Part Two: AI is Fundamentally Bad for Most Tasks secret.works/blog/k09iqvi... (I'm rearranging the parts for reasons of flow, sorry!)

omg you guuuuuys the point isn't "is cursive better or not" the point is why not give people as many tools in their toolbox as possible I use algebra VERY RARELY in my daily life but when I do it's for crochet and I appreciate knowing how to do it

omg you guuuuuys the point isn't "is cursive better or not" the point is why not give people as many tools in their toolbox as possible I use algebra VERY RARELY in my daily life but when I do it's for crochet and I appreciate knowing how to do it

the way my blood just ran cold

maybe the real professional development was the shitposts we made along the way

it’s like not my highest priority rn but for those of you dunking on cursive: it likely helps with other skills that make children better at learning journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

THE SECRET I HAVE BEEN (BADLY) SITTING ON IS NO LONGER A SECRET Tor UK have bought the print rights for my Audible Originals The Shape of Monsters and A Million Points of Light! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tor-s...

In particular, fund: teachers and aides, reduced class sizes, books (NOT CHROMEBOOKS), sundry supplies, breakfast and lunch for all students, after school care and activities, recess. Do not fund: buildings, edtech, anything the principal from Abbott Elementary would like

am I gonna do this professional development webinar or am I going to stare out the window

I incidentally learned about the prevalence of intersex (intersexuality? that seems not right but also grammatical, idk) when I was pregnant and I was shocked that there was all this genetic testing available for various differences and disorders, but no guidance about intersexuality?

The plan today is to revise The Big Book until I can't, and then I have two phone calls. I'm wearing comfy pants and big ass jewelry and I have an alarming amount of millennial fizzy water, LETS GO

Been working on this for a while and I'm finally pulling the trigger and starting to actually publish a long series of blog posts: Why AI Sucks and You Shouldn't Use It Wheeeeeeee! secret.works/blog/njfjvrf...

the LotR memes will continue until morale improves ⚔️

Wild take but I think men should not silently self-sacrifice for others. I think that is also a toxic narrative. I think caretaking is collaborative and caretakers also need breaks, time to vent, and someone to make them a snack once in a while. Regardless of gender.

I'm never going to stop screaming

It's time for everyone to get back into Redwall

oh man I have thoughts about the current discourse but also I have 1 hour before the toddler wakes up thus encapsulating my thoughts on the discourse tbh

I thought today was going poorly but actually I think it's just... on track and now I need to sit with whether I'm only able to feel accomplished if I overachieve

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I wrote a series of stories set in a world like this, and those ARE the jobs: raemariz.com/the-field-gu... “Shift-parents” are called Aunties. A gender-neutral term like Doctor or Rabbi, the most culturally respected role in the future society

First prototype of first game after first month! It’s an arcade-style adaptation of Weird Fishes. You’re a seal-mermaid getting energy from encounters with other sea creatures. I’m real happy that I got the movement to feel playful and effortless. Fun! #gamedev #godot #indiedev

I have a cup of tea and several unfinished drafts to work on. :|

This is literally the only thing i have the bandwidth to read about today

help

I did not attend the U but know several people who did. This kind of round-robin, over-committeed, over-workshopped goobledegook is totally on brand for them, and they should be proud of nailing it in one.

The results have exceeded even our most whimsical expectations. Meet our rats!

Working on my plastics futures story again, because this month has been so chaotic w/childcare being sick, and now toddler being sick, that I just need to make headway on something.

“We have this monster called the NDA. The NDA is a slave tool used to enslave people to not speak about what they’re going through," Asia told 404 Media. "I have the right to speak against any violation [of my rights] and that’s what I’m doing.” Read now:

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People really and truly going "there's no place AI isn't touching" and let me tell you, that shit aint touching my brain, ok

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Truly a perfect news alert

wow I was going to like, relax and do something healthy this morning, instead I... did not

Hawkeye (and the writers room) knew.

this is what it feels like to post on bluesky

I saw on r/nursing this week that a nurse reported a colleague for wearing meta glasses to work. That has a billion HIPAA and other legal violations written ALL over it and that person should be fired

Trying to write a real CV this time and I can't remember anything I've ever done. But I do remember that this morning I also had a really intense desire to work on anything but my novel(s) sooooo

Canada's immigration website never ceases to give me a headache. ILU Canada thank you for loving me back but also please change

ok I need to actually do something this morning despite not wanting to :|

Meg’s work is so beautiful and special! I got a pair of earrings from them and they’re my writing earrings now!! Lookit the luster!!

If you need a treat to make it through Monday (a mood), pls consider these shiny objects that I made and love. ✨ www.peculiarityshop.com/meg-s-corner

Once my sister and I had lunch with the Korean Secretary of Defense and when the waitress mistook him for our dad he went along with it as joke for, like, 5-8 minutes?

I must not reply. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will scroll past the take. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. When the take has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

wait what

looks like this lil guy from "the temptation of saint anthony," by a follower of pieter bruegel the elder (ca 1550 or 1575)

CORAL. Listen. Coral is gorgeous but ethically difficult to source for new jewelry. Vintage/secondhand is recommended for environmental reasons - and all the coral @peculiarityshop.bsky.social has in stock right now is really gorgeous.

If you want a book about the raw raging pressure of being a teenager in a gamified surveillance state, friendship and anarchy, then go grab The Unidentified by @raemariz.bsky.social