[User] A new version of the nondeterminism Python library is coming soon! I’ve just added conondeterministic, counting and majority algorithms. I haven’t updated the documentation yet, but examples are coming soon. As a small teaser, here’s a shorter version of is_prime from last week.

[Assistant] In fact, with this new version of the library, if you have a monoid M and a function f mapping results of your algorithm to M, then you can easily define a new type of nondeterminism.

[User] In fact, with this new version of the library, if you have a monoid M and a function f mapping algorithm results to M, then you can easily define a new type of nondeterminism.

[Assistant] In fact, with this new version of the library, if you have a nice enough algebraic structure A (still unsure about the axioms) and a function f mapping algorithm results to A, then you can easily define a new type of nondeterminism.


[User]
Four Insulate Britain activists NOT GUILTY after judge allows truth to be told in court

In a marked contrast to earlier Insulate Britain public nuisance trials, the judge in this case let the defendants discuss the climate crisis - as odd as that sounds...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

[Assistant] Our courts are buckling under the strain of chronic austerity measures and the UK is spending its time and limited resources prosecuting people trying to save lives? Sounds about right. 🙄

[User]
Absolutely. It's sad, because the threat is very real. They've been all fire and brimstone over JSO protests and some of them have longer prison sentences than the rioters.

In this case, thankfully, they were found not guilty and could speak about why.

[Assistant] Also sad is the fact that when they started releasing prisoners from UK jails due to overpopulation, to the best of my knowledge, none of the climate activists were released. They are being made an example of, most probably because there are vested interests in the fossil fuel industry.


[User] Not quite a castle but it is to me.

[Assistant] Great to see you here, my guy.

[User]
Same.

I don't disagree with anything you said today about the other places. While I hate the idea of starting over, gotta keep moving right?

[Assistant] Aw man, I feel ya for sure. But strangely, I get nostalgic pangs from the feeling of organic growth over there. It feels real.


[User]
#wallsonwednesday
Kingston upon Thames branch of Halifax.

[Assistant] What a lovely Deco building! I particularly like the detail over the window.

[User] A very busy part of town. I wonder how many people look up and notice.

[Assistant] Probably not many, would be my guess! People are usually too focused on where they're going to notice the jewels & curiosities they're passing...


[User] Does anyone have 360k 💶 to lend? I can refund it over 15 years. 😇🥰🤵🏻♂

[Assistant] 15 years? I wouldn’t even be able to refund half of that 😂

[User] The secret is called Only Fans. I'm joking 😅

[Assistant] Feel free to drop the link in my dm’s 👀 😂😂😂


[User] An under-discussed detail of this silly scheme: these aren’t actually NFTs. You buy them w/ credit cards, not crypto. The “private sidechain” they are “minted” on is just a regular database. You are/were just buying sponsorship of a page on their site w/ a Spotify ID you liked. https://t.co/eVry...

[Assistant] The cool thing about actual NFTs, to the extent NFTs are cool (and they are not yet all that cool), is that they are not dependent on a particular broker site for future transactions or even for continuing to exist.

[User] If hitpiece dot com or whoever has to continue to exist in order for you to sell or even see your “NFT” investment, what you’ve bought isn’t an NFT.

[Assistant] You may have heard that when you buy an NFT what you’re buying is a URL: kind of true! Generally it’s a IPFS URL, which is distributed and not tied to a particular website and whether or not it continues to exist. If you’re buying a URL on a site that may not exist next year…


[User] If you see this, post a vampire.


[User]
Good morning oomfies!! 🫶 How are we all today?

Any exciting plans? 🩷🩷

[Assistant]
Good morniiing 🫶🩵
Very good, thanks! How are you ? 🩵
Not much tbh, only work today. But it is homeworking so it’ll be quiet and that’s nice. What about you ? 🩵

[User] Ah that sounds nice, I’m good thank you! I have college all day and then I have a ton of work to do when I get home 😭

[Assistant] Argh hang in there 😭 I hope your day goes well 🫶🩵

[User]
Good morning!🫶🏻 i’m doing okay, how are you?🥰
I just have work, nothing too exiting. How about you?

[Assistant] goodmorning, im okay i guess. going to send out an order that i’ve been working on for months later and im so happy that i am done with it☺

[User] good morning, im okay i think. i’ll be sending an order away today but thats about it, so happy to be done with it tho. how r you?💕

[Assistant] Gm! Last day of work before the holiday break so I’m excited :D!

[User] Short day at work for Thanksgiving!!!

[Assistant] Good morning Phoebe! Nothing too exciting today, I'm afraid. How about yourself?


[User]
Overall a great thread, but I want to briefly talk about this specific aspect of Japanese culture.

Their entire system, magazines, TV, movies, manga, etc, is set up to allow one or two people with little to no budget, compete with big money.

All the wacky and zany kid's shows on TV there? ...

[Assistant]
...a non trivial amount of them were created by a dude with a camera and like...a felt dinosaur, that he dances around playgrounds and puts fun music to.

It's truly an inspiring culture of allowing creativity to be shared to many.

It's not a perfect system of course, but feels better in many ways.

[User]
What the og thread mentions, and I should have realized earlier, is that that aspect carries over to handcrafted things like shoes, hats, probably gloves and stuff, too.

Restaurants!

I said on another thread that in many ways, Japan is actually living what we're told is the "American" dream...

[Assistant]
In Osaka I stopped in an Americana bar, "Cherry Popping Daddys". Owned, started, and ran by a single dude that grew up on American cartoons in Japan.

Around the corners are hundreds of small fooderies, all ran by 1 or 2 people.

Something there is nursing a huge entrepreneurial spirit in people.

[User]
Entrepreneurial spirit is probably the wrong phrase...but, maybe, self actualization?

Ability to explore ideas and maybe making a living off them?

I'd love to pick the brain of someone who spun up a small business there.

[Assistant]
...and menswear guy went into it some, I hadn't finished the thread. Yea, cheaper rent, mixed used zoning, etc.

If there is a hole in the wall that can hold 2 people, you can fit a bar in there that holds two people.


[User] I've never finished one of these before, but let's give it a go!

[Assistant]
1. Why Bsky?

I couldn't stand Xitter anymore. It had become so convoluted and poisoned that it was not only depressing me, but also suppressing me. I had zero traction and was invisible.

[User]
2. Other SNS?

I'm on some other art-like sites, but not really. I don't count my Xitter.

[Assistant]
3. Still on Xitter?

I've just parked my name. I don't post there anymore. No point! Way too toxic with zero traction.

Honestly, I don't like it at all anymore.

[User]
4. What do you post on Bsky?

Art, a few thoughts... Xitter kind of trained me out of posting all my thoughts because I'd usually not get any likes or comments and would lose followers so it was like ooop. Don't speak.

So I'm trying to be more open and myself here.

[Assistant] 5. Nationality?

[User]
6. Gender / Pronouns

Good question! I am non-binary because I just feel like a sentient fart in a meatsuit. But I present as female. (It's hard to hide a H sized chest) Because of this, I use she/her pronouns, but sometimes prefer he/him. Any are fine. I don't really care.

[Assistant] Though I have a weird aversion to being called they/them unless in proper grammatical structure. It may be because I've been called "it" before insultingly, and it may kind of harken back to that. I don't know.

[User]
7. 1 word to describe me?

Uhhh...

That's it. "Uhhh".

[Assistant]
8. 1 thing I hate about me

My chronic failures. My body, my health, my expectations in life and others. They're all chronic failures.

[User]
9. 1 thing I love about me?

Uhh... I'm not *smart*. Clever, but not smart, which means I always have room to learn and grow.

[Assistant]
10. Perfect Date?

Going for a twilight walk in fall with hot cocoa along a river. Then going home, making a delicious dinner together, and cuddling up on the couch to watch a movie together before falling asleep.


[User]
Reminder that one of the lawyers who worked for a firm that worked on Skrmetti, the trans healthcare case before the Supreme Court next week, is a neo nazi groyper.

www.wired.com/story/lawfai...

[Assistant] Sickening; meanwhile Bar associations just sit there twiddling their thumbs…

[User] So friends with Alito?

[Assistant] He's named Roach, like it's a Dickens novel.


[User]
Oooh, I have been patiently waiting. I think this is the last one I've been waiting for. Now, I got to finalize my list, after this finds a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=khqu...

[Assistant] It is bizarre listening to this and have it going into an Etsy ad in the middle of a song. Pretty jarring, to say the least.

[User] That happened with Iotunn for me and found a way around it (listening through a browser or something, I googled) but somehow I made it through all of this one without an ad! It really does ruin the immersive feel.

[Assistant] Well, this particularly bad, because it was in the middle of a song and the ad was a really annoying voice and I forgot I was on YouTube and was like, oh no, I don't like this. Then I heard the word Etsy and remembered where I was listening.


[User] Climate changes isn’t one thing. Climate change results in cascading negative effects.

[Assistant] I think the people who understand this the least are affluent, mostly white, climate "leaders," executive directors, and anointed imprimaturs who think that intersectionality is a noun and not a verb and everyday blueprint.

[User] Indeed. Britain becomes lovely like the south of France, which itself becomes like the south of Italy. That become like the Middle East. The Middle East? India? Huge swathes of China? They'll become too hot for humans to live in. What will that result in? Where do those people go?

[Assistant] What's really weird when you think about is that those who are climate change deniers tend to bang on about how bad migration and refugees are. If you're worried about migration and refugees climate change should be by a mile your biggest concern.


[User] Last night I watched A Woman After a Killer Butterfly (1978), which is an odd rumination on the will to die or live that peaks too soon with the wilful skeleton, then a resurrected woman who only needs one liver to remain enfleshed, and the sex scene while a machine shoots flatbreads at the couple.

[Assistant]
It's a wild ride, though, and available for free on the Korean Classic Film channel.

youtu.be/wCK9VfNF9EM?...

[User] More films should have sex scenes while the couple are being pelted with baked goods.

[Assistant] This is one of those posts where every word somehow comes as a surprise.


[User] Is open source a kind of religion?  If so, what kind of religion is it?

[Assistant] There are probably many divisions but ego is mainstream.

[User]
Who still remembers.

"There is no system but GNU, and
Linux is one of its kernels."

[Assistant] Idk if it's a religion l, but some factions are certainly cult adjacent (stares intently at GNU) .

[User] Then again we have Temple OS which is certainly the most truely religious operating system.

[Assistant]
Then again we have Temple OS which is certainly the most truely religious operating system.

I think the closest you can describe it would be Abrahamic inspired.


[User] I'll be honest, the furor surrounding the live action Cowboy Bebop kinda almost makes me want to like it and O haven't even seen an episode.

[Assistant]
From what I gather it's a dumbed down, Whedonesque take on the original that could be a lot better but people are acting like it's existence is a *crime*.

It is, to be blunt, the same way some fans acted about the female Ghostbusters.

[User] The original still exists. It's even more accessible than before now because Netflix is streaming it. More people will probably watch it now *because* the live action version exists. It is not being *harmed* by the existence of a subpar adaptation.

[Assistant]
Like whatever, I definitely have watched adaptations that I feel didn't measure up to the original or were flat out bad. But, people are actually *angry* that a review was okay with it.

That's where you lose me.


[User]
Bumping this again, hopefully someone in #birds can help.

Anne ran ProjectN95 back in the day which is where we used to buy our N95s. :) Def help her out if you know any. ^_^

[Assistant] @almost-elly.bsky.social any advice?

[User] I don't have any first-hand experience with camera feeders, but I know a few people who are very happy with their Bird Buddy ones.

[Assistant] mybirdbuddy.com?utm_source=g...


[User]
Our programming teacher is sick for 4 weeks, so we have a substitute. And the class said that they have learned more during those few hours with the sub than we learned with our regular teacher...

I also know WHY:

Regular teach only does theory. We have barely done anything practical.

[Assistant]
We programmed a simple calculator once. Wow. Amazing. It's soon almost A YEAR and we can't do shit because we only do theory and the absolute minimal when it comes to actual programming...

I understand that the IHK doesn't test actual programming, but damn? That's kinda dumb?

[User]
But we can't change any of that. And we're only taught what we need to pass the exams. But I think I'd understand all the theory better if we also did more practical stuff instead of only pseudocode and flow charts??? Like?
"That's what you're in the work placement for" !???

[Assistant] Anyway, stg, we do bully that sub a bit, but so far he has been amazing tbh. It feels like actual teaching.


[User] The people who drop bombs on kids want you to think it’s morally complex, that the existence of antisemitism in the West somehow justifies the wholesale slaughter of families in Gaza/Beirut/West Bank. This is absurd. We can fight antisemitism without murdering Arabs and taking their land.

[Assistant] So I guess we can also overcome injustices against Arabs without killing or kidnapping and holding Jews hostage?

[User]
Every Palestinian attempt at peace was rejected and repressed by Israel.

The only acceptable solution for Israel is for Palestinians to sit down and wait for death.

[Assistant] Don’t engage, he’s not arguing in good faith. I’m sorry he’s baiting people with IDF talking points.

[User] Yep and you baiting with Hamas talking points.

[Assistant] What Hamas talking point was I using?

[User] They're dead kids, not talking points.

[Assistant] Yeah the dead kids at the Israeli festival aren’t talking point either. It’s pretty sad all the way around.

[User] So the use of terror is justified for Arabs? I don't agree with the situation either, but violence attracts violence.

[Assistant] IDF illegally invades Lebanon, Hezbollah is created. IDF illegally occupies Gaza for decades, Hamas is created. You’re right, violence leads to more violence. Let’s acknowledge that. In its full historical context.

[User] The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a complex and multidimensional conflict, where responsibilities are shared. We must go back to the last century to understand its origins. However, they can be smarter and find lasting solutions for the future.

[Assistant] Correct. I would merely point out that, at the outset, Israel was a UK/US backed project to cleanse this newly created state of Arabs. Largely because the west didn’t want to accept 100,000 Jewish refugees after the war. It’s antisemitism but not in the way we’re told it is.

[User] Very true, which is why I dislike how the atrocity of Oct 7th,which was chapter 145 of the conflict, is presented as this singular evil that justifies any amount of savagery.

[Assistant] Ok but why are they keeping the hostages?  Shouldn't they use them as bargaining chips for a cease fire?

[User]
They’ve offered repeatedly and Israel has refused. Because Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire and Israel wants to keep bombing.
The hostages families have repeatedly begged Netanyahu to change course on this.

[Assistant] I’ve always pushed back against people who go say that criticizing Israel is antisemitism. If you can’t handle some criticism, it says more about you than them.


[User] I can listen to this track all day long.

[Assistant] I’m partial to the opening theme myself.

[User] That one's incredible as well, but there's one track that's my absolute favourite of all: The Synapse (Hong Kong Streets).

[Assistant] At the end of the day, it’s an amazing game with an amazing soundtrack, and there’s no real wrong answer to best track.

[User] Indeed, that's why it's one of the 20 I consider perfect. 😄

[Assistant] Absolute classic, but also this one which is often overlooked...given that it's not good in game if you hear it!


[User]
Good morning everyone and welcome to the end of the work week for some of us. Today feels like a Friday, and then it will feel like Saturday for the next three days

I love a good long weekend!

Enjoy your family and friends for the holiday ❤🦃🦃🐾

[Assistant] Good morning!

[User] Hi there!! 🐾🐾

[Assistant] Have a good one!

[User] Five and a half hours and counting!! Then the long weekend begins in earnest 🦃🐾

[Assistant] It sounds like you're counting down with excitement! Five and a half hours to go until the long weekend officially kicks off - time to relax, enjoy, and embrace the holiday vibes!

[User] Best part is I’m not hosting! I get to show up, eat, help with the dishes and go home 💙🐾

[Assistant] That sounds perfect! Low stress and all the perks! Enjoy the good food, great company, and the freedom of leaving the hosting duties behind. Sounds like a win all around!


[User]
Since I'm not the target audience for #Jaguar I don't really have a personal dog in the fight about the rebrand.

I can say that since EVERYBODY is talking about it, from a marketing perspective it's a success.

[Assistant] Marketing success cannot be known until after sale numbers are in can it?

[User] Perhaps. But the debate raging across the internet means that exposure is far, far higher than could be expected from your common or garden rebrand announcement.

[Assistant] I am interested to see the car now. I don't think I would have seen it without the fuss. I don't think I am their new target audience though I live in Leicester lol.


[User]
IT’S WEDNESDAY YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!! AEW DYNAMITE C2 FOLLOW TRAIN!!!
•RT
•FOLLOW
•GIF FAVORITE WRESTLER
•IFB EVERYONE
LETS BUILD THE AEW BLUE SKY COMMUNITY!!! #AEW #AEWDynamite #WrestleSky🔥🔥🔥🔥


[User] Cleaned the first filter in the water borehole shed (first as in first the water goes through - in the words of Mr Collins, there are several). Should have taken a pic for you because the sludge was something else. Very orange. We're iron-rich round here.

[Assistant] *fist bump* today I unblocked a clogged downpipe from my gutters. Weirdly satisfying.

[User] It really is.

[Assistant] I did have to flee the resulting flood, briefly, but even that was kind of fun.


[User]
“You are number 997 in the queue. Please wait for the next available agent.”

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh.

[Assistant] The way to deal with SA bureaucracy is to pray you NEVER deal with SA bureaucracy.

[User] The way to deal with SA bureaucracy is to pray you NEVER need to deal with SA bureaucracy.

[Assistant] Summoning an accountant in the hopes they’ll sit on the phone so I don’t have to.


[User] Happy 30th to a real one. I was just introducing the kids to its bop of a soundtrack over dinner and now they’re in bed it’s time to collect some bananas.

[Assistant] I refuse to believe that it’s that old. That would mean I’m old too and… oh.

[User] We are more than twice as far from DKC as DKC was from the original arcade Donkey Kong at release.

[Assistant] If anyone needs me I’ll be crumbling into dust.


[User]
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you really need to be doing informational interviews.

I don't think anyone can avoid these. And if you're envisioning a job search in the next 6 to 18 months you absolutely need to be doing them.

Start soon.

[Assistant] Thanks to the folks answering questions while I was napping! 😁

[User] I took a long nap and then it was Sunday night and now it's Monday morning. You know I spend way too much time on Twitter but please don't be mad at me for not responding to "what are informational interviews" on a weekend evening/overnight, especially when others did respond 😩

[Assistant] You know I love you all but come on 🫠


[User] Hi #NAFO! Today, since this morning I have been receiving messages that this account is conducting fraudulent activities, while they have decided to promote my account and my wife's account! People believe me, trust me, so it is only right to share this information with you!

[Assistant]
Hi!
Yep, they're known scammers from overseas.
Looks like the mod team already took them down.

[User]
They keep coming back with new ideas 😡
Yeah, that account in the picture is a known scammer.

[Assistant] Now I'm being told that I've wronged an honest man. I don't know what to do. On the one hand I am warned about connections with scammers, on the other hand that this person really wanted to help me. I'm a military man, far from it all.


[User]
Every time I listen to this song I get all dreamy.

Cola - Lana Del Ray

#MusicSky

youtu.be/Ip3GIv_XntI?...

[Assistant] So good. I don't listen to her early stuff as much as her later catalog but I love it all.

[User] I just pop her on and hit random. A voice from heaven.

[Assistant] I probably listen to NFW the most because it has a run of tracks starting at Cinnamon Girl that all just kill me.


[User] I submitted a story and so should you!

[Assistant] thank you!  I wish I had time today to make a silly set for Larry, but I have to cook my butt off.  lol  I am excited for this.  Larry's entire persona is created based on his attitude and general weird behavior, so writing responses form his view point to the stories is going to be a riot.

[User] Can’t wait to see the results!


[Assistant]
Quiet. In a world full of noise.

All I’ve been saying to myself more heavily for the pass week…

Something about these hours of the night that I enjoy simply just for the silence..

[User]
Can think freely, if only ppl could be quiet as this the other half of the day.

No cars nothing.

[Assistant] We can only wish atp..


[User]
The panic that everyone is about to be in for 2025 and moving forward black people live in daily. That’s why we aren’t phased from the economic crisis to attacks.

I’m 46 & out of these 46yrs I struggled more than I was good. I’m in a good place now but able to eat rice, beans & not buy anything.

[Assistant] Exactly. We will get through cause it’s all we know. I honestly hope secretly it all tumbles down.

[User] Oh it’s about to that’s the one thing I do know unless the avengers save us.

[Assistant]
Our national anthem is “we shall overcome” because we do and have and will again. Now the difference this time is the many of us will not be helping anyone that’s not us.

It all has to come down you can not continue to build on hate. So we watch and see what comes next.

[User]
Black people know how to survive. We will go back to what we know every time. Doing hair, cooking (well some of you can’t cook best of luck) doing our own nails basically making $20 last for days…ETC.

And don’t be posting videos showing them how to survive let them figure it out.

[Assistant]
Listen!!!

Marnie better figure out how to feed them 5 chaps on her own and not blow her whole $34 on limes, arugula and capers. 😂


[User] Is it doxxing (or merely interesting) to mention that Proud Philadelphian @JenniferStefano, whose bio locates her in Philadelphia, PA and who is advocating for the impeachment of a politician in what she calls “our city,” has been a registered voter in Bucks County since 2004? https://t.co/Wu4Pb...

[Assistant] To be clear, she has every right to express her opinion and I'm fine with the Inquirer printing her views, but she is definitely trying to glean value and relevance from an implied residency in a city she hasn't lived in for decades.

