Winona

@winonapike.bsky.social

Freelance TTRPG writer and creator of the Hollowed Kingdoms Project (link bellow), a free 5e setting inspired by Hollow Knight. https://linktr.ee/hollowedkingdoms

"You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. These ppl went to the same universities, they're on the same BoD, they're in the same country clubs, they have like interests, they don't need to call a meeting, they know what's good for them and they're getting it." - George Carlin

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social · last wk.

It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...

Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜

Young Ruby Bridges, photo in black and white Ruby Bridges today, photo in full color

Getting a bit tired of very rich actors and directors saying ‘AI is here we have to learn how to use it’ instead of ‘I am wealthy enough to dedicate myself only to projects which employ talented human beings because anything else is an existential threat to human storytelling’