guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Also, the number of TV mystery series that pull out the 'evidence the detective somehow knew about but the audience couldn't possibly have seen, deduced, or even guessed existed' card is much higher than it should be. 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey people! Great new cheat code for college! Write your own essays so you can learn things instead of trying to fool the professors. 000
Reposted by @guardianelm.bsky.socialTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120583120
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My advice for students on the first day of class at college: If it's something you truly already know, talk to the professor. Years ago, I got an instant A in a class by talking to the professor after the first introductory class in something I'd been doing since age 10 already. 001
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That it's very easy for oligarchs to hide HUGE amounts of money from the authorities. 000
Reposted by @guardianelm.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 103071982
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seriously? "Breaking Bad" is top of the list? It starts with "teacher makes bad decision" and continues as a huge set of further bad choices. Why the heck do people like that this much? 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Same here. Stupid system, trying to instill 'school spirit' by shared experience, when all I wanted to do was finish classes and go home. 001
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I read this book shortly after it came out. Great story, recommended reading. It's got smart dolphins (among many other fun ideas)! 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"The Lord of the Rings" series is best described as Tolkien Ring networking. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Somewhat good news. I really want to live in a world where such updates are entirely unnecessary because no one gets shot for looking like an immigrant ever again. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Good afternoon. I've been working hard, leveling a concrete floor with a diamond wheel grinder, and just wanted to say, "Trans people deserve respect." Best regards to any such reading this 🙂 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🍑:"Do you know where Four Seasons Total Landscaping is?" 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"True or false? A periodontist is a dentist from Nando's." 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Finally, treatment for lettuce diarrhea available! 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Please take care of yourselves (I know it's hard in the US health care system, and I'm sure Duncan did what he could) In a sane health care system, people wouldn't be dying of cardiac and multiple organ failure this young. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...nbcnews.comSinger-songwriter and Broadway composer Duncan Sheik dies at 56The “Spring Awakening” composer had been receiving medical care for an ailment that left him in “critical but stable” condition, his family said. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So, one of the main goals for AI, is to make it work as well as the best-behaved 'ship computers' in science fiction. They have failed to meet even the earliest Star Trek ship computer level of AI, which would frequently say "insufficient data" when it couldn't compute an answer. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There's a law office nearby with a chiropractic office in the same business plaza. RUN AWAY from such combinations. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Hey mods? Let's NOT provide examples of threats to trans people while discussing things like this. Even as an 'example' of a bad thing to say, it's not useful to put out there from the moderation team. You seem to be implying that it's OK to say that about trans folks in some contexts. 051
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've met Sam, he's a very good person, and if you can give anything at all, or just share this around, it would help. gofund.me/75542362b This isn't something I usually do, and probably won't do so again (for those who get as annoyed by fundraising requests as I do). Take care out there!gofund.meDonate to Help Save Sam: A Christian LGBTQ Texan Facing Grave Danger, organized by James Ramos>>>Urgent legal funds needed to secure his release f… James Ramos needs your support for Help Save Sam: A Christian LGBTQ Texan Facing Grave Danger 000
Reposted by @guardianelm.bsky.socialBarstool Philosopher 🥃 @barstoolphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If I stopped trading with my local gas stations I would make soooo much money. #trumponomocs 052
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The "does AI think or not" terminology battle is distracting from the more important issues. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'll just point out that Frankenstein is definitely the monster in that story, while also being entirely human. Preventing the building of Frankenstein would be pro-choice. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulationUS vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sometimes the "Ex-Green Beret" is "Ex-" for very good reason. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This case is such a nutty one. Suppose you decided Ford had copied your idea for a headlight. By the plaintiff's logic, Chevy would have to pay you royalties. But... wereshark. 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Animal photos are one thing. The 'Discover' feed's penchant for showing me 'my pet died' photos is NOT what I had in mind. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026@gregdoucette.bsky.social Police are great! *sigh* www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTexas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to communityDisbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Are you perfectly unbiased?" Can't be answered 'yes' by a truthful (and at least somewhat self-aware) human. Yes, even a tech-bro AI evangelist has a bias, and really shouldn't be asking that question. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This seems to mirror, somewhat, the Trump administration's belief about what would happen if Iranian leadership was killed. The 'popular uprising' that had just been brutally put down in Iran by that leadership was supposed to feel encouraged and continue. Of course, it didn't. 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026To Kirk's supporters around Jan 6, the guy with the noose and gallows (it wasn't a guillotine): the problem with that guy was mostly that he failed. Some right-wingers denounced him, most did not. Matthew 26:52 probably applies. 001
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'll just point out that Trump already has the same level of control over the US House/Senate as he will over them after midterms, even with an unexpectedly high number of Republican wins. If he could give us the checks after the midterms... he could do so RIGHT NOW. He's not doing it. He can't. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Rat detected climbing aboard sinking ship 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you truly believe that AI has a 10% chance of destroying humanity in the near term, why would you keep training yours? Why have you not shut down and destroyed all your data? Surely you would not continue any project with a 10% chance of destroying humanity under any circumstances. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sorry folks, that looks more like the accidentally deployed safety slide being taken back to the shop for re-folding and packing. Contrary to one dummy in the Trump Administration, you don't generally ever test those on the plane before flight, not least because they can't be repacked on the runway. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One of them is named Dr. Oz... I heard years ago about how Oz was mad that people were using his name to sell supplements. Then I watched his show once, and realized WHY they would try to do so. He's a huge supplement peddler himself. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Can anyone explain why Trump has such a dislike of the Kennedy Center? Surely there's more than just "they won't let me put my name on it"? 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fun note, around the time I first saw the scene for this with my parents, I apparently told my Mom "Don't be scared, it's only a movie." 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026As "Yes, Minister" pointed out, the existence of a leak investigation tends to encourage people to think the leaks were true. Very logical. If the leak was false, then you don't need to find out who said it, you can just say it's not true and move on. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026You know, only someone who could bankrupt casinos would make this kind of decision. Oh... right... 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026WELL PAST TIME... I've occasionally had this problem since 1980. 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Please don't accept the Trump $1 coin in change, and then put it in a vise and bend it. Then it becomes damaged coinage, and you'll have to take it to a bank to get a replacement. 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Seems to me that Republicans must be scared shitless of Talarico, to be holding a "first of its kind" Republican Midterm Convention in Texas. Amazing how close this race is. Please vote. Preferably for the Democratic candidates, but if not, then the candidate that most matches your desires. Thanks! 010
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It'd be terrible if anyone requested free tickets, and didn't show up. 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026LOL... so Science channel does remixes of the various 'How Its Made' episodes. "How everything from wood is made: part 2" starts with "Ceramic Bamboo Lights". 000
guardianelm.bsky.social @guardianelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Terrible idea. AI encourages people to turn off their brains, and it was bad enough when patients encountered hallucinating AI prior to discussions with doctors. Now we'll have doctors doing things like the dumb lawyers who believed in caselaw that didn't actually exist because the AI said, "true". 000
