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segascream

@segascream.bsky.social

Ryan Bishop-d'Plume (aka Ryan Waggoner) 46, bi (more like pan, but old enough that "bi" was the only term I knew for a while) (he/him, comfortable with they/them) Writer, gamer, worrier Essays and more found at: https://bishopdplume.wordpress.com/

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segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It occurs to me that AI is something of a second Industrial Revolution. Right now, consumers are arguing with each other over whether clothes should continue to be sewn by hand, or by machine, because Industry wants us too consumed to ask the real question: Who owns the hands that make the clothes?

segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Driving through Fort Wayne earlier today, I started scanning the radio stations. I found one doing local news, and listened to the end of the update. I then heard "We now join CBS Radio in progress", followed by dead-air. It was still dead when I left the listening area.

segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've always wondered about something... Can anyone explain to me why the bottle of bright orange ibuprofen is half the price of the burnt sienna ibuprofen of the same strength?

segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If anyone wants to look for me in the camps, I'll be the guy screaming until the very end that we have to hold onto our empathy, while also looking utterly exhausted but nonplussed from the last 6 years or so.

Michigan Advance@michiganadvance.com · 4mo ago

Ahmad Alnajdawi of Jordan stated that language barriers prevent many detainees from communicating with staff or immigration officials. “They cannot talk to anyone. The food here is pitiful. I want the people outside to know, they’re treating us like animals.” By @jonkingnews.bsky.social

Detainee speaks out as hunger strike continues at Michigan's largest ICE detention center • Michigan Advance

Immigrants detained at an ICE facility in northern Michigan continued a hunger strike Wednesday, with advocates saying detainees are protesting alleged medical neglect, unsafe conditions and prolonged...

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segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Not that there was ever a doubt, but I MUST be a writer, because I spend so much time away from home thinking that I'd rather be writing, and then when I get home, I avoid it more than most people avoid housework.

segascream@segascream.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just clicked on an MS Now video about Trump now claiming he thought the picture showed him as a doctor, and was immediately greeted with a YouTube ad screaming "PRESIDENT TRUMP NEEDS MORE ALLIES". I got a good laugh out of that before blocking the ad.