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Great Lakes nomad and occasional metalsmithing. Interdisciplinary hinterlands: library systems, 19th and 20th century spiritualism, STSish. If I am speaking for my employer, something absurd has happened.

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Most melon is not good.

23.02.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a cat in a tie sits outside of a factory. the cat says "Hope no one is weird to me." The factory is labeled "Being Weird Factory" and has the bluesky logo on it

a cat in a tie sits outside of a factory. the cat says "Hope no one is weird to me." The factory is labeled "Being Weird Factory" and has the bluesky logo on it

20.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11296    πŸ” 1898    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 44
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

OpenAI employees pushed for the company to inform Canadian police about a user they thought would engage in real-world violence months before the person did just that, killing eight people in a horrific attack in Tumbler Ridge.

The company only reached out to police after the shooting had occurred.

22.02.2026 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 900    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 59

β€œEverything is computer” and β€œtransgender for everyoneβ€œ are regular parts of speech for me.

20.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Jersey, of course. ❀️

20.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is also how one might translate stripping his titles in the first place, but Andrew's arrest is frankly the natural conclusion of that move.

19.02.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I often have to translate deeply British understatement at work but I think this is British for "he fucked it real bad and we're not going to save him at all."

19.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The rich should consider themselves extremely fortunate if the only consequence of their behavior is that their taxes go up.

19.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Great. Getting cleared for my Do Things Drug is super annoying.

19.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A digital illustration of a bunch of three-dimensional, chunky-serifed letters going at different angles. The letters are being surrounded/clutched/supported/penetrated by a lot of fat, shiny tendrils in a number of different candy colors that are twisting around themselves and the letters and this is all riding together out of a bluish fog at the bottom of the frame. The letters are being held such that the still spell out β€˜Maybe it will happen today’.

A digital illustration of a bunch of three-dimensional, chunky-serifed letters going at different angles. The letters are being surrounded/clutched/supported/penetrated by a lot of fat, shiny tendrils in a number of different candy colors that are twisting around themselves and the letters and this is all riding together out of a bluish fog at the bottom of the frame. The letters are being held such that the still spell out β€˜Maybe it will happen today’.

19.02.2026 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Isn’t this just X?

18.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible β€œAmerica at 250!” achievement

19.02.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13448    πŸ” 3465    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 127
Teen girl in hospital bed reading from her little clam shell

Teen girl in hospital bed reading from her little clam shell

Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014

18.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2948    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 43
photo of a hard taco from taco bell with a shell made from doritos. the shell-shaped wrapper says "Taco Bell: TACO on the inside. Doritos on the outside."

photo of a hard taco from taco bell with a shell made from doritos. the shell-shaped wrapper says "Taco Bell: TACO on the inside. Doritos on the outside."

of COURSE there's a technology the left is excited about

18.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3879    πŸ” 631    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 73

Both cats have protested the wine (glass) and the icy hot (traps) so nobody in the house is being supportive tonight!

19.02.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, it was what people wanted to do on a previously inconvenient timeline. Columbia, for example.

19.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly, David. They did what they wanted to do when Trump admin was more than willing to take the blame.

19.02.2026 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 909    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

When I die I hope my memorial service is just a stream of all the videos and voice memos I sent specific people.

19.02.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

90% of my job is stopping an aircraft carrier full of timesinks and the other 10% is apologizing because The Circumstances are making it incredibly challenging to mask well.

19.02.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER πŸ„β­οΈ

19.02.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a full body clench happening over writing that document I guess because I came home after and immediately passed out I have a very healthy relationship with work.

18.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

18.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10964    πŸ” 2796    πŸ’¬ 147    πŸ“Œ 95

And not only people in tech, but educators and administrators who welcome OpenAI into their schools, colleges, and universities.

18.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman

18.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5463    πŸ” 1094    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 23
A cross stitch pattern of a 43 x 60 stitch pattern that reads "Maybe it will happen today" with a decorative border. The pattern itself is in black and white.

A cross stitch pattern of a 43 x 60 stitch pattern that reads "Maybe it will happen today" with a decorative border. The pattern itself is in black and white.

A cross stitch pattern of a 43 x 60 stitch pattern that reads "Maybe it will happen today" with a decorative border. The pattern itself is in colour.

A cross stitch pattern of a 43 x 60 stitch pattern that reads "Maybe it will happen today" with a decorative border. The pattern itself is in colour.

A photo of a pegboard with various tools and supplies, and in the middle a finished cross-stitch on a hanger that reads "Maybe it will happen today" surrounded by a floral border.

A photo of a pegboard with various tools and supplies, and in the middle a finished cross-stitch on a hanger that reads "Maybe it will happen today" surrounded by a floral border.

Inspired by @today-maybe.bsky.social and fuelled by my own self-doubt, I made a cross-stitch pattern. Read more on the blog, or don't and just grab it from the photos. (I also meant to just post this here, and not on my personal bsky, but whatever)
weftandweaving.com/maybe-today/

03.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Craft Supplies for Park Slope Women's Shelter The Park Slope Women's Shelter serves unhoused women with mental health and/or substance-use disorder diagnoses in NYC. Due to an incident this past year, the shelter is attempting to rebuild and re...

HELLO, FRIENDS!

The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.

www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163

17.02.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11

it’s insane that a decade ago we all agreed that giving mass shooters the attention they desired was a bad thing but now because rightwingers will quite literally lie about the shooter every single time we all have to be acutely aware of the shooters intentions and ideology

17.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6066    πŸ” 858    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 12
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

I find this whole "AI agent wrote a hit piece" thing really troubling for reasons that have nothing to do with bots getting "mad" and "deciding" to take down open source contributors. theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

Why do we keep wanting to give AI so much agency that it lets humans off the hook??

17.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

I’m sorry what now?

17.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the inaugural β€œMedia Necromancy” talk @skeuomorphpress.org, @drtlwagner.bsky.social asks β€œwhat does it mean to take seriously obsolescence as a fundamental part of queer archival work?”

17.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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