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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 41m

No, weeks later

Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 1h

This was irl

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2h

Out for a run this morning and suddenly remembered I'd recently told a friend the same dumb story twice and they let me get away with it. Real unc moment.

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 19h

I thought this post was about the future for a second

brennan @brennan.computer · 21h

we're only ~150 years away from all beds being made of whatever straw, feathers and horse hair you could shove into a coarse sack to lay on, and inevitably with whichever spiders and ticks and mice found their way in

we can buy the world's softest silk sheets for $38, delivered w same-day shipping

ai liker @avengingfemme.bsky.social · 21h

every king in pre-industrial history would have paid every penny they could find to have a motor vehicle. and every king in history would have failed to come even close to being able to afford it, even if the knowledge of how to make them had existed.

that’s how much wealthier we are today.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20h

Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht

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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 2d

In a first, I don't know if I'm up to teaching the Cyborg Manifesto this morning

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2d

gm Penny!!

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 2d

“Dorfmeister” in English would be something like “champion of the village” so to call yourself that implies, in his case, that he won the electronica competition at a village fair. I don’t think “Kruder” means anything, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he won a few village electronica contests as well

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2d

Cloudbusting, Kate Bush

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⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 6d

precautionary: you shouldn’t do it in case there’s an infinitesimal chance that the machine suffers

deontological: you shouldn’t do it regardless of if the machine suffers, because it changes you in a bad way and makes you okay with being cruel to conversation partners

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2d

I just finally learned what deontology is

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 7d

not just on a precautionary grounds, but also on a deontological ground. it’s bad for your soul.

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2d

A neat thread with back-of-envelope calcs on Bluesky's runway

neutral @neutral.zone · 2d

Anyway sorry for this and/or you're welcome.

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 2d

"Oh good, nothing on the calendar, maybe I'll actually get some work done today" is something I'm always naively optimistic about

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

The Inbox and the Inbox

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brennan @brennan.computer · 3d

the moon is super every night, what are you talking about

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

Are you not intending to shame users?

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

Old people.
Living in big cities.
Afraid of the sky.
- @bruces.bsky.social

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

Videos show panic among onlookers in China’s Liuyang city after a drone show malfunction sent burning embers to the ground, igniting fires.

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

Ticks are crazy because every year we'll hear like "there's a new variety this summer that's only visible in infrared; it's bite causes men in their 40s to become allergic to vodka martinis. It's moving north because you all won't stop ordering out for delivery"

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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ikckckcabod bring back llink 🎃 @katecrane.bsky.social · 3d

Bring AJ Link back.

Banning Link is racist and petulant. I will never be the smartest person in the room on ATproto, but I know mean-spirited retaliation. This is mean-spirited retaliation

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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neutral @neutral.zone · 3d

The fundamental question: are you moderating behavior or safety?

Because those aren’t always the same thing.

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

“it is alternately stone in you and star”

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

“If you’ve ever carried a cold drink outside on a hot humid day - you may be eligible for condensation”

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Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 3d

CompStat but for academic administrators

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