@mishiuska.bsky.social
I use social media to find humor or new ways to think about things that matter to me. You won't find much personal stuff here. I'll just be sharing things that make me smile or make me think.
Senate Schedules McMahon Confirmation Hearing, but Who’s Leading Until Then?
The secretary nominee is likely to be confirmed, but the department has already taken action in her absence, though few political appointees have been named. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/413Asb6
back and shoulder muscles: they're like batteries, for storing tension
26.01.2025 07:12 — 👍 4892 🔁 368 💬 114 📌 38instead of AI, have they thought about making something actually useful like microwave-safe tinfoil so we can warm up leftover burritos
26.01.2025 00:01 — 👍 250 🔁 20 💬 15 📌 2Today I was told to take out a line about being a mentor to students from diverse backgrounds and historically underrepresented groups from my biosketch for a proposal, because it might damage our chances of getting federal funding.
How has it come to this? I feel absolutely sick.
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"The woke M&Ms have returned. The green M&M got her boots back but apparently is now a lesbian maybe? And there's also a plus-sized, obese, purple M&M. So we're gonna cover that...of course...because that's what we do."
24.01.2025 21:47 — 👍 10665 🔁 396 💬 295 📌 44I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.
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A lot of people keep saying that Elon’s decisions don’t make sense, but I have a trick. Simply ask “Is this going to get everybody talking about Elon Musk?” If the answer is “Yes” then, to Elon, it is a good idea.
From the Twitter archives.
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Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath · 2h Wikipedia lies. Mainstream media lies. They will contort the truth to make you believe in a bogeyman. In falling for it, you’re giving up your God given ability to think for yourself.
Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire Wikipedia has been ideologically captured for years It's important that this is finally coming to light The most extreme bias is probably against Israel Foundation AI models are being trained on this biased data as if it's ground truth
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Since legacy media propaganda is considered a “valid” source by Wikipedia, it naturally simply becomes an extension of legacy media propaganda!
having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia
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Angertainment is a great way to describe the emotional experience most social media platforms are optimizing for.
17.01.2025 19:33 — 👍 5377 🔁 675 💬 163 📌 60I don't want the news to tell me stories for entertainment I want them to tell me what's actually going on
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