automated, global information operations in the future.
February 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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nuix.bsky.social
And if you'd like to hear ways that talking, even when innocent, can really be detrimental then watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o...
Don't Talk to the Police
YouTube video by Regent University School of Law
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.

I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.

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kenwhite.bsky.social We’re Going To Keep The Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 28
This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.

First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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pohlman.bsky.social Jason Pohlman @pohlman.bsky.social · Feb 28
Being a lawyer and all, do you know what the tipping point is for it to become acceptable to openly advocate for political assassinations? Just a little curious, is all.
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
Fascinating
ninajankowicz.com Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · Feb 27
A pro-Russia content aggregation network is churning out at least 3 MILLION pieces of propaganda per year, all on sites that are virtually unusable by humans.

So what's the goal? We explore the idea that it might be to flood LLMs with pro-Russia content:
static1.squarespace.com/static/6612c... 1/
Executive Summary A pro-Russia content aggregation network, Pravda, appears to be set up to flood large-language models with pro-Kremlin content, The American Sunlight Project has found. Over the past several months, ASP researchers have investigated 108 new domains and subdomains belonging to the Pravda network, a previously-established ecosystem of largely identical, automated web pages that previously targeted many countries in Europe as well as Africa and Asia with pro-Russia narratives about the war in Ukraine. ASP’s research, in combination with that of other organizations, brings the total number of associated domains and subdomains to 182. The network’s older targets largely consisted of states belonging to or aligned with the West. Notably, this latest expansion includes many countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America. It also includes entities other than countries as targets, specifically non-sovereign nations, international organizations, audiences for specific languages, and prominent heads of state. The top objective of the network appears to be duplicating as much pro-Russia content as widely as possible. With one click, a single article could be autotranslated and autoshared with dozens of other sites that appear to target hundreds of millions of people worldwide. ASP researchers also believe the network may have been custom-built to flood large language models (LLMs) with pro-Russia content. The network is unfriendly to human users; sites within the network boast no search function, poor formatting, and unreliable scrolling, among other usability issues. This final finding poses foundational implications for the intersection of disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI), which threaten to turbocharge highly automated, global information operations in the future.
February 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
Roman concrete's 2,000-year durability secret finally decoded
The exceptional strength comes from 'hot mixing' quicklime directly with volcanic ash at high temperatures. This creates distinctive lime clasts that grant remarkable self-healing properties. buff.ly/3EQOcxi
#ShareGoodNewsToo
We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.
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February 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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maitreeolas.bsky.social
Rien à rajouter aux propos de mon excellent confrère Ken White (ancien procureur fédéral by the way)
kenwhite.bsky.social We’re Going To Keep The Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 28
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.

I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.

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kenwhite.bsky.social We’re Going To Keep The Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 28
This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.

First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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itsabbyyep.bsky.social
Guy: How many puppies does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Do you know yet?

Me (in a sea of puppies): No, they haven't done it. Bring more
November 21, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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riibrego.bsky.social
#art
riibrego.bsky.social Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · Feb 19
raspberry cream
A drawing of two bunnies walking along the tops of raspberries
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A personalized Valentine’s Card for Bibliophiles. My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Title: A personalised Valentine's card for bibliophiles Image: A cartoon heart with arms, legs and a smiling face. With an empty speech bubble above. Five options for text to cut out and put in the bubble: I love you more than my books! I love you as much as my books! I love you almost as much as my books! I love you! No more questions! I love books!
February 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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maitreeolas.bsky.social
Utiliser Gmail ou Google Drive dans un cadre professionnel est pour un avocat une faute professionnelle et déontologie.
jnocetti.bsky.social Julien Nocetti @jnocetti.bsky.social · Feb 4
Google retire sa promesse de ne pas intégrer ses produits et services dans des programmes développant de l'IA à des fins militaires ou de surveillance. Motif invoqué : le devoir de "soutenir la sécurité nationale".
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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pixelartjourney.bsky.social
And the world moved on. #pixelart
February 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
LGBTQIA+ As we resist those who claim diversity distorts scholarship, let’s run through the acronym & show how easy it is to find the rainbow in every era. We don’t even need to look beyond the Renaissance celebrities that are household names! 1/?
(Countdown to Inventing the Renaissance)
Book cover of "Inventing the Renaissance." It's very orange, and has Cellini's very naked statue of Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa.
February 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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failbettergames.com
Proudly, we and @magpiegames.bsky.social present the quickstart guide for Fallen London: The Roleplaying Game!

The Kickstarter for the full book will launch on the 11th of February at 10am Eastern time.

magpiegames.com/pages/fallen...
A skeleton in a top hat brandishes a chess piece at you invitingly. London looms in the fog behind him, including an unfamiliar, spiky building in the distance. Text reads: Fallen London The Roleplaying Game. Quickstart available now!
January 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Jack Torrance (as played by Jack Nicholson Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’) is working at his typewriter. He looks at the viewer with his characteristic unhinged leer. Unusually though, he is also consulting a thesaurus. He has typed the phrase “All industry and no frolics renders Jack a listless infant.”
February 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM