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@krissy.bsky.social

Data scientist, guardian of two bunnies, proud masshole. I used to joke that my rabbits scared away the monsters under my bed, but I've switched to sleeping in a hammock, so She/her. Cambridge MA

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@krissy.bsky.social

I wanted this so badly when I was a student! I love trains :)

JPaleoWAMCNews@jpaleolo.bsky.social

For @wamc.org: I'm at Springfield's Union Station where Gov. Maura Healey and a confluence of WMass state lawmakers are here to announce a new infusion of $130M in fed dollars for east-west rail

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Natick Bobcat
@natickbobcat.bsky.social

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Bobcat: The tracking collar lost the gps satellite link.

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@krissy.bsky.social

It might be shorter to list the channels he doesn't control :(

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Paramount has closed its $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Billionaire David Ellison now controls: —CNN —CBS —HBO —Paramount —Warner Bros —Discovery —Skydance —Showtime —DC Studios —Nickelodeon —Cartoon Network —Food Network —MTV —Comedy Central —HGTV —TBS —TLC

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@krissy.bsky.social

I left a 3-star review for an Etsy seller whose product was so not worth the price I paid that I feel like a sucker and am embarrassed. So he messaged me, and let's just say, it's now a 2-star review. Did you know you can't argue someone into giving you a better review?

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Is this a thing on Etsy? Like, find someone who has a relatively old shop that seems to be defunct (I'm sure there are plenty that didn't work out) and offer money so that you don't have to start out as a new seller in this day and age of AI slop. (He wasn't AI slop, just not a good-quality shop.)

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Update: he sent even nastier messages when I told him I wouldn't delete my review, so now it's a 1-star review with more details about his winning customer service. I found his BBB profile. All reviews are 1 star, one specifically calling out that he seems to have an issue with women. Shocking.

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@krissy.bsky.social

I left a 3-star review for an Etsy seller whose product was so not worth the price I paid that I feel like a sucker and am embarrassed. So he messaged me, and let's just say, it's now a 2-star review. Did you know you can't argue someone into giving you a better review?

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@krissy.bsky.social

This guy, he does not know this. Somehow he has 1.3k reviews (ave. 4.6 stars) and hasn't realized the best move is to either ignore bad reviews or (if you must) message them to try to make things right if the review suggests, e.g., the item arrived broken. I wonder if this guy "bought" his shop....

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Here's one gripe: I don't think the characters don't have accents consistent with growing up and living all their lives in eastern New England. Maybe I've been spoiled by Kevin Can F*ck Himself, but I want my New England shows to be more genuinely New England-y.

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(I love how I can't write so I always edit my posts and then just make them worse: "I don't think the characters don't have accents..." ??! Ugh. I meant...I don't think a single character has an accent consistent with growing up and living all their life here.)

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@krissy.bsky.social

Here's one gripe: I don't think the characters don't have accents consistent with growing up and living all their lives in eastern New England. Maybe I've been spoiled by Kevin Can F*ck Himself, but I want my New England shows to be more genuinely New England-y.

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Another random gripe: New Englanders are stand-offish, and this show just does not portray that. To copy the same storytelling as the original show, they need Dr Best to be anywhere there is a plot-driving conversation, but this is an example of something just not working here.

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weeder
@weeder.bsky.social

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Mary Branscombe
@marypcbuk.bsky.social

Looking forward to waking up and reading about Flock cameras jammed full of the Bee movie script

Micah Lee@micahflee.com

HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.

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@krissy.bsky.social

I'm crying reading the messages of solidarity from these artists. It wasn't that long ago that I lost friends because I supported campus protests against the genocide.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.

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@krissy.bsky.social

I think I always suspected Musk was a fraud because experiences I had earlier in life immunized me against guys like him. But I've also had to learn from hard experience more recently of other kinds of jerks. What if there were a book that was just, like, an encyclopedia of assholes?

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Katie Hinde
@mammalssuck.bsky.social

"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...

wired.comOne of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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This is what I have trouble imagining. Like, what can an LLM or even agentic AI actually *do* to destroy the world? Hack the electrical grid and shut it down? Scam us all out of all our money? Impersonate the president and launch our nukes? Like, what is the actual danger we're anticipating here?

nibbish@nibbish.bsky.social

If they really believed any of this, they'd be, like, a million times more specific. HOW is ai is going to kill us all. Is it nukes? Is it poison? Is it some weird 25th century nanomachine nonsense? What is the mechanism?

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@krissy.bsky.social

"While kids at normal schools *take a bus*...." In addition to all the cultish and abusive stuff, what this school is teaching is classism.

Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social

Alpha School students often compare their experiences and academic achievement to what they call “normal school.” Here are some of their statements.

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@krissy.bsky.social

I might have passed this test when I was a kid, but it would have been because of a history of abuse and my habit of dissociation.

Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social

As part of boot camp, Alpha School students apparently have their heart rates monitored as they watch recorded videos of their parents critiquing them. This activity takes place in front of their classmates, and students must keep their heart rates within 10 percent of their baseline to pass.

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@krissy.bsky.social

It's Tetris for me. But! There was also this credit-card-sized game that I somehow acquired

ebay.comVintage Nintendo Game & Watch Parachute Game 1981 Japan Tested Working | eBayThe Vintage Nintendo Game & Watch Parachute Game from 1981 Japan is a classic electronic game featuring the iconic Nintendo brand. This handheld game is designed to test your skills in a thrilling parachute jumping simulation. With its retro design and functionality, this collectible piece offers a nostalgic gaming experience that is sure to delight both casual enthusiasts and avid collectors alike.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name your fav game made before 2000.

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Lana Sinapayen
@sinalana.eurosky.social

Tired: The poor are poor because they are morally bad Wired: The rich are rich because they are morally bad

Alisa Bokulich@alisabokulich.bsky.social

Ig Nobel Prize time of year with awards on biomechanics of kissing, how rich people are more likely to steal candy from a baby, why your baby smells good but your teenager does not, the physics of urinal designs, & more...

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@krissy.bsky.social

I can't tell if I'm just not on Facebook enough or what, but I hate the marketplace chat UI. I'm using FB in the browser, so maybe that's the problem? It's all first names with the same icon (the thing I'm selling). It's a mess when people with similar names message you about a thing.