Profile avatar
lilies.bsky.social
Old, but still learning
8 posts 284 followers 1,104 following
Regular Contributor
Posts 24 Comments 6

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

submitted 13 days ago • 95 comments

Impeach.

submitted 12 days ago • 337 comments

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

submitted 12 days ago • 2319 comments

Yep. Also, fu, Trump, Musk & DOGE.

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

Look at this leader. Lift her up.

submitted 14 days ago • 247 comments

I'm in. February 28, 2025!

submitted 23 days ago • 336 comments

On Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 (Presidents’ Day), coordinated protests will occur in all 50 states at or near each state’s capitol (and some city halls) to peacefully oppose the Trump Administration’s actions and “Project 2025” agenda. Find details for your state ⬇️🪧

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Share widely!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Insane contradictory rules. You MUST address how your grant has an impact on society. If you do, the grant will be cancelled. Soviet level censorship clothed in a web of obfuscation!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Crazy idea but could some US senator call the Sec of the Treasury and ask him what the fuck is going on? @corybooker.com, you voted for him. You and the 14 other Dems who also did need to get answers @wyden.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov must also given their key roles

submitted 37 days ago • 44 comments

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

submitted 38 days ago • 166 comments

Wow. Worth a read…

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Now is the time to archive the gov data and webpages that you depend on for your research. They may not be there in the future. #AcademicSky #LibrarySky #CommSky 1) blog.pagefreezer.com/how-to-archi... 2) archive.org 3) archive-it.org

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era

submitted 40 days ago • 327 comments

The RFK Jr. confirmation hearing has been scheduled for 1/29/25. The nomination is on shaky ground. Here's the call to action: Reach Out To Your Senators and Urge Them To Oppose RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary Here's how to do that, step-by-step:

submitted 47 days ago • 48 comments

Been thinking about this cartoon. For no reason. Really. It's from 1889 -- during the Gilded Age.

submitted 50 days ago • 65 comments

The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy. Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...

submitted 47 days ago • 18 comments

Just a heads up. It’s going to get worse. Stop relying on the corporate media who failed to warn you, only to reap the profits from the shitshow now. They wanted this for you. Get your news here. With swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 48 days ago • 191 comments

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

submitted 48 days ago • 609 comments

1. From morning EST to evening PST, I receive an email roughly once every three minutes. Overnight the pace slows, but not all that much. If I did nothing but read email and reply 12 hours a day I could probably keep up. A once-wonderful productivity technology is killing any hope of productivity.

submitted 60 days ago • 51 comments

A firefighting aircraft called a “Super Scooper ” was grounded on Thursday after it was struck by a civilian drone while flying over the Palisades Fire near the Pacific Coast. The Super Scooper aircraft sustained wing damage and remains grounded and out of service. That’s one less aircraft to…

submitted 61 days ago • 370 comments

Important Thread:

submitted 65 days ago • 9 comments

New post on The 100% CI! We unravel a series of mysterious research misconduct cases that can be traced back to a single villain striking from the shadow: Rogue RA www.the100.ci/2024/12/18/r...

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Is it okay to start sentences with a number now?? I mean, the actual number…not spelled-out. Asking for an irritated, paper-grading friend…

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments