Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Highly troubling. Stretching this particular piece of dough too thin is hardly new…it’s a comfort to know the problem has attention. 000
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5457642550
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBaltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 06/10/2026This mural in Mount Vernon that references Palestine and James Baldwin was nearly removed. Featuring @rondez.bsky.social 03012
Reposted by Karmatortoisefeeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI 113136246619
Reposted by KarmatortoiseJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2928477842
Reposted by KarmatortoiseProfessionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched. 862693847
Reposted by KarmatortoiseFull Story Baltimore @fullstorybaltimore.tours · 23/09/2026Y'all asked us for seasonally-appropriate Halloween tours, so you get them! No literal ghosts or jumpscares on these (we recommend @baltimoreghosts.bsky.social for that!), but we're not kidding about the disquieting part. More info in flyer ⬇️ & at this link fullstorybaltimore.tours/our-tours/#h... 23225
Reposted by KarmatortoiseKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. 302667907
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBaltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 10/09/2026Perdue wants to release five times more wastewater into Eastern Shore streambuff.lyPerdue wants to release five times more wastewater into Eastern Shore streamPerdue AgriBusiness, which has faced criticism for exposing the community near its Salisbury plant to dangerous “forever chemicals,” is hoping to drastically increase the amount of wastewater it releases... 0106
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBaltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 10/09/2026After split with feds, Maryland offers vaccine guidance ahead of flu seasonbuff.lyMaryland offers vaccine guidance ahead of flu seasonMaryland health officials, using new authority, are splitting from the feds and offering their own guidance on vaccines for flu, COVID and RSV, as well as other viruses. 0122
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBaltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 05/09/2026Hundreds climb 110 stairs at M&T Bank Stadium to honor those killed on 9/11buff.lyHundreds climb stairs at M&T Bank Stadium to honor those killed on 9/11Twenty-five years later, about 500 people came together to honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks at the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, which benefits the National Fallen Firefighters... 0309
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Fair point, but…it’s Looney Toons. I fully admit, the idea that ‘spoilers’ was a concern didn’t pop into my head. Granted, it sounds like there are a lot of great details that would be better enjoyed as a surprise. 021
Reposted by KarmatortoiseMichael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One of my favorite things Peter Cullen did was this very specific Toonami bumper So when Cartoon Network acquired Hamtaro, they didn't know what to do with it so they shoved this wholesome show onto Toonami, and Toonami clearly didn't know how to advertise it Peter's voice just makes it funnier 2826211061
Reposted by KarmatortoiseHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026i think if you walk into court saying "unless our demands are met we will blow up the kennedy center" you should just go directly to jailkuow.orgBefore an emergency hearing, the Kennedy Center's board threatens to demolish itA lawsuit seeks to block President Trump's name from going back on the center. The center's board warns that if renovation plans don't go forward, it may be demolished. 611925405
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 25/08/2026In honor of Dolly, get your annual COVID booster if you can. You can save lives too. 0670323
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Volunteering is the hardest sort of thing to manage when folks flake last minute. You have nothing concrete (IE pay) to hold them accountable with, and if you gripe about it, you risk losing them altogether. 110
Reposted by KarmatortoiseMeredith McClaren @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Okay. Here's the deal. We have lost... pretty much the unanimous moral foundation of our nation. The imperative now. The only way forward. Is to be the kind of person Dolly would have been proud of. 81736526
Reposted by KarmatortoiseIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Honestly now would be an amazing time for all of us to donate what we can to her flagship charity, The Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 11247726
Reposted by Karmatortoisekate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT 88204176214
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just bought tickets last night for my family’s long-planned first family trip to Dollywood. I have to say…very glad we’re going, but a lot of complex feelings all tied up in it now. Rest in peace, Miss Dolly. 000
Reposted by KarmatortoiseAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately. 542971825
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBring Me The News @bringmethenews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Spider-Man was arrested in downtown Minneapolis after attacking far-right agitator Jake Lang. Video by Izzy Canizares for Bring Me The News 51388117
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Soooo…Stars and Stripes is no longer valid journalism. 000
Reposted by KarmatortoiseBaltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 15/08/2026MOM’s Organic Market bans employees from wearing face masks while workingbuff.lyMOM’s Organic Market bans employees from wearing face masks while workingEmployees at MOM’s Organic Market locations across the state are demanding answers after the Rockville-based grocery chain instituted a new policy prohibiting employees from wearing medical face masks... 71714
Reposted by KarmatortoiseSpooky McSpookyface the Third 9th of Her Name, Lass of Terror. @lulz.network · 15/08/2026There you have it. 5266894551
Reposted by KarmatortoiseAftermath @aftermath.site · 13/08/2026Twitch won't label which streams are and aren't using AI, so streamers are doing it themselves aftermath.site/twitch-amazon-... 9592164
Reposted by KarmatortoiseMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right 38492602263
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hey, fuck it. Baseball, right? #LetsGoOs #Orioles 000
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“Jerry Garcia had a particular way of describing the musical preferences of Grateful Dead fans. Dennis McNally, the band's biographer and long-time publicist, remembers Garcia explaining it this way: "Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice." 000
Reposted by KarmatortoiseKatie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I really hope this takes off. There needs to be a creative storefront marketplace that actually bans genai and drop shipping, and I hope it's a 100% ban. Etsy is completely ruined and not artist friendly. Much luck to Fybe! fybe.art 311939818
Reposted by KarmatortoiseTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.techcrunch.comLibrarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunchAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand. 2043391769
Reposted by KarmatortoiseGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/07/2026Incredible article. These women are heroes. When the fascists came, THEY SAID NO. Be like the Ferals, friends. 128778
Reposted by KarmatortoiseCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026YES and this is only like the shit we hear about OpenAI is well aware that "sycophantic enabler" is their primary selling point and ALSO how absolutely toxic the effects of this are on the general public 323646
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 20/07/2026An eclectic choice of extended jams this summer continues with Ass Handed. Crazy weekend for my first two lives. #Phish 000
Reposted by KarmatortoiseStub Me Down @stubmedown.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Merriweather sunsets #phish #stubmedown 2241
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Awesome set! Great (long) Contact as a highlight. #Phish 010
Reposted by KarmatortoiseGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/07/2026Hey, do me a favor and do an internet search for "free fridge" and your town's name. And then go drop some stuff off when you have some food you're not gonna eat. Got some takeout with an extra wonton soup you're not gonna eat? Take it to the free fridge. Someone needs it. Seriously. 15804327
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In place for #Phish at the Merriweather. Brief showers and a tornado warning have not spooked this crowd. 020
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 18/07/2026As if the world needed more proof Plute is unfit for this position: “Pulte got really scared by the whole thing and pulled back,” said one of the two senior officials. “He got POTUS all spun up and then was incredibly scared when he realized people could die with his reckless behavior.” 000
Karmatortoise @karmatortoise.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Canadian wildfires made last night in the tent f’ing MISERABLE with the sticky heat, but damn, it makes a nice sunrise. 000