Reposted by Stephanie RickerDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 31127893984
Reposted by Stephanie RickerAysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Whenever AI CEOs say anything this is all I can think about 101201410
Reposted by Stephanie RickerSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191503869
Reposted by Stephanie RickerTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1511467710141
Reposted by Stephanie RickerTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made." - Virginia Woolf 🎨 Abby Jacobs 853296
Reposted by Stephanie RickerNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955301131
Reposted by Stephanie RickerLisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. 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." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 11361208
Reposted by Stephanie RickerTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026When I say "sorry I already have plans", this is what I mean 🎨 Deborah Hocking 417842
Reposted by Stephanie RickerTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Deer in the Forest by German painter Eugen Krüger (1832-1876) 353464480
Reposted by Stephanie Ricker⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026i am begging venues & bands to rediscover clipart 51101603291
Reposted by Stephanie Rickerweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 24/06/2026little demon, france, 15th century 352540600
Reposted by Stephanie RickerJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/06/2026It’s so hot out I just opened my car door to air it out and some hobbit threw a ring in there 29847122
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Boarded the plane in the Faroe Islands at 50° f, landed in Raleigh and it was 100° f. 🥵 I'm sure there was a good reason I came home... 070
Reposted by Stephanie RickerJim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Neolithic hedgehog sculpture 511863467
Reposted by Stephanie RickerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6... 318105144522
Reposted by Stephanie RickerRyan Consell @stealingfromwizards.com · 14/05/2026I met someone who was shocked at how rabidly I despised GenAI. For others curious why writers appear to have an irrationally strong reaction to the chatbots, a rough breakdown of why so many of us are going full luddite: 🧵 523075
Reposted by Stephanie RickerOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧 11068991082
Reposted by Stephanie RickerCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026“The myth of technological and political and social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience,” wrote Joseph Weizenbaum. Here’s to the growing coalitions refusing the myth of AI technologies’ inevitability in schools!newyorker.comWhat Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ... 02614
Reposted by Stephanie RickerOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/04/2026I thought this felt relatable 6544881030
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Absolutely fascinating look at the differences between publishing in Iceland vs publishing in the US. No tyranny of the preorder?! 000
Reposted by Stephanie RickerThey Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026was once New Amsterdam. 102103211721
Reposted by Stephanie Rickerdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026happy anniversary of when almost nothing happened 301350307
Reposted by Stephanie RickerMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect. 886275356162
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Does she? With those eyes, I assume she'll assist me straight to hell. (To be fair, I did actually get the help I needed for once, so maybe hell isn't so bad.) 010
Reposted by Stephanie RickerChris L. @humbari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Good Morning Moon! Watching Artemis II circle the moon right now. Seems like the best time ever for the appropriate @mariancall.bsky.social musicyoutu.beGood Morning Moon - Marian CallYouTube video by Alaska Robotics 01812
Reposted by Stephanie RickerDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362857567
Reposted by Stephanie RickerTwonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The Jetsons lied to us 92199825671
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026#NoKingsRaleigh Beautiful day for a protest yesterday. 061
Reposted by Stephanie Rickersam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l... 163135315007
Reposted by Stephanie RickerAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵 8279593839
Reposted by Stephanie RickerWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 16/03/2026This is Poto. Please do not disturb her, she is busy is yearning. 12/10 (IG: bbo.ddo.poo) 976124502
Reposted by Stephanie RickerSophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Another view from the drone of the wonderful Vestrahorn mountain at Stokksnes. #Iceland #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro 520927
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Percheron draft horse. I've never met one that wasn't unfailingly chill and polite, and they're massive. The issue might be fitting through the door, though. 001
Reposted by Stephanie RickerDave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org · 14/03/2026Oh god this made me laugh so hard. Watch til the end. 462362783
Reposted by Stephanie RickerPaul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Mood over Kirk Fell 535334
Reposted by Stephanie RickerDane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now 216256596908
Reposted by Stephanie RickerNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 11/03/2026A video game where each run is Gordon Lightfoot going back in time trying to save the Edmund Fitzgerald from the evil gales of November 025228
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Unintentionally poetic text from my elderly neighbor, after the weather abruptly warmed up: "I feel like I'm going to live and finally there is a robin in the front yard." 020
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Ah yes, the Edook Fublishing. That's what I've been missing. 010
Reposted by Stephanie RickerStephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I'm just so irked that 1) I wasted half an hour trying to do something that should have taken 2 minutes and 2) we're anthropomorphizing crappy technology as if that will somehow make us more forgiving of its crappiness. "Oh, that's Ashley for you! What a card." 111
Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026After getting stuck in an endless loop with an AI assistant on the phone who couldn't help me ("I can do anything a human representative can do." "You obviously can't!!"), I finally got hold of a human who belly-laughed when I said it (the AI) refused to transfer me. "Oh, her name is Ashley." 220
Reposted by Stephanie RickerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2026Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves LivesThe State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email. 8021801208
Reposted by Stephanie RickerKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/02/2026"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandmaarstechnica.comUnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesFor the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. 571906765