Reposted by Rebecca M.Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 13hTry our new service, Shamm-AI. The only LLM that generates two answers per prompt and asks you to say which one is more helpful, but then vehemently disagrees with your choice and starts arguing with you about it 223946
Reposted by Rebecca M.Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 6hFUCKING THIS. The process of inquiry is almost the WHOLE POINT. It's why we keep fucking going when the experiment fails, the hypothesis doesn't work out, the chords are discordant, or the words don't come together. 316545
Reposted by Rebecca M.Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9hThe grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end. 341052172
Reposted by Rebecca M.toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 188111043026
Reposted by Rebecca M.Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Queer romance IS resistance. It is radical to imagine happiness, and community, and joy, when people are trying to kill you, erase you, oppress you, or deny you the right to live a full life in so many ways. 014640
Reposted by Rebecca M.👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14hAll people deserve to live in peace and freedom. Remembering today the lives lost three years ago, and all of the lives lost since. 425120
Reposted by Rebecca M.The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 23hSometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 173102681737
Reposted by Rebecca M.Aftermath @aftermath.site · 06/10/2026Dungeons & Dragons, Duel Masters, and Magic: The Gathering teams unionize at Hasbro aftermath.site/magic-the-gath... 121091255
Reposted by Rebecca M.Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Save the king from rockslides” “save the king from drowning” listen, mobile game ads, we’ll talk when you make a game where I guillotine the king for his crimes. 513028
Reposted by Rebecca M.National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree. 291809448
Reposted by Rebecca M.Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5% 8410140
Reposted by Rebecca M.👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 06/10/2026one thing about me that consistently seems to shock people is that I do actually believe that all people have the right to live in freedom, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, disability, or age. like I do actually believe that and I apply it to *everyone* 1460159
Reposted by Rebecca M.Mr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's bonkers how "User agreements" are actually binding contracts where one party gets to change them whenever and however they wish and the other party has the options to agree or to stop using computers. 6695201
Reposted by Rebecca M.John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 414007656
Reposted by Rebecca M.Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting 252041490
Reposted by Rebecca M.Witchy Annie 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit. 8780433053
Reposted by Rebecca M.Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119413540
Reposted by Rebecca M.Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Everyone knows what Zionism is. It's--" 820433
Reposted by Rebecca M.Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You’re laughing? A coyote runs into a wall painted to look like a tunnel and you’re laughing 1139470
Reposted by Rebecca M.Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"The version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist" is a completely defensible and true statement. But that's not what the resolution says, is it? 1442677
Reposted by Rebecca M.Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides. 6447971125
Reposted by Rebecca M.Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is because most Gentiles assume Jews are just Christians without Christ, and miss the fact that there are a lot fewer of us and that being in community as one people, even with people you disagree with or even hate, is a big part of what it means to be Jewish. Peoplehood, not just religion. 014932
Rebecca M. @chocoholicbec.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The live action Jungle Book (1994). No idea if it was legitimately scary or if I was just a massive wuss when I was three; I suspect the latter. 010
Reposted by Rebecca M.Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 05/10/2026OOC QOTD: “We say ‘rats deserting a sinking ship’ like it’s a bad thing, but when you think about it, why shouldn’t the rats save themselves? If a whole ship is going down, what exactly are a bunch of rats gonna do to stop it?” 4936
Reposted by Rebecca M.Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque. 361375497
Reposted by Rebecca M.Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026I feel like “everyone could use a snack and a nap” is applicable at basically all times these days 14864153
Reposted by Rebecca M.Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I cannot help but notice that leftist groups do not, for the most part, demand that all lefty Catholics only attend churches that dissent from the teachings of the Church hierarchy on abortion and queer rights. They broadly understand that sometimes one has a cultural link to people with bad views. 12568100
Reposted by Rebecca M.A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5162591730
Reposted by Rebecca M.Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026ALERTE: PUMPKIN WOLFE 526668
Reposted by Rebecca M.Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 268196506047
Reposted by Rebecca M.Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026i don't think you should be allowed to call your business a speakeasy if it has a yelp page 31280113
Reposted by Rebecca M.Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What. 5485992703
Reposted by Rebecca M.pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy 167123762641
Reposted by Rebecca M.Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers. 6403136
Reposted by Rebecca M.Dustin 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: 259184624880
Reposted by Rebecca M.Mark Primiano @doctor1hundred.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Spicy Ramen here was spay/neuter number 6,969 for me at my shelter, which is officially the most any doctor has done in their career with the org! 151557
Reposted by Rebecca M.👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 02/10/2026This is extremely true and it’s not just a twitter problem- several of these people also tried it here and you’re just not seeing it algorithmically the same way. There is a major antisemitism problem across the board right now. 211311
Reposted by Rebecca M.Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up 140992132
Reposted by Rebecca M.Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The diagrams on pants packaging that illustrate the fit should also show how much of a full bush they can competently contain, so that we all go into the experience clear about the percentage of pubes that will be jazz handsing out the sides 181048
Reposted by Rebecca M.💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel like there's a cohort of us who got on the internet before "social media" and made all sorts of healthy friendships through forums or livejournal or what have you and thus, while everyone's like SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS COMPARISON AND MISERY we're like, but that's just where my friends live. 51218548
Reposted by Rebecca M.alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Imagine looking at the media landscape—music, books, movies—and concluding that it would be better if it were all simply infinite reflections of yourself, if you never had to be exposed to another personality, another experience, another life. Just you, you, you. Sounds fucking horrifying. 371382299
Reposted by Rebecca M.Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks. 331486339
Reposted by Rebecca M.Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 30/09/2026The princess took an earring off and held it out. The raven looked at it. "Whatever for?" "You are wise and clever. Many princesses have dragons, but none has a raven friend." The raven picked up the earring. "Say no more." "Friends?" she asked when it returned the next day. "Forevermore." 5531141
Reposted by Rebecca M.Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a few years ago, references to Simon of Trent or Leo Frank trutherism were a sign that someone was an intensely Christian and/or Neo-Nazi right-wing antisemite but now formerly-normal lefty politics influencers who stayed on Twitter casually reply to Mamdani with 15th century blood libel posts 12869181
Reposted by Rebecca M.Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today I heard someone use the Human Centipede as a way to explain why large model AI is inevitably heading towards its own self destruction by tainting its future inputs, and honestly? It was a beautiful teaching metaphor. 718666
Reposted by Rebecca M.Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Things That Can Fly 2704114
Reposted by Rebecca M.abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Being an SA survivor right now means coming on the internet and taking 7000 points of psychic damage everyday just for some dipshit to say “not all men” 216325
Reposted by Rebecca M.Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has. 131363219