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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Second best sports doppelganger going, behind only the Maxes Muncy.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Herman Melville plays Blood on the Clocktower

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For those who like Mass Effect but not for the gameplay, music, writing, characterization, world building, combat systems, or environmental art.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Incidentally some of my graduate work involved writing my own natural language processing code, which is how I know that anyone calling LLMs "AI" is either unaware of how they work (and their funadmental, inherent limitations), or intentionally overselling them in bad faith.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have a Master's degree (and am basically ABD towards a PhD) in educational technology and, to summarize, the vast majority of it is very bad.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NO ITS NOT LMAO - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELITON "AI IS BREAKING OUT OF THE COMPUTER, NO ITS NOT, AI IS HACKING THE GOVERNMENT, NO ITS NOT, AI IS SURPASSING HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, IF YOU CAN BE SURPASSEDB Y A STATISTICAL AVERAGE OF REDDIT POSTS, THATS A SKILL ISSUE MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Altman is just the latest in a long line of evil dinguses whose opinions I deeply resent being continuously made aware of.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They seemed OK from what I could tell, but of course they have lots of athletic trainer support and for all I know the dugouts have some cooling. Now I'm curious about ushers and concession workers and the like, though.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There was a playoff baseball game in Los Angeles today and the stands were half empty.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is unironically one of my most deeply held beliefs. We do too much. There is much to do, yes, especially because there's always so much harm and cruelty and evil being done that has to be undone. But at the core of building a better (and more sustainable) world is doing less.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Having a (covid safe) get together with some new friends this weekend and I'm the chef. The challenge is, collectively, I have to solve for: vegetarian, lactose intolerant, nightshade allergy, hates mushrooms, and gluten sensitivity So, I'm having to get pretty creative. Wish me luck.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. —Toni Morrison

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Putting the "ick" in chronic. (This works better aloud than in writing)

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You may be thinking: "Doesn't the law protect people from that kind of discrimination?" To which I can only say, "lol."

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My partner needs accomodations for a brain injury, but if a hirer knows that too early she might get ghosted despite being great for the job. Even after being hired for her current position (where she is deeply appreciated by her colleagues) it was so hard to figure out when and how to disclose.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People who have not experienced it are often not aware of just how vicious hiring processes are to the disabled. "When do I tell them about my disability?" is an agonizing tactical conversation my partner and I have had too many times. Hirers will absolutely use it to disqualify people summarily.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is so hard to have to wear a mask in 2026. People who might have done out of solidarity two years ago would rather lose toes now. Even people who might understand roll their eyes when we insist, because yeah, your “just allergies” might fucking kill us. The least you can do is not mock us.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(My partner who, I might add, has a PhD in Public Health)

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Get your head in the game and join the right fight

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Chronically ill and disabled people have been wholly abandoned, hundreds of millions of people (+ growing) have long covid and/or new health problems triggered by infection, kids don't have clean air in schools, people can't even access safe healthcare

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Governments everywhere declared the pandemic over without cleaning indoor air, public health didn't explain how COVID spreads or the long term risks of infection (+ reinfections), we’ve all been forced back to normal (but with covid in the air) and large accounts here are dunking on people

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So much this. My partner is disabled and high risk for Covid complications. We both mask in all public spaces, and the amount of non-reciprocated empathy and emotional labor we are required to exhibit in conversations with our families has been, in some ways, the hardest part.

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David Kronig @davekronig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

hey just fyi if you think it's funny to mock people who mask and treat us as hysterical killjoys, you're doing the work of the fascists and you don't get to call yourself an ally of disabled people (or any marginalized group, really) because you're being a foot soldier of the oppressor class

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You got what you wanted! You are living your normal lives, as demanded, free of legal or social responsibility toward disabled people who are still at high risk. Now you’re going to laugh at us trying to find ways to keep going? That’s not just discrimination, that’s dehumanization.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People are actually pressured not to develop political imagination in this country. You are called naive, idealistic, not with it, at best.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I imagine your season has been tough thanks to the burden of expectations. The last several years of Rockies fandom have been weirdly liberating, because you know how bad the team is, and you can just sit back and enjoy those occasional moments when your non-existent expectations are exceeded.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We're watching the same game, and let me tell you how nice it is to watch an opposing team that fields as badly as we (the Rockies) do.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

ADHD is what ADHD is & it causes me huge problems but I also think sometimes I need to remind people that I personally like having it. What I don’t like is the penalties & taxes our current societal structure inflicts on me for having it.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Different kind of neurodiversity for me, but exact same feeling.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I feel strongly that celebrities who do Polymarket ads are going to hell

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Kuromi Bunny in Boston @kuromibunnygirl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

gosh i love graffiti, the zeitgeist of a city

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Especially because what people usually mean by "harm reduction" is, at best, reduction in the rate at which the amount of harm is accelerating. As in, the car will go from 80 mph to 90 mph instead of going from 80 mph to 100 mph. Either way, it's still speeding towards a metaphorical cliff.

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

unfortunately that's everyday for me

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In fact we were called actual terrorists not sympathizers...

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Good thread. In addition to being mathematically impossible for an algorithm to do with reliable accuracy, summarization with an aim towards avoiding reading is simply not a worthwhile goal. The point of reading great research, analysis, or literature is to read the *whole* of it, not to summarize.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You can’t beat fucking facsists by insisting they have a point.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

more time to "just" goof off is always the goal, the treat, the gift, the treasure. i put "just" in quotes because i keep realizing that that time is so precious it's not "just" anything

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Consistently masking at conventions is unpleasant, uncomfortable, and sometimes chafes my ears. But as I have not added severe illness to this year's carousel of exhaustion, I am glad to continue doing it, and continue to recommend it to my peers.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What if I'm not "influenced" by anyone on Bluesky

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This made me laugh several times and filled me with despair.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is the big thing that continuously frustrates me about current AI discourse. Before even getting into the myriad socio-political reasons why AI is bad (all valid!), we should not cede the ground that AI is actually capable of doing what its proponents say it is capable of. Because it isn't.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Reliably accurate algorithmic summarization of text is *mathematically* impossible, because algorithms cannot operate on intention, meaning, or semantics and are restricted to operating on grammar and phonemes. This basic mathematical reality completely undermines basically all AI advertising.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I guess I never said on here that Lucy crossed the rainbow bridge. It was two months ago and Melissa and I still miss her. She was a beautiful, busted, perfect mess of a dog, and the five years we had with her were a blessing. Here she is (middle) a few days before her diagnosis, with some friends.

Lucy, an elderly beagle, stands at the edge of a yard in between Gracie (who is facing the camera) and Charlie (who is looking the other way). All three are wearing harnesses and are on leashes, since Melissa and I ran into these friends of Lucy's on a walk.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ministry for the Future was a rare DNF for me. When I gave up on it I described it to my partner as a book for people who care about climate change but don't know anything about it, by a writer who cares about good prose but doesn't know how to write it. What broke me was it taking crypto seriously.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cooking: "Here's a recipe; as long as you have about half of these ingredients - or reasonable substitutes - and use between 0.5 and 3X the recommended amounts, you'll probably produce something good. Baking: "Here's a recipe; if you deviate by a single teaspoon your oven will literally explode."

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I think I have every single DLC for Planet Zoo (thanks summer/winter sales!), a game that I have actually played about 8 hours of, but which has brought me a great deal of pleasure imagining playing.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

To be fair I legitimately enjoy those 45 minutes of thinking about campaigns I could play. It's one of the best "in theory, if I could just get into the right mood, this would be epic" games in my library. I've come to terms with that. Even if I rarely actually play it, it still serves its purpose.

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For me it goes like this: Step 1) Free up ~100 GB of hard drive space Step 2) Wait two hours to download and install Warhammer 3 Total War Step 3) Open the game and comb through the faction selection screen for 45 minutes Step 4) Exit game and uninstall

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