I Don’t Need An Ai Summary Of An Email I Can Just READ The EMAIL

Wizards of the Coast has issued their first response to our announcement of unionization. I am glad that they agree that workers are the lifeblood of the company, however it is important to note that we tried and failed to raise our voices for years about this stuff and were unheard.

We, the United Paizo Workers, stand strong with our Wizard allies! We welcome the United Wizards of the Coast with open arms to the broader fold of the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

Tired: tl;dr - too long; didn't read Wired: nc;dw - no captions; didn't watch

It's so infuriating when something you enjoyed turns out to be AI. I want to be able to laugh at funny videos without hyperanalyzing them. I want to marvel at a nature photo without having to question whether the bird is real. I want to enjoy art with wonder, not suspicion, and yet, here we are.

Substack platforms Nazis. Stop posting to Substack. Substack promotes sex traffickers. Get off of Substack. Substack funds sex traffickers. Stop giving money to Substack.

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

My values as a freelance editor: Editing is collaborative & creative You deserve an empathetic editor who cares about you & your story No generative AI If you think I'd be a good fit for you, I have editing spots open in June, July, and August! Let's make your writing otterly amazing 🦦✍️ #editing

I would use bsky so much more if we could have locked accounts. Manually blocking all the follow farming, AI-using people who keep following me is so annoying

The post office is a service. It doesn’t lose money. 9 billion is the cost for operating a vital and necessary service for the American people. It isn’t “running out of money”. The government is refusing to pay for it.

What are your favorite books with good food descriptions that are *not* Redwall or ASOIAF? Bonus points for series rather than standalones

there's actually a secret second way (unionize your workplace)

Tiny Red-winged Blackbird!

A creek in the woods

Welcome to Solari. Starring @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social as XL-ZL, Lou Wilson as Ze'Doven Iverex, and @erikaishii.bsky.social as Chee Tan'ka, with GM @aabria.bsky.social! Be sure to catch the Solari premiere TOMORROW, March 17th, on your favorite podcasting platforms!

If you're able, please help out a friend in a tough spot:

it's time to Taiwan: Rail Rush

We are proudly brought to you by actual humans 😇 Not only are we book loving weirdos, but our audiobook recommendations are bookseller-driven, & our customer support team actually cares about answering your questions in a helpful, timely manner 💓

To use the parlance often thrown at us, it’s not 2020 anymore. You know what Covid is, and you know what high risk people are. Stop using ignorance to disguise laziness, and start being a better ally to the disabled and high risk people you see. The world changed, evolve.

If you’re still carrying the weird stereotypes that maskers are doing this because they’re “antisocial” “afraid to live their lives” “sheep” (?????) time to update your brain. Maskers are just trying to protect their health. If you don’t look at runners weirdly, you shouldn’t look at us like that.

A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔭𝔢𝔰𝔥𝔲 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

This is such a delightful series by the most delightful author! If you've ever felt frustrated that romance always seems to feature young adults, @brennabaileybooks.bsky.social has the cure for you!

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off. Leave your comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-... morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

Hear me out: 2 justices per circuit and 18 year SCOTUS terms where they “ride circuit” after their time on the high court—because actual term limits require an amendment. Oh and a “good behavior” evaluation that requires 2/3 majorities in both chambers to affirm their neutrality and competence.

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production. you have until March 23rd to comment. i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

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We need a decentralized Torment protocol and federated Nexus ecosystem so users are not locked into a specific Nexus and can easily change Torment providers when they are not being Tormented in accordance with their Torment preferences. We need a flourishing marketplace of Torment middleware to allo

A lot of folks don't have money to spare, but many of you have skills & time! There are so many ways to do the work, and I KNOW some of you can help with this stuff!

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i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.

Someone at the Paizo warehouse drew this cat on my shipment box and I want them to know it's well appreciated.

I'm so glad more people are finally realizing how heinous Ring cameras are

just reset mine on here! I LOVE having the pronoun labeler, it's so useful to make sure I'm always referencing people respectfully and correctly. please please go do this!

🌱 This garden is my happy place, most diverse and beautiful designed public perennial garden in our city imo. I’m devastated to hear they might have to close because of discontinued funding, here’s some of my photos bsky.app/profile/alex...

Trying to raise $250 for medications. I'm on week one of what will be four and I am nigh totally nonfunctional. This is not sustainable for a month of effectively being unable to work. paypal.me/coxendine

Reminder that the Luddites were not opposed to technology, they were opposed to technology being used by the wealthy to oppress the poor. They only went after factories where advancing technology was used as an excuse to lower workers' wages. So I'm PROUD to be called a Luddite when it comes to AI.

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

“We cannot just abolish ICE!” Bestie, you are older than ICE.

Sending me reels is the opposite of a love language

PNW LOCALS !! Is there anyone local who could be adopt or foster a 20 year old ball python?? Have a friend who's ex is dumping them and the friend cannot take them. I would be willing to drive them a few hours out from Lynnwood to bring him to you if needed

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.

Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can. Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop. Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵 www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...

ALT: Elon Musk, Tesla/Space X: +73% Sergey Brin, Google: +37% Larry Page, Google: +31% Jensen Huang, NVIDIA: +32% Larry Ellison, Oracle: +15% Jeff Bezos, Amazon: +7% Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan: +34% Jane Fraser, Citi: +65% David Solomon, Goldman Sachs: +53% Richard Fairbank, CapitalOne: +36%

Unfinished. #LiamRamos

ICE & CBP have been out kidnapping people in Los Angeles every day since June. The media has moved on and acts like this isn’t still happening. The crises are ongoing. Solidarity with the people fighting back in Minneapolis and everywhere.