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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 05/03/2026

🔭 Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í Image Credit & Copyright: Satoru Murata; Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...

A desert landscape with a large volcanic land feature jutting out in the center. Above is a series of eclipse phases of the moon traveling from the top left downward
toward the peak of the central volcanic landmark. The phases show the moon transitioning from a white full moon to a dark moon and into a red moon once it connects with
the landmark in the image. Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

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My daughter, who's had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen.

Something that seems fundamental to me about ChatGPT, which gets lost over and over again:

When you enter text into it, you're asking "What would a response to this sound like?"

If you put in a scientific question, and it comes back with a response citing a non-existent paper with a plausible title, using a real journal name and an author name who's written things related to your question, it's not being tricky or telling lies or doing anything at all surprising! This is what a response to that question would sound like! It did the thing!

But people keep wanting the "say something that sounds like an answer" machine to be doing something else, and believing it *is* doing something else.

It's good at generating things that sound like responses to being told it was wrong, so people think that it's engaging in introspection or looking up more information or something, but it's not, it's only, ever, saying something that sounds like the next bit of the conversation.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

When I gather up links for my newsletter, I categorize them under a taxonomy of UX sins. But I'm honestly at a loss when it comes to this bullshit, because it ticks so many boxes at once. It's a little early for a rant, but I hope you'll oblige me.

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Mercedes-Benz’s new $60,000 luxury sedan lets your boss watch you drive during Microsoft Teams meetings.

The video stream won’t be visible to a driver in motion, but they will still be able to use many new Team features on the car’s central display

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

NEVER !! - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELOTON WHO FEEL'S LIKE MACREADY IN DA 1982 FILM "THE THING" AND HE WAS RIGHT TO DESTROY CHESS WIZERD!!! HIS ONLY MISTAKE WAS WASTING WHISKEY !!!!! NONE OF US COULD HAVE SEEN "THE THING" COMING BECUASE WHO WOULD KNOW THAT YOUR HANDS WOULD GO INSIDE AND IT WOULD MUNCH THEM OFF BUT WE ALL KNOW THE FEELING OF DESTROYING A COMPUTER , WE ALWAYS KNEW THEY WERE FUCKED , WERE LUCKY WE GOT A COUPLE GOOD DECADE'S OUT OF THEM BEFORE IT ALL TURNED TO SHIT!!! IMAGINE LOOKING AT YOUR FELLOW HUMAN'S AND THINKING OF EACH ONE IN YOUR MIND AS A HURDLE THAT STAND'S BETWEEN YOU AND MORE MONEY , IMAGINE A LACK OF AESTHETIC SO DEEP THAT YOU CANNOT TELL A COMPUTERS OUTPUT FROM A HUMAN BEING, IMAGINE A MIND SO DEVOID OF EMOTION THAT YOU CAN SAY WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT ART MUST NO LONGER BE MADE, THAT CHAINS AROUND THE WRISTS OF HUMANITY IS THE WAY IT MUST BE, YOUR OWN NASTY MIND TALKINT TO ITSELF LIKE HANNIBAL LECTER AS YOU DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT OF PAYING JODIE FOSTER, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO IMPRESSING HER LIKE WE USE TO , ANY WAY THE TEXT " I WILL NOT LISTEN TO AI MUSIC , I WILL NEVER WATCH AI VIDEO, I WILL NEVER READ AI WRITING , I HATE CMOPUTERS NOW, THEY RUINED GOING ON THE COMPUTER" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 15/07/2025

Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌 DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The comments suggest "Sendetastenverunsicherung"

Hey Germans, please come up with a word that means "the fear of typing `return` vs `shift-return` because you don't know which inserts newline and which sends the message"

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I've long talked about the distinction between taste and a point of view. I think this is another piece of that puzzle - designers talk about "usable" and "useful" but that's not really enough. Unless it is purposeful, no one will use it except for your imagined personas.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

2021: There is no AI, you're doing your own laundry. 2023: CEOs are saying that AI is coming and will do your laundry. 2025: There is AI. You're still doing your own laundry. 2027: You're doing the AI's laundry.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Hahahaha oh god Remember that WaPo's publicly announced mission is mission to become “an A.I.-fueled platform for news” that delivers “vital news, ideas and insights for all Americans where, how and when they want it.” In other words, leadership's brain is already AI soup & reporting will follow.

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The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology. If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

These whackjobs will believe tiny, preliminary studies on vitamins while ignoring decades of research on vaccines, it’s deranged

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Welcoming reporters to your confidential natsec group chat with arms wide open

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 16/03/2025

99pi's own @KurtKohlstedt braves the cold to share how this Minneapolis transit signage remains clearly visible despite the snow. #99pi #Minneapolis

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Our Island Universe @ourislanduniverse.space · 14/03/2025

Think last night’s #bloodred lunar eclipse was cool?! Check out these #sprites that photobombed this pic from @paulmsmithphoto.bsky.social! They’re #spritacular! 🔭⚛️ Learn more about #sprites & help scientists better understand these transient luminous events (TLEs): #citizenscience spritacular.org

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Chuck Schumer only the latest in a long line of people to fail as a result of shitty user personas

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I wrote a letter to Congressman Mike Lawler for last week's episode of "Have I Got News For You." youtu.be/9sXDdZXu3s8?...

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Michael Ian Black Breaks Up with Mike Lawler | Have I Got News for You US

YouTube video by Have I Got News For You US

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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

From March 6 through April 19, RULE Gallery will host its final show in its current space on Santa Fe Drive in Denver. The exhibition, “Charged Particles in the Vicinity,” features Polaroid photographs of UFOs.

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Colorado Arts Spotlight: UFOs, Denver Restaurant Week, First Friday Art Walks and more

Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do. A list of arts, theater and musical events happening in Denver and around Colorado the…

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Terrific thread, that will fire your brain up (in a way an LLM could never understand.)

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Ooooh well played.

A screenshot of text stating:
"The University of Colorado took down its main D.E.I. webpage, and posted a new page for an Office of Collaboration."

The text suggests that the university has replaced its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) webpage with a new office focused on collaboration. The emphasis on this change might indicate a shift in policy or branding regarding diversity initiatives.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

incredible photo in the article for YouTuber Brian David Gilbert!

Gilbert poses for a photograph after his pizzas fall on the floor, 2020s. His feet are covered by what appears to be crude drawings of shoes.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This is why they're called millennials

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Amy Martin @amymartinmusic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Mark your calendars for April 17th! I’m stoked to announce I’ll be opening for Sean McConnell at Globe Hall in #Denver. You can Venmo me @amymartinmusic $19 for fee free tickets 🎟️ ✨

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/02/2025

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

Tweet from Scott Jennings, saying "um, yes, that's really a problem," with a quoted image saying "The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality right-wing content. That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well. In essence, people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly aren't usually on our side."

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 07/02/2025

The UI in the latest Zelda game is bad. It's inefficient and annoying. So I fired up Unity and offered some alternatives. New on GMTK - youtu.be/e4vsgC41bYg

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Can I fix Zelda's UI using Unity?

YouTube video by Game Maker's Toolkit

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Old enough to remember when a single library deciding not to carry a Dr Seuss book was a grave threat to liberty

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Politics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

fix your hearts or die

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danlam @danlam.eurosky.social · 30/01/2025

#RFK se faisant harasser par le sénateur Bennet (Colorado),, Pauvres USA .... youtu.be/1CFgP4M3iLI?...

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Bennet, Kennedy get into heated back-and-forth

YouTube video by Washington Post

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Jennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

apropos of nothing but "they made the trains run on time" was a sarcastic joke at the time because the trains sucked before the fascists, then they were worse under the fascists.

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Patrick Bryan @pattyboombatty.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Big wins for the anti-basic functioning of the government camp and the pro-out of control wildfire camp

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Patrick Neeman @usabilitycounts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A cool #UX starter pack. Smart people to follow. @hpdailyrant.bsky.social , @lauraklein.bsky.social , @kylesoucy.bsky.social , @mackreed.bsky.social and @tonyreyes.bsky.social ... bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This is perfect explanation

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Patrick Bryan @pattyboombatty.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My friend got me a custom apron for my birthday so I can be a true menace in the kitchen

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 17/01/2025

You see games very differently when you start making them. From a player's perspective: Mario travels across the Mushroom Kingdom! From a dev's perspective: Mario is banished from the universe when he touches a flagpole. A perfect Mario clone is birthed and dropped into level 2.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We should never forget David Lynch’s own words about this

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Headlocked Comics @headlockedcomic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The media since 2015.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"

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Mikko Rautalahti @mikkihel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I feel a deep sense of revulsion at this. I am serious when I say that this should be illegal: the idea that a corporation can take a core part of your identity and just turn it into a series of assets you have no control over should be incredibly fucking alarming.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Support costs too much, but for punishment no expense is spared.

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Patrick Bryan @pattyboombatty.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

#Asheville is open for business! If you ever wanted to spend time there, it still Kicks ass and they could use your support. Patronage is significantly down since the hurricane and it’s a great time to visit.

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