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Have I got any Russian speakers in my audience? I've been looking and looking for the proper way to pronounce Vsevobuch but I'm quite worried about getting it wrong

my computer was running all fucking night again bc microsoft has forgotten what the fucking difference is between turn off and restart.

Please make sure you spread the stories debunking this as far and wide as you did the stories claiming it was true. No one is immune to propaganda, viral apocrypha, none of it. But you *can* say, "Hey y'all, I got *got* and that wasn't true." Be about it for information, not just engagement. 💖

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d ago

NEW: I wrote about why so many people wanted to believe that Ukrainian airstrikes on a Russian data center reduced troll and bot activity online, even though it's almost certainly not true. Featuring @noupside.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Nearing the end of my comms queue again, so I’m opening more slots! I’m also starting a waitlist that I could circle back to, since I only take a couple requests into work at once and making announcements this often feels unnecessary :”D

🔞 evil scolki | commissions open@sco18i.bsky.social · last wk.

2 commission slots are open! All of the info is on my ko-fi – ko-fi.com/scolki/commi... These are not first come first served, please contact me first to discuss your idea! Either here, on discord (scolki) or over on tg (@sclkki) 1/4

Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.