"...Your heart is true You're a pal and a confidant ...if you threw a party Invited everyone you knew You would see The biggest gift would be from me And the card attached would say Thank you for being a friend" --Golden Girls theme song PS - you're welcome for the ear worm

Jesus fucking motorboating Christ, NO. Fuck off, right to the edge of fucking off, fuck off over that edge, hit the very fucking bottom of fucking off, and then fucking crawl away to die in a fucking corner.

Miranda Dickinson@wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 2d ago

Oh HELL no, #Audible. So you're going to not only steal my characters, infringing my copyright and IP, but you're also going to steal the voices of my brilliant audiobook narrators for your utterly crap AI chatbot? Get - and I say this with my whole heart - IN THE SEA! #NoAI

"Why don't people come forward if the assault really happened?" This. This is why. Because they have to relive the trauma endlessly. Professionals pick holes in their story. They have to be perfect in every way to be credible. For a lot of survivors, the burden of proof is too heavy to carry.

For the record, if you have knowledge that someone is talking shit about me privately, please let me remain unenlightened and uninvolved. Neither do I care, nor do I need to know.

Made spaghetti for dinner in the crockpot. Sauce features red beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and roasted eggplant, all pureed to creamy perfection. It tastes amazing. Gonna top with hot sauce and cheese and enjoy this feast. If you hate pasta cooked in sauce instead of water, no need to @ me.

If you're a LGBTQIA+ artist, crafter, creator, editor, writer, etc (anything at all, really), drop a link for your goods and/or services here so people can find you. I want to drive funds in your direction.

So I purposely uninstalled Copilot the first time I noticed it on my phone. I have not chosen to reinstall it. Yet I just had to uninstall it AGAIN. I'm absolutely enraged.

It's rare that I agree with Lemongrab but... for everyone collaborating and/or complicit in this brutal regime:

Adventure Time Lemongrab: One Million Years Dungeon!

Alt: Adventure Time Lemongrab: One Million Years Dungeon!

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Taking a virtual training right now on helping immigrants who have also faced domestic violence, and they literally just said not to use AI tools due to reasons of confidentiality. Anything you tell an LLM, even using a note taking service, might be discoverable. We're being watched. Be mindful.

Vote blue unless it's New(som)

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2w ago

Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.

Taking a virtual training right now on helping immigrants who have also faced domestic violence, and they literally just said not to use AI tools due to reasons of confidentiality. Anything you tell an LLM, even using a note taking service, might be discoverable. We're being watched. Be mindful.

So Draft2Digital thought it was a good idea to send out an email blast, "inviting" authors to take advantage of "Spotify's free audiobook creation offer". (Screencap below) I wonder who on their marketing team thought authors would like to steal from voice actors the way "AI"/LLMs stole *our* work.

You and me both, Melissa.

Film-News.co.uk@filmnewsweb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Melissa McCarthy wishes Spy had grown into epic movie franchise Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/XOGdAJ6 More on www.film-news.co.uk

the bi fantasy: You're so lucky, you can date anyone. Everyone! All at once! the bi reality: You're a dirty, dirty fence sitter and we don't trust you. *side-eyes*

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w ago

66% of straight women are unwilling to date a bisexual man, our study finds ahead of #BiVisibility Day % unwilling to date bi men Straight women 66% Bi men 15% Gay men 11% Bi women 10% % unwilling to date bi women Straight men 35% Lesbian women 20% Bi men 9% Bi women 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.

TW@twesq.bsky.social · 2w ago

this is fantastic and I learned something new

the bi fantasy: You're so lucky, you can date anyone. Everyone! All at once! the bi reality: You're a dirty, dirty fence sitter and we don't trust you. *side-eyes*

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w ago

66% of straight women are unwilling to date a bisexual man, our study finds ahead of #BiVisibility Day % unwilling to date bi men Straight women 66% Bi men 15% Gay men 11% Bi women 10% % unwilling to date bi women Straight men 35% Lesbian women 20% Bi men 9% Bi women 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Two housekeeping tips that made me feel like facepalming because so helpful & why didn't I think of that: 1)Don't struggle to fold fitted sheets. Take 1 pillow case. Gather fitted sheet, flat sheet, other pillow case. Cram all into pillow case 1. Now your sheets are matched & you can stack.

🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”

IDK who needs to hear this (everyone), but a bunch of @authormsbev.bsky.social's ebooks are on SALE for $0.99 on Kobo and Kindle!

The Year is 2036. Every formerly empty store in your local mall has been taken by Spirits. To whit: Spirit Halloween Store Spirit Christmas Store Spirit Fourth of July Store Spirit Arbor Day Store Act now. Decorate your front lawn for Mardi Gras!

If you loved The Hocus Pocus Handbook, please post a few thoughts somewhere. It helps other readers (and me). If you hated it, I doubt I need to invite you to share feedback. People who enthusiastically hate things seem to show up with plenty of steam regardless. 😉

ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids

I Scare You Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2w ago

“Although Black and Hispanic teen girls are disproportionately providing family care compared to white youth, Black boys and young men are also becoming the main caregivers in their families. During COVID-19, Black and brown youth caregivers filled gaps in a broken healthcare system.”

It's my birthday. Great things to do today: - buy my books - donate to an animal charity - contract Etsy witches to cease the nonstop crises in my life from the past 11 months - prayer circle Shawn's vet today doesn't tell me he needs another big expensive dental surgery this year

Again, I'd just like to remind everyone that DHS is paying sheriffs and local PDs up to $22,500 for each "safety verification" they complete on immigrant kids in (and sometimes outside) their jurisdiction.

Andrew Thrasher@tituslegaldesign.com · 2w ago

"Revenue received for Task Force Officer (TFO) Stipends will be received as “TFO Stipends” – Revenue Code 7157. Revenue received for Unaccompanied Children Safety Verification Initiative (UAC) will be received as “UAC Incentives” – Revenue Code 7158."

Find you a thrift store who accepts old clothes as a donation and offers free books in payment. I had the BEST day. 😍

If you blend 1 c salsa with 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed, and mix in 1 c of oat flour, then chill dough for 30 minutes. Shape into patties and bake on a pan with parchment paper (if possible) at 400 F, 8-10 minutes per side. These veggie burgers come out awesome.

As it turns out, ruining everything & poisoning food, beverages, soap, and medical supplies is not the way to persuade people your ideas are feasible and well-implemented.

Y'all, I need help. @vicada.bsky.social is missing. They left home in Colorado Springs just over 24 hours ago and have made no contact since telling me what time they left. Missing person report got filed 12 hours ago. They're driving a 2009 Chevy Colorado pickup, CO plate FXC-U31.

Leftover conversion tip: If you have leftover sloppy joes, make a little brown gravy, add peas and carrots, and turn it into cottage pie. This is delicious.