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Richard Garfinkle

@rgarfinklesff.bsky.social

Writer and Computer Programmer. I write science fiction, fantasy, and popularizations / textbooks for science, math, and computer programming. No AI. He/Him They/Them

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Magpie@shy-magpie.bsky.social · 4d ago

lrs: One of these days I'm going to post my mega rant that joins up several smaller rants on how people feel entitled to be weird about what others eat, lie to them about what's in their food, sneak stuff in their food, & otherwise mess with their food; all of which I feel should be unacceptable

Richard Garfinkle@rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 4d ago

I grew up in an era where not liking things was called "being a picky eater" or a "food fuss". Which led to just having lists of things one did not like. In particular I did not like condiments on sandwiches or burgers. /1

Rolling with Difficulty@rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · last wk.

Clams in hand, the Hunting Party sets out in search of water sources. Brux is vast, their foes are many, but perhaps some familiar faces await along the way... The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/22829b1a

Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 7: "Storm's Edge" | Rolling with Difficulty

Clams in hand, the Hunting Party sets off to cleanse the waters and cut off their foe's means of escape. Brux is vast, but our heroes move quickly, and perhaps secure aid from some familiar faces alon...

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Achronal Art@achronalart.bsky.social · last wk.

One of the joys of being a parent is the human interactions with your children, getting to know them as unique individuals, learning their tastes and needs and loving them and caring for them as the irreplaceable people they are. Why throw all that away for expensive glorified autocorrect?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2w ago

A consistent pitch by the makers of ai wearables is that they solve the problem of getting to know your child. www.businessinsider.com/parents-brea...

Molly, who runs a startup to help parents book activities for kids, is willing to use AI for logistics, like meal planning or sorting through her email to surface the most important messages from their daughter's school. Sean, who works in tech sales, wants to go further. He has his eyes on Omi necklace, an AI wearable that listens in on your day and includes a feature called Parent Whisperer. It records and analyzes interactions between parent and child, logging things like school assignments and supplies to order. The device also picks up on tone, alerting parents when their kid may be unhappy — registering everything from "from toddler tantrums to teenage mood swings," per its ad copy — and offering "expert-backed guidance" on how to respond.
Richard Garfinkle@rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 2w ago

I will say this for Bierce, while the Devil's Dictionary has no entries for "Writer" or "Author" (thus shielding himself from his own snark), his entry on Lexicographer contains a a solid deconstruction on the problems of prescriptive versus descriptive definitions: /1

Overly Sarcastic Productions@overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 3w ago

On this episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast: Red is 1000% the real Red and not an impostor. We can spot a fake Red a million miles away and this one here is the correct and authentic Red, no doubt about it. (The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms!)

Ralph Snyder@ralphsnyder.bsky.social · 4w ago

"What the Mouse Said" The world is big, and I am small I cannot hope to eat it all. I peek, I poke, I prod, I look. Why, even once I wrote a book. But the vast is vaster yet, And I am less for all I get.

Kate Schaefer@kateschaefer.bsky.social · 4w ago

When I read Little, Big, I knew John Crowley was a great writer, and one who had spent his childhood in the same big library as me. When he taught my Clarion West class in 1992, I knew he was a great teacher, and a kind man. May his memory persist; may his works survive.

Rolling with Difficulty@rollwithdifficulty.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Seer of the Unicorn Knights is astray. Her prey awaits in the Prowl, wizards await with ill tidings, is she enough to seek them all alone? The pod is available on all major platforms, YouTube, or direct from our RSS feed at: share.transistor.fm/s/ed619b59

Hunting Party Season 3 Episode 5: "Seer Astray" | Rolling with Difficulty | Episode 5

Alone again, Katya is drawn by the threads of destiny towards the Prowl. Who, or what, awaits the Seer Stray there? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us l...

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Ralph Snyder@ralphsnyder.bsky.social · 4w ago

From time to time when I was in divinity school, the professors at the nearby UChicago Divinity School would pose the question: what is religion. The answer was always the same: You can't -- it's too variable

Capricorn Iscariot@deaconblues1979.bsky.social · 4w ago

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the idea that religion is primarily defined in terms of *a set of beliefs about god that you assent to* is an idea that was mostly made up by Protestants and generally does not map very well onto most varieties of human religious experience.