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My wife and I are watching Stranger Things from the beginning again, and frankly I'd watch if they ditched everyone else and it was just Dustin and Steve doing a mismatched buddy road movie thing.

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THE REPLICATORS ARE LAUNCHING PIPING HOT PIZZA PIES LIKE FRISBEES ACROSS THE PROMENADE WHILE HOLO-GUY FIERI SCREAMS “NOW THAT IS ONE KICKIN PIE BRO” AFTER EACH ONE

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its a tech glitch but also funny because its accurate

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This is your periodic reminder that I have the world’s longest ongoing list of accessibility tools for developers and I want more Thank you carry on. Let me know if links die. assisted.site/accessibility

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Seriously, @developer.microsoft.com, please rethink retiring Azure Data Studio next year. It's one of the few dev tools I feel strongly about. I'm surprised at how strong that feeling is!

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SQL Server 2025 by Microsoft MVP Javier Villegas at data TGIF is going to start in like 15 mins! Join our meetup online and for free here! www.meetup.com/data-tgif/ev... #Meetup #sqlserver2025 #sqlserver #sqlfamily

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This is the thing - when people ask me why I don’t use AI for my work (happening more and more), my response is that I need the correct answer, not a statistically probable one.

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It's Juneteenth! Here are some zines I made at the local Juneteenth Market and at a Seeing Other People Photography workshop I helped put on! I love my people, I love myself, and I love zines! 1/2

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Fun fact: The Spix's disc-winged bat has suction cups on its thumbs and ankles that let it stick to surfaces. It uses these to stick to the inside of banana leaves to roost 🦇🪠🤝 #naturalhabitatshorts #naturalhabitok #naturalhabitat

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It's Juneteenth. Here's @levarburton.bsky.social reading Lift Every Voice and Sing. #BlackLivesMatter youtu.be/GNEPwwv56DY

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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Trans kids deserve to live

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This is quite possibly the most Alabama political stunt (heh) I’ve seen in a long time.

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Here's what everyone needs to know about today's big trans rights ruling: There will be states where trans youth will be able to access lifesaving, medically necessary care, and states where they won't and they and their families will suffer grave harm. If that's not inequality, then nothing is.

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Not all the news is bad, Maine continues to stand up in defense of trans kids.

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“PARENTS HAVE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY OVER THEIR CHILDREN AND THAT RIGHT SUPERSEDES EVERYTHING (unless that parent wants to help their child access gender-affirming healthcare or abortion services, obviously.)” - The Far Right

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This is a part of the passport win i haven't seen anywhere else yet, so i want to make sure as many of you see it as possible: If your passport was altered against your will, at any point in the last year, file this form 👇🏾 to initiate data correction, for free

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Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

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most swords weigh, on average, about 3-5lbs. your cat is heavier than all the but the most ridiculously large historical swords!

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This is hardly an original thought, but my youngest is visiting and she and her older brother are in the kitchen talking about coffee and their computers like normal people, and good lord when did these kids grow up? It feels like they were like 12 and fighting constantly YESTERDAY.

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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

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Absolutely correct.

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i don't really have words, i've run out of ways to denounce this stuff in words. but i gave $100 to my local LGBTQ+ youth program today. challenging all my cis friends to cut a check to someone in your area helping kids today. prismunited.org/donate/

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To all the trans folks out there: I’m so sorry that our society continues failing to make space for you. You belong here. You deserve to be here and to be your full self. You are loved.

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LGTBQ rights are human rights. There are no excuses of electoral convenience, we must and we will build a future where everyone is safe regardless of gender identify or sexual orientation.

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If we don't have the process down, we can't reliably evaluate the output even if (and what an 'if' it is!) we can solve the other problems of ChatGPT et al. It's key to know how to do the thing before you start using tools to abstract away parts of the thing-doing.

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MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

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Normal Greeks: “emergency exit procedure.” Me, a late antique Hellenist: “liturgy of the exodus of danger.”

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Some more rural areas show improvement, even!

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With the impending shutdown of Pocket, I'm on the hunt for a similar tool or service that allows easily saving/categorizing links to read later. What say you, hive mind?

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if you’re tired of hearing about racism, imagine living under it.

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If you are arrested today protesting the Trump administration in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

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This weekend: come for the Raccoon Immersion Experience, stay for the free vaccine clinic!

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Bad news there, Jimbo…

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It is imperative that we all make a little space for joy in our lives right now. I am not suggesting denial, descent into solipsism, or escapism or anything, but rather, intentionally taking a few minutes here and there to try to make some happiness. The horrors will still be there in a half hour.

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I love that we still talk about Ea-nāṣir. Truly, he will never die as long as there are vendors who habitually sell shoddy wares. Fun fact: there are other complaints about bad copper found in the ruins believed to be his dwelling. He was committed to shifting bad copper!

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ea nasir is back baby awooo

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I'm watching Soapdish for about the jillionth time, and I really wish they'd managed Montana's comeuppance without outing her as trans. The movie is so fun otherwise.

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