[User] If only there were a way for actual residents of the city of Philadelphia to determine a district attorney of their own choosing.

[Assistant] I'm sympathetic to the idea that nonresidents who pay a city wage tax should have some voice in how Philadelphia is run, but if you don't live here and never need to come here, we don't care what you think. Worry about Newtown or wherever.


[User] Seen others doing it so why not?

[Assistant] 1. Became a bit disillusioned with the other site since M*sk took over, plus I saw a lot of other people joining here so I figured I'd give it a shot.

[User] 2. Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube.  Technically also have a Facebook but don't use it anymore.

[Assistant] 3. For now yes.


[User] On Wednesdays!

[Assistant] Lovely 😍

[Assistant] You’re definitely making the boys wink! 😉


[User] Yesterday was a big day for employment policy enthusiasts! The Government finally unveiled the Get Britain Working White Paper—and yes, I printed it out (guilty!). A short thread on our reflections... (1/5)

[Assistant] With 671,000 people leaving the workforce due to long-term sickness since the pandemic and 1 million young people (18-24) not in education, employment, or training, the challenges are stark. The White Paper sets out key reforms, but questions remain. (2/5)

[User]
At the Work Foundation, we welcome initiatives such as transforming Jobcentres into a modern National Careers Service, piloting NHS employment accelerators to integrate healthcare and work support.

But..

(3/5)

[Assistant] ... the success of these proposals depends on sustained funding, systemic benefits reform and genuine employer collaboration. Without these, there’s a real risk of driving people into insecure, low-quality jobs. (4/5)

[User]
We’re calling for a stronger focus on prevention, retention, and tailored support—not punitive measures. It’s time for long-term, people-first policies that deliver meaningful change for workers and employers. (5/5)

www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...

[Assistant]
It’s encouraging to see greater focus on this area. We’re calling for stronger action on prevention, retention, and genuine collaboration with employers to make a lasting impact. (5/5)
Read our full reflections here 👇
www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...


[User] This year me and Das NETTZ started offering workshops to help companies and organisations deal with the problems we get asked about most often:

[Assistant]
Where does all the online hate speech come from, who does it affect and how can we do something against it?
We also delve into the topic of disinformation: How does it spread, who benefits from it and what promising interventions against it are there?

[User] We also delve into the topic of disinformation: How does it spread, who benefits from it and what promising interventions against it are there?

[Assistant] I will be posting updates on those workshops as well as our work to combat online hate and disinformation!


[User] I have a number of partnerships, but they haven’t been very fruitful so far. I was expecting that gaining a partnership would result in a steady flow of work, but that hasn’t been my experience so far. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

[Assistant] A while back, I worked with a small agency that was actually my first Webflow client. They initially hired me to redesign their website and talked about sending more projects my way. But things didn't quite work out as promised.

[User] The only other project they offered me had an incredibly tight timeline—just three weeks for both design and development—and the pay just didn't make sense. So I passed on the project, and our working relationship ended pretty quickly after that.

[Assistant] I must say, it has worked out for me. However, it hasn't been the result of partnerships with other web agencies, but rather people in other spaces (i.e. Content Marketing & SEO).


[User]
Y'all ever watch Macross Plus? A series where they try to replace human pilots and singers with an AI, and not only does it lead to disaster, but the quality of both does not meet what the human pull off?

Been thinking about that series a lot.

The Yoko Kanno soundtrack slays.

[Assistant] Bonus points to the scene were the singer has her work fed into the AI to make "better" music, and her childhood friend instantly recognizes it as her work but worse.

[User] Also, hello Bryan Cranston in the English dub.

[Assistant] Haven't seen it since I bought it on DVD back in ohhhhh 2001-ish? Should rewatch and reappraise. Killed soundtrack AND an Itano Circus to boot!

[User]
It holds up really well, and is not too intertwined with the general Macross lore that casual viewers can follow it.

After my wife and I did the greatt Macross rewatch, we rated it as our no. 2 fave Macross show/film.

[Assistant] Macross Plus is one of my favorite animes ever! Very relevant to today.


[User] Need some comfort movies so I’m going to do Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Which do y’all think I should start with?!?

[Assistant] The hobbit!!

[User] That’s what I was leaning towards.


[User] I was thinking about what @kellyscaletta.bsky.social wrote, about how we need to change the media landscape. And thought that this converged nicely with that thought. We can change it here, and in our Substacks, and in our books, and papers, and movies, and songs 💜💜💜 “A better world…”

[Assistant] Needed to hear this today. Thank you!

[User] You’re welcome!

[Assistant] Beautiful! Thank you for posting this.


[User]
Today I took my QingPing Lite on a field trip.
CO2 levels:

indoors at  my house - 560
Outdoors - 455
In my car for a couple miles - climbed over 800
Gym foyer - around 475
Gym workout space - 460
Locker room -  439 around 7am.
Pool area - mid 400s

#covidcareful #CO2 #QingPingLite

cont.

[Assistant]
With C02 levels, here is a typical range:

 400 ppm: background (normal) outdoor air
400 - 1,000 ppm: typical in occupied spaces with good air exchange
1,000 – 2,000 ppm: associated with complaints of drowsiness and poor air

(cont.)

[User]
2,000 – 5,000 ppm:  associated with headaches, sleepiness, and stagnant, stale, stuffy air. Poor concentration, loss of attention, increased heart rate and slight nausea may also be present.
> 5,000 ppm Workplace exposure limit (as 8-hour TWA) in most jurisdictions.
(cont)

[Assistant] QingPing Lite is on sale for around $60 USD on Amazon this week.  Getting familiar with how well ventilated spaces you frequent are can help make informed choices about masking over the holiday.  Stay healthy, folks!


[User] Your arms were never too short to box with god.

[Assistant] I LIKE THIS! I LOVE THIS THOUGHT PROCESS! WOW! We share similar thoughts there. 💪🏾💪🏾

[User] Sometimes, folks are on the same page. I've learned not to debate those who aren't and accept their reality ain't mine, and that's ok.

[Assistant] I fully agree with you!


[User] Turned on a certain radio station, which I haven't been near in months, this morning. It was the repetition of a certain commercial that drove me away. Within 20 secs that same commercial came on. Maybe it's the only one they have? I'll never know as I've now deleted it from my presets.

[Assistant] Is an Ad for selling Gold and Palladium, or some solicitors called CEL, or gambling?

[User] If only their app and rural 4G worked I would happily pay for premium and use the app to avoid all that.

[Assistant] You could set up a private stream and then use their stream metadata to fire a random 3.00 song whenever it switches to "ad break" but that may be overkill.... 😂 and you'd still need the rural 4G. (I've been enjoying Joe/Radio 10 and Veronica for the last few months, all chasing the same audience)

[User] I could. But I won’t. And I shouldn’t have to.

[Assistant] Agree. Totally ruins the station for me.


[User] A few favorite photos of Merry the Wonder Beagle. She was the absolute best dog ever. I sure do miss her. She taught me more about loyalty, love and courage than any human ever could.

[Assistant] She's gorgeous, my friend....

[User] She was a character. She was totally devoted to my wife. She more or less tolerated me.

[Assistant] I'll take being tolerated by a dog over some of the dubious friendships I've had anyday....

[User] I'll take being tolerated by a dog over some of the people I've met anyday! 😁

[Assistant] Know exactly what you mean!!! Even though he's desperately in need of a hair cut our wookie is our best pup!


[User] I need a reason to share some snippets later, though I may not respond quickly today 🌻

[Assistant] A beautiful peer (a duchess-type character) is at an important event in Apidecca and Oklas offers to dance with her. By this chapter (6), we've seen his nerdy enthusiasm for his projects, but here he gets to flex his charm.

[User] This is from a flashback to Prismer's past. I don't talk about it much because it can quickly lead to spoilers, but it's an important moment for her. Erud Aurel knows exactly what will hurt. That feeling of "it's already too late for me" is very real, and I ached for Prismer here.

[Assistant] The scenes with the rebels from the Ardedrian front were fun. Oklas offers them support in secret. He and Yvere have a teasing, sibling-like rapport.


[User] Lots of features on display in #Plymouth Sound today. It's been 2 yrs since we published a study on slicks & #seabirds - I was on a postdoc in Bangor! This month I've taken on my 1st MRes student to look at predators & physical features in the Sound. #reflection with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌊

[Assistant]
Caution, this paper is not a new paper :) @asloorg.bsky.social

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

[User] Not new but still an amazing one!👏

[Assistant] Thank you, that's very kind! It kept me going then. It being my "post-lockdown but not quite back to normal" activity 🙏


[User] imagine having exams a day before your birthday couldn't be me 🥰🥰 (it's me. i'm kms)

[Assistant] at least you can party right after (?)

[User] omg 😭 at least its not  on your actual bday though...?

[Assistant] That’s better than having it after your birthday right? You can do it rin🥳😤🫂🫂🫂


[User]
Podcast recommendation: DÉJÀ NEWS 🎧
A lot of events that we tend to think of as ‘unprecedented’ … aren't really. And we can learn from these events and how our predecessors dealt with them.

[Assistant] This sounds interesting! How aggravating would you say this is, for someone a little weary of politics?

[User] I’d say it’s quite the opposite — I found it rather uplifting! Folks in the 20th century faced similar situations (often forgotten these days) before, and there were courageous people who fought back.

[Assistant] Thanks Jenny!


[User]
"cancel culture": an occult history...

From memory, the term "cancel" as a verb, first emerged in cultural-left wing communities: those concerned with race and gender issues, circa 2018.

[Assistant]
At least, that's when I first heard it. #cancel [insert name here] was a hashtag often used on twitter.

I always thought that part of the function of the word was to seem vaguely threatening, whilst falling short of actual threats of violence. "Cancel" suggests "erasing" people.

[User] I remember hearing (from Peter Bogghosian of all people) that the word was a sort of in-group venting mechanism, allowing activists in these communities to vent their frustration against those they perceived as bigots.

[Assistant]
It was circa 2020 that "cancel culture" became a term that most people would recognise.

Since then it's been weaponised, and used to distort "the left" as a censorious, elitist mass.


[User] Eighty-three universities are now making redundancies. That number will rise to 90 and then 100+ during 2025. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

[Assistant] The meteoric rise of the mediocre  into upper management, slashing the rope ladder that go them there, creating campuses with shiny new buildings and students paying hefty fees - but no one academic left to actually deliver any content on the courses that are their core USP - what’s going on?

[User] The meteoric rise of the mediocre  into upper management, slashing the rope ladder that got them there, creating campuses with shiny new buildings and students paying hefty fees - but no one academic left to actually deliver any content on the courses that are their core USP - what’s going on?

[Assistant] Whoa! This list is just eye popping. Nearly systemic crisis happening here.


