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@tobymacnutt.bsky.social

Poet, dancer, textile artist ✨ they/them disabled trans queer

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TC Parker (she/her)@tcparker.bsky.social · 9h ago

Hi Sephera! I understand how commercialised LLM-based text/image extruders (the "AI" you're talking about) work, and how they're trained I assume that means I'm alright to call you out for this particular bit of bad-faith grifting? P.S. other people also understand them. Might be a you problem

Malda Marlys 🍉@aardwyrm.bsky.social · 9h ago

i don't have anything clever to add about the hwa mess but i did peek over at the facebook wasteland where the author posted this, uh, defense. we're all bullies, because it's the wild west, and see we're all proving her point, and who really understands ai, fuckin magnets how do they work amirite?

sephera giron I think it's pretty funny that my point was to stop bullying each other while we all try to figure out and understand AI. There are many levels of AI and we have barely begun to understand any of it. So I question who are the gatekeepers that magically know more than the rest of us? But no one wants to think about bullying with regard to AI since everyone thinks they know what's best for everyone else. As I said in the article, we're in the Wild West where no one knows anything.
Elsa Sjunneson, Order of the Bat@snarkbat.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is just your blanket reminder that preordering books helps authors! Please go preorder DEAR BLIND LADY - I promise, if there’s a question you have about disabled people , I answer it. Yes, even the weird shit like “will disabled people survive a zombie apocalypse”

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim@pdjeliclark.bsky.social · yesterday

Lots chatter in these social media streets bout Children of Blood and Bone. ALL BLACK EVERYTHING flick got ALL BLACK DRAMA. But this blog ain't bout none of that. Instead, I tackle another related controversy about the joys, rewards, perils, and pitfalls of writing African-inspired fantasy.

Africa, Fantasy, and Worldbuilding

Movie still featuring royal family in film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone Over the past few weeks there’s been a lot of discourse about the film adaptation of Nigerian-American writ…

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jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've mentioned in the past that I sponsored a local female race car driver and put pro-library messages on the car. They did a "pit party" where kids could come through, see the cars, etc. Andrea got book stickers made so all the kids could sign her car. Truly some of my best library outreach work.

Hood of a white stock car. It has a woman in a purple superhero outfit with a cape flapping. The car reads NO BOUNDARIES. NO LIMITS. KNOW YOUR LIBRARY. There are many small stickers that look like open books on it which are signed by kids.Back of a white stock car used for racing. It says BURN RUBBER NOT BOOKS. There are some small stickers that look like open books on it which are signed by kids.
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d ago

obviously it’s delightful watching a woman with both facts and morality on her side hand an increasingly sweaty and desperate male attorney his ass, but honestly this is a Teachable Moment™️ for all of in not granting the bad-faith premise of a question

Toby@tobymacnutt.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mast cells are pissed and as a result I'm also pissed (and whiny). Speculating on whether this is the result of the routine med I abruptly reacted to last week, or if something was already off and that's why I reacted to the med. Body needs better error message documentation.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

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.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 5d ago

I'll also add Virginia is the 2nd state in 3 weeks to significantly expand voting rights. Between Virginia and Missouri (see below), that's more than 100,000 people who regained the right to vote — and more to come. boltsmag.org/gop-run-miss...

GOP-Run Missouri Becomes Latest State to Roll Back Felony Disenfranchisement - Bolts

A new law will restore voting rights for tens of thousands of people on probation and parole. It’s a departure from other GOP bills this session to restrict democracy.

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Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 5d ago

BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

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OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 5d ago

“You haven’t been gone from here for very long. Seconds, maybe,” she says. “It’s July 31st. Still summer. School’s in a couple of weeks.” July 31st is an EXCELLENT day to read “Remade, Reshaped, Remembered,” a gorgeous post-portal fantasy story by @sydneyficant137.bsky.social.

Remade, Reshaped, Remembered - OTHERSIDE

“I didn’t think the portal would choose you.” This is the first thing Ma tells you when she finds you standing in your childhood bedroom, unable to remember how you got there. You are grasping for a nonexistent blade at your waist, completely baffled by your child-soft hands and your oversized basketball shorts and the […]

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Toby@tobymacnutt.bsky.social · 6d ago

Jax: *runs over doing his I Found Something And I'm Proud Of Myself trot* Me: do you have something? Jax: *mouth motions* H: fine, give it to me Jax: *carefully spits* H: this is a chunk of your own hair Jax: TREAT PLEASE next level grift, kiddo