Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise. I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

I just saw an article that was basically “why starving for a week is good actually!” and I absolutely hate this timeline.

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too. We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.

Just sent 750 whistles to someone who requested in New York this morning! 💕

Does anyone in Houston have a referral for a PCP who is a) taking new patients b) queer friendly c) fat friendly d) inside the beltway? I finally got my shit together to call, I had a referral for someone great but she's not taking new patients 😭

Companies that do this should be forced to pay taxes into UBI, and the amount should increase per position eliminated by "AI"

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Feels like it should be bigger news that a journalist known for being loud about her investigations into banks/payment processors appears to be getting financially stonewalled by the entire industry unaminously right now.

Yes, the world may feel like a dumpster fire some days, but you can keep this cute mini version close to hand and click it to relieve your stress. It will just sound like you're busily at work, typing away! thebrokencircle.etsy...

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

I WANT TO HOST ONE OF THESE

Goddammit

"Some people don't want to pay money for art" Okay well I don't want to pay £60 a month for gas, I guess it's ok if I go hose it out of someone else's car, right? RIGHT?

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

And those of us who are old enough to have hit “queer elder” status are mostly trying to figure out what the fuck that even means. They let so many of the folks who would have been OUR guides and mentors die. All we can do is our best to try and pick up the pieces.

This is why AI is so dangerous Financial institutions will use it to scrape the web to discriminate against you — yes, YOU — and debank you Today, it’s for being an adult VA Tomorrow, for being trans? Gay?

Eight senators who are all either retiring or otherwise not up for reelection in next year’s midterms. Sure Chuck. Real big coincidence there that these specific folks would fall on their very safe sword to pass a terrible bill when no one vulnerable did. He needs to resign.

Neighbors

#TransAwarenessWeek 2025: Meet music pioneer Wendy Carlos – the first trans woman to win a Grammy https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/kim-petras-first-trans-person-grammy-win-wendy-carlos/?utm_content=1763130002&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Newsom is a gladhanding lying weasel and ALWAYS has been. He latches onto things he thinks will get him votes, and thinks that he's the presumptive Dam presidential candidate. Fucker is NOT, not in his wildest dreams. I see him useful as a thorn in Trump's side, but he is a trash human being.

Cookie decorating in miniature! Some new cookie plates added to the Etsy shop. mpminis.etsy.com/listing/4404... #dollhouseminiatures #mpminis #cookies #gingerbreadmen

Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes. benefits to donating: - temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce - badass scar - you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool - good karma - you save my life (please share)

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

Hey. This is the BEST POSSIBLE SEASON to badger Visa and Mastercard into fucking off about their shitty fake-moral-panic over LGBTQ+ spending habits and content on retail platforms. Fuck ALL THE WAY OFF, VISA and Mastercard. No one wants to hear jack shit from you. You're a fucking receipt printer.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

A bit of greenery

Blue Jay fox is the latest Feathered Fox prototype to be made! He has a fluffier fabric than the others, but is still so so cute! There are 6 days left to get one of my feathered fox plush for yourself on my Backerkit campaign! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...

In my quest to capitalism today, I have finally uploaded these new super cute desk organizers! I have one of each color, will ponder what other color schemes to do if folks like them! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

Canadians: get your 🍞📈 money! If you bought packaged bread from a major chain grocery store in Canada between 2001 and 2021, you could get at least $50 as part of a class action settlement over bread price fixing! www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

KIM DAVIS FACES CRIPPLING LEGAL FEES YOU SAY? www.newsweek.com/kim-davis-cr...

Haha FUCK YOU KIM

One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)

I honestly didn't expect to get so upset over this. I think it's just the excitement of seeing the big brand name, expecting there to be a competent budget, but getting offered the massively insulting rate instead. The budget was actually $900 for two weeks of work. So $11.25 per hour.

I am SO TIRED of getting emails from giant companies asking me to do two weeks worth of work for them for like $800. Has this shit gotten worse over the years? Why are these massive corps asking me to work for less than minimum wage? I swear it didn't use to be this bad.

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice "I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me" (via Guardian)

Update: Along with this, I am also updating the suggestion/voting form AND the free gallery. The new free gallery will be accessible to everyone no user account needed, easy to download from and have a faves system. Did I mention free? Really excited! It will be all less hodgepodge than it is now.

They built him an ENTIRE NEW OFFICE and regularly fly him from CA to Seattle on private planes. They can afford to pay the people who make them the goddamn money a fair wage jfc

Two new stickers added to my shop! www.etsy.com/shop/HKLuter... #furry #furryart #werewolf #raven #art

For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/ 🔭 🧪 ☄️

Of course they did. We don’t have money/power/influence or teams of lawyers to threaten them. It’s easy to pick on vulnerable minorities. Going after the monied establishment takes courage (which they don’t have). They’re also owned by these same assholes. Why would they investigate themselves?

Desecrated Grounds Acrylic on panel (original sold)

1. I do not understand how this saves any time for the buyer 2. If the small business I work for gets an AI call, I’m hanging up. We don’t need your money that badly.

The patisserie is reopening!! 🍰💚 [ #cuteart #artshop ]

Another species of clearwing #butterfly, the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #butterflies #nature #bugsky