Reposted by alisonmarigoldIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23hHi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent 12368502051
Reposted by alisonmarigoldJennifer RM @jenrm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026My agronomist friend (and amazing chef) is awesome, and scholarly, and she debunked this particular meme quite thoroughly. This blog post of hers might be worth a read: feastofassumption.substack.com/p/vegetables...feastofassumption.substack.comVegetables Still Have Plenty of Nutrients, Thank You Very MuchSeveral smart people have asked me if the following chart is true. 2113
Reposted by alisonmarigoldjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol 3460762182
Reposted by alisonmarigoldJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 148146776325
Reposted by alisonmarigoldBen Dickson @drbenomycin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Friends of Kirikiriroa, you must all know someone who played a wind instrument in their youth and hasn't picked it up in years who would enjoy a social band experience working towards amazing music? Please PLEASE prompt them to have a go!waikatosymphonicband.nzBand Highlights | WSBNZ 21513
Reposted by alisonmarigoldKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/10/2026Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed. 683683622
Reposted by alisonmarigoldAmanda Montañez @unamandita.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New knitting stitch just dropped, and I got to draw it!! www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...scientificamerican.comMathematicians invented a knitting stitch that stops mistakes from spreadingWith a little help from knot theory, scientists have invented a “robust knit” to fight laddering 16586192
Reposted by alisonmarigoldevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I cannot overstate how much I have built my entire personality around persisting at hard things, which may help to explain why I find rarely find AI tools to be useful. 827223
Reposted by alisonmarigoldJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 09/10/2026Academia is just 👌🏻 sometimesarstechnica.comAfter being demoted and forced to retire, mRNA researcher wins NobelKatalin Karikó and Drew Weissman awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 113246
Reposted by alisonmarigoldCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5761292347
Reposted by alisonmarigoldMaddie Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.social · 04/04/2026It's finally done, and she is so pretty 632520437
Reposted by alisonmarigoldFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/10/2026@cathleen.eurosky.social little-flying-robots.ghost.io/why-we-cant-...little-flying-robots.ghost.ioWhy We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AIImagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation... 27215
Reposted by alisonmarigoldStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint 15681325
Reposted by alisonmarigoldD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Replay: New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. #nzpolpublicinterest.nzMarilyn Waring on how New Zealand went backwards on pay equityNew Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. ... 110041
Reposted by alisonmarigoldMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Do any neurologists or neurosurgeons follow me? If so, would any of you be interested in being interviewed/consulted for a project I’m working on? I would give you credit for it, and could pay you for your time. 1412037
Reposted by alisonmarigoldpaulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is one of two biodiversity posters I made on the Taiari River Catchment, commissioned by Taieri Wai. These are going out to local schools, farmers, and landowners for free so they can learn about the wildlife around them! #biodiversity #sciart #nzart #herps #birdart #reptile #botany #maps 87618
Reposted by alisonmarigoldbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143834734
Reposted by alisonmarigoldEric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade' 71263352
Reposted by alisonmarigoldLuke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/01/2024Thinking of that time at work when sales was asking for 20 foot USB cables and our electrical engineer said “it’s ohm’s law, not ohm’s fucking suggestion” 17922166
Reposted by alisonmarigoldVERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A Hark! A Vagrant classic 101454437
Reposted by alisonmarigoldDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys." 1221290283
Reposted by alisonmarigoldAunty Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ōtautahi Christchurch book people! We Are Books has a sale in the WEA Hall today and tomorrow 10am to 4pm as well as the Bookshop itself and all its goodies. www.cwea.org.nz/we-are-books/ 1113
Reposted by alisonmarigoldMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624430882
Reposted by alisonmarigoldWord Family Friday @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In which "decal" and "cockamamie" are the same word, both from French "décalcomanie"! "calque" ("to copy, to trace, to calque") is an extremely close relatively. Variously more distantly (all from Latin "calx": "heel"): "recalcitrant", "caltrop", "calzone", "Chaucer" 24518
Reposted by alisonmarigoldDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185584907
Reposted by alisonmarigoldAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Councils are increasingly banning smart glasses at public facilities aboutregional.com.au/smart-glasse...aboutregional.com.auSmart glasses face ban at council pools as larger policy push planned | About RegionalA southern NSW council has become the latest to move to ban smart glasses over privacy concerns, but an expert… 47926