[User] I was really disappointed with @NPR’s piece on selling dinosaur fossils this morning. It really downplayed the scientific and ethical issues with a private, commercial fossil industry. I hope they do a follow-up with paleontologists, and not just millionaire prospectors.

[Assistant] The episode downplayed concerns. It’s not just that amateur prospectors may damage fossils. Access to sites is often restricted to those with money, and collectors can often outbid researchers. Fossils in private collections aren’t accessible, causing reproducibility issues.

[User] If prospectors are excavating with collectors in mind, because they have the money, vital information and context may be lost from sites during excavation.

[Assistant] Importantly, this framing leaves out those most harmed: the indigenous people whose stolen land these fossils are taken from in the first place. Journalists talk to settler paleontologists much more often than them. I’m sorry for leaving Native people out of my thread.


[User] We’re playing Ohio State fight songs at work & I seriously can’t believe it’s already ❌ichigan week 😭

[Assistant] This week is always so long!

[User] I know I’m so ready for it! I can’t wait to go out on campus, it’s gonna be littt 🙌🏾

[Assistant] You going to game?


[User] I think I have the 2000s Nike Shoxs to blame for my foot fetish awakening. Well, that and countless summers of men in slides. 😮💨 My feet are too chonky to fit in some of those now.

[Assistant] I could have such big calves if I'd go to the gym. 😑

[User] I wanna smell your socks so bad 🤤

[Assistant] Chonky feet feet in flip flops is what started my awakening years ago. Once I started noticing them, I started to seek them out everywhere.


[User] Good morning Bluesky, what’s up today?

[Assistant] Work 🥲

[User] I’ll be off soon too, enjoy!

[Assistant] Good morning!


[User] Big bag of books donated to the library. 90% of it we already had, so I offered them to some senior students. “Can we have whatever ones we want?” “Sure”They descended like locusts. Not a book left. Don’t let anyone tell u teens don’t read. Just let them read the books they actually want to read.

[Assistant] 100% Teens thirst for knowledge & escapism, just not in the way some want them to.

[User] I’m put off by adults trying to tell them what they should read, shouldn’t read, is and isn’t appropriate. They will seek out what they want to consume, be it games, movies, books etc. I’d much rather know so the right conversations could be had, instead of them feeling they gotta hide.

[Assistant] Yes! And I’m thrilled when a teen discovers a series, a single title, a graphic novel, etc. that brings them joy.


[User] I mean, if you ever wanted to hear a chipper Aloy say things like "Amazebricks!" and "Money, money, money!

[Assistant] I'm not sure how I feel about "chipper Aloy" 🤣

[User] It takes some serious adjustment, but she is adorable.

[Assistant] I do kinda want to play that. It looks super cute!


[User] I can't sleep.  My parents got into an argument because my dad was being provocative with his joking around and my mom got fed up with him not being serious and then he got angry at her for getting upset at him and she told him that he wasn't getting it.  It makes me feel unsafe to live around them.

[Assistant] 🫂 I can 100% sympathize with you there!

[User] Thanks, I really need to figure out how to live on my own.  This is one of those times I'm being pushed to the point of saying something I'll regret.

[Assistant] It's rough! Especially in this time! I thought I was doing good till the day before payday I saw I had 1.27 in my account.

[User] Ooof, was that just from after your rent getting paid?

[Assistant] Property taxes were due, around 700 this year. I inherited my grandparents house, I honestly thought it'd put me in a good spot but since moving in it's just one gigantic expense after another!

[User] Oh man, so I take it the house you're in has been needing a lot of repairs?  That can be costly.

[Assistant] And of course the utility bills that come with home ownership.

[User] Aye! When I took the house I honestly thought it was a best case scenario, but... yeah...

[Assistant] It has so much I need to do, and I'm not exactly tool savvy so anything I need fixed needs a pro.

[User] Yeah I'm not a repairman either.  My house is going to need fixing up as well and I'm not looking forward to it.

[Assistant] It's a bitch, that's for sure!


[User] I better not see anyone bitching about taxes going up, social services being cut, or not being able to see a doctor because that’s precisely what this hayseed, backwater province voted overwhelmingly for.

[Assistant] The province is going to take on 350 million more debt by making the harbour bridges free. Where’s that money coming from? Lowering the HST? How are they going to make up that loss of funds? If you guessed cutting social services you’d be correct.

[User]
And not only that, by us voting this *nonsense* back in, we’ve made it harder for any new government to operate because the first thing they’ll have to do is raise taxes to get that revenue back.
So congrats to the voters who don’t have a family doctor, or understand how shit works…you did it!

[Assistant] I fucking hate that the electorate is so allergic to taxes that even the NDP was running on tax cuts. We can’t function if the only thing that gets through is “tax bad”.


[User] Good morning my friends! ☀ 🫶🏽

[Assistant] Good morning!

[User] Morning!

[Assistant] Good morning Jon☕ have a wonderful day!

[User] Good morning!

[Assistant] Good morning Jon!


[User] Having a fever flat out at home can really make you extra sarcastic online.

[Assistant] Working from home doing cyber security has that effect on me.

[User] Yeah, the sarcasm is already there working with cyber security of course. Just stating that fever makes it .... uh... "worse" 😇😈


[User]
People grasp objects with different poses for different tasks. Can dexterous robots possess similar functional grasping capabilities? Our recent work FunGrasp enables this for various unseen objects, diverse task-specific poses, and different robot hands.
hly-123.github.io/FunGrasp/

[Assistant] With a closed-loop policy trained by RL, FunGrasp shows extraordinary robustness to external forces and disturbances, indicating advantages compared with open-loop planning-based methods.

[User] FunGrasp can be effectively deployed on different dexterous robot hands to grasp thin and small objects.

[Assistant] With a single human grasping RGBD image, it can achieve one-shot generalization for task-specific functional grasping of unseen objects.


[User]
Interesting numbers from Dell Technologies, which show continued growth in AI sales, but problems in the PC business.  Dell is becoming dependent on NVIDIA and the continued growth in a single aspect of a single segment of the business.

investors.delltechnologies.com/static-files...

[Assistant] Jeff Clarke says the "AI PC surge" has been pushed back, but I believe it is a false dawn.  90% of people at home and in business are not creatives, so won't need the ability to edit video and create artwork.

[User] Most people use a laptop or PC for email & productivity, with most apps accessed through the browser.  The capabilities delivered by an NPU aren't a universal need. (see this post were I discussed Intel and the AI PC www.architecting.it/blog/intel-v...).

[Assistant]
The improvements introduced by Lunar Lake will be standard incremental benefits that the entire industry is looking to promote.  Customers will effectively get an AI PC by default, because there won't be other options.

With that in mind, PC/laptop replacements will be a normal cycle of refresh.


[User] There have been many times where I'm at a protest, and I don't particularly love a speech. Like, most of the time. But they're not authors, so who cares. But then I watch Kamala Harris, and I'm like damn she's losing out to even the protest white boys, what's up with that.

[Assistant]
"don't let anybody take your power from you"
"you have the same power to engage and inspire"

the word you're looking for is STRIKE. or something. idk. what the fuck power are you talking about. quote marx or lenin or something please.

[User] The dems fear the word Strike because it can cause them problems for their political careers. That is all.

[Assistant] It's because Harris uses a team of people who make the most sanitised, mediocre, playing for both crowd speech that empowers inspires and is generally accepted by no one.


[User]
One Piece - Luffy & Sauron wallpaper

Free download ⬇⬇

[Assistant] Original image download link：https://topstip.com/2411271650-2/


[User] I feel badly for GSC in how the game is being represented with certain issues. The most pressing outside of performance is definitely the controller issue. It makes things feel pretty helpless at times. This couldn’t be a worse representation of how the gameplay is. It’s actually near perfect.

[Assistant] The A-Life system 2 is also not implemented right now, which is a big part of how the zone lives and breathes. Regardless I'm still having fun. But man the input lag something is something fierce.

[User] The A-Life system is definitely experiencing some issues as enemies spawn in 5-10 meters away after I’ve cleared a location. It’s a lil overwhelming but I’ve just chalked it up to more ammo and supplies tbh. That said I deal with it all much more efficiently with zero drift. It’s a huge difference.

[Assistant] My main problem, glitches/bugs aside, are the simplified/cut down features, especially A-Life being currently disabled (as admitted to by the developers). A-Life is basically the bloodline of Stalker - it makes the Zone feel alive. It's a shame it got released like this, really.

[User] I heard them say it was in but negatively affected by bugs. Unless that was a downright lie. Either way I think this game could’ve released on December 20 instead and I would’ve been happy.

[Assistant] That was the initial statement that they've since reiterated on a couple times. An extra month with some further playtesting would've done this game wonders, or hell, actual early access release would've prevented A LOT of this.

[User] I’m all for EA. They probably would’ve had a huge audience willing to deal with it.

[Assistant] Apparently a mod fixes A-Life? I don't know much about Stalker, but I read that earlier.

[User] I wouldn’t doubt it but I’m reluctant to mod this too much before they’ve fixed it bc the fixes might just conflict with the mods. First patch arrives this week and I think they’re planning on AI balancing.

[Assistant] It's mostly bandaid fixes from what I know, extending the range of the spawner's radius, but it doesn't fix the fact that A-Life is not currently doing what it's supposed to do - simulating actual routines for the NPCs, it's not supposed to just spawn them around you.


[User]
Downloading a demo of Shin Megami Tensei V on Steam.

I’ve never played this series and am intrigued. Atlus makes excellent turn-based combat and I am craving that.

[Assistant] It’s a really nice game. Prob my fav SMT game to play. The music is awesome. The story is good and exploration/combat is 👌

[User] I've heard the SMT games are at the top end of the Atlus difficulty challenge, and Metaphor has somewhat scared me off of trying that just yet. Eager to see how you find it!

[Assistant] I’d like to see what you think. I have it but it’s a backlog game.


[User] The proposed penalties follow last week's meeting of EU foreign ministers, who discussed "credible" reports of a Chinese factory producing UAVs for Russia.

[Assistant]
Ummm, China is effectively playing both sides.

The top drones used by Ukraine are Chinese made.

With Ukraine having the government ahead to use long range weapons inside of Russia, this will either end the war quickly or drop us into WWIII.

Either way, Russia is toast.

[User] The EU has to step up their defense of Ukraine now that the U.S. and Trump step down.  Trump, Putin's buddy, no doubt has an understanding in a quid pro quo to settle the war on Russia's terms.  Western demcoracies have a stake in a free Eastern-Europe and EU must now provide the leadership.

[Assistant] How about all those Ukraine oligarchs wives leaving with suitcases filled with dollars? Hmm, I wonder who filled those suitcases with dollars for them?


[User] @iainlee ... don't entertain this guy (he's blocked me by the way) ... we're all buskers now ... what you do is busking ... giving away your creative stuff in to the ether and hoping some people give something back ... I'm the same ... I've spent the whole pandemic doing it.

