Posts by screwturn@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AsjTCWnGHIxwhu5bA8 by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-03-12T13:30:54Z
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@helenczerski This may be our Al Ghazali moment. The point at which we willingly douse the fire of science. I don't think many people understand that restarting it may not be possible. This society, this culture, may never have science back again in any meaningful way
(DIR) Post #AsjUZT54LeAvo4vB1U by screwturn@mastodon.social
2024-12-16T00:58:10Z
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@nixCraft Yes, and we made a distinction between "laptop", which was that thing, and "notebook" which is what people now call a laptop
(DIR) Post #AtcKc0rOyMDEc5ymy8 by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-04-30T12:58:10Z
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@futurebird I've met this guy
(DIR) Post #AvGO3f2lcJRjTR5eue by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T20:24:54Z
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@alice "How can one man so visibly fuck up on every god damned thing...and still have this much power?"Truly is a fascinating question.Like how did this guy fail upwards for his whole life, and then does a horrendous job and get voted in again anyway. Maybe we are just a very stupid species@Chrisblue @bmacDonald94
(DIR) Post #Axd1mFRUVJlHTE9tYm by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-08-28T12:30:16Z
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@futurebird Never heard of him until now, and reading the comments, I'm very glad of thatAs an author, I tried a couple of kiddo stories, but never went any further. I had this vague idea of instructional adventures
(DIR) Post #AxwXdBVSeoQDC3yagq by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-09-06T22:26:43Z
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@futurebird Not that age group, but have read several studies on parts of this. Dating downSex downAlcohol downLoneliness upSuicide upAlso "deaths of despair" up- which captures more than the ICD codes for "suicide"But also, continuing long-term trend of "civic participation" down. Like for over a century, year on year drop in membership of clubs, teams, unions, groups, etc. Just less engagement in civic activities of all kinds
(DIR) Post #AxwY1rUIDwaQLVCGHo by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-09-06T22:31:12Z
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@futurebird YahIt's the weirdest thing that Conservatives often finger problems, or at least dynamics that are pretty true, but their solutions are most often bat-shit crazy or make things an order of magnitude WORSE.Like they fuck things up even worse than if they had just left them alone
(DIR) Post #AzEaJ3wDscM25CriQC by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-10-15T13:13:36Z
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@futurebird It is as lazy as the thinking of the LLM and cryptocurrency crowd in general. Too lazy to use full sentences, too lazy to understand the underlying technology, and too lazy to even understand their own stuff.Bullshittery, but insouciant
(DIR) Post #B0BL0ylmmADQjfGmJs by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:30:12Z
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@futurebird When the whatever lottery reach a billion-dollar payout, a bunch of people with stats backgrounds bought a ticket just because it was something interesting to own. I bet at least one had some secret daydreams though
(DIR) Post #B0Nh4T6r7IHIpbgo2S by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-11-18T20:33:53Z
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@stux Yup, same as cops.They should get at least twice the penalty
(DIR) Post #B0aRCPZcdFWijVRt6u by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-11-25T00:07:19Z
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@futurebird I love social media It is my direct conduit to beta readers, experts, and other writers. Building good stories would be soooo much harder without it.
(DIR) Post #B12jPm0NmWkTfXMgBk by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-12-08T15:43:19Z
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@futurebird That is such a good insight!The QDA I use for qualitative and mixed-methods work has never yet hallucinated, but it does sometimes get implications or assumptions wrong. So, if it produced a very unexpected result, I would be excited and curious, but assume it was an error
(DIR) Post #B17hDori5s5AwkHR20 by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-12-11T01:12:19Z
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@futurebird OkThat got me laughing so hard I am getting dirty looks from the dogs
(DIR) Post #B1mAwZOjNtgDT5ZIOG by screwturn@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T13:53:23Z
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@futurebird 3
(DIR) Post #B2WZ9gmB03dh4mLWYi by screwturn@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T23:01:49Z
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@futurebird never have, never will, apparently
(DIR) Post #B2gtTreTvmxea0n2Qq by screwturn@mastodon.social
2026-01-26T22:36:41Z
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@futurebird LOLNot an artist, but I promise I will add the ant of your choice to my next short story.I might need some technical help to figure out why they are there