if your whole social media brand is "justice for women" or whatever and you make a big deal of including transfems (so generous!) don't think for a fucking second that means we'll fall for your "but some trans people are evil and dangerous" anti-solidarity bullshit you fucking wrecker piece of shit

I do not know which is worse: Cerberus operatives, or all this sand in my... damn it.

It's called the tits of my ancestors. They're angry, and very cold.

Because we have the worst government in the history of #Alberta I'm asking you to repost this info Measles Hotline: Call 1-844-944-3434 If you we born between 1957 - 1970 you might need a measles booster Call the hotline they will put you in touch with a public health nurse in your area #ableg

happy pride month!

I can't get over the AI 2027 thing. I reread it this morning, and realized that one of the underlying assumptions is that 'if we run an LLM on a big enough data cluster, it'll somehow develop goal-directed learning, metacognition, and independent innovation, instead of being autocorrect writ large"

doing the work isn’t just about the outputs it’s about the doing. the experience, the focused attention, the way all those things shape our brain (writing increases comprehension and memory) 98% of “AI” hype truly is an insult to life itself

the problem with a story, essay, etc written by LLM is that i lose interest as soon as you tell me that’s how it was made. i have yet to see one that’s ‘good’ but i don’t doubt the tech will soon be advanced enough to write ‘well.’ but i’d rather see what a person thinks and how they’d phrase it

Even if you look at complex and emergent game systems, like procgen, you find players talking about the "system" as that thing they are trying to beat and/or collaborate with. That system is a designed thing. Gen AI also doesn't have an interesting system, there's nothing to outsmart, learn, etc.

but if you take either of those approaches - that players derive joy from communicating with the devs through play, whether it's beating their challenges or being led carefully through them - then it really highlights why a lot of gen AI in the game experience is just undesirable

At max, you can expect to infect 5-7 people with COVID. That’s considered pretty transmissible, which is why we (tried to) lock down about it. An infected person will give measles to 16-18 other people. It’s extremely virulent It’s long past time for you to wear a mask again.

There’s no award for the fastest burnout either.

btw one thing I learned at the training i went to this weekend is that bc ICE isn't allowed anywhere in a business that a customer wouldn't be allowed, an employees only sign on a door is enough to cause them to need a warrant. "closed for a private event" guarantees the same

let’s get this starty parted!

For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use: www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Please stop using perfectly passing trans people as an example of how "silly" the passport stuff is. Respect can NOT be conditional on how much someone looks the way you think they should.

There's this fantastic thing called making Solas cry. You should try it sometime.

My friend Sam (who you may know as the composer for The Traitors!) is doing a 16 hour charity stream to raise money for Zoe's Animal Rescue! Today - Feb 15 - please stop by if you wish! They are playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard www.twitch.tv/hungrytriffid

I feel compelled to remind everyone that "use they/them if you don't know someone's pronouns" does not and has never meant just they/them people without even checking. Please make an attempt to find and use people's correct pronouns and don't just YOLO default to they because you're lazy.

Boosting for my friend :)

@lieutfaber.bsky.social why are you prying a rift?

The Traitors first two episodes are out. I am immediately putting this on while house chores and packing.

Packing to move (still working on finding a place, but packing slowly) and goodness it takes a long time!

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

Friends, any recs for holiday rom coms? I marathoned "Finding Mr Christmas" and now I have a hanker.

None of us fancy marching into the jaws of danger, but maybe you're up to the challenge?

People in holiday rom-coms have intensely excellent toques.

@vesaldi.bsky.social you like the Hallmark Christmas stuff, right? I haven't read the whole thread but I think I want to watch this.

My keyboard layout is Colemak-DHM and it means I have to learn how to keysmash recognizably.

My friend and I have been co-working on Discord video calls using a pomodoro timer, and on the breaks we are learning garba dancing! Shoutout @dukeofgermany.bsky.social for the coworking bot.

Me, with many knitting projects in the works: "I should try cross-stitch..."

Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!

i got some chiaogoo circular needles for my birthday and the cord is butter smooth (not sponsored) loving this

remembered that scene in KKHH where adult!Anjali is telling Tina's picture about how great child!Anjali is and now I'm crying.

Imagine if flight attendants handed out free N95 masks before take off instead of just hot towels. Every public place is a key opportunity to educate people and normalize masks.

This is incredible!

too many cis people have internalized the past decade of transphobia about how if they make a single minor mistake towards a trans person we'll go supernova meanwhile most trans people i know are hesitant to correct anyone on anything because they don't want to make a thing out of it.

I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

Job searching and I really don't want to do something that's related to training AI but that's so much of what I'm seeing. I'm frustrated.

oop, gotta go through my twitter blocklist and re-block everyone on here. fun.

Folks I know I am not perfect at it but can you please turn on your 'require alt text' setting here? It makes it a lot easier for people who use screen readers but also for people with other visual or tech needs. I would like to share your art! Please describe it in a sentence or two! 💖

ok, based on my experience, apple makes their stuff IMPOSSIBLE to repair by laypeople. it took me two hours to change an ipad battery and i broke two cables (not essential ones tho for what imma use it for). big props to ifixit for their guides.