Sevoris (he/him)
@sevoris.bsky.social
Grad Student in Data Science and NLP. Design, philosophy, sociology, politics, making a better world with listening and networking.
Also interested in speculative fiction writing and philosophy - letting reality write new things.
Also interested in speculative fiction writing and philosophy - letting reality write new things.
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Montagmorgen 7:30 Uhr am Kieler Hbf. Ich pendele nach Greifswald, weil meine #WissZeitVG Stelle an der CAU Kiel ausläuft, und werde mit dem Werbeslogan begrüsst: „Keine Lust mehr auf Pendeln? Dann bleib doch einfach hier! Karriere an der Uni Kiel.“ Liebe Uni Kiel, ich fühle mich verhöhnt!
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Montagmorgen 7:30 Uhr am Kieler Hbf. Ich pendele nach Greifswald, weil meine #WissZeitVG Stelle an der CAU Kiel ausläuft, und werde mit dem Werbeslogan begrüsst: „Keine Lust mehr auf Pendeln? Dann bleib doch einfach hier! Karriere an der Uni Kiel.“ Liebe Uni Kiel, ich fühle mich verhöhnt!
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Here's an example from @nature.com @theluddite.bsky.social theluddite.org/post/replika...
Should this be declared?
> Bethanie Maples, the lead author of this study, is also the CEO of an AI education company called Atypical AI, though the paper's ethics declaration fails to mention [this.]
10/n
Should this be declared?
> Bethanie Maples, the lead author of this study, is also the CEO of an AI education company called Atypical AI, though the paper's ethics declaration fails to mention [this.]
10/n
[UPDATE] Nature's Folly: A Response to Nature's "Loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots"
An anticapitalist tech blog. Embrace the technology that liberates us. Smash that which does not.
theluddite.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Here's an example from @nature.com @theluddite.bsky.social theluddite.org/post/replika...
Should this be declared?
> Bethanie Maples, the lead author of this study, is also the CEO of an AI education company called Atypical AI, though the paper's ethics declaration fails to mention [this.]
10/n
Should this be declared?
> Bethanie Maples, the lead author of this study, is also the CEO of an AI education company called Atypical AI, though the paper's ethics declaration fails to mention [this.]
10/n
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In terms of how big funny I find a lot of the discourse right now
A 20 year old welder got bludgeoned to death because her coworker “didn’t like her”
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
A 20 year old welder got bludgeoned to death because her coworker “didn’t like her”
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minnesota man kills co-worker with sledgehammer, saying he didn't like her, charges say
A man is accused of killing a co-worker with a sledgehammer at a food and dairy processing facility in central Minnesota.
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In terms of how big funny I find a lot of the discourse right now
A 20 year old welder got bludgeoned to death because her coworker “didn’t like her”
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
A 20 year old welder got bludgeoned to death because her coworker “didn’t like her”
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Subnautica (2018)
Pat Presley: "I was really drawn to Luigi Colani, a German industrial designer, for his high-end organic shapes. Those forms are gorgeous, and I thought they feel quite friendly and would be fitting for Subnautica."
I love discovering the inspirations behind sci-fi designs. 🤷♂️
Pat Presley: "I was really drawn to Luigi Colani, a German industrial designer, for his high-end organic shapes. Those forms are gorgeous, and I thought they feel quite friendly and would be fitting for Subnautica."
I love discovering the inspirations behind sci-fi designs. 🤷♂️
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Subnautica (2018)
Pat Presley: "I was really drawn to Luigi Colani, a German industrial designer, for his high-end organic shapes. Those forms are gorgeous, and I thought they feel quite friendly and would be fitting for Subnautica."
I love discovering the inspirations behind sci-fi designs. 🤷♂️
Pat Presley: "I was really drawn to Luigi Colani, a German industrial designer, for his high-end organic shapes. Those forms are gorgeous, and I thought they feel quite friendly and would be fitting for Subnautica."
I love discovering the inspirations behind sci-fi designs. 🤷♂️
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Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Another Your Party MP is accused of 'explicit transphobia'
Potential Your Party supporters have criticised MPs for promoting 'third spaces', accusing them of condoning trans segregation
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
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So we are going to bring forth a world where anyone who wants to be a lone wolf is welcome to walk into the woods without a single damn thing a global community made for him, and perish howling at the moon.
The rest of us will live in a society.
The rest of us will live in a society.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
So we are going to bring forth a world where anyone who wants to be a lone wolf is welcome to walk into the woods without a single damn thing a global community made for him, and perish howling at the moon.
The rest of us will live in a society.
The rest of us will live in a society.
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We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.
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The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
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Musk is a parasite on the future; he preys upon the imagination of others, taking any vision of a better world and depreciating it by hawking options on a transparently fake facsimile.
He is capitalism's full-throated assault on the utopian imaginary.
He is capitalism's full-throated assault on the utopian imaginary.
