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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 5h

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 15m

WHAT?!?

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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 21m

Fwiw I’m 💯 positive that the facial recognition technology they’re using on the crowds isn’t ready for frogs.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 5h

#RECALL: ESR HaloLock Wireless Power Banks Recall Expanded to Include Additional Model; The lithium-ion battery in the recalled power banks can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. 1/2

Recalled ESR HaloLock Wireless Power Banks.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2h

Note: this is false. www.statnews.com/2025/10/02/a...

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 56m

But ICE doesn't wear a uniform, right? Aren't they exempted then?

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 1h

looooool but it's gotta be worth something!!!! 🤣

Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 8h

Mood:

Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 8h

Arthur Dent sat and quivered. He had no idea what he was in for, but he knew that he hadn't liked any thing that had happened so far and didn't think things were likely to change.

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Kathryn C-K @kathrynck.bsky.social · 20h

I swear I heard somewhere that the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from stealing when they really need to

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 19h

I just had a horrible realization.

Somewhere out there, a busy, overwhelmed, and under scrupulous minister is using gen AI to write this week's liturgy.

Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 20h

I need a verb bigger than gaslighting for whatever this is.

Lying also is not a big enough verb.

Mass delusion is too exculpatory. They know what they're doing.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 20h

Good lord they have 12 year olds writing White House press releases now

“For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property”

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder if my apologetics professor would let me do the essay on the mystery of Jesus' seamlessly woven garment 🤔

It's certainly a puzzle that *I* think about not infrequently...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 1d

The last guy who prayed for their repentance got pepper balls to the face

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 2d

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 1d

all the high level, most senior expert world leading computational linguists whose work i admire as scientists are absolutely united in thinking that ai is bullshit. i just think you should know that

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if it's still true, but phone lines at least used to cut off around at 4000 Hz, which among other things made it hard to distinguish between the /s/ and /sh/ sounds

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 1d

Who is the soprano who keeps breaking all the glassware?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 2d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 2d

I sat on the couch and my legs felt prickly.

It's bitey ant season.

Just can't seem to get it right today.

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 2d

What is fhqwhgads?

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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 2d

One reason I will never forgive the Hobbit movies is that people keep quoting the least Tolkien-sounding lines from them but crediting them to JRRT