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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · last wk.

It's worth pointing out that LeGuin doesn't just say it's a misquote. She has a whole post rebutting it. www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/91-the-...

Ursula K. Le Guin — 91. The Inner Child and the Nude Politician

October 2014 Last summer a company that makes literary T-shirts asked me for permission to use a quote: “The creative adult is the child who survived.” I looked at the sentence and thought, Did ...

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Possum Acquainter@possumacquainter.bsky.social · last wk.

just looked up where this Le Guin quote came from, and got a truly fantastic reveal

"The Creative result is the child who has survived" - Ursula K Le Guin
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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

No, giving Google permission for smart features does not imply you are giving them permission to use Gmail and Google docs etc for AI training. Google should clarify but that interpretation is opposed to GDPR regulations and contradicts what Google writes in their privacy policy page.

Clarification that Gemini uses your content to generate responses to prompts but the content is not used to train the models themselves, and so does not exit your account. "Gemini doesn't use your content to train or improve Gemini or other generative AI models."Specification on what *does* grant Google permission to train models - usage of Gemini screen actions submits that screenshot to Gemini.
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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · 11mo ago

No people, don't fall for it Tucker Carlson did not slam the Trump regime for restricting freedom of speech. He said Pam Bondi shouldn't have talked about hate speech, defended her for misspeaking, then slammed democrats for wanting to revoke the first amendment.

There's no sentence that Charlie Kirk would have objected to more than that. And you've got to think the attorney general didn't think it through and was not attempting to desecrate the memory of the person she was purporting to celebrate. That she just threw that out there. That she hadn't thought about it. You hope that. You hope that Charlie Kirk's death won't be used by a group we now call bad actors to create a society that was the opposite of the one he worked to build. You hope that you hope that a year from now the turmoil we're seeing in the aftermath of his murder won't be leveraged to bring hate speech laws to this country. And trust me, if it is, if that does happen, there is never a more justified moment for civil disobedience than that ever. And there never will be. Because if they can tell you what to say, they're telling you what to think. There is nothing they can't do to you because they don't consider you human.
Extremely Jordan@extremelyuncanny.com · 11mo ago

I will not give into Doomerism. Fuck that shit. That’s just collaboration under the shroud of doing something. They want you to spiral and feel like a ghost. That’s how they win. Don’t let the fuckers win.

Michael Whelan@michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 12mo ago

THE WHITE DRAGON (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30" Although this is the third book in the series, it was my first Pern cover and I was determined to create the dragons as faithfully to Anne McCaffrey's description as possible. 1/5

Ruth, a pearl white dragon with green eyes, poses regally with wings spread against a cliff face. Her rider Jaxom rears back, saddle-mounted just above her wings. A foreclaw grips rock as the other releases, flexing like fingers. Ruth's tail, marked with a parallel ridges of short spikes and ending in a spade-shaped tip, curls forward around her back leg. A tiny dragon grasps Jaxom's finger, perching like a bird. Across the misty valley, a group of dragons take flight, soaring past the Red Star which hangs in deep blue sky like a bloody moon just above the jagged spine of mountains.
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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · last yr.

From the writer of Maebashi witches

吉田恵里香@erikayoshida.bsky.social · last yr.

今、家族をケアしている子ども達（だけでなく全ての人がですが）に必要なのは 個人の努力でも魔法でもなく、ケアと支援が行き届いた社会づくりです。それは現状、公的なものと民間・個々の両輪が無ければ進んでいけない道です。 どんな環境に生まれた子どもでも 教育を受けて、遊び休み、輝かしい人生の数々を想い描ける。 そんな当たり前を綺麗事にせず、本当の当たり前にしたいです。 誰かに助けを求められた時に掴んでもらいやすい手を持っていたいです。#前橋ウィッチーズ

Qurumequ@qurumequ.bsky.social · last yr.

Rough translations of some bits that I found interesting from the Shoshimin Twitter Space, where Teppei Uenishi (Urino's VA) and Kazuki Endou (producer at TV Asahi) shared insights into the anime. (I missed the beginning, so only info from the later parts are included)

Helen McCarthy@glider.bsky.social · last yr.

#ShareGoodNews - U.K. emissions lowest since 1872! Cleaner air, fewer respiratory problems, reduced #NHS demand - all good news. Now is not the time to pull back on clean air and refocus on fossil fuels.

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last yr.

📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872 🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London 🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn 🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power 📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9

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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · last yr.

Oh god I just realised NO ONE has understood the true importance of the cucumbers in Ave Mujica 7. They imply Soyo saved Mutsumi's cucumber plant. They are weird shapes because they are hand grown but Soyo didn't have time to grow them from scratch.

Michael Paulauski♨️@mike10010100.com · 2y ago

IMO people aren't placing nearly enough emphasis on these upcoming House special elections. We have a very real chance of taking back the house *in the near term* which means we can *actually wield Congressional power* the way people claim to want!

Engage Y’all@engageyall.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Congressional special elections are our opportunity to fix this! The Democrats can win back 2 seats, meaning no more Speaker Johnson. If we win the 3rd seat in NY-21, we have Speaker Jeffries. I’m Gay Valimont, and my race in FL-1 has national implications. Get involved: gayforcongress.com

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Fangz@fangz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Watched the Loftmoon fansubs to Ave Mujica. I think generally the quality is good (obviously better than the official release), but I think something that is maybe a sign of inexperience is that the subs are kinda overwritten.