Electric Maenad
@electricmaenad.bsky.social
Oneironaut; screaming bloody lefty; founding member of Self Made Mutant Cabal; follower of strange gods. Getting too old for this shit and doing it anyway. She / her. Will shamelessly anthropomorphize anything that moves with apparent volition.
I've read lots of people including climate scientists baffled because even though we are watching people die, crop failures, entire communities being burned to the ground, etc that there is basically no urgent action on climate change. They are baffled because they like most of us assumed that
AI’s climate impact is devastating! "They found that, whenever AI gave both industries a similar boost, global emissions rose. AI had to help renewable energy four to five times more than fossil fuels just for emissions to break even." heated.world/p/ais-climat...
AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought
A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.
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🦇 Bat on your porch? Don’t panic! It may be a youngster seeking shelter or an adult moving between summer and winter habitat. Guano without a visible bat may mean a temporary night roost. Set a flowerpot underneath to catch droppings—your visitor will soon move on. #BatsNeedFriends
Five people are on our hospital ward with malnutrition right now. Some elderly Canadians are quietly starving to death
People: You can’t just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: OH THE YEAR WAS 1778
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · last wk.People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song ME: Oh MY god, Becky
US booze will gather dust on shelves. US dairy will rot before it sells. US produce will give you the shits. Canadians will buy none of it.
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
First time this summer I've been able to go out in a thunderstorm and just... get rained on for 5 or so minutes.
It is impossible to describe how deeply I resent being harassed for reviews after every minor commercial transaction
Friendly reminder: Governments & administrations preventing you from or penalizing you for expressing your opinion is censorship Individuals reacting to your expressed opinions critically or with disgust is freedom of expression in action
“Premier Smith, Albertans with disabilities want to talk about how your government has betrayed them. And, dammit, so should you.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonsun.com/opinion/colu...
TAIT: Albertans with disabilities betrayed by Smith government
Please don't call the most vulnerable among us freeloaders from a podium and walk away without proof.
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Look, if they didn't want to be plants, they shouldn't have been CEOs of HEDGE funds.
It’s blessedly cooler today, so Penny had stopped moving between patches of linoleum in the kitchen and has returned to her “cave” on the towel shelf in the linen closet.
You got played, Canada. Some of us called it every step of the way. You can blame the greasiest of politicians but also blame so much of our national media that failed us in every possible way on this file. #AxeTheTax #CarbonTax #cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney
"By pathologizing those we dislike, we give ourselves license to exile them." This is an excellent piece.
Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 2w agoI was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
The Grumpy Cook website has a ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme where you can pay for a range of meals for people who may be struggling. These range from a small breakfast through to a family pack lunch and also including a child’s meal. The prices are suggested and start at £2.00. grumpycook.co.uk/shop/
Shop – The Grumpy Cook
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HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 2w agoThis has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Similarly, if a random citizen at your daughter's soccer game wanted to check the genitals of the kids playing, you would call the fucking cops, and rightly so. Stop debating these people and call them out for what they are -- creepy perverts, freaky busybodies and utter hypocrites.
Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat's the difference between a landlord who sneaks into your apartment to rifle through your underwear drawer and an AG who sues for your abortion records? The state health director keeping a spreadsheet of women’s periods isn’t any less creepy than the abusive ex who still tracks your location.
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 2w agoI work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
"Healthcare is provincial, not federal." 1. The Canada Health Act is federal law. 2. The Canada Health Transfer is the single largest transfer of federal funds to the provinces. 3. Health is a responsibility shared between federal and provincial jurisdictions. 🔗s below.
there’s, like, a lot of yall who think I’m talking about one specific guy here and it’s like no. this is a general problem. the guy you’re thinking of, that is just one guy among many guys
the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2w agocan we sometimes be asking "what qualifies this guy to speak on this subject?" or has that ship sailed
repeating my regular call to make Smallpox Eradication Day an international holiday
