I should clarify that I'd already deleted most of my posts and was only keeping posts for things like threaded chats or about books I worked on. But I still have thousands of replies that I feel I should delete. I'm doing them one by one in case there's something I want to save.

I can't believe it's taking me this long to post about the yarn I got at Fine Points in Cleveland Heights! The green, purple, and black yarn was made for the store's 40th anniversary. I picked out a wrap pattern for it. The Malabriga Noventa will be for headbands that use multiple colors. 🧶

I'm finally going through my Twitter account again and deleting tweets because I don't want Grok or some other LLM gobbling them up. But it pains me to delete posts that did really well.

Knowing these tech bros, they probably find sex an inefficient use of their time. They could be reading summarized descriptions of great works on literature instead.

Can we stop with the lie that LLM/AI are inevitable ? They aren't, they cost an absolute shit ton of money.

In a nice piece of convergence, I started playing Hades II last night and this morning I started editing a chapter in the TTRPG I'm copyediting that deals with Greco-Roman mythology.

This is so awesome of Iva! She is a true force for good on Bluesky.

Conversation that just occurred while I was describing the plot of a comic that involved DC Comic's Justice League. My husband: I haven't heard of Booster Beetle. Me: Booster Gold. Him: Yeah. Me, starting to explain: So, he's from the future... Him: That's why I haven't heard of him before!

Speaking of unusual Magic the Gathering items... My husband bought this card, modified by Suspicious Duck VT, at Old Town Comics. Per my husband, this is an actual MtG card, Cirdan the Shipwright, that Suspicious Duck VT has created a proxy for.

I tell myself over and over not to litigate past elections, but I do think I should be allowed one (1) free bitchslap on every “Donald the Dove” person in the United States.

My husband is looking to see what kind of Magic the Gathering play mats exist. He was not expecting this one. He did say that if he got it, he'd have to play a dinosaur deck on it.

Woohoo, the books have arrived!! 💙💙💙 Absolutely worth the wait. 🐬🐬🐬 @biohazardjeff.bsky.social Thank you so much for bringing us the new edition! 🪼🪼🪼

Yesterday, we attempted to take a walk at one of the parks near us. I say "attempted" because the sidewalks turned out to be too icy and we found another path that was clearer. Still, I love this view of Lake Champlain and the trees.

This feels appropriate for me, given my fondness of cute, small things.

Looking forward to all the amazing things everyone will make in 2026🎇

Every time we visit my husband's family in Ohio, we go to their local library. Ohio may be very flat, but it does have an awesome library system. I especially enjoyed these three holiday-themed book displays.

It's the end of the year, which means a lot of folks are sharing the books, movies, and games that they enjoyed in 2025. While I did read some books that were published this year, most of what I read is older. I'm very much of a mood reader and read across many genres and decades.

I agree! #Reading is (what?) fundamental. We're doing a disservice to ourselves (and our society) by outsourcing that work of understanding a text or information to generative #AI systems.

AI bros are the flat earthers of tech bros. You can never make them realize theyre wrong. Theyll double down and pull the most wildest mental gymnastics Spend your time creating, not arguing with a brick wall

I'm always slightly surprised by how drained I am after doing a ton of socializing. I don't know why I keep being surprised by this.

There are so many reasons to be anti-AI. Setting aside the environmental fuckery and the goddamn wholesale thievery (which SHOULD BE ENOUGH, but here we are), it's *wrong*, in the sense of "can't reliably get anything right." Some people have looked at my copyeditor self and said, "You're just

Instead of setting up a humane trap with some food to snag a cat, you could just set out some wet concrete.

The 7-year-old has been running in place, off and on, for over 30 minutes in the living room. All while listening to the demo music from a keyboard. Huffing, puffing, and updating us on how long he's been running, his heart rate, and how sweaty he is. 1/2

I am never more sure of my decision to not have children then when I'm around children for an extended period of time.

