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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

been years since I logged in. time to delete the whole account

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

During job interviews, don't salt your food before tasting it

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

politicians choosing voters

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

feeling petty annoyance and despair over more and more folks (and a dictionary or two favoring) pronouncing “kludge” as rhyming with “fudge” instead of retaining its original assonance with “mood” m-w offers some interesting thoughts on possible etymological reasons for its pronunciation

merriam-webster.com

Definition of KLUDGE

a haphazard or makeshift solution to a problem and especially to a computer or programming problem… See the full definition

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is profound. “They found the same two-origin brain pattern in chickens; zebrafish; and, remarkably, in acorn worms…. Jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago, have two nervous systems at different ends of their body.”

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just encouraging all Mac users to contact Apple and tell them it's BS that Siri and Apple intelligence can no longer be fully disabled in the latest update (OS27). Reports vary by device, but between 10G and 30G of AI garbage models downloading. I just wiped and will be staying with 26 for a while 😡

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“ai” can only look backward

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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Because it’s come up a lot today, both at the hands of people I admire and people I disdain: If you’re tired of being told COVID never ended, imagine how it feels being impacted by it daily and having to watch everyone pretend it’s done. That response that galls you so is trauma.

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Meanwhile: people yelling at folks under the bus convinced they’ve cracked the trolley problem

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every election is a turnout election Throwing constituents under the bus doesn’t inspire turnout

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Doublechecked that automatic os updates were indeed still disabled and found they had indeed been quietly reenabled Dark patterns haunting our lives

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So far this year I’ve read 30 books. And DNF’d a few, mostly bc of Libby holds coming all at once and my checkout was expiring mid-read. Only 2–3 DNF’d w argh My health seems to be better this year, but whether that’s due to the reading or my health enabled me to read that much idk. Maybe both?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 02/09/2026

Enjoyed this post, especially this line: "doing finance bro shit in artistic spaces closes more doors than it opens."

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

TIL the gay woman who survived conversion therapy really should be nicer to the nice aliens who have converted everyone into a hive mind and are driving the human race to extinction in 9 years like its really bad she should maybe smile more or something or the boys won’t like her 🙄

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Acting — the reality of doing in imaginary circumstances Politicking — the imaginary doings in real circumstances

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Can’t travel so my vicarious vacation has been in Tokyo with Midnight Taxi. Watched the whole season in like 3 days, gonna turn around and watch it again If you know the original Midnight Diner, this is similar in spirit but with more whimsy weird fun

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I forget, was Milo the cat or the dog?

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nope. Don’t believe it, not one bit.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/08/2026

Every time someone says "but how will we afford it?" I want to ask them how we are affording it now, and in many cases, the answer is that we aren't.

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Just finished reading this. What a delight! Soul-healing in these trying times

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Here’s the text: www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

Highlighted text showing August 4th, 2026

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/08/2026

Today everyone — EVERYONE — should take a moment and read Ray Bradbury's four-page short story from 1950.

"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of
Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr.
Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable,
as are the water, gas, and light bills."

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Western culture algorithm: attack the movie woman: shares her own thoughts algorithm: attack the woman ruling class: counts the money

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/07/2026

Artists/writers/creators in NYC - please feel free to sign the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social coalition's letter calling for a two year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools! We're up to about 650 signatures - would love to get this over 1000! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Artists for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools

NYC Artists, Writers, and CreativesCall for a Moratorium on AI in Public Schools CLICK HERE TO SIGN Dear Mayor Mamdani, As writers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, photographers, actors, di...

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Carol The Devil Wears Prada The Godfather Starship Troopers The Bourne Identity The Duellists Yojimbo The Big Sleep The Wizard of Oz “transcend” as in grown into something different (sometimes better) and stand on their own

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

YouTuber writes a novel one chapter, all punctuation & paragraph breaks edited out could be great

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

83°F indoors never pleasant 83°F indoors with ME LongCovid is a big crash AC broken c’est la vie

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It’s that weird thing of patriarchy and gender essentialism where in .. Rowling proves that trans women are women because if they weren’t women She’d NEVER be allowed to treat them the way she has

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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Many people living with ME/CFS & Long COVID become experts in their own health out of necessity. Explore free BHC tools that help patients prepare for appointments and support conversations with healthcare providers. 🔗 t.mtrbio.com/BHCPatientResources

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

five living writers that you've read five books by each Ann Leckie Nnedi Okorafor Samuel R Delany Martha Wells Steven Brust

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s only reality tv if it’s actually shot in reality, otherwise it’s just unscripted bubbles

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“But has he been convicted of being a duck?”

