Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialzota @zota.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Packaging LLMs as first-person chatbots was entirely a product decision. There is no need, and no innocent reason, to make a fake persona the interface for a hyper-dimensional language crystal. Whatever utility they do have is deliberately obscured by pretending they're an entity. 55512
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It is really pissing me off how much my arm hurts and won't let me knit 000
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialAren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Feds are out in Minneapolis and St Paul this morning, arresting observers and people who protested Metro Surge. There are maybe 5-6 that I know of so far, that’s 5-6 too many. We knew this could happen. Check in with your people and secure your devices. 5668281
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I'm jealous of everyone taking this class 011
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialLaura Tempest Zakroff @ltzwitch.bsky.social · 11/06/20263 of my sigil designs from the archives that are especially poignant for Pride (but also all year-round). Info on each can be found on my Patheos blog by searching the name of the sigil with mine. 04523
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialSiri // 🥀🐺 @sirivplouff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Oh hey! Yes! I am the author of not one but TWO books! “Lessons from the Empress” is a reflection on tarot for creativity, co-authored with @mxcassandrasnow.bsky.social. “Queering the Runes” does just that - looking at the runes from a queer perspective. Available wherever you get your books! 055
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Trying not to knit too much today because my arms hurt but also dealing with frustration of on-boarding to a new project. Somebody save me. 000
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports. 86110714471
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 07/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/zuhdae/p...open.substack.comIgnorance Isn't HarmlessOn able-bodied privilege, masking, and the accountability most of us are avoiding 000
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Look if there were a cure for brain fog and fatigue I'd take it right fucking now 100
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If you're not exhausted are you even alive 120
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 02/06/2026There's nothing more childish and embarrassing than wacko extremist party activists, except maybe a sure-thing candidate for governor who threatens to quit a political convention if she can't run unopposed.minnesotareformer.comSources: Sen. Amy Klobuchar threatened to leave DFL convention during challenge from left • Minnesota ReformerWhile backstage at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention Friday night, Sen. Amy Klobuchar loudly declared her frustration and said she was going to abandon the convention after delegates nominated a… 411319
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I wrote to @minnpost.bsky.social just now after reading this article because I'm so angry how they minimized the impact of strobe lights on the people who are affected. I then canceled my $25 per month donation. You're perpetuating ableism and NO THANKS. 121
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJen D @thejenchantress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I refuse to believe this is who we are. Because if this is how the party in inclusion treats people with disabilities, there's no point even trying. 011
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I'M SO FUCKING PISSED ABOUT ALL OF THIS 140
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJen D @thejenchantress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026 while the other delegates around me jumped in, only one official, my local rep @davidformn40b.bsky.social, assisted. He stayed with me, escalated the issue, and helped get the lights turned off. He also checked in with me the next day to make sure I was okay 001
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJen D @thejenchantress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026- strobe lights are prohibited by convention rules - the accommodations team seems to have not known this, as it was not mentioned in their response. I was told there would be a sensory room free of flashing lights (which wouldn't help *after* I've had a seizure) 001
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJen D @thejenchantress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I am one of the people [epileptic] who was impacted by the strobing swag the @klobuchar.senate.gov campaign handed out at the DFL state convention. Here are some fun facts: 001
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJen D @thejenchantress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Tldr: I want to file a formal complaint to the @dfl.org regarding the strobes handed out by the @klobuchar.senate.gov campaign. I want an investigation into how this happened and details of how it will be prevented. I also want a public apology to those of us affected 001
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I'm watching this video on annotating books and it's making a great argument at the end: youtu.be/3L3fWRQqrUE?... Truly, we have way too much information bombarded at us all the time, and are we doing the right thing for ourselves if we're not doing any deep thinking?youtu.beannotating books will end your doomscrolling 📜YouTube video by The Book Leo 000
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Holy shit. 7477237
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne... 10353812226
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialSiri // 🥀🐺 @sirivplouff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026ICE hasn’t left Minnesota. We’re over 70 days in to this occupation. 15212
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 09/02/2026Hey we live in hell so how about buying some wound treatment for medics who have to be out on the street patching up their neighbors instead of *not* doing that and living the lives they lead before the goonsquad came to town. 112472
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialLane Smith 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Oh, I get it. It never mattered if the development of AI was successful or profitable or people liked it or used it at all – all that mattered was that we get to the point where nobody fully trusts anything they see, reality is always questionable, and plausible deniability rules. Proof evaporates. 2316
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Was this actually surprising or was I the only one who noticed that women in his books were sex objects I have a lot of Isaac Asimov books I like, but I wasn't going to assume he was a good man 010
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc. 252172584
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 04/02/2026All in all, while Le's frustrated asides got the most attention, this hearing is most shocking for how little control there is over ICE. Even an experienced and respected AUSA like Anna Voss can't get them within a mile of compliance. 4526110
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialKristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media. 592411419
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Do my air quality reports take tear gas into account? How much tear gas do you think is in Minneapolis yesterday and today? Breathing has been such a struggle lately, and now my eyes hurt too. I'd like a reason why. 000
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/02/2026the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades 8759531619
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialjohnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Defund billionaires. 2225
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Just in case you may need such things. I stopped wearing contacts last week just because, well, all of it. 021
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Getting ready for an appointment in Minneapolis like: Got masks? Got snazzy new glasses? Got their goggle accessory? Got whistles? Got water in case of accidental exposure to chemicals? You know, if you live in Minneapolis and are not really okay right now, I get it. No one should feel normal. 010
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This is like the 214th thing in the past year that would have been a bona fide Scandal in the late 1900s 27233
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialBlack Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 28/01/2026You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime. 115139232802
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 29/01/2026Local businesses now feel compelled to plead the 4th. 021551
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.social👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 28/01/2026Bruce Springsteen really said “damn y’all missed the point of Born In The USA, lemme make it even more clear” 940345
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then the chairman of the <checks noter> Senate <Judiciary> Committee pleas ignorance of the law & constitution because of his agricultural past. 14516134
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/01/2026the reason I'm so heated right now is Ilhan Omar has been thrown to the wolves so many times by the Democratic establishment for saying the things the Dems are finally, YEARS LATER starting to say. They've let Rep Omar take a lot of heat and have not used their voices enough to defend her 131470239
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialHannah BW @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt 11277721921
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I have made a very important decision. Vegan chocolate cake is much more delicious than flourless chocolate cake. 040
syntaxofthings.bsky.social @syntaxofthings.bsky.social · 27/01/2026It's really heavy, living in the Twin Cities metro right now. 120
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialSiri // 🥀🐺 @sirivplouff.bsky.social · 27/01/2026One of my very favorite bookshops in the Twin Cities area. Please support them for all your bookish needs! 092
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I was always told that one of the central lessons of the Shoah is that legal, juridical regimes can still be immoral. The claim that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam "legally" is false, but more than that, the question "Was Anne Frank an illegal?" is so grossly missing the point of Holocaust remembrance. 14775247
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 27/01/2026Real Minnesotans who helped jump a car would demand that you not give them credit for this kind of basic decency. 2332041
Reposted by @syntaxofthings.bsky.socialSiri // 🥀🐺 @sirivplouff.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Solidarity with Maine. Spread the news, prepare yourself 031