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Omg did you use a recipe?

07.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oracle and OpenAI End Plans to Expand Flagship Data Center Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged over financing and OpenAI’s changing needs.

Find me a fainting couch...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

06.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started sayin β€œHe’s wearing a wire!” when I see these glasses.

One man overheard and pulled them off. 😭😭😭

06.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 802 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4

This thread about Platner is damning. Wow! Of course it won’t make a bit of difference, just quoting it so that I can come back to it later.

06.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to give myself a break from nonfiction after grad school too. I came back around to it, though, it happens :)

06.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is such a good point, and it just also illustrates the racist double standards where Mamdani continues to be vilified no matter how much he works on outreach, while for Plattner, there are endless supplies of grace.

06.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As I get older I’m coming to increasingly radical views like β€œeradicating peoples jobs is bad, actually” and β€œa necessary part of having skills is taking responsibility for the outcomes of those skills”

06.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

We shouldn’t be so concerned that Mullin doesn’t have a bachelor’s degree

Plenty of smart, successful people never went to college

We should be concerned that Mullin is unqualified, particularly stupid and ridiculously arrogant-a dangerous combination which is unfortunately very common among MAGA

06.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 728 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 19
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One Year On: 13 people on the ruling that changed their lives On 16 April 2025, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on their biological sex assigned at birth. Forget the rage-bait headlines and attempts to divide us through...

my first piece (cowritten with Catriona Innes) in a print magazine comes out today: we interviewed 13 people, mostly trans women, about how the Supreme Court ruling has affected them for Cosmo UK

www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

05.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 15

One of the reasons I distrust GenAI is that I've been doing tech support in one form or another for 35+ years, and I've seen every way that tech can be misused, break, or behave outside of expectations; GenAI ticks every 'uh-oh' box for me.

06.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Photo of Andrea LaFlamme wearing a shirt with the Desmond Tutu quote, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Photo of Andrea LaFlamme wearing a shirt with the Desmond Tutu quote, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Hi everyone! My name is Andrea LaFlamme and I'm running to unseat Susan Collins in the US Senate. I'm a feminist public health professor and the ONLY candidate in this race who has worked in education, municipal health, and as an elected union leader. (1/2)

06.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 510 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 58

Pahaha like people need to make even more of a mess with spreadsheets...

06.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Republican NC elections board member Bob Rucho resigns as Berger-Page race remains undecided Rucho is quitting in part over recent contributions made to 2026 sheriff candidates, officials say. Rucho also made statements supporting the reelection of state Sen. Phil Berger. Elections board memb...

Oh wow. North Carolina Republican Bob Ruchoβ€”whose name is on the caption of the infamous 2019 SCOTUS case that greenlighted partisan gerrymandering, Rucho v. Common Causeβ€”has resigned from the state Board of Elections after violating a ban on board members donating to political candidates.

06.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...

Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

05.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

VERMONT

Peter Welch's phone numbers:

DC: 202-224-4242

If you can't get through or leave a message on the DC number ⬇️

Burlington: 802-863-2525

06.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 7

While the US slides deeper into the Dark Ages, the European Medicines Agency has approved a vaccine that protects against both the flu & COVID.

05.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

This sounds amazing

06.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is called "generalized reciprocity" by anthropologists and I highly recommend this approach to friendships and community

05.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Take this as your sign that YOU too can fight back against ICE. Everyone has a part to play when it comes to resistance!

05.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 409 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11

i cannot stress enough that if you know anything about how kristi noem found out she was fired you must tell me

05.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 4120 πŸ” 652 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 9

Very real. I heard this reflected in my dissertation research interviews, not even asking about AI, but brought up by participants re burnout for instruction librarians

05.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I hope not

05.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll just rewatch Farscape instead

05.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New tools for understanding AI and learning outcomes OpenAI introduces the Learning Outcomes Measurement Suite to assess AI’s impact on student learning across diverse educational environments over time.

Under no circumstances should we allow OpenAI to become the self-authorized educational research evidenve source that it is trying to be. Vendors must not be research authorities. openai.com/index/unders...

05.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

It is probably a very superficial and big tv talking-head-brained take but I think he axed Noem because of Tillis embarrassing her so prominently on tv. It doesn't matter how incompetent or corrupt you are, it's looking bad on tv that is inexcusable for him

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

INBOX: data from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrations show that in the most recent three months, every single one of the 1,651 refugees accepted into the United States were of (white) South African origin.

www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

05.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9

If you are in line to post a Kristi Noem getting fired joke - STAY IN LINE.

05.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 954 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

If you can't attend a webinar, don't attend. Read the report or watch the recording. But don't send your creepy recording service. And hosts? Attendees can't meaningfully consent to that.

05.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow. May I suggest that removing unvetted AI scrapers from webinars would be Best Practice?

05.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

really tired of conversations about how we need to get people to spend more time offline that don't acknowledge that one of the reasons people ARE online is their access needs aren't being met in physical spaces. This is especially true for queer people and disabled people.

05.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 3503 πŸ” 1312 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 62