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I just discovered that Libby marked a book as ambiguously AI, as the publisher has not claimed it was free from AI content. As the book was published in 2019, I’m willing to accept it as human-authored. I am even more confident of the non-AI nature of ebooks from C20 or before

This supercut is likely to make Trump VERY upset. The difference between Trump and Obama is on full display, and the contrast is absolutely devastating. Watch until the end...

the solution to the trolley problem was to build more public transit 30 years ago

If he really wants to show he’s “all man,” he ought to have this conversation about his pants rather than just his coat

Somehow I hadn’t thought of AI-generated LIBRARY books. (Other than maybe plagiarists claiming they wrote something, while covertly using AI.) But this filter is for AI publishing that lacks the grace to be ashamed

“I own I am shocked by the purchase of slaves, And fear those who buy them and sell them are knaves; What I hear of their hardships, their tortures, their groans Is almost enough to draw pity from stones. I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, For how could we do without sugar and rum?” (W. Cowper)

This is how they fire Muppets

It is not polite to photograph someone else’s child. I just want to tell you I saw a squirrel running with a crabapple the size of its head, with a toddler in hot pursuit

Scotland takes pissing contests to the next level

Time that with its strange excuse Pardoned Kipling and his views And will pardon Paul Claudel Pardon him for writing well. The Auden poem is the only reason I’ve even heard of Claudel. In contrast to Dostoyevsky, Mishima, Tolkien, or Wolfe

Just saw an MBTA repair truck with full aggressive strobes going while it was parked in an apparently-legal spot. (Harvard and Comm Ave.) I just increased the dose on my migraine preventative, but I didn’t intend to test it this hard right away.

I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer, the little death that brings total obliteration.

I hope they found a cook without the staggers

I love the colors on this! Among other things

Please help me find something I read on Bluesky last year. Is there a way to reduce vaccination side effects without reducing efficacy? Something about antihistamines, maybe?

I just saw 2 people try to move a wooden dresser on the trolley. I love Allston. (“Try” meaning the driver stopped them.)

Crying in the seed art

"While now unable to secure a deal with a neighbouring peaceful nation who is the living embodiment of a cartoon beaver offering to share their six-pack, Trump still insists that his negotiation skills are unparalleled."

Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterday

Musk: so you thinka i no cool eh? Musk: but i aska you dis Musk: could a not cool guy maka dis? Musk: [pisses himself] Poe: King: Barker: Koontz: Lovecraft: King: was King: was that the thing Musk: no no dat unrelated

The future is here, it’s just not distributed evenly

This is obviously designed for abuse. It only works on bare skin. When a cop grabs for somebody who is resisting or struggling, they usually touch clothing. Most of the year, those gloves won’t do anything at all unless the cop is trying to hurt someone who is already holding more-or-less still.

Betcha they mean “professor talking to history or political science class” as well as “dean talking to newspaper.” All levels of leadership could even stretch to include “union leaders speaking with budget director”

"I use chatgpt as a search engine" "I use minesweeper as a website browser" "I use the lego pirate ship when I want to boil an egg"

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

I wouldn’t take a carpenter seriously who used a laptop to hammer in nails. I wouldn’t take a dentist seriously who used firecrackers instead of drills. Seriously, why would I trust a editor/writer who uses a chatbot as a search engine?

the sky above the port was nasty sickly orange, the color of a disintegrating president

Can somebody advise me about repairing old books? I expect one needs a particular adhesive, and I have no clue what to do with hardcovers missing the spine cover. @edufuturist.bsky.social ? @evilrooster.eurosky.social ? Anyone?

BREAKING: Trump’s Giggling Court Jester Dies, Changing Nothing; Social Media Celebrates With Infinite Quantity of Gay Jokes

He will renounce his title to take his seat in the Commons, should he win. From then on he will be known simply as Tony Binn.

I’m old enough to remember when murderers used to stand up in court and defend their hate crimes by talking about “gay panic.”

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

You EXCOMMUNICATE Miette like the heretic? Oh! Oh! Jail for Mother Church! Jail for Ten Thousand Years!

Pope Leo, picking up baseball bat: oh, go nail it to a door

The entire fuckin point of the national mall is loitering

‪R: COVID-19 was a Democrat hoax and the vaccines were Deep State poison and Biden stole the 2020 election and the woke mob is flooding the country with migrants and transing your kids‬ ‪TRUMP: Oh, woe! Vandals ruined the reflecting pool! Who would do such a thing?‬ ‪R: Oh, COME ON‬

Strange man lying about ponds is no basis for a system of government.

I guess all those people who said they were leaving New York if Mamdani was elected were responsible for a lot of crime on the city.

Wasn’t the Saint Louis ship of refugees forced away from America in early June of 1939? I expect Hegseth to praise the Coast Guard for their brave work in helping send hundreds of civilians to be murdered by Nazis

Ah yes, the "Thdpsssps"

Do the new green line trolleys have steeper steps than the old ones? Or are my knees complaining for no reason? #mbta