Reposted by ragesossCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026The next five graphs are even less convincing, and the argumentation becomes even weaker. It was almost impossible for me to imagine how a seemingly intelligent person could have written it—but I found a secret clue buried in the text itself. 1741253
Reposted by ragesossPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665773959
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026[prompt: thumbnail of a tiktok video in a meticulously curated bedroom, with a closeup of a perfect red delicious apple in the center frame. a hand points along the jawline-like transition to the narrow lower part of the apple, as if to signal that it's mewing] 010
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Red Delicious and Granny Smith both *became* not worth eating over time. They both used to be, usually, very crisp, and the flavor is not actually bad. Over the years, both varieties got much mealier. (It's easy to get better apples today, but an heirloom Red Delicious can be good still.) 000
Reposted by ragesossBrooke Vibber @bvibber.bsky.social · 24/07/2026www.kqed.org/news/1209233...kqed.orgStaff of San Francisco-Based Wikipedia Demand Union Recognition, Raise Concerns Over AI | KQEDWorkers said they want more of a say in how the Bay Area-based foundation behind the world’s largest encyclopedia uses artificial intelligence. 011
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 30/06/2026lately i do my slideshows illustrated by hand. i am not skilled at drawing, but i've found that doesn't matter at all. 270
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“We Tested Three Muskets to See Which Shot You Could Actually Hear ’Round the World” 000
Reposted by ragesoss𝖏𝖆𝖘 @vores.bsky.social · 13/06/2026the entire point of life is to be kind and weird btw 2481803900
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 28/05/2026now that i've preened with it in person a few times i'm okay showing my new treasure to the internet 130
Reposted by ragesossSoren Lorenson is secretly plotting your demise @soren-lorenson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I had to sit through an ed tech product pitch today so for all my #academicsky followers and comrades, here's what Turnitin is currently selling (stick around for what's on their product roadmap) so you can prepare yourselves to strenuously reject it. 🧵 614693
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 26/04/2026llms think they've read all the books and they haven't read any of the books 001
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026my office walls are looking better and better. newest additions are the dueling banjos by @phineas.bsky.social and a pair of abstract prints by Yoshisuke Funasaka that i got for $10 yesterday at an estate sale 040
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026i'm pumped to be playing next weekend in my bluegrass club first variety show. and i get to play bass AND dobro at various points! events.humanitix.com/the-great-ca...events.humanitix.comThe Great Cascade ChautauquaA Modern Vaudeville in Three Acts 000
Reposted by ragesossdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now! 3288391779
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 28/03/2026heading out to No Kings today to play protest songs with some of my friends from Outlanders Progressive Bluegrass Social Club 020
Reposted by ragesossAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 10/03/2026THANKS, I HATE IT. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP84va9qE/tiktok.comi hate it here #aioverviewsTikTok video by JB 23010
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 05/03/2026it's not going to feel like a real democracy again until i can vote for party that at least gets this right 000
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 04/03/2026coders were having tremendous difficulty before. almost all software is very bad, especially big pieces of software with large teams. AI seems promising for addressing the "large teams" part. 020
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 28/02/2026however, if they have a cool scrub cap you can tell them that 090
Reposted by ragesossTracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 25/02/2026"We must admit that we are losing this battle. We have to acknowledge that the older generations have failed. All political movements in their present form have failed. But Homo sapiens have not yet failed." --Greta Thunberg Louder: All political movements in their present form have failed.youtube.comThe 1975 - The 1975YouTube video by The 1975 141
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 06/02/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczG...youtube.comDef Poetry - Amir Sulaiman - DangerYouTube video by MisterMo 000
Reposted by ragesossRyan McGrady @antisomniac.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The biggest news coming out of YouTube lately looks to have been a quiet change to its search engine: instead of "sorting" you now "prioritize" (popularity, not view count). i.e. removing one of the last remaining ways to search based on concrete metrics. You also can't search the past hour anymore. 111
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 25/01/2026a constitutional convention could do us a lot of good maybe 120
Reposted by ragesossC. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened: 242369864
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 22/01/2026my "abolish ice" t-shirt is garnering lots of appreciation at the airport today. got compliments from several TSA agents, among others. 010
Reposted by ragesossWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in 831973752
Reposted by ragesossNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status. 577334808596
Reposted by ragesossLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 07/01/2026here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings 3854551502
Reposted by ragesossm. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social · 04/01/2025update: here is the AI policy i wrote for my doc seminar this term (i have already located the typo and fixed it, which tbh is like 60% of the point of posting it in public) 611575394
Reposted by ragesossAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 15/12/2025Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things 13039541263
ragesoss @ragesoss.bsky.social · 03/12/2025prompt: a scientist in a lab coat peers through microscope to examine a brightly colored corn chip, which another scientist is holding in place carefully with tongs. a third scientist stands nearby with a pen and clipboard. 010
Reposted by ragesossDavid Palmer @cloventt.net · 20/11/2025Today’s Wikipedia DYK section has been taken over for Trans Day of Remembrance. 🏳️⚧️ 0228