Reposted by baaJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 13hI'm sure all these companies and their employees feel good about having smoothed over the grooves in their brains only for the cost of the Occasionally Accurate Thinking Machine to skyrocket. 1127743
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 18hai;dr futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comThere's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR"The slang is a sign of how overrun the internet is with AI slop — and how the real humans using it are fed up. 000
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026they say we are oppressed and then start oppressing us. the same thing happening again and again in Türkiye, in Cyprus, in Azerbaijan, and now in Europe too. i wish politicians would leave us alone already #handsoffwomenschoices 010
Reposted by baaScott Metzger @metzgercartoons.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Catober Day 13: Larry 🎤 Patreon.com/ScottMetzgerCartoons 1408
Reposted by baacraftyprimrose.bsky.social @craftyprimrose.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ruin a book by adding a word Great Dane Expectations 082
Reposted by baaSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 11/10/2026Ruin a book by adding a word White Pride and Prejudice 1428921
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026i wish we could see the number of saved posts we have. that way i would be motivated to periodically go through them to keep it under a certain number @bsky.app 120
Reposted by baaScott Metzger @metzgercartoons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Catober Day 8: Bob 🛋️ Patreon.com/ScottMetzgerCartoons 0537
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026it's the end of the hazelnut harvest season in Türkiye and the stink bugs are invading the village again. hopefully, they will be gone by next year, because farmers report yield losses of up to 40% time for us to go back to the city 120
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026reading 1984 in this day and age was a mistake. even ten years ago, it would have hit differently... more like dystopian fiction rather than a roadmap. thankfully, i came across an article pointing out that the use of past tense in the appendix could be a sign that the Party eventually died #booksky 170
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i don't read much non-fiction, but i enjoy Adam Mastroianni's newsletter a lot. just learned that he wrote a book with content that couldn't be a blog post ( @mastroianni.bsky.social ). now ready for pre-order #booksky www.penguin.co.uk/books/464588... www.experimental-history.com/p/the-strang...penguin.co.ukThe Strangest Idea in the WorldHere’s the biggest mystery in human history: Why did it take us 300,000 years to invent the toilet? In fact, why did discovering everything take so long? Why do some discoveries and inventions happen ... 040
Reposted by baaMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 23/09/2026Two hours in Vienna. One train stopover. Instead of sitting on the platform, we borrowed shared bikes and pedalled the length of Argentinierstraße: Vienna’s first Dutch-style fietsstraat; where cars are guests and bikes set the pace. Sometimes you don't need a whole day to discover a city by bike. 1438260
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026it's happening again: the writing deadline for the study-book is getting closer and i do everything to procrastinate. mostly reading novels :) it's time to get the click counter out to help me stay focused #academicsky 230
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/experime...open.substack.comThere is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvyOR: hey buddy, your teeth are falling out 000
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026first September in a long long time that i have no lectures scheduled (they'll start in the new year). it feels weird. might organize a few free bootcamps just to get over it :) #academicsky 010
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026if all goes well, i might become the owner of this beauty by Monday #baaTheWanneBeBuilder there are so many things to do/fix with the help of this at the House of Wrong Angles 000
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026i keep going to the pool, but: need to conquer my fear of water to learn to swim; need to learn to swim to conquer my fear of water. infinite loop or is there hope, i wonder :) 120
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026a few pages in and i think as a non-native speaker there is no chance for me to understand Finnegan's wake #booksky 060
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026grading the last papers from this semester i notice that i can't make the ends of a zero meet and suddenly remember that my teacher in first or second grade made me write pages and pages of 0's and o's to change that. apparently it didn't work #academicsky 120
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026came home after a few weeks in the wilderness to find that the fuse blew who knows when and everything in the freezer and fridge rotted and oozed out onto the floor. the smell was horrible!! we cleaned the fridge, but i don't think it will ever smell neutral again. so, we need to get a new fridge 300
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026currently reading George Orwell's "Keep the Aspidistra Flying". not sure how it is going to end, but enjoying quotes like these #booksky 070
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026the road noise is irritating me more than usual lately. maybe the truck traffic has increased or something. glad that the weather is good enough to escape to the village for a while 110
Reposted by baaDave Blazek @loosepartsguy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I like to believe I have my finger on the pulse of the current rare minerals markets. #Mining #Rareearth #Comic #Cartoon 32811
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026finished reading Middlemarch. most characters were believable, some were relatable, and a few over-the-top dramatic. the storylines were nicely connected, but very drawn out. it felt like the author too was tired and wrote an abrupt ending. i for one, was certainly ready for it to end 2160
Reposted by baaThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 06/06/2026“But the human brain works just like an LLM!” Yes, famously we fully understand how human brains work, maybe just some minor details left to figure out. 8679
Reposted by baaThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 06/06/2026If you don’t know how they work, just know 3 things about LLMs: 1. They don’t learn 2. They don’t think 3. They don’t understand Here’s a good article that describes in detail what they do: www.0xkato.xyz/how-llms-act...0xkato.xyzHow LLMs Actually WorkA from-the-ground-up walkthrough of how modern LLMs work, from tokens to transformer blocks to the next-token loop 69630
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026last lectures of the semester done ✅ it is again the students' turn to be stressed. hope they fare well at the finals 010
Reposted by baaKreativlink @kreativlink.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Still my happy place ... #art #watercolor #gouache 112410
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 24/05/2026the last minute of the washing cycle are the longest 3 to 6 minutes of my life 010
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026no, i didn't start reading Middlemarch after the Guardian ranking :) it did get a backseat lately to make room for lighter reading with shorter stories. now that the days are longer and the semester is at a close i can get back to it #booksky 050
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026glad that i came across these little straps. my e-reader is now ready for the next binge-reading session 010
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026one of the courses that i teach most students cannot attend due to scheduling conflicts, but one student always comes along. he says he comes so i don't get demotivated by facing an empty (virtual) class. some kids are ok :) 010
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 17/05/2026i wonder if there is another nation as obsessed with eating these unripe as the Turkish. they are deliciously tart and crunchy 220
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 15/05/2026another day, another trip to the dentist. this time by train though 120
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026#tbt throwback to May 2023, when i clocked 16 417 steps on a half-day trip to Büyükada, one of the Prince's Islands in Istanbul. forgot to bring cat food for the island cats, but thankfully they looked well fed 020
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 12/05/2026spent half an hour waterproofing a few spots on the terrace and got my first sun allergy of the year. summer has officially started 110
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026who said she would never take on another study book writing contract? me. who did take on another study book writing contract due in september? me. 210
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 06/05/2026spotted in a garden in Istanbul yesterday. once the land around the House of Wrong Angles is "scaped,", i'll plant one of these. and a lemon tree. and mulberries. and a fig tree. ... 210
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026uff, hearing of so many friends and family members being hospitalized recently. the reasons vary, but most of them are traced back to stress :( reminder for myself: nothing is worth ruining your health over 000
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026it has been a carbs on carbs on carbs day with the extended family. we decided that as Ossetians it's in our genes and there is no point fighting it 000
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026making artichoke pizza for my aunt's birthday and not cake. and no, that's not weird 110
baa @baahar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026regularly checking the webcams from my two fav walking spots in Istanbul to see if the tulips are in bloom yet. once the weather is nice, i will take a trip to one or both and walk and walk and walk... istanbuluseyret.ibb.gov.tr/hidiv-kasri-... istanbuluseyret.ibb.gov.tr/emirgan/ 000