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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 8h

Good fences make good emus

Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 8h

I can’t write poetry to save my life, but I’d still not ask AI to do it. This thread has some lovely haikus in the replies though.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15h

Ew ew ew just for an ad for one of those AI assistants in which a woman asks it to write a haiku about her cat.

You can’t write a 3 line, 17 syllable poem about your cat?????

What is being alive for if not writing tiny little poems about your cat??!!

Add this to my joker file. Good lord.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 23h

Such an excellent pair of choices!!

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d

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Do apply and spread the word!

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 1d

Hehe, I was thinking more like an Ashoka or some such! Or maybe something like a Kalakshetra.

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 1d

Probably folks at some of the liberal arts universities?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 1d

Let me GPT that for you 🤭

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 1d

Inception spinning toy when

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 2d

😂 More the alt-text (which was what I remembered, not the comic itself)

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 2d

Does this count? xkcd.com/387/

Advanced Technology

xkcd.com

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Ersatz Doctor @ersatzdoctor.bsky.social · 2d

1. Young adulthood
2. Grad school / job market
3. Academia

Brad Weslake @bweslake.org · 2d

A perfect table of contents.

1 Happiness 1
2 Death 61
3 The Remainder of Life 106

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 3d

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 2d

Coward.

Happy birthday! 😁

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 3d

Huh, wow, never heard that one before! Tell them shoes are inherently inauspicious so it’ll cancel out 😁

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 3d

Why? One isn’t supposed to wear new shoes on a Tuesday?

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t, they’ll get tainted with all the bad vibes!

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ACM SIGecom @acmsigecom.bsky.social · 3d

On the market this year? Make sure you get included in the list of SIGecom job market candidates! Submit the google form by Oct 7 and you profile by Oct 12.

Vasilis Gkatzelis @gkatzelis.bsky.social · 8d

It is that time of year again to gather all the profiles of SIGecom job market candidates!

Share this with any job market candidate at the intersection of Econ, CS, and OR that you may know.

Candidates should complete the submission form (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...) by October 7th, 2025.

SIGecom Job Candidates 2025-2026

Just like in the last 10 years, this year there will be an article in SIGecom Exchanges profiling the current junior job market candidates from the SIGecom community. These profiles will include a res...

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 4d

True, and I guess it still holds in some places, just not in my country!

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