Hoping to have a hotly contested gift for this year's Yankee swap. Inside are variety packs from Burlington Beer Company and Zero Gravity. Taped to the box is a mini bottle of Vermont Ice maple liquor. I wrapped it in beer bottles as reindeer wrapping paper, so people will have a hint.

"As long as the people on top can keep making money from it [generative AI], real people will keep getting hurt." youtu.be/fPW3B6v60nc?...

So many of the people who want editors to buy into AI are people who will personally profit by either selling courses or presentations. Or they are people who bought courses and they don't want to feel that they wasted their money.

I've also hear anti-AI editors like myself called Luddites or scared of change. That is also dismissive and condescending.

My name is Rachel, and I am a pusher of quality, Vermont-made products. I like to get folks food and drinks because if they like them, then I can repurchase more for them next year. 1/2

I want to repost this. If only to try to discourage my fellow copyeditors from wasting $700 taking a course from an AI booster. Not to mention all the follow-up courses you'll be pressured to take. A technology you need multiple multi-week courses to learn isn't saving you much time.

I'm weirdly pleased with myself for finding just the right size box for all the licorice we got for my SIL's husband. As a cat in a previous life, apparently I know how to find just the right box.

You know what else is natural? Anthrax.

I completely agree that this is a perfect choice for 2025.

It's done! Last night I finished knitting the Midwest Moonlight scarf for my MIL. I washed it and blocked it, and it should (hopefully) be fully dry in a day or so. This is my second time making this pattern by Ivy Bigelow, and I love how the blocks are angled in different directions. 🧶

My husband, about to go for a walk: Am I about to go get chips or Combos? Who can know. Me: You can know, because you're the one who's going to go. Him: No comment.

The other day, I saw a dog wearing, what looked to be chaps! She had on a red sweater and four pink tubes, one on each leg. They looked to be made out of similar material as snow pants. I love seeing dogs in winter gear, it's so cute!

Look at this cat toy I got to give a friend with a cat. It's in the shape of a Bag Balm tin! It has catnip inside too. If you live in Vermont, or have ever visited here, you're likely to have seen Bag Balm for sale in various stores.

I was listening to a podcast about books, hosted by two men. They were covering Still Life by Louise Penny, a mystery novel that I read a number of years ago and liked. Great, I thought, this is the perfect thing to listen to as I clean and do laundry. 1/8

I now want Moopsy knitting accessories like stitch markers and needle protectors.

Vermont Public is having their winter membership drive and offering a very Vermont-appropriate sweepstakes. The winner will receive four snow tires.

I've been catching up on Alex Brown's reviews of Apple TV's Murderbot series, and really enjoyed their insight into why generative AI is so attractive to some people. You can read the full review here: reactormag.com/tv-review-mu... 3/3

Carolina is an awesome editor!

Symphony of the Snowplows. There are the city trucks that plow the streets, the landscaper trucks that plow the parking lots and driveways, and the sidewalk plows that clear the sidewalks. Honestly, so grateful for them all.

One thing that I make sure to check in TTRPGs that I'm editing is that stats, whether for players, NPCs, or creatures, are consistently written and use the right format. I'll also ensure that any spell/magic names are spelled correctly. I like to make a separate pass of this if possible. 1/2

There are a few crows investigating a small lump of something in the road, I'm assuming its edible. A couple of crows came over to the one that found it, looked at the lump, and didn't seem impressed.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Agatha of Little Neon The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Bonus: Piranesi also by Susannah Clarke who wrote Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

My husband is currently playing Magic the Gathering with his friend over the internet, and they are both using Lord of the Rings decks. So it is very nerdy up in here tonight.

He wasn't able to take his walks today, but when traveling between work and home, he didn't have his coat on. He did have mittens on while driving to work, but that was his only concession.

Have to share this good video with my birding pals @jenniferwhanson.bsky.social and @almost-elly.bsky.social. Until today, I didn't this about how some birds were named.

I just learned that some of the libraries in Vermont have meters to check how dry firewood is, so you can avoid using logs that are still damp in your fireplace.