@casscasso.bsky.social

@casscasso.bsky.social

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Self-exiled Jewish New Mexican writer/editor nonprofit professional living in Spain with wee kiddos. (former New Yorker) (hibernating poet) (thoughts here own me)

Screen grab from ad for eppika_app Text from book is shown with a fake AI hand hovering along: “El primer día en el Cuadrante de Jinetes fue duro. Violet caminó con miedo pero valentía.” The word “miedo” is highlighted and then translated as “money.” Tagline is: “Learn Spanish by reading bestsellers” Ends with link saying Start Now and try something new
Close up on original screen grab highlighting the top row of the woman’s teeth, which seem to tilt in an impossible angle in her mouth.
Screenshot from the article that says: “You could be in a desktop app. That could be Apple Notes, that could be Slack, that could be whatever app you're using. It could be every mobile application. We have, for every one of those applications, figured out the right way to observe what you're doing, annotate it in a way that is unobtrusive to you and to the application, and to make changes on your behalf. And doing that everywhere is the proposition.”
Screenshot of @schooley.bsky.social post followed by quote from News Eye @newseye.bsky.social "I always thought he was weak on security, which is why I appointed him to keep America safe." A historic imbecile. On this post from Aaron Ruparo @atrupar.com Trump on Joe Kent: "I always thought he was weak on security. Very weak on security. It's a good thing that he's out."
Screenshot from enews Axios AM: Control your reality For the first time ever, all of us can use free versions of emerging large language models to sharpen our discovery, our thinking and our writing. We can set up personal and personalized tutorials for free. • And soon, for the first time ever, those LLMs will be smarter, faster, deeper and more capable than we are. That will dramatically expand your personal abilities, provided you learn to use them smartly.
Screenshot of text: Join the Chronicle of Philanthropy for AI Can Turbocharge Your Grant Seeking: Here's How. In this 75-minute webinar, we'll explore how to unlock AI's potential to streamline grant seeking and boost productivity. You'll learn from Josie White, philanthropic officer at Shelter the Homeless, who has integrated AI into grant writing at her nonprofit and built a custom AI tool using ChatGPT. White will outline practical ways AI can help you craft strong applications and save time - from kickstarting research to drafting and editing tailored responses to funders' questions. Plus, she'll share tips for creating prompts that get the answers you need and ensuring that content sounds authentic.
Picture of the cover of La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in Spanish. Cover features a sepia photo of a father and young son in the fog on a street corner in the late 1940s.
Bowl of sugar cookies. Some have mini m&ms, some have multicolored sprinkles, some are plain.
White wall with splotch of red paint, circular at top then with a tail dripping down. Someone has drawn an angry face and waving stick hands on it with black ink.
Image of bright yellow neon letters lit up in a window of a coffee shop that say: NO COFFEE NO BRAIN
Story from The Verge above Tyler’s thread. The photo is a glowing array of data centers; the headline is “Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages”
Screenshot of NY Times article last summer with headline: “Charlie Kirk, Long Accused of Antisemitism, Is Set for a Prime-time Speech” Subhead: The turnaround for the head of Turning Point USA tells the story of how the Republican Party has united around former President Donald Trump.”
Photo of TV screen showing CNN broadcast with new Pope addressing the crowd. But unfortunately the closed captioning is frozen so the banner reads: “First American Pope - I don’t give a [bleep]”
Picture of CNN with cardinal making announcement re: new Pope, but the closed captioning says “I don’t give a [bleep]”
Three green hungry gremlins with wide mouths and red eyes and sharp teeth
Screenshot from FT article: “There can be no logic-washing of Donald Trump's tariffs. This isn't part of a carefully-designed industrial policy or a cunning strategy to induce compliance among trading partners or a choreographed appearance of chaos to scare other governments into obedience. It's wildly destructive stupidity, and the generations of American, and particularly Republican politicians, who allowed things to slide to this point are collectively to blame.”
Cropped dark cover of magazine with text that says “Columbia College Today” and “THE END”
Screenshot of search result. (Site is down but google still serving descriptions) What is USAID Information Integrity Program? へ The Georgia Information Integrity Program exemplifies USAID's sharpened focus on building "resilience" - helping Georgia build the institutions, infrastructure, and practices necessary to protect its society from malign influence, including disinformation, cyberattacks against key infrastructure, Russia's continued ... # https://www.usaid.gov USAID Launches New Program to Build Georgia's Resilience Against ...
Screenshot of search result: What is USAID Information Integrity Program? へ The Georgia Information Integrity Program exemplifies USAID's sharpened focus on building "resilience" - helping Georgia build the institutions, infrastructure, and practices necessary to protect its society from malign influence, including disinformation, cyberattacks against key infrastructure, Russia's continued ...
Bluesky timeline screenshot showing another post about Donald the Dove above a shared article with that headline. Many remember this mistaken framing.
Screenshot of article with headline: “Trump’s press chief shows she’s more than capable of going full North Korea.”
Four tasty latkes topped as described in the text.
What appears to be a ruined or bombed building (gray, ashy, big chunks mussing) with a mysterious all-red flag on top.
Search results for Alice Munro, with top article today talking about how her husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children, and wondering why she stayed silent. Next article talks about wanting to live like her, that she’s an example to follow (published in May before her daughter’s account).
Whole fresh cranberry on left, ruby red sauce on a teaspoon on right against wooden background.
Very rotten Halloween pumpkin filled with mold that looks melted and saggy with white lines in sides and a broken mouth.
Close up section of oozing shiny cheese sauce dripping like gelatinous regrets off a hot dog
Close up of Ohio with green boundary line over Cleveland.