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Dudes talking about their fave LLMs sound like dudes taking about their fave kush

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

TIL I’ve been spelling Iain M. Banks’s name wrong in my posts and in my mind since like forever bc I simply never noticed, which is a mortifying realization, I mean he’s one of my favorite authors (This is an illustration of why I’m not and never will be a proofreader. Proofreaders are gods!)

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July.

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“The Booth at the End” may be the best show nobody’s heard of. That last episode still wrecks me.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 29/06/2026

Going through old coverage of Star Wars for research and I came across this column by sci-fi writer David Gerrold in a 1978 issue of STARLOG It contains what is easily the coolest, weirdest, most wildly off-base fan theory about Obi-Wan Kenobi that I've ever read: HE WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME

Somehow, Obi-Wan Kenobi failed to teach Darth Vader how to use the Force for good instead of evil-or the seductiveness of the dark side of the Force is very very strong. In either case, that Darth Vader did not learn all of the lessons that Obi-Wan tried to teach him is obvious.
This implies the possibility that it is Obi-Wan Kenobi's responsibility to punish/stop his former student himself. If so, then it follows that Obi-Wan has been waiting for the proper moment to act. A number of pre-conditions must be met, a number of destinies must in- tertwine: Obi-Wan Kenobi is waiting for Luke Skywalker; he is waiting for the droids, C3PO and R2-D2, to flee with the Death Star plans; he is waiting for the moment when their paths cross Luke's; he has been waiting to give Luke his father's light-sabre; and ulti- mately, he is waiting for the moment when Luke will say, "Teach me about the Force."
After all, just what else is the old guy doing out there in the desert?
I mean, with all his skills and

knowledge, he should be trying to re- surrect the Jedi Knights, shouldn't he? Or does he know that this particular moment in that far-off galaxy's history is a crucial nexus point? The impli- cation and it seems a fairly obvious one is that it is Obi-Wan Kenobi's destiny to insure that Luke Skywalker is properly equipped to meet his destiny.
After all, doesn't he show up at just the right time to save Luke from the sand-people?
This leads right into the next point:
4) Somewhere, in the vast bulk of publicity and interviews that came out in the first rush of the film's success. was the mention of George Lucas's original conception of Obi-Wan Kenobi as a kind of a crazy old hermit-some- thing like grizzled old Ben Gumm in Treasure Island. Alec Guinness had doubts about that kind of character- ization, and in subsequent discussions with George Lucas, Obi-Wan Kenobi evolved into a more mystical and state- ly character.

This characterization, however, car- ries several implications of its own. One of the possibilities, is that Obi- Wan is never really there at all.
Luke's Uncle Owen for instance, says, "I don't think that man exists any- more. He died about the same time as your father."
When Luke tells this to Obi-Wan, the old man rolls his eyes heavenward before saying, "Oh, he's not dead. Not yet." There's something about the way he says it...
When Obi-Wan and Darth Vader finally come face to face, Obi-Wan tells Darth Vader, "You cannot win, Darth... ... if you cut me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
And finally, Obi-Wan Kenobi raises his light-sabre to his forehead in a mystical salute-a "we-who-are- about-to-die" gesture-and Darth Vader strikes him down-except that Obi-Wan has disappeared completely! All that Darth Vader has struck down is Obi-Wan's empty cloak.
The implication here is that Obi-Wan has never been completely here, he has only been a manifestation of the Force

working to bring Luke Skywalker to his destiny. Obi-Wan has long since passed on to a higher plane of existence and only returned now for this specific event in Galactic history. Luke con- tinues to hear Obi-Wan's voice at cru- cial moments of decision-especially at the end of the picture when Luke must "use the Force." It's my own theory that Obi-Wan is a direct manifestation of the Force. But if that is the case. then that also tells us that the Force is capable of appearing as a tangible manifestation in order to cause an event to occur a specific way-in this case, for good instead of evil. There- fore, we are presented with the possibility of an "activist God" who will step in when necessary to work miracles.
The implication of Star Wars is that the Force is not impersonal. It cares.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026

it is truly perverse working in an industry in which some of the most respected outlets insist the illness many of their own colleagues have is not real

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Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid

Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.

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Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Is this the end of the Democrats? Will democracy survive having voters with opinions? Tune in next time for: Hit Dogs Holler –or– Beltway Bougie Blues

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