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Laura Klein

@lauraklein.bsky.social

Designer, researcher, author. Treat motivated.

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Sooz@cruisinsoozan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Eating a package of ham at my desk like a caveman. It really does help make sure my coworkers are scared of me. “Oh that’s Susan. Don’t bother her during her ham time.”

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 6d ago

bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris

Laura Klein@lauraklein.bsky.social · 5d ago

In case you're wondering why that absurd Google Maps LLM feature got added, it's because Google promotes people based on their ability to shove whatever new bullshit Google is hyping into every conceivable product. Remember having to log in with Google Plus? Same deal.

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · last wk.

horse girls, historical reenactors, train guys, trauma nurses...i'm NOT saying you should collect neurodivergent friends on purpose btw. i'm saying you're a writer so your friends are already neurodivergent

ceej@ceej.online · 2w ago

say what you will about the internet, but it’s undeniably the best way to find new stupid stuff to be insane about every day

Jeffrey Rowland@wigu.org · 2w ago

My GenAI is for Losers shirt just restocked! I probably get more compliments on this shirt than any other I've designed. Maybe too many. Last time was at the grocery store at 7:30am. topatoco.com/collections/...

GenAI is for Losers Shirt ✨ Shirt

GenAI is for Losers Shirt ✨ Shirt. Official Jeffrey Rowland merch at TopatoCo!

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TopatoCo@topa.to · 2w ago

A few things are back in stock! Yippee! Wahoo! Oh boy! 🤸 These (and even MORE things) can be found at Topa.to/restock! 📨 Yaaay! \(^O^)/

A graphic with shirts from WTNV, Jeffery Rowland, & Black Tabby Games, and a tote bag from Abby Howard. The text reads "Restock!" with sparkle graphics around it.
Catherynne M. Valente@catvalente.bsky.social · 3w ago

What’s a woman? We asked The Odyssey and you’ll never believe the answer…s! 1. Bird with a lady head 2. Shapeshifting witch 3. Baddie who came out of a bird egg 4. A whirlpool maybe 5. Tentacle monster who barks like a dog 6. More different shapeshifting witch 7. Weird horny island hermit

Catherynne M. Valente@catvalente.bsky.social · 3w ago

It cracks me up how mad people are about Eliot Page existing in a story that pretty famously contains Tiresias the Transition Enthusiast, an mpreg headburster, and a chick who hatched out of a swan’s egg. Yes hi I am Homer my gender is “lol” (Yes I said chick she’s a swan & so’s her sister. HONK.)

we have elizabeth at home@spindlypete.bsky.social · 4w ago

similarly when food is described as "so good it will make you [and i need you to understand i am typing this with utter distaste] slap yo mama" i certainly will be doing no such thing. you can't be talking like that white restaurant

Laura Klein@lauraklein.bsky.social · last mo.

I mentioned doing a Google search for Chinese food and the editor told me some people might find that racist and I should change it to Asian food.

S R Jones @aegisimmemorial.bsky.social · last mo.

If you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.

S R Jones @aegisimmemorial.bsky.social · last mo.

If you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · last mo.

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

📂 Version 1.0 — June 20, 1776 File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_DO_NOT_EDIT.docx Author: t_jefferson_33 Commit Message: "Initial copy-paste from my Mason_VA_Rights_Notes.txt and VA_Constitution_V2.docx scratchpads. Confine your review to grammar and typos, and do not redline, only leave comments." Tracked Changes & Notes: Line 14: "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable..." Comment from t_jefferson_33: "Certified banger." 📂 Version 1.1 — June 24, 1776 File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_comments_JA_BF.docx Editors: b_franklin_GrittyOG and JA_redsoxfan (obo Committee, w/ Sherman and Livingston) Commit Message: "First pass by the Committee of Five. Modest style changes." Tracked Changes & Notes: 47 revisions (redlined), three full new paragraphs Deleted: "sacred & undeniable" * Inserted: "self-evident" Comment from b_franklin_GrittyOG: "250 years from now, people will think you wrote that banger. You’re welcome." 📂 Version 2.0 — June 28, 1776 File Name: Declaration_Committee_Review_FINAL.docx Author: t_jefferson_33 Commit Message: "Incorporated Ben and John's very minor edits of my excellent first draft into a clean copy. Ready for the Continental Congress to approve verbatim." 📂 Version 2.1 to 2.8 — July 2 – July 4, 1776 File Name: Declaration_CONGRESS_REVISED2_redline_NEW_v4_approved..docx Editors: Continental_Congress Group Chat (50+ active users) Commit Message: "Line-by-line review by committee. Light trimming, a mere 20% of the original text. Optimizing for colonial unity." Tracked Changes & Notes: ❌ CRITICAL DELETION: 300 word imprudent diatribe against KG III for transatlantic slave trade (“waging cruel war against human nature”). Comment from dunkin_delegate: “Jefferson wrote that? He always struck me as a smug hypocrite. #IYKYK” Comment from SC_delegation_delegate: "I thought we agreed this issue was off the table for now. It can be amicably settled later." ❌ DELETION: Large sections complaining about the ordinary British public being "deaf to the voice of justice." Comment from NY_delegation_hub: "Guys, let's keep the finger pointed strictly at King George. If we trash the British citizens, we ruin any chance of future trade partnerships or alliances. Keep it professional." ➕ INSERTION: Added "appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world" and "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence" to the closing paragraph. Comment from Middlesex_Conservative: "Marketing requested more religious claptrap to ensure maximum buy-in from the zealots." System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 reacted 👎(39 instances). 📂 Version 3.0 (Production) — July 4, 1776 (Late Morning) File Name: Declaration_of_Independence_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE_SIGNED.docx Editors: john_hancock_big_font Commit Message: "Approved. Shipped to the printers. John Hancock didn't realize his zoom level was at 200% when he signed. Committee unable to find the one intern who can resize images, shipping anyway." System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 has left the chat. The draft of the Declaration was revised first by Adams and Franklin, and then by the full committee. A total of 47 alterations, including the insertion of three complete paragraphs, were made to the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. After voting for independence on July 2, Congress continued to refine the document, making 39 additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4. The draft shows the multiplicity of corrections, additions and deletions that were made at each step. Although most of the alterations are in Jefferson's handwriting (Jefferson later indicated which changes he believed were made by Adams and Franklin), he felt slighted by the way Congress rewrote the manuscript. In a consoling letter of July 21, 1776, the state's senior delegate, Richard Henry Lee, wrote to Jefferson that he wished that "the manuscript had not been mangled as it is." In an 1823 letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote that, at the time, "during the debate, I was sitting by Dr. Franklin and he observed that I was writhing a little under the acrimonious criticisms" of Congress. In fact, as Congress neared completion of the document by altering nearly all of his last paragraph, Jefferson could only write in the margin "a different phraseology inserted." Jefferson remained bitter about the changes made to the Declaration of Independence right up to his death. His autobiography was a major effort to set the record straight on its writing.