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@ckgill.blacksky.app
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UXer. Teacher. Returning to writing. Paper & Fiber Arts ❤️ She/her. Opinions are my own.
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Big Ol’ Mush
4 days ago
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.
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Scoiattolo
13 days ago
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.
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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
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My answer to that fictional band prompt that’s going around is Cold Slither.
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Anyone know what kind of bird this is?
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molly taft
about 1 month ago
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
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory
about 1 month ago
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
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Donate to Help Priscilla Stephens Kruize, Civil Rights Hero, organized by Tananarive Due
Civil rights WARRIOR Priscilla Stephens Kruize is in failing health a… Tananarive Due needs your support for Help Priscilla Stephens Kruize, Civil Rights Hero
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 2 months ago
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.
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Ida Bae Wells
about 2 months ago
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.
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Sigrid Ellis
about 2 months ago
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...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats
about 2 months ago
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.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats
about 2 months ago
…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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Rob Pilkington
3 months ago
like planet earth, i too look like i have my shit together from an incredible distance
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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.
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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.
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Flo Mask Pro FFP2 (Adult Mask)
Engineered for high-performance protection, the Flo Mask Pro is more than just a reusable respirator. Built with medical-grade silicone, it offers a custom-contoured seal that solves the most common i...
https://www.flomask.com/products/flo-mask-pro-adult-mask-copy
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Hypervisible
4 months ago
“This was not a thoughtful, phased development. It was an industrial surge imposed on our residential community.”
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Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi
The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/musks-ai-power-plant-generates-sound-fury-mississippi-rcna258594
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emily sunshine
4 months ago
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.
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emily sunshine
4 months ago
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.
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Big Ol’ Mush
4 months ago
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.
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ProPublica
4 months ago
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. 🧵
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Andy Boyle
4 months ago
how dare you use karaoke for evil
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧
5 months ago
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...
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Anna Gifty
5 months ago
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
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Roxane Gay
5 months ago
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.
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Capital B Atlanta
5 months ago
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/
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As Atlanta Braces For Snow, Here's Where to Find Warming Centers
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/
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Lupita Nihongo
5 months ago
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.
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Money goes to Minnesota aid. Crochet version on the way (if you buy the pattern, you get knit and crochet) 🧶
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Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN
n the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal ...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/melt-the-ice-hat
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Sanctuary Supply Depot
5 months ago
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.
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ashley fairbanks
5 months ago
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website:
standwithminnesota.org
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em. rowene
5 months ago
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
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Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
https://www.2harvest.org/
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
5 months ago
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...
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment.’
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/857640/openai-launches-chatgpt-health-connect-medical-records
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Puff the Magic Hater
5 months ago
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.
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Greg Pak
6 months ago
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.
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Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.
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Everything Missy Elliot ever did
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The Hype Williams era
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Also love a low budget, high impact approach that makes you immediately fall in love with an artist’s work
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Possibly my favorite song, ever. A neighborhood walk is one of my favorite music video structures.
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Björk + Michel Gondry (both of their music video collected works are undefeated)
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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.
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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
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Here’s a live performance of “Ilya” I came across for the first time today. It is lovely.
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Martina Topley-Bird - Ilya (Canal 9 2010)
YouTube video by canttkeep
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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.
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Lynda Carter
6 months ago
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 🎄✨
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Highly recommend VOID 1680 AM
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Greg Pak
6 months ago
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.
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