Apparently the latest phonus balonus AI tell is the hyphen in a construction like "ten-year plan," and ya wanna know what? This is just g.d. stupid.
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Oregonian published their piece on baby raccoon walking tours in the print edition today. Thanks to @jamiehale.bsky.social for opportunity to gush about Portland. Thanks to @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social, @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social, & @ghoulpus.bsky.social for the intro to different parts of town!
This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.
kottke.org@kottke.org · 4mo agoHey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
I did a tonne of research so you don't have to. I talk about masking, air filtration, and air quality rating systems, & I give concrete suggestions to help you keep yourself and your loved ones safe. If you don't have this information yet, it's time to get educated. Wildfires don't respect borders.
âpihtawikosisân@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 3w agoFor folks struggling to figure out how to deal with wildfire smoke, I put together some information a few years ago: apihtawikosisan.com/2023/09/miti...
Oh my god, this is so 🎯. When you create something using AI, you're not creating it; the software is. And the software is only able to do that because massive amounts of human-created content was stolen and fed into it. So you are stealing from strangers. It's embarrassing. Stop.
The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian@janus.bsky.social · 3w agothe best way to describe what tools like Suno are doing is they apply CEO logic to all art & cultural production - exploit others' labor on mass scale - replace actual creative processes w/ a series of vague executive directives (prompts) - extract all value/take credit for labor you didn't perform
ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Elizabeth says no, and Collins is like, “Aha! I have heard it is customary for ladies to play hard to get at first when they actually mean to accept a proposal. Very good, very good! How customary! For lady! A lady-custom! A custom of lady that actually ultimately means a yes for me!”
I’m so MAD. I have to collect myself!!! Out of nowhere, the cranky asshole does a drive-by pluck on my heart strings, and I just have to sit here with a melody in my heart??? Fuck you, Jane Austen, you talented demon.
gosh what a harrowing experience -- all the kudos to Bona Books for detailing this story. everything about this is such a bummer.
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼@bonabooks.bsky.social · 4w agoAI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23
“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:
it's truly craven for establishment Dems to spend the weeks after the election wishing they had populist machinery like a Joe Rogan Of The Left or whatever, and then to turn around and get mad the second the populist machinery they've been ignorning starts delivering wins.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.
Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!
An error on behalf of my electric company has put me at risk of disconnection due to late fees and due offsets I didn't expect to pay. Disconnection would mean eviction per my lease and threaten my job. ko-fi.com/chezdispense... I need to raise this by Monday to avoid the payment bouncing.
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“Words are inaccessible if I don’t know what they mean” in an age where more information is at our fingertips than we could ever need or want is so funny.
Here's the Timberland Library board page, with meeting times and agendas. trl.org/board/ If you don't like this shit, show up at a meeting (virtual or otherwise) and tell them so. If you really don't like this shit there are vacant board positions for Thurston and Mason counties.
Cascadia(PNW)@cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis was anonymously leaked by several Timberland Regional Library employees. Includes: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties.
Watch me run some of my @paizo chums through just some of the new Beginner Box! I promise at least a few silly voices! youtu.be/4I6g6bK_-tE
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I love the local auto body shop that has CHATGPT CAN'T WRENCH up on its big sign.
I see this possibly starting to break containment, so I also want to add one point - if you can't include or grapple with the experiences of people in a (semi-)historical setting, please consider that it might not be your story to tell. And that's fine!
Quinn murphy@gamefiend.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo, the other thing that has been burning a hole in my head lately: Pirate Borg drives me crazy. I hate that it uses the Carribean (sorry "the Dark Carribean, ughhh"), without really talking about the indigenous ppl (all gone when we got there!) or chatel slavery, both of which are important.
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reddit.com/r/Pathfinder... I’m collating links on the above post to encourage mutual aid, networking, and support to help those affected by the @paizo.com layoffs. If you provide me any links I have missed, I will update the post!
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The best time to hire a SC is at the beginning, or even the planning stage. We can also help in the middle of things, but def don't bring us in at the end if you're not committed to making massive changes if needed 3/