Reposted by alisonmarigoldaudioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Student Radio Network in association with Irirangi Te Motu/NZ On Air has announced that the Aotearoa Alternative Awards are returning for 2026. And AudioCulture Iwi Waiata happily return as the sponsor of Te Whiringa Toa 2026 ki a Te Pou Hononga/The 2026 SRN Top 10 Award... 1/2 srn.nz 1104
Reposted by alisonmarigoldUnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Absolute legends of Japanese punk rock, Shonen Knife have announced local special guests for their spring tour of Aotearoa NZ — HOMESICKK?, Memory Foam, SEEK HELP!, GY-RO and Displeasure! Celebrating the release of Let's Knife Re-Cut, get tickets NOW via UTR & susiesays.co.nzundertheradar.co.nzShonen Knife 'Let's Knife Re-Cut' New Zealand Tour Supports AnnouncedJapanese pop-punk legends are playing in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Ōamaru and Dunedin. 053
alisonmarigold @alisonmarigold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, Proper Crisps just got shrinkflated after getting bought out 000
Reposted by alisonmarigoldGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#NZpol Saw this excellent quote-reply to Simeon Brown’s latest attack on Labour. Worth sharing. 514873
Reposted by alisonmarigoldLuke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I hate all android keyboards, so I made one a while back that's 1) simple as hell 2) learns words locally and 3) predicts swears. I was reminded of this when someone asked about accessible android keyboards, and I can't find the thread. Anyway, here's a page. I could carry that idea further.lukesteuber.comLocalType | Luke SteuberA private Android keyboard. Predictions, typo fixes and an optional on-device language model, all on your phone. 2212031
Reposted by alisonmarigoldQueen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 27/09/2026Anyone who sees a seal in a silly place is urged to contact DOC by phoning 0800 DOC HOT (362 468), with sightings noted for future conservation planning. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...stuff.co.nzWhy did the seal cross the road? To bring Wellington traffic to a haltPolice officers appeared to use road cones to persuade the “pretty small” seal not to cross the road, but it was too headstrong to obey. 44721
Reposted by alisonmarigoldte pua o te rēinga @cucumber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026on display at world of wearable art this year a werewere kōkako brassiere 33811
Reposted by alisonmarigoldDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I note that the picture of the "European Academy of Engineering" that comes up in Google Maps is an altered version a 2022 picture of a main building of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The facade has been digitally reworked to make it look like the engineering academy! 22514
Reposted by alisonmarigoldKristian Svennevig @ksvenenvig.bsky.social · 25/09/20263D-print your own landslide! New paper out in @geomorphica.bsky.social "Open access 3D-printable landslide models for outreach and teaching" journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/... 75720
Reposted by alisonmarigoldevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A world of always-on cameras and microphones on peoples' bodies is a very serious privacy and security problem for the people wearing them and for everyone around them. 12275101
Reposted by alisonmarigoldBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381852847
Reposted by alisonmarigoldKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing. 32754311
Reposted by alisonmarigoldDr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Re sharing this oped I wrote about Smart Glasses for... reasons #nzpol (The reasons are Meta have launched their AI enabled Smart Glasses in NZ and that sucks) www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...rnz.co.nzSmart glasses make secret filming easier. What does NZ law actually protect you from?Analysis: At a glance, they look much like ordinary eyewear. 25726
Reposted by alisonmarigoldEmily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI 329545
Reposted by alisonmarigoldTracy Lord of the Nazgûl @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026everyone’s culturally irish til you ask em to show even a fraction of the moral courage sinéad o’connor did 015631
Reposted by alisonmarigoldThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026A cancer vaccine succeeded in a clinical trial in preventing the recurrence of melanoma, a result experts say is a breakthrough for mRNA-based treatments. Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway. washingtonpost.comA melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway. 141117384
Reposted by alisonmarigoldAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Episode 2 is up! Beforecast, my new podcast about history and our present, starting with a deep dive into Machiavelli. beforecast.fm has links to all the podcast sites, and the YouTube link is below.beforecast.fmBeforecast — Now LiveHistorian Ada Palmer on the real Machiavelli. Episode 1 is out now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube and more. 46416
Reposted by alisonmarigoldDr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 25/11/2025NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1 81041416
Reposted by alisonmarigoldHeather R @kiwienzian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This evening I learned that Auckland Council has deployed guard-llamas to protect sheep at their farms at Ambury Park and Puhinui! www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...rnz.co.nzLlamas reduce number of dog attacks on sheep on Auckland council farmsCorrection: A previous version of this story referred to a dog attack last June. It actually took place in January. 03010
Reposted by alisonmarigoldNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141066479