Good reminder: if someone treats you in a way that you would never treat a friend, then you’re not friends.
Rebecca Ruth Seidel
@caseinmicelles.bsky.social
Too many Ayrshires, not enough time. Half dairy farmer, half writer, all parent. Mostly cheese and kid stories.
Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
Regarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA Newsletter
Today I, and every other HWA member, received the HWA newsletter in our inboxes. In that newsletter was an essay (“essay”) of pro-AI propaganda that made a number of specious points in …
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Me: Are you ready to finish your math? Child: Uh, yes? I made a weapon of mass destruction while I was outside!
Turns out basic shit like “communicable diseases are bad” and “Nazis are disgusting losers” only had the appearance of consensus. The fight is everywhere, the fight is always.
True, and yet, the big revelation of my adulthood is that no battle is so permanently won that you don’t have to fight it anymore, and no territory is safe. Democrat doesn’t equal progressive, and a “safe” 60-40 state is still 40% the other side.
Kevin MacKenzie 🌱@kevin4brookline.bsky.social · 19h agoThat, in a state like Massachusetts, we even have to have this “discussion” is so upsetting.
I miss search engines that actually work and a thriving information ecosystem without slop.
TKarney@pecunium.bsky.social · 10h agoHard to miss what I've never used. And this dude is, as usual, conflating the things Machine Learning can do (and better than people) with GenAI, which pretends to do what machines can't, i.e. think, and reason.
I've told this story before and I suppose now it's time to do it again. When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher was the elderly sort of man who always wore a gray flannel suit and had a cigarette before class and a cigarette at the end of class every period.
Sarah@sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 22h agoIt seems like assigned reading, especially summer reading, should include titles from different genres, with different tones, from different eras. (And as a former sulky Anne Rice-reading teen, I advocate for some over-the-top moodiness in the mix with realistic problem fiction and happier tales.)
The best-rated book of my series is only $1.99 in eBook today! Please pick it up, Bluesky!! Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/vivi... Amzn: a.co/d/090H09M9 B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/viviana-va... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Hey folks! I'm going to have a little medical downtime in early September (cataract surgery) so I'm taking advantage of that enforced rest to offer 4 writing mentoring sessions at $750/each.
maybe i should revitalize FBOL but title it "Sexy People Read Books"
you wanna be hot? guess what, dumbass. you gotta read books.
The internet has gotten SO MUCH WORSE since I last tried to shop for a used car. wtf
Just as I don't want to read a book by someone who couldn't be bothered to write it, I *definitely* don't want to eat food by someone who doesn't want me to see that food in actual photo form. You're advertising a product that does not and cannot exist in corporeal reality. WTF.
🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪@murderxbryan.bsky.social · yesterdayHey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.
In the same way that all art is political, all tech is also political. I know that the Bluesky executives are focused more on the protocol and users are more focused on the platform, but the protocol itself IS POLITICAL.
My mom has declared war against Japanese Stilt Grass, a species best controlled by mowing, and she's been walking the fence row to hand-pull it near the neighbor's property... meanwhile, there's a wild grape vine growing up the back of her house, pokeweed in her ground cover, and burdock everywhere.
I never thought I'd miss the days of having to print and mail cover letters and resumes.
“What’s a beautiful girl like you doing in a dump like this,” I ask, motioning to the entire country
What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1
I think we need to return to an era of content moderation that doesn't accept hate as a political position, which would weed out a lot of Republican and international conservative users. There needs to be a bar for posts in an online community.
A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d agoMy thoughts on Bluesky not being welcoming to Republicans is Trump blocks disaster relief to states voting blue, & is also legally codifying anyone who opposes him as a terrorist deserving violence, & his kidnapping brute gangs terrorize the streets, & there's much more but I'm out of characters
Buying cow udder mint rub rather than Tiger Bomb. So much more in a container, just as cooling.
Elizabeth Picciuto@epicciuto.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat is your favorite example of when the cheap version of a product is legit better than the expensive one?
Growing Bluesky into a platform that's more than just politics is a form of hope; it's the belief that we're going to have a lasting, thriving community when we make it through the storm of this era.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d agoFolks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.
These are two of the best decisions Bluesky ever made because they both give power to the targets of harassment instead of the harassers.
Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d agowhile there are problems with anything, the nuclear block is absolutely my second favorite thing that bluesky did. (my first favorite is detach quote, which is another thing that wrecks the way they like to use social media)
anyway, i’m at the point where people starting new substacks/remaining on substack really bums me out but can’t spend a ton of energy getting mad about it. bigger fish to fry and all. it just confuses me how so many continue to ignore the evidence of how much they suck.
In particular, it will be a disaster for women. Comparing wages to those of non-college peers pits women's professions against male trades. Of course this is what they intend
Sean D. Johnson@seanjohnson.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is going to be a disaster for students and colleges alike. That is the point.
For your consideration... a kitten in an angler fish mask.
The kids are out here getting looks mogged when they could be getting books mogged, is what I’m saying
Early on, one of the lies spread about Bluesky on X was that it was full of CSAM, so people shouldn't check it out... But then no one left when X starting MAKING ITS OWN CSAM. This is the level of cognitive dissonance we're talking about.
Rebecca Ruth Seidel@caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 2d agoWhen you've stayed through a Hitler-stanning chatbot and CSAM, there really isn't a lower place you can sink to. Bluesky can try to offer better ROI for time spent, which I think we have... but coming to terms with your own choices first is a lot for a person to do.