Yo does anyone know of mutual aid groups in the PNW that @distributeaid.org could maybe work with on PNW fire relief? @pervocracy.bsky.social and @myrrlyn.net come to mind but not sure

If I were to do some writing about how to think about the safety and ethics in AI use, would people be interested in that? Are there cool people already doing this that I should know about?

I got a body braid and it arrived today! I like it a lot! Thanks to @rahaeli.bsky.social and others here who recced it

I am somewhat concerned to observe that I am packbonding with an LLM

My apologies to anyone who might get the impression that I’m an avid poster I’m just here tonight because insomnia is winning the battle against sedatives

It is irresponsible to disseminate this information. Unless you also disseminate information about how to do stealth pole cutting, like you can find in the comments. Be safe out there and remember they have more data on you than you think.

Dominic@domoffinland.bsky.social · 4d ago

this guy gets it

I actually do not care if this is a falsehood. I will treasure it as a sacred dream even if it never happened.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 4d ago

Fact check: TRUE. ✅ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I’ve recently been reading _Seeing Like A State_ (thanks to the person here who recced it to me!) and among other things it reminds me that malicious compliance (among other techniques) is a great thing to do in the face of fascism.

PERSONAL UPDATE: I just successfully impersonated a bro, for a good cause.

Oh ABSOLUTELY not put that thing back where it came from or so help me

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

funny way of saying you’re not building a commercially viable product

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4d ago

Okay, let it

[Context: I’m on a scout RV trip.] I don’t mean to brag but at least one teen (not mine) strongly wanted me to DJ for the evening I think that means I’m a Cool Parent (again, my teen strongly disagrees)

If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

Come help us develop a tooling platform that’ll get more aid delivered to more people!

borderless@borderless.bsky.social · last wk.

Come help tons of people by joining @distributeaid.org's tech team! You'll get to hang out with me, @chinders.bsky.social, @ky.fyi, @asiahoe.com, @randomdeadbird.satan.social, and so many more cool people.

I love having a teen because I can send her texts like this

Wow I know I’m late to the party but superpowers is pretty wild huh

TFW your health is bad enough that you feel the need to tell your ex/coparent about it, pride be damned. Okay but my pride hurts now.

It’s okay, we were all new here once. Grab a drink, I promise it’s cool.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · last mo.

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

My newest zine, Bear Drawings of Various Quality, is now available! This full-color mini zine features some of my experiments with drawing bears in Posca paint markers. I hope it brings you some joy and levity! US only, free shipping. #zines LINK: payhip.com/b/RlfCW

Why am I awake! I haven’t had any energy in days! Why now, insomnia!?

TIL that endometriosis and MCAS tend to form a vicious cycle, making each other worse So that’s a fun fact that’s not at all relevant to my life

Chat is it good when you’re just tired all the time and never want to get out of bed (I probably ought to email my doctor but there’s sweet fuck all her can do to speed up the specialist appointment to address the probably-endometriosis)

Do we just expect dads to be mildly autistic?

Oggie@oggie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fiddle with that thermostat! Look at some model train sets! Stare at the weather radar intently for a while.

Catching up on @seananmcguire.bsky.social’s Middlegame series and it’s bringing up a lotta feelings about parental expectations and figuring out what you actually want for yourself. Shout out to Seanan for hurting my feelings in all the right ways

The thing about being a cog in the machine: you know that the instant you malfunction or wear down, you’re done. No one retires from tech. We all break or burn out or get enough money to run. Even those us who came to it because we loved it.

Today’s disability rant: every time I think I’ve found a workable rhythm my body kicks my ass just to remind me that I don’t get to have a life

a/bathtub/hammock

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I gotta get out of this bathtub and go to the doctor and I dunwanna, sigh

I’ve been realizing some similar shit about my Italian American immigrant family. We sacrificed a lot of our identity in order to be white and upwardly mobile.

Gritmonger 🔵@gritmonger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's the only reason Irish were brought into whiteness. The plight of Irish immigrants made them sympathetic to enslaved people and the answer was to offer whiteness to split them up

I was backpacking this weekend and we camped on granite for the views, so I constructed this to support my hammock: