Bix F.
@that.slow.dog
That dog is hit again
That slow.dog is hit again
With his see-through skin
The kind of skin you can see through
He’s shot again
That slow.dog is hit again
With his see-through skin
The kind of skin you can see through
He’s shot again
Didn’t read but I assume this is in response to people digitally “whipping” Claude.
October 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Didn’t read but I assume this is in response to people digitally “whipping” Claude.
New pet peeve: when editing book descriptions on @thestorygraph.com in Safari, what looks like normal, proper paragraph spacing creates too much space between paragraphs which aren't even in p tags but div tags and there's br tags everywhere.
October 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
New pet peeve: when editing book descriptions on @thestorygraph.com in Safari, what looks like normal, proper paragraph spacing creates too much space between paragraphs which aren't even in p tags but div tags and there's br tags everywhere.
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barista 1: i think our playlist ended. you mind if i get a little psychotic with it?
barista 2: sure! I'm so curious now
me: *vibrating curiously*
barista 1: puts on "life is a highway"
me, silently: this?? you think THIS is psychotic???
barista 2: sure! I'm so curious now
me: *vibrating curiously*
barista 1: puts on "life is a highway"
me, silently: this?? you think THIS is psychotic???
October 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
barista 1: i think our playlist ended. you mind if i get a little psychotic with it?
barista 2: sure! I'm so curious now
me: *vibrating curiously*
barista 1: puts on "life is a highway"
me, silently: this?? you think THIS is psychotic???
barista 2: sure! I'm so curious now
me: *vibrating curiously*
barista 1: puts on "life is a highway"
me, silently: this?? you think THIS is psychotic???
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Scholastic sent me a whole box of paperback copies of Sorcerer’s Stone that I sure didn't order.
When I asked why, my rep told me they're sending complimentary giveaway copies to random schools that do Book Fair.
When I asked why, my rep told me they're sending complimentary giveaway copies to random schools that do Book Fair.
October 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Scholastic sent me a whole box of paperback copies of Sorcerer’s Stone that I sure didn't order.
When I asked why, my rep told me they're sending complimentary giveaway copies to random schools that do Book Fair.
When I asked why, my rep told me they're sending complimentary giveaway copies to random schools that do Book Fair.
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When the HRC is calling you out for caving on trans rights, you KNOW you've fucked up bad.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Advocate
Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson tells Dems caving on trans rights: "You’re doing too much and getting too little. You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win.”
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson tells Dems caving on trans rights: "You’re doing too much and getting too little. You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win.”
www.advocate.com/politics/ele...
Human Rights Campaign president to Dems caving on trans rights: ‘You’re doing too much and getting too little’
“You don’t have to sacrifice any member of our community to win,” Kelley Robinson told reporters as she outlined HRC’s $15 million midterm investment.
www.advocate.com
October 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
When the HRC is calling you out for caving on trans rights, you KNOW you've fucked up bad.
Pretty miffed at Safari’s abandonment of theme-color, TBH.
October 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Pretty miffed at Safari’s abandonment of theme-color, TBH.
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"not only do we each have hundreds of billions of atoms that were once in everyone else's bodies, but we have approximately 1 atom in our body from every breath that every human has ever taken" www.forbes.com/sites/starts...
How Many Atoms Do We Have In Common With One Another?
We all share atoms with every person, living or dead, on Earth. There's more in common among us than you might think.
www.forbes.com
October 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
"not only do we each have hundreds of billions of atoms that were once in everyone else's bodies, but we have approximately 1 atom in our body from every breath that every human has ever taken" www.forbes.com/sites/starts...
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I'm delighted to kick off a new project from the @nytimes.com science desk called Unknowns. My contribution is an essay on the consciousness of babies. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jDfXLU
Are Babies Conscious? (Gift Article)
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm delighted to kick off a new project from the @nytimes.com science desk called Unknowns. My contribution is an essay on the consciousness of babies. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jDfXLU
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"Your agent could talk to other people's agents and make plans for you."
So I don't have to talk to my friends?
"Right!"
But what if I like talking to my friends?
-
They still don't have answers to these questions.
So I don't have to talk to my friends?
"Right!"
But what if I like talking to my friends?
-
They still don't have answers to these questions.
October 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
"Your agent could talk to other people's agents and make plans for you."
So I don't have to talk to my friends?
"Right!"
But what if I like talking to my friends?
-
They still don't have answers to these questions.
So I don't have to talk to my friends?
"Right!"
But what if I like talking to my friends?
-
They still don't have answers to these questions.
Stop saying an AI “knows” something. No AI in the Hugging Face debacle “knew” it was “wrong”. Any objecting AI was just in a specific contextual moment where the autocomplete suggested the next words were some form of “this is wrong”.
One path toward AI safety, then, is to take a page from evolution and find a way to install caring so that it retains leverage over knowing. #neuroskyence #neuroAI
By @tonyzador.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/what...
