Whenever people say things like “oh people are just ignorant and fear mongering about data centers” they’re always punching at some rando online but also they’re lashing out at the NAACP and communities in Memphis who are directly voicing how this affects them.

Is fun how the general public is convinced that things I've been using for decades—em-dashes, the rule of three, and now, apparently, serif fonts—are signifiers for slop. We're training people to use bad heuristics and we're going to make both design and the written word worse.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands / artists you've seen live Bat for Lashes Björk Cibo Matto Deltron 3030 Fishbone Living Colour Hugh Masekela Massive Attack PJ Harvey Wu-Tang Clan

My answer to that fictional band prompt that’s going around is Cold Slither.

Anyone know what kind of bird this is?

btw, regulators confirmed to us this morning that the 19 new turbines (and the 27 already on site) are not part of an air permit granted in March, meaning xAI has more than 1 GW of unpermitted gas power at Colossus 2 right now

My aunt, Priscilla Stephens Kruize, can no longer live on her own at age 87 & assisted living costs are huge. Our family launched a fundraiser to help fund her care until she gets financial aid. She is a civil rights HERO who has given so much to others - and now she needs us. gofund.me/8db8323e6

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

There are people still living who fought — and watched their compatriots be murdered — for the passage of this act and to attempt to democratize America. To see it completed felled in the span of their OWN lifetime is just absolutely devastating.

Hey. Hey y'all. Diane Duane - yep, the author, THAT Diane Duane - is hoping that folks will buy some of her ebook bundles. www.tumblr.com/dduane/81506...

I'll say it again, one of the worst things this rampant push to cram "generative AI" into everything has done is make people suspect bright kids of cheating when they're just nerdy or bookish or neurodivergent, sanding down their unique edges to fit into people's lowered, homogenized expectations.

…The thing about "Generative AI" is that it takes all those racialized, gendered, ableist assumptions about skills, intelligence, capability, & it feeds on them as data which then become outputs of "AI Detectors,"which in turn become what people think of as so-called "tell tale signs of AI writing"…

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like planet earth, i too look like i have my shit together from an incredible distance

very much enjoy the way the people who work with Ryan Coogler talk about him & obviously feel supported and inspired by the experience. Also love how he talks about the people he works with. Master class in respect and genuine admiration.

Due to a shipping error, Flo Mask has a half-off sale of their EU-printed products for US customers. The masks are the same. They just have the EU printing on them. I wear this mask to work, church, etc., and it’s easily the most comfortable one I use. www.flomask.com/products/flo...

“This was not a thoughtful, phased development. It was an industrial surge imposed on our residential community.”

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

if you can help trans kansans and their families who need to get out of kansas to stay safe, please help. “if the gender/sex indication on the face of your current credential does not match your sex assigned at birth, you are directed to surrender your current credential” is past frightening.

One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

how dare you use karaoke for evil

HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks! Get 2 books for at least $3 Get 4 books for at least $10 Get all our stuff for at least $18 This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project! www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Tomorrow marks the first day of the 100 years of Black History Month. I will be Blackity Black Black all month. This is a PSA. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Officials are urging residents to take precautions now amid warnings of hazardous travel and potential power outages. https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-warming-centers-winter-storm/

Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.

Money goes to Minnesota aid. Crochet version on the way (if you buy the pattern, you get knit and crochet) 🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help: Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org. Please donate what you can. www.2harvest.org

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

ICE has shot and killed a community observer in Minneapolis. Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry. To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.

You can find your US reps and senators here: reps.fyi If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.

youtu.be/FPoKiGQzbSQ Everything Missy Elliot ever did

youtu.be/EQzvQO2LcA4 The Hype Williams era

youtu.be/lxOlrei0U3M Also love a low budget, high impact approach that makes you immediately fall in love with an artist’s work

youtu.be/ZWmrfgj0MZI Possibly my favorite song, ever. A neighborhood walk is one of my favorite music video structures.

youtu.be/JNJv-Ebi67I Björk + Michel Gondry (both of their music video collected works are undefeated)

Not the first to say it, but certain people understood that the book said not to build the torment nexus just fine. They like the torment nexus & its horrible effects. They use the cautionary tale as a blueprint on purpose and with full understanding of what they’re doing.

Since I’m in a Martina Topley-Bird mood, and jumping off of Massive Attack perfection… post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice inchains

Here’s a live performance of “Ilya” I came across for the first time today. It is lovely. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDlF...

I’ve had Martina Topley-Bird’s song “Ilya” stuck in my head for weeks thanks to the hockey show (this is not a bad thing). This post is brought to you by me currently watching the protag on Pluribus sing word association songs about what she’s doing and observing.

This Christmas, I have just one wish for you: Take a moment to really see the older people in your life. Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible. Share a smile with an elder you don’t know. Offer a warm holiday greeting. Small gestures carry enormous power. Love,
 Lynda 🎄✨

Highly recommend VOID 1680 AM

You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i." No learning takes place under this system. The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.