Maggie “the Mage” Horton

@maggiemage.bsky.social

Recovering animator, production person. AD&D. CalArtie survivor. Loves stories, D&D, dinos, history, nature & magic! She/her/sir. Bi/Pan. BLM.

Another weekend, another community shattered by a gunman armed with an assault-style rifle — this time in Twin Falls, Idaho at an In-N-Out Burger, where three people were killed and seven others were wounded.

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Predictive policing sounds exactly like the way that traumatized (usually unwittingly abusive) people think of their own hypervigilance & coercion. It functions exactly the way that C-/PTSD does, scanning only for threats, with no self-awareness, or relational awareness.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

CNN@cnn.com · 7mo ago

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX

I am TERRIFIED to call people and I call my reps. Even just a simple 'I need you to appeal the KOSA act/Online Safety act or I'm voting against you' is enough of a sentence. it gets them scared, it gets them to act. This isn't just about 'porn', even tame stuff is targeted now. You might be next.

Suzanne ✨🌑@tendermiasma.com · 4d ago

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

When a few concerned citizens band together, we're able to protect our communities and create a more perfect union. We're so proud to honor Bruce Springsteen with the Ralph Ellison Award for his relentless work using his voice and talent to defend our civil liberties.

I 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

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

Huge Western cowboy fan. In 2023, I submitted my paintings to an Arizona gallery. The owner loved them, the. asked for a photo of me, then the racial slurs began. I was devastated. That became CHASED OUT OF THE WEST, a Western/Thriller/Action comic. Coming this August. Hope YOU'LL like it. ❌Racism

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It’s terribly hot in the LA Area. Smokey is lying on a cooling mat, between two box fans. Unfortunately my NPD grandma meticulously ensure the other caregivers turn off the ac in his room after I leave bc accomodating him makes her feel threatened, & there’s nothing I can do while he’s there.

Smokey Joel the large black cat sleeping on top of a cooling pad on an air mattress in a bedroom alone between two box fans