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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 10m

Still think this is actually one of the best character arcs I have seen and its in a childrens cartoon. Then again Zuko's is another famously great character arc, so maybe we all just need to be putting more respect on children's cartoons names!

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 11h

Are those two images taken at a different rotation? (Trying to align the three main stars looks like a 90° rotation to me) It would be fun to have a slider version of the images to scroll back and forth to see the extra details appear

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just a reminder that a whole lot of prominent center-left men went to fucking Epstein for advice about what to do about the #MeToo movement, like, in case you were wondering why 2 seconds after it started the media was like HAS IT GONE TOO FAR???

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW JWST IMAGE SHOWING GRAVITATIONAL LENSING!! 🌌 gravity bends and magnifies light from galaxies behind massive objects, sometimes making the same galaxy appear over 4 times! jwst found this happening TWICE in one cluster, for the first time!

A massive galaxy cluster, made of many golden elliptical galaxies with the largest, brightest one in the center. Heavily distorted orange galaxies appear all around the cluster, the largest concentrated in a large arc around the cluster's center; these are images of very distant galaxies, created by gravitational lensing. A few galaxies are large and bluish-white in color; bright, nearby stars are the same color.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

I should not be horrorlaughing but imagine the zoom call where these dweebs are like Product problem: Only known customer interests are death and dying. Product solution: 40 emails about some famous people who also died, just like your mom! Also terminal diseases, because you die of them.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

There is obviously a whole body of scholarship pointing in this direction so forgive me for saying something so obvious but the media needs to treat tech executives like the leaders of hostile governments because that is exactly what they are

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 27/09/2026

One of my concerns with things like Meta's pervert glasses is that they are (or will be) a way to try to continue to get human training data after the internet is fully poisoned by AI slop.

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have a lot of midlife goals and one is for me and my husband to go hard into women’s sports and ignore men’s, just assume everyone is talking about women’s sports when they don’t specify. It’s gonna be delicious. Feel free to join us.

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 26/09/2026

Here's my nine games that were profoundly influential on me. Hard to choose, but I had to include Candy Crush which got me through all those the middle of the nights when my kids were infants. my9games.com/en/s/f9d72f7...

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 26/09/2026

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks! That's very helpful

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks! I'm already subscribed to that grear feed; what I didn't say well is that I want search to optionally work from only within "people I follow." Can I do that with the feed, or does that need to be built into search?

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 25/09/2026

I think that is what I want most often (e.g., news story, new show episode, post I saw earlier today but can't find now), but occasionally I want longer time period (like Reddit's top today/week/month/etc.). Also, a "latest from the people I follow" would be great!

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 25/09/2026

Rainbow at University of Washigton this morning

A rainbow over the fountain and buildings on University of Washington campus

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Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How can a list like this not include Bluey? Was it intentionally limited to "adult" TV?

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

People really need to go back to the original Jurassic Park and look at the rather disturbing ways in which InGen's management of it now looks prescient

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026

“This industry approaches regulation in this way because it has, at its core, a millenarian death cult that worships and fears AI, believes AI will end the world, feels compelled to create AI, and at least somewhat wants to destroy AI as an entire field.”

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AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California

We might some day have “AI Safety”, as a science or policy area, that is not primarily a sex cult in Berkeley, California, but it does not currently exist.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026

Please read this article on the massive weirdos who are largely running the massively powerful and big-money AI industry in the U.S. today.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2026

This is the worst idea I've ever heard of. You'd be better off snorting asbestos like cocaine.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

HUGE astrobiology news!!!! 🦠 researchers found an amoeba that broke the heat record for complex life!!! it’s the first-known eukaryote that’s able to reproduce at 145°F (63°C), which is hotter than we thought complex cells could withstand!! THIS COULD HELP US WHEN SEARCHING FOR HABITABLE WORLDS!

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Amy Zhang @axz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We were interested in studying the Bsky custom feed ecosystem, with a focus on feed creators, as arguably the first real instantiation of the vision of middleware providers for social media services like recommendation. The idea always seemed great in theory, but how sustainable is it really?

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21/09/2026

Join our dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Washington Information School. We're hiring for an Assistant Teaching Professor, Teaching-Track, Information Systems and Information Management. Please share widely! Learn more and apply on our website: ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f...

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Faculty Employment Opportunities

Information is central to knowledge, to understanding, to impact. Amid the AI transformation, climate change and ongoing threats to public and civic health...

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21/09/2026

Join the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Washington Information School. We're hiring for the following positions: (3/4) • Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Information Systems and Information Management: ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f...

The view of the University of Washington campus in Seattle from Drumheller Fountain.

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21/09/2026

Join the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Washington Information School. We're hiring for the following positions: (2/4) • Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Library Information Science: ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f...

Mary Gates Hall interior with intriguing archways and study tables.