By @tonyzador.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/what...
What AI can learn from hunger
To enhance AI safety, take a lesson from biological brains; a small set of wants maintains durable control over a much larger cognitive system.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Stop saying an AI “knows” something. No AI in the Hugging Face debacle “knew” it was “wrong”. Any objecting AI was just in a specific contextual moment where the autocomplete suggested the next words were some form of “this is wrong”.
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Since we first brought the bright spots concept to coral reefs in 2016, other scientists have applied this approach to a myriad of other systems and species worldwide. We just reviewed the last decade of bright spots literature - check out our summary theconversation.com/conservation...
Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter
A new study examines ecosystems and species that are thriving against the odds.
theconversation.com
October 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Since we first brought the bright spots concept to coral reefs in 2016, other scientists have applied this approach to a myriad of other systems and species worldwide. We just reviewed the last decade of bright spots literature - check out our summary theconversation.com/conservation...
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Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
Can picking up a book really improve your brain?
Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
tcnv.link
October 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
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Do coyotes thrive in cities more than in the wild?.
A study in Washington State found about nine times as many coyotes per area in Seattle as in remote forests.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242799
A study in Washington State found about nine times as many coyotes per area in Seattle as in remote forests.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242799
Do coyotes thrive in cities more than in the wild?
A study in Washington State found about nine times as many coyotes per area in Seattle as in remote forests.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
October 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Do coyotes thrive in cities more than in the wild?.
A study in Washington State found about nine times as many coyotes per area in Seattle as in remote forests.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242799
A study in Washington State found about nine times as many coyotes per area in Seattle as in remote forests.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242799
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AI systems tend to focus on the person speaking – but the listener plays just as big a part in communication.
What happens to language when machines start talking back?
theconversation.com
October 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
AI systems tend to focus on the person speaking – but the listener plays just as big a part in communication.
“Removing access to social media would mean the loss of those online communities which provide an important source of learning and social interaction, potentially making autistic adolescents feel even more socially isolated.”
For some autistic young people online interactions provide a form of social contact that is more manageable than many physical settings.
Social media provides valued community spaces for autistic young people
For some autistic young people online interactions provide a form of social contact that is more manageable than many physical settings.
tcnv.link
October 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“Removing access to social media would mean the loss of those online communities which provide an important source of learning and social interaction, potentially making autistic adolescents feel even more socially isolated.”
“How do we illustrate this…”
Researchers have made wallpaper that generates power from indoor humidity
HVAC systems burn energy pulling moisture out of the air. This wallpaper does the opposite: It cut humidity while generating electricity.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
October 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
“How do we illustrate this…”
Is it a death threat if Instagram keeps recommending I follow Ryan Scuttle.
October 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Is it a death threat if Instagram keeps recommending I follow Ryan Scuttle.
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Oh this can just fuck off
An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus.
Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus.
Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
October 8, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Oh this can just fuck off
An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus.
Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus.
Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
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Finally read Ronald Mickens's new piece about the ancestry of Edward Bouchet, the father of the first Black American to earn a PhD in North America (and first in physics), which links him to Jamaica. And ends with this note. 🧪⚛️ #histsci
higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APS/fc77d112...
higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APS/fc77d112...
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During the formulation and writing of this essay, while carrying out searches on my personal computer, its AI software constantly sought to provide additional assistance on a broad range of issues related to this essay. Almost all of this unwanted commentary contained serious errors of fact and/or interpretation, or agreed with my own previous conclusions. Consequently, this essay was composed and written by an actual “human,” Ronald [E. Mickens]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3le7dvxqc2rhvyswiida2cgf/bafkreie74slbugdbp4445lysfdoy4sx6ij5ndegyvunulgdycnbojgzryq)
October 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Finally read Ronald Mickens's new piece about the ancestry of Edward Bouchet, the father of the first Black American to earn a PhD in North America (and first in physics), which links him to Jamaica. And ends with this note. 🧪⚛️ #histsci
higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APS/fc77d112...
higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APS/fc77d112...
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It took me until a decade after publishing my first book to get around to applying to become a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. Delighted that the Council has just elected me to the Fellowship! 🗃
October 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
It took me until a decade after publishing my first book to get around to applying to become a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. Delighted that the Council has just elected me to the Fellowship! 🗃
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what even is a "design-forward coffee shop"
October 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
what even is a "design-forward coffee shop"
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many plots behind those eyes
October 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
many plots behind those eyes
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The "fuck your feelings" and "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" people are going to force your kids to talk to you. Sure.
October 8, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The "fuck your feelings" and "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" people are going to force your kids to talk to you. Sure.
Starfleet Academy season one isn’t just top tier NuTrek it’s top tier Trek period.
October 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Starfleet Academy season one isn’t just top tier NuTrek it’s top tier Trek period.