Jessica Olin is Tired but Still Masks

@olinj.bsky.social

Queer author of queer romance. Any pronouns. Really 3 trash pandas in a trench coat. 🔯 Getting My Goat, my debut romance novella, is available in paperback, ebook, & Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFWY7KCW website: https://jessicaolin.com

Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.

Capitalizing on the World Cup, the Kansas City Indian Center put out even more billboards this year calling on the Kansas City Chiefs to change their name and stop stereotypical practices like the “tomahawk chop.”

Seeing more ‘Stop the Chop’ signs around Kansas City? Campaign to rename Chiefs goes even bigger

Capitalizing on the World Cup, the Kansas City Indian Center put out even more billboards this year calling on the Kansa

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Modern-day unreality is such that you find yourself asking: is this an eldritch trick that will see me trapped in the Summer Court for a hundred years or just a really creative credit card scraping scam? At least I got ice cream out of it.

This thread is updated. "What can I do to let people know what's happening with book censorship?" "How can I change the tide of book censorship?" "What's happening with book censorship." I've got over 5 years of posts on this. I've threaded here a selection of crucial ones answering those ?s.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

“You can keep tabs on what’s happening in Arkansas, as well as get involved in pushing back, with the help of the Arkansas Right to Read Project. Additional organizations doing essential work in the state include the Arkansas Library Association and the Arkansas chapter of Authors Against Book Bans.

Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas

A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.

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Looking for some help from folks, potentially. With Twitch going to AI, we had intended to set up the option for OwnCast servers for clients. Well, turns out, OwnCast is pro-AI. It both accepts vibe coded submissions and uses slop generators for documentation. Anyone know of any alternatives?

A friend moved to a new state for a job and was laid off after just three months. He's had a hard time of things for the last few years—please help me raise funds to help him through an extremely bad time. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Support for a Trans Librarian, organized by Violet Fox

Hello! My name is Violet Fox and I'm raising money for a friend, a trans librarian who rece… Violet Fox needs your support for Support for a Trans Librarian

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