Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 6msomething to note about the "basically no consumers are paying for llm use" is that if/once that becomes necessary, llm use will function socially basically like sports betting, gascha games, and day trading, just a new way to waste incredible amounts of money on your phone 051
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 11hi found power rangers terrifying as a very small child. like 3 years old 3170
Reposted by AlgolJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 12hLula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/courthousenews.comLula seeks probe into possible US election interferenceLula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court. 331011507
Reposted by Algol👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 13hthe international right wing and US capital have an iron monopoly on the entire planet's information technology & data flow, and are directly using this everywhere for their purposes, and neither leftists nor liberals have an answer to this because they are wedded to cellular localism. 10650152
Reposted by AlgolAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 13hAs long as the US is the imperial hegemon democracy in this hemisphere is a complete farce 2396105
Reposted by AlgolTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16hThe Bolsonaro wing is also crushing it for congress and the state elections. 1124247
Reposted by AlgolTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16hBrazil is voting today, and while the presidential election is likely to go to a runoff — the results are a clear and significant shift to the right since the 2022 election and set up Flávio Bolsonaro very well to oust Lula in the October 25 runoff. 32516121
Reposted by AlgolPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16hIf Bolsonaro wins, first order of business will be to pardon his father. 411716
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 20hes gibt ein tumblrkonto "eingedeutscht" das posts auf deutsch übersetzt und die sind alle ~30% länger als die englische originalen 030
Reposted by AlgolQuantum Computer Janitor @qcj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The second student started to protest that "cromulent" wasn't a word, but then googled it. Seeing a dictionary definition, he let it go figuring it was just a word he didn't know, and couldn't understand why I started lauging 161
Reposted by AlgolQuantum Computer Janitor @qcj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yesterday while teaching, a student wrote a number on the board in nonstandard scientific notation (eg 123 x 10^5 rather than 1.23 x 10^7). Another student complained about this, and I said that the first student's notation was "perfectly cromulent". 161
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026me seeing people talk about the new fire emblem and wanting to play it. except i do actually really like fire emblem 1130
Reposted by AlgolOrgandy @organdy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the thing to understand about the "AI personhood debate" is that it is the technological front of the national reactionary culture war. 1121
Reposted by Algolcolorscolor @uglyjacket.bsky.social · 02/10/2026People with a lot of money aren’t allowed to be “tortured souls.” Get over it dweeb. 1372
Reposted by AlgolMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thinking of the famous, now-tenured academic woman who told me that she thought anti-rape activism was “inevitably reactionary” and how she’s the Title IX coordinator for her department. 1823529
Reposted by Algoli'm nobody, who are you? @fivek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yankee, You should probably care more about this 1102
Reposted by Algol404 Media @404media.co · 01/10/2026NEW: Public records obtained by 404 Media show administrators taking meetings with parents and alumni when they take issue with student reporting. This comes as student journalists at The Cornell Daily Sun earned recognition for breaking the “Cornell Seven” story.404media.coHow Schools and Universities Try to Censor Student JournalistsAs the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets. 12498229
Reposted by Algolqueer & pleasant danger BDAY 10/9! @laurenmpayne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there’s an incredible documentary about how Rufo & his goons targeted journalists at New College of Florida (RIP) as they dismantled the school. it’s called First They Came For My College and is currently touring the US. hopefully it’ll be available for download soon. 031
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 01/10/2026when i trim my bangs I'm generally pretty conservative in how much i trim them (for probably obvious reasons) and it means i need to trim them a lot. maybe i just need to become braver 280
Reposted by Algolrita hatesville @ritatreats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026the needle got an interview with a popular trans podcaster today and got a slightly more popular article about it seattle theyre grifters with a backlog of bullshit. heres a quick rundown of the people youre dealing with, use a different source for your news and journalism 4275109
Reposted by AlgolShady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 10/09/2026It rocks that saying you think it would be funny if a public figure were to die is a Two Strike Moderate Violation but calling an AI freak a "smug dumbfuck" is a Four Strike Serious Violation that becomes a permaban when you go public about it. What are we doing here man 1142
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i feel sort of jilted that i didnt end up as an aaron bsky team autoblock 090
Reposted by AlgolReuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPkreut.rsViruses run rampant across Havana as water, power failsCuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana. 1214186
Reposted by AlgolMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you’re interested in gender violence at universities, my favorite book on it is A Survivor’s Education by Joy Neumeyer, which looks at the Title IX process both as a system of political repression and as a way of revoking women’s epistemic authority. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joy-n...hachettebookgroup.comA Survivor’s EducationA Kirkus Best Book of 2024 An "impeccably researched book" (Michelle Bowdler) about intimate abuse, campus politics, and the narratives we choose to belie... 217539
Reposted by Algolcolorscolor @uglyjacket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Watching the same discussions play out on consent, rape, misogyny for decades with no improvement and in fact a more vocal seemingly prevailing evil SUCKS !!!! 0192
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026its always sort of staggering to me how many women in the arts and Culture are really vicious knee-jerk misogynists 1110
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026norpois being a convinced and full throated antidreyfusard but dissembling with both-sides stuff around bloch because he doesnt respect him is really a really incredible scene 000
Reposted by AlgolUyghurs in Paris @suckonda4evr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just learned that one of the Cornell 7 is a cop who’s mother worked in law enforcement before he got that gig and like, if that isn’t emblematic of everything America is actually about IDK what is. 051
Reposted by AlgolJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights". 28462180
Reposted by AlgolDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22426031068
Reposted by AlgolA Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Since I started noticing in the late 90s, I‘ve seen lists like this in bathrooms in libraries, bars, and restaurants. I even found a list with three dudes’ names in different handwritings in a copy of Brigitte Jones’ Diary. 161
Reposted by AlgolThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case 3023618805
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i think ive discovered my german reading level and its "lesbian romantic novel" 2180
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026xena goes to participate in the romance of the three kingdoms 0140
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026anyway back to proust. whenever one of the guermantes makes a really stupid, spiteful, and regressive joke, looks around the room to see people laughing, and then repeating the joke i keep thinking about those videos where elon musk is trying to be funny 270
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026lol it didnt take long to go from "trans women only" to "lgbtq+". "lgb without the t" looking really stupid rn 4150
Algol @betapersei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026one thing that i think is strange about the way proust gets written about is the way the name of the narrator gets interpreted. "x said my name, which, if it was the same as the author's, would be marcel" doesnt really suggest to me that we should simply take the narrators name to be marcel? 140
Reposted by AlgolKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another man accused, Scott Norris, denies that he partook in sexual misconduct but acknowledges in his own statement that misconduct took place. The men are already contradicting each other but I doubt any of them will be held accountable for making false statements while accusing the survivor of it 31344110
Reposted by AlgolKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support. 443081691
Reposted by AlgolRead Settlers da Silva @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the cornell gang rape case nauseates me. i cant even talk about it. its easy to write this off with hopes that the perpetrators go to prison but the dozens of other men who enabled this and said nothing, the fact that punishment for rape is often light compared to nonviolent offenses, the fact> 2312