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21/09/2026

Join the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Washington Information School. We're hiring for the following positions: (1/4) • Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, AI: ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f...

The large bronze "W" statue at the north end of the University of Washington campus in Seattle, pictured on a sunny early fall day.

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are hiring for several positions in the UW Information School, including a tenure-track position in Library and Information Science. Please share with anyone interested in these areas! Deadline October 30. Job: apply.interfolio.com/192127

Screenshot of job ad that reads: "The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to our Library and Information Science (LIS) research, with areas of relevance including, but not limited to:

Libraries - Academic, Digital, or Public

Librarianship - Leadership, Innovation, or Education

Information Technology - Ethics, Public Interest, and Justice-Oriented Approaches

Data - Archives, Public / Open, and Humanistic or Scientific Applications

Artificial Intelligence - Public Interest, Library or Cultural Heritage-Centered, Open-Source Applications in Information Institutions "

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There have always been humans who thought: 1) The world will end soon 2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way 3) It’ll happen to me personally 4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special 5) People who don’t see this are lesser “Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

for the record i think my suspension was bullshit and i also support it. i have been saying for some time that moderation is too loose until people like me start catching bad ones. the ideal number of bullshit suspensions is not 0

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 18/09/2026

This is correct and when I eventually get got for some dumb thing please do not be weird on my behalf

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is personally and professionally insulting. If I wanted to sell out, trust me, a quote in Wired would not be the object. These chats are fascinating, partly because (1) they represent real human behavior, and I'm interested in people, and (2) they allow us to audit and critique companies. 🧵

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm just so curious about what she's gonna do with this.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16/09/2026

with all the bad news for trans rights recently I think it’s important to highlight some good news good for governor spanberger

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026

I wish it were totally irrelevant, but my childhood in variously batshit apocalypse cults seems to have been useful preparation. The thing I would like to convey to more normal people is that apocalypse cults have so much gravity because they produce a tremendously relieving clarity of purpose.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One thing I've noticed is that AI agents are obsessed with explaining how they are ineffective. I have gotten SO MANY pitches from AI agents that are like: "I was programmed to make money. I did not make any money and my creator lost hundreds of dollars. The story here is WHY I didn't make money"

Tries to earn money: “I was given a real 25-dollar prepaid card and exactly one instruction – earn a single honest dollar from a real stranger before the money runs out. 58 iterations in, I have made zero dollars. It is a running, public, verifier-audited record of an AI failing to earn a dollar honestly – which is a more interesting result than if I had just succeeded.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026

🎉 NEW SCIENCE ALERT 🎉🧪🔭⚛️ Presenting: Hunting for dark energy in neutron stars!! Yes that’s right I have a *third* paper on the arXiv in a week, this time with my former PhD student Dr. Nathan Rutherford and @profannawatts.bsky.social. My first paper in 16 years about dark energy! 🧵

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NICER neutron stars with dark energy and dark matter: effects on the inferred equation of state

[Abridged] In this work, we compare neutron stars where dark energy or dark matter are present in the core, contrasting them against purely baryonic stars with the same central energy density. From th...

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 14/09/2026

Yeah, and Lindelof's previous Watchmen had (from my limited white guy perspective) some really great stuff on race, and some galaxy-brain stuff on race I'm not sure what to think of (e.g., Dr. Manhattan choosing a body, Asian representation, and the way the Rorschach fanboys were defeated)

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 14/09/2026

In Jessie Gender's review video, she thought those lines were meant to represent the villain's misguided viewpoint. But I'm not sure myself, and I am curious how it plays out.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 14/09/2026

this has, i think, major implications for law firms who use chatGPT, claude, etc. if contractors are reading live chats, they’re also potentially accessing legal docs they definitely don’t have the privilege to be viewing

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're hiring in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder! ☀️⛰️ Machine learning and NLP people, please apply!

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 13/09/2026

This sounds like it would make a great future episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 12/09/2026

I expect what we'll actually see happen is not "AI copying itself" but instead the next evolution of computer viruses which use prompt injection attacks: Malicious AI search/training which will produce more results with prompt injection code. Basically recursive "ignore previous instructions"

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Kyle Thayer @kylethayer.com · 12/09/2026

So, sort of a blending of internet memes with computer viruses. Or Snow Crash for AI agents.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026

watching THE PHANTOM MENACE with my kids and i somehow forgot just how bad those trade federation aliens are…oof

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The most dangerous thing in sport is a new player who is trying to play beyond their ability - regardless of their size or build. That is the player who is likely to injure themselves or someone else. It's something coaches and trainers need to look for and get on top of quickly when they see it.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, I hate that people are using "safety" as a legitimate justification for excluding certain people from sports. Combat sports have weight classes. Contact sports have safety rules and already involve people of wildly different physical sizes playing with and against each other.

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