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Musk is a parasite on the future; he preys upon the imagination of others, taking any vision of a better world and depreciating it by hawking options on a transparently fake facsimile.
He is capitalism's full-throated assault on the utopian imaginary.
He is capitalism's full-throated assault on the utopian imaginary.
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I suspect there’s a deep and unacknowledged fear of disability and a refusal to face one’s own vulnerability at work here
I'm always aghast at the level of callousness people have regarding COVID and the concept of realizing that you live in a community
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I suspect there’s a deep and unacknowledged fear of disability and a refusal to face one’s own vulnerability at work here
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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I know this is hella nitpicky and I get suspension of disbelief but on the other hand this is EXACTLY the kind of pop culture depiction of lazy/sloppy/careless scientists and science protocols that the leads to the Covid lab leak conspiracy theory becoming broadly believed.
Ok so re: Pluribus, if I was working in a Biosafety Level 4 or ABSL-4 lab and my colleague got bit by a rat infected with a mysterious alien virus I would simply not immediately drag them out of the containment chamber and into the open air but that’s just me.
Watched the first five minutes of Pluribus and oh hi it’s the Very Large Array! I haven’t seen it show up in media in a while. You may remember it from Contact, which had essentially the same “we found a pattern” plot. It’s 27 dishes (radio antennas) in a Y shape across 22 miles. A very cool place!
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I know this is hella nitpicky and I get suspension of disbelief but on the other hand this is EXACTLY the kind of pop culture depiction of lazy/sloppy/careless scientists and science protocols that the leads to the Covid lab leak conspiracy theory becoming broadly believed.
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I also want updated hvac in all public places. We really dropped the ball on that one.
Masking would be less important if we hadn't.
"We have more tools now"
Theoretically. We're not using them.
Masking would be less important if we hadn't.
"We have more tools now"
Theoretically. We're not using them.
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I also want updated hvac in all public places. We really dropped the ball on that one.
Masking would be less important if we hadn't.
"We have more tools now"
Theoretically. We're not using them.
Masking would be less important if we hadn't.
"We have more tools now"
Theoretically. We're not using them.
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When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When I visited her in SF in 2022, I was prepared to be masked, but we were able to sit outside. She served me cookies. I was nervous & said “I don’t want to eat in front of you when you can’t eat, also I am trying to lose weight” & she typed into her speech machine “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” 😂
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reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
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The fucking irony of someone with “fix your hearts or die” in their bio making fun of the loss of a disabled elder to an infection after years of pleading for people to help keep her safe.
You know your hero David Lynch died alone because nobody cared to protect him from COVID, either?
You know your hero David Lynch died alone because nobody cared to protect him from COVID, either?
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The fucking irony of someone with “fix your hearts or die” in their bio making fun of the loss of a disabled elder to an infection after years of pleading for people to help keep her safe.
You know your hero David Lynch died alone because nobody cared to protect him from COVID, either?
You know your hero David Lynch died alone because nobody cared to protect him from COVID, either?
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I wear a mask simply because I'm following the data on repeat infections and trying to limit those. I've also known too many people with long or medium covid to want to fuck around. Even if I knew I was going to recover fully why would i volunteer to lose months to this illness?
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I wear a mask simply because I'm following the data on repeat infections and trying to limit those. I've also known too many people with long or medium covid to want to fuck around. Even if I knew I was going to recover fully why would i volunteer to lose months to this illness?
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At some point, "The world is a huge psychiatric hospital" would make an incredible title for this woman's memoir
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
At some point, "The world is a huge psychiatric hospital" would make an incredible title for this woman's memoir
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
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you don’t get to indulge in whataboutism as an excuse to not do anything.
stop insisting COVID-aware folk want you to shut down the world. we’re asking you to open it up—for everyone.
so be a big boy/girl: wear a mask, and it you want to help disabled people, take a cue from the late alice wong:
stop insisting COVID-aware folk want you to shut down the world. we’re asking you to open it up—for everyone.
so be a big boy/girl: wear a mask, and it you want to help disabled people, take a cue from the late alice wong:
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
you don’t get to indulge in whataboutism as an excuse to not do anything.
stop insisting COVID-aware folk want you to shut down the world. we’re asking you to open it up—for everyone.
so be a big boy/girl: wear a mask, and it you want to help disabled people, take a cue from the late alice wong:
stop insisting COVID-aware folk want you to shut down the world. we’re asking you to open it up—for everyone.
so be a big boy/girl: wear a mask, and it you want to help disabled people, take a cue from the late alice wong:
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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Really good example of trying to foster AI doomerism in the comments I was describing. Even IF all of that is true (it's not, but sure), I can't stand the attitude of, well, since you *must* use X that's ethically compromised, you might as well just give up on everything! Just begging for a pass
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Really good example of trying to foster AI doomerism in the comments I was describing. Even IF all of that is true (it's not, but sure), I can't stand the attitude of, well, since you *must* use X that's ethically compromised, you might as well just give up on everything! Just begging for a pass