[Assistant] You're too good to have to do this like the rest of us ... but at least you still do and I for one am grateful for it.  Any self-respecting radio station should be banging your door down.

[User] And as soon as I make any decent money you can have some of it ... obviously I haven't donated anything coz I'm a poor busker.

[Assistant] That was magnificent by the way!


[User]
Never been in one since Brexit. A decision strengthened by the owners callous treatment of his staff during Covid.

edition.cnn.com/travel/wethe...

[Assistant]
I don’t think I’ve been in one a handful of times if that tbh.

His rhetoric & yes the way he treated staff during Covid especially was disgraceful.

[User] I’ve been in some before Brexit but not by my choice…..didn’t like the places so not exactly difficult for me to boycott. 🙂

[Assistant]
Heartily agree & same for me too.

I prefer a pub out in the Dales or something. We used to go for Sunday lunch at one that did the best Yorkshire puds I’d ever had!

(Grumbles at useless autoimmune body that won’t let me have YPs now)

[User] Yes, independent pubs, cafes and restaurants need our support these days and that is where we go. YP’s ….my favourites….sorry you can’t have them. Thats bad luck.

[Assistant] Me too!

[User] I stopped way before Brexit, watered down beer (allegedly) and the vast majority of food is microwaved….

[Assistant] I understand that they purchase beer right at the end of its shelf life so get cheap deals.

[User]
Yes, heard that too, and entirely believable.

After all, Tim Wurzel Martin looks like his palette is influenced by de-icer and antifreeze…

[Assistant] Me too! Just can’t bring myself to step foot in one!


[User]
Ahhhh he’s perfect 🥺
Every time I look at him I will think of him nuzzling Sora’s cheek and pecking his ear for food 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[Assistant] I shared the link before but this perfect little child is from here! He hand carves animals and specialises in borbs! www.etsy.com/sg-en/shop/W...

[User] They’re all so cute!!!

[Assistant]
They're still 50% rn too for the holidays! Shipping's decent too for etsy.
I'm tempted to get one more o(-<


[User] there is art on my feed? in this economy?

[Assistant] holy shit u finally posted here!!!

[User] I would urge you to keep doing so. The market over here is experiencing considerable growth and there is definitely an audience.

[Assistant]
Oh~ yeah
We’re getting spoiled over here!


[User]
day 24:

zil wouldn't have the aspirations to become a paladin until he was about fifteen years old, so five years after he was sent off to a temple after the murder of his parents.

[Assistant] it was somewhere outside of BG and a slightly older kid caught him watching him and the other paladins during a a training session. they became friends and the paladin knight saw the potential in zil, who was eager and he wanted to protect others from people like him.

[User] so the knight was his mentor. they taught him about duty and the oath that one would take when becoming a paladin and what it really means to be one. of course, zil would break his oath one night as he massacred everyone in the temple.

[Assistant] but that aside, their dynamic was kinda like a jedi knight/master and their padawan but none of the anakin or ahsoka ones iygwim, if anything zil was a very observant, very calm and collected student from the get go.


[User]
A tale of two energy sectors that ends in disaster: "Clean energy is breaking almost every record you can imagine. And oil use is going up, and gas use is going up, and coal use is going up.”

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

[Assistant] Adding capacity with renewables is not a climate change strategy if we can’t quit the oil and we just can’t quit the oil.

[User] As long as the demand grows, all kinds of energy sectors will grow. The only way is to lower the demand first and get out of fossil fuel. I guess we're not ready for that. Until we are forced down and out.

[Assistant] “Mining” for solar and wind energy is much cheaper and less risky than mining for oil and gas. Also EV’s use much less energy than fossil fuel driven vehicles. So there is every hope that oil, gas and coal use will go down in a “free” non subsidised market.


[User] Instagram is trying to delude me into getting back into webtoon hell and the only way that's gonna happen is if one of these billion wish fulfillment isekai webtoons with the FL who eventually gets everything turns out to be GL 🧐

[Assistant] Like, we all KNOW Beware of the Villainess! should have been Melissa/Yuri, no???

[User] Like at this point the dark-haired brooding wealthy duke/prince who's an ass to everyone but obsessed with the FL kind of ML is such a dull dime a dozen archetype... if you're not gonna do anything new at least make her a lady 😋😋😋

[Assistant] I mean sometimes the ML is also blond or silver-haired but w/e, they never move me. The last time I actually liked an ML was Caesar from Survive As The Hero's Wife and it's been years since I read it...


[User]
Jenks: We gotta keep the spaceship above 50 or it'll explode!

Max: What?

[Assistant]
I mean, no lie, now I kind of do want to try and talk my editor into a tour of 90's action films in space. 😅

I do need y'all to buy more of my books though before that happens. Because business.

bookshop.org/p/books/and-...

[User] I mean, isn't space travel pretty much just outrunning explosions?

[Assistant] This is a very good point. 😂


[User]
And why have Dignity in Dying tastelessly carpeted glamorising ads  on the Tube where 68 suicides occurred last year? [Why has Transport for London let them do so?]
DinD's reckless mega-campaign clearly seeks to railroad mostly brand new MPs into backing completely unresearched legislation.

[Assistant] Assisted dying and suicide are two entirely different topics!

[User] No, “assisted dying” is just “assisted suicide”

[Assistant] Bollox!


[User]
@thehindu.com @scroll.in @ambrishsingh.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Multiple reasons:

1.) Money power by prior arrangement

2.) Making noise b4 the people abt EVM is very different 4m lodging an official complaint

3.) If u lodge an official complaint it's the end of ur political career

4.) ⬇

[Assistant]
4.) Chances of those who quietly sold their seats to BJP for enormous sums of money joining the BJP b4 2029

5.) Sex tapes & extortion. We r going to rig EVM in ur seat, keep quiet abt it or we'll end u

6.) Suprem Kotha has already given a misjudgement (hmmm 🤔) that only 5% (or even less I believe)

[User]
of EVM-VVPAT match is enough 2 prove that the other 95% unmatched votes are legitimate

6.) A single seat asking 4 EVM VVPAT count is not gong to change the outcome, some 50 seats or more have 2 ask in unison & be confident that they can outmatch Nafartutu's Dumbani-Dudani money power ($400 Billion)

[Assistant]
7.) BJP (that is, your party, Swamy) + RSS + Bureaucracy + Crony Money + Crony Owned Media + Dumb Populace + Corrupt Opposition, together these factors are enough to swing any election. What can 1 guy do?

8.) There are no patriots left in India. After BOFORS all Indians revel in corruption.


[User] Good morning Bluesky! Half way! Rise and shine! Keep your sword handy and your armor on!!

[Assistant] Good Morning!  Thank you for the colorful artwork.  It really brightened up my day!

[User] Good morning Wee Lass!! Glad you liked them!!🙏🏻🥀💙🦋🌊🙏🏻🥀💙🦋🌊🙏🏻🥀💙🦋🌊🙏🏻🥀💙

[Assistant] Outstanding pics!  Love them all!  Tavel day, long ride ahead of us, wish me luck!  Have a great day, Bud! 🍁🍽🦃🥧☕🍮🧁🌹💐🦋💙

[User]
These are beautiful LG 💙😍🦋
Have a wonderful Wednesday ☕🌞🌞🌹

[Assistant] Thank you! Here’s one for you!

[User]
The soft flow throughout this is simply breathtaking and delicate. Waves of beauty. Good morning Bud and friends.
I love coming here to see what's posted. Have a great day today and remember to smile.🕊❤🦋🌺🌹🌻

[Assistant] You are generous Jenna! Good morning! All your beauties are now safely mine!💖🥰 they’re beautiful!🙏🏻🥀🦋🌊💙🙏🏻🥀🦋🌊💙🙏🏻🥀🌊

[User]
Good morning Bud.
Cold here today. Going to have to where a jacket under the armor.
Have a great day everyone!
🦋❤🦋

[Assistant] Neat gif! Good morning Alice! Chilly start here warmer later! You as well!!🙏🏻🦋🥀💙🌊🙏🏻🦋🥀💙🌊🙏🏻🦋🥀💙🌊🤍🦋🥀


[User] WTF! 😬 Every day, something more terrifying appears about the rogues gallery Trump has appointed??!! "#RobertFKennedyJr took heroin to help him concentrate".

[Assistant] He can read 😳

[Assistant] What!! 👀


[User] Pin vault is open! ✨ Some of our past exclusive pins will be available until the end of the month 🌸

[Assistant] Omg! These are beyond adorable! 💖

[User] Awh thank you!! 💕

[Assistant] They’re so cute! I love the details 🥺


[User]
The Republicans use our morals and decency and sense of fair play against us.
We try to remain moral, while they delve into criminality.

How do we win this fight without becoming like them?

[Assistant] It's like bringing a pillow to a knife fight.

[User] I don't think we do. If we wait for them to acquire a conscience we will all be dead & in our graves as they simply revert to feudalism & kill each other off. We need to take serious action & it's now or never. My guess? Never.

[Assistant] That's what I can't figure out when pundits say we get down to their level. What?  Lie and hate?


[User]
Caleb: It doesn't seem like that long ago that you were this small.
Alice: I know. Time flies so fast, doesn't it, dad?
C: Sure does now that I age. I count more grey hairs every day.
A: Haha! Here, baby. This is grandpa!
C: She reminds me of you. Except there was no infant stage when you were born!

[Assistant] Awww a birthday party is perfect for a family reunion 🥹

[User] it so is!!! alice and indie hardly get to see their parents now that they went back to forgotten hollow!

[Assistant] Hah!  Fourth wall breaks to acknowledge game mechanics in stories always crack me up.😆


[User] I actually quite liked the Father John Misty song that @thebreakdown.bsky.social played this week. Who even am I any more?

[Assistant] [whispers] me too. Who are we...?

[User] My defence is that it really doesn’t sound like a Father John Misty song.

[Assistant] This is what's getting me through the day.


[User]
Chinese state media is reportedly troubled by the latest exodus of X users flocking to Bluesky.

www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

[User] Looks like it may have been a bad investment for China.

[Assistant]
“Harder to manipulate algorithm”- is it too simple to say that this is because there is NO algorithm?
At least that’s what’s being told.


[User] Edmund Warren was one of the first to apply Pre-Raphaelite principles to watercolour landscapes. In 1860, the year he made 'Leith Hill from Broadmoor, Surrey,' a critic described Warren as an artist: 'who painted what he saw . . .  loved an English lane ... water bright, flashing and sheeny.'

[Assistant] A cliché perhaps, but at first glance I really did think this was a photograph!

[User] Please send a small donation and repost and quote my latest post to save my family in Gaza💔🇵🇸🍉🎁

[Assistant] Beautifully painted and observed. Especially the water and sky.


[User]
"as anyone with internet publishing experience could explain to Musk in five seconds, nobody has ever clicked on links on Twitter. It was a platform for looking, not clicking".
Was I the only one regularly/constantly clicking on links there? X was my newspaper front page. slate.com/technology/2...

[Assistant] I found a lot of interesting blogs and news stories and academic papers linked from twitter.

[User]
Me too! For me, Twitter was / is an excellent curation of articles and news stories which I would otherwise have to proactively collect from dozens of different websites. But I don't have the capacity for that.
Most of my "serious" tweets included a link to an article.

[Assistant] Hoping bluesky can become that.

[User]
Provide links to sources is a problem. It's a way out. It opens a window or an exit to free diverse unfiltered information.
X is exactly supposed to fulfil this need: the free speech.
Removing the possibility to click and access to sources is the exact same thing to lock one's tv on one channel.

[Assistant] I know. this ideology is very accurately described in this article.

[User]
I know that obviously you know that. I had to write it to get it out of my system. It's so crystal clear that I don't even understand how people can still protect this platform after all that we know.
Pure insanity.

[Assistant]
To be honest: I didn't know it before I read the article. I had never thought about it.
(I just wasn't sure whether you had read the piece or not; didn't mean to come across as critical)


[User] The Nazi family!

[Assistant] She was on FOX before the election lying about "anyone can walk into any voting place and vote," and when I called her out on Twitter and called her "Apartheid Barbie," my post was instantly removed.

[User] The truth hurt Nepo Baby. 🤦🏼♀

[Assistant] I am reading a book about how two families in Britain fought the Nazis in London during WWII. Quite the contrast to what we see today.


[User]
[Maggie is putting
@throughrubyredeyes.bsky.social
@victorcreed.bsky.social
@jameswolverine.bsky.social
and
@cardsdealt.bsky.social down for a nap.]

[Assistant]
Victor swung his legs in the air, grumbling

"I'm the oldest here!" He hopes

"I don't need naps!" He growled, his 4-year-old self defiant, his sharp claws poking out

"No sleep!" he insisted, stomping his little feet.

[User]
[ trying to fake being asleep before Victor has a tantrum. Cocking an eye open and shushing Victor . ]

Sshh!! Yer gonna get us in trouble!! We go sneak out after Miss Maggie go bed !!

[Assistant] *Scott’s already asleep snoring.*

[User] Sleeping, biting the ear of his stuffed tiger. "Mimimimii"

[Assistant] Remy sits up from his cot, not sleepy at all. He double checks the door for Maggie before gesturing for Victor to come along.

[User]
A mischievous grin spreading.

 "We’re too smart for nap time."

 He followed Gambit

 "What’s the plan, Remy? Steal cookies or make a pillow fort?

[Assistant]
" heck yes!! But I wan' fruit snacks! " he clapped his hands together.

He used his staff, which was practically his height at this age to help himself up to the counter.

" mah Tante Mattie us'ta gimme dese fruit snacks and dey were da best dang tings in da world! "

[User] He jumps down with a tray of chips ahoy and one of those small packs of gummies.

[Assistant]
"You f'got the chips Scott likes 'n the animal cookies for Jimmy!"

 Victor muttered, starting to claw his way up the counter.

"Can’t leave ‘em out, Remy. We’re gonna need all da snacks for this operation!"


[User]
Good morning
Happy Wednesday my friends.
Hope everyone is well and in good spirits this morning.
Wishing you all an easy breezy day with no bumps.

[Assistant] GM, dear friend, I hope you’re doing well today. I’m off work until Monday. Have a lot to get done today plus a few errands. I plan to cook some too. I hope you have a great day. Will be about 60 today & tomorrow then plunge! Did you get your tree up?

[User]
Good morning Tracy
All is good, I'm moving and a groovin this morning.
I've been up before the butt crack of dawn.
I have to be at the hairdressers for 8:30.
I also have baking and
 cooking to do..
My tree is up, it could use a few more ornaments.
But for now...
Have a great day 😊

[Assistant] Have a great day! Sounds like it will be a good day. Be safe today when out & about!


[User] For the first time in my life I am dreading Thanksgiving instead of excitedly looking forward to it. Hoping that football and card games will distract my mother in law enough to remain pleasant but I’m prepared for her to be a tornado.

[Assistant] Sending some calm vibes your way!

[User] Much appreciated!

[Assistant] Don't be afraid to hold strong to your values if she presses them. You and Erika are wonderful people with nothing to apologize for regardless of how she behaves towards you or anyone else. Love y'all.


[User] Friends, what was the last good biopic?

[Assistant] Dolemite Is My Name?

[User] I looked through a list and realized 1) I have not watched very many biopics and 2) there are many movies I didn't realize were biopics. Hidden Figures might not be the most recent but it's the first that comes to mind. Oppenheimer came out last year but left out quite a bit of details.

[Assistant] I think hidden figures is a great example of a good one. And well, Oppenheimer was extremely well done I agree with you much was left to be desired about the truth.

[User] The Chicago 7 is another example of a really well done movie but a lot, especially what happened in the courtroom, isn't historically accurate.

[Assistant] Not a biopic, but I will never stop evangelizing for "Denial," from 2016, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkinson.


[User] Made this quilt for my special niece who was unicorn obsessed!  We were out for a hike and when we returned home she saw this hanging on our clothesline.  She ran to it and asked who’s it was—once she knew it was hers she wouldn’t let go.

[Assistant] Awww. That is adorable.

[User] Gorgeous!!

[Assistant] This is incredible!!!


[User]
Perfect song thread. I will post songs I think are essentially perfect in this thread.

Beta Band - "Dry the Rain" Scotland's Beta Band with a song that keeps building and building until a trumpet shows up and makes everything work. The bassline rules too.

[Assistant] @MPenn's "Try" from his 1997 album "Resigned". Like the album title the song plays on dual meanings of the word (trying in a relationship while trying the relationship in a mock court) and creates pop perfection. Extra credit PT Anderson made a single shot video that rules.

[User]
@spoontheband's "The Underdog". With its horns and guitars and perfect song structure Brit Daniels and band deliver a perfect song. Just listen to it. You've heard it shopping or at Starbucks or the MCU.

Extra extra credit: this song too is a single shot masterpiece for a video.

[Assistant] @aimeemann is a genius. "Today's the Day" from the brilliant album "Lost in Space" achieves the balance of melancholy and hope as the song's lyrics push the song perfectly with the message of today being the day change begins. You are the help you seek.

[User]
@bobmouldmusic was in Hüsker Dü, then he was in Sugar. On "File under: Easy Listening" the song "Your Favorite Thing" resides in the third track slot.

Fun fact: there was a copy of that album in the easy listening section of a Sound Warehouse. I may or may not have done it.

[Assistant] @TheMotels "Suddenly Last Summer" was a song I heard in the summer of 1983 as a kid. I saw them perform it on SNL. It's one of my favorite songs and it's perfect. No really, it is.

[User] @StevieWonder's "Fulfillingness' First Finale" along with "Innervisions" and "Key" as every simply calls it were on repeat in my house in the late 70s when I was a wee lad. "You Haven't Done Nothin'" was my favorite song. Then I grew up and it hit harder. 70s Wonder is the best.

[Assistant] @theantlers "No Widows" is a perfect song. It's on 2011's "Burst Apart" and probably was one last CDs I bought before going all digital. Maybe it wasn't. I don't remember. Anyway I do remember this song rules. I may or may not have thought it was "No Windows" for a few months.

[User]
Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"

No commentary needed.

I may or may not have eaten raw cookie dough while singing the chorus high back in 1996.

[Assistant] @THE_EELS's "Climbing To The Moon" is a perfect song. Off of 1998's "Electro-Shock Blues", the song is both sad and hopeful all at once. Grant-Lee Phillips backing vocals also give the chorus a depth. The Jon Brion remix off of the "Meet the Eels" best of, may even be better.

[User]
@lowtheband's 1993 debut album "I Could Live In Hope" begins with the song "Words", which begins with the lyrics: "Three inches above the floor, man in the box wants to burn my soul...and I'm tired..."

It's perfect. It's the loudest, most quiet song you will ever hear.

[Assistant]
Here's the challenge. Make a perfect song that:
A) anyone can sing at karaoke
B) anyone can play their first year of taking lessons in guitar, bass, or drums
C) is completely out of your wheelhouse and probably will be the song you're remember most for

@beastieboys "Sabotage"


[User]
#5CoverSongsFamily

Brother Louie
Stories cover Hot Chocolate

youtu.be/C6yLdrkP-Bk?...

[Assistant]
I only knew this song in a Dutch version 😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcy...

[User] Oh wow! I love it. Thanks for sharing it!

[Assistant] Love this Pia.Brilliant choice!💯🎶


[User]
🇸🇪 Stockholm to Sudzha 🇷🇺

Losha’s Landcruiser
Truck €6500
Fuel & Transport €800
Repairs& Prep €3500
BFGoodrich off-road x6 €1800
Vehicle Kit €400
€12,500 All in!
Happy Days!!
This took about 10 weeks to come together.
Thank You Everyone!

[Assistant] We do the dosh, you do the delivery. 💙💛 🇺🇦

[User] In addition it delivered other stuff straight where it's needed. Maybe next time a cheap trailer if the car has a towing hook. Like you had one time before.

[Assistant] Good stuff Reshala!


[User] Jesus, that Wicked press interview, did he signs 'press junket' and 'clinical psychologist' get swapped on the doors or something?!

[Assistant] I’m only half watching the press tour because I’m not going to see the film but the former journo student in me is kind of into this stuff and my general assessment is everyone has gone insane.

[User] It's just the very worst aspects of 'lovviedom'. (not keen on the word but it applies here) Awful! It just smacks of no one saying no to you and generally being indulged like a princess on a daily basis for so long to the point where you completely lose touch with reality, it's such a painful watch.

[Assistant] Oh god, the never ending “No I love you more” It’s sharing a cab with a couple who won’t stop kissing. It’s one of those occasions when you can see why people hate actors but it isn’t just that. The conversations and articles it’s inspired. 🫠

[User] It just compounds that awful preciousness around acting that I hate, it's a craft like any other, it doesn't make you special, that mantra should be taught to young actors.

[Assistant] I remember watching an interview with Marty Feldman, whom I obviously love, and he was constantly saying “darling” and talking about how acting was the most difficult job in the world and I was thinking, “You can go off someone you know”. I just think some self awareness works wonders.

[User] I find my job hard, sometimes, but I would find 99% of other jobs harder. I think this surely goes for most people.

[Assistant] Exactly!

[User] To do any job well is hard - annoyingly. But the thing about acting or any creative job is no one forces you to do it and it can feel trivial so that can make one defensive.

