@samir i got a little closer to my intent here https://circumstances.run/@hipsterelectron/117160718826321285 i think there are structures of coercion in software architecture and we can and should work to unseat them

My suggestion for academics who use LLMs for peer review: just stop, you’ve lost your minds, consider a different career.

@Rainmaker1973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_(cat)

@StefanThinks

I don’t believe in pretending people were better than they were just because they’re dead. Below is my exhaustive list of all of the negative things I have to say about Dolly Parton:

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Dolly Parton is one of the Saints of the Bookhouse. Her voice shall echo from the eaves today, as a star so bright has dimmed and gone out.

@spla
Crec que és una molt bona idea que pot frenar bastant la proliferació d'aquests bots.

Safety loaf

@jep1899 exacte, feu això que a mi no m’afecta

@ReggieHere I mean I can give you a good head start tho...

*looks over at Thiel, Musk, Andreessen and Altman*

@alina rookie numbers. 24h or bust

@sebsauvage

J'allais te le dire ouais parce qu'à ce compte là moi.... murmf... 🖖🏼

Roughly half of the global oil supply comes from countries engaged in conflict, and the US is benefiting from causing some of these conflicts by exporting records amounts.

Moving of fossil fuels is not just necessary to address the climate emergency but it will have dividends in removing the financial incentives from some of these conflicts that resolve around the control of oil and natural gas supplies.

https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/08/26/pres-de-la-moitie-de-lapprovisionnement-mondial-en-petrole-provient-de-pays-engages-dans-un-conflit/

Keep Dolly’s memory alive by being a kind and generous person in your own personal capacity.

Some people seem to think that Web 2.0 was when the internet suddenly became social. The internet was always social, though; social connection is its core functionality. Web 2.0 is the threshold at which companies stepped in to facilitate and monetize those connections. That made it possible to socialize online without learning the intricacies of navigating the web, which opened up online socialization (as well as exploitation of personal data) to a much broader spectrum of people.

When all our gulfs and lakes and mountains are renamed “America,” how will we know where we are?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-renaming-lake-ontario-65bbd47925365ffd5d9522cf4b2e4bc8

@hipsterelectron Not saying you’re wrong! I think it’s unclear. Personally, I like to choose the interpretation that makes me smile, not the one that makes me upset. (And I’m not implying you can’t be upset, or that it’s wrong to be. Just do me a favour and choose something that serves you well.)

…Going places swiftly at the expense of swifts will get us nowhere

“Common birds play a crucial role in food webs and ecosystem services, such as seed dispersal and pollination. Their disappearance threatens crop yields, forest regeneration, insect control, and therefore the very resilience of our landscapes.”

https://eeb.princeton.edu/news/north-american-bird-declines-are-driven-reductions-common-species

Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis, directs his orchestra on the notes of Nora the cat playing the piano.

She earns a standing ovation.

reading this to the tune of come together by the beatles https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117159052992892068