".. people are adaptable and want the system to succeed. We consequently take on the responsibility for making things work, [..] and by transforming ourselves in the process. [..] we make the technology appear closer to what it promises than what it actually delivers"
https://ferd.ca/the-gap-through-which-we-praise-the-machine.html

Had a dream last night that Charles Dickens' middle name was Demesne, just in case you were wondering how thrilling my subconscious is

@TheBreadmonkey this reminds me of a teacher who once accused me of copying an essay from somewhere else because I was apparently using words "beyond my reading level", except this is even worse. Fuck's sake.

And I used the word 'excoriating' in a post this morning, so.

This is extremely frustrating to me because I do actually talk and write like this. What they're basically saying is that noone except Ai uses fancy words, which is incredibly insulting and sesquipedalian.

You sound like ChatGPT | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/openai/686748/chatgpt-linguistic-impact-common-word-usage

@maria jo då, det var en undersökning (om jag inte missförstod vad du menade, är mycket trött idag)
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-15580-004

'Kommunikation' #fotovorschlag

#photography #birds #nature

Men are just not good leaders because they're too emotional and WHAT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE FOUR SUVs SIR FOUR OF THEM

Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis
Author(s): Robb Willer, Christabel L. Rogalin, Bridget Conlon, and Michael T. Wojnowicz Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 118, No. 4 (January 2013), pp. 980-1022

I can't get over this sentence no matter how often I read it.

"Women showed no effects when told they were masculine; however, men given feedback suggesting they were feminine expressed more support for war, homophobic attitudes, and interest in purchasing an SUV."

"Non è più un’idea: è un feed."

Come si costruisce il nemico, ovvero l’“avversario invisibile”
https://volerelaluna.it/politica/2025/06/11/come-si-costruisce-il-nemico-ovvero-lavversario-invisibile/

@kims maybe they don't like mom and dad's anticapitalism:

(via https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/hpd7e3/these_days_the_junk_mail_comes_through_instagram/)

Objectively, it's far more troubling that they're banning Toni Morrison and David Levithan and Art Spiegelman and any books that even hint at representing the right's Horsemen of the Apocalypse

But there's something so completely batshit about banning _Calvin and Hobbes_, a comic strip so family friendly that it ran uncensored in the most conservative newspapers in the country for more than a decade

https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/

The 'stupidest thing any country has ever done', so far....

Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done' https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0623/1519905-brexit-the-stupidest-thing-any-country-has-ever-done/

Sommergoldhähnchen
#birds

A blustery day with some brief showers & nice cloud action, making it thankfully significantly cooler than the past few days & those to come later this week 😥

So the perfect evening to get in a 45km ride out through Heidelberg & into the wide Rhine valley, as ever 👍

#CyclingLife 🚴‍♂️
#Photography 📷

@markmccaughrean stunning! 🤩

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Funkar det bra här?

@Avalonsunset välkommen! Det funkar jättebra här :) hojta om du har några frågor, folk är trevliga och vänliga och hjälper gärna till. Hoppas att du kommer trivas!