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John Karabaic's account. he/him. BLM.

NYC MIT WPAFB CIN PDX, kinda in that order

Virtual plumber to @pluralistic

Breakfast on the Bridges volunteer @bonbpdx

Working for tech companies since they made hardware.

The gurney is the reward, as my NeXT colleagues put it.

Expect book and media reviews, comments on science and technology policy, frequent #NoirAlley #TCMParty posts.

Banner from Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts

BlueSky@karabaic.org
jack the nonabrasive7h ago

My family and many friends disagree with my assessment that this game is fun and not at all depressing.

https://www.ballotguessr.com

BallotGuessr — A political pundit litmus test

GeoGuessr for politics. See a Google Street View image, guess how the county voted in the 2024 presidential election. 5 rounds, 30 seconds each. Play free — no account required.

BallotGuessr
jack the nonabrasive13h ago
I fell asleep to the 1982 RTE Players radio play of the complete Ulysses by James Joyce and the dreams I had! Best sleep in a while, too.
jack the nonabrasive15h ago
End credits sequence on #StarfleetAcademy 1.10 is adorable.
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the power of sloppelganging up on companies
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LOL

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-pulls-down-expert-review-feature

Grammarly Is Pulling Down Its Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission

Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.

Futurism
jack the nonabrasive1d ago

Lev Tolstoy would have loved this story. IYKYK. 💙📚

@bookstodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/science/bumlebees-queens-underwater-breathe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SVA.7HoN.ToziAWCXJP5_&smid=url-share

Bumblebee Queens Can Breathe Underwater

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.

The New York Times
jack the nonabrasive1d ago

This person called the Grammerly "AI writing coaches" sloppelgangers

https://bsky.app/profile/lifewinning.com/post/3mgqaymhkf227

jack the nonabrasive3d ago
weird that this week i was thinking that the question, "is it bigger than a breadbox" had very little meaning when i was young and no meaning now and DTF St Louis S1E1 mentions it.
jack the nonabrasive4d ago
hey folks who wrote rooster, a slavic studies professor who proudly owned a first edition of war and peace would not have an english-language first edition.
jack the nonabrasive4d ago

dell makes a commercial featuring a laptop that looks like a 2005 macbook air and does their best to make it look cutting edge.

this is a documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeiI8cd5rO4

Forget "Steve Jobs," Get Ready For "Michael Dell" | CONAN on TBS

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