It's literally all they do! They make answer-shaped answers! Incidentally that's one of the reasons they work reasonably well as coding assistance - getting the code into the right shape is like 80% of the job.

It's only going to get worse. With AI generated content being output without fact checking and editorial review from publishers, how can you trust that the sources you depend on are factually correct? For anything. Where do you go to find truth?

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · last yr.

Update: looks like it's real! We are so fucking fucked. Just totally cooked. Nothing matters anymore. The boundaries of real information have collapsed utterly, and we are all living in a dream-slurry of garbage puked up by billionaire computers. Anything is true and everything is false.

Still alive. A week from now I see a cardiologist and maybe start to get some answers about what's wrong with me!

There's no wrong way to read. Readers give us their precious time and attention and are gambling that we're going to tell a story they enjoy. If they skip the parts they don't enjoy, it's no less of an honor that they're finding and sticking with the parts they do. /1

Created Wrongly@creativewronging.bsky.social · last yr.

I know I'm *barely* a writer, and I do TTRPGs, but this is incredibly bleak! Why would I, as a writer, ever edit my writing in such a way as to appeal to people who seemingly have no interest in reading? Presumably, to make more sales on a subpar product that ruins my reputation? 🎲 ✍

I am still alive, for anyone wondering! Recovered enough to start looking for jobs again, but not recovered enough to do taxes, fix the website, or write. Thank you to everyone who has given us financial support through Patreon these past few years. It gives me hope and a reason to keep going.

I'm still alive. I may have a lead on some self-employment that will bring in a whole $20/month!!

Fellow and future GryphIn fans, I present you with this GryphIn themed meme template to share your hard-decision moments, in graphical, furry, and feathery form! P.S. If you haven't already, go read Gryphon Insurrection by @kvalenagle.bsky.social #GryphonInsurrection #gryphon #meme #2buttons

Can't social, low functionality, high stress. Still alive.

Alt text: Green background with triangle shapes. Text reads; the first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860

Jeanine 💙@madammaleficent.bsky.social · 2y ago

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It's been a rough week.

I want to give a huge thank you to @mads5408.bsky.social. You read every post I write and frequently share them. Logging in to see that you read something I posted gives me a feeling of connection, ties me to the world. Gives me a reason to keep trying. I appreciate you.

paypal.me/calmarkel #HelpSky #MutualAid #MABoost Trying to get £500 together for the end of the month so I don't end up homeless

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Hello folks, it's the Christmas season which I will take advantage of to say if you'd like to keep supporting me or help me get something nice for myself, here's my paypal. I've had quite a year full of ups and downs, medical issues included. Thank you so much! www.paypal.com/paypalme/yap...

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A doctor friend once told me that procrastination is the brain trying to get the rest you refuse to give it, and honestly, nothing has ever made more sense to me.

Science friends, can you recommend me books about animals who decorate themselves whether it be with mud or stones or little sea anemones?

1/ As people consider the possibility that “the perfect crime” might allow someone to get away with murder, I share the story of the “Mumu Bandit”. I’ve previously posted this elsewhere. This will be a lengthy thread. In 1995-96, I clerked for Judge Herbert Maletz in the District of Maryland.

Okay, this is my autism getting in the way, but ownership can be transferred. Can vulvas be transferred? Because I think I have one I don't need anymore. Free to a good home. Leaving it at the curb, first come first served, no DMs.

Mike the Perpetual Student@sacwriter.bsky.social · 2y ago

CW: Vibrators and the best gift Vulva-owning clients occasionally ask me if I have “toy” recommendations. So, I ask them if they have used a clitoral suction device. If they say no, I suggest they look into The Womanizer brand Every last one of them is happy with my recommendation. #vibrators

Cis writers often forget our poison glands and ability to spit acid.

Callie (calmarkel the goblin)@callie.rebelwrath.co.uk · 2y ago

#TransWriters 18) Wisdom Wednesday: what do cis authors get wrong about trans characters? I'm really interested to see the answers to this one

Didn't read the article so I don't know why she lost her voice (too many scripts on the site), but as I approach 18 months of intermittently losing my ability to conceptualize and speak words... Buckle up, my crazy brain injury story incoming! 🧵 #braindamage #recovery #writing /1

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 2y ago

How scary.

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

Under langauges in settings make sure tge bottom option has nothing selected so posts of any langauge will show up for you x

Another legislative session, another party! Mark your calendars for 1/23/25 at 6:30pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/yimby-denv...?

Ugh, right in the feels! 🏹

Sarah Boon - Author@saraheboon.bsky.social · 2y ago

ADHD: Gets excited from doing new things impulsively Autism: gets overwhelmed from doing new things AuDHD: Does new things impulsively and then gets too overwhelmed to enjoy the new thing (but only realised this when it’s too late).

Tried to wade through the insanity that is the mess BlueHost got me into by delaying my domain transfer for two weeks. Gave up after a few hours and a lot of tears over my brain. I've refunded all sales for the past year because I can't recover the data. If I missed you, please let me know.

Such a powerful & clear connection made by @imanibarbarin.bsky.social “They sold your bodies downriver, because your bodies, when they are sick and disabled, are profit centers. Are we figuring it out yet?” 💯😡 #covidisntover #maskup #disabilityjustice #luigimangione www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYq9Emjr/

And disabled people have been shouting this since 2020. #greenscreen

TikTok video by Crutches&Spice ♿️ :

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So sometimes a dead body will turn into soap (saponification) and now I kind of want to make a resurrected character named “Latherus.”

So we have had an adventure! The cats arrived by air and the not-a-teenager and I went to pick them up. There we discovered that the carrier size insisted on by the airplane is significantly larger than the ones we normally used to transport the cats. Only two would fit in the backseat.

This is a piece from a series of mythological creatures and folklore I did between 2016 and 2018, all painted in India ink and white ink on coffee stained watercolor paper. Here we have the #griffon or #gryphon or #griffin depending on your preference ;)

As a person with brain damage and memory difficulties, it drives me absolutely angry when people change their display names regularly. It adds such a huge toll to interacting. I have a hard enough time remembering things without the context changing on me unpredictably! Invisible disabilities!! 😭🤬