Beat me to my favorite German translation trivia so I’m just gonna point out that the Norse word for trauma is traume and the German word for dreams is Träume.
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Photographer, writer & editor. Maker of nasty little blocklists. Body positive. she/her ⟡ Seattle ⟡ tell me about your cats, plants and rocks. bodyliberationphotos.com/links
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yes, actually I do think AI-use/adoption is a fundamental declaration of what you value and what you don't and its really silly to believe that such declarations won't be noticed by those around you
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago“…the same mechanisms that drive people to grow wary of — and hostile toward — friends, co-workers and family members with different political beliefs are beginning to shape attitudes toward AI.”
“It’s just a tool” Utility is the siren song of every tech trap that has ever ensnared humankind. We are wired for tools not consequences, even when we can predict the outcome with near certainty. Once we discover the usefulness of something, that usefulness becomes its own justification.
I was so disappointed to find out the Worse on Purpose newsletter "only" uses genAI this way, as well as for "editing" IIRC.
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · last wk.No, it's not okay to use genAI for research- or writing-adjacent activities. Those actions are also part of writing and thinking and research! Don't fall for the con of genAI boosters. Hang onto your humanity. 2/ buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is fostering his seventh stray British politician. Named Andy, the rescue will live at Larry's residence at 10 Downing Street and earn his keep by serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
I don’t want disabled people to constantly be resilient. I want them to live safe and easy lives.
1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone
generative AI is an MLM for men this is exactly the same conversation women get lured into when some chick they met once starts selling Beautycounter “well if you don’t want to make unlimited income owning your own business and promoting clean beauty to prevent cancer in women….”
Erik Larsen@eriklarsen.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat am I doing with my life?
I’m so MAD. I have to collect myself!!! Out of nowhere, the cranky asshole does a drive-by pluck on my heart strings, and I just have to sit here with a melody in my heart??? Fuck you, Jane Austen, you talented demon.
Right. Taylor Farms supplies McDonalds, Wendy’s, Starbucks, Chipotle, Subway, Burger King, Walmart, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Aldi and so on. Any of them could have contaminated lettuce. Just because taco bell got unlucky and was traced first doesn’t mean all the headlines should refer to them by name.
Re: cyclospora, Taco Bell having ethics and going "you know what, it's always the fucking lettuce, why don't we just pull that until we know what's going on" resulting in all the outlets going "LETTUCE SOLD AT TACO BELL LINKED TO EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA" is a fantastic way to discourage ethics in future.
Last time I had an endometrial biopsy I raw dogged it because the doc decided on the spot I needed it and no one warned me. It was the second worst pain of my life. Tomorrow I meet with another gyn to discuss pain management for an upcoming second round because screw. that.
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 4w agoEvery time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years"
Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.
Meet my friend, "untitled document[19].docx" (it is blank)
I haven't been feeling the socials much lately, but our crow couple has a fledgling this year, and the fledgling has been earnestly attempting to eat chunks of wood, so that's been delightfully funny.
*carefully deals with her @evernote.bsky.social account, cancelling a week before the renewal date and getting a confirmation on the website that it's cancelled* *gets charged $250 anyway* Yep, that's one of the reasons why I cancelled after 18 years: the incompetence.
POV your house panther was playing fetch with you when all of a sudden he discovered BIRDS
larry is boosting morale! he is absolutely on the team!
Jon Phillips@jowiph.bsky.social · last mo.I would kill or die for Larry