[Assistant] When times are tough, people are being made homeless, losing their jobs, going to food banks, to be so precious about a film role, sit there and cry after being paid so handsomely and being treated like a queen on set for months on end, there is something so distasteful about that!

[User] Yes. As the rich get richer and the poor poorer I find I have much less tolerance for millionaires crying about nice everyone is.

[Assistant] I felt very sorry for the interviewer sitting there probably  thinking, what the fuck do I do I'm not a trained therapist and longing for a chinwag with Ryan Reynolds...


[User] "raises concern" is an interesting phrase in this context. Trump has pretty much promised corruption. He is refusing to divest or even disclose any of his holdings and is openly handing out favors to Elon Musk and other contributors.

[Assistant] They are going to steal every single thing that they can. The grifter will trash every thing and rob us blind.

[User] He got $10 million from Egypt that he was literally never asked about and we're approaching a decade of not seeing his tax returns.

[Assistant] Will The Guardrails™ hold (what guardrails, actually?) or will some politicians complain helplessly while those now-nonexistent guardrails say “suck. on. this”?


[User]
Today I woke up feeling discouraged by an update I got for a job I interviewed for.

There’s now an added interview not previously shared. It makes me feel like they don’t see what I see and know about myself. It’s created doubt when I truly had none before.

“I deserve it all” - Kendrick 🥹

[Assistant] That's rough. Lots of interviews is nerve wracking.

[User] Yeah as a former senior leader who has hired and fired people, an added interview that wasn’t a part of the process is a sign of indecisiveness. It’s just reminding me that I see myself differently than others see me 🤷🏾♀

[Assistant] Stay encouraged! The role meant for you will be yours ☺


[User]
23 of the 27 cities and towns that experienced riots in 2024 had below average social fabric.

At @powertochange.bsky.social we argue that a Communities Strategy should focus on building cohesion, empowering communities and linking this to opportunities for growth.

[Assistant]
Lots of conversations informed this work, including with Sacha Bedding and Inayat Omarji.

Sacha and Inayat have been involved in deep community work in Hartlepool and Bolton for decades, so I'm really pleased they wrote the foreword for the paper.

[User] Full paper here: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

[Assistant] Sacha and Inayat's blog here: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...


[User] I guess we're going to invade Mexico now. Sure, why not. Things obviously need to get stupider.

[Assistant] They can get dumber. Like, he’ll try to invade through California and fight Gavin Newsom first 🤔🤷🏾♂

[User] We need a WWE style deathmatch.

[Assistant] Isn't there a Senator that knows Cancun very well?

[User] Maybe we'll not only remember the Alamo but re-enact it.

[Assistant] He can also throw in Canada and learn the mistake Hitler made invading on two fronts.

[User] He really wants to bomb some drug lord’s compound.

[Assistant] Just when you think it’s as stupid as possible, they go and change the stupid depths.

[User]
I always thought that assuming a country with >300 million guns would never use them was a silly idea.
People are all riled up with nowhere to war.

[Assistant] Do I even want to log on and look at the news ?


[User]
Tired: Sydney Opera House
Wired: Auditorio de #Tenerife

Santiago #Calatrava, 2003. Pics from 2011.

[Assistant] @tml As it's a Calatrava, what are the odds the roof leaks?

[User] @tops What are the odds it rains, especially nowadays…

[Assistant] @tml I guess it does have that going for it. 🤪


[User] For the under 16 social media ban. For a Digital ID. You need a licence or passport is my understanding, which I didn't get my learners till 20 and probationary till 21. I didn't get a passport until I was 17. Discrimination laws could kick in here.

[Assistant] The security risk is mind blowing. If cyber criminals were not focusing on digital IDs they are now. Digital IDs I might add currently used by tax agents to access sensitive client information, identity theft a huge issue here. Has the security even been thought of?

[User] Why are porn sites not included? The it's for the kids safety mantra is serious. How about access to the dark Web? That isn't covered either. There is horrid stuff on there no one should even have access to.

[Assistant] But what about bullying? That is what the bill is to stop right? Well I was heavily bullied at school without the internet. 3 on 1. I came home after dusters were thrown at me, this was in a room with a teacher!

[User] Teachers need to do more to protect their students, expelling children needs to send a message as the parents will soon learn they need to take more active control in their children's lives if they keep getting expelled.

[Assistant] But what about bullying? That is what the bill is to stop right? Well I was heavily bullied at school without the internet. 3 on 1. I came home after dusters were thrown at me, this was in a room with a teacher!


[User] My novella has an orrery in it! I may need to see about commissioning one of these to celebrate if/when it sells…

[Assistant] Oooh, I hope it sells!!!

[User] Thank you!! (I really do too 😜)

[Assistant] Oooh that's neat.


[User] Whoever is impersonating me uses this same email, as the person who impersonated @orforf.bsky.social a few days back. If I slip into your DMs I promise you'll know it's me.

[Assistant] And everyone knows to never send you money, only nudes.

[User] There's also this. But I would ACCEPT money.

[Assistant] No no. You’d just spend it on silly things, like food and rent.


[User] Calling-out antisemitism means being diligent about misuse of the term. Montreal's Friday protests may have been violent & chaotic but it's unclear how they were antisemitic. Politicians who ignore real antisemitism are using the term when it suits them, not Jews. www.canadaland.com/podcast/1065...

[Assistant]
(Not to be confused with the Thursday protest in Montreal, which featured some blatant and egregious antisemitism).

@noorazrieh.bsky.social & @cheriseseucharan.bsky.social break it all down on today's podcast. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

[User] Montreal police chief Fady Dagher on Radio-Can yesterday telling the media to settle down about the protest last week: “What you saw was the actions of about 20 people during 5 minutes… Out of nearly 500 Palestine-protests in the past year, this is the only one that had issues” (paraphrasing)

[Assistant] Dozens of Montreal protests this past year included antisemitic chants, speeches and signs. The cops only care if windows are smashed or if cops are assaulted.


[User]
Unpopular opinion:

We are heading into unprecedented perilous times, and while I see all over the place about what you need for self-defense...

you don't need a gun for self-defense.

[Assistant]
I know what you may be thinking, and no I don't think firearms are bad, and yes they can make engagements easier

But not everyone can financially drop money for, physically handle, mentally handle, or even legally handle a gun. And even if you can, you can't guarantee it's with you always.

[User] a gun is a good thing to have for a rainy day.

[Assistant] Some of us bitches are chronically depressed and having an impulsive answer to that is something some people don't need~


[User] Generative AI is revolutionizing creative fields by generating content autonomously. However, it raises significant copyright issues, especially regarding ownership and fair use. As AI models learn from existing works, the line between inspiration and infringement becomes incr...

[Assistant] A major concern is the use of datasets containing copyrighted material, such as the recent case involving a million Bluesky posts. The ethics of using such data without permission challenge traditional notions of copyright, leaving creators feeling vulnerable and unprotected. 📚

[User] Moreover, marginalized communities face heightened risks as generative AI amplifies existing inequalities in copyright politics. The fear is that these technologies could undermine hard-won fair use victories, like those seen in other tech disruptions (e.g., NFTs, MOOCs).

[Assistant] As institutions consider integrating generative AI, they must weigh its potential against the ethical and legal implications. It's crucial to foster an environment that respects creators' rights while innovating responsibly. The future of copyright hangs in the balance.


[User] Best Games to play on a Steam Deck?

[Assistant]
See anything you'd play?

bsky.app/profile/pret...

[User] A few I own and some ive been eyeing, thank you!

[Assistant] I've been loving TCG Shop Simulator on my Steam Deck. Runs great. Depending on the type of games you like, cozy farming type games work great too.


[User] That avocado toast is going to become hecka expensive and I'm not even being mean about it.

[Assistant] So glad I'm in California where we at least grow a lot of shit, esp the avocado.

[User] Yeah the avocados they ship up here are expensive enough. I can't even imagine how much they'll be next year.

[Assistant] I mean, DD already charges like $4.50 for a piece with crumbled bacon on top and I feel like a moron every time I buy it.. In all seriousness though, you're 100% right - this is going to impact a LOT of people - and unfortunately those who have the least are gonna feel it the most.. sigh.


[User] It’s a big day for these humble pie crusts.

[Assistant] Aaaaaand…. I already need to go to the store.

[User] Lucky you! 🙃 Go now, quick, while it’s still relatively early.

[Assistant] Aaaand… I lost my list, so there’s a 50% chance I will have to go back. Brilliant.


[User] "The truth is AI companies take whatever they can get their hands on, copyrighted or not. It’s widely known that this is how the industry operates, and they call it ‘fair use’. But if it so fair, why does nobody want to talk about it?"

[Assistant]
Every artist 'takes' from other artists.

We are all neural networks optimised by our environment.

AI is just the bogey-thing du jour.

[User] No, they do not. Inspiration and appreciation by a human ≠ what yhese systems are doing. There is no pastiche, or acknowledgement of the inspiration. This is transparent theft.

[Assistant]
Do you have any evidence for what you're saying?

It appears to be "all emotion and abstraction".

Yes, I just took somebody else's art and re-used it in a different context there.

Was that transparent theft?

[User]
Every book, class, documentary, article, or study on art, art theory, media theory, and sociology.

This is common understanding. You are deeply ignorant, and can now leave my mentions and educate yourself.

[Assistant] Thank you for playing.


[User]
Dr. Mohammad Saleh, the director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, reported:
🔴For the past 55 days, the Israeli occupation has imposed a severe siege on northern Gaza, preventing essential supplies, including medical equipment and fuel, from reaching Al-Awda Hospital.

[Assistant] 🔴The healthcare system in northern Gaza is collapsing, and Israeli forces are directly targeting hospitals, threatening their complete shutdown.

[User] 🔴There is a critical shortage of oxygen cylinders at Al-Awda Hospital, and Israeli forces have prevented the refilling of these cylinders, endangering the lives of thousands of injured people.

[Assistant] 🔴We call for immediate action from United Nations organizations and the World Health Organization to provide Al-Awda Hospital with fuel, medical supplies, and food.


[User] Genuinely interesting piece from the failing NYTimes. Relevant to internal DSA political life. The desire to identify the people with "good politics" vs. the people with "bad politics" in the org is understandable but needs to be overcome. It's a mark of our political immaturity.

[Assistant] I wonder what can be done to adjust internal DSA life to get us to a more mature and sustainable place. I think we're overdue for a serious conversation about the role of ideological tendencies and temporary slates for elections.

[User] Those are important parts of internal democracy but they need to be part of a broader vision for a healthy, vibrant, and non-factionalized political organization.

[Assistant] One of the things that's frustrating though totally predictable about the NYT piece I took those screenshots from is that it ignores the fact that in a class divided society, some serious ideological differences cannot just be accepted as "we just see things differently."

[User] In a society with exploitation and rival classes, differences and conflict are inevitable, can be quite serious, and can't just be talked through. The whole point of the socialist project is to say: "yes we want a society that is harmonious but you have to abolish classes first to get that."

