SJ; Not a Marine Biologist

SJ; Not a Marine Biologist

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I like whales, but I'm no whale doctor. Natural born HenchThem PhD researcher plumbing the depths of fandom, ethics, and online science Content™️.

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Actually it’s a perfect synthesis of the not-at-all conflicting desire to be Kronk. Do you think Kronk wouldn’t eat a protein cookie. Do you think Kronk wouldn’t *bake* protein cookies.

cindy@depalmasux.bsky.social

“protein enriched chocolate chip cookie” is kinda the perfect synthesis of the conflicting american male desires to be a spartan warrior and also five years old

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Serious dinosaur question: if dinosaurs are related to birds, is there any evidence that the momma dinosaurs would walk around with a line of baby dinosaurs following behind her?

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Replying to @jtp.bsky.social

plato was a wrestler and his name mightve been a nickname meaning "wide" which conjurs a mental image of him going around flexing on people in debates

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I once saw Malcolm Gladwell very awkwardly riding a bike the wrong way down a one-way street in Greenwich Village, and with no helmet. That is all.

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Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social

do think there's a danger of looking at extremely cool shit like a car driving upside down then doing a kickflip before landing, and convincing yourself it's actually lame because the guy funding it is a white supremacist

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oh no was it stealing things you were saying and doing to use for its own purposes

CNN@cnn.com

OpenAI discovered a “sophisticated recording device” in one of its offices planted by an employee who has been arrested, the company said. https://cnn.it/4dDnIxJ

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Here is another bird edit to brighten your week. 🎥 taras.earthy.edits on TikTok

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they can't act on their own, they cannot go rogue. they are computer programs that do what they are programmed to do. they're as responsible for their actions as a grenade is for exploding after somebody pulls the pin

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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The reason I know they’re playing is because not one of these guys has ever meaningfully given a flying shit about abusive or cruel behavior toward actual people

The Verge@theverge.com

Over the past year, Anthropic has repeatedly flirted with the idea that its AI models could be conscious in some way. In February, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on a podcast, “We don’t know if the models are conscious.”

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these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis. “It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”

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The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. https://bit.ly/4hMhPzG

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Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:

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a friday afternoon surprise: NSW gov says OpenAI disclosed a "misalignment" by its AI agent and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's National Parks and Wildlife web platform service. So, it sounds like a second Australian government 'hack'

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Nebula dropped him BECAUSE OTHER CREATORS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HIM STAYING it’s not that deep bro. He had a ton of original content and other shows shot that hadn’t been released , 💰alone would dictate doing a Sheeran

Katie Schenkel, Person@katieschenkel.bsky.social

Also saw someone complain that Nebula dropping him was "clearly a financial obligation rather than a moral one" and like 1. That's a wild assumption to throw around and 2. Even if that's the case, what would you want them to do instead??

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Did you notice that when the woman youtuber was a confirmed plagiarist everyone was happy to end her career forever but when the man youtuber is a confirmed rapist we suddenly get dozens of posts about how "disheartening" it is that people don't believe in restorative justice

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this word "nearly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

The day that Biden grew so angry at Netanyahu that he nearly cut him off: "He was just completely fed up with everything and I think at that moment he was ready to just say, 'I’m done,'" Brett McGurk recalls as he releases "Brink," his memoir of Gaza war. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

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getting sexually assaulted by a content creator has a distinct extra bonus pain where, whenever it comes out, everyone feels like they have to talk about it