Great *official* user guides as video + really good text docs would be so useful. I am resigned to saying this on new platforms for the rest of my online life. RE:
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jael holzman (@jael.bsky.social)
There are specific functions that really could be worth explaining via short-form video or a short FAQ guide. Starter packs and feed curation bein...
It'll be interesting to see if this sort of thing breaks through the trance in the K-12 AI-for-all-children-all-the-time movement RE:
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Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net)
If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon ...
Do not make me make the Weird Tressie Repliers list myself
People hollering about getting blocked/following people from one platform to another to ask why: There are millions of accounts in this room, no private accounts, plenty of bots and trolls. At this scale, courtesy is an attack surface and I think you actually know this and are pretending not to.
This account is such a joy. RE:
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c0nc0rdance (@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social)
Hummingbirds are a diverse group of tiny flying dinosaurs originating in South America, where they split off from the swifts about 42 MYA. The Pan...
So, reading this from Stateline… [stateline.org/2025/07/07/s...](https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/states-scramble-to-shield-hospitals-from-gop-medicaid-cuts/ ) [States scramble to shield hosp...](https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/states-scramble-to-shield-hospitals-from-gop-medicaid-cuts/ )
muting rocko, rocco, and rococo just to be sure
if I get hacked it's 100% going to be through the vector of trying to let my child update minecraft on her device while she's at a friend's house
“No don’t help people who are suffering or they won’t suffer enough to overthrow the government/vote for the other party” is the kind of galactic bullshit that makes me block not just the account that posted it but also everyone who follows them. Demon logic. GTFO.
The House just passed the bill. Here’s our best sense of the situation based on available data. We’ll update next week with analysis of the version that gets signed into law. I’m really grateful to the people who got some of the worst provisions removed and who fought to stop this terrible bill. RE:
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Unbreaking (@unbreaking.org)
The GOP budget bill that passed the Senate is expected to push 17 million people out of health coverage: https://unbreaking.org/issues/medicaid/