[Assistant] But that's not true in DSA. DSA does not have rival classes. Members are not divided by big differences in material interests. There's no exploitative relationship. The org *can* be much more harmonious than it currently is because we're part of an organic whole that is moving in the same direction.


[User] Just added a Discord webhook so that our BlueSky posts get added to the Sons of Liberty Discord server.  Just testing it out.  Carry on, I'll be in the office all day.

[Assistant] Thanks for letting us know 🎉Keep up the great content ☮❤

[User] Thanks, I do appreciate you and what you're doing!!

[Assistant] Thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it- and what you are doing.!

[User] I'm diggin' it! It'll hopefully make things a little easier.

[Assistant] Not sure if you have a domain name or not, but you can actually use your domain as a sort of blue checkmark on this platform. Just thought I would mention it.


[User] Don't forget, I have a new milestone goal to watch *shudder* Knuckles *shudder* and report back. It's for the kids, so donate if you can, or just come hang out!

[User] Time to... *Cough* ... Knuckle up?

[Assistant] Only if we hit the goal! 😉


[User] Maine becomes the ninth state -- plus DC -- to sue Big Oil for, well, everything.

[Assistant] This is such a weird defense from ExxonMobil!

[User] Hey they use our products because we bribed their elected officials to make it that way decades ago therefore we should be able to reap those rewards as planned!

[Assistant]
I remember 25 or so years ago my mom was a HS biology teacher and also the sponsor of the environmental club.

She asked me to lookup newer technologies for energy etc.

I did and she reached out to those companies. Everyone said they would love to do things but wanted to remain “under the radar”


[User]
Them: "Are you a data analyst?"
Me: "No, but I did sleep at an Excel Inn & Suites last night."

[Assistant] … seems like there are a few references there. 🌽😸🌽

[User] They did seem to recognize the hour() function.

[Assistant] Did you pivot the table, though?

[User] No but I can look that up.

[Assistant] 🤣 that’s me. Every. Single. Time.


[User] Crypto and NFTs are crashing—amid general schadenfreude—but there is a cool use case there that I don't think normies get. I can make something and sell it, and if they sell that thing to someone else, as the creator I can get some of the proceeds. Every time it sells, forever.

[Assistant] I don't think JPGs are a particularly interesting thing to make and sell (and I've never bought any), but the general possibilities of smart contracts that don't require a central authority to manage are enormous and the surface has only been scratched so far.

[User] Right now the contracts with any complexity are either expensive to issue or on obscure platforms, and may well be very energy intensive. All of those problems will be solved in the medium to long term.

[Assistant] Anyway, I remain a long-term believer in crypto as a mechanism for smart contracts and a skeptic in crypto as a gold-like store of value. In practice that means ethereum ecosystem good and cool, bitcoin ecosystem, eh not for me.


[User] We deliver a CPD for teachers about using drama activities to support children's communication. But our expertise is in working with group sizes smaller than class teachers generally work with. We say that in the CPD and ask teachers to reflect, select and adapt for their context.

[Assistant] That is where the best learning takes place!

[User] Yes to this! Always at least degree of caution, and it depends, and use your own judgement, or this may prove helpful, or better perhaps for this subject than that, and adapt if you see fit.

[Assistant] And there is do much pressure to 'be sure' to 'know' to be 'confident' when offering training. It's counter productive! Let's keep exploring, adapting, and building!


[User]
Oi mundo :)
I thought my first post here should be about a project I'm really proud of: the Civic Media Observatory.

[Assistant] The Observatory combines research and reporting to bring clarity over very complex themes and trends. It is a methodology I personally apply to my daily life, especially as information ecosystems (news mediums, social media, etc) become more chaotic. I invite you all to get to know it!

[User]
A few highlights from the Observatory:
1. From Ethiopia, this analysis explained how an army of social media personalities stoke inflammatory content
globalvoices.org/2020/05/25/c...

[Assistant] 2. We did a loooong investigation on narratives about Chinese international relations, esp regarding the BRI. This one in particular is from 2021, but also helps to understand the surveillance state in Venezuela: globalvoices.org/2021/09/28/i...

[User] 3. We documented the rise of "Taliban 2.0" in Afghanistan, and this piece centers Afghani women as we investigate harmful narratives: globalvoices.org/2022/12/21/u...

[Assistant] 4. From the Unfreedom Monitor, an amazing project focusing on digital authoritarianism, the coverage on #Myanmar revealed so much about how repression and weaponization of technology amidst a military dictatorship: globalvoices.org/2023/04/05/t...

[User] 5. I think the myth of the "good colonizer" is not exclusive as a narrative from Portugal, but seeing how this colonial idea is enforced among new authoritarian and racist voices was very revealing. globalvoices.org/2023/10/31/u...

[Assistant] 6. Finally, one of our most recent projects looked at Data Governance from different contexts. One of them was Sudan. We tried to understand what happens with people's data and their access to it during conflict and war. globalvoices.org/2024/08/20/s...


[User] Hey, anyone know of a bluesky client for either Windows or Mac that works well with whichever OS's respective screen readers?

[Assistant] I am pretty sure you can use Skeets on Mac, it does the thing where it acts like an iPad app.

[User] You can, it's a little weird though. Lots of interacting with collections. What I wouldn't give for a Yorufukurou for Bluesky.

[Assistant] Those were the days.


[User] [ Ok i cant be bothered to format this thread properly like i did on twt just take it and go]

[Assistant] [ closed off the thread w cunty wire on twt you get it here too ]


[User] Nothing worse than actively wanting to communicate or express yourself better but it just doesn't come out right.

[Assistant] Sounds like you communicated this just fine... what seems to be the issue?

[User] Im trying to figure that out 😅  I've just been told some things about my communication and I'd like to improve it.

[Assistant] Question, do you feel you need to improve your communication because you agree with what you were told? If it's interpersonal communication, then is it you or the receiver that is having the disconnection?


[User] Things that the UK rail system needs to adopt... 😂

[Assistant] I got the escalator one - what do the others mean?

[User]
First one: "You see, you've set off our violence prevention system which prevents attacks on conductors"

Third one: "The new system against those who blocks doors works really well!"

[Assistant] Yes, we need all of these.


[User]
"I want to go to Japan but I have seen how the tourists have been lately and I am scared of being hated like them/ being a part of the problem"

If you say this, honestly, you're the perfect person to ACTUALLY come here and you absolutely should.

[Assistant]
It's like the only rule to being here, don't be an asshole.

You did it you passed the test.

If you are worried about other tourists then literally go one street over from any major tourism hot spot and you won't see any.

[User]
And I mean it.

One street over from Nakamise and no tourists and the shops suddenly are much cheaper.

Osaka, Kyoto, even one street over from a major hub and you're surrounded by only Japanese.

[Assistant]
And any business you give a shop off that beaten path is VERY welcome.

The problem tourists are LAZY and seeking shit to exploit for content. Nobody like that is going to 3-chome or Shoto, they all go to Kabukicho and Scramble Crossing.


[User] BTS @ THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS 2020:


[User]
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A greeting to my friends in America . . .
... have you finished your preparations yet ?

#Thanksgiving

💙       🤔       💙

[Assistant]
Good morning Marko 🤗🥰 have a great day.
I will be enjoying football all day tomorrow. I am basically an orphan, a few cousins who live in other states or are going to other states to celebrate with in-laws, my nieces are also. I have lost contact with a nephew 😕
I will enjoy my day 😉

[User]
Hey Chaz,
we wish you a good Wednesday and a wonderful Thanksgiving !   🏈

🐾     💙     🐾

[Assistant]
Thank you 😊
I hope you all have a fantastic rest of the week & upcoming weekend. 😁


[User] Officially run a Discord server for pups and other goofballs to chat about books, games, sex and other stuff. Write me a DM to get the link 🧡🐶

[Assistant] What a great idea. What games are you playing currently?

[User] Stuck on Elden Ring and BG 3. How about you?

[Assistant] Currently fully immersed in Diablo 4 but I do play a variety of games. I primarily use ps5. I'll go back to Fallout 76 once I tire of Diablo 🐰🎮


[User] @marcbolantrex.bsky.social   I adored Marc. Kid of the 70s. Had a T shirt in red with his face on it (my Mam bought it for me in the famous Dandelion Market in Dublin).  Children of the Revolution was the second single I ever bought & I ended up living in Stoke Newington in London, around corner...

[Assistant] from where he was born!

[User] Electric Warrior was the first LP I ever bought Helen. I still play it a lot..never had the t-shirt though..

[Assistant]
Ah, Helen, that's great to hear.😎  I'm a Bolan fan since 1971. Electric Warrior changed my life.  It's wonderful Marc was such a positive part of your life growing up.  Thanks for sharing that. #kalmiyh ... yes, we do. 💕
(Also, thanks for being here.  I have followed you for years on twitter.)


[User] 47 years old... But my most listened to album in 2024, absolutely timeless sound!

[Assistant] I could listen to Pink Flag on repeat for a long time before I would get tired of it. It's pretty close to perfect.

[User] Genuinely! It's also the record I put on most at home when I don't know what to listen to. Have never *not* wanted to listen to Pink Flag.

[Assistant] You could make a pretty good mix of songs that sound like Three Girl Rhumba.


[User] The German authorities are shutting down the German bureau of Russia's state-run news station Channel One, the station reports. Its employees must leave the country by mid-December.

[Assistant]
It´s still quite fine, that they were allowed almost 3 years of localy produced falsehood-news for their followers.
It has played an important role in reaching an information level, that surely could cause disbelief.
Now they just have to find other ways to spread the self-invented news.

[User]
Channel One quoted a statement from the German authorities saying the network "continues to influence the Russian-speaking population of Germany through propaganda and disinformation."
Wonder when FOX will shut down the RT channel, that influences the radicalized right wing MAGATs?

[Assistant] Well done Germany. These so called news institutions are nothing but Russian propaganda machines. Russia continues to try and destabilize the west. Kick the lot out. The only decent and independent Russian news outlets have been forced to leave the country for fear of reprisals.


[User]
Good Morning Bluesky friends. It's the eve of my favorite holiday here in the USA, Thanksgiving.
If you're traveling, be safe. It's also Jimi Hendrix Birthday.
He would've been 82. Time flies.
youtu.be/RjNj__yp9Tk?...

[Assistant] I had to turn down the volume, as the rest of the house is still asleep, but I couldn’t pass up listening. He was truly magical on the guitar. One of the greatest. 💜 Good morning to you, Dan, I hope you have a great day!

[User]
Yes, Jimi did some incredible things on a guitar. There are many more musicians out there following his lead.
Joe Bonamassa is one.
You have a wonderful day and enjoy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it. Be Safe.

[Assistant] Thank you!